the lists:
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1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010-????
the list
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Acclaimed Music Top Albums, Top Songs
Playlist Research Top Pop Hits, Top Albums
Tunecaster Top 100 Songs
Wikipedia 2004 in Music
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eighteen albums
Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U. F. O. - Mantra of Love
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Sir Richard Bishop - Improvika
Björk - Medúlla
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus
Charalambides - Joy Shapes
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
Jesu
Mastodon - Leviathan
Oneida - Secret Wars
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse
Sunn - White2
T. V. on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
Brian Wilson Presents Smile
eight singles and deep cuts
Arcade Fire - 'Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)', Funeral
Excepter - 'Vacation'/ '"Forget Me"' [E. P.]
The Fiery Furnaces - 'Single Again'
The Fiery Furnaces - 'Here Comes the Summer'
Franz Ferdinand - 'Take Me Out', Franz Ferdinand
Britney Spears - 'Toxic', In the Zone
Usher Featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris - 'Yeah!', [Usher] Confessions
The Walkmen - 'The Rat', Bows + Arrows
nine archival and compilation albums
Roy Acuff - King of Country Music
The Almanac Singers - Original Recordings 1941-1942 Volume 2: The Sea, the Soil and the Struggle
The Beatles - The Capitol Albums Vol. 1
D. N. A. - DNA on DNA
Bull Moose Jackson - The Chronological Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
Scritti Politti - Early Scritti Politti
Stavely Makepeace - The Scrap Iron Rhythm Revue
The Virgin Prunes - A New Form of Beauty
Josh White - The Elektra Years