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Tiago Matos

Mar 27, 05 - 1:18 AM

2004 lists from Portugal

The following is a compilation of the three major 2004 music lists in Portugal. But first, a description of each publication for Henrik to decide whether he wants to use it, and for the casual curious reader to have an idea of the kind of publication that spawned the list.

- Blitz: many music newspapers and mags were born and died, but only this weekly newspaper managed to stay alive. It's been so for over 20 years. It is the Portuguese equivalent to the NME (or at least what the NME used to be). Its focus is wide, from Pop to Heavy Metal, to Hip-hop, to Electronica, and casually even Jazz.

- Y: the weekly music and film supplement of the most respected Portuguese daily newspaper, "Público". It also has a wide focus, but has a reputation for favoring avant garde music over "regular" pop and rock.

- DNmúsica: the weekly music and film supplement of the second most respected Portuguese daily newspaper, "Diário de Notícias". It has a reputation for being the reverse of the previous one: it has more specialists on "regular" pop and rock (in a country where people like Tom Waits and Sigur Rós are top ten artists), but doesn't forget avant garde, especially electronica.

And now, the 2004 lists:

Blitz - Foreign Albums:
1. Tom Waits "Real Gone"
2. Franz Ferdinand "Franz Ferdinand"
3. Brian Wilson "SMiLE"
4. PJ Harvey "Uh Huh Her"
5. Cocorosie "La Maison De Mon Rêve"
6(ex aequo). Devendra Banhart "Rejoicing In The Hands"
6(ex aequo). Morrissey "You Are The Quarry"
8. The Streets "A Grand Don't Come For Free"
9. Dizze Rascal "Showtime"
10. Carl Hancock Rux "Apothecary Rx"
11. The Blue Nile "High"
12. Joanna Newsom "The Milk-Eyed Mender"
13. Chavela Vargas "En Carnegie Hall"
14. Spektrum "Enter The Spektrum"
15. Elvis Costello & The Imposters "The Delivery Man"
16. Eminem "Encore"
17(ex aequo). Animal Collective "Sung Tongs"
17(ex aequo). Build An Ark "Peace With Every Step"
17(ex aequo). Lhasa "The Living Road"
17(ex aequo). Liars "They Were Wrong So We Drowned"
17(ex aequo). Loretta Lynn "Van Lear Rose"
17(ex aequo). Mastodon "Leviathan"
23(ex aequo). Air "Talkie Walkie"
23(ex aequo). Giant Sand "Is All Over The Map"
25(ex aequo). Björk "Medúlla"
25(ex aequo). Tanya Donelly "Whiskey Tango Ghosts"
27. Vinicius Cantuária "Horse And Fish"
28(ex aequo). !!! "Louden Up Now"
28(ex aequo). Matthew Dear "Backstroke"
30. Kanye West "The College Dropout"

For the curious among you, here is the Portuguese top 3, taken from Blitz's top 30 list:
1. Mão Morta "Nus"
2. Wraygunn "Eclesiastes 1.11"
3. A Naifa "Canções Subterrâneas"

Y - Foreign Albums:
1. Devendra Banhart "Rejoicing In The Hands"
2. Spektrum "Enter The Spektrum"
3. Tom Waits "Real Gone"
4. cLOUDDEAD "Ten"
5. !!! "Louden Up Now"
6. Vinicius Cantuária "Horse And Fish"
7. Brian Wilson "SMiLE"
8. Carl Hancock Rux "Apothecary Rx"
9. Moodymann "Black Mahogani"
10. Adriana Partimpim "Adriana Partimpim" *
11. Dizzee Rascal "Showtime"
12. Kanye West "The College Dropout"
13. Lhasa "The Living Road"
14. Loretta Lynn "Van Lear Rose"
15. Metrô "Déjà Vu"
16. Handsome Boy Modelling School "White People"
17. Death In Vegas "Satan’s Circus"
18. I-Wolf "Burdy Meet The Babylonians"
19. Flat Earth Society "Isms"
20. Animal Collective "Sung Tongs"

*- Adriana Partimpim is an alias used by Brazilian artist Adriana Calcanhotto for her latest album, and should be counted as an Adriana Calcanhotto record.

Again, for the sake of curiosity, here goes Y's top3 Portuguese records (taken from their top10):
1. José Mário Branco "Resistir É Vencer"
2. Rodrigo Leão "Cinema"
3. Kalaf + Type "A Fuga…"

DNmúsica - this one divides the lists in a few categories, having one main category.

Pop/Rock (the main category):
1. Franz Ferdinand "Franz Ferdinand"
2. Morrissey "You Are The Quarry"
3. Patti Smith "Trampin’"
4. Kings Of Convenience "Riot On An Empty Street"
5. Scissor Sisters "Scissor Sisters"
6. Nancy Sinatra "Nancy Sinatra"
7. The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" *
8. David Byrne "Grown Backwards"
9. Kings Of Leon "Aha Shake Heartbreak"
10. The Fiery Furnaces "Blueberry Boat"

*- In Portugal (and, I believe, most European countries) "Chutes Too Narrow" was out only in 2004.

Dance (although I would call it Electronica + Groove, since this is not really what is known as dance music):
1. Spektrum "Enter The Spektrum"
2. cLOUDDEAD "Ten"
3. !!! "Louden Up Now"
4. Luomo "Perfect Lover"
5. The Roots "The Tipping Point"
6. Mocky "Are + Be"
7. Post Industrial Boys "Post Industrial Boys"
8. Brooks "Red Tape"
9. Hell "NY Muscle"
10. Skalpel "Skalpel"

Reissues (only the three first in their top10):
1. The Rolling Stones "Singles 1965-1967"
2. Brian Eno "Another Green World"
3. Elis Regina & Tom Jobim "Elis & Tom"

Portuguese (only the three first in their top10):
1. Humanos "Humanos"
2. Clã "Rosa Carne"
3. Rodrigo Leão "Cinema"

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