THE TOP 100 SONGS OF 2004

1.    Take Me Out - FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand (Domino/Epic)
2.    Lost In The Plot - THE DEARS No Cities Left (spinART)
3.    Mr. Brightside - THE KILLERS Hot Fuss (Island)
4.    Patriot's Heart - AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB Love Songs For Patriots (Merge)
5.    Drop It Like It's Hot - SNOOP DOGG FEATURING PHARRELL R&G (Rhythm &
            Gangsta): The Masterpiece (Doggystyle/Geffen/Star Trak)
6.    Supernaturally - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (Mute/Anti-)
7.    Suspended From Class - CAMERA OBSCURA Underachievers Please Try Harder 
            (Elefant Spain '03/Merge)
8.    Float On - MODEST MOUSE Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic)
9.    All Falls Down - KANYE WEST FEATURING SYLEENA JOHNSON The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
10.  Run - SNOW PATROL Final Straw (Polydor/Fiction UK/A&M)
11.  Portions For Foxes - RILO KILEY More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
12.  I Fought The Angels - THE DELGADOS Universal Audio 
            (Chemikal Underground UK/Transdreamer)
13.  99 Problems - DANGER MOUSE The Grey Album (www.djdangermouse.com)
14.  Staring At The Sun - TV ON THE RADIO Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes 
            (Touch And Go)
15.  Can't Stand Me Now - THE LIBERTINES The Libertines (Rough Trade)
16.  Mosh - EMINEM Encore (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
17.  Somebody Told Me - THE KILLERS Hot Fuss (Island)
18.  Fit But You Know It - THE STREETS A Grand Don't Come For Free 
            (Locked On/679 UK/Vice/Atlantic)
19.  Pretty (Ugly Before) - ELLIOTT SMITH From A Basement On The Hill (Anti-)
20.  You Are The Light - JENS LEKMAN When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog 
            (Service Sweden/Secretly Canadian)
21.  The Swish - THE HOLD STEADY Almost Killed Me (Frenchkiss)
22.  Jacqueline - FRANZ FERDINAND Franz Ferdinand (Domino/Epic)
23.  Rebellion (Lies) - THE ARCADE FIRE Funeral (Merge)
24.  Mass Destruction - FAITHLESS No Roots (Cheeky UK/Arista)
25.  It's a Hit - RILO KILEY More Adventurous (Brute/Beaute)
26.  Hoist That Rag - TOM WAITS Real Gone (Anti-)
27.  She Will Only Bring You Happiness - MCLUSKY The Difference Between Me And You Is That I'm Not On Fire (Too Pure)
28.  Dream - DIZZEE RASCAL Showtime (XL)
29.  Nowhere Again - SECRET MACHINES Now Here Is Nowhere (Reprise)
30.  I've Been Thinking - HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL FEATURING CAT POWER White People (Atlantic/Elektra)
31.  Boxoctosis - THE FALL The Real New Fall LP (Narnack)
32.  America Is Not The World - MORRISSEY You Are The Quarry (Attack/Sanctuary)
33.  I Thought You Were My Boyfriend - THE MAGNETIC FIELDS I (Nonesuch)
34.  American Idiot - GREEN DAY American Idiot (Reprise)
35.  Come Home Billy Bird - THE DIVINE COMEDY Absent Friends
            (Parlophone/EMI UK '03/Nettwerk America)
36.  Handshake Drugs - WILCO A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
37.  The Eternal Lie - LANSING-DREIDEN The Incomplete Triangle (Kemado)
38.  Methamphetamine Blues - MARK LANEGAN BAND Bubblegum (Beggars Banquet)
39.  Evil - INTERPOL Antics (Matador)
40.  Panda - DUNGEN Ta Det Lugnt (Subliminal Sounds Sweden import)
41.  Who Could Win A Rabbit - ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Sung Tongs (Fat Cat)
42.  Hoodlum - LEATHERFACE Dog Disco (BYO)
43.  Van Lear Rose - LORETTA LYNN Van Lear Rose (Interscope)
44.  Go No More A-Roving - LEONARD COHEN Dear Heather (Columbia)
45.  What Became Of The Likely Lads - THE LIBERTINES The Libertines (Rough Trade)
46.  The Music Lovers - DESTROYER Your Blues (Merge)
47.  Don't Look Back - SILKWORM It'll Be Cool (Touch And Go)
48.  Galang - M.I.A. (XL UK import)
49.  Accordion - MADVILLAIN Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
50.  David - NELLIE MCKAY Get Away From Me (Columbia)
51.  Bridging The Gap - NAS FEATURING OLU DARA Street's Disciple 
            (Sony Urban Music/Columbia)
