The Past Archives Top 10 2004

What was on the decks at the Past Archives headquarters during 2004

December 2004

1

LINDA PERHACS Parallelograms (The Wild Places)
2

BADFINGER Straight Up (Capitol)
3

JAMES BROWN Soul Classics (Simply Vinyl)
4

THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Time Out (Classic Records)
5

CAN Tago Mago (Spoon)
6

GEORGE HARRISON All Things Must Pass (EMI)
7

THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Electric Ladyland (Reprise)
8

HUSKER DU Warehouse: Songs And Stories (Warner Bros.)
9

IGGY AND THE STOOGES Raw Power (Columbia)
10

MARK KOZELEK What's Next To The Moon (Badman)

November 2004

1

VIC CHESNUTT West Of Rome (New West)
2

THE CONTORTIONS Buy (4 Men With Beards)
3

CABARET VOLTAIRE Red Mecca (Rough Trade)
4

BJORK Medulla (Elektra)
5

NEW MODEL ARMY The Collection (EMI Gold)
6

THE BLUE NILE High (Epstein/Sanctuary)
7

DOKKEN Change The World An Introduction (Sanctuary)
8

THE FIELD MICE Where'd You Learn To Kiss That Way? (Shinkansen)
9

JOHN HOWARD Kid In A Big World (RPM)
10

NEAL MORSE One (InsideOut)

October 2004

1

KATHRYN WILLIAMS Dog Leap Stairs (Caw)
2

BOB DYLAN Oh Mercy (Simply Vinyl)
3

BIFFY CLYRO Infinity Land (Beggars Banquet)
4

CAN Tago Mago (Spoon)
5

MARC BOLAN & T. REX 20th Century Superstar (Universal)
6

BOB DYLAN New Morning (Columbia)
7

JIMMY EAT WORLD Futures (Interscope)
8

OZZY OSBOURNE The Essential Ozzy Osbourne (Epic/Legacy)
9

LAURA VEIRS Carbon Glacier (Bella Union)
10

LAURA VEIRS Troubled By The Fire (Bella Union)

September 2004

1

MORRISSEY You Are The Quarry (Attack)
2

THE LIBERTINES The Libertines (Rough Trade)
3

THE BLUE NILE High (Epstein/Sanctuary)
4

LAURA VEIRS Carbon Glacier (Bella Union)
5

THE BLUE NILE I Would Never (Epstein/Sanctuary)
6

SILVER SUN Disappear Here (Invisible Hands)
7

JOHN MARTYN On The Cobbles (Independiente)
8

THE FALL Totale's Turns (Castle Music/Sanctuary)
9

TOM WAITS Swordfishtrombones (Island)
10

THE WHITE STRIPES White Blood Cells (Sympathy For The Record Industry)

August 2004

1

THE BEATLES Love Songs (Parlophone)
2

JIM CROCE The Way We Used To Be Anthology (Sanctuary)
3

JOHN MARTYN Mad Dog Days (Shakedown)
4

WILCO A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
5

ASSOCIATES Sulk (WEA)
6

CHRIS DE BURGH Best Moves (A&M)
7

TALKING HEADS Naked (EMI)
8

ALBINONI Adagio/PACHELBEL Canon (Deutsche Grammophon)
9

THE BETA BAND The Three E.P.s (Regal)
10

THE BLUE NILE I Would Never (Epstein/Sanctuary)

July 2004

1

WILCO A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
2

THE CURE The Cure (Geffen)
3

GLEN MATLOCK & THE PHILISTINES On Something (Liberty)
4

JONATHAN RICHMAN Not So Much To Be Loved As To Love (Sanctuary/Viper)
5

THE BEATLES Love Songs (Parlophone)
6

RED HOUSE PAINTERS Retrospective (4AD)
7

LOU REED Ecstasy (Reprise)
8

THE SILVER MOUNT ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA & TRA-LA-LA BAND Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upward (Constellation)
9

ADAM AND THE ANTS Prince Charming (CBS)
10

BOB DYLAN Self Portrait (Columbia)

