NationStates Jolt Archive

I obviously haven't heard all of the albums out there, but here is my list:

1 Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
2 Van Lear Rose - Lorretta Lynn
3 Rejoicing in the Hands - Devendra Banhart
4 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
5 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine - Death From Above 1979
6 Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
7 Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron and Wine
8 Madvilliany - Madvillian
9 Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
10 Cee Lo Green is a Soul Machine - Cee Lo Green
11 Bows and Arrows - The Walkmen
12 Smile - Brian Wilson
13 The College Dropout - Kanye West
14 Antics - Interpol
15 Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth (It's here because it is a late addition, probably 8th or 9th)

Albums I am still wanting to hear:

Sung Tongs - The Animal Collective
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Nino Rojo - Devendra Banhart
From a Basement on the Hill - Elliott Smith
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Funeral - Arcade Fire

1. Evanescence- Fallen
2. Avril Lavigne- Under My Skin
3. Franz Ferdinand- Self-Titled
4. Gavin Degraw- Chariot

I'm having a complete mind-blank right now, so I'll add more later.

1. Evanescence- Fallen
2. Avril Lavigne- Under My Skin
3. Franz Ferdinand- Self-Titled
4. Gavin Degraw- Chariot

I'm having a complete mind-blank right now, so I'll add more later.

Who is Gavin Degraw?

The Tea Party's "Seven Circles" was pretty good.

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Heh, there weren't really many, but I'll try:

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

R.E.M. - Around The Sun

Keane - Hopes And Fears

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Evanescence - Fallen

That's it IMO.

Who is Gavin Degraw?

His breakout hit was "I Don't Wanna Be". Everyone always confuses him with a country singer, but he's pure rock.

1. Evanescence- Fallen
2. Avril Lavigne- Under My Skin
3. Franz Ferdinand- Self-Titled
4. Gavin Degraw- Chariot

I'm having a complete mind-blank right now, so I'll add more later.

1. Evanescence- Fallen : March 4, 2003

1. Evanescence- Fallen : March 4, 2003

Yea, it came out in 2003, but its songs, mainly Everybody's Fool and even My Immortal, had a huge effect on 2004.

Yea, it came out in 2003, but its songs, mainly Everybody's Fool and even My Immortal, had a huge effect on 2004.
Well, if that counts I want to add Blink 182's new self title album. It truly is their best work and they finally decided to give up trying unsuccessully to be punk. Instead, they are what they are.

My other nominations include Guilt Show by The Get Up Kids.

The Killers - Hot Fuss
Morrissey - You Are The Quary

only two (new)albums I bought this year

The Libertines new self titled album. Haven't heard a better album in ages.

you should definatly go for the futureheads album..its ace
also Pawn Shop Heart by the Von Bondies... i think that's 2004 anyway

Rotersand - Truth Is Fanatic Absolutely AMAZING Euro-industrial. NOT the same tired gothclub beat we've been hearing for the last 5 years out of every damned industrial band. There isn't a bad track on the entire CD. "Almost Violent" and "Social Distortion" are especially tasty arrangements.

you should definatly go for the futureheads album..its ace
also Pawn Shop Heart by the Von Bondies... i think that's 2004 anyway

That's what I hear about The Futureheads.

I have heard alot of the Von Bondies album, pretty good stuff, just below the Black Keys and The Walkmen for garage rock, though.

Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right
Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Mastodon- Leviathan
Megadeth- Rust in peace reisssue
Dragonforce- Sonic Firestorm
Ministry- Houses of the Molé


There are lots of great 2003 albums, but I dont like many of the albums that the bands who made them followed with in 2004, a lot were great, just less great than before.

Lostprophets - Start Something
Steriogram - Schmack!
Eyedea & Abilities - E&A
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets...

Yea, it came out in 2003, but its songs, mainly Everybody's Fool and even My Immortal, had a huge effect on 2004.

Then can I nominate The Beatles "Revolver"? How about Led Zeppelin IV? ;)

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Björk - Medulla

Lost In Translation Soundtrack

Air - Talkie Walkie

Múm - Summer Make Good

Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right
Killing Joke - Killing Joke

Sweet, sweet industrial weirdness....

