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The Best Music of 2004

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2004. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2004, check out this list.

Albums (?)Wikipedia
Arcade FireFuneral☆
Avril LavigneUnder My Skin☆
Beastie BoysTo the Five Boroughs☆
BjörkMedulla☆
Brian WilsonSMiLE☆
Danger MouseThe Grey Album☆
Drive-By TruckersThe Dirty South☆
Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand☆
Green DayAmerican Idiot☆
Gwen StefaniLove Angel Music Baby☆
InterpolAntics☆
Kanye WestThe College Dropout☆
Kelly ClarksonBreakaway☆
Lil WayneTha Carter☆
Loretta LynnVan Lear Rose☆
MadvillainMadvillainy☆
MastodonLeviathan☆
Max RichterThe Blue Notebooks☆
Modest MouseGood News For People Who Love Bad News☆
MotörheadInferno☆
My Chemical RomanceThree Cheers for Sweet Revenge☆
Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsAbattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus☆
NightwishOnce☆
Norah JonesFeels Like Home☆
of MontrealSatanic Panic in the Attic☆
Original Broadway CastSpamalot: Original Cast Recording☆
PJ HarveyUh Huh Her☆
Ray CharlesGenius Loves Company☆
Sonic YouthSonic Nurse☆
Steve EarleThe Revolution Starts Now☆
The Black KeysRubber Factory☆
The KillersHot Fuss☆
The LibertinesThe Libertines☆
The Von BondiesPawn Shoppe Heart☆
Tom WaitsReal Gone☆
Trans-Siberian OrchestraThe Lost Christmas Eve☆
TV On The RadioDesperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes☆
U2How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb☆
UsherConfessions☆
Velvet RevolverContraband☆
WilcoA Ghost is Born☆
Songs (?)Wikipedia
Alison Krauss & Union StationRestless☆
Arcade FireRebellion (Lies)☆
Arcade FireWake Up☆
Arcade FireNeighborhood #1 (Tunnels)☆
Arcade FireNeighborhood #2 (Laika)☆
Ashlee SimpsonPieces of Me☆
Ashlee SimpsonLa La☆
Avril LavigneMy Happy Ending☆
Bark PsychosisShapeshifting☆
Beastie BoysCh-Check It Out☆
Belle & SebastianYour Cover's Blown☆
Bowling For Soup1985☆
Ciara featuring Missy Elliott1, 2 Step☆
Counting CrowsAccidentally in Love☆
Daddy YankeeGasolina☆
Dresden DollsCoin-Operated Boy☆
Franz FerdinandTake Me Out☆
Green DayAmerican Idiot☆
Green DayBoulevard of Broken Dreams☆
Green DayWake Me Up When September Ends☆
Green DayHoliday☆
Green DayJesus of Suburbia☆
Gretchen WilsonRedneck Woman☆
Gwen StefaniHollaback Girl☆
Gwen StefaniCool☆
Kaiser ChiefsI Predict a Riot☆
Kanye WestJesus Walks☆
KasabianClub Foot☆
KeaneSomewhere Only We Know☆
Kelly ClarksonSince U Been Gone☆
Kelly ClarksonBreakaway☆
Kelly ClarksonBecause of You☆
Kelly ClarksonBehind These Hazel Eyes☆
KT TunstallBlack Horse and The Cherry Tree☆
Kylie MinogueI Believe in You☆
Lenny KravitzWhere Are We Runnin'?☆
Loretta Lynn & Jack WhitePortland, Oregon☆
Los Lonely BoysHeaven☆
Maroon 5She Will Be Loved☆
MastodonBlood & Thunder☆
Modest MouseFloat On☆
Modest MouseOcean Breathes Salty☆
MorrisseyThe First of the Gang to Die☆
My Chemical RomanceI'm Not Okay (I Promise)☆
My Chemical RomanceHelena☆
Natasha BedingfieldUnwritten☆
Old Crow Medicine ShowWagon Wheel☆
Peter GabrielThe Book of Love☆
Ryan CabreraOn The Way Down☆
Scissor SistersTake Your Mama☆
Simple PlanWelcome to My Life☆
SlipknotBefore I Forget☆
Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell WilliamsDrop It Like It's Hot☆
T.I.Bring Em Out☆
Tegan & SaraWalking with a Ghost☆
The Chemical BrothersGalvanize☆
The HivesWalk Idiot Walk☆
The KillersMr. Brightside☆
The KillersSomebody Told Me☆
The KillersAll These Things That I've Done☆
The KillersSmile Like You Mean It☆
The KillersOn Top☆
The LibertinesCan't Stand Me Now☆
The Von BondiesC'mon C'mon☆
Tim McGrawLive Like You Were Dying☆
TV On The RadioStaring at the Sun☆
U2Vertigo☆
U2Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own☆
UsherBurn☆
UsherConfessions, Pt. II☆
Usher (feat. Alicia Keys)My Boo☆
Usher/Lil Jon/LudacrisYeah!☆
Velvet RevolverSlither☆
Velvet RevolverFall to Pieces☆
WolfmotherWoman☆

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