Rolling Top 10 (or 20) of 2005 Thread.

d · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:58 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

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

elbow.leaders of the free world

Yeah, I'm liking this so far too.

The Mayor of Simpleton · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:58 pm

Top 13 (or 14, depending on how you count the Belew discs) as of this very moment:

Bar Kokhba Sextet - (John Zorn's) 50th Anniversary Celebration Vol. 11
Adrian Belew - Sides One AND Two
Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth
Bill Frisell - East/West
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Pelican - The Fire in our Throats
Glen Phillips - Winter Pays for Summer
Dug Pinnick - Emotional Animals
Archer Prewitt - Wildnerness
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Martha Wainwright

Runners-up for various noted reasons
The Decemberists - Picaresque (just didn't fully click, but I like it a lot)
Engineers (real nice, but hasn't fully grabbed me yet)
Peter Himmelman - Imperfect World (Loved it at first, then it just slipped away from my attention)
Bob Mould - Body of Song (too new to judge yet)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (technically, I really like this, but I just don't listen to it often)
The Pernice Brothers - Discover a Lovelier You (too new to judge yet)
Michael Penn - Mr. Hollywood, Jr., 1947 (too new to judge yet)
Robert Plant - Mighty ReArranger (really enjoy it, but not sure I'd say it's a year's-best)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (a let down after In Absentia)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (I really like it a lot, but not sure it qualifies.

Borg166 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:08 pm

1. Common - Be
2. M.I.A. - Arular
3. Markus Guentner - 1981
4. Platinum Pied Pipers - Triple P
5. Coldplay - X&Y
6. MED - Push Comes to Shove
7. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
8. 13 & God
9. 50 Cent - The Massacre
10. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

iron_and_beer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:14 pm

I've only bought 9 2005 releases I think, but here goes...

1. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
3. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
4. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
5. Bloc Pary - Silent Alarm
6. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
7. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
8. Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
9. LCD Soundsystem - s/t
10. M.I.A. - Arular

Still waiting for...DangerDoom, Broken Social Scene, Super Furry Animals, Sigur Ros, and Franz Ferdinand, among others.

puma · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:12 pm

not in order:

mice parade- bem-vinda vontade
wolf parade- apologies to the queen mary
silversun pickups- pikul ep
editors- the back room
clap your hands say yeah- s/t
okkervil river- black sheep boy
the rakes- capture/release
spoon- gimme fiction
sam prekop- who's your new professor?
tosca- j.a.c.

for now. but the list changes frequently.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:16 pm

pumachik Wrote:

wolf parade- apologies to the queen mary

Is this out? I 've heard snippets of their ep which sounded interesting.

puma · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:21 pm

oldbulee Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

wolf parade- apologies to the queen mary

Is this out? I 've heard snippets of their ep which sounded interesting.

no it's not... i cheated and listed a few advances on the list. there's 3 ep's- the demo, the 6 song one, and the official s/t released through sub pop. the album is pretty much songs from the demo + 6 song ep combined, with a few added tracks and more production so the versions of some of the songs are different. if you like the ep, you'll like the album.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:35 pm

Not in order, and not 10, but...

Decemberists
Ryan Adams
Stars
Josh Rouse
Frank Black
Deathray Davies

...probably Ryan Adams at #1. Just went through that again today and dammity is that a good record. I can't ask him for much more than that.

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:45 pm

Thanks to all who've participated. If you haven't yet, feel free to post your Top 10 lists 'cause God knows I need all the help I can get.

So I ended up ordering two CDs...

ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now
OKKERVIL RIVER - Black Sheep Boy

Can't wait to get them.

Kingfish · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:49 pm

pumachik Wrote:

oldbulee Wrote:

pumachik Wrote:

wolf parade- apologies to the queen mary

Is this out? I 've heard snippets of their ep which sounded interesting.

no it's not... i cheated and listed a few advances on the list. there's 3 ep's- the demo, the 6 song one, and the official s/t released through sub pop. the album is pretty much songs from the demo + 6 song ep combined, with a few added tracks and more production so the versions of some of the songs are different. if you like the ep, you'll like the album.

I'm gonna break my album purchasing halt for this.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

same shit everyone else likes

OPA! · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 7:56 pm

rparis74 Wrote:

same shit everyone else likes

C'mon...post your list. Do it for me.

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:00 pm

I have so many damn albums to sift through, it makes me nervous.

I can tell you that Sigur Ros and Russian Futurists will be top 5.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:03 pm

OPA! Wrote:

Thanks to all who've participated. If you haven't yet, feel free to post your Top 10 lists 'cause God knows I need all the help I can get.

So I ended up ordering two CDs...

ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now
OKKERVIL RIVER - Black Sheep Boy

Can't wait to get them.

two albums currently juuuuuust outside my top 10, #11 okkervil & #12 antony (with #13 new porn). i'm still growing into antony -- my biggest complaint is the album is so short.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i really only bought about 10 new albums this year

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Crooked Fingers - Dignity and Shame
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The National - Alligator
Richmond Fontaine - The Fitzgerald
The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
M. Ward - Transistor Radio

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:04 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

...probably Ryan Adams at #1. Just went through that again today and dammity is that a good record. I can't ask him for much more than that.

your toughest battle for #1 will probably be his other 2 albums, if he remains as consistent.

A Northern Soul · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 3742

these will be somewhere on the list.

no order, other than alphabetical.
Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Laura Cantrell - Humming By The Flowered Vine
Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now
Oumou Sangare - Oumou
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
The Evens - The Evens
Wilderness - Wilderness

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:12 pm

OPA! Wrote:

Thanks to all who've participated. If you haven't yet, feel free to post your Top 10 lists 'cause God knows I need all the help I can get.

So I ended up ordering two CDs...

ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now
OKKERVIL RIVER - Black Sheep Boy

Can't wait to get them.

ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now [yikes]
OKKERVIL RIVER - Black Sheep Boy [good choice]

Grape Ripple · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:14 pm

In no real order

1. Doves - Some Cities
2. Jamie Lidell - Multiply
3. MIA - Arular
4. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
5. Julien Neto - le fumeur de ciel
<----Nods head to Dalen
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Sigur Ros - Takk
8. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
9. Beck - Guero
10. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP

Haven't heard:
Okkervil River--Just got it from iTunes though b/c of you fucks.
Sufjan
Boards of Canada-hopefully, it will top the list

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

konstantinl Wrote:

1 - two gallants THE THROES

I hate to steal your album of the year, but this was released over a year ago.

paper · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:34 pm

probably not in glasgow.

Lambretta · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:43 pm

British Sea Power, Open Season
Bright eyes- Digital Ash in a digital urn
Bloc Party - Silent alarm
Sage Frances - A healthy distrust
The National - Alligator
Maria Taylor - 11:11
Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
Pernice brothers - Discover a lovlier you
lcd sounsystem.s/t
Ad Frank - Is the world's best ex-boyfriend

ptrck · **Joined:** Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:55 pm **Posts:** 5568

Lambretta Wrote:

Iron & Wine - Woman King EP

The collaboration with Calexico (entitled "In The Reigns") is fabulous and, when paired with Woman King, makes for a serious record of the year contender. I dont think its out quite yet though, but I highly recommend it,

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

id really like to see that iron and wine/calexico thing live - have not heard the album yet though

el_scorcho · **Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2005 10:34 pm

Shiv wrote:

Quote:

kreator enemy of god

Seriously, Kreator?

What's it like, early power metal Kreator or more thrash-y? Compare this to Renewal if possible.

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