I don't know if I bought any albums that were released in 2004...

Let me check...

Nirvana "With The Lights Out" box set. That's it.

Iced Earth: The Glorious Burden

Nightwish - Once, Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm, Ayreon - The Human Equation, After Forever - Invisible Circles, Therion - Sirius B, Therion - Lemuria

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

No.

No.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst

I obviously haven't heard all of the albums out there, but here is my list:

1 Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
2 Van Lear Rose - Lorretta Lynn
3 Rejoicing in the Hands - Devendra Banhart
4 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
5 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine - Death From Above 1979
6 Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
7 Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron and Wine
8 Madvilliany - Madvillian
9 Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
10 Cee Lo Green is a Soul Machine - Cee Lo Green
11 Bows and Arrows - The Walkmen
12 Smile - Brian Wilson
13 The College Dropout - Kanye West
14 Antics - Interpol
15 A Ghost is Born - Wilco

Albums I am still wanting to hear:

Sung Tongs - The Animal Collective
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Nino Rojo - Devendra Banhart
From a Basement on the Hill - Elliott Smith
The Futureheads - The Futureheads

A commendable list, but missing the Arcade Fire's Funeral is criminal. Add it to your second list immediately. Sonic Youth's Sonic Nurse is worth a listen, as well.

No.

As someone who's been listening to U2 since 1983, I say "Yes". :p

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=11worst

That the guy who made this up is 5 years my junior only goes to show that grunge and rap really killed off just about all taste in music by the the younger ("Gen Y") generation.

I don't know if I bought any albums that were released in 2004...

Let me check...

Nirvana "With The Lights Out" box set. That's it.

Well, that's really a Box-Set, and not an album. And I guess that it's good for a box-set(as it's the only box-set I own.)

But as far as albums go, I'd say

Green Day - American Idiot

But that's the only 2004 album that I've purchased.

Alter Bridge - One Day Remains

Originally Posted by Daydream Nation
A commendable list...


Indeed, but you also forgot Real Gone by Tom Waits.

Love Angel Music Baby-Gwen Stefani

OMG!!! This is the best album is like the totally best! I was so surpirsed no one has mentioned this at all. It is so much better then U2 and Evanesence's album.

Love Angel Music Baby-Gwen Stefani

OMG!!! This is the best album is like the totally best! I was so surpirsed no one has mentioned this at all. It is so much better then U2 and Evanesence's album.

I own it. Bought it with U2. Listened to it about two dozen times. It's crap that will be forgotten like Meredith Brooks & Tracey Bonham.

The first track is the only thing with a hook, and that's only because I like hearing Gwen making moaning sounds. ;)
For track 2, she rips off "If I was a rich man" from Fiddler on the Roof. :rolleyes:

From there, the trainwreck gets worse. I've NO DOUBT she'll reunite with her bandmates after releasing this drivel.

As someone who's been listening to U2 since 1983, I say "Yes". :p

I'm another longtime U2 listener and I agree, GREAT album. It's been in my cd player in my car since it came out and is almost all I listen to lately. :D

Love Angel Music Baby-Gwen Stefani

OMG!!! This is the best album is like the totally best! I was so surpirsed no one has mentioned this at all. It is so much better then U2 and Evanesence's album.

Please tell me you are being sarcastic. Please.

A commendable list, but missing the Arcade Fire's Funeral is criminal. Add it to your second list immediately. Sonic Youth's Sonic Nurse is worth a listen, as well.

Yes Arcade Fire was one that was going under "Would Also Like to Listen To" list, but I forgot. Sonic Nurse completely slipped my mind.

Does anyone on here like "Odessey and Oracle" by The Zombies?

It's an old album, but it was reissued this year and I purchased it a couple of weeks ago. I had never realized how good it is. Up there with Pet Sounds.

Then can I nominate The Beatles "Revolver"?
if only they were around now...only 38 (if i can count) years out

That the guy who made this up is 5 years my junior only goes to show that grunge and rap really killed off just about all taste in music by the the younger ("Gen Y") generation.

Crap.

