The Annual "Top 5 Albums of the Year" Poll
boroff89
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Seeing as it is December, I figured it was time to do our annual poll. It's always interesting to see which albums Synergy favors. As always, do not vote for live albums, soundtracks, reissues, or greatest hits collections. Additionally, please do not vote for Ed's Into the Wild soundtrack. We all love Ed. The album has to have been released this year! If you don't know when an album was released, look it up before you list it. I will keep the tally of the votes. The order you list them in is unimportant.
41 Votes
Radiohead- In Rainbows
32 Votes
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
25 Votes
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
23 Votes
Kings of Leon- Because of the Times
22 Votes
Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
20 Votes
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
18 Votes
Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
15 Votes
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
13 Votes
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
11 Votes
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
10 Votes
Bruce Springsteen-Magic
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
9 Votes
The National - Boxer
The Shins- Wincing the Night Away
Wintersleep- Welcome to the Night Sky
8 Votes
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
7 Votes
Ben Harper- Lifeline
6 Votes
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Silverchair - Young Modern
5 Votes
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Grinderman-s/t
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
4 Votes
Bjork- Volta
Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch
Kanye West- Graduation
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss- Raising Sand
The New Pornographers- Challengers
3 Votes
Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours to Keep
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
Arctic monkeys - Favorite worst nightmare
Bright Eyes- Cassadaga
Clutch-From Beale Street To Oblivion
LCD soundsystem - Sounds of Silver
M.I.A.- Kala
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of Niggy Tardust
2 Votes
Ataxia - AW II
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Coheed & Cambria- No World For Tomorrow
Down-Over The Under (Down III)
El-P -I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Feist - the reminder
Idlewild - Make Another World
Jesu-Conqueror
Jimmy Eat World- Chase this Light
Matthew Good - Hospital Music
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Polyphonic Spree-Fragile Army
Sevendust - Alpha
Son Volt - The Search
Talib Kweli- Eardrum
Tegan and Sara- The Con
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Ire Works
The Weakerthans- Reunion Tour
Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
Wu-Tang Clan - The 8 Diagrams
1 Vote
!!! - Myth Takes
Alcest - Souveniers D'un Autre Monde
Amerykan Bananas-Amerykan Bananas EP
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Angus & Julia Stone - a book like this
Battles - mirrored
Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Black Lab - Passion Leaves a Trace
Blaqk Audio- Cex Cells
Bloc party - weekend in the city
Blonde Redhead - 23
Boris and Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Burial - Untrue
Caspian- The Four Trees
Cat Empire- So Many Nights
Chris Cornell - Carry On
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Collective Soul - Afterwords
Common- Finding Forever
Cornel West & BMWMB - Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations
Crowded House - Time On Earth
Cuff the Duke- Sidelines of the City
Dalek - abandoned language
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls
Digitalism - Idealism
Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times
Enemy- We Live & Die in these Towns
Explosions in the Sky- All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly
Fuel - Angels and Devils
Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
Gov't Mule - Mighty High
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - This Is Somewhere
Grant Lee Phillips - Strangelet
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Hanson- The Walk
Iron and Wine-The Shepherd's Dog
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene Presents) - Spirit If....
Liars - Liars
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Marilyn Manson- Eat Me, Drink Me
Megadeth - United Abominations
Missy Higgins - On A Clear Night
Múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Nomeansno-All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt
Ocean Colour Scene- On the Leyline
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
Operator- Operator
Patti Smith- Twelve
Patton Oswalt- Werewolves and Lollipops
Patty Griffin - children running through
Paul Kelly - Stolen Apples
Pelican - City of Echoes
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet
Portugal. The Man - Church Mouth
puddle of mudd - famous
Puscifier- V is for Vagina
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heavens Gate
Rush- Snakes and Arrows
Scraps of Tape- This is a Copy, Is This a Copy?
Sixx: A.M. - The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack
Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker
Soulsavers- It's Not How Far You Fall. . .