June 2004

1

LONE STAR Lone Star/Firing On All Six (BGO)
2

JESSE MALIN The Heat (One Little Indian)
3

AFGHAN WHIGS Gentlemen (Blast First)
4

JOHNNY CASH Unearthed (Lost Highway/American)
5

BOB DYLAN Blood On The Tracks (Columbia)
6

THE FALL Bend Sinister (Beggars Banquet)
7

GODLEY & CREME Birds Of Prey...Plus/History Mix Vol. 1...Plus (Edsel)
8

ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK Navigation The OMD B-Sides (Virgin)
9

OZZY OSBOURNE Blizzard Of Ozz (Epic)
10

OZRIC TENTACLES The Hidden Step (Stretchy)

May 2004

1

JESSE MALIN The Heat (One Little Indian)
2

THE SILENT LEAGUE The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused (File 13)
3

BOB DYLAN The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 Live 1964 Concert At Philharmonic Hall (Columbia/Legacy)
4

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Phantom Phorce (Placid Casual)
5

BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY Greatest Palace Music (Domino)
6

LENNY KRAVITZ Baptism (Virgin)
7

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Natural Mystic (Tuff Gong)
8

MUSSORGSKY Pictures At An Exhibition/RAVEL Ma Mere l'Oye, Rhapsodie Espagnole (Deutsche Grammophon)
9

THE BLUE NILE A Walk Across The Rooftops (Linn)
10

PETER DISTEFANO Gratitude (Sanctuary)

April 2004

1

TURIN BRAKES Late Night Tales (Azuli/Whoa)
2

SUZANNE VEGA Suzanne Vega (A & M)
3

BOB DYLAN The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 Live 1964 Concert At Philharmonic Hall (Columbia/Legacy)
4

EZT Goodbye Little Doll (Monitor)
5

TRAPEZE Trapeze (Lemon Recordings)
6

SHARK FRENZY Shark Frenzy (Sanctuary/Castle Music)
7

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Cosmo's Factory (Fantasy)
8

THE FALL 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong (Sanctuary)
9

THE SILENT LEAGUE The Orchestra, Sadly, Has Refused (File 13)
10

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS Phantom Phorce (Placid Casual)

March 2004

1

THE FALL Grotesque (Castle Music/Sanctuary)
2

THE FALL Totale's Turns (Castle Music/Sanctuary)
3

EMMYLOU HARRIS Luxury Liner (Warner Bros./Rhino)
4

EMMYLOU HARRIS Quarter Moon In A Ten Cent Town (Warner Bros./Rhino)
5

SIMON & GARFUNKEL Bookends (Columbia/Legacy)
6

GENE VINCENT The Definitive Rarities And Outtakes Volume One (Ozit)
7

DECKARD Dreams Of Dynamite And Divinity (Deckard)
8

RYAN ADAMS Rock N Roll (Lost Highway)
9

THE BELLES Omerta (Eat Sleep)
10

JONI MITCHELL Wild Things Run Fast (Geffen)

February 2004

1

RYAN ADAMS Rock N Roll (Lost Highway)
2

MILES DAVIS In Person Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, Complete (Columbia/Legacy)
3

THE BEATLES The Beatles (Apple)
4

MARSHMALLOW Marshmallow (Lo-Max)
5

VANILLA FUDGE The Return (Music Avenue)
6

10,000 MANIACS Campfire Songs: The Popular, Obscure And Unknown Recordings (Elektra/Rhino)
7

THE BELLES Omerta (Eat Sleep)
8

DECKARD Dreams Of Dynamite And Divinity (Deckard)
9

MILES DAVIS The Complete Birth Of The Cool (Capitol)
10

THE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA First Movement (EMI)

January 2004

1

RYAN ADAMS Gold (Mercury/Lost Highway)
2

IGGY POP Skull Ring (Virgin)
3

THE FALL Words Of Expectation BBC Sessions (Sanctuary/Castle Music)
4

GENE CLARK No Other (Asylum)
5

JOHN CALE 5 Tracks (EMI)
6

THE FALL Dragnet (Sanctuary/Castle Music)
7

THE BEATLES Let It Be... Naked (Apple/EMI)
8

BELLE & SEBASTIAN Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Rough Trade)
9

COLOURBOX Best Of 82/87 (4AD)
10

CREAM Disraeli Gears (RSO)

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