Firstly, I recall reading somewhere on that site that he mainly enjoys classical music.

Secondly,Grunge didn't kill anything, it was rock's last great moment and I would certainly rather listen to Nirvana over Poison. IMO we haven't had any truly groundbreaking bands since the 90's... (I'm curious, what do you listen to?)

Nirvana "With The Lights Out" box set. That's it.

Aye, 'tis good. If only it was an album instead of the set. They need to make another B-side album, there are far better studio versions of many of the songs on it (Even in his youth for example) that were held back and I guess that is why.

Lets see, the only two albums I bought this year:

Franz Ferdinand - Self Titled
Rammstein - Reise Reise

Both are just "fun" albums really, and not much more than that. Sonic Nurse by Sonic Youth is on my wish list and i have an inkling it'll be better than those two. Maybe. Franz was pretty good so as of now it gets my vote :)

Velvet Revolver - Contraband

Yea, it came out in 2003, but its songs, mainly Everybody's Fool and even My Immortal, had a huge effect on 2004."Bring Me To Life" was the breakout song of the album IMO and that made its impact on 2003.

I like Flogging Molly, and their new one, Within a Mile From Home

I obviously haven't heard all of the albums out there, but here is my list:

1 Rubber Factory - The Black Keys
2 Van Lear Rose - Lorretta Lynn
3 Rejoicing in the Hands - Devendra Banhart
4 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
5 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine - Death From Above 1979
6 Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
7 Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron and Wine
8 Madvilliany - Madvillian
9 Seven Swans - Sufjan Stevens
10 Cee Lo Green is a Soul Machine - Cee Lo Green
11 Bows and Arrows - The Walkmen
12 Smile - Brian Wilson
13 The College Dropout - Kanye West
14 Antics - Interpol
15 Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth (It's here because it is a late addition, probably 8th or 9th)

Albums I am still wanting to hear:

Sung Tongs - The Animal Collective
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free
Nino Rojo - Devendra Banhart
From a Basement on the Hill - Elliott Smith
The Futureheads - The Futureheads
Funeral - Arcade Fire

Agreed, adding to that:

Bjork - Medulla
A Perfect Circle - Emotive
Dave Matthews Band - The Gorge
Dave Matthews Band - Golden Gate Park

And a bunch of jazz CDs.

Yea, it came out in 2003, but its songs, mainly Everybody's Fool and even My Immortal, had a huge effect on 2004.

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

seriously, you think evenescence had an impact on the music of 2004? please enlighten me as cannot possibly comprehend how yoiu think that, maybe its because we live in different places

Personally Kasabians self titled debut is for me one of the big hitters of 2004. Saw them open glastonbury, fantatsic band. Others:

Chemical brothers - singles 94-04

erm and thinking about it thats all for 2004 that i own. 22-20's and velvet revolver are damn good though and im not sure wheath steal this album by SOAT was 2003 or 4

That the guy who made this up is 5 years my junior only goes to show that grunge and rap really killed off just about all taste in music by the the younger ("Gen Y") generation.

There is still mountains of good music being made (see my list), the record labels have just ruined pop music, rap and grunge had nothing to do with it, if anything "grunge" and hip hop have expanded music to new realms. The fact that you don't recognize shows that you didn't have much musical taste to begin with.

Indeed, but you also forgot Real Gone by Tom Waits.

I love the old Tom Waits, but I just can't stomach his voice anymore. I can't knock the music because I really respect Tom Waits, but I just can't really enjoy listening to him anymore.

I second the nomination of Loretta Lynn's Van Lear Rose. That album was THE talked about record for a while IMO. I couldn't decide whether to buy it for myself and burn a copy for my father or buy it for him and burn my own copy.

Besides that, I didn't buy very many albums released in '04. The exceptions were Heart's Jupiter's Darling, Christine McVie's In The Meantime, Gretchen Wilson's Here For The Party, and Fleetwood Mac's Live in Boston. Honorary mention to Crosby and Nash's Crosby Nash.

