Okay.. It's Time

[pixiesfanyo]

Everyone's top 10 of 2005.

Let's go.

Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
Thrice - Vheissu
Funeral Diner - The Underdark
A Silver Mountain Zion - Horses in the Sky
Neon Blonde - Chandeliers in the Savannah
John Frusciante - Curtains

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/pixiesfanyo/top_10_of_2005/

[Daniel!]

I don't even have ten albums from 2005. But Illinois and What We Must are both good. And if the Strokes new one counts it's really good also.

[Sound Boy]

in no particular order

Foo Fighters - in your honor
Rufio - The Comfort of Home
Broken Social Scene - S/T
Reggie and the Full Effect - Songs Not To Get Married To
Minus the Bear - Menos El Oso
System of a Down - Mezmerize
Team Sleep - s/t
Weezer - Make Belive
Thrice - Vheissu
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness

and i dont know if this counts but:
Deftones - B Sides and Rarities

[Wanker]

in no order:

Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
A Silver Mt. Zion - Horses In The Sky
Sigur Ros - Takk
Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
Iron & Wine - Woman King


that's all I can really think of.

[Little Man being Erased]

1 Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
2 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
3 The Decemberists - Picaresque
4 Sigur Rós - Takk...
5 Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
6 Gorillaz - Demon Days
7 Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!
8 Iron On - Oh The Romance
9 Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... ...But Nothing is Lost
10 Blackalicious - The Craft

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/LittleMan/my_top_10_for_2005/

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

In no particular order...

Sigur Rós - Takk...
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Neon Blonde - Chandeliers In The Savannah
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Animal Collective - Feels
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene

[viscious]

Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Feist - Let it Die (I think its 2005)
Sigur Ros - Takk...
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir
Iron & Wine / Calexico - In The Reins
My Morning Jacket - Z

[dkmaddog]

1 Ryan Adams - Cold Roses


I've included Jacksonville City Nights on my list. For some reason, my local record store never has a copy of Cold Roses. Well anyways, heres my list...

1. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
2. The Ponys - Celebration Castle
3. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
4. Clem Snide - End of Love
5. Steven Malkmus - Face the Truth
6. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights
7. The Fiery Furnaces - EP
8. Iron and Wine - Woman King
9. The Long Winters - Ultimatum
10. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire

[I Was A Kaleidoscope]

A lot of good ones missed out on my list.

[Luxor]

It's Flower not Floor!

Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Modern Life is War - Witness

Eh, all that comes to mind at the moment. I'm sure there's more, though.

[asymm]

I've actually decided to not make year end lists anymore. Reason being - I've just personally decided to not put art into such an objective place. I'd prefer to see music as any other art and realize the relativity of it's place and quality - depending on the viewer. It's something I'm striving towards, no matter how impossible.

So, I'm not against other people's lists, but I don't see them as something I'd like to do.

[Zesty Mordant]

Only a handful are really alternative or indie

but like you know, whatever

1. Propagandhi- Potemkin City Limits
2. Thrice- Vheissu
3. Common- Be
4. ...Trail of Dead- Worlds Apart
5. Against Me!- Searching for a Former Clarity
6. Blackalicious- The Craft
7. System of a Down- Mezmerize/Hypnotize
8. Ryan Adams- Cold Roses
9. Dangerdoom- The Mouse and the Mask
10. Queens of the Stone Age Lullabies to Paralyze

[International Steve]

Maybe in a particular order:

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Chad Vangaalen - Infiniheart
Sigur Ros - Takk
Say Hi To Your Mom - Ferocious Mopes
Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Athlete - Tourist
Shining - In The Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster
Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
Kingfish - Fortune and Inheritance

[Dog]

1) Nujabes - Metaphorical Music 2: Modal Soul
2) K'naan - The Dusty Foot Philosopher
3) The Decemberists - Picaresque
4) Sleater-Kinney -The Woods
5) Black Mountain - Black Mountain
6) Blackalicious - The Craft
7) Animal Collective - Feels
8) Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent
9) Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... ...But Nothing is Lost
10) French Toast - In a Cave

It might change once I put a little more thought into it, but that's the gist of it.

[Little Man being Erased]

I've included Jacksonville City Nights on my list. For some reason, my local record store never has a copy of Cold Roses.
Yeah my locals only ever have a couple of Ryan Adams CDs. Stupid fools.


I'm surprised that I'm the only one who has included Antony and the Johnsons so far. I thought that album was really popular around here.

[Kaden]

no particular order:

Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Broken Social Scene - s/t
Bright Eyes - I'm wide Awake It's Morning
Sigur Ros - Takk
Blackalicious - The Craft
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Kanye West - Late Registration
A Silver Mt. Zion - Horses In The Sky
Iron and Wine - Woman King
Common - Be

[pixiesfanyo]

I've actually decided to not make year end lists anymore. Reason being - I've just personally decided to not put art into such an objective place. I'd prefer to see music as any other art and realize the relativity of it's place and quality - depending on the viewer. It's something I'm striving towards, no matter how impossible.

So, I'm not against other people's lists, but I don't see them as something I'd like to do.

