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
Seven Swans is my favorite from Sufjan Stevens , it is absolutely amazing
Illinoise is really good as well
"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"
i dont know if there were 25 albums out this year that i liked...oh well, heres what i got, in no real order
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl
Rolling Stones-A Bigger Bang
Paul McCartney-Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Neil Young-Prarie Wind
Eric Clapton-Back Home
Robert Plant-The Mighty Rearranger
Beck-Guero
White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
Dave Matthews Band-Stand Up
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Foo Fighters-In Your Honor
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
Transplants-Haunted Cities
Oasis-Don't Believe the Truth
B.B. King-80
Alice Cooper-Dirty Diamonds
and sometimes I like Coldplay's X & Y.
Yeah so thats like 17 or 18...and a lot of those are just ok, not great. Good year in music compared to recent years, but I still can't get a top 25 lol.
I've faced it, a life wasted, and I'm never going back again.
i dont know if there were 25 albums out this year that i liked...oh well, heres what i got, in no real order
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl
Rolling Stones-A Bigger Bang
Paul McCartney-Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Neil Young-Prarie Wind
Eric Clapton-Back Home
Robert Plant-The Mighty Rearranger
Beck-Guero
White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
Dave Matthews Band-Stand Up
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Foo Fighters-In Your Honor
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
Transplants-Haunted Cities
Oasis-Don't Believe the Truth
B.B. King-80
Alice Cooper-Dirty Diamonds
and sometimes I like Coldplay's X & Y.
Yeah so thats like 17 or 18...and a lot of those are just ok, not great. Good year in music compared to recent years, but I still can't get a top 25 lol.
Seeing as you listen entireley to radio bands, I can't blame you for finding 25 you liked. Hell, I'm amazed you even found that many.
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.
Why don't you just put the 25 albums you liked the most this year, rather than trying to get "the best representation of what was out there from this year?"
Maybe you did put your 25 favorite, but the way you worded that it sounds like you may have enjoyed TOD, SOAD, ect more, but didn't want to put them on there becase you would rather throw on a lesser known band.
constantines
the national
the acorn
clap your hands say yeah
teenage fanclub
doves
spoon
iron and iron/calexico
stephen malkmus
silver jews
sufjan stevens
brakes
british sea power
beck
wolf parade
joel plaskett
bloc party
sigur ros
super furry animals
okkervil river
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Low - The Great Destroyer
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
BRMC - Howl
NIN - With Teeth
QOTSA - Lullabies to paralyse
Mars Volta - Frances the mute
White Stripes - Get Behind me Satan
System Of A Down - Mesmerized/Hypnotized (should have been just one album)
High Dials - War of the Wakening Phantoms
Tricky Woo - First Blush
Priestess - Hello Master
My Morning Jacket - Z
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
and you'll know us by the trail of dead - Worlds apart
Black Mountain - Black Mountain
We are Wolves - Non-Stop Je Te Plie en Deux
La descente du Coude - Rince Bush
Dany Placard - Rang de l'église
Yesterday's Ring - El Rancho
not enough yet, i'll be back...
"L'homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers"
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Why don't you just put the 25 albums you liked the most this year, rather than trying to get "the best representation of what was out there from this year?"
Maybe you did put your 25 favorite, but the way you worded that it sounds like you may have enjoyed TOD, SOAD, ect more, but didn't want to put them on there becase you would rather throw on a lesser known band.
Oh no, what I meant could probably be have been conveyed more specifically as :
"In the sprit of getting the best representation of music that came out this year, I listened to SOAD, and TOD, and The Foo Fighters. However, I don't consider them good enough to consider breaching the top 25."
That any better? Trustme, I love tthe albums on my top 25. I don't do the wole "ranking high because they are popular" thing, otherwise you probably would have seen more indiehip bands like Clap Your Hands Say yeah! and Franz Ferdinand (ugh) on that list.
