My favorite CD's for 2004...this...very...second:

1. The Minus 5 - In Rock
2. Los Lobos - The Ride
3. Spirit of the West - Star Trails
4. Guided By Voices - Half Smiles of the Decomposed
5. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
6. Razorlight - Up All Night
7. The Holmes Brothers - Simple Truths
8. Todd Rundgren - Liars
9. John Wesley Harding - Adam's Apple
10. Eytan Mirsky - Everyone's Having Fun Tonight!
11. Trash Can Sinatras - Weightlifting
12. Burning Brides - Leave No Ashes
13. A.C. Newman - The Slow Wonder
14. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets
15. Jonathan Rundman - Public Library
16. Justin Sullivan & Friends - Tales of the Road
17. Franz Ferdinand - s/t
18. Chris Stamey - Travels in the South
19. Richard Shindell - Vuelta
20. Adam Marsland - You Don't Know Me