You're so indie. :p

[Anxious]

I've actually decided to not make year end lists anymore. Reason being - I've just personally decided to not put art into such an objective place. I'd prefer to see music as any other art and realize the relativity of it's place and quality - depending on the viewer. It's something I'm striving towards, no matter how impossible.

So, I'm not against other people's lists, but I don't see them as something I'd like to do.
Or.. you could just....not post one?:p

[mr_jackalope]

1. The National – Alligator
2. The Constantines – Tournament of Hearts
3. Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
4. The Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
5. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
6. Jaga Jazzist – What We Must
7. My Morning Jacket – Z
8. Six Organs of Admittance – School of the Flower
9. Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney – Superwolf
10. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene

Looks like a lot of my choices are a bit unpopular around here.

I must say, though, that there have been an amazing number of fanastic albums released this year. Devendra Banhart, Cage, Edan, Spoon, Sage Francis, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Hold Steady, and many, many other released fabulous albums. This has been one of the better years for music of the decade so far.

[PinkFreud]

sufjan stevens - illinois
the magic numbers - the magic numbers
the mars volta - frances the mute
weezer - make believe
iron & wine/calexico - in the reigns
elvis costello - the delivery man
bear vs. shark - terrorhawk
dredg - catch without arms
the white stripes - get behind me satan
gorillaz - demon dayz

[ヴェア ラッセル]

Do we have a website with all albums that were released this year?

Hmm lets see...

Decemberists - Picaresque
Sigur Ros - Takk
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise!
Co&ca - IV
Dredg - Catch without Arms

eh...that's what you get for digging into classic rock, you have no idea what's going on recently.

[Rockafella]

Reggie and the Full Effect - Songs Not To Get Married To
That album is terrible.

[Mellotron]

Dredg - Catch Without Arms
PT - Deadwing
Co&Ca - IV
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Kanye West - Late Registration
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyze
Raul Midon - State Of Mind
Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections

[asymm]

Well, that backlash wasn't so bad. I was worried about much worse. (Even hippie/JonM comparisons! Oh no!)

[morrissey]

1. Decemberists - Picaresque
2. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
5. Common - Be
6. Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
7. Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
8. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
9. The Tears - Here Come the Tears
10. Gorillaz - Demon Days

I don't know. The last three could be switched out for Antony & the Johnsons, Xiu Xiu, Franz Ferdinand, Kanye West, maybe Oasis.

[OrbDragon]

1. Eels - Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
2. Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
3. Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration
4. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
5. Beck - Guero
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down
8. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
9. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
10. Sigur Ros - Takk

That seems about right. Eels win hands down. What a great record.

Mercury Rev is very overlooked this year.

[Sound Boy]

That album is terrible.

i thought so at first too but it grew on me.

im glad alot of people have the new Thrice in their top 10...its such a great album.

[pixiesfanyo]

1. The National – Alligator
2. The Constantines – Tournament of Hearts
3. Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
4. The Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
5. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
6. Jaga Jazzist – What We Must
7. My Morning Jacket – Z
8. Six Organs of Admittance – School of the Flower
9. Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney – Superwolf
10. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene

Looks like a lot of my choices are a bit unpopular around here.

I must say, though, that there have been an amazing number of fanastic albums released this year. Devendra Banhart, Cage, Edan, Spoon, Sage Francis, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Hold Steady, and many, many other released fabulous albums. This has been one of the better years for music of the decade so far.

Agreed 2005 was a great year.

I loved Stephen Malkmus, Lightning Bolt, High On Fire, Horse the Band, dredg, and QoTSA

[Kyle]

Kanye West - Late Registation
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Dangerdoom - Mouse and the Mask
Mars Volta - Scabdates
QOTSA - Live dvd/cd thingy
Babyshambles - Down in Albion (ooo controversial)
Gorillaz - Demon Days

..about all I can think of

[Lydisk]

4 people with Jaga Jazzist as top10

wow...i never knew they were that big outside Norway

[JonM]

Iron & Wine - Woman King
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Matisyahu - Live At Stubb's
Sinéad O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms
M.I.A. - Arular
Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
Busdriver - Fear Of A Black Tangent
Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine


I'm actually pretty confident in this list. I'm remembering that this was a pretty great year for music.

[Clunge]

Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
Amplifier - Amplifier (re-release)
Coldplay - X and Y
Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
Oceansize - Everyone Into Position
SOAD - Mesmerize
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Kinesis - You Are Being Lied To

[JonM]

Wow you liked Mezmerize better than Hypnotize? I liked Hyp a lot more, but that said, I enjoy them both quite a bit.

[Clunge]

I thought Hypnotize was awful to be honest, every song sounded like a rubbish b-side.

Mesmerize is one of my favourite albums ever to be honest :D.

[pixiesfanyo]

4 people with Jaga Jazzist as top10

wow...i never knew they were that big outside Norway

I think What We Must kind of made them alot more popular. Since it's alot more rockish.

