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List your top 10 best and worst albums of 2005.

Strictly music. Don't vote an album as horrid just because you don't like how the band look. Only vote if you've actually listened to the whole album and like/dislike the music.

Also, list the top 10 albums (if you can) of artists you are awaiting releases from in 2006. 1 being most anticipated, 10 (or lowest number) being not much.

-AC

Best Albums...

1.Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2.Chiodos - Alls Well that Ends Well
3.Editors - The Editors
4.Coldplay - X&Z (despite a lot of hate, this album has some great music)
5. test icicles debut
6. we are scientists debut
7. Chemical Brothers - Psuh the button
8. Hard-Fi Stars of CCTV
9.The Subways debut
10. Take that Best Of - JK. Although i wish I had it...

Worsed...

Well, I liked all the albums that i bought. Hours by FFAF was a bit of a let down but still ok.

Next/This Year.....

Morrisey' new album whcih he is talking up alot atm
A new vines album...could be hit and miss
new Radiohead album...despite what you might expect AC. Hope its as good as hail to the Thief.
New Strokes album.
new lostprophets and bloc party Albums aswell.

this post was a clear travesty to grammer...but im tired.

Best Albums
1.Gorillaz - Demon Days
2.The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
3.The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
4.Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
5. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
6.DangerDoom - The Mouse and the Mask
7.Cage - Hell's Winter
8.Kanye West - Late Registration

I can't really list anymore...i was only positive about the first 5 maybe? Anyway, 05 was disappointing for me, at least for my taste.

Looking forward to...
Madvillain 2
New Mars Volta
New Dre
New Radiohead
New Strokes
New Can Ox
Serengeti - Gasoline Rainbows
Omar Rodriguez Solo album
Ghostface and Doom album
hopefully some new artists and just so much more....'06 is looking good.

1. Opeth- Ghost Reveries
2. Porcupine Tree- Deadwing
3. Fantomas- Suspended Animation
4. Gorillaz- Demon Days
5. Cage- Hell's Winter
6. Audioslave- Out of Exile
7. Zion I- True & Livin'
8. System of a Down- Mezmerize
9. Dredg- catch without arms
10. The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute

Worst CD I bought from this year would be With Teeth.

I'm looking forward to pretty much everything in Wolf Dog's list along with new Tool, Radiohead, Willhaven, Deftones, Tomahawk.

Hmmmm....top 10 faves of this year:

1. Audioslave - Out of Exile
2. SOAD - Mesmerize
3. QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze
4. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
5. MSI - You'll Rebel to Anything
6. SOAD - Hypnotize
7. Gorillaz - Demon Days
8. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
9. Weezer - Make Believe
10. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

The precise order of that list of course shifts on a daily basis, but I do believe that of the CDs that I got that came out this year, those are my favorites.

Only thing I regret getting, really, was With Teeth.

What I'm looking forward too....well, pretty much the same as everyone else, it seems -- Tool and Radiohead topping the list.

Yeesh, I guess I won't be buying With Teeth after all...

best

cold roses by ryan adams
get behind me satan by the white stripes
jacksonville city nights by ryan adams
first impressions of earth by the strokes
29 by ryan adams
trouble by ray lamontange
want two by rufus wainwright
i am a bird now by anthony and the johnsons
silent alarm by bloc party
the roads dont love you by gemma hayes

and an honourable mention to madeleine peyroux who's album i also enjoyed

those were the albums i enjoyed the most in 2005

albums that i found disappointing or just dont like

employment by kaiser chiefs
one way ticket to hell...and back by the darkness
life in slow motion by david gray
some cities by doves
on and on by jack johnson
aha shake heartbeat by kings of leon
dont believe the truth by oasis
no wow by the kills (might have been 2004 but i cant remember)
who killed the zutons?...by the zutons
you could have it so much better by franz ferdinand

as for albums i'm looking forward to this year

hopefully Adam Duritz will get his life back on track and write a new counting crows album and hopefully it'll be out this year

anything by ryan adams (even if its only the one album this year)

and my own album...heehee

Adding another catagory for those who wish to partake:

Biggest surprise album? Eg: For me it was Say Hello to Sunshine by Finch. Didn't expect to like it one bit, at all. Bought it off the back of reviews (not just because they were good, but because they said some things that caught my eye) and the fact that I had heard a single from it which I liked. Thought the album would be a let down, but I really liked it.

