BEST OF 2004: Pitchfork.com announces the 50 best albums of the year

one of the best alternative music websites around, pitchfork.com announced their favorite albums of 2004. though many of the albums i've yet to hear of, i am proud to say that i do own at least half of the top 20!
glad to see that the arcade fire made it to the top of the list.
to read more about the top 50, go here:
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2004/index5.shtml