[Six Foot Revolver]

Ephel Duath - Pain Necessary to Know
Dredg - Catch Without Arms
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
System of a Down - Hypnotize
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
The Mars Volta - Scab Dates
Vader - The Art of War [EP]

EDIT: http://rateyourmusic.com/list/TouchOfEvil/best_albums_of_2005
I actually put it in order on this list.

[Bukowski]

Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits
Blackalicious - The Craft
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Broken Social Scene - s/t
Jello Biafra + the Melvins - Sieg Howdy
Decemberists - Picaresque
Deerhoof - The Runners Four
Black Mountain - s/t
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures...

If only Terrorhawk was as great as Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands....

[Parfait]

Nothing too terribly interesting hit my ears this year. I'm fond of The Craft,Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall, You and Me and Everyone We Know, Picaresque, Nothing Lasts...But Nothing is Lost, and Sit and Melt.

[JonM]

Yeah, I like that Sit And Melt record. That guy Zappa, you know, the mod, not Frank, is pretty good. That's his album, in case you didn't know. He's so modest about it that you probably didn't.

[Parfait]

Me and Zappa go to the same high school.

[JonM]

Me and Zappa go to the same high school.
Oh that's cool! Is he a nice guy in person?

[Parfait]

Oh that's cool! Is he a nice guy in person?

Dude. He was on the homecoming court freshman year.

[Tomahawk]

My not very thought out top-10, brought to you in glorious alphabetical order.

Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
Clap Your Hands, Say Yeah - s/t
The Darkness - One Way Ticket to Hell and Back
Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation in the Backyard
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Sigur Ros - Takk
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Kanye West - Late Registration

Pretty standardly boring, I guess. I dunno about having the Darkness on there, but I was struggling for a 10th album, and it's catchy. Plus, it's just a stupid list, so who cares.

Still a few I really need to check out though. My Morning Jacket, Blackalicious, Ryan Adams, Okkervil River, probably some other stuff.

[OrbDragon]

Yeah, that Zappa bloke made a pretty good album actually. Not too shabby at all.



I'm really curious about that.

[Robert Crumb]

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - Naturally
Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall
Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Murs and Slug - Felt 2: A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
One Be Lo - SONOGRAM
Calvin Johnson - Before the Dream Faded...

This was a pretty solid year but 2006 is going to blow it away, I think. Especially in hip hop.

[EonBlueApcolyps]

Red Sparows - At the Soundless Dawn
Kanye West - Late Registration
the Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Sigur Ros - Takk

[JimbobTheSquirrel]

Dredg - Catch Without Arms
PT - Deadwing
Co&Ca - IV
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Kanye West - Late Registration
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyze
Raul Midon - State Of Mind
Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections
Not even you put the Arcade Fire in your top ten?
/begins to suspect album was released in 2004...

Anyway, in some sort of order, here's however many albums I got that came out this year. There's less than ten, but I pretty much liked them all, so this isn't completely pointless.

1 QOTSA-Lullabyes To Paralyse
2 SOAD-Hypnotize
3 SOAD-Mezmerize
4 Rammstein-Rosenrot
5 Arcade Fire-Funeral (or not...)
6 Audioslave-Out Of Exile
7 Jello Biafra et les Melvins-Sieg Howdy
8 Weezer-Make Believe.

[Little Man being Erased]

Funeral came out this year in Australia too.

[Sam]

Yeah, I like that Sit And Melt record. That guy Zappa, you know, the mod, not Frank, is pretty good. That's his album, in case you didn't know. He's so modest about it that you probably didn't.

I have yet to hear that actually, despite my requests.

I liked Hypermagic Mountain and Demon Days. Other then that...meh says I.

Oh yea, and Be by Common. That was pretty groovy.

[mr_jackalope]

Shit guys, Funeral is so incredibly last year that it's not even funny. I'm just gloating though, I had a leaked copy of it before it came out back in 2004.

Am I the only person in the world that thinks it's just a decent indie-pop record with pretty good lyrics? I mean, it's cool and all, but not nearly as great as it's being proclaimed by apparently everyone else in the world.

[bubbledeath]

Now watch me way to kill this thread with my totally unoriginal selections...counting down:

Stephen Malkmus-Face the Truth
Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
The New Pornographers-Twin Cinema
Robyn-Robyn
Broken Social Scene-Broken Social Scene
Death Cab for Cutie-Plans
The Decemberists-Picaresque
The Boy Least Likely To-The Best Party Ever
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
1.Spoon-Gimme Fiction

[Tangy zizzle]

Black Mountain - Black Mountain
The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
The Ponys - Celebration Castle
The Drones - Wait Long by the River...
QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze
Super Furry Animals - Lovekraft
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
...Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
Deerhoof - The Runners Four
Millionare - Paradisiac

No order

[mr_jackalope]

I must apologize for my earlier degrading comment Tangy...the Hold Steady are asskickingly awesome.

[JimbobTheSquirrel]

Funeral was released in 2004, but in Ireland/UK it came out this year. It's the same clause I'll use to justify my inclusion of Rufus Wainwright's Want Two when I get around to making a list.
I just found that out earlier, it's in most of the Ticket's music writers' top five.
I really like that album.

