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The Top 50 Albums of 2004

From Aerosmith to Wilco, the editors pick the top fifty albums

Posted Dec 15, 2004 12:00 AM

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Aerosmith - Honkin' on Bobo

Alfie - Music From the Motion Picture

The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Beastie Boys - To the 5 Boroughs

Big and Rich - Horse of a Different Color

Brandy - Afrodesiac

Jimmy Buffett - License to Chill

Ray Charles - Genius Love Company

Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson

Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Delivery Man

The Cure - The Cure

Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner

Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South

Eminem - Encore

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

Green Day - American Idiot

Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People

Interpol - Antics

Jadakiss - Kiss of Death

Jimmy Eat World - Futures

Elton John - Peachtree Road

Kelis - Tasty

The Killers - Hot Fuss

The Libertines - The Libertines

Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose

Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me

Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Mos Def - The New Danger

Northern State - All City

Phish - Undermind

Prince - Musicology

R.E.M. - Around the Sun

Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous

The Rolling Stones - Live Licks

Patti Scialfa - 23rd Street Lullaby

Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

Patti Smith - Trampin'

Gwen Stefani - Love, Angel, Music, Baby

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free

Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be

Tegan and Sara - So Jealous

TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

Usher - Confessions

Velvet Revolver - Contraband

Kanye West - The College Dropout

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

Brian Wilson - Smile

Gretchen Wilson - Here for the Party