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2004 in music

Contents

1 Events

2 Albums Released

3 Top Hits

4 Top 10 selling albums of the year

5 Classical music

6 Musical theater

7 Musical films

8 Births

9 Deaths

10 Awards

10.1 Grammy Awards
10.2 Country Music Association Awards
10.3 Eurovision Song Contest
10.4 Brit Awards
10.5 Juno Awards
10.6 Mercury Music Prize
10.7 Triple J Hottest 100

11 External link

Events

January 1 - Vienna New Year's Concert by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, conducted by Riccardo Muti
January 1 - 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 17 - Brit Awards held in London. The Darkness, Dido, Busted, Justin Timberlake, and KRS-One are among the winners.
February 17 - 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 The Smashing Pumpkins.
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 for in return for donations to his favourite charities.
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.
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.
May - Blender magazine's May issue includes a list of the 50 worst songs. "We Built This City," by Jefferson Starship, is rated worst.
May 18 to May 23 - European Festival of Youth Choirs (EJCF) in Basel.
May 25 - Jam band Phish announces that after 21 years they will breakup following the Summer 2004 Tour.
May 25 - 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 4 - Karl Jenkins signs a 10-year recording deal with EMI.
June - Staind start recording their fourth album, produced by David Bottrill.
June - The 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 - Creed dissolved because guitarist Mark Tremonti is working in a side project Alter Bridge and their first album is One Day Remains , which is scheduled to be released on August 10th.
June 10 - 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 20 - Van Halen releases The Best of Both Worlds, a 36-song compilation album featuring three new recordings with Sammy Hagar on vocals.
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.
September 14 - Megadeth is scheduled to release their new studio album The System Has Failed.
September 21 - Green Day releases American Idiot, their 7th studio album. It goes 6x platinum and gains a cult following. It is a punk opera , much in the style of Pink Floyd's The Wall or The Who's Quadrophenia.
September 28 - Hilary Duff releases her self-titled second album on the day she turns 17.
September 28 - 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.
December - Ned's Atomic Dustbin begins touring with 5 upcoming shows.
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 the Velvet Revolver.

Albums Released

Phantom Planet - Phantom Planet - January 6 - LP
Sapphire Blue - Larry Carlton - January 13 - LP
Legion of Boom - The Crystal Method - January 13 - LP
The Glorious Burden - Iced Earth - January 13 - LP
Slow - Richie Kotzen - January 13 - LP
The Opera Band - Amici Forever - January 13 - LP
Educated Guess - Ani DiFranco - January 20 - LP
Kimi Ga Suki - Matthew Sweet - January 20 - LP
Immortal Memory - Lisa Gerrard and Patrick Cassidy - January 26 - LP
Sirens and Condolences - Bayside - January 27 - LP
Join the Dots: B-Sides & Rarities 1978-2001 - The Cure - January 27 - Compilation
Delirium Cordia - Fantômas - January 27 - LP
Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991-1997 - Helmet - January 27 - Compilation
Because I Can - Katy Rose - January 27 - LP
Kamikaze - Twista - January 27 - 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 - LP
Start Something - Lostprophets - February 3 - LP
50 First Dates - Soundtrack - February 3 - Soundtrack
New Found Power - Damageplan - February 10 - LP
'Merican - The Descendents - released in Europe in 2003 - February 10 - EP
Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - February 10 - LP
America's Sweetheart - Courtney Love - February 10 - LP
Body Language - Kylie Minogue - February 10 - LP
College Dropout - Kanye West - February 10 - LP
Turn of the Screw - 1208 - February 10 - LP
All That We Let In - The Indigo Girls - February 17 - LP
An Elixer for Existance - Sirenia - February 23 - LP
Logic Will Break Your Heart - The Stills - February 23 - LP
About a Burning Fire - Blindside - February 24 - LP
Schizophrenic - JC Chasez - February 24 - LP
Shadows Collide With People - John Frusciante - February 24 - LP
Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood - February 24 - LP
Punk Statik Paranoia - Orgy - February 24 - LP
Scorpio Rising - Prong - February 24 - LP
Nude - V.A.S.T. - February 24 - LP
The Guilt Show - The Get Up Kids - March 2 - LP
MODERN ARTillery - The Living End - March 2 - LP
Sunrise Over Sea - The John Butler Trio - March 8
Temple of the Damned - Exodus - March 9 - LP
All of Our Names - Sarah Harmer - March 9 - LP
Don't Stop the Music - Play - March 9 - LP
Live at the Deaf Club - Dead Kennedys - March 9 - Live
Patience - George Michael - March 16 - LP
The Very Best of Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne - March 16 - Greatest Hits
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1984-1993) - Camper Van Beethoven - March 16 - Re-Issue, LPs
Split Personality - Cassidy - March 16 - LP
Eminem is Back - Eminem - March 16 - Compilation
The Other Side - Godsmack - March 16 - 8-Track Acoustic EP
Frustration Plantation - Rasputina - March 16 - LP
Dead Letters - The Rasmus - March 16 - LP (US release)
Till Death Us Do Part - Cypress Hill - March 23 - LP
Cool to Be You - The Descendents - March 23 - LP
Guns n' Roses' Greatest Hits - Guns n' Roses - March 23 - Greatest Hits
Peace, Love, Death Metal - The Eagles of Death Metal - March 23 - LP
Me and Mr. Johnson - Eric Clapton - March 23 - LP
MP3 - Marcy Playground - March 23 - LP
Fly or Die - N.E.R.D. - March 23 - LP
Redefine - SOiL - March 23 - LP
The Punisher - Soundtrack - March 23 - Soundtrack
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed - Soundtrack - March 23 - Soundtrack
Confessions - Usher - March 23 - LP
Now That's What I Call Music! 15 - Various Artists - March 23 - Compilation
Winning Days - The Vines - March 23 - LP
Solace - Xavier Rudd - March 28 - LP - Australia
Honkin' on Bobo - Aerosmith - March 30 - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1975-1979) - Fleetwood Mac - March 30 - Re-Issue, LPs
Damita Jo - Janet Jackson - March 30 - LP
In With the Old - Pepper - March 30 - LP
Live & Off the Record - Shakira - March 30 - LP & DVD
Final Straw - Snow Patrol - March 30 - LP
Prophecy - Soulfly - March 30 - LP
You Are Here - UFO - March 30 - LP
Première - Katherine Jenkins - April
The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives - April 5 - LP
J Wess Presents Tha LP - J-Wess - April 5 - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1982-1992) - Bad Religion - April 6 - Re-Issue, LPs
The Curse of Blondie - Blondie - April 6 - LP
Hellfire Club - Edguy - April 6 - LP
My Mother's Hymn Book - Johnny Cash - April 6
Re-Issue of 3 oldest albums - Jethro Tull - April 6 - Re-Issue, LPs
Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? - Local H. - April 6 - LP
Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse - April 6 - LP
Indestructible Object - They Might Be Giants - April 6 - EP
Crossfade - Crossfade - April 13 - LP
Is There Love in Space? - Joe Satriani - April 13 - LP
