Q Awards 2004

1. The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For Free


2. Keane - Hopes And Fears


3. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand


4. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb


5. Razorlight - Up All Night


6. The Libertines - The Libertines


7. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus


8. The Killers - Hot Fuss


9. Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll


10. Interpol - Antics


11. Snow Patrol - Final Straw


12. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime


13. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born


14. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters


15. Danger Mouse - The Grey Album


16. Kasabain - Kasabain


17. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak


18. Prince - Musicology


19. Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby


20. The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons


21. Green Day - American Idiot


22. Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines


23. Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill


24. The Blue Nile - High


25. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell


26. Mark Lanegan - Bubblegum


27. Norah Jones - Feels Like Home


28. Usher - Confessions


29. Kanye West - The Collage Dropout


30. Eminem - Encore


31. The Walkman - Bows + Arrows


32. Lost Prophets - Start Something


33. George Michael - Patience


34. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans


35. The Futureheads - The Futureheads


36. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere


37. !!! [Chik Chik Chik] - Louden Up Now


38. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands


39. Estelle - The 18th Day…


40. Joss Stone - Mind Body And Soul


41. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News


42. Brian Wilson - Smile


43. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose


44. Jamelia - Than You


45. The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart


46. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge


47. Goldie Lookin’ Chain - Greatest Hits


48. Cee-Lo Green - Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine


49. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Live In Hyde Park

50. The Bees - Free The Bees

Q Top 50 British Albums

Q Top 50 British Albums Ever

1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. The Beatles - Revolver
3. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - Here’s The Sex Pistols
4. Radiohead - Ok Computer
5. The Clash - London Calling
6. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
7. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
8. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
10. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
11. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
12. Blur - Park Life
13. Primal Scream - Screamadellica
14. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
15. The Specials - The Specials
16. Queen - A Night At The Opera
17. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
18. The Who - My Generation
19. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
20. The Jam - All Mod Cons
21. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
22. Joy Division - Closer
23. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
24. Happy Mondays - Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches
25. Nick Drake - Bryter Later
26. The Coral - Magic And Loss
27. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
28. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
29. Prodigy - Music For A Jilted Generation
30. Pulp - Different Class
31. Small Faces - Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
32. The Verve - Urban Hymns
33. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
34. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
35. Gang Of Four - Entertainment
36. The Human League - Dare
37. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
38. Soul Ii Soul - Club Classics Vol.1
39. Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties
40. The Undertones - The Undertones
41. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
42. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
43. Robbie Williams - Life Through A Lens
44. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
45. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
46. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
47. Steel Pulse - Hansworth Revolution
48. The Cure - Disintegration
49. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
50. Pet Shop Boys - Very

NME Best Albums 2004

NME Albums of 2004

1. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2. The Libertines - The Libertines
3. The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For A Free
4. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
5. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
6. Danger Mouse - The Greay Album
7. Kanye West - The College Dropout
8. Razorlight - Razorlight
9. The Radio Dept - Lesser Matters
10. The Dears - No Cities Left
11. Interpol - Antics
12. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
13. The Killers - Hot Fuss
14. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
15. Dizzie Rascal - Showtime
16. Beastie Boys - To Thr 5 Boroughs
17. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth - Blood Thirsty Babies
18. U2 - Ho To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
19. The Concretes - The Concretes
20. Kasabain - Kasabain
21. Keane - Hope And Fears
22. Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby
23. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell (Pt 1 & 2)
24. Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
25. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
26. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
27. Mylo - Destroy Rock ‘N’ Roll
28. The Ordinary Boys - Over The Counter Culture
29. Hope Of The States - The Lost Riots
30. Dios - Dios
31. Devendra Banheart - Rejoicing In The Hands
32. Kelis - Tasty
33. Brian Wilson - Smile
34. Amplifier - Amplifier
35. Graham Coxon - Happiness In Magazines
36. The Go! Team - Thunder - Lightening - Strike
37. The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons
38. Goldie Lookin’ Chain - Greatest Hits
39. Eminem - Encore
40. The Bees - Free The Bees
41. Mos Def - The New Danger
42. Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
43. The Music - Welcome To The North
44. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
45. Green Day - American Idiot
46. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
47. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
48. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
49. Selfish Cunt - No Wicked Heart Shall Prosper
50. 22-20’s - 22-20’s

