Rolling Top 10 (or 20) of 2005 Thread.

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:43 am

Splates, check your PMs in about 2 minutes.

splates · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:45 am

Makes No Sense At All Wrote:

This might be though:

It's a good album, but I'm just not familiar enough with it yet to include it on my list at this point. I've given it one full listen.

Is it any good? The only Saint Etienne i've heard is that 'Travel Edition' comp which is obviously great.

Verbal Intercourse · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:50 am

splates Wrote:

Makes No Sense At All Wrote:

This might be though:

It's a good album, but I'm just not familiar enough with it yet to include it on my list at this point. I've given it one full listen.

Is it any good? The only Saint Etienne i've heard is that 'Travel Edition' comp which is obviously great.

Yeah, if you think the Travel Edition is great then you'll probably enjoy it. It seemed pretty damn good from the one listen I gave it, definitely better than Good Humor (if you've heard some songs from that). I can YSI you this if you want, in return for the Goldfrapp.

splates · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:53 am

Makes No Sense At All Wrote:

Yeah, if you think the Travel Edition is great then you'll probably enjoy it. It seemed pretty damn good from the one listen I gave it, definitely better than Good Humor (if you've heard some songs from that). I can YSI you this if you want, in return for the Goldfrapp.

deal

gregrey · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:00 am

1. Decemberists - Picaresque
2. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
3. National - Alligator
4. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
5. Bright Eyes - Wide Awake
6. System of a Down - Mezmerize
7. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
8. ...Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
9. LCD Soundsystem - s/t
10.QotSA - Lullabies

Recent acquisitions I need more time with:
BRMC - Howl
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Sufjan - Illinois
Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
Pelican - Fire in our Throats
Lovemakers - Times of Romance
Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
Antony - I am a Bird Now
Juan Maclean - Less Than Human
Royksopp - The Understanding

Albums I liked a lot more than I expected:
Oasis, NIN, New Order

Albums that let me down:
Caribou, M83, Sleater (slightly)

splates · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:50 am

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

Damn, forgot all about that Venetian Snares album.

And I need a pop album -- any recommendations? Favourites in recent years have been Kylie Minogue, Pink, and perhaps Annie. Doesn't need to be fem (Pet Shop Boys will do).

I would have liked to say Goldfrapp, but it's not really that great. The new Ladytron's fantastic, and very poppy, but im not sure that's exactly what you're after. There's a new Junior Senior album out I think, that might be up your alley. You possibly become a little less straight every minute you listen to Junior Senior though.

Bee OK · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:58 am

gregrey Wrote:

1. Decemberists - Picaresque
2. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
3. National - Alligator
4. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
5. Bright Eyes - Wide Awake
6. System of a Down - Mezmerize
7. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
8. ...Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
9. LCD Soundsystem - s/t
10.QotSA - Lullabies

Recent aquisitions I need more time with:
BRMC - Howl
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Sufjan - Illinois
Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
Pelican - Fire in our Throats
Lovemakers - Times of Romance
Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
Antony - I am a Bird Now
Juan Maclean - Less Than Human
Royksopp - The Understanding

Albums I liked a lot more than I expected:
Oasis, NIN, New Order

Albums that let me down:
Caribou, M83, Sleater (slightly)

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i'm trying to keep on spreading the Obner love!

Idiotjed · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:24 am

Like many, WAY too early for this as I have a shitload of '05 albums to go trough but those are the standouts right now:

01. The Posies (Every Kind Of Light)
02. Dredg (Catch Without Arms)
03. Foo Fighters (In Your Honor - CD 1)
04. Tahiti 80 (Fosbury)
05. Doves (Some Cities)
06. Feeder (Pushing The Senses)
07. Aqualung (Strange And Beautiful)
08. Imogen Heap (Speak For Yourself)
09. Kent (Du And Jag Doden)
10. John Davis (s/t)

11. Kobayashi (Strange Lights And Resolutions)
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Flowthgin · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:09 am

1. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
2. The Decemberists - Picaresque
3. The Fiery Furnaces - EP
4. Hopewell - The Birds Of Appetite
5. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
6. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
7. Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
8. Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
9. Adrian Belew - Side One
10. Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman

Sketch · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:32 am

As of this second

1. Low - The Great Destroyer
2. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
3. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
4. ...Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
5. God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All Is Bright
6. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
7. Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep
8. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
9. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
10. Beck - Guero

Honorable mention: Spoon, Sufjan, The National, Blueprint, Bright Eyes (Wide Awake), Common, Perceptionists, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy (Superwolf), Doves, Hold Steady, Josh Rouse, The Frames, LCD Soundsystem

Really solid year so far...

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:34 pm

Sketch Wrote:

Really solid year so far...

That's interesting. I think the same thing, yet we share almost nothing in our lists.

Borg166 · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 12:48 pm

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

And I need a pop album -- any recommendations? Favourites in recent years have been Kylie Minogue, Pink, and perhaps Annie. Doesn't need to be fem (Pet Shop Boys will do).

Bobby Valentino's album is really nice. The production is unique for a Top-40 R&B record and Valentino himself is a pretty good songwriter.

harry · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:13 pm

Borg166 Wrote:

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

And I need a pop album -- any recommendations? Favourites in recent years have been Kylie Minogue, Pink, and perhaps Annie. Doesn't need to be fem (Pet Shop Boys will do).

Bobby Valentino's album is really nice. The production is unique for a Top-40 R&B record and Valentino himself is a pretty good songwriter.

Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue

harry · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:17 pm

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoize
2. Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
3. Harold Budd - Avalon Sutra
4. F.S. Blum - Zweite Meer
5. Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
6. Kinski - Alpine Static
7. Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth
8. The National - Alligator
9. Wilderness -Wilderness
10. Caribou - Of Human Kindness

Honorable Mention:
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Multiples
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Thuja - Pine Cone Temples
Tim Hecker - Mirages
P:ano - Brigadoon
13 & God - 13 & God
Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
Doves - Some Cities
Smog - A River
Xiu Xiu - La Foret

hey look · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:23 pm

i hate The National, guys. and it's not a slam on anyone here, cuz i remember a quarter way through the year, it was almost this boards favorite. but i just deleted that album yesterday, finally cuz i hate it.

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:27 pm

Every album in my current top 10 has already been mentioned, so I can't really add anything. One band that caught my ear and I've really enjoyed the songs that I've downloaded/heard is Paul Is Dead.

harry · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:31 pm

Oh, and as long as we are identifying what seems worthless music to us... Anthony and the Johnsons? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury... this is not listenable, IMHO. Screetchy, solipcistic musical dump site.

huskerpunk · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:47 pm

Top 11 (alphabetically)
Andrew Bird - "The Mysterious Production of Eggs"
Blueprint - "1988"
Coldplay - "X&Y"
Crooked Fingers - "Dignity & Shame"
Okkervil River - "Black Sheep Boy"
Queens of the Stone Age - "Lullabies to Paralyze"
Sleater-Kinney - "The Woods"
Spoon - "Gimme Fiction"
Stars - "Set Yourself on Fire"
Sufjan Stevens - "Illinois"
The White Stripes - "Get Behind Me Satan"

Honorable Mention
Beck - "Guero"
Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
Common - "Be"
eels - "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations"
LCD Soundsystem - "LCD Soundsystem"
Low - "The Great Destroyer"
Mars Volta - "Frances the Mute"
The Oranges Band - "The World and Everything In It"
Pernice Brothers - "Discover a Lovlier You"
Robert Plant - "Mighty Rearranger"
System of a Down - "Mesmerize"
M. Ward - "Transistor Radio"

Haven't Had Enough Time With Yet
Trail of Dead, Antony and the Johnsons, Brendan Benson, Bloc Party, British Sea Power, Decemberists, Doves, Edan, Engineers, Sage Francis, Headphones, Hold Steady, M.I.A., Stephen Malkmus, Bruce Springsteen

Still Need to Get
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Iron & Wine, Magic Numbers, Mountain Goats, Vitalic, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, New Pornographers, John Vanderslice, Death Cab for Cutie, Kanye West, Rolling Stones, Sigur Ros, Franz Ferdinand, My Morning Jacket

Biggest Dissapointments
Foo Fighters
Kings of Leon
Transplants
Weezer

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:43 pm

splates Wrote:

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

And I need a pop album -- any recommendations? Favourites in recent years have been Kylie Minogue, Pink, and perhaps Annie. Doesn't need to be fem (Pet Shop Boys will do).

