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You like Kanye West?

The year IS over. There is nothing really coming out in December, which is easily the most dead month for new releases usually. It's inevitable I'll find something from this year that's awesome at some point or another, but usually that happens after the new year rolls around. Top 17 because I can:

1. Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
2. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
3. Doves - Some Cities
4. Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
5. Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
6. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
7. New Idea Society - You Are Awake or Asleep
8. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
9. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
10. Cave In - Perfect Pitch Black
11. Starflyer 59 - Talking Voice Vs. Singing Voice
12. Metric - Live It Out
13. Oceansize - Everyone Into Position
14. Our Lady Peace - Healthy In Paranoid Times
15. Life and Times - Suburban Hymns
16. Giant Drag - Hearts and Unicorns
17. OK Go - Oh No

I bought like 28 albums from this year, but those are the 17 that made an actual impact in my music listening habits. 7 through 16 are really, really close, too.

Bleh. This was an AMAZING year for new releases, but I didn't get a chance to buy most of the albums I was looking forward to yet. Anyway, the ones that I did get a chance to grab...

Our Lady Peace - Healthy In Paranoid Times (without a doubt my number one... anyone who's surprised needs to CM more )

Beck - Guero

Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth

Weezer - Make Believe

Greenwheel - Electric Blanket (yeah, not ACTUALLY released, but it counts!)

Then the albums that I'm sure would be on the list if I'd had a chance to buy them...

Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z
OK Go - Oh No
Dane Cook - Retaliation
Jamiroquai - Dynamite
Maroon 5 - Live
Green Day - Bullet In A Bible
The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

And I'm sure I'm forgetting some.

01 sigur ros - takk
02 sufjan stevens - illinois
03 broken social scene - s/t
04 wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary
05 fiery furnaces - ep
06 antony and the johnsons - i am a bird now
07 bloc party - silent alarm
08 iron & wine - woman king
09 m.i.a - arular
10 new pornographers - twin cinema

It's late and I'm tired, so I can't be looking at my record collection to see what's been out this year. I really haven't bought that much really. However off the top of my head:

OLP- HIPT
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Matthew Good - In A Coma
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

and Arcade Fire - Funeral gets an honourary mention because even though it came out in 2004, I've only listened to it recently and I <3 it!

holy crap i forgot stars. STARS - SET YOURSELF ON FIRE, people!!

im not sure if that was late 2004 though...


imo, broken social scene was my favourite.

that was 2004 i think

Chanandler Bong wrote:You like Kanye West?

I think some of his songs are pretty good...but then he does something like that "work-out plan" song from the first album and it ruins all the songs that were actually good and whose lyrics had meaning worth listening to.

:::troy:::

Forgot:

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart

Did you forget it in people, bitch?

Man, you're clever.

Biiitch.

THANK YOU JOEY!!!!!!!

1. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (best cd I own)
2. Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
3. Mae - The Everglow
4. Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
5. Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
6. The All-American Rejects - Move Along

and after that I'm not sure...

Oh yeah! In a rough sort of order:

Best of '05
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Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
The Most Serene Republic - Underwater Cinematographer
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf (I.. think this was 2005)
Neon Blonde - Chandeliers in the Savannah
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Thrice - Vheissu
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
New Buffalo - The Last Beautiful Day
Prefuse 73 - Surrounded By Silence
Matt Pond PA - Several Arrows Later & Winter Songs EP
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us

Most Enjoyed '05 (and also not released therein)
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Everything Death From Above 1979 has ever touched.
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (yes, I finally understood)
The Blood Brothers - Crimes & Burn Piano Island, Burn
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Lyre of Orpheus & Abattoir Blues
Xiu Xiu - Fag Patrol & Fabulous Muscles
TV On The Radio - Young Liars & Desparate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Hot Snakes - Audit In Progress
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer - Jalopy Go Far (I LOVE ZOLOF!)
The Cure - Disintegration (STFU I'm slow.)
Devendra Banhart - the other hojillion albums he's released in two years, but particularly Rejoicing in the Hands
Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch & 11:11
The Dresden Dolls - s/t
The Organ - Grab That Gun
Sarah Slean - Blue Parade
Mewithoutyou - Catch For Us The Foxes
The Cinema Eye - A Complete Arsenal
Ratatat - s/t

I counted ones I purchased.

But you've heard many more than those!

ok my more-updated list:

broken social scene - s/t
metric - live it out
decemberists - picaresque
our lady peace - healthy in paranoid times
sufjan stevens - illinois
most serene republic - underwater cinematographer
eisley - room noises
alexisonfire - watch out (i dont know about this one, it might be 2004)
bright eyes - im wide awake, its morning
franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better


k fine i didnt buy all of those. but still it was an awesome year i think

pit_girl1 wrote:THANK YOU JOEY!!!!!!!

1. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (best cd I own)
2. Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
3. Mae - The Everglow
4. Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
5. Panic! at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
6. The All-American Rejects - Move Along

and after that I'm not sure...

Whoops I forgot one!
The Academy Is... - Almost Here should be #4 on my list.