And child of the 80's, I'll try to be more pretentious, if you really want. But I do honestly think that most bands on the radio, in spite of having some songs/albums in the past, are pretty much shit nowadays. New releases by The Foos, Audioslave, Colplay SOAD etc etc all confirmed this (although that SOAD wasn't terrible, the first one, anyways)
...I don't do the wole "ranking high because they are popular" thing, otherwise you probably would have seen more indiehip bands like Clap Your Hands Say yeah!...
i think you were accused of ranking albums high because they're unpopular, not like you said. Which i dont think is any different then ranking high because they are popular, music should be based on music. But whatever to each his own, these lists are all arbitrary anyways.
Echoes, you do sound a little pretentious, but whatever, at least you put some thought into your selections. I appreciate that. I got some good recommendations from that list. I don't agree with some of your choices, but to each his own. (The Mountain Goats is a particularly tough choice for me to swallow.)
"no, i can't give you full credit, but i'm not gonna flunk you either. you're all getting incompletes."
i think you were accused of ranking albums high because they're unpopular, not like you said. Which i dont think is any different then ranking high because they are popular, music should be based on music. But whatever to each his own, these lists are all arbitrary anyways.
Oh. Well that's silly. I can straight up back any of the choices up, and I can honestly say all the "popular" choices were pretty bland.
Also Moloko, The Sunset Tree may not have been as stellar as some of his past works, his last 3 albums in particular, I found it to be a painstaking portrait of Darnielle's life as a teenager. Unfortunately, it really tails off on the last half of the album, otherwise I would have had it top 5. It might even drop out of the top 10 before all is said and done with things.
Surjan Stevens - Illinoise
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Ryan Adams - 29
SOAD - Mezmerize
AiC - Bootleg Seattle Show,March 05
Jimmy Chamberlain Experience
Gorbachov - Revenge of the Sauce
Oasis - Don't Believe The truth
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum(i got this this year,cant remeber if it was released this year)
Sigur Ross - Takk
Trivium - Ascendancy
Anthony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
My Morning Jacket - Z
Low - The Great Destroyer
Black Label Society - Mafia
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Martha Wainwright - Self titled
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Lights
Social Distortion didn't release an album this year. They did have a song on the Lords Of Dogtown soundtrack though.
In no order:
Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock 'n' Roll
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
The Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators
We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor
Dan Sartain - Dan Sartain Vs. The Serpientes
The Greenhornes - East Grand Blues EP
Dirty Three - Cinders
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Giant Drag - Hearts & Unicorns
Aqueduct - I Sold Gold
The Subways - Young For Eternity
The Rakes - Capture / Release
Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones
Iron & Wine And Calexico - In The Reins EP
The Cribs - New Fellas
The Kills - No Wow
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
Kinski - Alpine Static
Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
Sigur Ros - Takk
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Album Of The Year: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
I could never come with 25 new albums released this year but here's a few that I did buy and enjoy thoroughly.
1. Shinedown - Us And Them
2. Revery - Avarice & Absolution
3. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
4. Seether - Karma & Effect
5. 10 Years - The Autumn Effect
6. Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
7. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Pearl Jam Album Rankings
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1. Ten
2. Vs.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Binaural
5. No Code
6. Riot Act
7. Yield
8. Vitalogy
Pearl Jam Song Rankings
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1. Black
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Light Years
4. Given to Fly
5. Severed Hand
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
What a tame and lame list. let me cut out the fat for you...
7) Neil Young- Prarie Wind
9) the Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
11) Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
16) Bright Eyes- Im Wide awake, Its morning
18) Kings of Leon- Aha Shake HeartBreak
that's better...
