My Top Ten Albums of 2005

[James]

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
2. Animal Collective - Feels
3. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
4. My Morning Jacket - Z
5. Sigur Ros - Takk
6. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
7. Antony & The Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
8. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
9. Echo & The Bunnymen - Siberia
10. Supergrass - Road to Rouen

[rockfan]

Nice list. Is the Echo and the Bunnymen one new?

[James]

Nice list. Is the Echo and the Bunnymen one new?

Yes, which is quite surprising. I haven't cared too much for their two previous albums, but I might have to check them out again. This one came out of nowhere and is as brilliant as 80's E&TB

[betty brown]

I didn't listen much to new music, so I'll just list the ten records I listened to the most this year. lets see.. in no particular order..

clearlake - cedars
pavement - brighten the corners
what made milwaulkee famous - trying to never catch up
depeche mode - violator
shearwater - the dissolving room
suede - sodium
sondre lerche - two way monologue
[daryl] - the technology
black tie dynasty - this stays between us e.p.
strokes - room on fire

[Steveums]

1 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois; Antony and the Johnsons - I am Bird Now
2 Thumbsucker
3 Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
4 The Decemberists - Picaresque
5 The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black
6 Akron Family & Angels of Light - s/t
7 The National - Alligator
8 Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
9 Sons and Daughters - The Repulsion Box
10 Frank Black - Honeycomb

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[Rubbs]

1. Sufjan
2. pilotdrift
3. Od Nosdam
4. Why?
5. Architecture In Helsinki
6. Mazarin
7. Caribou
8. Animal Collective
9. 13 & God
10. Sigur Ros

[mere1975]

If the 37 or so CDs listed so far, I only have one. . .

- Mere "waturr sfeer" 1975

[aquaphase]

damn. I'd better get my shit together and compile a list. OK, these aren't in any particular order.

1. Sigur Ros - Takk
2. Against Me! - Searching for a Former Clarity
3. Supergrass - Road to Rouen
4. Jello Biafra w/ the Melvins - Sieg Howdy!
5. The Tossers - the Valley of the Shadow of Death
6. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
7. Deathray Davies - The Kick and the Snare
8. Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
9. The Real McKenzies - 10,000 Shots
10. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

[NerfHerder]

No The Runners Four on James' list? Woah. Here are my 10.

1. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Pilotdrift - Water Sphere
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
5. The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
6. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
7. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
8. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
9. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
10. Sigur Rós - Takk

[Dally Wally]

i liked the echo and the bunnymen song What Are You Gonna Do With Your Life? not much else post-80s though... when did it come out papa bear? (thats your new nickname)

[James]

No The Runners Four on James' list? Woah. Here are my 10.

That was a tough call. There are about 40 or so records I listed on my blog as "worthy" in any other year. "The Runners Four" should be 10a.

[catlolo]

Ahhhhh Echo & the Bunnymen....fabulous. Sadly, I didn't buy anything worth mentioning....I'll just re-list everything that everyone else has posted.....hehe

[kip]

My "most listened to" albums this year have been in no order:

Sufjan - Illinoise
Twilight Singers (feat fat GD ) - Blackberry Belle
Arcade Fire - funeral
Neil Young - On the Beach
My Morning Jacket - Z
Sonic Youth - EVOL
TV on the Radio - desperate youth, bloodthirsty babes
Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Big Black - Atomizer

sorry they aren't all exactly new but...

[zenmomma]

In no particular order...

The Cribs - New Fellas
The Magic Numbers - Self Titled
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Blood Arm - Bomb Romantics
Joy Zipper - Self Titled