Top 5 Albums of 2005.

[Mr_Complex]

1. Spoon -- Gimme Fiction
2. Wolf Parade -- Apologies To The Queen Mary
3. Edan -- Beauty And The Beat.
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
5. LCD Soundsystem -- LCD Soundsystem

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

off the top of my head...

1) edan
2) lcd
3) animal collective
4) bonnie 'prince' billy & matt sweeney
5) caribou

[Mr_Complex]

'Feels' was a close call.

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

it hasnt been out long either, so i felt a bit guilty putting it in there.

[ms.peachy]

I would put the Gorillaz album in there.

[Rancid_Beasties]

1.) LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
2.) Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
3.) QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze
4.) Maximo Park - A certain trigger
5.) Architecture in Helsinki - In case we die

Thats just a rough list off the top of my head though

[saml]

1, edan
2, quas
3, dangerdoom

and after those it's too hard.

[cj hood]

i don't think i've listened to 5 albums from 2005....

[Kid Presentable]

Take London-The Herbalizer
Grandmasters-Gza and Dj Muggs
Demon Days-Gorillaz/Guero-Beck (tied)

I don't know.

[ms.peachy]

Guero-Beck

oh yeah, that too. (y)

[So Ruff]

Grandmasters-Gza and Dj Muggs

I haven't heard that yet, would you say it's worth DLing/buying? Last time I took a popular opinion's advice, it was on the new Little Brother album, and I wasn't feeling that one too much.

By the way, many thanks for the birthday thread, dude.

[Mido]

1. the fiery furnaces - "rehearsing my choir"
2. of montreal - "the sunlandic twins"
3. sufjan stevens - "illinois"
4. phosphorescent - "aw come aw wry"
5. bright eyes - "i'm wide awake, it's morning"

and....
a hawk and a hacksaw - "darkness at noon"
mount eerie - "no flashlight: songs of the fulfilled night"
animal collective - "feels"
wolf parade - "apologies to the queen mary"
half-handed cloud - "thy is a word, and feet need lamps"
emiliana torinni - "fisherman's woman"

and probably a few other great ones that i'm forgetting right now.
ha.

[DroppinScience]

Ryan Adams - "Cold Roses" and "Jacksonville City Nights" (and he's got one more album coming out in December!)
Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
LCD Soundsystem - "LCD Soundsystem"
Beck - "Guero"
Nine Inch Nails - "With Teeth"

And more. :)

[DroppinScience]

Oh, shit! How can I forget...

Depeche Mode - "Playing The Angel"

DUH! That one's obviously going to the top.

[Auton]

egh. guero was lousy

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

i don't think i've listened to 5 albums from 2005....

Same here....but Kanye West's "Late Registration", Gorillaz "Demon Days", and Rev Run's "Distortion" all are great '05 albums....

[Mr Films]

My Morning Jacket's "Z"
Beck's "Guero"
Gorillaz' "Demon Days"
M.I.A.'s "Arular"
White Stripes' "Get Behind Me, Satan"

[Mr Films]

shit, forgot Kanye's "Late Registration" and Sigur Ros' "Takk..."

[The Notorious LOL]

1) Cage - Hells Winter
2) Edan - Beauty And The Beat
3) Nine INch Nails - With Teeth
4) Beck - Guero

[Gareth]

platinum pied pipers - peepeepee [possibly 2004?]
fat freddy's drop - based on a true story
kanye - late registration

i don't really know but these are definite standouts. but skateboard p will ultimately have the best album of the year.

[DroppinScience]

There's many more notable albums, but I know for me, Coldplay's "X&Y" won't be ranked very high.

I love the band and all, but "X&Y" feel like leftovers to "A Rush of Blood to the Head."

Ladytron's new one is really solid! That hasn't been mentioned yet. :)

I still haven't listened to the new Franz Ferdinand yet...

[that nigga]

anything except rock n roll

[PaddyBoy]

No order:

Prodigy - AONO
Kanye - LR
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation (Lovin' it!)
Kate Bush - Her New One


...can't think...

[minorthreat]

(y) DYNAMITE (y) JAMIROQUAI

Rebel Songs - GoldBlade

Employment - Kaiser Chiefs

The Fuse - Pennywise

X&Y - Coldplay

[Rancid_Beasties]

I still haven't listened to the new Franz Ferdinand yet...
Its your typical let down 2nd album ala the strokes, the vines etc.

[Mr_Complex]

I actually prefer the second Franz album to the first.

[teat]

Oh, shit! How can I forget...

Depeche Mode - "Playing The Angel"

DUH! That one's obviously going to the top.

Pap. Don't try to dig up memories you were never a part of. :rolleyes:

So ruff, If I may, I'd say scoop the GZA/Muggs thing, immediately.

[teat]

egh. guero was lousy

What were you told was better?

[Freebasser]

Interestingly enough, those of you without calendars may be surprised to know that there is actually the best part of two months until 2006.

[teat]

Interestingly enough, those of you without calendars may be surprised to know that there is actually the best part of two months until 2006.

Don't you have boredom to inflict elsewhere?

[Freebasser]

I was just saying that my newest release hits the shops in December and I didn't want people to miss out on it and not include it in their top 5s.

Don't you have people to stalk in real life?

[teat]

I was just saying that my newest release hits the shops in December and I didn't want people to miss out on it and not include it in their top 5s.

Don't you have people to stalk in real life?

*changes 'Heart Shaped Box' to 'Heart shaped Head' and sings*

[ASsman]

Late Registration and
Demon Days

the only ones Ive bought that were released this year. Def top 5 on my list though.

[Darko]

1. System of a Down - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
2. My Morning Jacket - Z
3. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
4. Gorillaz - Demon Days
5. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

[jabumbo]

the only 2005 album i own is guero

i thought i was getting demon days, but it was some weird tribute album, allthough its still cool, and it was only $2.50

[Otis Driftwood]

3 I appreciate are
Public Enemy
Turbonegro
Gorillaz
Haven't had the time to listen to the White Stripes properly....

[abcdefz]

Its your typical let down 2nd album ala... the vines....





MAN, did that one hurt. :(

[abcdefz]

...I haven't heard all that much from 2005, either.

No particular order:


Get Behind Me Satan - White Stripes
Outre Mer - Garage a Trois (even though I just started listening to it, but I can't take it off)
Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall

[djsoundwave]

how can a hip-hop's best of 2005 list not include "Common- Be". That's just absurd!!!!

Here's mine :
1. Common - Be
2. Danger Doom - The Mouse and The Mask
3. Kanye West - Late Registration
4. All Natural - Vintage (Chicago mad represting on this list)
5. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

other records I really got into:
Beck - Guero
Foo Fighters
Fiona Apple -extraodinary Machine
Amerie - Touch (1 thing should be video of the year, damn she is beautiful!)
John Legend - Get Lifted

Worst song of the year- Black Eyed Peas, My Hump
Peace, DJSoundwave
RIP Richard Pryor