Welcome to RARB Picks of '04. We asked each reviewer to pick their two favorite albums from those they reviewed in 2004. (Reviewers had to have reviewed at least four albums to make one choice and at least eight albums to make two choices. Reviewers may choose fewer than their maximum allowed albums.) Here are their choices for Picks and Honorable Mentions.

• 5-Alone - Good Vibrations
• Talisman - Watch Me Fly
• Three 5 and 6 - Urban A Cappella
• Eclipse - Three Kings
• Academical Village People - Scantily Plaid
• The Bobs - Best of the Bobs: 20 Songs, 20 Years
• The Magnets - Another Place
• ManSound - Slavic Roots
• Rajaton - Joulu
• Various artists - Sing - A Vocal Explosion

• Dartmouth Aires - Impaired
• Ensemble Amarcord - Bach, Grieg, Elgar, Poulenc et al.
• The Hullabahoos (UVA) - Jacked
• Idea of North - Evidence
• The Logarhythms (MIT) - Soundproof
• The Sirens (USC) - Tied to the Mast
• Sixth Wave - It Will Come to You

Rebecca Christie

• Three 5 and 6 - Urban A Cappella
• Honorable Mention: Ensemble Amarcord - Bach, Grieg, Elgar, Poulenc et al.

Tom Czerwinski

• Talisman - Watch Me Fly
• Honorable Mention: Three 5 and 6 - Urban A Cappella

Joshua Diamant

• The Bobs - Best of the Bobs: 20 Songs, 20 Years
• Honorable Mention: The Sirens (USC) - Tied to the Mast

Guang Ming Easlon

• Eclipse - Three Kings

Thomas King aka TeKay

• 5-Alone - Good Vibrations
• Honorable Mention: Dartmouth Aires - Impaired

Valerie Kolko

• 5-Alone - Good Vibrations
• Honorable Mention: Academical Village People - Scantily Plaid

Elie Landau

• Various artists - Sing - A Vocal Explosion
• Honorable Mention: The Logarhythms (MIT) - Soundproof

Bernard Levin

• Talisman - Watch Me Fly
• Honorable Mention: Idea of North - Evidence

Mark Manley

• Rajaton - Joulu
• Honorable Mention: Sixth Wave - It Will Come to You

Jonathan Minkoff

• ManSound - Slavic Roots
• Honorable Mention: The Hullabahoos (UVA) - Jacked

Jonathan Sears

• Academical Village People - Scantily Plaid
• Honorable Mention: The Magnets - Another Place

Jevan Soo

• Eclipse - Three Kings
• Honorable Mention: Various artists - Sing - A Vocal Explosion

Dave Trendler

• The Magnets - Another Place