Southern Culture on the Skids- Countrypolitan Favorites
Stars - In Our Bedroom after the War
Stereophonics - Pull The Pin
The Bravery - The Sun And The Moon
The Broken Family Band - Hello Love
The Cribs - Mens Needs,Womens Needs,Whatever
The Eagles-Long Road Out of Eden
The Good, the Bad and the Queen - the good, the bad and the queen
The Ike Reilly Assassination- We Belong to the Staggering Nights
The Nightwatchman - One Man Revolution
The Pierces - 13 Tales of Love and Revenge
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
The Redwalls - The Redwalls
Unkle - war stories
Velvet Revolver - Libertad
Xavier Rudd - White Moth
Year Long Disaster- Year Long Disaster
Voted: Boroff89 (5), xSmackSoundx (5), mookeywrench (5), mushmouthmatt (5), dirt (5), merkinball (5), seanw1010 (2), stateoflove79 (5), Matt Lukin (5), transplant (5), poorgirl23 (5), direwolf74 (5), gleemonex (5), todd76 (5), soclose (5), pjoasisrule (5), bremerton (5), jamie uk (1), ipo (5), slowfade (5), soulsinging (5), darthvedder88 (5), Strangest Tribe (5), azwyldcats (1), jack bauer (5), south of seattle (5), keeponrockin (4), redmosquito10 (5), pjl44 (5), ledfloyd (5), spnkri (5), righteousbabe (3), fada (5), junkhead aic (5), green giant (5), otis mcfluster (5), a5pj (4), geishagrrl (5), gardenparty (4), NCBRI (3), pearljam addiction (5), pj habit (5), glasshouse (5), kann (5), julien (5), intodeep (5), audiodave (4), schoki (5), helpermonkey (5), greenspirit (5), ledvedderman (5), JSBE (5), brainofpj (5), restlesssoul (5), mulva9 (5), carlos D (5), Benzor (5), itsevobaby (5), sadprofessor (5), blyss (5), janeny (5), dunkman (5), CaterinaA (5), tybird (4), warehouse (4), scratchin a letter (5), mensane (5), godpt3 (5), rhcpjam6306 (5), deadmosquito (5), jeffbr (5), outofbreath (5), lukins fridge (5), pirlo21 (5), evensolo05 (5), danan (4), markerinthesand (5), zoso (4), drew2420 (4), eddievedder1977 (5), acidfuel (5), mcg (5), eclectic (5), cubbieblue82 (5), dr teeth (5), Tek Money (5), deadnothingbetter (5), blind melon (5), wpost211 (5), metsophorte (5), chaoseffect (3), volman0118 (5), soundgrunger (5), pearl jam and toast (2), katzenjammer (5), natureboy46 (4), mtilden (5), pearlstripes (1), odin (5), cm1847 (5), clutching benjamin (5), borisdisco (5), aicpearljamween (3), phatucini (5), turboweasel (1), londonrocks (5), daytimedilemma (5), culot4 (1), azwethinkweiz (5), enume cell (4), pr4mojo1 (3)
41 Votes
Radiohead- In Rainbows
32 Votes
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
25 Votes
The White Stripes - Icky Thump
23 Votes
Kings of Leon- Because of the Times
22 Votes
Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
20 Votes
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
18 Votes
Wilco- Sky Blue Sky
15 Votes
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
13 Votes
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
11 Votes
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
10 Votes
Bruce Springsteen-Magic
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
9 Votes
The National - Boxer
The Shins- Wincing the Night Away
Wintersleep- Welcome to the Night Sky
8 Votes
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
7 Votes
Ben Harper- Lifeline
6 Votes
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
Silverchair - Young Modern
5 Votes
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Grinderman-s/t
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
4 Votes
Bjork- Volta
Jason Isbell - Sirens Of The Ditch
Kanye West- Graduation
Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss- Raising Sand
The New Pornographers- Challengers
3 Votes
Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours to Keep
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
Arctic monkeys - Favorite worst nightmare
Bright Eyes- Cassadaga
Clutch-From Beale Street To Oblivion
LCD soundsystem - Sounds of Silver
M.I.A.- Kala
Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of Niggy Tardust
2 Votes
Ataxia - AW II
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Coheed & Cambria- No World For Tomorrow
Down-Over The Under (Down III)
El-P -I'll Sleep When You're Dead
Feist - the reminder
Idlewild - Make Another World
Jesu-Conqueror
Jimmy Eat World- Chase this Light
Matthew Good - Hospital Music
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Polyphonic Spree-Fragile Army
Sevendust - Alpha
Son Volt - The Search
Talib Kweli- Eardrum
Tegan and Sara- The Con
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Ire Works
The Weakerthans- Reunion Tour
Tori Amos - American Doll Posse
Wu-Tang Clan - The 8 Diagrams
1 Vote
!!! - Myth Takes
Alcest - Souveniers D'un Autre Monde
Amerykan Bananas-Amerykan Bananas EP
Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
Angus & Julia Stone - a book like this
Battles - mirrored
Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle
Black Lab - Passion Leaves a Trace
Blaqk Audio- Cex Cells
Bloc party - weekend in the city
Blonde Redhead - 23
Boris and Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Burial - Untrue
Caspian- The Four Trees
Cat Empire- So Many Nights
Chris Cornell - Carry On
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder
Collective Soul - Afterwords
Common- Finding Forever
Cornel West & BMWMB - Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations
Crowded House - Time On Earth
Cuff the Duke- Sidelines of the City
Dalek - abandoned language
Deerhunter - Cryptograms
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls
Digitalism - Idealism
Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times
Enemy- We Live & Die in these Towns
Explosions in the Sky- All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly
Fuel - Angels and Devils
Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
Gov't Mule - Mighty High
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - This Is Somewhere
Grant Lee Phillips - Strangelet
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Hanson- The Walk
Iron and Wine-The Shepherd's Dog
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene Presents) - Spirit If....
