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Gustav Leonhardt - Goldberg Variations
March 29, 2004
Score
100
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2
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Sandrine Piau - Haendel: Opera Seria
November 1, 2004
Score
100
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3
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Peter Brötzmann - 14 Love Poems Plus 10 More
June 23, 2004
Score
100
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4
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Teedra Moses - Complex Simplicity
August 10, 2004
Score
100
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Usher - Confessions
March 23, 2004
R&B
Score
100
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6
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Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
February 26, 2004
Modern Classical
Score
100
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Green Day - American Idiot
September 21, 2004
Pop Punk
Score
100
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8
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Mastodon - Leviathan
August 31, 2004
Progressive Metal
Score
100
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9
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Kanye West - The College Dropout
February 10, 2004
Hip Hop
Score
100
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10
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Arcade Fire - Funeral
September 14, 2004
Indie Rock
Score
100
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11
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Madvillain - Madvillainy
March 23, 2004
Hip Hop
Score
100
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12
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Chris Whitley - War Crime Blues
March 20, 2004
Score
90
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13
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Electric Masada - 50⁴
Score
90
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14
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Steven Osborne / Martin Roscoe - Olivier Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen
October 4, 2004
Score
90
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Amazon
15
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Leatherface - Dog Disco
March 9, 2004
Score
90
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Amazon
16
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S - Puking and Crying
September 14, 2004
Score
90
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Amazon
17
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John Southworth - Yosemite
Score
90
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Amazon
18
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Rachel Podger / Gary Cooper - Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Volume 1
Score
90
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Amazon
19
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Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Been All Around This World
April 6, 2004
Score
90
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20
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Friends of Dean Martinez - Random Harvest
April 6, 2004
Score
90
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21
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Percy Heath - A Love Song
February 17, 2004
Score
90
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22
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Hannah Marcus - Desert Farmers
January 28, 2004
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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23
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Chuck Prophet - The Age of Miracles
September 7, 2004
Score
90
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Caetano Veloso - A Foreign Sound
April 6, 2004
Score
90
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Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - Cartooom!
June 16, 2004
Score
90
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