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2004 IN MUSIC


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2004 in music (UK)





Contents
Events
Bands formed
Bands disbanded
Bands re-formed
Albums released
Top hits
Top 10 selling albums of the year in the US
Classical music
Opera
Musical theater
Musical films
Births
Deaths
Awards
ARIA Music Awards
BRIT Awards
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
Grammy Awards
Juno Awards
Charts
Triple J Hottest 100
External links

Events



January 1


Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti.


Kurt Nilsen wins ''World Idol''.

January 3 - Britney Spears marries Jason Allen Alexander, a childhood friend, in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later.

February 1 - Daron Hagen is appointed President of the Lotte Lehmann Foundation in New York City.

February 17


BRIT Awards held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake, and KRS-One are among the winners.


Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan posts a bitter message on his personal blog calling D'Arcy Wretzky a "mean spirited drug addict" and blaming James Iha for the breakup of that band.

March 10 - George Michael announces that ''Patience'' will be his last commercially released record, telling Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 1 "this album nearly killed me". Future releases will be available from his web site in return for donations to his favourite charities.

March 13 - Luciano Pavarotti gives his last performance in an opera, in ''Tosca'' at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

March 16 - Godsmack releases an EP titled The Other Side, which contains acoustic reworkings of some of their songs

March 23 - Usher releases his " Confessions " album selling 1.1 million copies its first week , making him the first R&B artist to ever accomplish that. The album would be the top seller of the year with four number one singles.

April 6


★ A previously unreleased Johnny Cash album called ''My Mother's Hymn Book'' is released less than a year after his death on September 12, 2003.


Modest Mouse, an American indie rock band releases Good News for People Who Love Bad News.

Anastacia makes come back after cancer
April 20 - Fear Factory returns after their 2002 breakup with the new album ''Archetype''.

April 26


Deborah Voigt, sacked by Covent Garden for being too fat for an opera role, makes her recital debut to a rapturous reception at Carnegie Hall.


Dream Theater performs at the Nippon Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

★ May - ''Blender'' magazine's May issue includes a "50 Worst Songs Ever!" list. "We Built This City," by Starship, is rated worst.

May 10 - Keane release ''Hopes and Fears'' which converted into the 16th best selling album of the millennium in the UK. It went 8x platinum and was nominated for the Mercury Prize and the BRIT award for best album.

May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel.

May 24 - Madonna starts ''The Re-Invention Tour'' in 20 cities with a total of 56 shows and making it the most successful concert tour of the year with a gross of $124.5 million.

May 25


★ Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will break up following the Summer 2004 Tour.


Skinny Puppy releases their first studio album since disbanding in 1996, called ''The Greater Wrong of the Right''.

May 26 - Fantasia Barrino wins the third season of ''American Idol'', defeating Diana DeGarmo.

★ June


Staind start recording their fourth album, produced by David Bottrill.


Velvet Revolver's first album ''Contraband'' debuts in the top slot on the ''Billboard'' album charts, selling over 250,000 copies its first week out.

★ June - The Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone is hospitalized in Los Angeles with prostate cancer and diagnosed.

June 4


Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.

Creed dissolved. Guitarist Mark Tremonti, Drummer Scott Phillips and Brian Marshall (ex Bassist of Creed) were working on side project Alter Bridge along with Myles Kennedy of The Mayfield Four Their first album is ''One Day Remains'', which is scheduled to be released on August 10th.

June 10 - Legendary blues and soul pianist and singer Ray Charles dies of liver disease at the age of 73.

June 12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 12th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast show with Bad Religion, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, The Hives, Hoobastank, The Killers, Modest Mouse, New Found Glory, Story of the Year, The Strokes, The Velvet Revolver, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Yellowcard.

June 22 - 14th annual Lollapalooza festival, scheduled for July 17, is cancelled. Organizers cite "poor ticket sales". (See: Lollapalooza 2004 lineup.)

June 23 - UK DJ Tony Blackburn is suspended by radio station Classic Gold Digital for playing songs by Cliff Richard, against station policy.

July 10 Ex- S Club star Rachel Stevens sets a world record for completing the fastest promotional circuit in just 24 hours- including a run for the charity Sport Relief. American Idol winner Fantasia becomes the first artist in history to debut at number-one on the Hot 100 with a first record.

July 11 McFly debut at #1 on the UK album charts with Room On The 3rd Floor. They break the record set by The Beatles as the youngest group ever to debut at #1 on the album charts.

★ New classic rock and New Wave-influenced bands such as the Killers begin to oust numetal bands.

July 20 - Van Halen releases ''The Best of Both Worlds'', a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.

July 24 - The Robert Smith organized Curiosa Festival kicks off with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. Performing along with The Cure are Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Cursive, Muse, Head Automatica, Thursday, Scarling., The Cooper Temple Clause, and Melissa Auf Der Maur.

July 31 - Dispatch performs their last live show at the DCR Hatchshell in Boston, MA.

August 8 - Dave Matthews Band's tour bus dumps 800 lb (360 kg) of human feces from a Chicago bridge, intending to unload it in the river, but it lands on an architecture tour boat. The bus driver and the band are sued by the state of Illinois.

