Album of The Year

Complete Music Ratings of 2004

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AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

1

94

Loretta Lynn
Van Lear Rose

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

93

90

100

100

2

94

Arcade Fire
Funeral

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

90

90

n/a

97

70

n/a

100

3

93

Brian Wilson
SMiLE

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

90

80

n/a

100

4

92

Madvillain
Madvillainy

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

94

90

n/a

90

5

92

The Streets
A Grand Don't Come For Free

n/a

90

n/a

88

n/a

90

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

91

100

n/a

n/a

6

91

Devendra Banhart
Rejoicing In The Hands

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

84

90

n/a

100

7

90

Animal Collective
Sung Tongs

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

89

n/a

n/a

80

8

88

Junior Boys
Last Exit

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

89

90

n/a

80

9

88

The Go! Team
Thunder, Lightning, Strike

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

90

80

90

87

80

n/a

80

10

88

The Fiery Furnaces
Blueberry Boat

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

96

70

n/a

100

11

87

Death from Above 1979
You're a Woman, I'm a Machine

n/a

80

n/a

78

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

83

n/a

n/a

n/a

12

87

Sonic Youth
Sonic Nurse

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

85

80

n/a

60

13

87

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

76

90

n/a

100

14

86

Isis
Panopticon

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

84

n/a

n/a

80

15

86

Drive-By Truckers
The Dirty South

n/a

90

n/a

84

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

84

90

n/a

n/a

16

86

Kanye West
The College Dropout

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

82

90

n/a

90

17

86

Joanna Newsom
The Milk-Eyed Mender

n/a

80

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

90

18

86

A.C. Newman
The Slow Wonder

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

88

70

n/a

80

19

86

Feist
Let It Die

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

81

80

n/a

100

20

86

Modest Mouse
Good News For People Who Love Bad News

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

79

85

n/a

100

21

85

Xiu Xiu
Fabulous Muscles

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

80

n/a

80

22

85

Bjork
Medulla

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

90

84

n/a

n/a

90

23

84

Iron & Wine
Our Endless Numbered Days

n/a

90

n/a

76

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

86

90

90

70

24

84

Air
Talkie Walkie

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

83

80

n/a

80

25

84

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Miss Machine

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

68

90

n/a

80

AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

26

83

Destroyer
Your Blues

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

86

80

n/a

80

27

83

of Montreal
Satanic Panic in the Attic

n/a

90

n/a

75

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

83

n/a

n/a

n/a

28

83

Elliott Smith
From a Basement on the Hill

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

72

90

n/a

100

29

82

Annie
Anniemal

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

88

50

n/a

90

30

82

Sufjan Stevens
Seven Swans

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

81

80

n/a

90

31

82

Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

91

90

n/a

70

32

82

The Hold Steady
Almost Killed Me

n/a

90

n/a

72

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

90

33

81

Interpol
Antics

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

85

80

n/a

60

34

80

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Shake The Sheets

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

90

n/a

100

35

80

TV on the Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

80

70

n/a

78

60

n/a

80

36

79

!!! (Chk Chk Chk)
Louden Up Now

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

50

n/a

80

37

78

Wilco
A Ghost Is Born

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

66

90

n/a

100

38

78

Muse
Absolution

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

80

39

78

The Magnetic Fields
i

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

77

80

n/a

80

40

78

Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

83

80

n/a

50

41

77

Beastie Boys
To the 5 Boroughs

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

79

90

n/a

50

42

76

The Walkmen
Bows and Arrows

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

92

90

n/a

60

43

76

PJ Harvey
Uh Huh Her

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

76

80

n/a

90

44

76

Guided By Voices
Half Smiles of the Decomposed

n/a

70

n/a

83

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

60

45

76

Califone
Heron King Blues

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

84

40

n/a

80

46

75

Deerhoof
Milk Man

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

76

60

n/a

80

47

75

The Cure
The Cure

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

77

70

n/a

80

48

74

The Dears
No Cities Left

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

68

70

n/a

90

49

74

U2
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

69

70

n/a

n/a

50

72

Tom Waits
Real Gone

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

80

n/a

80

AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

51

71

Green Day
American Idiot

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

72

n/a

n/a

70

52

70

Clinic
Winchester Cathedral

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

69

50

n/a

70

53

68

Lambchop
No, You C'Mon

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

76

80

n/a

50

54

67

Gomez
Split the Difference

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

57

80

n/a

60

55

67

The Libertines
The Libertines

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

40

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

71

70

n/a

n/a

56

67

Lambchop
Aw C'Mon

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

74

80

n/a

50

57

61

The Killers
Hot Fuss

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

52

50

n/a

n/a

58

61

Eminem
Encore

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

65

70

n/a

40

59

57

The Roots
The Tipping Point

n/a

70

n/a

45

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

54

n/a

60

n/a

60

56

Tegan and Sara
So Jealous

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

34

80

n/a

20

61

47

Mos Def
New Danger

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

54

40

n/a

40

62

46

R.E.M.
Around The Sun

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

52

40

n/a

n/a

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