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2005 LIST (IN PROGRESS)
Neko Case TIGER HAS SPOKEN (Anti-)
Petra Haden THE WHO SELL OUT (Bar-None)
Ivy IN THE CLEAR (Nettwerk)
Beck GUERO (Interscope)
Gorillaz DEMON DAYS (Virgin)

REISSUES
Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet COMPLETE MERCURY RECORDINGS (Hip-O Select)
Toots and the Maytals TOOTS IN MEMPHIS (Hip-O Select)\
Various Artists COMPLETE MOTOWN SINGLES (Hip-O Select)

BEST OF 2004

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1. Rocket From The Tombs ROCKET REDUX (Smog Veil)
2. Danger Mouse GREY ALBUM (download)
3. Reigning Sound TOO MUCH GUITAR (In the Red)
4. Sam Phillips A BOOT AND A SHOE (Nonesuch)
5. Bottle Rockets BRAND NEW YEAR (New West)
6. Los Lobos THE RIDE (Hollywood)
7. Courtney Love AMERICA'S SWEETHEART (Virgin)
8. Alison Kraus LONELY RUNS BOTH WAYS (Rounder)
9. Aveo BATTERY (Barsuk)
10. Eliza Gilkyson LAND OF MILK AND HONEY (Red House)

11. Nick Drake MADE TO LOVE MAGIC (Island Chronicles)
12. Mission of Burma ONOFFON (Matador)
13. Sloan ACTION PACT (Koch)
14. Fiery Furnaces BLUEBERRY BOAT (Rough Trade)
15. Youssou N'Dour EGYPT (Nonesuch)
16. Downtown DOWNTOWN (Coup De Grace)
17. Dan Zanes PARADES AND PANORAMAS (Festival Five)
18. Velvet Crush STEREO BLUES (Action Musik)
19. Rokia Traore BOWNBOI (Nonesuch)
20. Sun Kil Moon GHOSTS OF THE GREAT HIGHWAY (Jetset)

CLASSICAL:

Leon Fleisher TWO HANDS (Vanguard Classics)
Miklos Perenyi, Andras Schiff BEETHOVEN CELLO SONATAS (ECM)
Leif Ove Andsnes MOZART CONCERTOS 9 & 18 (EMI)
Till Fellner Bach DAS WOHLTEMPERIERTE KLAVIER (ECM)
Christian Tetzlaff BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATAS (EMI)
Christian Tetzlaff BARTOK VIOLIN SONATAS (Virgin)

LIST LINKS:

Rock List.net
Fast'n'Bulbous
Rate Your Music
Modern Rock Lists
List of Bests
Complicated Fun (lotsa rock links)
Largehearted Boy
Fimocoluous
Acclaimed Music
Top Labels of 2004
Ken Tucker
donewaiting

BEST OF 2003

New Pornographers ELECTRIC VERSION (Matador)
Rosanne Cash, RULES OF TRAVEL (Capitol)
Ride WAVES (The First Time Records)
White Stripes ELEPHANT (V2)
Dave Holland Quintet, EXTENDED: LIVE AT BIRDLAND (ECM)
Chris Smither TRAIN HOME (Hightone)*
Neil Young GREENDALE (Reprise)
Amy Rigby TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF (Signature Sounds)
Nada Surf LET GO (Barsuk)
Dwight Yoakam POPULATION ME (Reprise)
Willie Nelson CRAZY: THE DEMO SESSIONS (Sugar Hill)
Jon Langford** and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts HE EXECUTIONER'S SONGS VOL. 2-3 (Bloodshot)
The Strokes ROOM ON FIRE (RCA)
The Flaming Sideburns SAVE ROCK'N'OLL (Jetset)
Sahara Hotnights JENNIE BOMB (Jetset)
Mike Ireland & Holler, TRY AGAIN (Ashmont)
Thea Gilmore AVALANCHE (Compass)
Soundtrack, AMERICAN SPLENDOR (New Line)
Warren Zevon THE WIND (Artemis)
Warren Zanes MEMORY GIRL (Dualtone)*
Fountains of Wayne WELCOME INTERSTATE MANAGERS (S-Curve) Liz Phair LIZ PHAIR (Capitol)
Shania Twain UP! (Only Half Facetious)
Johnny Cash UNEARTHED (American)

REISSUES:

The Allman Brothers ATLANTA POP FESTIVAL 1970 (Sony Legacy)
The Byrds SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO (Sony Legacy)
Bloomfield, Stills, Kooper SUPERSESSION (Sony Legacy)
Bob Dylan [CATALOG] (Sony SACD)
Neil Young ON THE BEACH (Reprise)
The Beatles LET IT BE...NAKED (EMI/Capitol)
Television MARQUEE MOON, ADVENTURE, LIVE (Rhino)

BOOTS:

Nick Lowe RADIO DAZE (Five Dolar Records)
Buddy Holly APARTMENT TAPES (private)

*sent to me by the artist, on friendly terms
**workaholic