[robot]

1. animal collective - feels
2. broken social scene - broken social scene
3. m83 - before the dawn heals us
4. the books - lost and safe
5. blood on the wall - awesomer
6. gang gang dance - god's money
7. clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah
8. stephen malkmus - face the truth
9. final fantasy - has a good home
10. lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain


honorable mentions:
caribou
black dice - broken ear record
deerhoof
sleater-kinney
six organs of admittance
silver jews
the national
mount eerie
bonnie prince billy
black eyed peas
xiu xiu
why?
part chimp
lcd soundsystem (is this 2005??)
of montreal
buck 65
boards of canada
wilderness
four tet
serena-maneesh

[Reaganista]

In a very particular order

I'm wide awake it's morning
Open Season
Guero
X&Y
Picaresque
Illinois
Z
Black Sheep Boy
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
The Woods

[Tapeworm]

Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
Iron On - Oh the Romance

...

I just realized I only listen to like 3 bands now. And that's not them. Music stinks.

[3rdplanet]

1 ~ Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo
2 ~ 65daysofstatic - One Time for All Time
3 ~ Pure Reason Revolution - Cautionary Tales for the Brave
4 ~ Port Royal - Flares
5 ~ Blackalicious - The Craft
6 ~ Jackson & His Computer Band - Smash
7 ~ Marmaduke Duke & The Magnificent Duke
8 ~ Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn
9 ~ Mew & The Glass Handed Kites
10 ~ Oceansize - Everyone Into Position

[Pirate Satellite]

My Morning Jacket- Z
Six Organs of Admittance- School Of The Flower
Edan- Beauty And The Beat
Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
Devendra Banhart- Cripple Crow
Animal Collective- Feels
10 Foot Ganja Plant- Bass Chalice
Soundtribe Sector Nine- Artifact
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning
Four Tet- Everything Ecstatic

[biografiend]

Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Sigur Ros - Takk
Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
Animal Collective - Feels
Kanye West - Late Registration
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
Deerhoof - The Runners Four

in no order.

A pretty nice year for post-rock, I do believe.

[BasShorty]

no order:

the white stripes - get behind me, satan
the mars volta - frances the mute
queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze
kent - du & jag, döden
oasis - don't believe the truth
gorillaz - demon days

that's all I can remember for now

[BillCosby]

Alphabetical order:

Against Me! - Searching for a Former Clarity
Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
Common - Be
Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Fall of Troy - Doppelgänger
Make Believe - Shock of Being
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

Theres still more albums I need to hear, and I need to listen to some of these more before I can put them in an actual 1 to 10 order.

[Tangy zizzle]

1. animal collective - feels
2. broken social scene - broken social scene
3. m83 - before the dawn heals us
4. the books - lost and safe
5. blood on the wall - awesomer
6. gang gang dance - god's money
7. clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah
8. stephen malkmus - face the truth
9. final fantasy - has a good home
10. lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain


honorable mentions:
caribou
black dice - broken ear record
deerhoof
sleater-kinney
six organs of admittance
silver jews
the national
mount eerie
bonnie prince billy
black eyed peas
xiu xiu
why?
part chimp
lcd soundsystem (is this 2005??)
of montreal
buck 65
boards of canada
wilderness
four tet
serena-maneesh


Ooh lookit mommy, lookit. He can namedrop!!!!

[pixiesfanyo]

black eyed peas

lolz. MY HUMPS

[Convectuoso]

Frances the Mute - TMV.
Dreams - Evermore.
This Station is Non Operational - ATDI.
Transatlanticism - Death Cab for Cutie (Not sure about this one)
Doppelganger - The Fall of Troy.
Wake the Pig - 3.
Good Apollo... - Coheed and Cambria.
Soliliquoy - Michael Manring.
Nuclear Sad Nuclear - The Number Twelve Looks like You.
Scab Dates - TMV.

[Watchman]

I've been thinking about this year in contrast with last year recently, actually. I've found a lot more albums in 2005 that I like than I did in 2004, but I've yet to find a runaway favourite or anything like that. From what I've heard so far, plenty of good albums (3.5-4/5), but none that have been really great (4.5 or more).

Anyway, partly because of this lack of an outstanding number 1, and partly because it's still 2005, I can't make a list yet.

[Happymeal]

Dead Meadow - Feathers
Make Believe - Shock of Being
dEUS - Pocket Revolution
Decemberists - Picaresque
Broken Social Scene - s/t
Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World
Blackalicious - The Craft
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
My Morning Jacket - Z

not in order

[mentalstephanie]

Am I the only one who find the Decemberists annoying?

[BillCosby]

Make Believe - Shock of Being


So good.

[Little Man being Erased]

Am I the only one who find the Decemberists annoying?
Yes.

[BillCosby]

Yeah, pretty much.

[mentalstephanie]

crazy.


billcosby, i saw ted leo live. :chug:

[BillCosby]

crazy.


billcosby, i saw ted leo live. :chug:

You don't like The Decemberists and you've seen Ted Leo, while I haven't.

You're officially my arch-nemesis. Good day.

[mr_jackalope]

Am I the only one who find the Decemberists annoying?

No. Them, Wolf Parade, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and the rest of those Pitchfork bands all come off as completely useless to me because their shticks get old really quickly.

We get it Decemberists. Sea shanties. Yeah. Sung by a guy with the most annoying voice this side of that dude from the Mars Volta.

[mr_jackalope]

Sung by a guy with a bigger vocabulary and more wit than the vast majority of current popular artists.

Bigger vocabulary means nothing to me; I go to a world class university, I know those words too. A majority of his lyrics are forced through this obnoxious thesaurus-filter that makes them come off as incredibly pretentious. Lyrics that actually mean something to me are direct and use the vernacular, not the contrived and awkward manner of speech that he uses almost nonstop.

If I want wit coupled with brilliant lyrics, I'll listen to the Silver Jews and the National.

[asymm]

If I want wit coupled with brilliant lyrics, I'll listen to the Silver Jews and the National.
While I disagree with your sentiment towards the Decemberists - it's hard to argue the greatness of these two artists.

[OrbDragon]

This scuffle of words aside, this motivates me to check out the Silver Jews and The Nationals "Alligator" everybody's been digging 'bout.

[asymm]

Definitely do Orb. Both brilliant artists. Alligator is one of my favorite releases from this year. And the two Silver Jew records I have are both top notch.

[lak89]

in no order

Dream Theater - Octavarium
Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
SOAD - Mezmerize
SOAD - Hypnotize
John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

that's all i can think of atm

[mr_jackalope]

This scuffle of words aside, this motivates me to check out the Silver Jews and The Nationals "Alligator" everybody's been digging 'bout.

The Silver Jews' American Water, one of the greatest albums of the 90s, should be mandatory listening for posting in this forum. It's beyond breathtaking.

And Alligator was the best album released this year (a classic in my eyes), so yeah, I'd suggest that one too. :chug:

And yeah, I've gotten plenty of flac elsewhere for my feelings on the Decemberists, I'm nearly unphased. No hard feelings.

[pixiesfanyo]

I dig Alligator.

It's just, it doesn't seem to out of the ordinary in the indie pop realm. It's by the book, but it's great.

[mr_jackalope]

That's the thing, it isn't too terribly out of the ordinary. It just happens to perfect the sound, and I think that's what can be considered its innovation. Every single line of the lyrics are interesting and the guitar playing is the most delicated, detailed, and intricate this side of Six Organs of Admittance. I doubt the band will ever do anything like this again, because it's one of those things that just happens...they were on those few weeks they were recording in the studio, and created a monster.

[pixiesfanyo]

That's the thing, it isn't too terribly out of the ordinary. It just happens to perfect the sound, and I think that's what can be considered its innovation. Every single line of the lyrics are interesting and the guitar playing is the most delicated, detailed, and intricate this side of Six Organs of Admittance. I doubt the band will ever do anything like this again, because it's one of those things that just happens...they were on those few weeks they were recording in the studio, and created a monster.

Yeah, I agree it's pretty flawless.

I just personally like a little more genre meshing in my music.

Still, I can see why somebody that loves indie-pop would love it.

It's all personal perference.

[Sam]

Am I the only one who find the Decemberists annoying?

No. They piss me off.

[mr_jackalope]

Yeah, I agree it's pretty flawless.

I just personally like a little more genre meshing in my music.

Still, I can see why somebody that loves indie-pop would love it.

It's all personal perference.

I totally gotcha. Plus you like 6Organs a lot, so it's all good. :thumb:

[OrbDragon]

I dig Alligator.

It's just, it doesn't seem to out of the ordinary in the indie pop realm. It's by the book, but it's great.

I agree it's a bit generic.

[Arnold_Layne]

beck - guero
coldplay - X & Y
sigur ros - takk..
dead meadow - feathers
gorillaz - demon days
nine inch nails - with teeth
the new pornographers - twin cinema

cant think of anymore

[musicisgood]

I made this list yesterday, so i might as well present the whole thing. Sorry it's not just my top 10.

David's Top 40 Albums of 2005
1. Animal Collective – Feels
2. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
3. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
4. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
5. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
6. The National – Alligator
7. Kanye West – Late Registration
8. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
9. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
10. Why? – Elephant Eyelash
11. Sigur Ros – Takk
12. Make Believe – Shock of Being
13. Dangerdoom – The Mouse & The Mask
14. Of Montreal – Sunlandic Twins
15. Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
16. Art Brut – Bang, Bang Rock & Roll
17. Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
18. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
19. M.I.A. – Arular
20. …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – Worlds Apart
21. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
22. Dungen – Ta Det Lugnt (U.S. Release)
23. Serena Maneesh – Serena Maneesh
24. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (U.S. Release)
25. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
26. Caribou – Milk of Human Kindness
27. Page France – Hello, Dear Wind
28. Fiery Furnaces – EP
29. Low – The Great Destroyer
30. Akron/Family – Akron/Family
31. A Silver Mount Zion – Horses in the Sky
32. Spoon – Gimme Fiction
33. M83 – Before The Dawn Heals Us
34. Stephen Malkmus – Face The Truth
35. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
36. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
37. The Decemberists – Picaresque
38. Beck – Guero
39. Blackalicious – The Craft
40. Rogue Wave – Descended Like Vultures

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetically):
13 & God – 13 & God
Atmosphere – You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having
Boy Least Likely To – The Best Party Ever
Common – Be
Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Gorillaz – Demon Days
LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
My Morning Jacket – Z
Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
Tom Vek – We Have Sound
The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan


Top 30 Songs of 2005
1. Wolf Parade – ‘I’ll Believe in Anything’
2. Broken Social Scene – ‘It’s All Gonna Break’
3. Animal Collective – ‘Grass’
4. Antony and the Johnsons – ‘Hope There’s Someone’
5. Bright Eyes – ‘First Day Of My Life’
6. The National – ‘City Middle’
7. Sufjan Stevens – ‘John Wayne Gacy, Jr.’
8. Bloc Party – ‘Banquet’
9. Dangerdoom – ‘Sofa King’
10. Art Brut – ‘Good Weekend’
11. Gorillaz – ‘Feel Good Inc.’
12. Sleater-Kinney – ‘Modern Girl’
13. Fall Out Boy – ‘Sugar We’re Going Down’
14. Ted Leo – ‘Since U Been Gone/Maps’ (Cover Song)
15. The National – Daughters of the Soho Riots
16. Animal Collective – Turn Into Something
17. Sigur Ros – Glosoli
18. Low – When I Go Deaf
19. Of Montreal – Wraith Pinned To The Mist (And Other Games)
20. Spoon – I Turn My Camera On
21. Kanye West – Diamonds from Sierra Leone (feat. Jay-Z)
22. Art Brut – Emily Kane
23. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk is Playing in my House
24. The Go! Team – Ladyflash
25. Boy Least Likely To – Be Gentle With Me
26. My Chemical Romance – Helena
27. Andrew Bird – A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head To The Left
28. The Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
29. The National – Mr. November
30. Lady Sovereign – ‘Random’

Honorable Mention (Alphabetically):
13 & God – Superman on Ice
...Trail of Dead – Will You Smile Again for Me?
Devendra Banhart – Long Haired Child
Caribou - Yeti
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Skin of my Yellow Country Teeth
Coldplay – Fix You
M.I.A. – Galang
Kanye West – Golddigger
Kanye West – Roses
White Stripes – My Doorbell
(I’m sure I’m missing A TON of stuff here)

[Arnold_Layne]

i just noticed that animal photographs :lol:

[MaxWasHere]

no list is complete without bear vs. shark (they broke up yesterday goddamn!)


20. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger
19. Armor For Sleep - What To Do When You Are Dead
18. Blackalicious - The Craft
17. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
16. Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
15. Cursive - The Difference Between Houses and Homes
14. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
13. Against Me! - Searching for a Former Clarity
12. Explosions in the Sky - The Rescue EP
11. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
10. Bayside - Bayside
9. Kanye West - Late Registration
8. World Inferno Friendship Society - Me V. Angry Mob EP
7. Feist - Let It Die
6. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
5. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
4. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
3. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
1. Bear Vs. Shark - Terrorhawk

[TalkingHead]

Nujabes - Model Soul
K'naan - Dust Foot Philospher
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
Corb Lund - Hair In My Eyes Like A Highland Steer
Shpongle - Nothing Lasts...Nothing Is Lost
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
Archer Prewitt - Wilderness
Alog - Miniatures
Shining - In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster

Archer Prewitt gets no love whatsoever :mad:

Might replace Alog with Sigh - Gallows Gallery though.

[Dog]

Maestro by Kaizers Orchestra slipped my mind. That'd probably sneak its way in to my top ten.

[6Stringer]

In no particular order:

DangerDoom - The Mouse & The Mask
The Real McKenzies - 10,000 Shots
Kanye West - Late Registration
System of a Down - Mesmerize
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
Iron & Wine - Woman King
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out

Those are all the albums that stuck out to me.

[Tangy zizzle]

The Real McKenzies - 10,000 Shots

Good man, good man.

[asymm]

Archer Prewitt - Wilderness
Alog - Miniatures
Shining - In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster

Archer Prewitt gets no love whatsoever :mad:

Might replace Alog with Sigh - Gallows Gallery though.

Fuck yeah Prewitt/Alog/Shining!

[6Stringer]

Good man, good man.

Aye, 'tis a great album by a great band. My favorite album by them would probably be Oot & Aboot, though.

[Treefingers]

Make Believe? your ****tin me, that was definately one of the very worst, I mean Pitchfork gave it .4/10.

[br3ad_man]

Make Believe? your ****tin me, that was definately one of the very worst, I mean Pitchfork gave it .4/10.

If pitchfork said it then I believe it.

[2muchket!]