52.  The Book Of Right-On - JOANNA NEWSOM The Milk-Eyed Mender (Drag City)
53.  First Day - THE FUTUREHEADS The Futureheads (679 UK/Sire)
54.  Faking The Books - LALI PUNA Faking The Books (Morr Music Germany import)
55.  Naked As We Came - IRON & WINE Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop)
56.  Cinnamon Girl - PRINCE Musicology (NPG/Columbia)
57.  Wounded World - MISSION OF BURMA ONoffON (Matador)
58.  Through The Wire - KANYE WEST The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella '03)
59.  Ladies And Gentlemen - AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB Love Songs For Patriots (Merge)
60.  Don't Go Back To Dalston - RAZORLIGHT Up All Night (Vertigo/Mercury UK/Universal)
61.  Goodies - CIARA FEATURING PETEY PABLO Goodies (Sho'nuff-MusicLine/LaFace)
62.  First Of The Gang To Die - MORRISSEY You Are The Quarry (Attack/Sanctuary)
63.  Gypsy Part Of Town - J.U.F. Gogol Bordello vs. Tamir Muskat (Stinky)
64.  The Valleys - ELECTRELANE The Power Out (Too Pure)
65.  Lounger - DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS Please Describe Yourself (V2)
66.  $100 Groom - PAUL WESTERBERG Folker (Vagrant)
67.  Gimme That - SLOAN Action Pact (Koch)
68.  Johnny Cash - SONS AND DAUGHTERS Love The Cup (Domino)
69.  Speedbumps - LUNA Rendezvous (Jetset)
70.  Let Them Eat War - BAD RELIGION The Empire Strikes First (Epitaph)
71.  Banquet - BLOC PARTY Bloc Party E.P. (Dim Mak)
72.  Drill Sergeant - N.E.R.D. Fly Or Die (Virgin)
73.  Cherry Blossom Girl - AIR Talkie Walkie (Source/Virgin France/Astralwerks)
74.  Leave Me Alone Pt. 2 - CAM'RON Purple Haze (Roc-A-Fella)
75.  Bug - 50 FOOT WAVE 50 Foot Wave (Throwing Music)
76.  Birdie Brain - THE FIERY FURNACES Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade) 
77.  The Life And Death Of Mr. Badmouth - PJ HARVEY Uh Huh Her (Island)
78.  W.D.Y.Y.B - CLINIC Winchester Cathedral (Domino)
79.  The Young Thousands - THE MOUNTAIN GOATS We Shall All Be Healed (4AD)
80.  Milk Man - DEERHOOF Milk Man (Kill Rock Stars/5 Rue Christine)
81.  From Up Here - JOEL RL PHELPS AND THE DOWNER TRIO Customs (Moneyshot)
82.  Sunrise Over Bklyn - EL-P High Water (Thirsty Ear)
83.  Through The Hedge - THE BEVIS FROND Hit Squad (Rubric)
84.  The Country Is Young - JON LANGFORD All The Fame Of Lofty Deeds (Bloodshot)
85.  Maple Leaves - JENS LEKMAN Maple Leaves (Service Sweden '03/Secretly Canadian)
86.  On The Table - A.C. NEWMAN The Slow Wonder (Matador)
87.  Why? - JADAKISS FEATURING ANTHONY HAMILTON Kiss Of Death (Ruff Ryders)
88.  The Bee And The Cracking Egg - COMETS ON FIRE Blue Cathedral (Sub Pop)
89.  Zen - JOHN CALE Hobosapiens (EMI UK '03/Or Music)
90.  Won't Be Home - OLD 97'S Drag It Up (New West)
91.  Television - ROBYN HITCHCOCK Spooked (Yep Roc)
92.  Hoe Cakes - MF DOOM Mm.. Food? (Rhymesayers)
93.  Assessment - THE BETA BAND Heroes To Zeros (Regal/EMI UK/Astralwerks)
94.  Good I Feel Bad - THE HIGH WATER MARKS Songs About The Ocean (Eenie Meenie)
95.  Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males - TODD SNIDER East Nashville Skyline (Oh Boy)
96.  Me And Mia - TED LEO + THE PHARMACISTS Shake The Sheets (Lookout!)
97.  Section 14 (Two Thousand Places) - THE POLYPHONIC SPREE Together We're Heavy (Good/Hollywood)
98.  A Beginning Of A Kind - TREMBLING BLUE STARS Southern Skies Appear Brighter Extended Play (Elefant Spain import)
99.  Empire - DAVID BYRNE Grown Backwards (Nonesuch)
100. Walk Idiot Walk - THE HIVES Tyrannosaurus Hives (Interscope)
 

	The Top 10 EPs Of 2004

1.   SONS AND DAUGHTERS - Love The Cup (Domino)
2.   50 FOOT WAVE - 50 Foot Wave (Throwing Music)
3.   THE GOOD LIFE - Lovers Need Lawyers (Saddle Creek)
4.   JENS LEKMAN - Maple Leaves (Service Sweden '03/Secretly Canadian)
5.   TREMBLING BLUE STARS - Southern Skies Appear Brighter Extended Play 
            (Elefant Spain import)
6.   BLOC PARTY - Bloc Party E.P. (Dim Mak)
7.   CALEXICO - Convict Pool (Quarterstick)
8.   THE ROGERS SISTERS - Three Fingers (Troubleman Unlimited)
9.   HOOD - The Lost You (Domino)
10.  WHITE MAGIC - Through The Sun Door (Drag City)  

	David Rawson