Lists: 2004
Another fun year of list-making has wrapped up with about 550 lists this year. See you next year. WORDS
The Year In (Your Catchphrase Here) from New York Times. 2004 Dictionary from CBS Marketwatch. Words of the Year from Merriam-Webster. Top 10 Politically Incorrect Terms from Global Language Monitor. 10 Tech Terms from ITworld. 25 Dumbest Quotes from About.com. 25 Funniest Quotes from About.com. List of Banished Words from L.S.S.U.. Year In Gossip from Salon. ONLINE
Blogs of the Year from Fimoculous (me!). Google Zeitgeist from Google. Top Searches from Yahoo Search. Search Scrapbook from AOL Search. Web's Most Wanted from Lycos. Top Searches from Ask Jeeves. Favorite Weblogs of 2004 from Kottke. Best Blogs from Matthew Tobey. Favorite Blogs of '04 from Radio Free Blogistan. Best Blog from Washington Post. Most Cited Blogs from Intelliseek. Best of the Blogs from Deutche Welle International. Best of the Web from Spasticrobot. Most Blogged Items from BlogPulse. 150 Most Popular Tags from Flickr. 2004 Weblog Awards from Weblog Awards. Top News Sites of 2004 from Newsknife. Top 10 Web Diversions from Amy Campbell. IDEAS
The Year In Ideas from New York Times Magazine. Year In Review from New York Magazine. The Year in Issues from BBC. Year In Culture from Slate. SCIENCE
Top 100 Stories from Discover. Top 10 News Stories from New Scientist. Bad Science Awards from The Guardian. Top 10 Breakthroughs from Science Magazine. Best Science Books from The Independent. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Science from Amazon.com. PARANORMAL
Top 10 Paranormal Events from About.com. Top Cryptozoology Stories from Loren Coleman. MEDIA
Media Person of the Year from I Want Media. Top 10 Stories of 2004 from CNN. Press-Bashing from Village Voice. The Meta-Media Madness Top 10 from L.A. Weekly. The Year in Media Moguls from AP. Media Follies from Seattle Weekly. Media Moments from Pop + Politics. 10 Moments In Bad Journalism from L.A. Times. Little People Rise in '04 from OJR (Mark Glaser). Top CyberJournalist Stories from CyberJournalist. You Be the Editor from MSNBC.com. Top 20 Media Stories from News Blues. Notable Quotes from News Blues. Media Web Newsmaker of the Year from CBS Marketwatch. Media Web Awards from CBS Marketwatch. The P.U.-litzer Prizes from AlterNet (Norman Solomon). Top 25 Censored Media Stories from Project Censored. Online Journalism Awards from OJR. Independent Press Awards Nominees from Utne Readers. THEATER
Best Theater from New York Times. Best Theater from Time. Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle. STYLE
2004 Unzipped from Style.com. 10 Best from Entertainment Weekly. 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly. ARCHITECTURE
Best Architecture from Time. The Best from New York Times. DANCE
Best Dance from New York Times. SEX
Best And Worst Sex from Village Voice. The Year In Bad Sex from Salon. Best Porn DVDs from Fleshbot. Bad Sex Award from Literary Review. Quiz: The Year in Sex from Nerve.com. Quiz: The Year in Sex from Globe And Mail. Ten Most Influential Moments in Dating from Match.com. VIDEO GAMES
Best Games from Time. Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle. Top 10 Games of the Year from New York Times. Genre Awards from Game Spot. Top 20 Gaming Lows from Game Pro. The Best Games You Haven't Played from Wired News. Top 50 Games from Euro Gamer. Video Game Awards from Spike TV. Games of the Year from Game Spy. Editor's Top 10 from IGN. PEOPLE
Person of the Year from Time. Most and Least Annoying from Am I Annoying. People of the Year from ABC News. Artists of the Year from City Pages. Entertainers of the Year from Entertainment Weekly. Top 100 People of the Year from USA Today (Whitney Matheson). Top 10 Stars from Access Hollywood. Hot Picks from Tina Brown. Entertainer of the Year from E!. People of the Year from Rolling Stone. Best Undressed from E!. 15 Tackiest Entertainment Celebrities from Netscape. Most Annoying People of 2004 from Star. The Best of 2004 from BET. The Worst of 2004 from BET. Top 10 Bushisms from About.com. Person of the Year from Time for Kids. Breakouts from Entertainment Weekly. Performer of the Year Readers's Poll from Entertainment Weekly. Entertainer of the Year Reader's Poll from Entertainment Weekly. Women of the Year from Glamour. 10 Most Fascinating People of 2004 from Barbara Walters. Men of the Year from GQ. Women of the Year from GQ. Agenda Setters from Silicon.com. Girls of 2004 from Tournament of Stuff. Hometown Hotties of the Year from Maxim. 25 Most Annoying Newsmakers from Bob From Accounting. People of the Year from PC Magazine. MAGAZINES
Year in Magazines from Washington Post. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Magazines from Amazon.com. Top 10 Customers' Picks: Magazines from Amazon.com. 30 Most Notable Launches from Mr. Magazine. ART