August 15 - Phish performs their final concert at a two-day festival in Coventry, Vermont.

August 31 - Papa Roach releases their third studio album titled Getting Away With Murder

September 14


Megadeth is scheduled to release their new studio album ''The System Has Failed''.


Nelly released doubled albums.

September 21 - Green Day releases ''American Idiot'', their 9th studio album. It goes 6x platinum and gains a cult following.

September 28


Hilary Duff releases her self-titled second album.


Brian Wilson completes ''SMiLE'', 37 years after its original planned release.

October 11 - The original lineup of Duran Duran release their new album ''Astronaut'', which was preceded by the single "(Reach Up For The) Sunrise".

October 23 - Ashlee Simpson is accused of lip-synching after an abortive live performance on the television show ''Saturday Night Live''.

October 26 - Legendary DJ John Peel dies, after 40 years of massive influence upon popular music.

November 4 - Three members of the band RAM, who all lived in a neighborhood known for its support of the then-recently deposed former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are detained by Haitian police during a concert performance in Port-au-Prince; no charges are ever filed or official explanation for the detentions given.

November 12 - Eminem's fourth studio album is released four days before planned to combat bootleggers. The album sells 710,000 copies in only three days and becomes Eminem's third consecutive album to debut at #1 on the billboard charts.

November 15 - "Breathe" single by Fabolous was released.

★ December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin begins touring with 5 upcoming shows.

November 30 - "Jay-Z and Linkin Park's album Collision Course debuts at number #01 at the Billboard 200, and the album converted in the most selling CD/DVD of that year.

December 7 - Lindsay Lohan releases her debut album Speak

December 11-12 - The Los Angeles, California radio station KROQ airs the 15th Annual of the Acoustic Christmas with Chevelle, Franz Ferdinand, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Hoobastank, Incubus, Interpol, Jimmy Eat World, Keane, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Muse, The Music, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, Snow Patrol, Social Distortion, Sum 41, Taking Back Sunday, The Shins, The Used, and Velvet Revolver.

Bands formed



A Little Bitter

Ahab

Alesana

Alter Bridge

Asobi Seksu

Band of Horses

Cartel

Cancer Bats

The Car Is on Fire

Circa Survive

Cold War Kids

Folkearth

Frost

Hazen Street

HeavyHeavyLowLow

I Am the Avalanche

The Moog

Nightmare of You

Paramore

Portugal. The Man

Scar Symmetry

Test Icicles

Veda

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Bands disbanded



Audiovent

B2K

The Beta Band

Beulah

Creed

Damageplan

Eve 6

Gene

Give Up the Ghost

God Lives Underwater

The Libertines

Onelinedrawing

Phish

Sixpence None the Richer

Small Brown Bike

Soluna (hiatus)

