The Top 25 Albums of 2005

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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    Beuna, could you please stop spamming this thread with repeated posts? That would be appreciated. If you'd care to discuss the points of the CD's on people's lists, by all means, do so, but running through people's lists and posting what you thought was good, with absolutely zero reasoning, is not only more dickish than I have ever been, but annoying as hell.

    if you would, will you explain why you cut most of those albums off of my list, at the least, without resorting to a pathetic answer like "I didn't like it" or " I didn't hear it"? I''m honestly curious.
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  • trebmal
    trebmal Boston Posts: 102
    Gotta love these threads that bring out the music snob in some.... snob at me all you want I'm more mainstream than crazy indie any way.. i don't like it because its 'fed' to me through the radio...i like it cause I like it.

    I could only think of 7 right now (in no particular order) im at work and not really putting my nose to the grindstone..

    1/Coheed & cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
    2/Armor for Sleep - What to do when you are dead
    3/Mae - Everglow
    4/Bullet for my valentine [import] - The poison (although it's not released in the US yet)
    5/311 - Don't Tread on me
    6/Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
    7/Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront
    9.15.98, 8.29.00, 8.30.00, 7.02.03, 7.03.03, 7.11.03 Mansfield, MA | 9.28.04, 9.29.04 Boston, MA, 5.12.06 Albany, NY | 5.13.06 Hartford, CT | 5.24, 5.25.06 Boston, MA | 8.05.07 Chicago, IL (lolla) | 6.27.08 Hartford, CT | 6.28, 6.30.08 Mansfield, MA | 10.4.09 Austin, TX (ACL), 10.30 | 10.31.09, Philadelphia, PA 5.17.10 Boston, MA, 10.15 | 10.16.2013 Worcester, MA, 10.25.13 Hartford, CT, 10.16.14 Detroit, MI, 4.18.16 Hampton, VA, 5.1 | 5.2.16 NYC, 8.5 | 8.7.16 Boston, MA, 7.3.18 Kraków, PL | 8.8 - 8.10.18 Seattle, WA | 8.13.18 Missoula, MT | 8.18.18 Chicago, IL | 9.2 - 9.4.18 Boston, MA | 9.18.21 Asbury Park, NJ | 9.1.22 Québec City, CAN | 9.3.22 Ottawa, CAN
  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    Echoes wrote:
    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)

    My mistake, misunderstood you then.

    You do come off sounding very pretentious a lot though. Seems you realize that though and don't really mind. Just pointing that out, thanks for the explaination.
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    Well, when you flat out say the radio sucks and you hate almost all of the CDs that cam out by mainstream bands this year, it is really hard to NOT sound pretentious.
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  • pj_zombie
    pj_zombie Posts: 272
    Echoes wrote:
    Well, when you flat out say the radio sucks and you hate almost all of the CDs that cam out by mainstream bands this year, it is really hard to NOT sound pretentious.

    Least you aren't a prick about it like Buena. Ah well, all was said and done on that topic. I'll stick to liking the few mainstream bands that play music good to my ears and have a passion about it(instead of a formula).
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  • leatherman_8
    leatherman_8 Posts: 107
    Wow...these list things are about the only things that get me to post anymore...

    Top 5:
    1. Ryan Adams- Cold Roses
    2. Sufjan Stevens- Illinois
    3. Sleater Kinney- The Woods
    4. Son Volt- Okemah and the Melody of Riot
    5. Sigur Ros- Takk...

    The rest in no order:
    Ryan Adams- Jacksonville City Nights
    Broken Social Scene- Broken Social Scene
    Josh Rouse- Nashville
    Iron and Wine & Calexico- In the Reins
    Iron and Wine- Woman King
    Erin McKeown- We Will Become Like Birds
    Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
    Doves- Some Cities
    Coldplay- X&Y
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Howl
    Beck- Guero
    Amos Lee- Amos Lee
    New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
    Nickel Creek- Why Should The Fire Die
    Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
    Matt Pond PA- Several Arrows Later
    Bright Eyes- Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
    Death Cab for Cutie- Plans
    Foo Fighters- In Your Honor

    That's It for now...haven't heard the new My Morning Jacket yet, but I'm assuming I'll dig it.
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  • pearljam_addiction
    pearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    trebmal wrote:
    Gotta love these threads that bring out the music snob in some.... snob at me all you want I'm more mainstream than crazy indie any way.. i don't like it because its 'fed' to me through the radio...i like it cause I like it.

    I could only think of 7 right now (in no particular order) im at work and not really putting my nose to the grindstone..