Best Art from New York Times. Top 7 Video Art from Greg Allen. Best of Year from Art Forum. Best of Year from Art Forum (Choire Sicha). Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle. Art Books of the Year from New York Times. Best Art Books from The Independent. TV
10 Best from Entertainment Weekly. 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly. Best TV from New York Times. The Lessons of the Year from New York Times. Best Live TV Moments from New York Times. The Year in Reality TV from Reality Blurred. Top Six Reality TV Whores from Reality Blurred. The Best TV from Time (James Poniewozik). Reality TV Turkeys of the Year from MSNBC.com. Bests and Worsts from MSNBC.com. Most Watched & TiVoed from New York Times. The Best & Worst Television from MSN. 10 Best from Chicago Tribune. Five Best Reality TV Finales from Entertainment Weekly. TV Show of the Year Readers's Poll from Entertainment Weekly. 10 Best Shows from Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Best of 2004 from Matt Tobey. Awards from American Film Institute. The Year in TV from Village Voice. Best of 2004 from Las Vegas Mercury. Best and Worst TV from Pop Culture Guy. TECH
Biggest Stories in Technology & Business from Salon.com. The Year in Technology from Washington Post. Technology Research Advances from Technology Research News. 10 Biggest Stories from Silicon.com. Year of Innovation from CNN.com. Best Software Essays from Joel On Software. Top 10 Viruses from Sophos. Hardware of the Year from Macworld. LAW
Year in Law from CNN.com. A Good Year for Free Speech? from Tech Central Station. PHOTOS
The Year in Pictures from New York Times. Best Pictures of 2004 from Washington Post. The Year in Pictures from MSNBC.com. Pictures of the Year from Reuters. Pictures of the Year from National Geographic. Best Use of Still Photojournalism from NPAA. 150 Most Popular Tags from Flickr. RADIO
Radio's Top 10 Turkey Moments from Corey Deitz. Best Of 2004 from Xfm. MARKETING/ADVERTISING/PR
10 Ads You Won't See from Ad Age. Top 10 Ad Music from Ad Tunes. 10 Worst PR Gaffes from Fineman PR. 10 Most-Watched Videos from Ad Age. Ad Roundup from Adland. Best Commercials from Adland. Best Blog Awards from MarketingSherpa. Banned Ads of the Year from CNN Money. The Year in Swag from The Onion A/V Club. Funniest Commercials of the Year from TBS.com. LIVING
20 Best North American Neighborhoods from Project for Public Spaces. Best Places To Live from Forbes. SPORTS
Sportmen of the Year from Sports Illustrated. Year in Review from New York Times. Year of the Team from MSNBC.com. Player of the Year from Sports Illustrated. Soccer: Best Player, Manager, and Team of the Year from World Soccer. Best Sports Books from The Independent. College Football's Best from Detroit Free Press. Best & Worst in College Football from NBC Sports. All-American College Football Team from ESPN. Golf Shots of the Year from Sports Illustrated. College Players of the Year: Girls from Sports Illustrated. College Players of the Year: Guys from Sports Illustrated. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Sports Books from Amazon.com. Top 10 Customers' Picks: Sports Books from Amazon.com. AUTOMOBILES
10 Best Cars from Car And Driver. Best New Cars from CNN Money. Fuzzy Dice Awards from CNN Money. 10 Best Convertibles from Forbes. Greenest Vehicles of 2004 from GreenerCars.com. COMEDY
Political Dot-Comedy Awards from About.com. The Year in Satire from Salon.com. The Year in Comedy from Two Drink Minimum. Top 10 Net Hoaxes / Urban Legends from About.com. TRAVEL
Top 25 Best-Attended North American Amusement Parks from Amusement Business and Economics Research Associates. Reader's Choice Awards from Concierge.com. Best Travel Spots from Times Online. Airline of the Year from Skytrax. Airport of the Year from Skytrax. COMICS/GRAPHIC NOVELS
Best Comix from Time. The Year in Cartoon from Newsweek. Best Webcomics from Web Comics Review. Best Graphic Novels from Borders. HEALTH
Year in Health from CNN.com. Products of the Year: Home & Health from Forbes. Best Health Books from Wall Street Journal (subscription). Best Hospitals 2004 from US News. EDUCATION
America's Best Colleges from US News. WINE
100 Top Wines from San Francisco Chronicle. BEER
Brewer's Cup from Association of Brewers. BUSINESS
2004 In Review from CNN Money. Best Companies to Work For from Fortune. Best Business Books from Business Weekly. Best Business Books from Forbes. Best Business Books from Fast Company. DVD
10 Best from Entertainment Weekly. 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly. Top Twenty from DVD Talk. Best DVD Sets from Village Voice. The Year's Best DVDs from Rolling Stone. DVD of the Year Reader's Poll from Entertainment Weekly. DVDs of the Year from Telegraph. Top 100 Customers' Favorites from Amazon.com. Top 100 Editors' Picks from Amazon.com. Most Overlooked DVDs from MastersOfCinema.com. Best DVDs from BarnesAndNoble.com. Best Sellers from BarnesAndNoble.com. Best TV DVDs from BarnesAndNoble.com. Best DVDs from Borders. Best Box-Set DVDs from Borders. Best TV on DVD from Borders. FILM