Cutting - Red Skeleton - April 13 - LP
Palm Trees and Power Lines - Sugarcult - April 13 - LP
Feels Like Home - Norah Jones - April 20 - LP
Hangover Music, Vol. VI - Black Label Society - April 20 - LP
Archetype - Fear Factory - April 20 - LP
Cuckoo Clocks of Hell - Buckethead - April 20 - LP
Underneath - Hanson - April 20 - LP
Desensitized - Drowning Pool - April 20 - LP
Fire It Up - The Kottonmouth Kings - April 20 - LP
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - April 20 - LP
High Volume - Corrosion of Conformity - April 20 - LP
Hurt No More - Mario Winans - April 20 - LP
Me - The Marques Sisters - April 20 - LP
Musicology - Prince - April 20 - LP
Ratatat - Ratatat - April 20 - LP
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - April 20 - Compilation
Stone Age Complications - Queens of the Stone Age - April 20 - Compilation
Through the Ashes of Empires - Machine Head - April 20 - LP
Shine - Cyndi Lauper - April 21 - LP
Walk The Tightrope - Human Nature - April 26 - LP
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls - April 27 - LP
re.present - Jimmie's Chicken Shack - April 27 - LP
D12 World - D12 - April 27 - LP
The Girl in the Other Room - Diana Krall - April 27 - LP
Marbles - Marillion - May 3 - LP
We Are All Sluts of Trust - Sluts of Trust - May 3 - LP
Endangered Species - Flaw - May 4 - LP
Metalogy - Judas Priest - May 4 - Greatest Hits
The Ride - Los Lobos - May 4 - LP
Duets - The Notorious B.I.G. - May 4 - LP
Wave of Mutilation: The Best of the Pixies - Pixies - May 4 - Compilation LP, Concert & Documentary DVD
Just for You - Lionel Richie - May 4 - LP
Matt Sharp - Matt Sharp - May 4 - LP
Police State - The Transplants - May 4 - LP
Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson - May 11 - LP
Dis/Location - Seven Mary Three - May 11 - LP
The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage - May 11 LP
Here for the Party - Gretchen Wilson - May 11 - LP
A Song Is A City - Eskimo Joe - May 16 - LP
Meltdown - Ash - May 17 - LP
Happiness In Magazines - Graham Coxon - May 17 - LP
Baptism - Lenny Kravitz - 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
A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets - May 18 LP
Meltdown - Ash - May 24 - LP
It's About Time - Christina Milian - May 24 International - June 15 US - LP
Café Naturale - Wendy Matthews - May 24 - LP
The Human Equation - Ayreon - May 24 - LP
The Printz - Bumblebeez 81 - May 25 - LP
Long Gone Before Daylight - The Cardigans - May 25 - LP
White Trash Beautiful - Everlast - May 25 - LP
Rockin' The Rhein With The Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead - May 25 - Live
Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne - May 25 - LP
The Greater Wrong of the Right - Skinny Puppy - May 25 - LP
Vol. 3: the Subliminal Verses - Slipknot - May 25 - LP
Mercury4 - Mercury4 - May 31 - LP
Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers - May 31 - LP
Melissa Auf der Maur - Melissa Auf der Maur - June 1 - LP
No Said Date - Masta Killa - June 1 - LP
Rock the Block - Krokus - June 1 - LP
Square matrix 004 - Various artists - June 1 - Compilation
Stand Back: the Anthology - The Allman Brothers Band - June 8 Compilation
The Empire Strikes First - Bad Religion - June 8 - LP
Purple Haze - Cam'ron - June 8 - LP
Un - Chumbawamba - June 8 - LP
Borrowed Heaven - The Corrs - June 8 - LP
One Soul Now - Cowboy Junkies - June 8 - LP
Keep Your Wig On - Fastball - June 8 - LP
Uh Huh Her - PJ Harvey - June 8 - LP
Happy People - R. Kelly - June 8 - LP
Asshole - Gene Simmons - June 8 - LP
Greatest Hits '93-'03 - 311 - June 8 - Compilation
Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 9 - Various Artists, Punk-O-Rama - June 8 - Compilation
Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth - June 8 - LP
Contraband - Velvet Revolver - June 8 - LP
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge - My Chemical Romance - June 8 - LP
A New Day... Live in Las Vegas - Céline Dion - June 12 - Live
Sound Shattering Sound - Gyroscope - June 14
To the 5 Boroughs - The Beastie Boys - LP
Hot Fuss - The Killers - June 15 - LP
Undermind - Phish - (June 15) - LP
Afrodisiac - Brandy - June 22 - LP
Will to Death - John Frusciante - June 22 - LP
Jupiter's Darling - Heart - June 22 - LP
JoJo - JoJo - June 22 - LP
Lit - Lit - June 22 - LP
Lynyrd Skynyrd Lyve - Lynyrd Skynyrd - June 22 - Live
Scream and Whisper - Edwin McCain - June 22 - LP
The 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
The Cure - The Cure - June 28 - LP
Mojave - Concrete Blonde - June 29 - LP
Live at the Gorge - Dave Matthews Band - June 29 - Live
