Here's Jason Ritchies Top 20 of 2004
Best of 2004
Best new albums
1 JEFF SCOTT SOTO Lost In Translation (Frontiers)
2 TNT My Religion (MTM)
3 POWER QUEST Neverworld (Frontiers/Now & Then)
4 AYREON The Human Equation (Inside Out)
5 IQ Dark Matter (GEP)
6 THRESHOLD Subsurface (Inside Out)
7 BLACK #5 Last Few Hours (Headroom Records)
8 ASIA Silent Nation (Inside Out)
9 HOUSE OF SHAKIRA First Class (Lion Music)
10 INTENSE Second Sight (Underground Symphony)
11 MAGNUM Brand New Morning (SPV)
12 VALENSIA The Blue Album (Escape Music)
13 OVER THE EDGE S/T (Frontiers)
14 THE ALARM In the Poppyfields (Snapper Music)
15 DANI DANZI Danziland (MTM)
16 MEGADETH The System Has Failed (Sanctuary)
17 THE SIGN Second Coming (Frontiers)
18 THE SCORPIONS Unbreakable (BMG)
19 STATETROOPER The Calling (CIC Records)
20 EVERGREY The Inner Circle (Inside Out)
And top gigs
Top gigs
1 JEFF SCOTT SOTO Stripes Bar, Brentford
2 THRESHOLD/POWER QUEST Camden Underworld
3 INTENSE/SEASON'S END - Stripes Bar, Brentford
4 MITCH MALLOY/SCARED HEART - Stripes Bar, Brentford
5 BLUE OYSTER CULT Mean Fiddler, London
6 THE ALARM The Scala, King's Cross
7 BLACK #5 - Stripes Bar, Brentford
8 CHEAP TRICK Shepherd's Bush Empire
9 THE SWEET/FREEWHEELER Camden Underworld
10 MARILLION The Forum, London
11 JOHN OTWAY - Stripes Bar, Brentford
12 MSG/HURRICANE PARTY Electric Ballroom, Camden
13 QUEEN ROCKS - Stripes Bar, Brentford
Thanks for Steve from PQ for putting this one up on his site
Best of 2004
Best new albums
1 JEFF SCOTT SOTO Lost In Translation (Frontiers)
2 TNT My Religion (MTM)
3 POWER QUEST Neverworld (Frontiers/Now & Then)
4 AYREON The Human Equation (Inside Out)
5 IQ Dark Matter (GEP)
6 THRESHOLD Subsurface (Inside Out)
7 BLACK #5 Last Few Hours (Headroom Records)
8 ASIA Silent Nation (Inside Out)
9 HOUSE OF SHAKIRA First Class (Lion Music)
10 INTENSE Second Sight (Underground Symphony)
11 MAGNUM Brand New Morning (SPV)
12 VALENSIA The Blue Album (Escape Music)
13 OVER THE EDGE S/T (Frontiers)
14 THE ALARM In the Poppyfields (Snapper Music)
15 DANI DANZI Danziland (MTM)
16 MEGADETH The System Has Failed (Sanctuary)
17 THE SIGN Second Coming (Frontiers)
18 THE SCORPIONS Unbreakable (BMG)
19 STATETROOPER The Calling (CIC Records)
20 EVERGREY The Inner Circle (Inside Out)
And top gigs
Top gigs
1 JEFF SCOTT SOTO Stripes Bar, Brentford
2 THRESHOLD/POWER QUEST Camden Underworld
3 INTENSE/SEASON'S END - Stripes Bar, Brentford
4 MITCH MALLOY/SCARED HEART - Stripes Bar, Brentford
5 BLUE OYSTER CULT Mean Fiddler, London
6 THE ALARM The Scala, King's Cross
7 BLACK #5 - Stripes Bar, Brentford
8 CHEAP TRICK Shepherd's Bush Empire
9 THE SWEET/FREEWHEELER Camden Underworld
10 MARILLION The Forum, London
11 JOHN OTWAY - Stripes Bar, Brentford
12 MSG/HURRICANE PARTY Electric Ballroom, Camden
13 QUEEN ROCKS - Stripes Bar, Brentford
Thanks for Steve from PQ for putting this one up on his site