I would have liked to say Goldfrapp, but it's not really that great.

Well, it's already on my radar, so you're headed in the right direction.

Quote:

The new Ladytron's fantastic, and very poppy, but im not sure that's exactly what you're after.

Ditto.

Quote:

There's a new Junior Senior album out I think, that might be up your alley. You possibly become a little less straight every minute you listen to Junior Senior though.

:-D I feel Kylie does the same thing to me, and I'm alright with that, so will put it on my list.

Thanks to all for all the suggestions, I'll check the others out as well.

hey look · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:49 pm

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

splates Wrote:

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

And I need a pop album -- any recommendations? Favourites in recent years have been Kylie Minogue, Pink, and perhaps Annie. Doesn't need to be fem (Pet Shop Boys will do).

I would have liked to say Goldfrapp, but it's not really that great.

Well, it's already on my radar, so you're headed in the right direction.

Quote:

The new Ladytron's fantastic, and very poppy, but im not sure that's exactly what you're after.

Ditto.

Quote:

There's a new Junior Senior album out I think, that might be up your alley. You possibly become a little less straight every minute you listen to Junior Senior though.

:-D I feel Kylie does the same thing to me, and I'm alright with that, so will put it on my list.

Thanks to all for all the suggestions, I'll check the others out as well.

get the new Robyn album. it's not out in north america, but you can get it online. it's self-titled.

oh and the R. Kelly album.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Makes No Sense At All re: The Wedding Present Wrote:

Yes, but don't start with them by getting Take Fountain. Get Seamonsters. Trust me.

For starters I would recommend either George Best, being that it's the greatest album ever made, or Bizarro. Bizzarro and George Best I believe are their accessible--Seamonsters tends to be on the noisy side (not to say that it isn't great, but I find that Gedge's songwriting skills are more pronounced on the first two.

Also, lots of people seem to dislike Saturnalia, not me, I think it's amazing.

Another remarkable thing about the Weddoes is the adventurous course they plot when playing cover tunes: Orange Juice, Close Lobsters, Bowie's "Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family (not many folks can take on that one and make something of it), Pavement, et al.

Once you get a few albums under your belt, try and get your hands on a copy of the Ukranians ep.

Opa, if you're exceedingly nice to me, I could be convinced to whip up a compilation for you.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:05 pm

contradiction Wrote:

get the new Robyn album. it's not out in north america, but you can get it online. it's self-titled.

Robyn...Hitchcock?

Quote:

oh and the R. Kelly album.

I don't know about that. But I'll give it a listen at the listening station next time I'm at Borders.

hey look · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:31 pm

Dusty Chalk Wrote:

contradiction Wrote:

get the new Robyn album. it's not out in north america, but you can get it online. it's self-titled.

Robyn...Hitchcock?

Quote:

oh and the R. Kelly album.

I don't know about that. But I'll give it a listen at the listening station next time I'm at Borders.

no Robyn. She's from Sweden, had some crossover success here on top40 radio in the 90s. Her new album is really badass.

Here's "Konicihwa Bitches"
http://s13.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MKK ... L50KPE7U5R

shiv · **Posted:** Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:51 pm

contradiction Wrote:

get the new Robyn album. it's not out in north america, but you can get it online. it's self-titled.

i like that song konichiwa bitches

paper · **Posted:** Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:44 am

Drinky and shiv Wrote:

Jamie Lidell - Multiply

I'm really digging this.

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