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1DecemberistsPicaresque1. Infanta 2. We Both Go Down Together 3. Eli, the Barrow Boy 4. Sporting Life 5. Bagman's Gambit 6. From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea) 7. 16 Military Wives 8. Engine Driver 9. On the Bus Mall 10. Mariner's Revenge Song 11. Of Angels and Angles
2Okkervil RiverBlack Sheep Boy1. Black Sheep Boy 2. For Real 3. In a Radio Song 4. Black 5. Get Big 6. King and a Queen 7. Stone 8. Latest Toughs 9. Song of Our So-Called Friend 10. So Come Back, I Am Waiting 11. Glow
3Antony and the JohnsonsI am a Bird Now1. Hope There’s Someone 2. My Lady Story 3. For Today I Am A Boy 4. Man Is The Baby 5. You Are My Sister 6. What Can I Do? 7. Fistful Of Love 8. Spiralling 9. Free At Last 10. Bird Gerhl
4Herman DuneNot on Top1. Little Wounds 2. Not On Top 3. Had I Not Known 4. Walk Don’t Run 5. Slow Century 6. This Will Never Happen 7. German Green 8. Recording Farfisa 9. You Could Be A Model 10. 7 Cities 11. Good For No One 12. Orange Hat 13. Whatever Burns The Best Baby 14. 11 Stones 15. Warning Spectrum
5Mountain GoatsThe Sunset Tree1. You Or Your Memory 2. Broom People 3. This Year 4. Dilaudid 5. Dance Music 6. Dinu Lipatti's Bones 7. Up The Wolves 8. Lion's Teeth 9. Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod 10. Magpie 11. Song For Dennis Brown 12. Love Love Love 13. Pale Green Things
6Devin DavisLonely People of the World, Unite!1. Iron Woman 2. When I Turn Ninety-Nine 3. Turtle and the Flightless Bird 4. Moon Over Shark City 5. Cannons at the Courthouse 6. Transcendental Sports Anthem 7. Sandie 8. Paratrooper With Amnesia 9. Giant Spiders 10. Choir Invisible 11. Deserted Eyeland
7TunngMother's Daughter and Other Songs1. Mother's Daughter 2. People Folk 3. Out the Window with the Window 4. Beautiful and Light 5. Tale From Black 6. Song Of The Sea 7. Kinky Vans 8. Fair Doreen 9. Code Breaker 10. Surprise Me 44
8King CreosoteRocket D.I.Y.1. Twin Tub Twin 2. Saffy Nool 3. Klutz 4. Crow’s Feet 5. Spooned Out On Tick 6. Ph6.5 7. Circle My Demise 8. King Bubbles In Sand 9. Things, Things, Things 10. A Month Of Firsts 11. Thrills And Spills 12. The Someone Else
9Clap Your Hands Say YeahClap Your Hands Say Yeah1. Clap Your Hands! 2. Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away 3. Over And Over Again (lost and found) 4. Sunshine and Clouds (and everything proud) 5. Details Of The War 6. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth 7. Is This Love? 8. Heavy Metal 9. Blue Turning Gray 10. Is This Home On Ice 11. Gimme Some Salt 12. Upon This Tidal Wave Of Young Blood
10Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' BillySuperwolf1. My Home Is the Sea 2. Beast for Thee 3. What Are You? 4. Goat and Ram 5. Lift Us Up 6. Rudy Foolish 7. Bed Is for Sleeping 8. Only Someone Running 9. Death in the Sea 10. Blood Embrace 11. I Gave You
11I Am KlootGods and Monsters1. No Direction Home 2. Gods and Monsters 3. Over My Shoulder 4. An Ordinary Girl 5. The Stars look Familiar 6. Strange Without You 7. Astray 8. Hong Kong Lullaby 9. Sand and Glue 10. Avenue of Hope 11. Dead Men’s Cigarettes 12. Coincidence 13. I Believe
Best Albums of 2004