Favorite songs from those albums:

Make Me (Jupiter's Darling)
Anything Is Possible (In The Meantime)
title track (Here For The Party)
Stand Back (Live in Boston)
They Want It All (Crosby Nash)

Pretty sure I didn't buy a single album released in 2004. It's so hard sifting through the crap to find good albums. I just download live shows from the bands I like because they release them for free. (Lotus, Grand Theft Bus, Jimmy Swift Band, more)

Wait, I bought Phish's Undermind, it's their best, but definatley good. And I bought the Discs for the Primus shows I went to see, do they count?

if only they were around now...only 38 (if i can count) years out

I was pointing out that this was a 2004 album thread. If an album came out in 2003, it's not eligable. I can hear something off Led Zep Four (Zoso, Zofo, whatever else you want to call it) 24/7 if I scan up and down my dial.

Don't get me wrong, I love Evanescene's album. But that's not the point. :)

There is still mountains of good music being made (see my list), the record labels have just ruined pop music, rap and grunge had nothing to do with it, if anything "grunge" and hip hop have expanded music to new realms. The fact that you don't recognize shows that you didn't have much musical taste to begin with.

I didn't say that.
I said that rap & grunge killed off Gen Y's appreciation of it.
Most all of those bands are quite good, and are Gen X'ers. ;)

Yes, the labels ruined pop/rock by killing contracts and basically making (post-grunge) popular music from 1995-1999 a rap/hip-hop wasteland, with few other inhabitents with more than 1 hit. Only over the last five years have bands like Evanescense and Godsmack help rock make a "comeback".

Crap.

Firstly, I recall reading somewhere on that site that he mainly enjoys classical music.

Secondly,Grunge didn't kill anything, it was rock's last great moment and I would certainly rather listen to Nirvana over Poison. IMO we haven't had any truly groundbreaking bands since the 90's... (I'm curious, what do you listen to?)

And that is why he hates the new U2 album? Pfha. BTW, most of his critiques per song are pretty off. It looks like he listened to the album once or twice and posted his "opinion".

I like most all music, barring "deep/ultra" country and most hip-hop/rap.
I listen to U2, Queensryche, Dream Theatre, Portishead, Marillion, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Sisters of Mercy, Enya, The Corrs, Sheryl Crow, The Clash, Frank Sinatra, Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Brian Setzer, Judas Priest, Roy Orbison, Blue Oyster Cult, The Cult, Simon & Garfunkle, Green Day, Heart, Rammstein, Johhny Cash, No Doubt, The Beatles and I like 80s cheese as well as most all classic rock (Animals, Cream, Rolling Stones, et al) and Southern Rock (.38 special, Charlie Daniels, Oak Ridge Boys) and some Motown (esp. The Four Tops).

I also have a large classical collection (about 50 discs, though I favor Mozart).

And that's what I listen to mostly. I have about an 80 minute (each way) train commute each way, so I listen to LOTS of music. :D

Groundbreaking? Hard to say. In reality, I can't think of many groundbreaking bands after Alice in Chains, really. Evanescense was the newest great hope, but since the girl and the guy broke up, it's not looking likely. :(

Isis: Panopticon
Mastodon: Leviathon
The Sleeping: Beleive What We Tell You

etc.

Groundbreaking?

There's a lot of bands that are coming out with groundbreaking stuff. Problem is, you never hear anything they write, because record labels don't want you to hear new stuff. They want to stick to the tried and true so they can keep popping out these cookie cutter bands.

Just a question (no offense meant) but what's so great about Evenescense?

I was pointing out that this was a 2004 album thread. If an album came out in 2003, it's not eligable. I can hear something off Led Zep Four (Zoso, Zofo, whatever else you want to call it) 24/7 if I scan up and down my dial.

Don't get me wrong, I love Evanescene's album. But that's not the point. :)

I really don't get the whole Evenescense thing, whenever it was, and actually find them quite annoying. I would much rather listen to revolver or led zep 4...
But each to their own, I'm sure this thread was about what you liked not what you didn't like

My personal faves-

Killers- Hot Fuss
Franz Fernidand- Franz Fernidand
My Chemical Romance- Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
U2- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Jimmy Eat World- Futures
Green Day- American Idiot
Flogging Molly- Within a Mile of Home
Eminem- Encore
Chevelle- This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In

probably more, but i'm blanking right now.