NME All Time Best Rock Albums 2003

NME's list of all time best rock albums 2003

1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Pixies - Doolittle
3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. Television - Marquee Moon
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. Love - Forever Changes
7. The Strokes - Is This It
8. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
9. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground + Nico
10. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12. The Clash - London Calling
13. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
14. Joy Division - Closer
15. Nirvana - In Utero
16. Radiohead - Ok Computer
17. Spritualized - Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
18. Blondie - Parallel Lines
19. Nirvana - Nevermind
20. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
21. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
22. New Order - Technique
23. Primal Scream - Screamadellica
24. The Beatles - The Beatles
25. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
26. David Bowie - Low
27. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
28. The Verve - A Northern Soul
29. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
30. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
31. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
32. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
33. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
34. Patti Smith - Horses
35. Jeff Buckley - Grace


36. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
37. Oasis - [What’s The Story] Morning Glory
38. Scott Walker - Scott 4
39. Ramones - Ramones
40. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
41. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
42. The Stooges - Fun House
43. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
44. Radiohead - The Bends
45. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Iv
46. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
47. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
48. REM - Automatic For The People
49. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
50. Blur - Parklife
51. The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
52. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Mainstreet
53. Slint - Spiderland
54. The Smiths - The Smiths
55. Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
56. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
57. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
58. The Rolling Stones - Stick Fingers
59. The Specials - The Specials
60. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
61. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
62. Pulp - His ‘N Hers
63. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
64. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
65. Duran Duran - Rio
66. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
67. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
68. Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
69. Andrew WK - I Get Wet
70. The Verve - Urban Hymns
71. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
72. AC/DC - Back In Black
73. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
74. The White Stripes - Elephant
75. Lou Reed - Transformer
76. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
77. The Coral - The Coral
78. Suede - Dog Man Star
79. The Clash - The Clash
80. Neil Young - After The Goldrush
81. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
82. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang
83. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
84. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
85. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
86. David Bowie - Heroes
87. The Slits - Cut
88. Primal Scream - Exterminator
89. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
90. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
91. Queens Of The Stoneage - Rated R
92. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
93. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
94. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
95. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
96. The Vines - Highly Evolved
97. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City - Stories From The Sea
98. Madonna - Like A Prayer
99. The Congos - Heart Of The Congoes
100. The Beach Boys - Surfs Up

Mojo Awards 2004

1. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
2. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
3. Brian Wilson - Smile
4. Devendra Banheart - Rejoicing In The Hands/Nino Rojo
5. Mark Lanegen Band - Bubblegum
6. Bjork - Medulla
7. The Shins - Chutes Too Marrow
8. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Delivery Man
9. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
10. Patti Smith - Trampin’
11. Dizzie Rascal - Showtime
12. The Libertines - The Libertines
13. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
14. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
15. Kings Of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
16. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
17. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
18. The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come For Free
19. Mavis Staples - Have A Little Faith
20. Adem - Homesonges
21. The Icarus Line - Penance Soiree
22. The Delgados - Universal Audio
23. Kanye West - The Collage Dropout
24. Kelly Stoltz - Antique Glow
25. Lhasa - The Living Road
26. Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
27. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
28. Tom Waits - Real Gone
29. The Zutons - Who Killed The Zutons
30. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth - Blood Thirsty Babies
31. Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green Is The Soul Machine
32. The Country Soul Review - Testifying
33. Tinariwen - Amassakoul
34. Nora Jones - Feels Like Home
35. The Bees - Free The Bees
36. The Futureheads - The Futureheads
37. Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar
38. Paul Westerberg - Folker
39. Prince - Musicology
40. Kasabian - Kasabian

Face Awards 2003

1. The White Stripes - Elephant
2. Justin Timberlake - Justified
3. Kings of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
4. The Darkness - Permission to Land
5. Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
6. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
7. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
8. Sean Paul - Dutty Rock
9. The Rapture - Echoes
10. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress