American Music
Top 50 + 25  2004
In a couple of months American Music will be running for 25 years, so I added one album for each year to my Top 50, and that makes 75.
Eligible were all albums that came to me between November 15, 2003 and November 15, 2004. So included are some late arrivals. My Top 75 is compiled out of 911 albums, and my overall album of the year would be Dixie Chicks live, as the dvd is my dvd of the year.
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1. Lee Marvelous
One step right behind
Dusty Records Sweden
2. The Redlands Palomino Co.
By the time you hear this...
Laughing Outlaw Australia
3. Joe Giltrap
Distant memories
Newsound 2000 UK
4. Jason Ringenberg
Empire builders
Yep Roc
5. Steve Earle
The revolution starts... now
E-Squared/Artemis
6. Janie Fricke
The bluegrass sessions
DM Records
7. Ed Burleson
The cold hard truth
Palo Duro Records
8. Kasey Chambers
Wayward angel
EMI Australia
9. Somebody's Darling
Still wearing black
Universal Norway
10. Trent Willmon
Trent Willmon
Columbia
11. Mike Rodgers
Honkytonk hitman
Infinity Cow Records
12. Melonie Cannon
Melonie Cannon
Skaggs Family Records
13. The Marshall Tucker Band
Beyond the horizon
Shout! Factory
14. Miranda Lambert
Kerosene
Epic
15. Hank Williams jr.
I'm one of you
Curb
16. Randy Rogers Band
Roller coaster
Sniff Entertainment
17. Connie Smith, Sharon White & Barbara Fairchild
Love never fails (Daywind)
18. Two Dollar Pistols
Hands up!
Yep Roc
19. Drive-by-Truckers
The dirty south
New * West
20. Travis Tritt
My honky tonk history
Columbia
21. Gretchen Wilson
Here for the party
Epic (special edition incl. DVD)
22. Kevin Fowler
Loose, loud & crazy
Equity Music
23. Deryl Dodd
Stronger proof
Dualtone
24. Gail Smith
Good to be there
Self-released Australia
25. Lucy Kaplansky
The red thread
Red House
26. Rob Wilson
Rough around the edges
Self-released Australia
27. LynnMarie & the Boxhounds
Wooden heart
Rink Entertainment
28. Sandra
Every Road
Self-released Australia
29. Cooder Graw
Wake Up
Loud Country
30. Josh Williams
Lonesome highway
Pinecastle
31. Nashville Bluegrass Band
Twenty year blues
Sugar Hill
32. Pat Green
Lucky Ones
Universal
33. Chris Stuart & Backcountry
Mojave River
Back Country Records
34. Lane Turner
Right on time
Warner Bros.
35. King Wilkie
Broke
Rebel
36. Willie Mack
Average guy
Self-released
37. Jack Ingram
Young man
Columbia
38. Fortyfivesouth
Too much, too fast
Tilo Ent.
39. Charlie Robison
Good times
Dualtone
40. Peter Rowan & Tony RIce
You were there for me
Rounder
41. Sugarland
Twice the speed of life
Mercury
42. The Wild Turkey Band
The Wild Turkey Band
WTB Music Australia
43. Brendon Walmsley
Bottle tree Lane
Compass Bros. Australia
44. The Lees
The Lees
Self-released Australia
45. Rise
Posing as human
Orissor Productions Scotland
46. keith urban
Be here
Capitol
47. Charlie Waller & the Country Gentlemen
Songs of the American spirit
Pinecastle
48. Willy DeVille
Crow Jane Alley
Eagle Records
49. Jimmy Buffett
License to chill
RCA
50. Patty Scialfa
23rd Street lullaby
Columbia
51. Barb Waters
Rosa duet
Laughing Outlaw Australia
52. Mark Chesnutt
Saving the honky tonk
Universal
53. Nothing Fancy
Reflections
Pinecastle
54.  Felicity Urquhart
Turn out the light
self released  Australia
55. Lyndsay Hammond
Red dust diva
Hi-Ten  Australia
56. Ron Block
Faraway land
Rounder
Graham G. Toole
A life worth living
self released  Australia
58. Sam Bush
King of my world
Sugar Hill
59. Avril Lavigne
Under my skin
Arista
60. Steve Gibson
Road to anywhere
LMG  Australia
61. Matt Frost
Son of a gun
self released  Australia
62. Jenny Queen
Girls who cry need cake
Laughing Outlaw  Australia
63. The Flatlanders
Wheels of fortune
New * West
64. Lisa O'ane
Peace of mind
Raisin' Kane
65. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Welcome to Woody Creek
Dualtone
66. Burrito Deluxe
The whole enchillada
Luna Chica Records
67. Ken Mellons
Sweet
Home Records
69. Mary Lou Lord
Baby blue
Rubric Records
70. Jim Lauderdale
Headed for the hills
Dualtone
71. George Highfill
The music born in Bakersfield
self released
72. The Arlenes
Going to California
Loose Records
73. Julie Lee
Stillhouse road
Compadre
74. John Arthur Martinez
Loe starry night
Dualtone
75. Beaver Nelson
Motion
Freedom Records
68. Black 47
New york Town
Gadfly Records
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