What are your favorite albums of 2004 so far?

[mvd]

They must be 2004 releases. I didn't say best, because music is very subjective.

Here are mine, not in order:

Penelope Houston - Pale Green Girl
Abra Moore - Everything Changed
Patti Smith - Trampin'
Corrs - Borrowed Heaven
Wilco - Ghost Is Born
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Indigo Girls - All That We Let In
A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder

There are more that are quite good. I have heard enough of the Wilco that I feel comfortable including it. In July alone there are three pop/rock albums that sound great coming out: albums from Sarah Hudson, Maria Mena, and surprisingly Ashlee Simpson (after hearing clips from Ashlee's other songs, I got a new perspective on "Pieces Of Me.") Everyone knows how I love quality pop/rock, so the list could change soon. One that disappointed me from the samples is the Velvet Revolver album. I'm a STP fan. So what are your favs?

[swag]

1. I haven't bought many new albums this year, but

PJ Harvey - "Uh Huh Her" is definitely a good rekkid.

Peaches - "Fatherfucker" was last year, right? That's another great one, if you like her skittle, and I do.

[frylock]

2. kanye west's 'college dropout'

cerebral hip hop.

3. Nellie MacKay's debut album

:)

[chiburb]

9. Yep, agreed. n/t

.

[Mnemosyne]

4. David Bowie - Reality , awesome!!!

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Is that Wilco CD out yet?

Comes out tomorrow, doesn't it? From what I've heard, it sounds sparser that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

[mvd]

6. Yep, comes out tomorrow

It does sound a little less dense. I loved YHF and think I'll like this one as much or almost as much.

[GOPisEvil]

7. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic

[mvd]

8. Do you think I'd like the Modest Mouse?

Been considering it, but can't really tell from what I've heard. :hi:

[GOPisEvil]

10. Here's the Pitchfork Review

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/m/modest-mouse/good-news-for-people-who-love-bad-news.shtml

I really enjoy the cd a lot, but then I tend toward liking this kind of pop music. I think you'd like it. It's pretty upbeat and tight musically.

[XNASA]

11. Morrissey - 'You Are the Quarry'

"This world, I am afraid, Is designed for crashing bores, I am not one, I am not one"