10 best albums of 2005

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 12/16/2005, 8:37 pm

Thats okay. I spread the love.

+1love.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 12/16/2005, 8:57 pm

... 1 heartttt... let's. Get. Together. And. Feel aaall right!!!

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 12/17/2005, 10:22 pm

Random Name wrote:stop talking silverchair. more about how shitty this year in music was.

I bought 28 new CDs this year, and 2 more on the way. That's the most CDs I bought from one particular year, I think. Shitty it was not. It never is. You just have to look for it.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 12/18/2005, 3:45 pm

Almost every cd I bought this year and looked forward to listening to was mediocre. The albums I listenend to the most were from previous years. With a few exceptions.

And just because you bought a lot of albums doesn't mean they were good albums. :lol:

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 12/21/2005, 12:21 am

So the self titled albums by Black Mountain and Serena Maneesh are pretty effing awesome.

:drool:

Dread · Post by **Dread** » 12/21/2005, 12:16 pm

Random Name wrote:And just because you bought a lot of albums doesn't mean they were good albums.

It does in my case. I know people who have listed 100 albums, too, (and did the same last year) but I haven't nearly checked out that many.

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 12/21/2005, 6:40 pm

Random Name wrote:Thats okay. I spread the love.

+1love.

Let's get together and feel all right!

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 12/23/2005, 7:50 am

Lando, I bet you to that.

Though it's nice to know someone else thought the same thing. :lol:

menomena · Post by **menomena** » 12/23/2005, 4:09 pm

I made a top 50 list, but I'll just give 25.

1. Animal Collective - Feels
2. The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
3. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise!
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
5. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
6. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (released in America in 2005)
7. Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
8. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
9. Jens Lekman - Oh, You're So Silent Jens
10. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
11. Dungen - Ta Det Lungt (released in America in 2005)
12. M83 - Let The Dawn Heal Us
13. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
14. Acid House Kings - Sing Along With the Acid House Kings
15. Clientele - Strange Geometry
16. Decemberists - Picaresque
17. Super Furry Animals - LoveKraft
18. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
19. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
20. Xiu Xiu - La Foret
21. Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir
22. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
23. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
24. Broken Social Secene - Broken Social Scene
25. Iron & Wine and Calexico - In The Reins

reza · Post by **reza** » 12/23/2005, 9:37 pm

1. If God Has Curves - David Usher
2. HIPT - Our Lady Peace
3. Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
4. Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
5. Late Registration - Kanye West
6. Elevator - Hot Hot Heat
7. Live it Out - Metric
8. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
9. X&Y - Coldplay
10. With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 12/24/2005, 12:30 am

Add Death Cab for Cutie - Plans to mine.

That came out this year, right?

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 12/24/2005, 11:02 am

Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
Koufax – Hard Times are in Fashion
Eisley – Room Noises
Bright Eyes – Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
Armor for Sleep – What to do when you are dead
Death Cab For Cutie – Plans

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 12/24/2005, 1:21 pm

and not necessarily released this year:

1. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
2. Arcade Fire – Funeral
3. The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving
4. Broken Social Scene – You Forget it in People
5. Metric – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
6. Pavement – Brighten the Corners
7. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
8. Tegan and Sara – So Jealous
9. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
10. Death Cab for Cutie – We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes

reza · Post by **reza** » 12/24/2005, 2:10 pm

I'm surprised that nobody mention the new David Usher CD. It is soooo good.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 12/24/2005, 3:50 pm

starseed_10 wrote:Koufax – Hard Times are in Fashion

:OOOOO that came out this year?!!! *adds to list*

and yes, dcfc's Plans came out this year

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 12/24/2005, 3:51 pm

frogger wrote:I'm surprised that nobody mention the new David Usher CD. It is soooo good.

lawrence (dont ask why) had it in his list.

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 12/25/2005, 1:18 am

BEAR VS. SHARK - TERRORHAWK

that was the one of best of many good ones...most underrated definately
to bad they broke up this week

most of the other good albums have been posted

olpcc · Post by **olpcc** » 12/25/2005, 1:29 am

best re-release... slgtm-all your summer songs (on viynl with bonus 7")

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 12/25/2005, 12:21 pm

nah. belle and sebastian - push barman to open old wounds

menomena · Post by **menomena** » 12/25/2005, 3:34 pm

Nah, I would have to say SLGTM is #1.

"All Your Summer Songs" is a very fragile record. They blend motown and twee pop together perfectly, and have it recorded on such a delicate medium, that if it sounded clearer, it would be ruined, and if it was fuzzier, it wouldn't be worthwhile. On top of that, they have 12 (now 14) songs that appear to be old motown style songs, but once you look a little deeper, you find the influences of My Bloody Valentine, Magnetic Fields, and Johnathan Richman/Modern Lovers in the music. It's really quite genius.

Now don't get me wrong, Belle and Sebastian are great, and it was a nice collection, but this is essentially a B-side collection. And the common wisdom is, there's a reason these songs are B-sides and not the single.

But that's just my opinion.