The Unicorns

The Watchmen

Bands re-formed



Fear Factory

Megadeth

Restless Heart

Albums released


'Album' 'Artist' 'Release Date' 'Album Type'
''Not Quite Me'' Tess Wiley January 1 LP
''Phantom Planet'' Phantom Planet January 6 LP
''The Glorious Burden'' Iced Earth January 12 LP
''Legion of Boom'' The Crystal Method January 13 LP
''The Opera Band'' Amici Forever January 13 LP
''The Moan'' The Black Keys January 19 EP
''Educated Guess'' Ani DiFranco January 20 LP
''Civilization'' Front Line Assembly January 20 LP
''The Devil Isn't Red'' Hella January 20 LP
''The Early Chapters'' Soilwork January 20 EP
''Kimi Ga Suki'' Matthew Sweet January 20 LP
''The Slackers and Friends'' The Slackers January 24 (Re-Issue) LP
''Nightfreak and the Sons of Becker'' The Coral January 26 LP
''Immortal Memory'' Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy January 26 LP
'' 10,000 Maniacs January 27 Compilation
''Sirens and Condolences'' Bayside January 27 LP
''Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001'' The Cure January 27 Box Set
''Daft Club'' Daft Punk January 27 (US) Remix
''Live at the Deaf Club'' Dead Kennedys January 27 Live
''Delìrium Còrdia'' Fantômas January 27 LP
'' Helmet January 27 Compilation
''NYHC EP'' Madball January 27 EP
'' RBX January 27 LP
''Because I Can'' Katy Rose January 27 LP
''Kamikaze'' Twista January 27 LP
''Live at the House of Blues'' The Vandals January 27 Live
'' Yes January 27 (US) Box Set
''Tomatteita Tokei ga Ima Ugokidashita'' Zard January 28 LP
''Evolution Purgatory'' Persuader February 2 LP
''Scissor Sisters'' Scissor Sisters February 2 (UK) LP
''The Battle for Everything'' Five for Fighting February 3 LP
''A Crow Left of the Murder'' Incubus February 3 LP
''Scissor Sisters'' Scissor Sisters February 3 (UK) LP
''Start Something'' Lostprophets February 3 LP
''Upsettin' Ernesto's'' The Slackers February 3 Live
''Critical Energy'' Threshold February 3 LP
''50 First Dates'' Various Artists February 3 Soundtrack
''That's What I'm Talking About'' Shannon Noll February 8 LP
''Free Me'' Emma Bunton February 9 (UK) LP
''Turn of the Screw'' 1208 February 10 LP
'' Carpenters February 10 Compilation
''New Found Power'' Damageplan February 10 LP
'''Merican'' The Descendents February 10 EP
''Feels like Home'' Norah Jones February 10 LP
''America's Sweetheart'' Courtney Love February 10 LP
''Miles_Gurtu'' Robert Miles & Trilok Gurtu February 10 LP
''Body Language'' Kylie Minogue February 10 (US) LP
''College Dropout'' Kanye West February 10 LP
''Greatest Hits'' Thalía February 10 Greatest Hits
'' Turin Brakes February 16 Compilation
''The Focusing Blur'' Vintersorg February 16 LP
''Talkie Walkie'' Air February 17 (US) LP
''On The Front Line'' The Casualties February 17 LP
''Writer's Block'' Evergreen Terrace February 17 LP
''All That We Let In'' Indigo Girls February 17 LP
''Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses'' Atreyu February 23 LP
''The Dark Horse Years 1976-1992'' George Harrison February 23 Box Set
''A Natural Disaster'' Anathema February 24 (US) LP
''About a Burning Fire'' Blindside February 24 LP
''The Wretched Spawn'' Cannibal Corpse February 24 LP
''Music as a Weapon II'' Disturbed, Chevelle, Taproot & Unloco February 24 Live
''Schizophrenic'' JC Chasez February 24 LP
''Shadows Collide With People'' John Frusciante February 24 LP
''Bodysong'' Jonny Greenwood February 24 (US) Soundtrack
''The Arrival'' Hypocrisy February 24 LP
''Sea of Faces'' Kutless February 24 LP
''Punk Statik Paranoia'' Orgy February 24 LP
''Devil's Ground'' Primal Fear February 24 LP
''Death Is Certain'' Royce Da 5'9" February 24 LP
''Nude'' VAST February 24 LP
''Chick Magnet'' Paul Wall February 24 LP
''The Life of Joseph W. McVey'' Z-Ro February 24 LP
''Mellow'' Maria Mena March 1 LP
''When It Falls'' Zero 7 March 1 (UK) LP
''Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine'' Cee-Lo March 2 LP
''Guilt Show'' The Get Up Kids March 2 LP
''MODERN ARTillery'' The Living End March 2 (US) LP
''The Best of LeAnn Rimes'' LeAnn Rimes March 2 Greatest Hits
''Sunrise Over Sea'' The John Butler Trio March 8 LP
''Here Come the Brides '' Brides of Destruction March 9 LP
''Live at the Deaf Club'' Dead Kennedys March 9 Live
''Tempo of the Damned'' Exodus March 9 LP
''Something Beautiful
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Great Big Sea March 9 (US) LP
''All of Our Names'' Sarah Harmer March 9 LP
''Rare Tracks'' Jet March 9 (Japan) LP
''Neither Here Nor There'' Melvins March 9 Compilation
''Don't Stop the Music'' Play March 9 LP
''Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes'' TV on the Radio March 9 LP
''Hella/Four Tet Split'' Hella/Four Tet March 12 Split EP
''Live and Demos'' Raging Speedhorn March 15 Compilation
''The Very Best of Jackson Browne'' Jackson Browne March 16 Greatest Hits
''Split Personality'' Cassidy March 16 LP
''The Other Side'' Godsmack March 16 EP
''Patience'' George Michael March 16 LP
''Dead Letters'' The Rasmus March 16 (US) LP
''Frustration Plantation'' Rasputina March 16 LP
''You Are Here'' UFO March 16 LP
''It's Never Enough'' Ace Troubleshooter March 23 LP
''It's Never Enough'' Ace Troubleshooter March 23 LP
''One Way Out'' The Allman Brothers Band March 23 Live
''Misery Is a Butterfly'' Blonde Redhead March 23 LP
''Sings Greatest Palace Music'' Bonnie 'Prince' Billy March 23 LP
''Me and Mr. Johnson'' Eric Clapton March 23 Tribute LP
''Till Death Do Us Part'' Cypress Hill March 23 LP
''Cool to Be You'' The Descendents March 23 LP
''Peace, Love, Death Metal'' The Eagles of Death Metal March 23 LP
''Live at the House of Blues'' Goldfinger March 23 Live
''Greatest Hits'' Guns N' Roses March 23 Greatest Hits
''All of Our Names'' Sarah Harmer March 23 LP
''Finally Woken'' Jem March 23 LP
''MP3'' Marcy Playground March 23 LP
''Good Side, Bad Side'' Master P March 23 LP
''Absolution'' Muse March 23 (US) LP
''Fly or Die'' N.E.R.D. March 23 LP
''Redefine'' SOiL March 23 LP
''Tour 2003'' Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band March 23 Live
''The Mr. Washington Story'' T-Rock March 23 LP
''Let's Talk About It'' Carl Thomas March 23 LP
''Confessions'' Usher March 23 LP
''Winning Days'' The Vines March 23 LP
''Night of Joy'' Widespread Panic March 23 Live
''The Punisher'' Various Artists March 23 Soundtrack
'' Various Artists March 23 Soundtrack
''Now That's What I Call Music! 15'' (U.S. series) Various Artists March 23 Compilation
''Bee Hives'' Broken Social Scene March 24 LP
''COM LAG (2plus2isfive)'' Radiohead March 24 EP
''Ba Ba Ti Ki Di Do'' Sigur Rós March 24 EP
''Anastacia'' Anastacia March 29 LP
''Smack Smash'' Beatsteaks March 29 LP
''Absent Friends'' The Divine Comedy March 29 LP
''Soundtrack to Your Escape'' In Flames March 29 LP
''Honkin' on Bobo'' Aerosmith March 30 Cover LP
''Population Override'' Buckethead March 30 LP
'' Bob Dylan March 30 Live
''Damita Jo'' Janet Jackson March 30 (US) LP
''U Gotta Feel Me'' Lil' Flip March 30 LP
''Los Lonely Boys'' Los Lonely Boys March 30 LP
''In With the Old'' Pepper March 30 LP
''Live & Off the Record'' Shakira March 30 Live LP & DVD
''Prophecy'' Soulfly March 30 LP
''You Are Here'' UFO March 30 LP
''Indestructible Object'' They Might Be Giants April 4 EP
''Greatest Hits'' Atomic Kitten April 5 Greatest Hits
''The Dissociatives'' The Dissociatives April 5 LP
''J Wess Presents Tha LP'' J-Wess April 5 LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 57'' (U.K. series) Various Artists April 5 Compilation
''Convict Pool'' Calexico April 6 EP
''Hellfire Club'' Edguy April 6 LP
''My Mother's Hymn Book'' Johnny Cash April 6 LP
''Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?'' Local H. April 6 LP
''Good News for People Who Love Bad News'' Modest Mouse April 6 LP
''Matters'' Pulley April 6 LP
''Liars'' Todd Rundgren April 6 LP
''Indestructible Object'' They Might Be Giants April 6 EP
'' W.A.S.P. April 6 LP
''Crossfade'' Crossfade April 13 LP
''Baron von Bullshit Rides Again'' Modest Mouse April 13 Live
''Is There Love in Space?'' Joe Satriani April 13 LP
''Palm Trees and Power Lines'' Sugarcult April 13 LP
''Archetype'' Fear Factory April 19 LP
''BYO Split Series, Vol. 5'' Alkaline Trio/One Man Army April 20 Split LP
''Music of Mass Destruction'' Anthrax April 20 Live
''Hangover Music Vol. VI'' Black Label Society April 20 LP
''The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell'' Buckethead April 20 LP
''I'd Like a Virgin'' Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine April 20 LP
''Desensitized'' Drowning Pool April 20 LP
''Franz Ferdinand'' Franz Ferdinand April 20 LP
''Archetype'' Fear Factory April 20 LP
''The Pretty Toney Album'' Ghostface Killah April 20 LP
''Impossible Dream'' Patty Griffin April 20 LP
''Underneath'' Hanson April 20 LP
''Feels like Home'' Norah Jones April 20 LP
''Fire It Up'' The Kottonmouth Kings April 20 LP
''Through the Ashes of Empires'' Machine Head April 20 (US) LP
''Musicology'' Prince April 20 LP
''Ratatat'' Ratatat April 20 LP
''Stone Age Complications'' Queens of the Stone Age April 20 EP
''2 a.m. Wakeup Call'' Tweaker April 20 LP
