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 electronic/synth pop 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 Prodigy “Spitfire” Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (Maverick/XL)
2. Dizzee Rascal “Jus’ a Rascal” Boy In Da Corner (XL/Matador)
3. Felix Da Housecat featuring The Neon Fever “Everyone Is Someone in L.A.” Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever (Rykodisc)
4. Fatboy Slim featuring Lateef “Wonderful Night” Palookaville (Astralwerks)
5. Chromeo “Destination Overdrive” She’s In Control (Vice)
6. Kinky “Presidente” Atlas (Nettwerk)
7. The Streets “What Is He Thinking?” A Grand Don’t Come
For Free (Vice/Atlantic)
8. Dizzee Rascal “Stand Up Tall” Showtime (XL)
9. Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Barrington Levy, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Alex Kapranos “The World’s
Gone Mad” White People (Atlantic/Elektra)
10. Scissor Sisters “Laura” Scissor Sisters (Universal)
11. Chromeo “Needy Girl” She’s In Control (Vice)
12. The Faint “How Could I Forget?” Wet From Birth
(Saddle Creek)
13. The Streets “Such a Twat” A Grand Don’t Come For Free (Vice/Atlantic)
14. Le Tigre “Viz” This Island (Strummer/Universal)
15. Felix Da Housecat f/Tyrone “Visionary” Palmer
“Ready 2 Wear” Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever (Rykodisc)
16. Handsome Boy Modeling School featuring Pharrell
“Class System” White People (Atlantic/Elektra)
17. Macha “(Do the) Inevitable” Forget Tomorrow (Jetset)
18. Broken Spindles “Fall In & Down On” Fulfilled: Complete (Saddle Creek)
19. Radio 4 “Party Crashers” Stealing of a Nation (Astralwerks)
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