Top 5 singles of 2005:
1. I bet You Look good on the dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
2. Dare - Gorillaz
3. The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis
4. Boys Will be Boys - The Ordinary Boys
5. Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
Top 5 albums.
1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Bright eyes - I'm widde awake and it's morning
3. System Of a Down - Hypnotize/Mezmerize
4. Kanye West - Late Registration
5. Franz Ferdinand - You could have it so much better with

[mentalstephanie]

Someone please explain to me what the hype is with Kayne West. :(

[BillCosby]

Make Believe's album is a lot of fun.

Tru dat.

Updated list:

1. Common - Be
2. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
3. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
4. The Decemberists - Picaresque
5. Kanye West - Late Registration
6. Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
7. The Fall of Troy - Doppelgänger
8. Make Believe - Shock of Being
9. M.I.A. - Arular
10. The Mars Volta - Scab Dates

uh-oh my fanboy is showing

[ATC]

Chroma Key- Graveyard Mountain Home
Antony and the Johnsons- I am a bird now
Ulver- Blood Inside
Age of Silence- Complications
Riverside- Second Life Syndrome
Woven Hand- Consider the birds
James Lamb- All in good time
Nevermore- This Godless Endeavor
LSDJ- Reflections
Songs Ohia- Magnolia Electric Co.

In no order

[Distorted Vision]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Sigur Ros - Takk...
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
Dredg - Catch Without Arms
System Of A Down - Mesmerize/Hypnotize
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Blackfield - Blackfield
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour


Top five are pretty much definite, last few are tangible. There are still loads of albums I need to listen to from this year, due to download restrictions at university.

[mr_jackalope]

Someone please explain to me what the hype is with Kayne West. :(

I'll never understand it. He's an extremely mediocre rapper with cheesey lyrics and average beats behind him. I suspect that it's the fact that he's not "gangster" and is easily digested because his lyrics are uncontroversial. The ultimate white-boy namedrop rapper of the moment, if you will.

[mr_jackalope]

Top 5 singles of 2005:
1. I bet You Look good on the dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys
2. Dare - Gorillaz
3. The Importance Of Being Idle - Oasis
4. Boys Will be Boys - The Ordinary Boys
5. Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
Top 5 albums.
1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Bright eyes - I'm widde awake and it's morning
3. System Of a Down - Hypnotize/Mezmerize
4. Kanye West - Late Registration
5. Franz Ferdinand - You could have it so much better with

Look! It's a member of the British music press!

[BillCosby]

I'll never understand it. He's an extremely mediocre rapper with cheesey lyrics and average beats behind him. I suspect that it's the fact that he's not "gangster" and is easily digested because his lyrics are uncontroversial. The ultimate white-boy namedrop rapper of the moment, if you will.

Or maybe he's a slightly better than mediocre rapper with amazing beats behind him.

[YDload]

Someone please explain to me what the hype is with Kayne West. :(

Steph doesn't care about black people :angry:

[mr_jackalope]

Or maybe he's a slightly better than mediocre rapper with amazing beats behind him.

He's the rap version of Dave Matthews: American college-kids worship him, and anyone who has actually searched further into the genre finds him to be useless.

[BillCosby]

He's the rap version of Dave Matthews: American college-kids worship him, and anyone who has actually searched further into the genre finds him to be useless.


Well, I'm glad that you can speak on their behalf.

[br3ad_man]

Steph doesn't care about black people :angry:
:lol:

[Rockafella]

1. Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise
2. Antony And The Johnsons – I am a Bird Now
3. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
4. Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo
5. Neon Blonde – Chandeliers and Vines
6. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah – s/t
7. Beck - Guero
8. Fall Out Boy – From Under The Cork Tree
9. Modern Life Is War - Witness
10. Kanye West – Late Registration

[mr_jackalope]

Well, I'm glad that you can speak on their behalf.

This is a music forum. The entire point is to speak in generalities.

[br3ad_man]

Considering that most people in here are into rap and have "searched further into the genre", your point isn't very valid. There are very few people in here who dislike Kanye.

[mr_jackalope]

I'm having trouble grasping my mind around the fact that anyone would go back to utter shit like "Golddiggaz" once they've heard something like Edan or Cage, both of whom released unbelievable albums this year.

And I don't base my statement on this forum solely, which seems to be a fluke.

[BillCosby]

Because some music is allowed to have pop sensibilities and still be good?

[mr_jackalope]

Because some music is allowed to have pop sensibilities and still be good?

When my favorite band of all time is the Beach Boys, I don't think you can acuse me of not liking pop. Real pop music is about as good as it gets, honestly. Kanye is a joke of a rapper who uses some slightly inventive samples and "intelligent lyrical themes" as I heard one person say. Blackalicious and the Roots beat him at that game easily.

Spat Out Plath, don't even bother.

[BillCosby]

Well, I listen to him, and I like him, and I like him more than Blackalicious and the Roots (a lot more than the Roots actually).

so whateva, son

[br3ad_man]

I like him less than Blackalicious and more than The Roots.

Kanye isn't revolutionary, but he is refreshing and tons of fun.

[Robert Crumb]

Kanye is a joke of a rapper who uses some slightly inventive samples and "intelligent lyrical themes" as I heard one person say. Blackalicious and the Roots beat him at that game easily.