Take 6 from Village Voice. Take 6 Ballots from Village Voice. Best Films of 2004 from Roger Ebert. 50 Best Films from Film Comment. Best Movies from New York Times (A. O. Scott). Best Movies from New York Times (Manohla Dargis). Best Movies from New York Times (Stephen Holden). Critics Scorecard from Movie City News. The Top Ten from New York (Ken Tucker). Film of the Year from The Guardian. The Year in Film from The Onion. Top 20 Nude Scenes from Fakes.net. Ten Best Movies from Newsweek. Ten Worst Movies from Newsweek. The 13 Best Movies from Slate. Top 20 from IndieWIRE. Top 10 from GreenCine. Top 10 Movies from The Advocate. Top 10 from City Pages. Top 10 Movies from Newsday. Top 10 Movies from Newsday. Top 10 Films from Christian Science Monitor. Best & Worst from Time (Richard Corliss). Best & Worst from Time (Richard Schickel). Top 12 Movies of the Year from L.A. Weekly. 10 Best from L.A. Weekly. 2004 in Film from L.A. Weekly. 10 Best Films from Seattle Weekly. Best of 2004 from Las Vegas Mercury. The 10 Best from Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman). The 10 Best from Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum). The 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman). The 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum). Best & Worst Films of the Year from Chicago Sun-Times (Richard Roeper). Top 10 from Detroit News. Top 17 from Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer). Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle). Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle (Ruthe Stein). Best and Worst from The New York Observer (Rex Reed). The 10 Best Movies from Salon (Stephanie Zacharek and Charles Taylor). The 10 Best Films from MSNBC.com. Top 20 Movies from E!. 20 Best from Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington). Top Ten Movies from Orlando Sun-Sentinel. Top 10 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (Max Goldberg). Top 10 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (Susan Gerhard). Top 10 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (David Larsen). Top 10 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (Chuck Stephens). Top 10 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (Dennis Harvey). Top 5 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (Cheryl Eddy). Top 10 from San Francisco Bay Guardian (Kimberly Chun). Review 2004 from Daily Telegraph. Top 10 AtomFilms from Atom Films. Awards from American Film Institute. Awards from Golden Globes. Awards from New York Film Critics. Awards from Los Angeles Film Critics. Awards from Chicago Film Critics. Awards from International Documentary Association. Awards from San Francisco Film Critics. Awards from New York Online Film Critics. Awards from San Diego Film Critics. Awards from DC Film Crticis Association. Awards from European Film Awards. Awards from British Independent Film Awards. Awards from National Board of Review. Awards from Broadcast Film Critics Association. Awards from Toronto Film Critics. Canada's Top 10 from Toronto International Film Festival. Best Film Books from The Independent. Movie of the Year Readers's Poll from Entertainment Weekly. Ten Best And Worst Unseens Films from Film Threat. The Coldest People In Hollywood from Film Threat. Best of Year from Art Forum (John Waters, Amy Taubin, etc.). Best of Year from East Bay Express. ELECTRONICS/GADGETS
10 Worst Products of the Year from PC Mag. Top 10 Must-Haves from C|Net. Top 100 Products: PCs from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Laptops from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Software from C|Net. Top 100 Products: PDAs from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Storage from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Digital Music from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Peripherals from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Digital Cameras & Camcorders from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Home Entertainment from C|Net. Top 100 Products: Cell Phones from C|Net. Wired Tools 2004: Screens from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Video from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Audio from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: 30 Under $30 from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Auto from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Phones from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Apparel from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Cameras from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Sports from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Toys from Wired News. Wired Tools 2004: Games from Wired News. Best of 2004 from PC World. Best Products of 2004 from Government Computer News. Products of the Year: Electronics from Forbes. Products of the Year: Play from Forbes. BOOKS