''Hurt No More'' Mario Winans April 20 LP
''Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1'' Various Artists, Rock Against Bush April 20 Compilation
''Walk the Tightrope'' Human Nature April 23 LP
''Rejoicing in the Hands'' Devendra Banhart April 24 LP
''Walk The Tightrope'' Human Nature April 26 LP
'' Black Sabbath April 27 Box Set
''D12 World'' D12 April 27 LP
''The Dresden Dolls'' The Dresden Dolls April 27 (Re-issue) LP
''The Last of Tha Pound'' Tha Dogg Pound April 27 Compilation
''The Inner Circle'' Evergrey April 27 LP
''re.present'' Jimmie's Chicken Shack April 27 LP
''The Girl in the Other Room'' Diana Krall April 27 LP
''Van Lear Rose'' Loretta Lynn April 27 LP
''Trampin''' Patti Smith April 27 LP
''Souls to Deny'' Suffocation April 27 LP
''Z-Ro Tolerance'' Z-Ro April 27 LP
'' Various Artists April 27 LP
''My Angel Rocks Back and Forth'' Four Tet May 3 EP
''Marbles'' Marillion May 3 LP
''Chopstick Bridge'' Avoid One Thing May 4 LP
''Horse of a Different Color'' Big & Rich May 4 LP
''Endangered Species'' Flaw May 4 LP
''Platinum & Gold Collection'' Lit May 4 Collection
''One Love'' Kimberley Locke May 4 LP
''The Ride'' Los Lobos May 4 LP
''i'' The Magnetic Fields May 4 LP
'' Petey Pablo May 4 LP
'' Pixies May 4 Compilation
''Just for You'' Lionel Richie May 4 LP
'' Sevendust May 4 Live
''Greatest Hits'' A
★ Teens
May 5 Greatest Hits
''Hopes and Fears'' Keane May 10 LP
''The End of Heartache'' Killswitch Engage May 11 LP
''Express Yourself'' Erik van der Luijt May 11 LP
''Here for the Party'' Gretchen Wilson May 11 LP
''Sonic Firestorm'' DragonForce May 11 LP
''Metalogy'' Judas Priest May 11 Greatest Hits
''Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996'' De La Soul May 16 Live
''A Song Is A City'' Eskimo Joe May 16 LP
''Meltdown'' Ash May 17 LP
''Happiness in Magazines'' Graham Coxon May 17 LP
''Faded Seaside Glamour'' Delays May 18 (US) LP
''Hell To Pay'' Dokken May 18 LP
''My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue'' Fall Out Boy May 18 EP/DVD
''Guster on Ice'' Guster May 18 Live
''Baptism'' Lenny Kravitz May 18 LP
'' Method Man May 18 LP
''So-Called Chaos'' Alanis Morissette May 18 LP
''You Are the Quarry'' Morrissey May 18 LP
''Catalyst'' New Found Glory May 18 LP
''Now Here Is Nowhere'' The Secret Machines May 18 LP
''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' The Streets May 18 LP
''Another Sun'' Thalion May 20 LP
''Spectral'' Skyfire May 21 LP
''The Human Equation'' Ayreon May 24 LP
''Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial'' Dark Tranquillity May 24 Compilation
''Sirius B'' Therion May 24 LP
''Lemuria'' Therion May 24 LP
''Long Gone Before Daylight'' The Cardigans May 25 (US) LP
''White Trash Beautiful'' Everlast May 25 LP
'' Europe May 25 Compilation
''Play to Win'' Gabrielle May 25 LP
''Rockin' the Rhein with the Grateful Dead'' Grateful Dead May 25 Live
''Under My Skin'' Avril Lavigne May 25 LP
''It's About Time'' Christina Milian May 24 LP
''Monolithic Baby!'' Monster Magnet May 25 LP
''Achilles Heel'' Pedro the Lion May 25 LP
''The Greater Wrong of the Right'' Skinny Puppy May 25 LP
'' Slipknot May 25 LP
''Final Straw'' Snow Patrol May 30 (US) LP
''Joe's Corsage'' Frank Zappa May 30 Compilation
''Uh Huh Her'' PJ Harvey May 31 (UK) LP
''Wayward Angel'' Kasey Chambers May 31 LP
''Borrowed Heaven'' The Corrs May 31 LP
''Falling Up'' Digby June 1 LP
''No Said Date'' Masta Killa June 1 LP
''Auf der Maur'' Melissa Auf der Maur June 1 LP
''Ready Now'' Truth Hurts June 1 LP
''Loud, Mean, Fast and Dirty'' Peter Pan Speedrock June 5 LP
''Louden Up Now'' !!! June 7 LP
''No Roots'' Faithless June 7 LP
''Once'' Nightwish June 7 LP
''Sonic Nurse'' Sonic Youth June 7 LP
''Supergrass Is 10'' Supergrass June 7 Compilation
''Greatest Hits '93-'03'' 311 June 8 Compilation
''The Empire Strikes First'' Bad Religion June 8 LP
''Two'' The Calling June 8 LP
''Un'' Chumbawamba June 8 LP
''Borrowed Heaven'' The Corrs June 8 LP
''One Soul Now'' Cowboy Junkies June 8 LP
''White Light Rock & Roll Review'' Matthew Good June 8 LP
''Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge'' My Chemical Romance June 8 LP
''The Art of Live'' Queensrÿche June 8 Live
''Asshole'' Gene Simmons June 8 LP
''International War Criminal'' The Slackers June 8 EP
''Sonic Nurse'' Sonic Youth June 8 LP
''Contraband'' Velvet Revolver June 8 LP
''Egypt'' Youssou N'Dour June 8 LP
''2004 Warped Tour Compilation'' Various Artists June 8 Compilation
''Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9'' Various Artists June 8 Compilation
