2004 in music

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Contents

1 Events

2 Albums Released

3 Albums Expected (Pre-Releases)

4 Albums To Be Announced

10.1 Grammy Awards
10.2 Country Music Association Awards
10.3 Eurovision Song Contest
10.4 Brit Awards
10.5 Juno Awards
10.6 Mercury Music Prize

11 External link

Events

January 1 - Traditional Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti
January 1 - Kurt Nilsen won the World Idol
January 3 - Britney Spears married Jason Alexander, a friend from her childhood, in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later.
February 17 - The Brit Awards are held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake, and KRS-One are among the winners.
February 17 - Billy Corgan posted a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of The Smashing Pumpkins.
March 10 - George Michael announces that Patience will be his last commercially released record telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". He stated that future releases will be available from his web site for in return for donations to his favourite charities.
April 6 - A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called My Mother's Hymn Book was released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.
April 20 - Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album album Archetype.
May - Blender magazine's May issue includes a list of the 50 worst songs. "We Built This City," by Jefferson Starship, was rated the worst.
May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel expected to be held.
May 25 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will breakup following the Summer 2004 Tour.
May 25 - Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called The Greater Wrong of the Right.
May 26 - Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of American Idol defeating Diana DeGarmo.
June - Staind started recording their fourth album produced by David Bottrill known for his work with Tool and the new album is not released until late this year or next year.
June - The Velvet Revolver's first album Contraband has debuted in the top slot on the Billboard album charts, selling over 250,000 copies its first week out.
June - The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is hospitalized in Los Angeles of prostate cancer and diagnosed. The cancer had spread through his body and he didn't die until September 15.
June 4 - Creed dissolved because guitarist Mark Tremonti is working in a side project Alter Bridge and their first album is One Day Remains, which is scheduled to be released on August 10th.
June 10 - Ray Charles dies of kidney failure at the age of 73.
June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ aired the 12th Annual Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, The Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Hoobastank, The Killers, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, The Strokes, The Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.
June 22 - The 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup.)
June 23 - The UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.
August 8 - The Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lbs. (360 kg) of human waste from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river. An architecture tour boat was beneath them at the time. The bus driver and the band were sued by the state of Illinois.
August 15 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.
September 14 - Megadeth is scheduled to release their new studio album The System Has Failed.
September 28 - Hilary Duff releases her self-titled second album on the same day she turns 17.
October 11 - Duran Duran release their new album Astronaut, which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".
October 26 - Legendary DJ John Peel dies, after 40 years of massive influence upon popular music.
December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin is touring with 5 upcoming shows.
December 11-12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ will air the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle, Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Keane, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Muse, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Music, The Shins, The Used and the Velvet Revolver.

