# Best Pazz & Jop Crtics Poll Album 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432 "2015-01-09T20:40:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/1 "2015-01-09T20:40:56Z")
Another kind of weird year - I could have gone with Rilo Kiley, The Streets or even Arcade Fire, but in the end I went for _The Grey Album_ which is a genius piece of work in the mash-up genre (which is usually pretty crappy). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/2 "2015-01-09T22:04:29Z")
_The Grey Album_ is about the only mash-up I think is worth listening to more than once. But i went with the artist everybody loves to hate here, with Kanye West. The Streets album is pretty awesome, too. But I can go for any of the top seven. That Arcade Fire album would probably be my third choice. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/3 "2015-01-10T00:08:19Z")
Now this is a good year, with lots of great music choose from…among the best for me: 1. Arcade Fire: Funeral 2. Streets: A Grand Don’t Come For Free 3. Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News **10. Danger Mouse: The Grey Album** 4. Wilco: A Ghost Is Born > [@pulykamell](#): > > _The Grey Album_ is about the only mash-up I think is worth listening to more than once. No Girl Talk for you? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/4 "2015-01-10T00:16:47Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > No Girl Talk for you? Good call. OK, Girl Talk, too. Basically, anything that is a bit more than just juxtaposing two musically incongruous songs over each other. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/5 "2015-01-10T22:31:14Z")
Franz Ferdinand ahead of U2. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/6 "2015-01-10T22:32:21Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Good call. OK, Girl Talk, too. Basically, anything that is a bit more than just juxtaposing two musically incongruous songs over each other. Yeah, I agree with that. I can’t think of any other mash ups I would listen to. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2004/709432/7 "2015-01-11T01:04:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I can’t think of any other mash ups I would listen to. Best mashup I’ve heard is The Sugababes _[Freak like Me](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSAGsiVSoeE)_