CKUA's Top 100 for 2004

Best of 2004 Chart

Artist - Album (Label)
= Albertan
= Canadian 
1 Joel Kroeker - Melodrama (True North / Universal)
2 Thievery Corporation & others - Outernational Sound (Esl / Beggars Group)
3 Norah Jones - Feels Like Home (EMI / Blue Note)
4 David Alvin - Ashgrove (Outside Distribution / Yep Roc)
5 Lucy Kaplansky - The Red Thread (Red House)
6 The Bills - Let Em Run (Borealis)
7 K-Os - Joyful Rebellion (EMI)
8 The Holmes Brothers - Simple Truths (Alligator)
9 Al Green - I Can't Stop (Blue Note/EMI)
10 Patty Griffin - Impossible Dream (ATO / BMG)
11 Sarah Harmer - All of Our Names (Zoe)
12 David Francey - Waking Hour (Laker Music / Festival Distribution)
13 Steve Pineo - Around the Horn (Stamp Recordings)
14 Madeleine Peyroux - Careless Love (Rounder / Universal)
15 Los Lobos - Ride (Universal)
16 J.J. Cale - To Tulsa and Back (Sanctuary / BMG)
17 Diana Krall - The Girl In The Other Room (Verve / Universal)
18 Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La (Warner)
19 Toots & The Maytals - True Love (V2)
20 Pyeng Threadgill - Sweet Home: Pyeng Threadgill Sings Robert Johnson (Random Chance)
21 David Byrne - Grown Backwards (Nonesuch)
22 Maria Dunn - We Were Good People (Festival Distribution)
23 Terry Morrison - High Mileage Soul (Riverdale/Spirit River)
24 Feist - Let It Die (Arts and Crafts)
25 Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter (Myth America)
26 Ben Sidran - Nick's Bump (Liquid8)
27 Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen - Pin Your Spin (Basin Street)
28 Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Delivery Man (Lost Highway / Universal)
29 Mavis Staples - Have A Little Faith (Alligator / Distribution Fusion III)
30 Jenny Whiteley - Hopetown (Black Hen / Universal)
31 Wendy McNeill - Such a Common Bird (Indie / Spirit River)
32 Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore (Hellcat)
33 Mae Moore & Lester Quitzau - Oh My! (Festival Distribution)
34 Ruthie Foster - Stages (Festival)
35 Corb Lund Band - Modern Pain (Indie/Spirit River)
36 The McDades - Noel (themcdades.com / Free Radio Records)
37 various artists - Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo (Or Music)
38 Richard Bona - Munia: The Tale (Universal)
39 The Fates -'Til We Have Faces (Indie/Spirit River)
40 Oi Va Voi - Laughter Through Tears (Outcaste
41 Robinella - Robinella & CC Stringband (Sony)
42 Ray Charles & Others - Genius Loves Company (Concord Records / Koch Int'l)
43 Ron Sexsmith - Retriever (Warner)
44 Ojos de Brujo - Bari (World Village)
45 various artists - Livin' Lovin' Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Universal Country)
46 Dave McCann - Country Medicine (Indie/Spirit River)
47 Amos Garrett - Acoustic Album (Stony Plain)
48 k.d. lang - Hymns of the 49th Parallel (Nonesuch Records)
49 Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather (Columbia)
50 Kevin Welch and Kieran Kane - You Can't Save Everybody (Dead Reckoning)
51 Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts…Now (E-Squared)
52 Kate Rusby - Underneath the Stars (Compass)
53 Sandro Dominelli - Meet Me In The Alley (Second Storey)
54 Ricardo Lemvo - Ay Valeria (Mopiato)
55 Andrea Revel - Citysong (Festival Distribution)
56 Mike Stern - These Times (ESC)
57 Janiva Magness - Bury Him At the Crossroads (Northern Blues)
58 various artists - Cold Mountain (Columbia/Sony Soundtracks)
59 various artists - Putumayo Presents Blues Lounge (Putumayo / Koch Int'l)
60 Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (Sony)
61 Wilco - A Ghost is Born (Nonesuch / Warner)
62 Capercaillie - Choice Language (Sanctuary / EMI)
63 Eric Clapton - Me and Mr. Johnson (Warner)
64 Kasey Chambers - Wayward Angel (Warner)
65 Dave Matthews - Some Devil (RCA)
66 Michael Franti & Spearhead - Everyone Deserves Music (Boo Boo Wax)
67 The Magnetic Fields - I (Warner)
68 Calexico - Convict Pool (Quarterstick / Touch and Go Records)
69 Soel - Memento (Warner)
70 Janis Ian - Billie's Bones (Oh Boy! / Koch International)
71 Nelly Furtado - Folklore (Universal)
72 Sergent Garcia - La Semilla Escondida (Virgin)
73 Alison Krauss - Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder)
74 Harry Manx - West Eats Meet (Dog My Cat / Distribution Fusion III)
75 Tom Waits - Real Gone (Anti)
76 Keb Mo' - Keep It Simple (Epic / Okeh / Sony)
77 Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama - There Will Be a Light (Virgin / EMI)
78 John Wort Hannam - Dynamite and 'Dozers (Indie / Spirit River Distribution)
79 James Keelaghan - Then Again (Jericho Beach Music)
80 various artists - Old Enough 2 Know Better: 15 Year of Merge Records (Merge Records)
81 Buddy & Julie Miller - Love Snuck Up (Festival / Hightone)
82 various artists - Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs Of Warren Zevon (Artemis)
83 Jim Byrnes - Fresh Horses (Black Hen)
84 Kim Barlow - Lucky Burden (Caribou)
85 Johnny Cash - Unearthed (Universal)
86 The Clumsy Lovers - After the Flood (Nettwerk / EMI)
87 Gordon Lightfoot - Harmony (Spin Art)
88 Tegan and Sara - So Jealous (Vapor/Sanctuary)
89 Bill Frisell - Unspeakable (Nonesuch/Warner)
90 Maria Muldaur - I'm a Woman: 30 Years of Maria Muldaur (Shout! Factory / Warner Music)
91 Bjork - Medulla (Warner / Elektra)
92 Jim White - Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See (Luaka Bop)
93 AA Sound System - Lily Plain, You're Hardly Poor (Indie / aasoundsystem.com)
94 Ani di Franco - Educated Guess (Righteous Babe)
95 Tom Phillips and the Men of Constant Sorrow - High Flyer (Indie/Spirit River)
96 Natalie MacMaster - Blueprint (BMG)
97 Emmylou Harris - Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch / Warner)
98 Serena Ryder - Unlikely Emergency (Maple Music / Universal)
99 Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop / Warner)
100 Peter Mulvey - Kitchen Radio (Signature / Festival)

 

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