    1/Coheed & cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
    2/Armor for Sleep - What to do when you are dead
    3/Mae - Everglow
    love your top three, first person to share same picks in that genre
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  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    Echoes, for discusssion's sake....

    did you hear The New Pornographers album this year?

    Just wondering, you seem open to discussion so i thought I would take you up on the offer.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    i love a lot of the albums mentioned above, incl. the white stripes, death cab, etc.

    one album that i haven't seen mentioned is mike doughty's "haughty melodic." fantastic fucking album from the former frontman of the soul coughing. check it out if you get the chance.
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    CM1847 wrote:
    Echoes, for discusssion's sake....

    did you hear The New Pornographers album this year?

    Just wondering, you seem open to discussion so i thought I would take you up on the offer.

    No, I haven't. It is one of the few relatively high profile releases that I didn't get a chance to listen to. I heard one single, "Streets Of Fire," and while inoffensive, I don't think it all that great. I will probably get it one of these days, but right now, it isn't very high on my priorities list. What did you think of it?
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  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    Echoes wrote:
    No, I haven't. It is one of the few relatively high profile releases that I didn't get a chance to listen to. I heard one single, "Streets Of Fire," and while inoffensive, I don't think it all that great. I will probably get it one of these days, but right now, it isn't very high on my priorities list. What did you think of it?
    I loved it, that's why I asked. I didn't know "Streets of Fire" was a single, not a bad song, but definitely at least 5 or 6 others I would have considered better single quality songs, interesting. The only single I knew of was "Use It", I caught the video online somewhere a little while back.

    The album just plays like Broken Social Scene-lite. The Canadian thing is obvious, but just in that there are so many people involved with both of the bands, switching songwriters and lead singers in and out throughout the whole album. Really similar, but The New Pornographers have a much more pop feel to them, which definitely isn't a bad thing. They are my top two albums of the year actually.
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    While it doesn't exactly follow the sound of BSS, the collective nature of the band definately creates a link. NP is a west coast thing, If I remember properly.

    I am nnot sure if it was the single from the album, but it was the one I heard.
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  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    Echoes wrote:
    While it doesn't exactly follow the sound of BSS, the collective nature of the band definately creates a link. NP is a west coast thing, If I remember properly.

    I am nnot sure if it was the single from the album, but it was the one I heard.
    I have heard NP are big in Toronto(forgive my complete ignoracne about Canada's geography, but I believe Toronto is on the East coast?). Doesn't mean they are from there, just heard they are big there, for whatever that is worth.

    I wouldn't think it was a single, doesnt have many "single qualities" really, but I'm not sure. And I agree, the actual musical links between BSS and NP are slim, but the way that so many musicians come together to create a singular piece of work that actualy sounds like a singular piece of work is just amazing.
  • El Riot Actor
    El Riot Actor Posts: 246
    Coldplay X&Y
  • blacknapkins
    blacknapkins Posts: 2,177
    This is was surprisingly good year for new albums, even without new Pearl Jam or Radiohead. I can't think of 25, but I'll offer these five as my favorites:

    Queens of the Stone Age ~ Lullabies to Paralyze
    Gorillaz ~ Demon Days
    NIN ~ With Teeth
    Sleater-Kinney ~ The Woods
    Foo Fighters ~ In Your Honor
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  • Boekel Man
    Boekel Man Posts: 145
    audioslave - out of exile
    sigur ros - takk
    kashmir - no balance palace
    calexico| iron & wine - in the reins
    my morning jacket - Z
    madrugada - the deep end
    rammstein - rosenrot
    franz ferdinand - you could have it so much better
    bloc party - silent alarm
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  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Let's see if any of the 'stuck up, pretentious music snobs' knows my fav (live) album from 2005:

    Zita Swoon - A band in a box
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    CM1847 wrote:
    I have heard NP are big in Toronto(forgive my complete ignoracne about Canada's geography, but I believe Toronto is on the East coast?). Doesn't mean they are from there, just heard they are big there, for whatever that is worth.

    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
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  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    With_Teeth - NIN...

    i think this is the only CD i bought that was released in '05...
    so it must be the best... ;)
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Frances The Mute- The Mars Volta
    The Woods- Sleater-Kinney
    Lullabies to Paralyze- Queens of the Stone Age
    I'm Wide Awake and it's Morning- Bright Eyes
    Worlds Apart- Trail of the Dead
    Menos El Olso- Minus the Bear
    Okemah and the Melody of Riot- Son Volt
    Z-My Morning Jacket
    Takk- Sigur Ros


    I still have not heard the Sujan Stevens or the Wolf Parade album's yet and i hear they are fantastic. I'm sure i missed some other good ones but i think the above were my fav in no particular order
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