The 10 Best Books of 2004 from New York Times Book Review. Best Books from Time. 27 Favorite Books from Voice Literary Supplement. Staff Top 5 from Powell's Books Employees. A Year in Books from Al-Ahram. Best Books from San Francisco Chronicle. 10 Best Non-Fiction from Entertainment Weekly. 10 Best Fiction from Entertainment Weekly. 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly. Best Fiction & Nonfiction from Chicago Tribune. Books of the Year from Atlantic Monthly. Bad Sex Award from Literary Review. Best of 2004 Meta-List from GalleyCat. Best of 2004 Meta-List from Intelligent Life. Nonfiction of the Year from Boston Globe. Fiction of the Year from Boston Globe. Top 10 Books from Salon.com. Year's Most Distinguished Books from Washington Post (Jonathan Yardley). Book World Raves from Washington Post. Best Books from Seattle Times. Book Beat Awards from New York Post. Best Books from The Economist. Best Books from The Guardian. Books of the Year from The Australian. Best Fiction from Fresno Bee. Top 10 Poetry Picks: The Best CDs of 2004 from About.com. Top Non-Fiction from The Mercury News. Book Editor's Top 10 from The Mercury News. Best Books from The Journal News. Top Ten Books from Christianity Today. 100 Noteworthy Books from The Kansas City Star. Year in Books from Weekly Standard. Best of Year from The Boston Phoenix. The Year in Books from Publisher's Weekly (subscription). Best Children's Books from Publisher's Weekly (subscription). Notable Children's Books from New York Times Book Review. Best Children's Books from Time. Best of 2004 from Las Vegas Mercury. 100 Notable Books of the Year from New York Times. Food Books of the Year from New York Times. Travel Books of the Year from New York Times. Critic's Picks from Washington Post. The Best For Young Readers from Washington Post. Children's Books of the Year from Boston Globe. Top 10 Books For Teens from The Guardian. Recommended Poetry Books from Washington Post. Books of the Year from The Globe And Mail. Books of the Year from The Age. Books of the Year from SMH. Books of the Year from Daily Telegraph. Books of the Year from Daily Telegraph. Books of the Year from The Guardian. Best Fiction from The Independent. Best Paperback from The Independent. Best Children's Books from The Independent. Best Crime from The Independent. Best Food Books from The Independent. Best Performance Books from The Independent. Best Poetry from The Independent. Best Travel Books from The Independent. Best Reference Books from The Independent. Books of the Year from Philadelphia Inquirer. Best Fiction from Christian Science Monitor. Best Non-Fiction from Christian Science Monitor. Top Five Books of 2004 from Neal Pollack. Best Books for Young Adults from YALSA. Best Palm Books from Palm Digital Media. Editors' Picks from Abebooks. Best Books of 2004: Top 50 Editors' Picks from Amazon.com. Best Books of 2004: Top 50 Customers' Favorites from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Literature & Fiction from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Current Events from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Pop Culture from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Politics from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Cooking, Food & Wine from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Pop Culture from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Nonfiction from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Digital Life from Amazon.com. Top 10 Editors' Picks: Chick Lit from Amazon.com. Top 10 Customers' Picks: Pop Culture from Amazon.com. Top 10 Customers' Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy from Amazon.com. Top 10 Customers' Picks: Nonfiction from Amazon.com. Best Biography & Memoir from Borders. Best Cooking from Borders. Best Current Events & Politics from Borders. Best Hardcover Fiction from Borders. Best Hardcover Nonfiction from Borders. Best History from Borders. Best Mystery & Thriller from Borders. Best Paperback Fiction from Borders. Best Paperback Nonfiction from Borders. Best Science Fiction & Fantasy from Borders. Best Women's Fiction from Borders. Bestsellers from BarnesAndNoble.com. 50 Staff Favorites from BarnesAndNoble.com. MUSIC VIDEOS
20 Best Videos from Rolling Stone. 10 Greatest Videos from RES. MUSIC
