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musicOMH's Best Of 2004 Awards
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Editor-At-Large Vik Bansal with possibly the only Best Of 2004 that namechecks '80s pop icons and Katie Jordan's beau alongside hardcore punk and metal merchants...
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ALBUMS:
For putting the "super" in "supergroup":
Velvet Revolver - Contraband
For an astonishing debut, all created in the Southern Hemisphere:
The Butterfly Effect - Begins Here
For sheer, unbridled brutality:
Norma Jean - Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child
SINGLES:
For being the best song on a soundtrack in years:
Switchfoot - Meant To Live
For out (cold)playing Coldplay:
Snow Patrol - Run
For being a thing of yearning yet rocking beauty:
The Butterfly Effect - Crave
LIVE PERFORMANCES:
For curing repressed memory syndrome:
Duran Duran @ Wembley Arena, London, 14 April 2004
For having the highest bruise count afterwards:
Soil @ The Garage, London, 27 February 2004
For stadium anthem-y in a room the size of your living room:
Switchfoot @ The Metro Club, London, 10 September 2004
INTERVIEWEES:
For tea on a summer's day on a roof garden in Kensington:
Peter Andre
For grace under pressure when faced with Amy Winehouse's insults:
Katie Melua
For spending hours, off the record, discussing religion and US politics:
King's X
FILMS:
For telling it like it was:
The Passion Of The Christ
For, erm, "incredible" animation and humour:
The Incredibles
For finally getting close to the books:
Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban
- Vik Bansal
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