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Postcard Year-End Poll 2004

ok, here it goes. You guys voted for 356 different records this year, damn you. Sixteen records garnered 100 points or more this year, down from 23 last year, and there were about 25% fewer ballots submitted this year than last (124 this year, 165 I think last year.) The late flurry of ballots resurrected a flagging campaign for the Will Johnson record, meaning I now know which alter egos belong to my sister.

 
Rank Artist Album Total Points Votes 1st
1. Wilco A Ghost Is Born 400.0 59 11
2. Will Johnson Vultures Await 189.5 26 3
3. Loretta Lynn Van Lear Rose 187.0 36 2
4. The Drive By Truckers The Dirty South 179.5 28 6
5. Bobby Bare Jr. At the End of Your Leash 171.0 30 1
6. The Arcade Fire Funeral 170.5 24 8
7. Green Day American Idiot 169.0 26 3
8. Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News 148.5 25 4
9. Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days 140.0 26 2
10. Paul Westerberg Folker 139.5 24 7
11. Social Distortion Sex and Love and Rock n Roll 126.5 20 1
12. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Shake the Sheets 122.0 22 5
13. Dolorean Violence in the Snowy Fields 122.0 21 2
14. Neko Case The Tigers Have Spoken 121.0 19 2
15. Elliott Smith From a Basement on a Hill 113.0 19 4
16. Two Cow Garage The Wall Against Our Back 109.5 22 3
17. Mark Lanegan Band Bubblegum 94.5 16 2
18. The Sadies Favourite Colours 89.0 18  
19. The Delgados Universal Audio 72.0 11 2
20. Jay Farrar Stone Steel & Bright Lights 72.0 12 1
21. The Libertines The Libertines 71.5 11 2
22. Brian Wilson Smile 70.5 10 2
23. Tom Waits Real Gone 69.5 11 1
24. Li'l Cap'n Travis In All Their Splendor 68.5 11 2
25. Richard Buckner Dents & Shells 67.0 15 1
26. The Walkmen Bows & Arrows 66.0 10 2
27. The Gourds Blood of the Ram 65.5 12  
28. The Mendoza Line Fortune 64.5 8 3
29. Luna Rendezvous 64.0 9 1
30. Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 64.0 13 1
31. Richmond Fontaine Post to Wire 60.5 10 1
32. Camper Van Beethoven New Roman Times 59.0 10 2
33. Robyn Hitchcock Spooked 56.0 9 2
34. Steve Earle The Revolution StartsÉ Now 54.5 12  
35. Marah 20,000 Streets Under the Sky 53.0 12  
36. Matthew Sweet Kima Ga Suki 51.5 8 1
37. Old Crow Medicine Show OCMS 51.0 8 1
38. The Streets A Grand Dont Come Free 51.0 8  
39. Rilo Kiley More Adventurous 50.0 10  
40. Snow Patrol Final Straw 49.0 8  
41. U2 How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb 47.0 8  
42. Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans 44.0 8 1
43. AC Newman The Slow Wonder 43.5 7 1
44. The Elected Me First 42.0 8 1
45. Mission of Burma OnOffOn 40.5 9  
46. Patty Griffin Impossible Dream 40.0 7 1
47. Dios Dios 38.5 7 1
48. The Thermals Fuckin A 34.0 6  
49. Patterson Hood Killers and Stars 34.0 9  
50. Ben Kweller On My Way 34.0 8  
51. Grant Lee Phillips Virginia Creeper 33.0 8  
52. The Figgs Palais 32.5 5  
53. Nick Cave Abbatoir Blues 31.0 6 1
54. Old 97s Drag It Up 31.0 8  
55. The Black Keys Rubber Factory 30.5 7  
56. Guided by Voices Half Smiles of the Decomposed 29.0 5 1
57. Tift Merritt Tambourine 29.0 8  
58. Bonnie Prince Billy Sings Greatest Palace Music 29.0 5  
59. PJ Harvey Uh Huh Her 28.5 5  
60. Iris DeMent Lifeline 28.5 7  
61. Glossary How We Handle Our Midnights 27.0 4  
62. Ron Sexsmith Retriever 26.0 5  
63. Wayne Robbins & the Hellsayers The Lonesome Sea 25.0 3 1
64. TV on the Radio Desparate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes 25.0 4  
65. Jim White Dig a Hole in that Substrate 25.0 4  
66. Jason Molina Pyramid Electric Co. 24.0 4 1
67. The Silos When the Telephone Rings 23.5 3  
68. Todd Snider East Nashville Skyline 22.0 5  
69. Joanna Newsom The Milk-Eyed Mender 22.0 3  
70. Sam Phillips A Boot and a Shoe 21.5 4  
71. The Hold Steady ÉAlmost Killed Me 20.5 3 1
72. The Ponys Laced With Romance 20.0 3  
73. Mountain Goats We All Shall Be Healed 20.0 3  
74. Kanye West The College Dropout 20.0 3  
75. Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union Spit Polish 19.0 2 1
76. DJ Dangermouse The Grey Album 19.0 3 1
77. Avett Brothers Mignonette 18.5 5  
78. Anders Parker Tell It to the Dust 18.5 4  
79. Bellwether Seven and Six 18.0 2 1
80. Rogue Wave Out of the Shadow 18.0 5  
81. Fiery Furnaces Blueberry Boat 18.0 3  
82. Jon Dee Graham the Great Battle 17.0 3  
83. Gomez Split the Difference 17.0 4  
84. Cary Hudson Cool Breeze 16.5 4  
85. Bill Janovitz & Crown Victoria Fireworks on TV 16.0 3 1
86. Grey DeLisle The Graceful Ghost 15.5 3  
87. Buddy Miller Universal House of Prayer 15.5 3  
88. American Music Club Love Songs for Patriots 15.0 3 1
89. Travis Morrison Travistan 15.0 2  
90. The Comas Conductor 15.0 2  
91. Los Lobos The Ride 15.0 3  
92. Interpol Antics 15.0 3  
93. Tilly & the Wall Wild Like Children 14.5 2  
94. Pedro the Lion Achilles Heel 14.5 2  
95. Kings of Leon Aha Heartbreak 14.5 3  
96. Califone Heron King Blues 14.5 3  
97. Ambulance Ltd. Ambulance Ltd 14.5 3  
98. R.E.M. Around the Sun 14.0 2 1
99. Sahara Hotnights Kiss and Tell 14.0 2  
100. Paul Kelly Ways and Means 14.0 2  
101. Madvillain Madvillainy 14.0 2  
102. Ike Reilly Sparkle in the Finish 14.0 3  
103. Elvis Costello Delivery Man 14.0 4  
104. Earlies Those Were 14.0 2  

 

Most first-place votes: Wilco
Most First, Second and Third place votes: Wilco, 30
Highest ranking record without a First-place vote: The Sadies
Lowest-ranking record with multiple First-place votes: Robyn HItchcock
Total ballots cast: 124

Compiled by Michael Broadhurst