McQ's Best Of 2004 - Recommended Mixes Volume 2 - The Also Rans

I actually assembled this mix of 2004 releases with the 2005 batch to include some excellent titles I had missed the year before.  Populist hindsight suggests Arcade Fire's Funeral and Kanye West's The College Dropout were the biggest inclusions here, but at the time (and to this date) I was equally excited about Wilco's jagged A Ghost Is Born and American Music Club's dark (do they come in any other flavor?), political Love Songs For Patriots.

Overall, a mellower, edgier flavor to this one than 2004's Volume 1.

Enjoy!

INCLUDES SELECTIONS FROM:

Highest Recommends: The College Dropout - Kayne West, Funeral - Arcade Fire.

Strong Recommends: A Ghost Is Born - Wilco, Love Songs For Patriots - American Music Club.

Solid Recommends: From A Basement On The Hill - Elliott Smith, Good New For People Who Like Bad News - Modest Mouse.

RECOMMENDED TRACK LIST:

1. Horn Intro - Modest Mouse

2. The World At Large - Modest Mouse

3. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) - Arcade Fire

4. Theologians - Wilco

5. School Spirit Skit 1 - Kanye West

6. Ladies And Gentleman - American Music Club

7. Pretty (Ugly Before) - Elliott Smith

8. Float On - Modest Mouse

9. Patriot's Heart - American Music Club

10. A Fond Farewell - Elliott Smith

11. School Spirit - Kayne West

12. School Spirit Skit 2 - Kayne West

13. At Least That's What You Said - Wilco

14. Wake Up - Arcade Fire

15. This Devil's Workday - Modest Mouse

16. Twilight - Elliott Smith

17. I'm A Wheel - Wilco

18. Home - American Music Club

19. Lil Jimmy Skit - Kanye West

20. Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire

21. The Good Times Are Killing Me - Modest Mouse

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