2004 Listmania!

A compilation of 'best of' and 'year in' for music, books, film and culture in general... handy for gift ideas, or just a good list of things to discover. Will update with more as they trickle in.

Music
Pitchfork Media's top 50 Albums of 2004
Amazon editors pick best of 2004
The Onion's AV Club's Critics give their top albums
Salon's top 10 albums and 25 free downloads of 2004
Allmusic's top 50 albums (listed alphabetically)
Barnes & Noble's Staff picks for 2004
Border's Best of 2004 Pop/Rock
Pitchfork Media's Top 50 Singles of the Year
NME's year end lists
Blender's top 50 CD's of 2004
Mojo's Top 50 Albums of 2004
GQ's 10 Best albums of 2004
BBC's top albums of 2004
Play Louder's top 50 Albums, top 50 singles of 2004
Prefix Magazine's top 60 Albums of 2004
PopMatters Best music of 2004
Chromewave's top albums 0f 2004
Art Forum's Albums of the Year
Glide lists their top 20 albums of the year
The Guardian - The Year in Music, Best Gigs of the year
The Harvard Crimson Year in Rock
Go Triad's tour of 2004's best releases
Large Hearted Boy's top albums of the year
Stylus Magazine's top 40 singles of the year
The Milk Factory lists their albums of the year
Las Vegas' Mercury best music of 2004 (list 27)
Radford University's The Tartan lists best and worst of 2004
I'm Smarter Than You's top albums of 2004
My top 10 and change

Books
NY Times 10 best books of 2004
Salon's top 10 books of 2004
Amazon Editor picks for 2004
Barnes & Noble's Staff picks for 2004
Borders top books of 2004
The San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2004
Boston Globe 2004 Best Fiction, Best Nonfiction
Washington Post book critic Jonathan Yardley's 2004 favorites
The Economist's best books of 2004
The Guardian's top books of 2004
The Independent's top fiction of 2004
The White Plains Journal, books of the year
USA Today lists top selling books of 2004

Movies
AFI's Top 10 Movies and Television Programs of 2004
Newsweek's Top 10 Movies of 2004, and 10 Most Disappointing
NY Online Film Critics Awards and Top 10 list
National Board of Review lists and awards
Art Forum's top movies of 2004
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
Salon's the Year in Movies 2004

DVD
Rolling Stone's top DVD's of 2004
Amazon's top DVD's of 2004
Borders top DVD's of 2004, Top TV on DVD selections
Barnes & Noble's top DVD's of 2004