Home› Other Music
Options

The Top 25 Albums of 2005

pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
edited December 2005 in Other Music
Share your Picks too!!!



1) [size=+1]Bloc Party- Silent Alarm[/size]
2) Sleater Kinney- The Woods
3) John Butler Trio- Sunrise over Sea
4) And you will Know Us by The Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
5) Thrice- Vheissu
6) Jack Johnson- In Between Dreams
7) Kings of Leon- Aha Shake HeartBreak
8) Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
9) the Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
10) Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
11) ColdPlay- X&Y
12) Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo- Im Burning Star IV
13) Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
14) AudioSlave- Out Of Exile
15) Foo Fighters- In your Honor
16) Bright Eyes- Im Wide awake, Its morning
17) Kaiser Chiefs- Employment
18) Neil Young- Prarie Wind
19) the Bravery - the Bravery
20) Armor For Sleep- What to Do when you Are Dead
21) Weezer- Make Believe
22) Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise
23) My Morning Jacket- Z
24) Mae- The Everglow
25) Augustana- All the Stars and Boulevards
"I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "

" I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"

"Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"

www.myspace.com/ehoff12982
Post edited by Unknown User on
«13

Comments

  • Options
    Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,486
    pearljam_addiction wrote:
    Share your Picks too!!!



    1) [size=+1]Bloc Party- Silent Alarm[/size]
    2) Sleater Kinney- The Woods
    3) John Butler Trio- Sunrise over Sea
    4) And you will Know Us by The Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
    5) Thrice- Vheissu
    6) Jack Johnson- In Between Dreams
    7) Neil Young- Prarie Wind
    8) ColdPlay- X&Y
    9) the Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
    10) Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
    11) Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
    12) Coheed and Cambria- Good Apollo- Im Burning Star IV
    13) Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
    14) AudioSlave- Out Of Exile
    15) Foo Fighters- In your Honor
    16) Bright Eyes- Im Wide awake, Its morning
    17) Kaiser Chiefs- Employment
    18) Kings of Leon- Aha Shake HeartBreak
    19) the Bravery - the Bravery
    20) Armor For Sleep- What to Do when you Are Dead
    21) Weezer- Make Believe
    22) Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise
    23) My Morning Jacket- Z
    24) Mae- The Everglow
    25) Augustana- All the Stars and Boulevards

    dude are you kidding me ? kasier chiefs?bloc party???

    meh, i cba , underground bands all the way
  • Options
    dirtdirt Posts: 398
    Of all the 2005 releases that I bought this year, these are ones that I like best...and in no particular order -- but I hear ya on Bloc Party leading the way!

    Queens of the Stone Age - Lullibies to Paralyze (love the bonus tracks you get w/ the vinyl set edition)
    Opeth - Ghost Reveries (I love this one....see them live if you get the chance)
    Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (NIN's best so far, IMO)
    Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
    New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
    Beck - Guero
    Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (probably my fav of '05 if I had to pick just one)
    Sigur Rós - Takk... (seeing them in Feb. cannot wait)
    Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
    Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
    Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
    Various Artists - Six Feet Under 'Everything Ends' (a stretch, but I liked this show a lot)
    Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
    Dandy Warhols - Odditorium... (another stretch, but there are a few good songs)
    drive less - RIDE MORE!
  • Options
    CM1847CM1847 Posts: 577
    New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Bright Eyes(Wide Awake), Franz Ferdinand, Wilco, Spoon, White Stripes, My Morning Jacket, Queens of the Stone Age, Beck, Sufjan Stevens, Audioslave(barely) are the worthy albums I can think of that came out this year.

    The only ranking I'm sure is...
    1) Broken Social Scene
    2) New Pornographers
    3) Spoon

    Also the Stars album was good, but I didn't buy it so I've only heard it a few times, it would probably be up there if I had bought it.

    Bloc Party is overrated, a few GREAT songs mixed in with a lot of average songs. Just my opinon though, when they are on their game they are definitely an amazing band. Would most likely end up in a top 25 if I did one, but I feel there were a lot of better albums put out this year.

    Other so-so albums are DMB, Foo Fighters, Weezer, OAR.
  • Options
    Drifting AwayDrifting Away Posts: 270
    QoTSA Lullibies to Paralyse at number one for sure
    Audioslave Out of Exile
    hmmmm what else was decent this year
    Run to the hills
    run for your life
  • Options
    pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
    The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
    The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart

    are my 4 favorite
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • Options
    UpHereInMyTree500UpHereInMyTree500 Posts: 1,772
    1. Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
    2. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
    3. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
    4. End of Fashion - End of Fashion
    Wave came crashing...
  • Options
    culot4culot4 Posts: 775
    Top 5

    1.Beck-Guero
    2.Eels-Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
    3.Death Cab For Cutie-Plans
    4.The Strokes-First Impressions of Earth(technically a 2006 release but I couldn't resist cheating.Absolutely superb)
    5.NIN-With Teeth

    Honorable Mention Wilco-Kicking Televison:Live in Chicago

    Worst album of the year: 311-Don't Tread on Me... One of my most eagerly awaited albums turned out to be pure garbage.A total disappointment.The kind of bad album that taints earlier work.
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Absolutely disgusting
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,757
    Echoes wrote:
    Absolutely disgusting

    and yet we hear nothing from you about 'greatness'
    350x700px-LL-d2f49cb4_vinyl-needle-scu-e1356666258495.jpeg
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    well, here's is my pre-list. It isn't final and there's lots of shuffling yet to do. The only changes to the actual contents might be shuffling the Malkmus album in there in place of Low - but I'm not sure


    1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
    2. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
    3. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
    4. Christine Fellows - Paper Anniversary
    5. Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat Született
    6. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
    7. Shugo Tokumaru - L.S.T.
    8. Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
    9. The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
    10. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins

    11. Final Fantasy - Has A Good Home
    12. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
    13. John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
    14. Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
    15. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
    16. Animal Collective - Feels
    17. Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
    18. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
    19. Hella - Chirpin Hard
    20. Broken Social Scene - s/t

    21. Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness
    22. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
    23. Sunn O))) - Black One
    24. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
    25. Low - The Great Destroyer

    Feel free to question me on any of it, I'll answer what I can. It started from a list of 77, and I have the 52 or so that I left off. A lot of the more recognizable releases, Spoon, ...Trail Of Dead, System of A Down, Sleater-Kinney, Beck, and Jimmy Chamberlain etc were on the list of albums I considered but didn't make it. It probably sounds pretentious but I wanted to make sure I had the best representation of what was out there from this year.
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    mookeywrench wrote:
    and yet we hear nothing from you about 'greatness'
    my thoughts exactly
    "I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "

    " I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"

    "Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"

    www.myspace.com/ehoff12982
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    take a look up. 25 Albums ranging from 'very good' to 'great'
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    china dollchina doll Posts: 46
    I have heard of like 3 of those bands Echoes... I need to get out more.
    Thanks harrison. Maybe you should take your beatbox down the street and eat some acid you silly pervert.

    Moloko21- You have been banned for the following reason:
    refusing to followthe posting guidelines you agreed to when you registered for the bbs

    Date the ban will be lifted: 02-22-2006
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Well, ask, and I'll be more than happy to tell.
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    china dollchina doll Posts: 46
    You can start off by explaining the number one choice... I am indeed interested.
    Thanks harrison. Maybe you should take your beatbox down the street and eat some acid you silly pervert.

    Moloko21- You have been banned for the following reason:
    refusing to followthe posting guidelines you agreed to when you registered for the bbs

    Date the ban will be lifted: 02-22-2006
  • Options
    JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,075
    Echoes wrote:
    22. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
    24. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary

    how are these two?

    i've heard 'dead cowboy' and it is ridiculous. how is hypermagic mountain compared to their last?

    i've heard good things about wolf parade too, just haven't plunked down my hard earned cash for it yet.
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Well, Sufjan is pretty popular, a bunch of music bloggers recently listed him as the "Most Important American Music Act at the moment," and a lot of other people love him as well. He is, at heart, a folk singer/songwriter. His past albums have been more contemplative and subdued, more acoustic guitar and low-key stuff. On this album, however, he practically flaunts his uncanny knack at writing lush-sounding arrangments for multiple arrangments. Horn flourishes, string accompaniments, and more are your companions as you dicover the state of Illinois and its history with Sufjan. Character sketches and personal meditations are presented, all intertwining with the history of the state. Some of his most achingly gorgeous songs are his simple acoustic arrangements ("John Wanye Gacy Jr.", "Casimir Pulaski Day"), yet he still will pull out the electric guitar and craft a romping good song here and there (See : "The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts"). A grand album with vast scope, frightening intimacy, and excellent execution.

    Sometimes the arrangements can get a little too over the top, which occassionally grates on me, and Sufjan's vocal cadence on "Decatur" really put me off at first.

    edit : I probably sounded like a gushing review on the back of a book cover or something, but this album was amazing. Also, it is not a solid number 1 by any shot. The top 5 is very volatile right now
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    JSBE wrote:
    how are these two?

    i've heard 'dead cowboy' and it is ridiculous. how is hypermagic mountain compared to their last?

    i've heard good things about wolf parade too, just haven't plunked down my hard earned cash for it yet.

    I haven't actually heard Wonderful Rainbow, but if it is more of the same, I am down. It is basically around an hour of straight out riffing and pounding on the skins like there is no tomorrow. The album briefly lets up on "Infinity Farm," but keeps it pounding away for the most part. It is a blast to listen to, and I could see it being really fun to dance to. Check out "2 Morro Morro L" for a good idea of the sound.

    And Wolf Parade, I honestly feel is over hyped. It really hits the mark with some fabulous pop songs, such as "Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts" and "I'll Believe in Anything."