''A New Day... Live in Las Vegas'' Céline Dion June 12 Live
''Sound Shattering Sound'' Gyroscope June 14 LP
''To the 5 Boroughs'' The Beastie Boys June 14 LP
''Dark Matter'' IQ June 14 LP
''Live in Boston'' Fleetwood Mac June 14 Live DVD
''Obsession'' Eighteen Visions June 15 LP
''The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country on the Click)'' The Fall June 15 (US) LP
''Hot Fuss'' The Killers June 15 LP
''The Blind Watchmaker'' Mana ERG June 15 LP
''It's About Time'' Christina Milian June 15 (US) LP
''Undermind'' Phish June 15 LP
''They're Only Chasing Safety'' Underøath June 15 LP
'' Leftöver Crack June 16 Compilation
''Split'' Cipher System and By Night June 18 EP
''One Plus One Is One'' Badly Drawn Boy June 21 LP
''A Semblance of Normality'' Skyclad June 21 LP
''Afrodisiac'' Brandy June 22 LP
''Will to Death'' John Frusciante June 22 LP
''Kiss of Death'' Jadakiss June 22 LP
''JoJo'' JoJo June 22 LP
''Lit'' Lit June 22 LP
''Scream & Whisper'' Edwin McCain June 22 LP
''1.22.03.Acoustic'' Maroon 5 June 22 Live
''Houses of the Molé'' Ministry June 22 LP
''Inferno'' Motörhead June 22 LP
''Not So Much to Be Loved as to Love'' Jonathan Richman June 22 LP
''Unbreakable'' Scorpions June 22 LP
''A Ghost Is Born'' Wilco June 22 LP
''Gettin' in Over My Head'' Brian Wilson June 22 LP
''Dangerously in Love'' Beyoncé June 24 LP
''Afrodisiac'' Brandy June 28 LP
''The Cure'' The Cure June 28 LP
''Up All Night'' Razorlight June 28 LP
''Watch Out!'' Alexisonfire June 29 LP
''The Curse'' Atreyu June 29 LP
''We Are Not Alone'' Breaking Benjamin June 29 LP
''Mojave'' Concrete Blonde June 29 LP
''Who Still Kill Sound?'' Kid 606 June 29 LP
''Tha Carter'' Lil Wayne June 29 LP
''The Gorge'' Dave Matthews Band June 29 Live
''Revival'' The Reverend Horton Heat June 29 LP
''This Magnificent Distance'' Chris Robinson June 29 LP
''Feedback'' Rush June 29 Cover LP
''Nina Sky'' Nina Sky June 29 LP
''Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)'' Slum Village June 29 LP
'' Tiger Army June 29 LP
''In Between Evolution'' The Tragically Hip June 29 LP
''Hollywood Potato Chip'' The Vandals June 29 LP
''In Between Evolution'' The Tragically Hip June 29 LP
''Room on the 3rd Floor'' McFly July 5 LP
''Wild Dances'' Ruslana July 6 LP
''Stone Love'' Angie Stone July 6 (US) LP
''Fortress In Flames'' The Crüxshadows July 6 EP
''Oceanic Remixes and Reinterpretations'' Isis July 8 Remix
''Star Trails'' Spirit of the West July 8 LP
''Armed Love'' The (International) Noise Conspiracy July 12 LP
''Braxton Hicks'' Jebediah July 12 LP
''License to Chill'' Jimmy Buffett July 13 LP
''Indian Summer'' Carbon Leaf July 13 LP
''To Tha X-Treme'' Devin the Dude July 13 LP
''Hell To Pay'' Dokken July 13 LP
''At Our Worst'' Evergreen Terrace July 13 LP
''Blueberry Boat'' The Fiery Furnaces July 13 LP
''Viking'' Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards July 13 LP
''Eat Your Face'' Guttermouth July 13 LP
''Keep Right'' KRS-One July 13 LP
''Mutual Admiration Society'' Mutual Admiration Society July 13 LP
''It's About Time'' Christina Milian July 13 LP
''Together We're Heavy'' The Polyphonic Spree July 13 LP
''The Tipping Point'' The Roots July 13 LP
''Shhh...Don't Tell'' Adam Sandler July 13 LP
''Lock-Sport-Krock'' Nikola Sarcevic July 13 LP
''Porcelain'' Sparta July 13 LP
''The Spine'' They Might Be Giants July 13 LP
''Über Cobra'' Widespread Panic July 13 Live
''The Funeral of God'' Zao July 13 LP
''Miss Machine'' The Dillinger Escape Plan July 20 LP
''No Roots'' Faithless July 20 LP
''Autobiography'' Ashlee Simpson July 20 LP
''Hazen Street'' Hazen Street July 20 LP
''Tyrannosaurus Hives'' The Hives July 20 LP
''B Is for B-sides'' Less Than Jake July 20 Compilation
''White Turns Blue'' Maria Mena July 20 LP
''Beneath... Between... Beyond...'' Static-X July 20 Compilation
''The Best of Both Worlds'' Van Halen July 20 Greatest Hits
''Waste of MFZB'' Zebrahead July 22 LP
''Drivetrain'' 38 Special July 24 LP
''Live in Hyde Park'' Red Hot Chili Peppers July 26 Live
''Now That's What I Call Music! 58'' (U.K. series) Various Artists July 26 Compilation
''Throwback, Vol. 1'' Boyz II Men July 27 Cover LP
''Studio X Sessions E.P.'' Death Cab for Cutie July 27 EP
''Whiskey Tango Ghosts'' Tanya Donelly July 27 LP
''Hymns of the 49th Parallel'' k.d. lang July 27 LP
''Kevin Lyttle'' Kevin Lyttle July 27 LP
''Live in Hamburg'' Maria McKee July 27 LP
''The Beginning of Survival'' Joni Mitchell July 27 LP
''Testimony Live'' Neal Morse July 27 DVD
''Live at Benaroya Hall'' Pearl Jam July 27 Live
