Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2004 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2004, these are the rest of the best Brit pop/rock tracks of 2004. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2003 and November 30, 2004.
1. The Beta Band “Assessment” Heroes to Zeros (Astralwerks)
2. The Zutons “Pressure Point” Who Killed…The Zutons (Epic/Sony)
3. Franz Ferdinand “Tell Her Tonight” Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
4. Morrissey “Irish Blood, English Heart” You Are the Quarry (Attack/Sanctuary)
5. The Libertines “Can’t Stand Me Now” The Libertines
(Rough Trade)
6. Razorlight “Golden Touch” Up All Night (Universal)
7. The Beta Band “Space” Heroes to Zeros (Astralwerks)
8. The Zutons “Zuton Fever” Who Killed…The Zutons (Epic/Sony)
9. Franz Ferdinand “Dark of the Matinee” Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
10. Morrissey “First of the Gang to Die” You Are the Quarry (Attack/Sanctuary)
11. The Veils “The Wild Son” The Runaway Found (Rough Trade)
12. Starsailor “Four to the Floor” Silence Is Easy (EMI)
13. Dogs Die In Hot Cars “Godhopping”
Please Describe Yourself (V2)
14. The Coral “Bill McCai” Magic and Medicine (Columbia/Sony)
15. Gomez “Extra Special Guy” Split the Difference (Virgin)
16. The Cure “alt.end” The Cure (Geffen)
17. The Veils “Guiding Light” The Runaway Found (Rough Trade)
18. Franz Ferdinand “Come On Home” Franz Ferdinand (Domino)
19. Dogs Die In Hot Cars “I Love You Cause I Have To”
Please Describe Yourself (V2)
20. The Beta Band “Easy” Heroes to Zeros (Astralwerks)
21. The Streets “Fit But You Know It” A Grand Don’t
Come For Free (Vice/Atlantic)
22. The Libertines “What Became of the Likely Lads?”
The Libertines (Rough Trade)



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