"It's the American Dream I am disbelieving... When the gas in my tank feels like money in the bank... I’m gonna blow it all this time, take me one last ride..." - Gone (vedder)
Surjan Stevens - Illinoise
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Ryan Adams - 29
SOAD - Mezmerize
AiC - Bootleg Seattle Show,March 05
Jimmy Chamberlain Experience
Gorbachov - Revenge of the Sauce
Oasis - Don't Believe The truth
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum(i got this this year,cant remeber if it was released this year)
Sigur Ross - Takk
Trivium - Ascendancy
Anthony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
My Morning Jacket - Z
Low - The Great Destroyer
Black Label Society - Mafia
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Martha Wainwright - Self titled
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Lights
meh,cant think of any more.
I can cut some of the fat out of this list!
SOAD - Mezmerize
AiC - Bootleg Seattle Show,March 05
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Low - The Great Destroyer
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Lights
That's better!
"It's the American Dream I am disbelieving... When the gas in my tank feels like money in the bank... I’m gonna blow it all this time, take me one last ride..." - Gone (vedder)
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)
I'll cut some of the fat out of this one as well!!
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullibies to Paralyze (love the bonus tracks you get w/ the vinyl set edition)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (NIN's best so far, IMO)
Beck - Guero
Nice...
"It's the American Dream I am disbelieving... When the gas in my tank feels like money in the bank... I’m gonna blow it all this time, take me one last ride..." - Gone (vedder)
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.
So much fat on this list.... let me start a choppin'!
20. Broken Social Scene - s/t
24. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
25. Low - The Great Destroyer
Whooo Whooo! I was tired after that choppin!
"It's the American Dream I am disbelieving... When the gas in my tank feels like money in the bank... I’m gonna blow it all this time, take me one last ride..." - Gone (vedder)
Social Distortion didn't release an album this year. They did have a song on the Lords Of Dogtown soundtrack though.
In no order:
Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock 'n' Roll
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
The Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators
We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor
Dan Sartain - Dan Sartain Vs. The Serpientes
The Greenhornes - East Grand Blues EP
Dirty Three - Cinders
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Giant Drag - Hearts & Unicorns
Aqueduct - I Sold Gold
The Subways - Young For Eternity
The Rakes - Capture / Release
Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones
Iron & Wine And Calexico - In The Reins EP
The Cribs - New Fellas
The Kills - No Wow
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
Kinski - Alpine Static
Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
Sigur Ros - Takk
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Album Of The Year: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Album Of Next Year: Cat Power - The Greatest
Lots of fat on this one... Your ipod must hate you
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones
Iron & Wine And Calexico - In The Reins EP
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
Album Of The Year: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Go forth and enjoy!
"It's the American Dream I am disbelieving... When the gas in my tank feels like money in the bank... I’m gonna blow it all this time, take me one last ride..." - Gone (vedder)
i dont know if there were 25 albums out this year that i liked...oh well, heres what i got, in no real order
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl
Rolling Stones-A Bigger Bang
Paul McCartney-Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Neil Young-Prarie Wind
Eric Clapton-Back Home
Robert Plant-The Mighty Rearranger
Beck-Guero
White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
Dave Matthews Band-Stand Up
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Foo Fighters-In Your Honor
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
Transplants-Haunted Cities
Oasis-Don't Believe the Truth
B.B. King-80
Alice Cooper-Dirty Diamonds
and sometimes I like Coldplay's X & Y.
Yeah so thats like 17 or 18...and a lot of those are just ok, not great. Good year in music compared to recent years, but I still can't get a top 25 lol.
This will be fun to chop chop
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl
Neil Young-Prarie Wind
White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
YEAH!
"It's the American Dream I am disbelieving... When the gas in my tank feels like money in the bank... I’m gonna blow it all this time, take me one last ride..." - Gone (vedder)
SOAD - Mezmerize
AiC - Bootleg Seattle Show,March 05
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Low - The Great Destroyer
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Lights
What a tame and lame list. let me cut out the fat for you...