''Scissor Sisters'' Scissor Sisters July 27 (US) LP
''Where You Want to Be'' Taking Back Sunday July 27 LP
''True Story'' Terror Squad July 27 LP
''Lost & Found'' Ian Van Dahl July 27 LP
''Now That's What I Call Music! 16'' (U.S. series) Various Artists July 27 Compilation
''Pass the Flask'' The Bled July 29 LP
''Alive and Well... In Krakow'' Green Carnation July 29 Live
''Firestarter'' Jimmy Eat World August 3 EP
''Ride This - The Covers EP'' Los Lobos August 3 EP
''A Long Hot Summer'' Masta Ace August 3 LP
'' Riders in the Sky August 3 LP
''An Elixir for Existence'' Sirenia August 3 LP
''Subsurface'' Threshold August 3 LP
''2Pac Live'' 2Pac August 6 Live
''Safri Duo 3.0'' Safri Duo August 9 LP
''Automatic Writing'' Ataxia August 10 LP
''The Best of Coal Chamber'' Coal Chamber August 10 Compilation
''Crosby & Nash'' David Crosby & Graham Nash August 10 LP
''Whiskey Tango Ghosts'' Tanya Donelly August 10 LP
''The Blessed and The Damned'' Iced Earth August 10 Compilation
''Bubblegum'' Mark Lanegan August 10 LP
''Creamfields'' Paul Oakenfold August 10 Remix
''Siren Song of the Counter Culture'' Rise Against August 10 LP
''Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2'' Various Artists, Rock Against Bush August 10 Compilation
''Bob Powell Anthology'' Bob Powell August 12 Box Set
''We Were Born in a Flame'' Sam Roberts August 13 LP
''The Hard Way'' 213 August 17 LP
''Take It All Away'' Ryan Cabrera August 17 LP
''Decadence'' Head Automatica August 17 LP
''Love Everybody'' Presidents of the United States of America August 17 LP
''Up All Night'' Razorlight August 17 LP
''More Adventurous'' Rilo Kiley August 17 LP
''Survival of the Sickest'' Saliva August 17 LP
''Soviet Kitsch'' Regina Spektor August 17 LP
''Seven Circles'' The Tea Party August 17 LP
''Pigs of the Roman Empire'' Lustmord & The Melvins August 23 LP
'' Napalm Death August 23 Cover LP
''Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned'' The Prodigy August 23 (UK) LP
''Potter's Field'' 12 Stones August 24 LP
''Throwback, Vol. 1'' Boyz II Men August 24 Cover LP
''Tessie'' Dropkick Murphys August 24 EP
''Super D'' Ben Folds August 24 EP
'' Jason Mraz August 24 LP
''Beat Cafe'' Donovan August 24 LP
''The Revolution Starts Now'' Steve Earle August 24 LP
''Hide Nothing'' Further Seems Forever August 24 LP
''Half Smiles of the Decomposed'' Guided by Voices August 24 LP
''Legacy of Blood'' Jedi Mind Tricks August 24 LP
''On My Way To Church'' Jim Jones August 24 LP
''Happy People/U Saved Me'' R. Kelly August 24 LP
''Welcome Back'' Ma$e August 24 LP
''Live Like You Were Dying'' Tim McGraw August 24 LP
''A Valid Path'' Alan Parsons August 24 LP
'' The Rolling Stones August 24 (US) Compilation
''Lift'' Sister Hazel August 24 LP
''She Loves You'' The Twilight Singers August 24 Cover
''The Secondman's Middle Stand'' Mike Watt August 24 LP
''Silent Nation'' Asia August 30 LP
''Everything Will Be Alright Tomorrow'' Faithless August 30 LP
''Killing Heidi'' Killing Heidi August 30 LP
''The Libertines'' The Libertines August 30 LP
''Medúlla'' Björk August 31 LP
''Circle of Snakes'' Danzig August 31 LP
'' Insane Clown Posse August 31 LP
'' Kansas August 31 Compilation & DVD
''Ashes of the Wake'' Lamb of God August 31 LP
''The DEFinition'' LL Cool J August 31 LP
''Getting Away with Murder'' Papa Roach August 31 LP
''Rhythm of Time'' Jordan Rudess August 31 LP
''Leviathan'' Mastodon August 31 LP
''Fuck World Trade'' Leftöver Crack August 31 LP
''The Spine Hits the Road'' They Might Be Giants August 31 Live
''The Romance of Kenny G'' Kenny G September 1 Compilation
''Unwritten'' Natasha Bedingfield September 6 (UK) LP
''Rubber Factory'' The Black Keys September 6 LP
''The Big Eyeball in the Sky'' Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains September 7 LP
''I Got Love In These Streetz - The Album'' Daz Dillinger September 7 LP
''Master of the Moon'' Dio September 7 LP
''Home for an Island'' The Exit September 7 LP
''The Very Best of Macy Gray'' Macy Gray September 7 (US) Greatest Hits
''Living Things'' Matthew Sweet September 7 LP
''Season for Assault'' 8 Foot Sativa September 13 LP
''Nino Rojo'' Devendra Banhart September 13 LP
''Singles Box Set 1986-1995'' Duran Duran September 13 Box Set
''The Tension and the Spark'' Darren Hayes September 13 LP
''Kasabian'' Kasabian September 13 (UK) LP
''Funeral'' Arcade Fire September 14 LP
''A Hangover You Don't Deserve'' Bowling for Soup September 14 LP
''Wayward Angel'' Kasey Chambers September 14 LP
''Turn'' The Ex September 14 Double LP