This Magnificent Distance - Chris Robinson - June 29 - LP
Feedback - Rush - June 29 - LP
Nina Sky - Nina Sky - June 29 - LP
III: Ghost Tigers Rise - Tiger Army - June 29 - LP
Hollywood Potato Chip - The Vandals - June 29 - LP
72 and Sunny - Uncle Kracker - June 29 - LP
In Between Evolution - The Tragically Hip - June 29 - LP
Stone Love - Angie Stone - July 6 - LP
Star Trails - Spirit of the West - July 8 - LP
Braxton Hicks - Jebediah - July 12 - LP
Live on the Rocks - Blues Traveler - July 13 - LP
License to Chill - Jimmy Buffett - July 13 - LP
Hell to Pay - Dokken - 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
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
The Spine - They Might Be Giants - July 13 - LP
Über Cobra - Widespread Panic - July 13 - LP
Miss Machine - Dillinger Escape Plan - July 20 US/August 2 world - LP
No Roots - Faithless - July 20 - LP
Those Are Not My Bongos - Fuck - 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 - Rarities LP
Beneath, Between, Beyond - Static-X - July 20 - Rarities LP
The Best of Both Worlds: The Very Best of Van Halen - Van Halen - July 20 – Greatest Hits
Hymns of the 49th Parallel - k.d. lang - July 27 - LP
Live in Hamburg - Maria McKee - July 27 - LP
Throwback, Volume 1 - Boyz II Men - July 27 - LP
Whiskey Tango Ghosts - Tanya Donelly - July 27 - LP
Kevin Lyttle - Kevin Lyttle - July 27 - LP
Re-Issue of their oldest albums (1986-1999) - Megadeth - July 27 - Re-Issue, LPs
The Marques Sisters - Black and Pink - July 27 - LP
The Beginning of Survival - Joni Mitchell - July 27 - LP
Prince of the South - Mystikal - July 27 - LP
Live at Benaroya Hall - Pearl Jam - July 27 - Live
The Rolling Stones Singles: 1965-1968 - The Rolling Stones - July 27 - Box
Where You Want to Be - Taking Back Sunday - July 27 - LP
Drive Train - 38 Special - July 27 - LP
Spiritum Oriundus - Fields of Aplomb - August 3 - LP
Accentuate the Positive - Al Jarreau - August 3 - LP
Live in Hyde Park - Red Hot Chili Peppers - August 3 - Live
Village Gorilla Head - Tommy Stinson - August 3 - LP
One Day Remains - Alter Bridge - August 10 - LP
The Best of Coal Chamber - Coal Chamber - August 10 - Compilation
Crosby Nash - David Crosby & Graham Nash - August 10 - LP
Bubblegum - Mark Lanegan - August 10 - LP
Creamfields - Paul Oakenfold - August 10
The Best of Sepultura - Sepultura - August 10 - Compilation
Potter's Field - 12 Stones - August 10 - LP
Live - 2Pac - August 10 - Live
Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 - Various Artists, Rock Against Bush - August 10 - Compilation
Bob Powell - Bob Powell Anthology - August 12 - Box
Take It All Away - Ryan Cabrera - August 17 - LP
Sail On: the 30th Anniversary Collection 1974-2004 - Kansas - August 17 - Box
Love Everybody - Presidents of the United States of America - August 17 - LP
Up All Night - Razorlight - August 17 - LP
Survival of the Sickest - Saliva - August 17 - LP
Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You - Queen - August 17 – Greatest Hits
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
Untitled - Tim McGraw - August 24 - LP
The Secondman's Middle Stand - Mike Watt - August 24 - LP
Killing Heidi - Killing Heidi - August 30 - LP
Medúlla - Björk - August 31 - LP
Circle of Snakes - Danzig - August 31 - LP
The DEFinition - LL Cool J - August 31 - LP
Getting Away With Murder - Papa Roach - August 31 - LP
The Big Eyeball in the Sky - Col. Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains - September 7 - LP
Armed Love - The (International) Noise Conspiracy - September 7 - LP
In the Meantime - Christine McVie - September 7 - LP
It Came From New Jersey: The Smithereens Anthology - The Smithereens - September 7 - Compilation
Living Things - Matthew Sweet - September 7 - LP
Folker - Paul Westerberg - September 7 - LP
Wayward Angel - Kasey Chambers - September 14 - LP
A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup - September 14 - LP
Wet From Birth - The Faint - September 14 - LP
The System Has Failed - Megadeth - September 14 - LP
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned - The Prodigy - September 14 - LP
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - Tears for Fears - September 14 - LP
American Idiot - Green Day - September 21 - LP
This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In - Chevelle - September 21 - LP
The Delivery Man - Elvis Costello - September 21 - LP
Il Sogno - Elvis Costello - September 21 - LP
Welcome to Woddy Creek - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - September 21 - LP
The Rolling Stones Singles: 1969-1971 - The Rolling Stones - September 21 - Box
The Jump Off - Lil' Romeo - September 21 - LP
Noise From the Basement - Skye Sweetnam - September 21 - LP
London Calling: 25th Anniversary Legacy Edition - The Clash - September 21 – LP & DVD
Trouble - Bonnie McKee - September 28 - LP
Hilary Duff - Hilary Duff - September 28 - LP
Antics - Interpol - September 28 - LP
Shangri-La - Mark Knopfler - September 28 - LP
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll - Social Distortion - September 28 - LP
SMiLe - Brian Wilson - September 28 - LP
In Love and Death - The Used - September 28 - LP
Tribal - Misty Watlered - September 28 - LP (Asia only)
Pressure Chief - Cake - October 5 - LP
Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004 - Everclear - October 5 – Greatest Hits
Size Matters - Helmet - October 5 - LP
Palookaville (Fatboy Slim Album) - Fatboy Slim - October 5 - LP
The Chronicles of Life and Death - Good Charlotte - October 5 - LP
Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 - Korn - October 5 – Greatest Hits
Gates - Love Is In The Air - October 5 - LP
Unshattered - Peter Murphy - October 5 - LP
Around the Sun - R.E.M. - LP
Has Been - William Shatner - October 5 - LP
50 Number Ones - George Strait - October 5 – Greatest Hits
Real Gone - Tom Waits - October 5 - LP
The Place You're In - Kenny Wayne Shepherd - October 5 - LP
Cosima - Cosima De Vito - October 11 - LP
Sirenian Shores - Sirenia - October 11 - EP
Astronaut - Duran Duran - October 12 - LP & DVD
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
Miracle - Céline Dion - October 12 - LP
Chuck - Sum 41 - October 12 - LP
Never Breathe What You Can't See - Jello Biafra & The Melvins - October 19 - LP
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - October 19 - LP
Raise Hell - (hed) p.e. - October 19 - LP
Futures - Jimmy Eat World - October 19 - LP
Welcome to the North - The Music - October 19 - LP
Walkin' in the Shadow of Life - The Neville Brothers - October 19 - LP
The Great American Songbook III - Rod Stewart - October 19 - LP
2067 - Rheostatics - October 26 - LP
All for You - Annihilator - October 26 - LP
Gold Medal - The Donnas - October 26 - LP
War Party - GWAR - October 26 - LP
Ultimate Jerky Boys - The Jerky Boys - October 26 - Compilation
Still Not Getting Any... - Simple Plan - October 26 - LP & DVD
This is Music: The Singles 92-98 - The Verve - November 1 international/November 15 USA - Compilation
Singles - Travis - November 2 - Compilation
Merry Christmas With Love - Clay Aiken - November 2 - LP
Acoustic - John Lennon - November 2 - LP
eMOTIVe - A Perfect Circle - November 2 - Covers
Reise Reise - Rammstein - November 2 - LP
I Need an Angel - Ruben Studdard - November 2 - LP
Alive at Last - Train - November 2 - Compilation
Untitled - Trisha Yearwood - November 2 - LP
Mistaken Identity - Delta Goodrem - November 7 - LP
Harmonium - Vanessa Carlton - November 9 - LP
Real Talk - Fabolous - November 9 - LP
Peachtree Road - Elton John - November 9 - LP
2005 KROQ New Music - KROQ - November 9 - Compilation
Warts & All, Vol. 4 - moe. - November 9 - LP
The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us!) - NOFX - November 9 - Compilation
Home Movies - Pennywise - November 9 - DVD; Re-Issue
Hummin' to Myself - Linda Ronstadt - November 9 - LP
Encore - Eminem - November 12 - LP
The Silent Force - Within Temptation - November 15 - LP
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative - Britney Spears – Greatest Hits & DVD
The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 - The Beatles - November 16 - Box
Youth - Collective Soul - November 16 - LP
Destiny Fulfilled - Destiny's Child - November 16 - LP
aMOTION - A Perfect Circle - November 16 - LP & DVD
Spongebob Squarepants: the Movie - Soundtrack - November 16 - Soundtrack
Want Two - Rufus Wainwright - November 16 - LP
The Ultimate Collection - Michael Jackson - November 16 - Box
Anywhere But Home - Evanescence - November 23 - Live LP
Greatest Hits - Creed - November 23 – Greatest Hits
R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece - Snoop Dogg - November 23 - LP
Red Light District - Ludacris - November 23 - LP
With the Lights Out - Nirvana - November 23 - Box
42 Ultimate Hits - Kenny Rogers
Rejoice - Jessica Simpson - November 23 - LP
Love, Angel, Music, Baby - Gwen Stefani
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2 - November 23 - LP
Collision Course - Linkin Park and Jay-Z - November 30 - LP & DVD
Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson - November 30 - LP
Speak - Lindsay Lohan - December 7 - LP
For You - Casey Donovan - December 13 - LP
Loyal to the Game - 2Pac - December 14 - LP
The Queen - Dalida (Remix compilation)