7) Neil Young- Prarie Wind
9) the Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
11) Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
16) Bright Eyes- Im Wide awake, Its morning
18) Kings of Leon- Aha Shake HeartBreak
that's better...
i forgot you were the Source of all Musical Greatness :mad:
i listed the albums that I thought were the Best of 2005, not a list that might please you. sorry that you disagree. i like to see your list!
im sure ill find some i would think are Fat
"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"
Everyone could find fat on anyone's list. I highly doubt there's two people that like the exact same bands and dislike the exact same ones. No one here has a better musical taste than anyone else other than themselves. These type of topics are really best to show what your tastes are so some convos can get going on similar music or on bringing new music to a new set of ears if someone is curious.
Pearl Jam Album Rankings
---
1. Ten
2. Vs.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Binaural
5. No Code
6. Riot Act
7. Yield
8. Vitalogy
Pearl Jam Song Rankings
---
1. Black
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Light Years
4. Given to Fly
5. Severed Hand
Comments
Seven Swans is my favorite from Sufjan Stevens , it is absolutely amazing
Illinoise is really good as well
" 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
didn't know that sorry.you poor deprived people lol
" makes much more sense to live in the present tense "
Yes!!
" 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
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl
Rolling Stones-A Bigger Bang
Paul McCartney-Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Neil Young-Prarie Wind
Eric Clapton-Back Home
Robert Plant-The Mighty Rearranger
Beck-Guero
White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
Dave Matthews Band-Stand Up
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Foo Fighters-In Your Honor
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
Transplants-Haunted Cities
Oasis-Don't Believe the Truth
B.B. King-80
Alice Cooper-Dirty Diamonds
and sometimes I like Coldplay's X & Y.
Yeah so thats like 17 or 18...and a lot of those are just ok, not great. Good year in music compared to recent years, but I still can't get a top 25 lol.
Some die just to live.
Seeing as you listen entireley to radio bands, I can't blame you for finding 25 you liked. Hell, I'm amazed you even found that many.
Maybe you did put your 25 favorite, but the way you worded that it sounds like you may have enjoyed TOD, SOAD, ect more, but didn't want to put them on there becase you would rather throw on a lesser known band.
constantines
the national
the acorn
clap your hands say yeah
teenage fanclub
doves
spoon
iron and iron/calexico
stephen malkmus
silver jews
sufjan stevens
brakes
british sea power
beck
wolf parade
joel plaskett
bloc party
sigur ros
super furry animals
okkervil river
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Low - The Great Destroyer
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
BRMC - Howl
NIN - With Teeth
QOTSA - Lullabies to paralyse
Mars Volta - Frances the mute
White Stripes - Get Behind me Satan
System Of A Down - Mesmerized/Hypnotized (should have been just one album)
High Dials - War of the Wakening Phantoms
Tricky Woo - First Blush
Priestess - Hello Master
My Morning Jacket - Z
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
and you'll know us by the trail of dead - Worlds apart
Black Mountain - Black Mountain
We are Wolves - Non-Stop Je Te Plie en Deux
La descente du Coude - Rince Bush
Dany Placard - Rang de l'église
Yesterday's Ring - El Rancho
not enough yet, i'll be back...
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Oh no, what I meant could probably be have been conveyed more specifically as :
"In the sprit of getting the best representation of music that came out this year, I listened to SOAD, and TOD, and The Foo Fighters. However, I don't consider them good enough to consider breaching the top 25."
That any better? Trustme, I love tthe albums on my top 25. I don't do the wole "ranking high because they are popular" thing, otherwise you probably would have seen more indiehip bands like Clap Your Hands Say yeah! and Franz Ferdinand (ugh) on that list.
And child of the 80's, I'll try to be more pretentious, if you really want. But I do honestly think that most bands on the radio, in spite of having some songs/albums in the past, are pretty much shit nowadays. New releases by The Foos, Audioslave, Colplay SOAD etc etc all confirmed this (although that SOAD wasn't terrible, the first one, anyways)
i think you were accused of ranking albums high because they're unpopular, not like you said. Which i dont think is any different then ranking high because they are popular, music should be based on music. But whatever to each his own, these lists are all arbitrary anyways.
