album of 2004 so far

loyatemu

Sonic Youth - "Sonic Nurse"

if you liked sonic youth in the past you should definitely check it out.

tibor

interpol - antics.

bambam

+1 for Interpol - antics

Pacifico

Modest Mouse - Good news for people who like bad news

RE*AC*TOR

Scissor Sisters.

Dont be at yourself

Hope Of The States

(honourable mentions to Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters and Sonic Youth)

SprostonGreen

The Killers - Hot fuss

gogul

Hmm Scissor Sisters?

You have heard their version of comfortable numb!! No self respecting musician would do that to such a masterpiece. They dont deserve a listen!!!

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by gogul
Hmm Scissor Sisters?

You have heard their version of comfortable numb!! No self respecting musician would do that to such a masterpiece. They dont deserve a listen!!!

So based on one bad cover - you don't give a band a chance with anything else?? You're very clever, and obviously know better than everyone else.

Best album of 2004 (IMO) - Prince - Musicology.

gogul

Dr Loon, u think of one of your favourite bands. If a cover was done of one of their best songs (very badly I might add), wouldn't u be p*ssed!?

RE*AC*TOR

Originally posted by gogul
Hmm Scissor Sisters?

You have heard their version of comfortable numb!! No self respecting musician would do that to such a masterpiece. They dont deserve a listen!!!

Yes, obviously you are correct. Its awful - what was I thinking? I'll change my nomination to Pink Floyd - Echoes (almost this year). Pink Floyd rule all.

..........or..............no - i think its great and you can eat my ass-biscuit.

Zoton

Probably have to go with Vol.3 The Subliminal Verses - Slipknot. Very little else released this year that has been very good.

RE*AC*TOR

might I add - I prefer the Scissor Sisters version of Comfortably Numb - its sufficiently different from the original to merit being a cover - surely that's better - putting their own stamp on it rather than doing an almost identical version to PF.

gogul

Did u also like Tori Amos' version of Smells Like Teen Spirit?

Spocker

+ 1 for the Scissor Sisters - brownie points for being (mostly) original if nothing else. I agree with RE*AC*TOR , at least it's different enough

Marq

Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra La La Band with Choir - Thee Rusted Satellites Gather and Sing.

Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People which only got an Irish release this year.

Sonic Nurse also excellent.

munkeehaven

tool-lateralus.....WITHOUT A DOUBT

Tusky

I like the scissors sisters cover, I actually prefer It to the original. Good album too.

The Franz Ferdinand album was brilliant , very 'paint by numbers' but still really good.

Listening to Razorlights album ... seems quite good so far.

tibor

Originally posted by munkeehaven
tool-lateralus.....WITHOUT A DOUBT

try 2001.

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by gogul
Dr Loon, u think of one of your favourite bands. If a cover was done of one of their best songs (very badly I might add), wouldn't u be p*ssed!?

Not really... but I wouldn't write the rest of the bands material off as shíte based on a bad cover version.

Dont be at yourself

If Comfortably Numb was an original song by Scissor Sisters, people would absolutely love it. But because they're revamping a classic by a hugely succcessful and much-loved 'serious' (though that's arguable!) band, everyone gets all stuck up and elitest about it.

Get over yourselves.

radiospan

Interpol - Antics sounds very good all right.
Joy Zipper - American Whip
Snow Patrol - Final Straw

sikes

is antics out yet??

Robbo

Originally posted by sikes
is antics out yet??

Not entirely

I believe the official release date is sometime in September.

sikes

mmm * me off to irc *

shotamoose

At the risk of being totally unfashionable, I've just bought Morrissey's new album and it actually sounds great. Must also pick up Prince's new one too - roll on the 1980s!

D-Generate

The words Morrissey and unfashionable don't go together in the same sentance.
Anyway, my favourite albums so far are
Hope of the States - Lost Riots
The Killers - Hot Fuss
and Interpol - Antics.

Beastie Boys - To the 5 Bouroughs is also pretty Fab!

daveg

Keane - Hopes and fears

AngelofFire

Incubus- a crow left of the murder

John

album of the year? I'm sorry, has to be albumS of the year:

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse (far better then their previous few albums)
Einstuerzende Neubauten - Perpetuum Mobile
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her
Throbbing Gristle - Now
Neurosis & Jarboe - Neurosis & Jarboe
Michael Gira - I Am Singing To You From My Room


Of course there are others that are not as good but worth a mention such as Morrissey, Amen, all the Tindersticks re-releases, Hafler Trio and Merzbow.

