NPR's "Best Music of 2004 (Staff Picks)"

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"2004 was a year when a handful of artists with their best days long behind them surprised us with their strongest music; Loretta Lynn and Brian Wilson come to mind. It was also a year when a lot of new musicians recorded some of the most personal and fragile songs you’ll hear – Iron and Wine, Bright Eyes, Joanna Newsom and Sufjan Stevens to name a few. It was hard to agree on a definitive list of the year’s best music, but the CDs collected below were the ones most mentioned."

  1. 1.
    Smile
    by Brian Wilson

  2. 2.
    A Ghost Is Born
    by Wilco

  3. 3.
    Good News for People Who Love Bad News
    by Modest Mouse

  4. 4.
    Our Endless Numbered Days
    by Iron & Wine

  5. 5.
    Funeral
    by Arcade Fire

  6. 6.
    Milk-Eyed Mender
    by Joanna Newsom

  7. 7.
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    Motets of Guillaume de Machaut
    by The Hilliard Ensemble

  8. 8.
    Amassakoul
    by Tinariwen

  9. 9.
    Legacy
    by Guy Davis

  10. 10.
    Seven Swans
    by Sufjan Stevens

  11. 11.
    The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
    by Citizen Cope

  12. 12.
    Neruda
    by Luciana Souza

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Created by notrobot on Jun 20, 2006.
 

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