Best of 2004 (post your lists)

[Skeletor]

Stop moaning and send your list!?

Way ahead of you, baby?

(...check the first reply to this thread...)

[Izzy]

Or music this year has sunk to a new low and ther is nothing good to speak of......

That only applies to mainstream music, there's lots of great stuff being released all the time. You just have to look beneath the surface.

That wasn't my personal opinion - it was a reply to someone asking why there were so few replies, and that was merely my speculation, personally i don't think this year has been terrible music wise.

[Aava]

Way ahead of you, baby?

(...check the first reply to this thread...)

Whops, sorry.. 

[Booker Floyd]

I didnt like much this year...

Velvet Revolver - Contraband - Rather than call it one of my favorite albums of the year and then proceed to list what I dont like about it ( ), Ill simply say that Ive listened to it a lot over the past 6 months and have enjoyed it very much.  I really think theres quite a few great songs on there.

John Legend - Get Lifted - Ive liked very little R&B since the early/mid-90s.  However, John Legend is a wonderful singer, and his music escapes the corny (and boring) neo-soul cliches that plague modern-day R&B.  Its soulful and charming, and the albums a great listen.

Green Day - American Idiot

Kanye West - College Dropout - My excitement for West has certainly waned since 2002, especially over the course of this year, but he made a very good album.  I find his vocals very entertaining, and of course his beats are almost always great.  Easily the best rap album of 2004 (although its basically by default since his competition was so weak...)

I look forward to hearing more from Silvertide 

[The Convict]

(None of these lists are in any order...)

Top 5 films...

1. The Incredibles
2. Anchorman
3. Saw
4. Eternal Sunshine
5. Wonderland

(Honorable mentions go to Starsky & Hutch, Hellboy and Lost In Translation)


Worst 5 films...

1. The Passion Of The Christ
2. Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason
3. Open Water
4. The Day After Tomorrow
5. Alien vs Predator


Albums...

1. The Libertines - The Libertines
2. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
3. Auf Der Maur - Auf Der Maur
4. R.E.M. - Around The Sun
5. Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits

[Malcolm]

Best Cd's: Velvet Revolver-Contraband
Big & Rich- Horse Of A Different Colour
Aerosmith-Honkin On Bobo

Best DVD's:Godsmack-Changes
Sebastian Bach-?
Lynyrd Skynyrd-30th Aniversery
Live Aid DVD
Toronto Sars Concert DVD

Best Concert's: (I Attended)
Velvet Revolver-Toronto
Godsmack & Metallica- Toronto
Alice Cooper-Peterbourgh
Nickleback-Peterbourgh
April Wine-Peterbourgh

[Buckethead Superstar]

LIVE -

Reading Festival 27th-29th August - Just WOW! Darkness, Green Day, White Stripes were all fantastic
Velvet Revolver 2nd September - Just wow, Brilliant
V2004 Festival 21st August - Very good
The Darkness 11th December - Gonna be awsome

ALBUMS

Velvet Revolver - Contraband ... amazingly put together, good stuff
The Darkness - Permission To Land ... yes released in 2003 but deserved a mention
Green Day - American Idiot ... heart felt shit, wikid album
GNR - Greatest Hits ... bought it from NYC Virgin Megastore, and has a special place in my heart

DVDs

Queen - Live at Wembley ... wow, freddy at his best

GAMES

Halo 2 - what an amazing game this is, hasnt been out of my XBox since i bought it...completed in 3 days (7 hours a day)

ILLNESS

Appendicitis - Just what a load of fun (!) that being sarcastic btw, but it happened exactly (i mean to the minute) one week after the VR concert on the 2nd September

Anyway, must depart from you now, good evening all

[gnrmadagascar]

- (Obviously) Velvet Revolver - Contraband
- Silvertide - Show And Tell

[classicrocker]

1.Tommy Stinson-Village Gorilla Head
2.U2-How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

[Hammy]

