Top Albums of 2004
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
24
 Arcade Fire Funeral Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
2
219
 Kanye West The College Dropout Hip Hop
3
247
 Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand Post-Punk Revival
4
404
 Madvillain Madvillainy Abstract Hip Hop
5
444
 Green Day American Idiot Pop Punk
6
593
 Brian Wilson SMiLE Baroque Pop, Pop Rock, Psychedelic Pop
7
663
 The Streets A Grand Don't Come for Free UK Hip Hop
8
842
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Alternative Rock, Art Rock
9
939
 Wilco A Ghost Is Born Alternative Rock
10
944
 The Killers Hot Fuss Pop Rock
11
1039
 Elliott Smith From a Basement on the Hill Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
12
1096
 The Libertines The Libertines Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
13
1107
 Danger Mouse The Grey Album Hip Hop, Mashup
14
1171
 Animal Collective Sung Tongs Avant-Folk, Freak Folk, Neo-Psychedelia
15
1193
 Morrissey You Are the Quarry Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
16
1242
 TV on the Radio Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Indie Rock
17
1294
 Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News Indie Rock
18
1310
 Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose Alt-Country
19
1395
 Interpol Antics Post-Punk Revival
20
1470
 Devendra Banhart Rejoicing in the Hands Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
21
1471
 Björk Medulla A cappella, Art Pop, Experimental
22
1525
 Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
23
1576
 Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
24
1671
 Mastodon Leviathan Progressive Metal, Sludge Metal
25
1683
 Tom Waits Real Gone Experimental Rock
26
1812
 Amadou & Mariam Dimanche à Bamako African Music
27
1816
 The Go! Team Thunder, Lightning, Strike Indie Rock, Indietronica
28
1854
 The Fiery Furnaces Blueberry Boat Art Pop, Progressive Pop
29
1948
 Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak Garage Rock Revival, Indie Rock
30
2009
 Scissor Sisters Scissor Sisters Dance-Pop, Pop Rock
31
2014
 Drive-By Truckers The Dirty South Southern Rock
32
2015
 Junior Boys Last Exit Glitch Pop, Synthpop
33
2221
 The Black Keys Rubber Factory Blues Rock
34
2239
 Rufus Wainwright Want Two Art Pop, Chamber Pop, Singer/Songwriter
35
2293
 Feist Let It Die Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter
36
2297
 U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
37
2319
 The Walkmen Bows + Arrows Post-Punk Revival
38
2353
 Dungen Ta det lugnt Neo-Psychedelia
39
2362
 Air Talkie Walkie Ambient Pop, Electronic
40
2549
 Usher Confessions Contemporary R&B, Pop
41
2708
 The Futureheads The Futureheads Post-Punk Revival
42
2714
 Mark Lanegan Band Bubblegum Alternative Rock, Singer/Songwriter
43
2742
 !!! Louden Up Now Dance-Punk, Indie Rock

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans Chamber Folk, Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Annie Anniemal Electropop
PJ Harvey Uh Huh Her Indie Rock
Ghostface Killah The Pretty Toney Album Hardcore Hip Hop
Rilo Kiley More Adventurous Indie Pop
CocoRosie La Maison De Mon Rêve Art Pop, Freak Folk, Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Stars Set Yourself On Fire Indie Pop
Blonde Redhead Misery Is a Butterfly Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Sonic Youth Sonic Nurse Indie Rock, Noise Rock
Mylo Destroy Rock & Roll Electro House
Electrelane The Power Out Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Dizzee Rascal Showtime Grime, UK Hip Hop
Max Richter The Blue Notebooks Modern Classical
Kasabian Kasabian Alternative Dance, Indie Rock
Fennesz Venice Ambient, Glitch
The Magnetic Fields i Indie Pop
Micah P. Hinson Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel of Progress Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Devendra Banhart Niño Rojo Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Hives Tyrannosaurus Hives Garage Rock Revival
Xiu Xiu Fabulous Muscles Art Pop, Experimental Rock
Keane Hopes and Fears Piano Rock
Nellie McKay Get Away from Me Jazz Pop
John Legend Get Lifted Neo-Soul
Tinariwen Amassakoul Tishoumaren
Secret Machines Now Here Is Nowhere Alternative Rock
Of Montreal Satanic Panic in the Attic Indie Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
Kings of Convenience Riot on an Empty Street Folk Pop, Indie Folk, Indie Pop
Elvis Costello & The Imposters The Delivery Man Blues Rock, Country Rock
Cee-Lo Cee-Lo Green Is the Soul Machine Hip Hop
Ray LaMontagne Trouble Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Jill Scott Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 Neo-Soul
Lambchop Aw C'mon Americana, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
Lambchop No You C'mon Americana, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
A.C. Newman The Slow Wonder Indie Pop, Power Pop
Comets On Fire Blue Cathedral Heavy Psych
Phoenix Alphabetical Indie Pop
Steve Earle The Revolution Starts Now Alt-Country, Americana, Country Rock
Jolie Holland Escondida Americana, Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Adem Homesongs Singer/Songwriter
Lali Puna Faking the Books Dream Pop, Indietronica
Oneida Secret Wars Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
American Music Club Love Songs for Patriots Folk Rock, Indie Rock
Mission of Burma ONoffON Post-Punk
Prince Musicology Funk, Neo-Soul, Pop Rock
The Von Bondies Pawn Shoppe Heart Garage Rock
Ted Leo + Pharmacists Shake the Sheets Indie Rock, Power Pop
The Zutons Who Killed The Zutons? Indie Rock