Top 10 Albums from Fimoculous.com (me!). Best of 2004 from Metacritic. 10 Best from Entertainment Weekly (David Browne). 10 Best from Entertainment Weekly (Tom Sinclair). 5 Worst from Entertainment Weekly. Best Music from New York Times (Jon Pareles). Best Music from New York Times (Kelefa Sanneh). Top 50 Albums from Pitchfork. Top 50 Singles from Pitchfork. Top 50 Reissues from Pitchfork. Editor's Choice: Best of Year from All Music Guide. Records of the Year from Rolling Stone. Top 50 Albums from NME. Top 10 Country Albums from CMT. Every CD that got an A in 2004 from Entertainment Weekly. Best Music from Time. 10 Best Albums You Didn't Hear from Spin. Top 10 Records from Salon.com. The Best Albums You Didn't Hear from CNN.com. Year in Music from Washington Post. Best of Year from New York Post (Dan Aquilante). Best of Year from New York Post (Mary Huhn). Best Albums of 2004 from The Onion A/V Club. Top 10 from USA Today. Top 10 from Newsday. 10 Best from The Journal News. Top 20 CDs from E!. Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle (Joel Selvin). Critics Choices from San Francisco Chronicle (Aidin Vaziri). Top 10 CDs from Boston Globe. 50 Greatest CDs from Blender. 15 Favorite Albums from RES. 20 Best Albums from CMJ. Pop Goes 2004 from Slate. 10 Best Albums from City Pages (Melissa Maerz). Year in Review from Seattle Weekly (Michaelangelo Matos). Top 10 Local and Nonlocal CDs of the Year from St. Paul Pioneer Press. Music in 2004 from Kansas City Star. Top 10 from Arizona Republic. Best Jazz from New York Times. The Year's Best Jazz Records from Slate. Jazz Top Ten from Village Voice (Tom Hull). Jazz Top Ten from Village Voice (Nate Chinen). Best R&B Boxsets from USA Today. Best Jazz of 2004 from NPR (Kevin Whitehead). Albums of Note from Chicago Tribune. Pop Music Top 10 from Miami Herald. Songs That Made A Difference in 2004 from Edison Media Research. The Year's Best in Pop and Jazz from The Oregonian. Best Music from Las Vegas Mercury. Top 40 Singles from Stylus Mag. Year End Recap from Other Music. Top 14 from Stereogum. 10 Most Beautiful Album Sleaves from The Guardian. Top 20 Album Covers from Tiny Mixed Tapes. Top-Voted Albums from Tiny Mixed Tapes. Top 100 DJs from DJ Magazine. Best of Year from Ask.Metafilter.com. Top Rated Albums from RateYourMusic.com. Album of the Year Readers's Poll from Entertainment Weekly. Best of Year from Art Forum. Top 50 Albums from Boomkat. 10 Best Gigs from The Guardian. 10 Best Singles from The Guardian. Albums of the Year from BBC. Top 20 Albums from Observer Music Monthly. Ten Best Albums from GQ (Brian Rafferty). Best Music from PopMatters. Top 20 Albums from Glide Magazine. Top 60 Albums from Prefix Magazine. Year in Review from Exclaim.ca. Best Compilations & Reissues from VH1. Top 10 Box Sets from Chicago Sun-Times (Jim DeRogatis). Best Classical Music from New York Times. Best Books on Music from Boston Herald. Top 100 from Rough Trade. Best Compilations from Rough Trade. Best Reissues from Rough Trade. Best Rock Boxsets from USA Today. Top 40 Bands in America from Information Leafblower. Best Albums from Largehearted Boy. Let's Move To Canada from Travelers Diagram. Best of 2004 from Blog Riley. 2004 Favorites from Donewaiting.com. Top 25 Albums from DonutMuse.com. Top 12 from Asterisk. Best of the Net Music from A Whole Lotta Nothing. Best of 2004 from Tuscon Weekly. Top 10 Albums from The Morning News. 100 Best Albums from Michaelangelo Matos. Notational Music from Alex Ross. Best Of Year from Dylan Hicks. Top 10 from Junk Media. Favorite Recordings from Kate Silver. Best Rock Albums from Piero Scaruffi. Top 100 Sellers from Insound.com. Best of 2004 from ArtistDirect. Fav. 7 from Geek Ent. Bestsellers from BarnesAndNoble.com. The Year In Music from BarnesAndNoble.com. Top 100 Customers' Favorites from Amazon.com. Top 100 Editors' Picks from Amazon.com. Alternative Rock: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Blues: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Country: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Rock: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Soundtracks: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. International: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Rap & Hip-Hop: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Pop: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Dance & DJ: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Hard Rock & Metal: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Jazz: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Folk: Customers | Critics from Amazon.com. Best Blues from Borders. Best Classical from Borders. Best Country from Borders. Best Folk from Borders. Best Jazz from Borders. Best Pop & Rock from Borders. Best R&B from Borders. Best Soundtracks from Borders. Best World Music from Borders. Best Music Books from The Independent. Got one? Email me. Back to Fimoculous.com |