A Collection of the Year in Review

Fimoculous is compiling a list of lists of the best of 2004, as chosen by any number of opinionated media snobs at any number of publications/blogs. I do believe I’ve got the vapors.

As an avid (read: rabid) music lover, I adore this time of year, when everyone who believes their opinions might matter to someone starts compiling lists of the best of albums of the year. I’m not going to use warning quotes in the post because their vast numbers would render it unreadable.

Meanwhile, back at the point of the post, top X lists provide me a window into the vast amount of music I’ve missed out on in the past year. To stumble upon a list of such lists is like manna from heaven. A mad dash is made, the collection swells, the beast that is my own desire for the new is temporarily sated.

Oh my.