Albums Released

Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet - (January 6) - LP
Sapphire Blue - Larry Carlton - (January 13) - LP
Legion of Boom - The Crystal Method - released in Europe in 2003 - (January 13) - LP
The Glorious Burden - Iced Earth - (January 13) - LP
Slow - Richie Kotzen - (January 13) - LP
The Unnamed Feeling - Metallica - (January 13) - CD-Single
These Times - Mike Stern - (January 13) - LP
The Opera Band - Amici Forever - (January 13) - LP
Educated Guess - Ani DiFranco - (January 20) - LP
Woman's Gotta Do Her Thing - Sally Fingerett - (January 20) - LP
Kimi Ga Suki - Matthew Sweet - (January 20) - LP
Immortal Memory - Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy - (January 26) - LP
Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 - The Cure - (January 27) - Compilation (4-CD Set)
Delirium Cordia - Fantômas - (January 27) - LP
Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997 - Helmet - (January 27) - Compilation
Because I Can - Katy Rose - (January 27) - LP
Kamikaze - Twista - (January 27) - LP
The Battle for Everything - Five for Fighting - (February 3) - LP
A Crow Left of the Murder - Incubus - (February 3) - LP
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters - (February 3) - LP
Start Something - The Lostprophets - (February 3) - LP
50 First Dates - Soundtrack - (February 3) - Soundtrack Album
Yes to Everything - The Washdown - (February 3) - LP
That's What I'm Talking About - Shannon Noll - (February 8) - LP
New Found Power - Damageplan - (February 10) - LP
'Merican - The Descendents - released in Europe in 2003 - (February 10) - EP
Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - (February 10) - LP
America's Sweetheart - Courtney Love - (February 10) - LP
Body Language - Kylie Minogue - (February 10) - LP
College Dropout - Kanye West - (February 10) - LP
Turn of the Screw - 1208 - (February 10) - LP
All That We Let In - The Indigo Girls - (February 17) - LP
Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills - (February 23) - LP
About a Burning Fire - Blindside - (February 24) - LP
Schizophrenic - JC Chasez - (February 24) - LP
Shadows Collide With People - John Frusciante - (February 24) - LP
Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood - (February 24) - LP
Punk Statik Paranoia - Orgy - (February 24) - LP
Scorpio Rising - Prong - (February 24) - LP
After We Go - Tantric - (February 24) - LP
Nude - V.A.S.T. - (February 24) - LP
The Guilt Show - The Get Up Kids - (March 2) - LP
MODERN ARTillery - The Living End - released in Europe on October 28, 2003 - (March 2) - LP
Sunrise Over Sea - The John Butler Trio (March 8) Australia
Temple of the Damned - Exodus - (March 9) - LP
All of Our Names - Sarah Harmer - (March 9) - LP
Don't Stop the Music - Play - (March 9) - LP
Live at the Deaf Club - Dead Kennedys - (March 9) - Live, recorded in 1979
Patience - George Michael - (March 16) - LP
The Very Best of Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne - (March 16) - Greatest Hits
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1984-1993) - Camper Van Beethoven - (March 16) - Re-Issue, LPs
Split Personality - Cassidy - (March 16) - LP
Eminem is Back - Eminem - (March 16) - Compilation
The Other Side - Godsmack - (March 16) - 8-Track Acoustic EP
Frustration Plantation - Rasputina - (March 16) - LP
Dead Letters - The Rasmus - (March 16) - LP (US release)
Till Death Us Do Part - Cypress Hill - (March 23) - LP
Cool to Be You - The Descendents - first album of a new material since 1996 - (March 23) - LP
Guns n' Roses' Greatest Hits - Guns n' Roses - (March 23) - LP
Peace, Love, Death Metal - The Eagles of Death Metal - (March 23) - LP
Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton - (March 23) - LP
MP3 - Marcy Playground - (March 23) - LP
Fly or Die - N.E.R.D. - (March 23) - LP
REDEFiNE - SOiL - (March 23) - LP
4 Times - Revolution - (March 23) - LP
Blackmail - Cory P - (March 23) - LP
The Punisher - Soundtrack - (March 23) - Soundtrack Album
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Soundtrack - (March 23) - Soundtrack Album
Confessions - Usher - (March 23) - LP
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 - Various Artists - (March 23) - LP
Winning Days - The Vines - (March 23) - LP
Solace - Xavier Rudd - (March 28) - LP - Australia
Honkin' on Bobo - Aerosmith - (March 30) - LP
The Essential Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains - (March 30) - Greatest Hits
Me & Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton - (March 30) - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1975-1979) - Fleetwood Mac - (March 30) - Re-Issue, LPs
Damita Jo - Janet Jackson - (March 30) - LP
Final Straw - Snow Patrol - (March 30) - LP
Prophecy - Soulfly - (March 30) - LP
You Are Here - UFO - (March 30) - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1982-1992) - Bad Religion - (April 6) - Re-Issue, LPs
J Wess Presents Tha LP - J-Wess - (April 5) (Australia) LP
The Curse of the Blondie - Blondie - (April 6) - LP
Hellfire Club - Edguy - (April 6) - LP
My Mother's Hymn Book - Johnny Cash - April 6 - posthumous release
Re-Issue of 3 oldest albums (Jethro Tull Live - Bursting Out, 1978 live album, Stormwatch, 1979 album and A, 1980 album) - Jethro Tull - (April 6) - Re-Issue, LPs
Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? - Local H. - (April 6) - LP
Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse - (April 6) - LP
Indestructible Object - They Might Be Giants - (April 6) - EP
Crossfade - Crossfade - (April 13) - LP
Is There Love in Space? - Joe Satriani - (April 13) - LP
Cutting - Red Skeleton - (April 13) - LP (Her Second Album)
Palm Trees and Power Lines - Sugarcult - (April 13) - LP
Hangover Music, Vol. VI - Black Label Society - (April 20) - LP
Archetype - Fear Factory - (April 20) - LP
Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - Buckethead - (April 20) - LP
Underneath - Hanson - (April 20) - LP
Desensitized - Drowning Pool (new singer: Jason 'Gong' Jones, came in 2003 after Dave Williams' death) - (April 20) - LP
Fire It Up - The Kottonmouth Kings - (April 20) - LP
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - released in Europe on March 9 - (April 20) - LP
High Volume - Corrosion of Conformity - (April 20) - LP
Hurt No More - Mario Winans - (April 20) - LP
Me - The Marques Sisters - (April 20) - LP
Musicology - Prince - (April 20) - LP
Ratatat - Ratatat - (April 20) - LP
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - (April 20) - Compilation
Stone Age Complications - Queens of the Stone Age - (April 20) - Compilation EP
Through the Ashes of Empires - Machine Head - released in Europe in 2003 - (April 20) - LP
Walk The Tightrope - Human Nature - (April 26) - LP
re.present - Jimmie's Chicken Shack - first album of a new material since 1999 - (April 27) - LP
D12 World - D12 - (April 27) - LP
The Girl in the Other Room - Diana Krall - (April 27) - LP
Marbles - Marillion - (May 3) - LP
We Are All Sluts of Trust - Sluts of Trust - (May 3) - LP
Endangered Species - Flaw - (May 4) - LP
Metalogy - Judas Priest - (May 4) - Greatest Hits (4-CD Set)
The Ride - Los Lobos - (May 4) - LP
Duets - The Notorious B.I.G. - his first album of a new material since 1999 - (May 4) - LP
Lost in the Bermuda Triangle - A Perfect Circle - (May 4) - DVD
Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies - Pixies - (May 4) - Compilation LP, Concert & Documentary DVD
Just for You - Lionel Richie - (May 4) - LP
Matt Sharp - Matt Sharp, bassist of Weezer - (May 4) - LP
Police State - The Transplants - (May 4) - LP
Dis/Location - Seven Mary Three - (May 11) - LP
The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage - (May 11) LP
Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson - May 11 - LP
A Song Is A City - Eskimo Joe - (May 16) - LP (Australia)
Happiness In Magazines - Graham Coxon - (May 17) - LP
Baptism - Lenny Kravitz - (May 18) - LP
So-Called Chaos - Alanis Morissette - (May 18) - LP
You Are the Quarry - Morrissey - his first album of a new material since 1997 - (May 18) - LP
Catalyst - New Found Glory - (May 18) - LP
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets - (May 18) LP
Meltdown - Ash - (May 24) - LP
It's About Time - Christina Milian - (May 24 International - June 15 US) - LP
Café Naturale - Wendy Matthews - (May 24) - LP Australia
The Human Equation - Ayreon - (May 24) - LP
The Printz - Bumblebeez 81 - (May 25) - LP
Long Gone Before Daylight - Cardigans - (May 25) - LP
White Trash Beautiful - Everlast - his first album of a new material since 2000 - (May 25) - LP
Rockin' The Rhein With The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead - Recorded live on April 24, 1972 - (May 25) - (3-CD Set)
Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne - (May 25) - LP (her second album)
The Greater Wrong of the Right - Skinny Puppy - (May 25) - LP
Vol. 3: the Subliminal Verses - Slipknot - (May 25) - LP
Mercury4 - Mercury4 - (May 31) - LP - Australia
Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers - (May 31 - LP- Australia)
No Said Date - Masta Killa - his first solo release in his 11 year music career - (June 1) - LP
Rock the Block - Krokus - (June 1) - LP
Melissa Auf der Maur - Melissa Auf der Maur - (June 1) - LP (her first solo album)
Stand Back: the Anthology - The Allman Brothers Band - (June 8) - Compilation
The Empire Strikes First - Bad Religion - (June 8) - LP
Purple Haze - Cam'ron - (June 8) - LP
Un - Chumbawamba - (June 8) - LP
Borrowed Heaven - The Corrs - (June 8) - LP
One Soul Now - Cowboy Junkies - (June 8) - LP
Keep Your Wig On - Fastball - (June 8) - LP
Uh Hu Her - PJ Harvey - (June 8) - LP
Live at Bonnaroo - Warren Haynes - (June 8) - Live
Happy People - R. Kelly - (June 8) - LP
Asshole - Gene Simmons - (June 8) - LP
Greatest Hits '93-'03 - 311 - (June 8) - Compilation
Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 9 - Various Artists, Punk-O-Rama - (June 8) - Compilation
Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth - (June 8) - LP
Contraband - Velvet Revolver - (June 8) - LP
A New Day...Live in Las Vegas - Celine Dion - (June 12) - Live
Up All Night - Rob Mills - (June 14) - (LP) - Australia
Sound Shattering Sound - Gyroscope - (June 14) Australia
To the 5 Boroughs - The Beastie Boys - first album of a new material since 1998 - (June 15) - LP
Hot Fuss - The Killers - (June 15) - LP
Undermined - Phish - (June 15) - LP
Revival - The Reverend Horton Heat - (June 15) - LP
Afrodisiac - Brandy - (June 22) - LP
Will to Death - John Frusciante - (June 22) - LP
Jupiter's Darling - Heart - (June 22) - LP
JoJo - JoJo - (June 22) - LP
Lit - Lit - (June 22) - LP
Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve - Lynyrd Skynyrd - (June 22) - Live