Biggest disappointment was that new Lou Reed live album. There are a few great tracks on it but most of it was fairly rubbish. The gig he did at the Helix was better because he talked less crap through it. The vocalist he had with him, Antony, is amazing. Best version of Candy Says yet!

Miguel_Sanchez

Yeah the Sonic Youth album is excellent (except for the that Arthur Conan Doyle Handcream track)

Two other contenders are:

Wilco - A Ghost is Born
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - Product Placement (live CD with the DVD)

Creamy Goodness

Ash - Meltdown

jesus_thats_gre

Jay-Z - The Black Album

Kanye West - College Drop Out

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free

therecklessone

Originally posted by John2

Neurosis & Jarboe - Neurosis & Jarboe

The first track off that is savage. Good choice.

Mine would be:

Auf Der Maur - s/t
Tracer AMC - Flux and Form
Rest - Burning in Water...

John

The first track off that is savage.

Too ****ing right it is. It's the best Swans album never made.

lordsippa

Just bought Radiohead's latest offering Com-Lag. Must say me likes it. Me likes it muchly.

Also velvet revolvers debut. Absolutely class.

billy the squid

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free

I would agree with this. was a bit slow to catch on but once I heard one or two of the songs off the radio i bought the album and was not dissapointed

milltown

It has been a good year so far for music I think.

My Picks:

Keane - Hopes and fears
DJ Dangermouse - The grey album
Franz Ferdinand
NERD - Fly or die

I liked the Scissor sisters album the first few times but then it actually grew OFF me. I do think their comfortably numb stands on it's own, sufficiently different to the Floyd version to almost consider it original.

A grand don't come for free was a travesty after OPM.

T.G Catter

scissor sisters album is appauling.

franz ferdinand - take me out, is quite clearly the best album so far this year.



p.s why did keane cross the road?
to get to the middle.

kingofvillan

Forget overrated codswallop(thats right noel i said codswallop) like keane and snowpatrol, these bands are dreary enough to make me go into deep sleep

Best albums are Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters and the Coral!!!

Basq

Originally posted by T.G Catter
scissor sisters album is appauling.

franz ferdinand - take me out, is quite clearly the best album so far this year.



p.s why did keane cross the road?
to get to the middle.

If you think the Franz Ferdinand is the best album of the year, then you would know that it is self-titled!

It is NOT called 'Take Me Out'!

It obviously had so much of an effect on you as the best album of the year that you forgot the name of it!

:rolleyes:

Personally, i thought it was a very over-rated album with plenty of filler and a few radio friendly singles going for it.

Best albums for me this year are:

Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Keane - Hopes & Fears
Ash - Meltdown

Pacifico

Modest Mouse
Dogs Die in Hot Cars
Scissor Sisters
The Streets.....

RE*AC*TOR

Doing a quick compile:
Sonic Youth, Interpol and Franz Ferdinand joint leaders (3 each).
Followed jointly by Modest Mouse, Scissor Sisters, Hope Of The States and Keane (2 each).


Where someone mentioned more than one album - I took their first answer.

fizzynicenice

Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision

this may have come out last year, me no sure

the fnj

Hope of the States- the lost riots

Dont be at yourself

Must say, Hope Of The States blew me away at Oxegen, and after picking up their album, I'd put it right up there with the best of the year.

eth0_

Number one has to be 'Heroes to zeros' by the Beta Band, they're such a fantastic band and yet get ignored by the record buying public :-(
I'd actually rate them higher than radiohead in terms of innovation and lyric & melody writing skills.

Second place would be Hope of the States 'The lost riots'. Great band, can't wait to see them live in October.

T.G Catter

Originally posted by basquille
If you think the Franz Ferdinand is the best album of the year, then you would know that it is self-titled!

It is NOT called 'Take Me Out'!

It obviously had so much of an effect on you as the best album of the year that you forgot the name of it!

:rolleyes:

Personally, i thought it was a very over-rated album with plenty of filler and a few radio friendly singles going for it.

Best albums for me this year are:

Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Keane - Hopes & Fears
Ash - Meltdown

i am slapping my wrist whilst typing with one hand.

quarryman

Originally posted by basquille


Keane - Hopes & Fears

i thought this album got old very quick. the whiney-ness gets grating after a while.

Scissor Sisters for me so far.

Selik

Haven't heard or listened to anything released this year enough to warrant me even having a favourite album of 2004.

I guess they just don't make 'em like that used to!

Badly Drunk Boy

I'd have to go with

The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
The Beta Band - Heroes To Zeros
Laibach - Wat