As opposed to Cage, an MC with an slightly above average flow who hooked up with Def Jux to revitalize a joke of a career built on gimmicky "offensive" lyrical themes. It's not like the Geto Boys beat him at that game handily. Or Necro or Eminem for that matter, both of whom stole his game and did it better to a degree. Hell's Winter is his best, but it's still meh. Which is sad, given the names involved. I guess I still just can't relate.

Edan's album is solid, though. But is it really all that surprising that people would pick Kanye over those two? Simplicity and derivatives sell plastic.

Wait, why am I defending Kanye? Fuck them vittles.

[W.M.A]

1. The Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
2. The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute
3. Beck- Guero
4. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois
5. The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan
6. Wolfmother- Wolfmother
7. Razorlight- Up All Night
8. Antony And The Johnsons- I Am A Bird Now
9. Maximo Park- A Certain Trigger
10. Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have It So Much Better

[2muchket!]

Look! It's a member of the British music press!

Damn there goes my cover :angry:

I forget to add Dakota after hearing it just now It reminded me of how stupidly catchy it is.

[mr_jackalope]

Damn there goes my cover :angry:

I forget to add Dakota after hearing it just now It reminded me of how stupidly catchy it is.

Such an awesome, awesome single, even if the Stereophonics went lame.

And I bow down to Robert Crumb, who's much more up on it than I am, really. Cage, Edan, and Sage Francis (I know I know, the generic-answer to favorite indie rap albums, but they really are killer) were my favorites released this year. I don't know Cage's back catalogue that well so I'm out of my element really to reply to you.

[moderaterock222]

i think kanye is crap. i feel the majority of rap is crap. i feel that some people only 'like' him so they can appear to have a 'really diverse' taste in music, though i appreciate this isn't true with everyone. don't get me wrong, i like some rap artists, but kanye...ergh

[mentalstephanie]

Kayne West? I mean, I guess Gold Digger is an awesome song...
No one has really given me a good reason why he is an amazing rapper, as some people claim. His beats don't sound too interesting, and his lyrics are horrible.

Where restless Niggaz might snatch your necklace
And next these Niggaz might jack your Lexus
Somebody tell these Niggaz who Kanye West is
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
Top floor the view alone will leave you breathless Uhhhh!
Try to catch it Uhhhh! It's kinda hard hard
Getting choked by the detectives yeah yeah now check the method
They be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
Saying "we eat pieces of **** like you for breakfast"
Huh? Yall eat pieces of ****? What's the basis?
We ain't going nowhere but got suits and cases
A trunk full of coke rental car from Avis
My momma used to say only Jesus can save us
Well momma I know I act a fool
But I'll be gone til November I got packs to move I Hope


(She takes my money)
Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in Need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggaz

Good one, Kayne.

[FruscianteFan08]

Didn't like much in 2005, but here's what I did like:

1. Audioslave- Out of Exile
2. Jack Johnson- In Between Dreams
3. Avenged Sevenfold- City of Evil
4. Switchfoot- Nothing is Sound
5. The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
6. 311- Don't Tread on Me
7. Stevie Wonder- A Time to Love (guilty pleasure of mine)
8. Foo Fighters- In Your Honor

[OrbDragon]

Where restless ruffians might snatch your necklace
And next these rascals might steal your glasses.
Somebody tell these bullies who Rivers Cuomo is
I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
On the top floor where the view alone will leave you breathless. Uoouooo!
Try to catch it. Ooops (my glasses)!! It's kind of hard.
Getting choked by the detectives. Now check thy method
They'll be asking us questions, harass and arrest us
Saying "we eat pieces of turd like you for breakfast"
Huh? You all eat pieces of turd? Say it ain't so?
We aren't going anywhere, but we got suits and cases.
A trunk full of hash pipes in a rental car from Beverly Hills
My mother used to say only Jesus can save us
Well mother I know I act like a fool
But I'll be gone till November I got packs to move (I hope)

.

With proper grammar, any hip-hop song will be perfect material for Rivers Cuomo to rap on :D

[mentalstephanie]

Very few people claim him to be a great MC.

Okay, then what exactly is so good about Kanye West if his lyrics are crap? The redundant beat? His "geniusness" since he's so smart (let me remind you his embarassing public spew about how Bush hates black people)? The typical overdone, cliche "controversial" lyrics? Late Registration keeps popping up on every top album of the year list and I really do not see why. He's just another rapper that white kids can namedrop and feel proud of themselves that they listen to rap.

[ATM]

Edan > Kanye

[mentalstephanie]

It's fun to listen to, maybe. But I don't think it has enough merit to top other worthy albums. Gwen Stefani is fun to listen to, but no one has put her cd in their top 10.

[ATC]

Maybe they prefer Kanye to Edan? It's not impossible to fathom that. And I'd nominate Gwen Stefani's Cool for one of my favorite tracks of last year.

Ooh and Steph, how did you like Daughter Darling?

[mentalstephanie]

Yeah, Daughter Darling is good.

[Tangy zizzle]

Edan is different to Kanye. Wtf are you guys even comparing?

[Tangy zizzle]

This forum is so shitty these days.