2004 Top 10 List

• Animal Collective - "Sung Tongs" (FatCat)
  
• Albert Ayler - "Holy Ghost: Rare and Unissued Recordings (1962-70)" (Revenant)
  
• Bjork - "Medúlla" (Elektra)
  
• Deathprod - "Self-titled" (Rune Grammofon)
  
• Fennesz - "Venice" (Touch)
  
• Ghost - "Hypnotic Underworld" (Drag City)
  
• Stephen Mathieu - "On Tape" (Häpna)
  
• Joanna Newsom - "The Milk-Eyed Mender" (Drag City)
  
• Arthur Russell - "Calling Out of Context" (Audika)
  
• Wilco - "A Ghost Is Born" (Nonesuch)