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 Post subject: Rolling Top 10 (or 20) of 2005 Thread.
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I desperately need to buy some new stuff and I'm just curious to see what's on everyone's lists.

If anyone cares...this is my list...

01. ANDREW BIRD - The Mysterious Reproduction of Eggs
02. CARIBOU - The Milk of Human Kindness
03. ENON - Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence
04. MANUEL MIRABAL - Buena Vista Social Club Presents...
05. M. WARD - Transistor Radio
06. EELS - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
07. ELECTRELANE - Axes
08. LOW - The Great Destroyer
09. THIEVERY CORPORATION - The Cosmic Game
10. SPOON - Gimme Fiction


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1. Super Furry Animals, Love Kraft
2. The Silver Jews, Tanglewood Numbers
3. Deerhoof, The Runners Four
4. Dalek, Absence
5. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (the Jon Brion one)
6. Gruff Rhys, Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
7. British Sea Power, Open Season
8. The Magic Numbers, S/T
9. Martha Wainwright, S/T
10. Supergrass, Road to Rouen

I still have to listen to Broadcast's album. And honestly, the last four aren't really spectacular or anything. They could easily drop off.
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01 "picaresque" the decemberists
02 "cold roses" ryan adams & the cardinals
03 "i'm wide awake, it's morning" bright eyes
04 "illinois" sufjan stevens
05 "nashville" josh rouse
06 "digital ash in a digital urn" bright eyes
07 "silent alarm" bloc party
08 "gimme fiction" spoon
09 "frances the mute" the mars volta
10 "the mysterious production of eggs" andrew bird

* new ones from okkervil river, andrew bird and the new pornographers just below

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Not in order yet, but probably my current top 10 includes:

Low---The Great Destroyer
Fiery Furnaces---EP
Malkmus--Face The Truth
Love Is Laughter---Laughter's Fifth
Spoon--Gimme Fiction
My Morning Jacket--Z
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club--Howl
Smog---A River Ain''t Too Much To Love
13 & God---s/t
Stars---Set Yourself On Fire
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We just had a "top of 2005" revisited thread recently, but let's see if I can recreate mine:

Black Mountain
Electrelane, Axes
Matt Elliott, Drinking Songs
LCD Soundsystem
Mars Volta, Frances the Mute
Mice Parade, Bem-Vinda Vontade
Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth
Porcupine Tree, Deadwing
Sigur Rós, Takk
Super System, Always Never Again

...dagnabit, I remembered the ones I usually forget, but forgot the others...

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too early, but top 5 right now..

01 sigur ros - takk
02 the coral - the invisible invasion
03 clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah
04 julien neto - le fumeur de ciel
05 bloc party - silent alarm
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Top shelf
Ry Cooder :: Chavez Ravine
South San Gabriel :: The Carlton Chronicles
Okkervil River :: Black Sheep Boy
Crooked Fingers :: Dignity And Shame
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals :: Cold Roses

Solid 6 or 7
Sleater-Kinney :: The Woods
Trail of Dead :: Worlds Apart
Frank Black :: Honeycomb
Micah P. Hinson :: Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress

Shoulda, Coulda, Wouldas:
Eels :: Blinking Lights & Other Revelations (edited to one album of material)
Love as Laughter :: Laughter's Fifth (starting with the 2nd half)

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Top of 2005
1. Kent - Du and Jag Doden
2. Graham Cousins - Living Room Sessions (Spade Kitty)
3. Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
4. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
7. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
8. Bloc Party -
9. Coldplay - X&Y
10. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
11. Spoon - Gimme Fiction

I don't have all my newest cd's logged yet, so I might have missed one.
others for consideration are/ will be:

American Analog Set - Set Free
Kaiser Chiefs
Razorlight
Riviera
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Heartless Bastards
B.B. King - 80
Broken Social Scene - [s/t]
Blackalicious
Stellastarr*
OK Go!