''Wet From Birth'' The Faint September 14 LP
''Within a Mile of Home'' Flogging Molly September 14 LP
''DC EP'' John Frusciante September 14 EP
''The System Has Failed'' Megadeth September 14 LP
''Sweat and Suit Double albums Nelly September 14 LP
''Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned'' The Prodigy September 14 LP
''Everybody Loves a Happy Ending'' Tears for Fears September 14 LP
''So Jealous'' Tegan and Sara September 14 LP
''Studio 150'' Paul Weller September 14 LP
''QuAUDIOPHILIAc'' Frank Zappa September 14 LP
''Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus'' Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds September 20 LP
''Welcome to the North'' The Music September 20 LP
''One for the Road'' Ocean Colour Scene September 20 Live
''Future Perfect'' Autolux September 21 LP
''American Idiot'' Green Day September 21 LP
''This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In)'' Chevelle September 21 LP
''London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition'' The Clash September 21 LP & DVD
''You Fail Me'' Converge September 21 LP
''The Delivery Man'' Elvis Costello September 21 LP
''Il Sogno'' Elvis Costello September 21 LP
''There Will Be a Light'' Ben Harper and The Blind Boys of Alabama September 21 LP
''The New What Next'' Hot Water Music September 21 LP
''Romeoland'' Lil' Romeo September 21 LP
''Songs In The Key Of Eh!'' Mad Caddies September 21 Live
''Remixed!'' Scissor Sisters September 21 EP
''Noise from the Basement'' Skye Sweetnam September 21 LP
''Be Here'' Keith Urban September 21 (US) LP
''Start from the Dark'' Europe September 22 LP
''Dreamland'' Joni Mitchell September 24 LP
'' Rhapsody September 27 LP
''Never Apologise Never Explain'' Therapy? September 27 LP
''Goodies Ciara September 28 LP
''Hilary Duff'' Hilary Duff September 28 LP
''Beautiful Soul'' Jesse McCartney September 28 LP
''Trouble'' Bonnie McKee September 28 LP
''Antics'' Interpol September 28 LP
''Shangri-La'' Mark Knopfler September 28 LP
''Lionheart'' Saxon September 28 LP
''The War Within'' Shadows Fall September 28 LP
''Mind, Body & Soul'' Joss Stone September 28 LP
''Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll'' Social Distortion September 28 LP
''The Beautiful Struggle'' Talib Kweli September 28 LP
''Jackassolantern'' Widespread Panic September 28 Live
''In Love and Death'' The Used September 28 LP
'' W.A.S.P. September 28 LP
''SMiLe'' Brian Wilson September 28 LP
''While You Are Gone Bradley Joseph October 1 LP
''Joe's Domage Frank Zappa October 1 LP
'' Four Tet October 4 Compilation
''Confessions'' Usher October 4 (UK) LP
''Barenaked for the Holidays'' Barenaked Ladies October 5 LP
''Pressure Chief'' Cake October 5 LP
''The Grind Date'' De La Soul October 5 LP
''Live at Budokan'' Dream Theater October 5 Live
'' Everclear October 5 Compilation
''Black Tape'' The Explosion October 5 LP
''Palookaville'' Fatboy Slim October 5 LP
''The Chronicles of Life and Death'' Good Charlotte October 5 LP
''Size Matters'' Helmet October 5 LP
''Audit in Progress'' Hot Snakes October 5 LP
'' Wyclef Jean October 5 LP
''Greatest Hits, Volume 1'' Korn October 5 Greatest Hits
''Unshattered'' Peter Murphy October 5 LP
''Around the Sun'' R.E.M. October 5 LP
''Has Been'' William Shatner October 5 LP
''The Place You're In'' Kenny Wayne Shepherd October 5 LP
''50 Number Ones'' George Strait October 5 Compilation
''Real Gone'' Tom Waits October 5 LP
''Exodus'' Utada October 5 LP
''Cosima'' Cosima De Vito October 11 LP
''10 Years of Hits'' Ronan Keating October 11 Greatest Hits
''Sirenian Shores'' Sirenia October 11 EP
''Reckoning Night'' Sonata Arctica October 11 LP
''False Alarm'' KT Tunstall October 11 EP
''Frank Black Francis'' Frank Black October 12 LP
''Platinum & Gold Collection'' Toni Braxton October 12 Greatest Hits
'' Busta Rhymes October 12 Compilation
''New Roman Times'' Camper Van Beethoven October 12 LP
''Heart & Soul'' Joe Cocker October 12 LP
''Songs of the Unforgiven'' Crash Test Dummies October 12 LP
''Scenic'' Denver Harbor October 12 LP
''Miracle'' Céline Dion October 12 LP
''Astronaut'' Duran Duran October 12 LP & DVD
''Christmas'' Chris Isaak October 12 LP
''Shake off the Dust... Arise'' Matisyahu October 12 LP
''The New Danger'' Mos Def October 12 LP
''Straylight Run'' Straylight Run October 12 LP
''Chuck'' Sum 41 October 12 LP
''Deceiver'' Chris Thile October 12 LP
''The Lost Christmas Eve'' Trans-Siberian Orchestra October 12 LP
''Alizée En Concert'' Alizée October 18 Live
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