I must say, this was the easiest list I ever made thanks to iTunes. A little click to sort them by 2004 and then export into excel and I was done with my whole list. No need to scrounge lists to remember what came out, all I needed was rank numbers.

And thus it was...

2004 - Albums of the Year

01 - Mastodon - Leviathan
02 - Codeseven - Dancing Echoes/Dead Sounds
03 - Hot Water Music - The New What Next
04 - Brian Wilson - Smile
05 - Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
06 - The Legends - Up Against the Legends
07 - Morrissey - You Are the Quarry
08 - Air - Talkie Walkie
09 - The Killers - Hot Fuss
10 - The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
11 - Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
12 - Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar
13 - Elliott Smith - From a Basement On a Hill
14 - McLusky - The Difference Between..
15 - Modest Mouse - Good News
16 - Mono - Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky....
17 - Keane - Hopes and Fears
18 - Foreign Exchange - Connected
19 - Arcade Fire - Funeral
20 - Madvillain - Madvillainy
21 - Casey Jones - The Few, The Proud, The Crucial
22 - Dios - Dios
23 - Killswitch Engage - End of Heartache
24 - Secret Machines - Now Here is Nowhere
25 - French Kicks - Trial of the Century
26 - Icarus Line - Penance Soiree
27 - Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
28 - The Rise - Reclamation Process
29 - Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
30 - Brazil - Hostage and the Meaning of Life
31 - Q And Not U - Power
32 - AC Newman - Slow Wonder
33 - Clinic - Winchester Cathedral
34 - Explosions in the Sky - Soundtrack to Friday Night Lights
35 - Walkmen - Bows and Arrows
36 - !!! - Louden Up Now
37 - Les Savy Fav - Inches
38 - Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
39 - The Futureheads - The Futureheads
40 - Will Johnson - Vultures Await
41 - Hidden Cameras - Mississauga Goddam
42 - Isis - Panopticon
43 - Terror - One With the Underdogs
44 - Liars - They Were Wrong..
45 - Time in Malta - Alone With the Alone
46 - The Plastic Constellations - Mazatlan
47 - Walls of Jericho - All Hail the Dead
48 - With Honor - Heart Means Everything

2004 - Songs of the Year

01 - You Got Me Hummin - Reigning Sound
02 - Mr. Brightside - Killers
03 - Blood and Thunder - Mastodon
04 - Cherry Blossom Girl - Air
05 - Irish Blood / English Heart - Morrissey