Parallax View Singles Of The Year 2004

45 45s from the year when pop and r'n'b was mostly rubbish, and indie rock came back to the rescue with some diverse and memorable records.


1. The Bucket - Kings Of Leon
2. The Rat - The Walkmen
3. For Lovers - Wolfman ft. Pete Doherty
4. Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
5. Tropical Ice-Land - The Fiery Furnaces
6. Baby You Should Know - Joy Zipper
7. This Is For The Poor - The Others
8. So Says I - The Shins
9. Unconditional - The Bravery
10. Lost In The Plot - The Dears
11. Single Again - The Fiery Furnaces
12. Jessica - Adam Green
13. Milkshake - Kelis
14. Johnny Cash - Sons and Daughters
15. Stumble And Fall - Razorlight
16. Mr Brightside - The Killers
17. Slow Hands - Interpol
18. The Black Keys Work - Erlend Oye
19. All These Things That I Have Done - The Killers
20. Trick Me - Kelis
21. You Can't Hurry Love - The Concretes
22. The Letter - P J Harvey
23. Formed A Band - Art Brut
24. First Of The Gang To Die - Morrissey
25. Freakin' Out - Graham Coxon
26. Fit But You Know It - The Streets
27. Stan Bowles - The Others
28. Lola Stars And Stripes - The Stills
29. I'd Rather Dance With You - Kings Of Convenience
30. Two Thousand Places - The Polyphonic Spree
31. Changes Are No Good - The Stills
32. There She Goes (My Beautiful World) - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
33. At The Hop - Devendra Banhart
34. In My Bed - Amy Winehouse
35. Long Time Coming - Delays
36. Ashes - Embrace
37. Absolute Affirmation - Radio 4
38. 10am Automatic - The Black Keys
39. 1980 - Estelle
40. You Are The Generation That Bought More Shoes And You Get What You Deserve - Johnny Boy
41. Heartbeats - The Knife
42. Cuts Across The Land - The Duke Spirit
43. Be My Enemy - The Departure
44. Clean And Neat - Cathy Davey
45. Celeste - The Rocks


For a slightly different perspective, Vicky is currently running down her favourite 18 singles of the year on a daily basis on the countdown to Christmas. And a damn fine selection it is so far, as well, including The Duke Spirit, The Stills and The Knife, amongst others. All this, plus musings on that great 80s sitcom 'Dear John' amidst some pretty generous linky-love.