# great albums from last year that you just got around to listening to this year

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**Created:** [December 23, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-albums-from-last-year-that-you-just-got-around-to-listening-to-this-year/281382 "2004-12-23T20:30:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-albums-from-last-year-that-you-just-got-around-to-listening-to-this-year/281382/1 "2004-12-23T20:30:22Z")

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since my best of 2004 died a quick and painless death, what cds did you discover this year that were released in 2003?

for me, the album i’ve listened to the most this year has been the wrens “meadowlands.” such a great album. sort of quarter-life crisis pop. pop for the 5-years-out-of-college-who-wonder-what-the-fuck-happened crowd. “this boy’s exhausted” sort of sums it up:

“lock me in  
tied to work  
splitting rocks  
cutting diamonds  
100 days  
with no pay  
not anymore  
cause I’m caught  
I can’t type  
I can’t temp  
I’m way past college”