The Top 25 Albums of 2005

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  • transplant
    transplant Posts: 1,088
    Just wanted to comment I guess.
    Echoes wrote:
    8. Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
    I agree with this. Listening to it now matter of fact.
    Echoes wrote:
    9. The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
    don't you wish though that he would sing....maybe just a song or 2? I can understand it is their 'uniqueness' I guess, but the music kicks too much ass to not have someone howling over them on occasion.
    Echoes wrote:
    15. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
    these guys floored me when I saw them open for Opeth.
    Echoes wrote:
    16. Animal Collective - Feels
    I have tried this one. I don't know how one can get through Grass without the desire to jam something sharp in your ear to make the noise stop. I'll give them credit though, original as one can get this day in age.
  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    Echoes wrote:
    I am pretty sure the New Pornographers are from Vancouver. Toronto isn't exactly East Coast (it is probably closest to Detroit), but it is in the East

    as far as i am aware, they are from vancouver.

    i never got into them when 'mass romantic' came out. i bought it after all the year end lists came out. my musical tastes have changed slightly since then so i'll have to see if i can find some samples or mp3 or something...
  • JSBE
    JSBE Posts: 1,078
    my random cd buying stopped this year, so i didn't discover too many super-indie gems although there are tons out there i want to listen to.

    in no particular order...

    sleater-kinney - the woods
    my morning jacket - z
    spoon - gimme fiction
    sigur ros - takk
    queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze
    wilco - kicking television
    system of a down - mezmerize / hypnotize
    black mountain - s/t
    black rebel motorcycle club - howl
    doves - some cities
    bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning
    bloc party - silent alarm
    prefuse 73 - surrounded by silence
    eisley - room noises
    explosions in the sky - how strange, innocence (reissue)
    ...and you will know us by the trail of dead - worlds apart
    nine inch nails - with teeth
    kanye west - late registration
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    transplant wrote:
    I agree with this. Listening to it now matter of fact.

    I don't think it is as great as We Shall All Be Healed or Tallahasse, but it was still a really good album

    transplant wrote:
    don't you wish though that he would sing....maybe just a song or 2? I can understand it is their 'uniqueness' I guess, but the music kicks too much ass to not have someone howling over them on occasion.

    I personally don't mind Craig Finn's manic preaching over the racously fun music they make. I know a lot of people do, and a lot find him an insufferable douche (which I can see). It is definately their uniqueness, and he definately speaks to a lot of people. I personally just love the flow of the album, the tightness of the band, and of course, the delivery. The keyboard player was kind of a dick when we saw them, though

    transplant wrote:
    these guys floored me when I saw them open for Opeth.

    They opened for Opeth? Fuck what a great show that must have been. I already had tickets to the Hold Steady that night. Man, that would have fabulous

    transplant wrote:
    I have tried this one. I don't know how one can get through Grass without the desire to jam something sharp in your ear to make the noise stop. I'll give them credit though, original as one can get this day in age.

    Definately experimental, and if they didn't make at lest a few people make comments like that, then they aren't doing their job right. The pysch-induced "Bees" is a great track just to shit and absorb, and the "Banshee Beat" - "Daffy Duck" - "Loch Raven" trio is probably some of my favourite music all year. And about "Grass," well it has its own poppy charm - the screaming was never that big of a put-off for me.

    Well, maybe a little.

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  • {[No_Code}]
    {[No_Code}] Posts: 4,059
    THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2005

    TOP 10

    01. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
    02. Wolf Parade - Apologies To Queen Mary
    03. Los Hermanos - 4
    04. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
    05. The Decemberists - Picaresque
    06. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
    07. Brendan Benson - Alternative To Love
    08. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
    09. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
    10. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers


    TOP 20

    11. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralize
    12. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
    13. Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
    14. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
    15. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
    16. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
    17. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
    18. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
    19. Low - The Great Distroyer
    12. Doves - Some Cities

    TOP 30

    21. Weezer - Make Believe
    22. Idlewild - Warning / Promisses

    its still missing The Clientele new album and My Morning Jacket!
    So that is how I learned the lesson that everyone is alone. And your eyes must do some raining if you are ever going to grow. But when crying don't help and you can't compose yourself. It is best to compose a poem, an honest longing or simple song of hope.
    That is why I'm singing
  • sj_2150
    sj_2150 Posts: 275
    Strapping Young Lad - Alien
    Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
    Opeth - Ghost Reveries
    Exodus - Shovelheadedkillmachine
    Nine Inch Nails - [With_Teeth]
    Fear Factory - Transgression
    Dream Theater - Octavarium

    ...cant think of any others at the moment
    I wish my grass was emo... so then it would cut itself
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