2. the white stripes-get behind me satan
3. sleater-kinney-the woods
Oh. Well that's silly. I can straight up back any of the choices up, and I can honestly say all the "popular" choices were pretty bland.
Also Moloko, The Sunset Tree may not have been as stellar as some of his past works, his last 3 albums in particular, I found it to be a painstaking portrait of Darnielle's life as a teenager. Unfortunately, it really tails off on the last half of the album, otherwise I would have had it top 5. It might even drop out of the top 10 before all is said and done with things.
Surjan Stevens - Illinoise
Josh Rouse - Nashville
Ryan Adams - 29
SOAD - Mezmerize
AiC - Bootleg Seattle Show,March 05
Jimmy Chamberlain Experience
Gorbachov - Revenge of the Sauce
Oasis - Don't Believe The truth
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum(i got this this year,cant remeber if it was released this year)
Sigur Ross - Takk
Trivium - Ascendancy
Anthony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
My Morning Jacket - Z
Low - The Great Destroyer
Black Label Society - Mafia
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Martha Wainwright - Self titled
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Lights
meh,cant think of any more.
In no order:
Antony & The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock 'n' Roll
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
The Lucksmiths - Warmer Corners
The Heartless Bastards - Stairs and Elevators
We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor
Dan Sartain - Dan Sartain Vs. The Serpientes
The Greenhornes - East Grand Blues EP
Dirty Three - Cinders
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Giant Drag - Hearts & Unicorns
Aqueduct - I Sold Gold
The Subways - Young For Eternity
The Rakes - Capture / Release
Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones
Iron & Wine And Calexico - In The Reins EP
The Cribs - New Fellas
The Kills - No Wow
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
Kinski - Alpine Static
Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
Sigur Ros - Takk
Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Album Of The Year: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Album Of Next Year: Cat Power - The Greatest
1. Shinedown - Us And Them
2. Revery - Avarice & Absolution
3. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
4. Seether - Karma & Effect
5. 10 Years - The Autumn Effect
6. Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
7. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
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1. Ten
2. Vs.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Binaural
5. No Code
6. Riot Act
7. Yield
8. Vitalogy
Pearl Jam Song Rankings
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1. Black
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Light Years
4. Given to Fly
5. Severed Hand
What a tame and lame list. let me cut out the fat for you...
7) Neil Young- Prarie Wind
9) the Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
11) Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
16) Bright Eyes- Im Wide awake, Its morning
18) Kings of Leon- Aha Shake HeartBreak
that's better...
I can cut some of the fat out of this list!
SOAD - Mezmerize
AiC - Bootleg Seattle Show,March 05
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyse
Low - The Great Destroyer
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Lights
That's better!
I'll cut some of the fat out of this one as well!!
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullibies to Paralyze (love the bonus tracks you get w/ the vinyl set edition)
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (NIN's best so far, IMO)
Beck - Guero
Nice...
So much fat on this list.... let me start a choppin'!
20. Broken Social Scene - s/t
24. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
25. Low - The Great Destroyer
Whooo Whooo! I was tired after that choppin!
Lots of fat on this one... Your ipod must hate you
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Fruit Bats - Spelled In Bones
Iron & Wine And Calexico - In The Reins EP
The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts
Album Of The Year: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Go forth and enjoy!
This will be fun to chop chop
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Howl
Neil Young-Prarie Wind
White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
YEAH!
and the white stripes!
Some die just to live.
i forgot you were the Source of all Musical Greatness :mad:
i listed the albums that I thought were the Best of 2005, not a list that might please you. sorry that you disagree. i like to see your list!
im sure ill find some i would think are Fat
" 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"
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1. Ten
2. Vs.
3. Pearl Jam
4. Binaural
5. No Code
6. Riot Act
7. Yield
8. Vitalogy
Pearl Jam Song Rankings
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1. Black
2. Rearviewmirror
3. Light Years
4. Given to Fly
5. Severed Hand