Scream and Whisper - Edwin McCain - (June 22) - LP
The Houses of the Molé - Ministry - (June 22) - LP
Inferno - Motörhead - (June 22) - LP
Not So Much to Be Loved As to Love - Jonathan Richman - (June 22) - LP
Unbreakable - Scorpions - first album of a new material since 1999 - (June 22) - LP
A Ghost is Born - Wilco - (June 22) - LP
Gettin' In Over My Head - Brian Wilson - (June 22) - LP
The Cure - The Cure - first album of new material since 2000 - (June 28) - LP
Mojave - Concrete Blonde - (June 29) - LP
Two - Earshot - (June 29) - LP
Live at the Gorge - Dave Matthews Band - (June 29) - Live
Forget What You Know - Midtown - (June 29) - LP
This Magnificent Distance - Chris Robinson - (June 29) - LP
Feedback - Rush - (June 29) - LP
Nina Sky - Nina Sky - (June 29) - LP
III: Ghost Tigers Rise - Tiger Army - (June 29) - LP
Hollywood Potato Chip - The Vandals - (June 29) - LP
72 and Sunny - Uncle Kracker - (June 29) - LP
In Between Evolution - The Tragically Hip - (June 29) - LP
Stone Love - Angie Stone - (July 6) - LP
Star Trails - Spirit of the West - (July 8) - LP
Braxton Hicks - Jebediah - (July 12) - LP Australia
Ashchik - All Mine - (July 13) - LP
Live on the Rocks - Blues Traveler - (July 13) - LP
License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett - (July 13) - LP
Songs in the Key of W - George W. Bush Singers - (July 13) - LP
Hell to Pay - Dokken - (July 13) - LP
Viking - Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, formerly guitarist of Rancid - (July 13) - LP
Eat Your Face - Guttermouth - (July 13) - LP
Keep Right - KRS-One - (July 13) - LP
Some Kind of Monster - Metallica - (July 13) - CD-Single
The Tipping Point - The Roots - (July 13) - LP
Shhh...Don't Tell - Adam Sandler - his first album of a new material since 1999 - (July 13) - LP
Lock-Sport-Krock - Nikola Sarcevic - (July 13) - LP
Soft Commands - Ken Stringfellow (formerly member of The Posies and Big Star) - (July 13) - LP
The Spine - They Might Be Giants - (July 13) - LP
Über Cobra - Widespread Panic - (July 13) - LP
Miss Machine - Dillinger Escape Plan - (July 20 US/August 2 world) - LP
No Roots - Faithless - (July 20) - LP
Those Are Not My Bongos - Fuck - (July 20) - LP
Autobiography - Ashlee Simpson - (July 20) - LP
Hazen Street - Hazen Street - (July 20) - Debut LP
Tyrannosaurus Hives - The Hives - (July 20) - LP
B Is for B-sides - Less Than Jake - (July 20) - Rarities LP
Beneath, Between, Beyond - Static-X - (July 20) - Rarities LP
The Best of Both Worlds: The Very Best of Van Halen - Van Halen - (July 20) - Compilation
Live in Hamburg - Maria McKee - (July 27) - LP UK
Throwback, Volume 1 - Boyz II Men - (July 27) - LP
Whiskey Tango Ghosts - Tanya Donelly - (July 27) - LP
Kevin Lyttle - Kevin Lyttle - (July 27) - LP (US)
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1986-1999) - Megadeth - (July 27) - Re-Issue, LPs
The Marques Sisters - Black And Pink - (July 27) - LP
The Beginning of Survival - Joni Mitchell - (July 27) - LP
Prince of the South - Mystikal - (July 27) - LP
Live at Benaroya Hall - Pearl Jam - (July 27) - Live
The Rolling Stones Singles: 1965-1968 - The Rolling Stones - (July 27) - Box
Live in Orange County - Social Distortion - (July 27) - DVD
Where You Want to Be - Taking Back Sunday - (July 27) - LP
Drive Train - 38 Special - (July 27) - LP
Spiritum Oriundus - Fields of Aplomb - (August 3) - LP
Another Intervention - Down to Earth Approach - (August 3) - LP
Accentuate the Positive - Al Jarreau - (August 3) - LP
Live in Hyde Park - Red Hot Chili Peppers - (August 3) - Live
Village Gorilla Head - Tommy Stinson (formerly member of The Replacements) - (August 3) - LP
One Day Remains - Alter Bridge (side project of Creed's Mark Tremonti) - (August 10) - Debut LP
The Best of Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber - (August 10) - Compilation
Crosby Nash - David Crosby & Graham Nash - (August 10) - LP (2-CD)
Bubblegum - Mark Lanegan - (August 10) - LP
Creamfields - Paul Oakenfold - (August 10) - double album
The Best of Sepultura - Sepultura - (August 10) - Compilation
Potter's Field - 12 Stones - (August 10) - LP
Live - 2Pac - (August 10) - Live
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - (August 10) - Compilation
Bob Powell - Bob Powell Anthology - (August 12) - 5 MiniCD Boxset - Open Source Audio
The Hard Way - 213 - (August 17) - LP
Take It All Away - Ryan Cabrera - (August 17) - LP
Sail On: the 30th Anniversary Collection 1974-2004 - Kansas - (August 17) - Box
Love Everybody - Presidents of the United States of America - first album of new material since 2000 - (August 17) - LP
Up All Night - Razorlight - (August 17) - LP
Survival of the Sickest - Saliva - (August 17) - LP
Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You - Queen - (August 17) - Compilation
The Revolution Starts...Now - Steve Earle - (August 24) - LP
Hide Nothing - Further Seems Forever - (August 24) - LP
Half Smiles of the Decomposed - Guided By Voices - (August 24) - LP
Untitled - Tim McGraw - (August 24) - LP
Paper - Rich Robinson - (August 24) - Debut LP
The Secondman's Middle Stand - Mike Watt - first album of new material since 1997 - (August 24) - LP
Killing Heidi - Killing Heidi - (August 30) - LP
Medúlla - Björk - (August 31) - LP
Circle of Snakes - Danzig - (August 31) - LP
The DEFinition - LL Cool J - (August 31) - LP
Just One of the Boys - Michelle Poe - (August 31) - LP