Liars - Liars
Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Marilyn Manson- Eat Me, Drink Me
Megadeth - United Abominations
Missy Higgins - On A Clear Night
Múm - Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Nomeansno-All Roads Lead to Ausfahrt
Ocean Colour Scene- On the Leyline
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna
Operator- Operator
Patti Smith- Twelve
Patton Oswalt- Werewolves and Lollipops
Patty Griffin - children running through
Paul Kelly - Stolen Apples
Pelican - City of Echoes
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Porcupine Tree- Fear of a Blank Planet
Portugal. The Man - Church Mouth
puddle of mudd - famous
Puscifier- V is for Vagina
Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
Rogue Wave - Asleep At Heavens Gate
Rush- Snakes and Arrows
Scraps of Tape- This is a Copy, Is This a Copy?
Sixx: A.M. - The Heroin Diaries Soundtrack
Skinny Puppy - Mythmaker
Soulsavers- It's Not How Far You Fall. . .
Southern Culture on the Skids- Countrypolitan Favorites
Stars - In Our Bedroom after the War
Stereophonics - Pull The Pin
The Bravery - The Sun And The Moon
The Broken Family Band - Hello Love
The Cribs - Mens Needs,Womens Needs,Whatever
The Eagles-Long Road Out of Eden
The Good, the Bad and the Queen - the good, the bad and the queen
The Ike Reilly Assassination- We Belong to the Staggering Nights
The Nightwatchman - One Man Revolution
The Pierces - 13 Tales of Love and Revenge
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
The Redwalls - The Redwalls
Unkle - war stories
Velvet Revolver - Libertad
Xavier Rudd - White Moth
Year Long Disaster- Year Long Disaster
Voted: Boroff89 (5), xSmackSoundx (5), mookeywrench (5), mushmouthmatt (5), dirt (5), merkinball (5), seanw1010 (2), stateoflove79 (5), Matt Lukin (5), transplant (5), poorgirl23 (5), direwolf74 (5), gleemonex (5), todd76 (5), soclose (5), pjoasisrule (5), bremerton (5), jamie uk (1), ipo (5), slowfade (5), soulsinging (5), darthvedder88 (5), Strangest Tribe (5), azwyldcats (1), jack bauer (5), south of seattle (5), keeponrockin (4), redmosquito10 (5), pjl44 (5), ledfloyd (5), spnkri (5), righteousbabe (3), fada (5), junkhead aic (5), green giant (5), otis mcfluster (5), a5pj (4), geishagrrl (5), gardenparty (4), NCBRI (3), pearljam addiction (5), pj habit (5), glasshouse (5), kann (5), julien (5), intodeep (5), audiodave (4), schoki (5), helpermonkey (5), greenspirit (5), ledvedderman (5), JSBE (5), brainofpj (5), restlesssoul (5), mulva9 (5), carlos D (5), Benzor (5), itsevobaby (5), sadprofessor (5), blyss (5), janeny (5), dunkman (5), CaterinaA (5), tybird (4), warehouse (4), scratchin a letter (5), mensane (5), godpt3 (5), rhcpjam6306 (5), deadmosquito (5), jeffbr (5), outofbreath (5), lukins fridge (5), pirlo21 (5), evensolo05 (5), danan (4), markerinthesand (5), zoso (4), drew2420 (4), eddievedder1977 (5), acidfuel (5), mcg (5), eclectic (5), cubbieblue82 (5), dr teeth (5), Tek Money (5), deadnothingbetter (5), blind melon (5), wpost211 (5), metsophorte (5), chaoseffect (3), volman0118 (5), soundgrunger (5), pearl jam and toast (2), katzenjammer (5), natureboy46 (4), mtilden (5), pearlstripes (1), odin (5), cm1847 (5), clutching benjamin (5), borisdisco (5), aicpearljamween (3), phatucini (5), turboweasel (1), londonrocks (5), daytimedilemma (5), culot4 (1), azwethinkweiz (5), enume cell (4), pr4mojo1 (3)
It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
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Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
The Shins- Wincing the Night Away
Tegan and Sara- The Con
The New Pornographers- Challengers
- Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
- Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
- The White Stripes - Icky Thump
- Velvet Revolver - Libertad
here's my top albums of the year in NO order:
Down-Over The Under (Down III)
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Ire Works
Clutch-From Beale Street To Oblivion
Pelican-City Of Echoes
Bruce Springsteen-Magic
Jesu-Conqueror
Teeth of Mammals-Mounting Revolutions EP
Neil Young-Chrome Dreams II
Queens of the Stone Age-Era Vulgaris
Clouds-Legendary Demo
Quips-Take Two
Iron & Wine-The Sheperd's Dog
