The Top 25 Albums of 2005

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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,075
    Echoes wrote:

    ...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.
  • moloko21
    moloko21 Posts: 114
    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."
  • pearl jam rules
    pearl jam rules Posts: 129
    1. my morning jacket-Z
    2. the white stripes-get behind me satan
    3. sleater-kinney-the woods
  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    mookeywrench wrote:
    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.
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  • Richy_Faceliftology
    Richy_Faceliftology Posts: 29
    No particular order but...

    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.
  • McCready00
    McCready00 Posts: 371
    come on guys, no Social Distortion in your lists ?
    -"it's times like these you have to ask yourself, "what would mike mccready do"
  • aronik
    aronik Posts: 3
    Venskus...
    I thought i would live to see the birth and death of rock and roll until i met Robert Randolph- Eric Clapton
  • clutching_benjamin
    clutching_benjamin Posts: 95
    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
  • pj_zombie
    pj_zombie Posts: 272
    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
    ---
    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
  • BUENA
    BUENA Posts: 165
    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

    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)
  • BUENA
    BUENA Posts: 165
    Richy_Faceliftology wrote:
    No particular order but...

    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)
  • BUENA
    BUENA Posts: 165
    dirt wrote:
    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)
  • BUENA
    BUENA Posts: 165
    Echoes wrote:
    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)
  • BUENA
    BUENA Posts: 165
    clutching_benjamin wrote:
    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)
  • BUENA
    BUENA Posts: 165
    LedZepFan wrote:
    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)
  • El Riot Actor
    El Riot Actor Posts: 246
    The White Stripes hands down!!!
    and the white stripes!
  • LedZepFan
    LedZepFan Posts: 1,009
    well you left Howl in which is probably my favorite of the year so it's all good lol
    I've faced it, a life wasted, and I'm never going back again.

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  • Jellyrolls
    Jellyrolls Posts: 523
    BUENA wrote:
    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!
    You suck at music.
  • pearljam_addiction
    pearljam_addiction Posts: 668
    BUENA wrote:
    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
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  • pj_zombie
    pj_zombie Posts: 272
    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

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