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Best of 2005
Kai:
2005 was so much better than 04 on so many levels. I had enough choices that I really could have expanded my list to ten, but I prefer five, for some odd reason.
Outshined:
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10. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
Bullshit noise music that makes my head hurt. I just love the drummer, Brian Chippendale.
Five Most Laughable Attempts at Music in 2005 (#1 being the worst)
4. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Hahahaha!
3. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
I love what people try to pass off as music nowadays.
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So wait, you put Lightning Bolt in your top ten for being "bullshit noise music" and then turn around and rag on The Mars Volta and Broken Social Scene? Holy irrationality, batman!
Octillus:
--- Quote from: Dmef ---Aaand... I want to say Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze, but that's just the fanboy in me. A decent album, but it's nowhere near as good as their previous releases.
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Man I disagree. I think it's their BEST release. It's also my favorite album of the year (Nine Inch Nails, Dark Tranquillity, My Morning Jacket, Foo Fighters and Rammstein all put out great albums in my mind also) They take all that was right with Rated R in the atmospheric sense, and they inject it with the genre hopping capabilities of Songs for the Deaf. I like how they cut the fat of Nick Oliveri (I'm sorry, but anyone who beats his girlfriend does not deserve rock star status) and his lame "we're gutter punk trash" even though I enjoyed quick and to the pointless on Rated R. The album just keeps getting a bit darker until Someone's in the Wolf, which floored me the first time I heard it. So the bass isn't as apparent, and the drums aren't the hammer of the gods dropping by grohl, it doesn't matter when such calm and calculated controlled insanity exists in the songwriting.
FutureLooksLike:
01. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
This has a different sound than their previous albums. It’s a heavier record, and it has far less of a feminist theme. This is far from my favorite album by them, but I still love it.
02. Metric – Live it Out
This record has a different sound from their first record, and it is almost as good. “The Police and the Private” is an amazing song.
03. Gravy Train!!!! – Are You Wigglin?
I also don’t like this record as much as Hello Doctor, but it’s still a fun record.
04. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans
Nowhere near as good as Transatlantacism but still a good record.
05. The Decemberists – Picaresque
06. Bright Eyes- I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
07. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine 08. Stars – Set Yourself on Fire
09. Ani DiFranco – Knuckle Down
10. Iron and Wine – Woman King
11. Fall Out Boy – From Under the Cork Tree
My friend got my listening to more pop-punk type albums this year. This album is very catchy and is much better than any of their previous releases.
12. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
13. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
14. The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
15. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
This is my least favorite album by them.
16. The Academy Is… - Almost Here
17. Jimmy Eat World – Stay on My Side Tonight
18. Motion City Soundtrack – Commit This To Memory
19. Straylight Run – Prepare to Be Wrong
20.
I didn’t make it to twenty, but my list is probably going to change in a few days anyway. I’m getting several CDs on Sunday.
Joseph:
Well, now that I've listened to a bit more (though there's still tons I've missed so far this year), here's my current top 10.
1. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
2. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
3. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
4. Maxïmo Park - A Certain Trigger
5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
6. Bright Eyes - I'm Wise Awake It's Morning
7. Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust
8. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
9. The Decemberists - Picaresque
10. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Of course, I didn't actually listen t omany more albums from 2005 this year. There are certainly plenty I wish I'd listened to at this point, and plan on getting soon, such as those from Broken Social Scene, Lightning Bolt, Sufjan Stevens, The Hold Steady, Spoon, and Sleater-Kinney.
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