Velvet Revolver-Contraband
Green Day-American Idiot

VR is amazing live, best live band I have ever seen(and trust me,the number of bands I have seen is nearing the triple digits).

Evanescence has a new guitarist since Ben Moody left. His name is Terry Balsamo, and as a fan of his former band Cold, I can verify he is one of the most incredible guitarists out there right now. Ben Moody isn't half the guitarist Terry is.

But, it doesn't change the fact that Amy Lee lip sings live and has the stage presence of a mannequin feeling its own tit. I was an Evanescence fan until I saw them live. Then I saw her chunky ass wasn't really singing, so I started booing and walked out. Thank God Cold opened and put on an amazing set to make up for that crap.

The studio drummer who did Evanescence's album was the guy from Mudvayne, although he's nothing great, even he admitted that Evanescence was a big pile of crap and that means they're going to be great.

Amy Lee can't sing, flat out. When she does sing live, she's horribly flat, that's probably why she doesn't.

My personal faves-

Killers- Hot Fuss
Franz Fernidand- Franz Fernidand
My Chemical Romance- Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
U2- How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Snow Patrol- Final Straw
Jimmy Eat World- Futures
Green Day- American Idiot
Flogging Molly- Within a Mile of Home
Eminem- Encore
Chevelle- This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In

probably more, but i'm blanking right now.


That is a pretty good list... add like the used- in love and death or something too.

That is a pretty good list... add like the used- in love and death or something too.

yeah, i like the used, i've seen em in concert, but i haven't gotten around to checking out their new cd.

Just a question (no offense meant) but what's so great about Evenescense?

Absolutely nothing, most derivative band I have ever heard. Besides Jet, that is, but at least Jet copies music I like, not Linkin Park.

yeah, i like the used, i've seen em in concert, but i haven't gotten around to checking out their new cd.

yeah, seeing them for the third time in concert in march...they are amazing in concert...i saw them with atreyu, the bled (band I never heard of but they really amazed me), and the bronx.

yeah, seeing them for the third time in concert in march...they are amazing in concert...i saw them with atreyu, the bled (band I never heard of but they really amazed me), and the bronx.

nice! if you're talking about the tour of chaos or whatever, i think im going to that too. definitely looking forward to it

Big D and the Kids Table-How It Goes
Catch 22-Live (if it counts)
Green Day-American Idiot

I saw all three bands live, and they were all great, and they were playing songs off these albums.

And that is why he hates the new U2 album? Pfha. BTW, most of his critiques per song are pretty off. It looks like he listened to the album once or twice and posted his "opinion".

Exactly, It's just his opinion, and I don't care, because it's not mine.

I haven't heard that album, but even a good friend of mine who loves the band thinks it is crap, which has gone some way towards convincing me not to bother.

I like most all music, barring "deep/ultra" country and most hip-hop/rap. I listen to -snip-

Alright, you've got good taste :)

Groundbreaking? Hard to say. In reality, I can't think of many groundbreaking bands after Alice in Chains, really. Evanescense was the newest great hope, but since the girl and the guy broke up, it's not looking likely. :(
There's been a few. Queens of the Stone Age, The White Stripes (you either love them or hate them), Weezer, Placebo...just a few. All tried something a bit different from the mould. There's hope yet :)

Groundbreaking?

There's a lot of bands that are coming out with groundbreaking stuff. Problem is, you never hear anything they write, because record labels don't want you to hear new stuff. They want to stick to the tried and true so they can keep popping out these cookie cutter bands.

That may be true to some degree, but I see very little good new stuff even on my local scene. We'll get a revival someday, sure, but it'll take a while. I expect non-underground music as a whole will be (mostly) dead in the water until at least 2010.

American Idiot. Hands down. It's one of the few CDs I actually bothered to buy, which speaks volumes of how good it is.

American Idiot. Hands down. It's one of the few CDs I actually bothered to buy, which speaks volumes of how good it is.

It speaks more towards how little you invest in music. How many of the bands/albums on my list have you even listened to? My guess is two.