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club-Baby 81
Radiohead-In Rainbows
So list your top 5, and when the poll is finished, take a listen to the high ranking albums you haven't heard before. I tend to discover a lot of new music on this board, and threads like this are how I do so.
yeah sounds like a really good idea
so....list your top 5.
This isn't a thread about agreeing or disagreeing, its about your top 5
Boris and Michio Kurihara - Rainbow
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna...
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls...
Definitely too good of a year for only 5
very cool...but out of those what 5 do you want to be included in the collaborative list?
okay...this is hard, which is why i just wrote my list out the way i did.. give it a try:
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Ire Works
Bruce Springsteen-Magic
Clutch-From Beale Street To Oblivion
Down-Over The Under (Down III)
Jesu-Conqueror
Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Others to consider:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Is Is
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Ryan Adams - Follow the Lights
The Shepherd's Dog ~ Iron & Wine
Kala ~ M.I.A.
Sky Blue Sky ~ Wilco
Volta ~ Bjork
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
eagles-long road out of eden
thats it
Let's leave soundtracks out of this as well (as cool as that one may be). Can you replace it with something else?
Yep. It's between Chrome Dreams II and Sky Blue Sky.
I'll give the nod to Sky Blue Sky ~ Wilco
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
QOTSA - Era Vulgaris
Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist
Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead...
Chris Cornell - Carry On
Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
Coheed And Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
Radiohead - In Rainbows
NIN - Year Zero
Again, top 5 only. I know it's tough, but give it a try.
Sorry...
Ok, I will Pick Silverchair, Foo Fighters, Pumpkins, Neil Young and QOTSA...
Panda Bear - Person Pitch
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
The National - Boxer
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
Spoon - Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga, Ga
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Pelican - City of Echoes
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
feist - the reminder
modest mouse - we were dead before the ship even sank
nine inch nails - year zero
queens of the stone age - era vulgaris
Cuff the Duke- Sidelines of the City
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band- Magic
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
The Weakerthans- Reunion Tour
-Tom Waits
Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Beastie Boys - The Mix-Up
the National - Boxer
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
Handsome Furs - Plague Park
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene Presents) - Spirit If....
and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
Josh Ritter - The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
Son Volt - The Search
I'm hesitant to vote as there are still a ton of new albums I want to hear, but I'm fairly confident these will remain my favorites.
The Redwalls - The Redwalls
Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
Interpol - Our Love To Admire
The Bravery - The Sun And The Moon
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
Into the wild not allowed
As I said in the initial post, let's leave Ed's album out of this. It would probably run away with the voting because this is a Pearl Jam board. Can you please replace it with something else?
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
Pinback - Autumn of the Seraphs
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga
Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
Why, plenty of people on this forum dont even like it? It was released this year, might as well let people include it but if your gonna whine about it I will say Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Sank
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson