Friday, December 16, 2005

Top fifty of 2005 part two (25-01) -

The wait is (finally?) over. Here are my favorite albums of 2005. My wife expected much more "challenging" or "dissonant" music. Yeah, but I'm a sucker for a catchy melody and there are plenty of those here.


25. The Joggers - With A Cape And A Cane (Startime)
MP3 | Since You're Already Up


24. The Decemberists - Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
MP3 | 16 Military Wives


23. Hammock - Kenotic (Hammock Music)
MP3 | The Air Between Us


22. Gratitude - S/T (Atlantic)
MP3 | Feel Alright


21. The Small Knives - Rain On Tin (Candle)
MP3 | Flashlight


20. My Morning Jacket - Z (ATO)
MP3 | Off The Record


19. Shining - In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (Rune Grammofon)
MP3 | Aleister Explains Everything


18. Clor - S/T (EMI)
MP3 | Stuck In A Tight Spot


17. Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
MP3 | The Predatory Wasp


16. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
MP3 | It's A Curse


15. Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso (Suicide Squeeze)
MP3 | Drilling


14. Paul Duncan - Be Careful Where You Call Home (Hometapes)
MP3 | Oil In The Fields


13. The Heavenly States - Black Comet (Baria)
MP3 | Look And Listen


12. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
MP3 | Four Tet - Sun, Drums, And Soil


11. Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die (Bar None)
MP3 | What's In Store


10. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree (4AD)
MP3 | This Year


09. Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures (Sub Pop)
MP3 | Publish My Love


08. Black Dice - Broken Ear Record (Astralwerks)
MP3 | Smiling Off


07. Page France - Hello, Dear Wind (Fall Records)
MP3 | Dogs


06. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar)
MP3 | Black


05. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T (Self Released)
MP3 | The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth


04. Phosphorescent - Aw Come Aw Wry (Misra)
MP3 | Not A Heel


03. Serena Maneesh - S/T (Honeymilk)
MP3 | Selina's Melodie Fountain


02. The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony)
MP3 | Get It Together



01. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm / Silent Alarm Remixed (Vice)
MP3 | Like Eating Glass
MP3 | Helicopter (Whitey Version)

*I know it's cheating to have two #1 albums, but it's the same songs (albeit different versions) by the same band on both albums.

8 Comments ↓

Anonymous Anonymous  at 1:20 AM 

I am so frustrated by Bloc Party's high top 10 rankings that I am posting about it on your blog.

There.

Blogger brian  at 6:33 AM 

This is a fantastic list. I really need to hear more Phosphorescent, I love what I've heard. Good work!

brian

Blogger Kristi Joy  at 7:28 AM 

Good to see Minus the Bear on somebody's list, it's been conspicuously absent from other blogs.

Blogger Eric Grubbs  at 11:35 AM 

Somebody else likes Bloc Party too?

:-)

Blogger Moka  at 1:47 PM 

Nice list eric! A little bit for everyone in here.

Glad to see you're staying for a while -

Blogger I have a beautiful labia  at 7:06 AM 

It’s a simple idea!

1: surf to www.blogger.com
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3: Use the password; password
4: klick on the actief weblog (post new)
5: Push the CREATE button
6: Fill in your list of 2005
7: SAVE it
8: and PUBLISH it
9: check www.yearlist.blogspot.com
10: At last! Send this email to all your friends!

Blogger matthew  at 6:33 PM 

nice to see someone else liked that serena maneesh album besides me...and i really need to hear that hammock full length. i have their ep and it's awesome. glad you're still updating.

Anonymous SammyDean  at 11:47 PM 

I would have had Sufjan Stevens higher but other than that cheers!

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