The Big Eyeball in the Sky - Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains (side project of Primus' Les Claypool) - (September 7) - LP
Armed Love - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - (September 7) - LP
In the Meantime - Christine McVie - (September 7) - LP
It Came From New Jersey: The Smithereens Anthology - The Smithereens - (September 7) - Compilation
Living Things - Matthew Sweet - (September 7) - LP
Folker - Paul Westerberg - (September 7) - LP
A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup - (September 14) - LP
Wet From Birth - The Faint - (September 14) - LP
Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach - (September 14) - LP
The System Has Failed - Megadeth - (September 14) - LP
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy - (September 14) - LP
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears - first album of a new material since 1995 - (September 14) - LP
American Idiot - Green Day - first album of a new material since 2000 - (September 21) - LP
This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In - Chevelle - (September 21) - LP
The Delivery Man - Elvis Costello (with backup band the Imposters) - (September 21) - LP
Il Sogno - Elvis Costello - (September 21) - LP
Welcome to Woddy Creek - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - (September 21) - LP
The Rolling Stones Singles: 1969-1971 - The Rolling Stones - (September 21) - Box
The Jump Off - Lil' Romeo - (September 21) - LP
Noise From the Basement - Skye Sweetnam - (September 21) - LP
London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition - The Clash - (September 21) - LP/DVD Box Set
Souls Saved Here - Big Satan - (September 28) - LP
Hilary Duff - Hilary Duff - (September 28) - LP (her second album)
Antics - Interpol - (September 28) - LP
Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler - (September 28) - LP
Ramones Raw - The Ramones - recorded live in concert in 1980 - (September 28) - DVD
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll - Social Distortion - first album of new material since 1996 - (September 28 - finally) - LP
SMiLe - Brian Wilson - (September 28) - LP
In Love and Death - The Used - (September 28) - LP
Pressure Chief - Cake - (October 5) - LP
Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 - Everclear - (October 5) - Compilation
Size Matters - Helmet - first album of new material since 1997 - (October 5) - LP
Palookaville (Fatboy Slim Album) - Fatboy Slim - his first album of a new material since 2000 - (October 5) - LP
The Chronicles of Life and Death - Good Charlotte - (October 5) - LP
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Korn - (October 5) - Compilation
Gates - Love Is In The Air - (October 5) - LP
Unshattered - Peter Murphy - (October 5) - LP
Around the Sun - R.E.M. - LP
Has Been - William Shatner - (October 5) - LP
50 Number Ones - George Strait - (October 5) - Compilation
Real Gone - Tom Waits - (October 5) - LP
The Place You're In - Kenny Wayne Shepherd - (October 5) - LP
Astronaut - Duran Duran - first album of a new material since 2000 - (October 12) - LP & DVD
New Roman Times - Camper Van Beethoven - first album of new material since 1989 - (October 12) - LP
Heart & Soul - Joe Cocker - (October 12) - LP
Songs of the Unforgiven - Crash Test Dummies - (October 12) - LP
Miracle - Celine Dion - (October 12) - LP
Chuck - Sum 41 - (October 12) - LP
Never Breathe What You Can't See - Jello Biafra & The Melvins - (October 19) - LP
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - (October 19) - LP
Raise Hell - (hed) p.e. - (October 19) - LP
Iron Bottom Sound - Flick - first album of a new material since 1998 - (October 19) - LP
Futures - Jimmy Eat World - (October 19) - LP
Welcome to the North - The Music - (October 19) - LP
Walkin' in the Shadow of Life - The Neville Brothers - (October 19) - LP
The Great American Songbook III - Rod Stewart - (October 19) - LP
2067 - Rheostatics - (October 26) - LP
All for You - Annihilator - (October 26) - LP
Gold Medal - The Donnas - (October 26) - LP
War Party - GWAR - (October 26) - LP
Different Tonight - Steve Holy - (October 26) - LP
Ultimate Jerky Boys - The Jerky Boys - (October 26) - Compilation
Still Not Getting Any... - Simple Plan - (October 26) - LP
This is Music: The Singles 92-98 - The Verve - (November 1 - internationally) & (November 15 - USA) - Compilation
Singles - Travis - (November 2) - Compilation
Untitled - Clay Aiken - (November 2) - LP - Christmas Album
Acoustic - John Lennon - (November 2) - LP
eMOTIVe - A Perfect Circle - (November 2) - Covers
Reise Reise - Rammstein - (November 2) - LP
I Need an Angel - Ruben Studdard - (November 2) - Gospel Album
Alive at Last - Train - (November 2) - Compilation
Untitled - Trisha Yearwood - (November 2) - LP
Mistaken Identity - Delta Goodrem - (November 7) - LP
Harmonium - Vanessa Carlton - (November 9) - LP
Real Talk - Fabolous - (November 9) - LP
Peachtree Road - Elton John - (November 9) - LP
2005 KROQ New Music - KROQ - (November 9) - Compilation
Warts & All, Vol. 4 - moe. - (November 9) - LP
The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!) - NOFX - (November 9) - Compilation
Hummin' to Myself - Linda Ronstadt - (November 9) - LP
The Silent Force - Within Temptation - (November 15) - LP
The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson - (November 30)

Albums Expected (Pre-Releases)

Greatest Hits - A-Teens (November)
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears - Compilation & DVD
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 - The Beatles - (November 16) - Box Set
Youth - Collective Soul - (November 16) - LP
Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child - (November 16) - LP
Encore - Eminem - (November 16) - LP
aMOTION - A Perfect Circle - (November 16) - LP & DVD
Spongebob Squarepants: the Movie - Soundtrack - (November 16) - Soundtrack Album
Want Two - Rufus Wainwright - (November 16) - LP
The Ultimate Collection - Michael Jackson - (November 16) - Box Set
Untitled - Shawn Colvin - (November 23) - LP
Greatest Hits - Creed - (November 23) - Compilation
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece - Snoop Dogg - (November 23) - LP
Red Light District - Ludacris - (November 23) - LP
With the Lights Out - Nirvana - (November 23) - Box Set
Rejoice - Jessica Simpson - (November 23) - Christmas Album
Love Angel Music Baby - Gwen Stefani (current singer of No Doubt) - (November 23) - LP
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 - (November 23) - LP
Untitled - Kelly Clarkson - (November 30) - LP
Speak - Lindsay Lohan - (December 7) - LP
Re-Issue/Remaster of Power Station 33⅓ - (Late Summer/Early Fall) - Power Station - LP
Anastacia - Anastacia - (Late 2004) - LP
Smile - The Beach Boys - (Late 2004) - LP
Khulami Phase - Lauryn Hill - her first album of a new material since 1998 - (Late 2004) - LP
How Late Do You Have to Be Before You're Absent - George Clinton - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
Hands on a Hard Body - Garbage - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989-1996 - Screaming Trees - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - Compilation
Music to Help You Breathe More Easily - XTC - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP

Albums To Be Announced

The Ataris - (Early 2005) - LP
Djskaterboi His Second Album - (Mid 2005) - LP
The Black Crowes - (Early 2005) - LP
Blue Öyster Cult - (no date) - LP
Boards Of Canada - (no date) - LP
Kate Bush - first album of new material since 1993 - (Late 2004) - LP
Camp Freddy - (no date) - LP
The Chemical Brothers - (Summer) - LP
Coldplay - (mid-2005) - LP
Depeche Mode - (no date) - LP
Dread Zeppelin - (Late 2004) - LP
Die Trying - (Early 2005) - LP
The Distillers - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
The Doors - first album of a new material since 1978 - (Fall) - LP & DVD
Dynamite Hack - first album of new material since 2000 - (Fall) - LP
The Eagles - first album of new material since 1979 - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP & DVD
50 Cent - (November) - LP (his second album)
Foo Fighters - (Early 2005) - LP
Fugazi - (no date) - LP
Garbage - (mid-2005) - LP
Home Grown - (Early 2005) - LP
Michael Jackson - his first album of a new material since 2001 - (no date) - LP
The Jerky Boys - first album of a new material since 1999 - (Late 2004-Early 2005 - if ever) - LP
Mötley Crüe - (no date) - LP
Nerf Herder - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
Paul McCartney - (no date) - LP
O-Town - (no date) - LP
Oasis - (March 2005) - LP
The Offspring - (Mid 2005) - LP
Ozzy Osbourne - (no date) - LP
Primer 55 - (no date) - LP
Red Hot Chili Peppers - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
Revolution -There Fifth And Possibly Final Album (Late 2004-Early 2005) - LP
Silverchair - (no date) - LP
Tool - (Late 2004/Early 2005 - if ever) - LP (final album)
Unwritten Law - (Fall) - LP
Violent Femmes - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP & DVD
Scott Walker - his first album of a new material since 1995 - (Late 2004/Early 2005) - LP
Weezer - (Late 2004) - LP
The Warlocks - (Mid 2005) - LP
Yes - (no date) - LP

Top Hits

See also: Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 2004 so far

Musical theater

Assassins Broadway production
Bombay Dreams Broadway production
Fiddler On The Roof Broadway production

Musical films

De-Lovely released June 13 starring Kevin Kline as Cole Porter and Ashley Judd
Home on the Range animated feature

Births

Deaths

January 13 - Philip Crosby, 69, member of Crosby Boys band, son of crooner Bing Crosby
17 January - Czeslaw Niemen (65) - Polish rock singer
January 17 - Tom Rowe, musician
22 January - Billy May (87) - US big band & pop music arranger
January 22 - Ann Miller, actress, singer and dancer
February 1 - Rocco Clein, 35, journalist, musician ([1]); ([2])
February 3 - Cornelius Bumpus, 58, musician (The Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan)
February 8 - Cem Karaca, 58, Turkish singer and composer
February 16 - Doris Troy, 67, R&B singer
February 21 - Bart Howard, 87, composer and pianist
February 23 - Don Cornell, 84, US singer
February 23 - Alvino Rey, 95, US bandleader and guitarist
March 4 - John McGeoch, 48, British guitarist with Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and PiL
March 6 - Peggy DeCastro, 82, US singer born in the Dominican Republic, eldest of the DeCastro Sisters
March 18 - Vytas Brenner, 57,musician, keyboardist and composer
March 26 - Jan Berry, US singer of Jan and Dean
March 28 - Sylvia Froos, 89, US singer
April 3 - Gabriella Ferri, 62, Italian Singer
April 9 - Harry Babbitt, 90, US singer with Kay Kyser & his Orchestra
April 10 - Jacek Kaczmarski, 47, Polish poet and singer, the bard of Solidarity
May 1 - Felix Haug, 52, Swiss pop musician (Double)
12 May - John LaPorta, 84, Jazz clarinetist, composer and educator
May 12 - John Whitehead, 55, R&B artist, shot dead
May 17 - Elvin Jones, 76, Jazz Drummer, notably with the John Coltrane Quartet of the 1960s.
May 19 - Arnold Moore, 90, blues artist
June 4 - Irene Manning, 91, US actress, singer and dancer
June 6 - Iona Brown, 63, conductor and violinist
June 10 - Ray Charles, 73, US singer and pianist
June 15 - James F. Arnold, 72, first tenor with the Four Lads
June 17 - Jackie Paris, US jazz singer
July 13 - Carlos Kleiber, conductor
July 22 - Illinois Jacquet, 81, US jazz saxophonist
July 22 - Sacha Distel, 71, French singer
August 6 - Rick James, funk singer
August 18 - Elmer Bernstein, US composer
August 26 - Laura Branigan, 47, US singer
September 12 - Fred Ebb, 72, US lyricist
September 15 - Johnny Ramone, 55, guitarist and founding member of The Ramones
September 19 - Skeeter Davis, 72, US country singer
October 25 - John Peel, 65, British DJ and broadcaster
November 13 - John Balance, 42, British musician from Coil
November 13 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, 35, African American rapper
November 18 - Cy Coleman, 75, US composer

Awards

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 2004

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

External link

For a more detailed list of hits or albums by month, see:

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