51. Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
This topped my albums of 2004 list and was my introduction to Sam Beam and his beautiful band, music and outlook. One thing that's been key to Beam's development as a songwriter is the addition of new instruments here compared to his stripped down, 2002 debut 'The Creek Drank The Cradle'. He does this for each new record in fact and 'Our Endless Numbered Days finds him fascinatingly poised between that whispering-in-your-ear intimacy of the first effort and the full-bodied complexities of third studio album 'The Shepherd's Dog'. 'Free Until They Cut Me Down' adds a touch of rockabilly to proceedings, while 'Teeth In The Grass' has, if not the style, then the conviction of rock & roll, meaning that this is where Beam started to make folk for the folk.
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