    Depending on your tolerance for anguished sounding vocals and interchanging guitar/keyboard hooks, your enjoyment of the album may vary. I know the big indie rag loves this, but honestly don't think I can include it any higher on the list
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    china dollchina doll Posts: 46
    Interesting. I am downloading a few samples...
    Thanks harrison. Maybe you should take your beatbox down the street and eat some acid you silly pervert.

    Moloko21- You have been banned for the following reason:
    refusing to followthe posting guidelines you agreed to when you registered for the bbs

    Date the ban will be lifted: 02-22-2006
  • Options
    JSBEJSBE Posts: 1,075
    Echoes wrote:
    I haven't actually heard Wonderful Rainbow, but if it is more of the same, I am down. It is basically around an hour of straight out riffing and pounding on the skins like there is no tomorrow. The album briefly lets up on "Infinity Farm," but keeps it pounding away for the most part. It is a blast to listen to, and I could see it being really fun to dance to. Check out "2 Morro Morro L" for a good idea of the sound.

    And Wolf Parade, I honestly feel is over hyped. It really hits the mark with some fabulous pop songs, such as "Sons And Daughters Of Hungry Ghosts" and "I'll Believe in Anything."

    Depending on your tolerance for anguished sounding vocals and interchanging guitar/keyboard hooks, your enjoyment of the album may vary. I know the big indie rag loves this, but honestly don't think I can include it any higher on the list

    i've only head bits and pieces of wonderful rainbow, but from what i remember it was more of the same.

    i'll have to check out some samples for wolf parade before i commit. the random cd purchases have definately slowed down over the last 6 months or so...
  • Options
    mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,757
    1. Black Mountain - s/t
    2. My Morning Jacket - z
    3. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - howl
    4. Steven Malkmus - face the truth
    5. Cloud Cult - advice from a happy hippopatamus
    6. Eels - blinking lights
    7. Sleater Kinney - the woods
    8. Sigur Ros - takk
    9. Sufjan Stevens - illinoise
    10. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
    11. Shugo Tokumaru - L.S.T.
    12. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
    13. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
    14. Clap Your hands say yeah - s/t
    15. The Boy Least Likely to - best party ever
    16. Animal Collective - Feels
    17. Morning After Girls - Ep's 1&2
    18. Devandra banhart - cripple crow
    19. Rogue Wave - descended like vultures
    20. Broken Social Scene - s/t
    21. Tim Seely - funeral music
    22. Six Organs of Admittance - school of flower
    23. Jason Forrest - shamelessly exciting
    24. Jennifer Gentle - Valende
    25. Amadou & Mariam
    350x700px-LL-d2f49cb4_vinyl-needle-scu-e1356666258495.jpeg
  • Options
    Matt LukinMatt Lukin Posts: 647
    1. SOAD - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
    2. QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze
    3. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better
    4. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
    5. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
    The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
    And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
  • Options
    chipboychipboy Posts: 137
    These are the ones that got the most Ipod play for me.

    Springsteen - Devils & Dust
    The Killers - Hot Fuss
    Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
    The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
    Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets are Kept
    Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
    Matisyahu - Live at Stubb's
  • Options
    EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Hot Fuss was last year (and awful)
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • Options
    chipboychipboy Posts: 137
    Well they were this year for me! I love that cd but I don't think they will be more than a one album wonder.
  • Options
    moloko21moloko21 Posts: 114
    gorillaz - demon days
    "no, i can't give you full credit, but i'm not gonna flunk you either. you're all getting incompletes."
  • Options
    mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,757
    chipboy wrote:
    Well they were this year for me! I love that cd but I don't think they will be more than a one album wonder.

    yeah and they know it too.

    http://www.aversion.com/news/news_article.cfm?news_id=5247
    350x700px-LL-d2f49cb4_vinyl-needle-scu-e1356666258495.jpeg
  • Options
    moloko21moloko21 Posts: 114
    depeche mode - playing the angel
    "no, i can't give you full credit, but i'm not gonna flunk you either. you're all getting incompletes."
  • Options
    OmaramaOmarama Posts: 267
    do these albums have to have been released in 2005.if so sunrise over sea is a 2004 album. but good choice,it would be on my list as well!
    Monty Got a Raw Deal

    " makes much more sense to live in the present tense "
  • Options
    pearljam_addictionpearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    Omarama wrote:
    do these albums have to have been released in 2005.if so sunrise over sea is a 2004 album. but good choice,it would be on my list as well!
    that is true , but Sunrise Over Sea wasnt released in the US until 2005!
    "I Will Scream my Lungs out 'til it fills this Room "

    " I Will Feel Alive as Long as I am Free"

    "Are We Getting SomeThing Out Of this All Encompassing Trip? Makes Much More Sense To Live In The Present Tense"

    www.myspace.com/ehoff12982
Sign In or Register to comment.