Albums:
Monster Magnet - Monolithic Baby!
Another album of amazing and hilarious lyrics packed with some great riffs and impressive covers, pretty much every song is a stand-out song.
Brides of Destruction - Here Come The Brides
Good debut from this 'new' band, shame there aren't more tracks, good that all the songs are good though they just avoided filler, they are also a class live act
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
Yeah it's a decent rock album, can't really fault it but it doesn't blow me away either it just fits nicely into my collection.
Tesla - Into The Now
Until this album i had never heard of this band but after looking at a thread where people raved about this i checked it out and loved it and i would say (now i have listened to their other stuff) this is one of their best albums, Only You is a classic track.
Soil - re.de.fine
This album improves upon their great debut it is more consistant and really shows the potential they have (had) unfortunately they are now without their frontman .? Best track is definately Pride really aggressive and good to motivate yourself when you can't be arsed crawling out of bed, slam it on you'll be out in no time.
Gluecifer - Automatic Thrill
Not sure if the album came out this year, i am pretty sure it did anyway when i saw them supporting Monster Magnet i thought they were amazing, so i got this album as soon as i could this band is just straight up rock n' roll! tracks like Car Full of Stash & Here Come The Pigs are the best of the bunch

Edit: Some late additions to my list as i have only recently listened to them Mot?rhead's Inferno album, Def Leppard's 'Best of', Silvertide 'Show & Tell' & Tommy Stinson's Village Gorilla Head.

[KeVoRkIaN]

1. Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong Of The Right
2. Secret Chiefs 3 - Book of Horizons

Best Concerts:

Gwar
Skinny Puppy

[Mikkamakka]

Best album:

Velvet Revolver: Contraband

Best concert:

Sebastian Bach, Budapest

[youngerformofaxl]

Best Albums:

There wasn't really any albums that really spoke to me:

But, I liked:

Tommy Stinson "Village Gorilla Head."
Guns N' Roses "Greatest Hits."
Gwen Stefani "Love Angel Music Baby."

[RichardNixon]

1. Guns N' Roses- Chinese Democracy I ran into Axl at Blockbuster Video in LA. There was only one copy of "New York Minute" and we both reached for it at the same time. Axl offered to give me an advanced copy of Chinese Democacy in exchange for the video. I wish you guys could listen to it, it's a great great album. I have it on now, as I write this. Robin has all these kick-ass solos, and the songs are all well written and catchy.

2. Velvet Revolver- Contraband I liked this album right away, but it grew on me more and more with each listen. "Illegal i Song" is the only track I don't really like.

3. Brides of Destruction- Here Come the Brides Nikki Sixx's best work since Motley Crue '94. This is the Crue album he never made that the fans would have wanted. And Tracii kicks ass, as usual.

4. PJ Harvey- Uh Huh Her Not her best album, but still a good collection of songs

5. U2- How to dismantle an atomic bomb see above

[matt88]

Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits

Velvet Revolver-Contraband

Green Day-American Idiot

U2-How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

Pete Murray-Feeler

[Booker Floyd]

Robin has all these kick-ass solos

I actually believed you up until this part...

By the way, I picked up the Silvertide album, and its incredible.  Im tempted to call it the years best album.

[Will]

Albums:

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
I did expect a lot, and I did get a lot. I can't complain, best album of the year hands down for me. A must buy if only for "Miracle Drug". The bonus DVD is a welcome goodie.

IAM - Revoir un Printemps (french band)
First album since 1997. Not as good as the previous one, but good lyrics and good music, a few gems. Nice album.

HOLLYWOOD ROSE - Roots of Guns N' Roses (CD + DVD japanese edition)
I really liked that special edition, the DVD was a welcome bonus and the CD itself is really cool, the remixes were not necessary but the original demos have a huge historical value for all GN'R fans.


DVDs:

GN'R - St. Louis 1991 (bootleg)
Infamous riot show, finally released on DVD. The sound is kind of a letdown but the picture looks awesome. Amazing concert, amazing energy. One of the best GN'R boots. Ever.

Evanescence - Rock Am Ring 2003 + 2004 (bootleg)
Amy's shows off her amazing voice on My Immortal and Bring Me To Life on RAR04. I really discovered the band then. The CD is ok but I was blown away by that DVD.


Concerts:

Velvet Revolver - Southaven, MS 2004
Very nice show. Lots of energy, not impressed by Weiland but the rest of the band, especially Slash and Duff kicked ass. A set a bit too short but a recommended live act.