Not in the running:
Sufjan because I just don't find this thing cohesive
Eels because there is too much filler
Okkervil River
Test Icicles (EP)
Garbage
Black Eyed Peas
Doves - Some Cities

Best 2004 cd that I found in 2005:

Silverbullit - Arc Light

Worst 2004 cd's that I have come across in 2005:

Clinic - Winchester Cathedral
Mooney Suzuki - Alive and Amplified
Radio 4 - Stealing of a Nation


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1 - two gallants THE THROES
2 - edgar ‘jones’ jones SOOTHING MUSIC FOR STRAY CATS
3 - mogwai GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS
4 - fiery furnaces EP
5 - antony & the johnsons I AM A BIRD NOW
6 - the broken family band WELCOME HOME, LOSER
7 - the white stripes GET BEHIND ME SATAN
8 - edan BEAUTY AND THE BEAT
9 - arcade fire FUNERAL
10 - king creosote ROCKET D.I.Y

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I can't do 10, but here's a probable listing"
Deathray Davies
Okkervil River
Love as Laughter
Ryan Adams
Josh Rouse
New Quornographers


Stones will make this, as will The Strokes if it comes out this year.

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Something like this order:

Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
Orthrelm - OV
Bonnie Billy & M. Sweeney - Superwolf
Antony & the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Low - The Great Destroyer
High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Angels of Light - Sing "Other People"
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

I know I'm forgetting stuff.
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1. The National - Alligator
2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
3. Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
4. Dalek - Absence
5. Sigur Ros - Takk
6. My Morning Jacket - Z
7. p:ano - Brigadoon
8. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses
9. Dreamcatcher - Holysmkokes
10. Pelican - The Fire from Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
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Not ordered

World Leader Pretend - Punches
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
Coldplay - X&Y
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Fiery Furnaces - EP
Andrew Bird - ...Eggs
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
Iron And Wine - Woman King/In The Reigns
Crooked Finger - Dignity And Shame



M. Ward, Michael Penn, South San Gabriel, Aqualung, The National, P:ano, Eels, Black Lipstick, Richard Buckner/Jon Langford are all contenders to bump someone out.
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Nice to see Smog on a few lists. It's not in my top ten (it's 12 on my Konstantiranks) but I really like it a lot.

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Deathray Davies - Kick and the Snare
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Heavy Trash - S/T
Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
Love As Laughter- Laughter's Fifth
Ryan Adams -Cold Roses
Iron and Wine - Woman King EP
Bright Eyes - Wide Awake It's Morning
M. Ward - Transistor Radio

Something in that order

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So far, going by what I've seen on people' lists, I'm intrigued by
Dalek
Love As Laughter
Okkervill River
Stars
The Mice Parade
Crooked Fingers
Antony & The Johnsons
P:ano.

I'm definitely getting the My Morning Jacket, and I may even check out the new Sigur Ros since it's on so many peoples' lists.

Keep 'em coming. :D
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Relax, I didn't get to your list yet...I'm trying to listen to mp3s as I go along. :D
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Only counting stuff that is out, because otherwise you would see Elbow:

1. Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy
2. LCD Soundsystem – s/t
3. Spoon – Gimme Fiction
4. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
5. Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
6. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
7. The White Strips – Get Behind Me Satan
8. The Decemberists – present Picaresque
9. Black Mountain – s/t
10. The Magic Number – s/t
11. Vitalic – OK Cowboy

Worst:
The Others – s/t
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not in order yet, but...

Engineers - s/t
Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
Archer Prewitt - Wilderness
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
Doves - Some Cities
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Fischerspooner - Odyssey
Beck - Guero
Iron and Wine - Woman King EP
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth

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matt sweeney & bonnie 'prince' billy.superwolf
lcd sounsystem.s/t
andrew bird.the mysterious production of eggs
the national.alligator
dead meadow.feathers
black rebel motorcycle club.howl
hood.outside closer
the duke spirit.cuts across the land
sufjan stevens.illinois
ryan adams & the cardinals.cold roses

not yet officially ranked, but will definitely be in the top 10:

elbow.leaders of the free world
sigur ros.takk

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