So basically, one you bought on a whim or by recommendation without a clue about and ended up liking.

-AC

Plans by Death Cab for Cutie. I'd never listened to them before, heard and liked Soul Meets Body, figured "it's Christmas, I'll be getting a bunch of money" and bought it, not really sure if I'd actually like it or not. I love it.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Adding another catagory for those who wish to partake:

Biggest surprise album? Eg: For me it was Say Hello to Sunshine by Finch. Didn't expect to like it one bit, at all. Bought it off the back of reviews (not just because they were good, but because they said some things that caught my eye) and the fact that I had heard a single from it which I liked. Thought the album would be a let down, but I really liked it.

So basically, one you bought on a whim or by recommendation without a clue about and ended up liking.

-AC


unfortunately i dont get to do that as often as i would like any more...my disposable income aint what it used to be after becoming a poor student again and the returns policies of the local stores are swaps only

the ones i picked up that were better than expected over the last few years were

small moments by david kitt
faded seaside glamour by delays
old crow medicine show self titled
mojave by willard grant conspiracy
music for the morning after by pete yorn
vulture street by powderfinger
danse macabre by the faint
kitty jay by seth lakeman
real feelness by the pattern
ethanomusicology vol 1 by russell gunn

The Faint are excellent. I do think they get a bit samey, but then so do a lot of bands. As long as they do continue putting out good material, I don't mind.

Lana, get Transatlanticism. It's much better.

-AC

Will do!

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
The Faint are excellent. I do think they get a bit samey, but then so do a lot of bands. As long as they do continue putting out good material, I don't mind.

-AC

there good fun for the right occasion... some good party tunes...glass dance is a fav of mine...

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Adding another catagory for those who wish to partake:

Biggest surprise album? Eg: For me it was Say Hello to Sunshine by Finch. Didn't expect to like it one bit, at all. Bought it off the back of reviews (not just because they were good, but because they said some things that caught my eye) and the fact that I had heard a single from it which I liked. Thought the album would be a let down, but I really liked it.

So basically, one you bought on a whim or by recommendation without a clue about and ended up liking.

-AC

Just recently, Pollyanna by Northstar. Hadnt listened to the band much, but I liked the couple songs I'd heard so I bought it. Great CD

And yeah, Transatlantacism is a lot better than Plans

Best Albums:

1) Common - Be
2) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3) Lyrics Born - Same Sh*t Different Day
4) M Ward - Transister Radio
5) Blackalicious - The Craft
6) Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
7) Dios Malos - Dios (Malos)
8) Gorillaz - Demon Days
9) Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
10) MIA - Arular

With Teeth is actually shit.

Stay away from it and buy something worth while. Seriously. It's a horrifically shit album, all things considered.

-AC

best of 2005, for me (couldnt put it in order though!):

Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked
God Forbid - IV: constitution of Treason
The Agony Scene - Darkest Red
Betzefer - Down Low
Bleed the Sky - Paradigm in Entropy
Byzantine - ...And they Shall Take up Serpents
DevilDriver - The Fury of Our Makers Hand
Opeth - Ghost reveries
Soulfly - Dark Ages
Leng T'che - The Process of Elimination

I think First Impressions of Earth by The Strokes is officially an '06 release jaden but i'm guessing you have the leaked version.

It's still an official 06 release.

-AC

Originally posted by Darth Revan

It was definitely a disappointment after The Fragile.


Agreed, but it would have been a disappointment after many albums. I wasn't particularly 'disappointed' because I am sure I was the single person not only not expecting a lot, but expecting a bad album.

Originally posted by Darth Revan
I swear that they have the same song on there at least twice. I know it wasn't released in '05, but it was a big disappointment



I'm loathe to call them a bankrupt man's GYBE, because they don't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath, and it's only laziness that leads to the comparison.

They're a one-trick band, and the trick is both derivative and poorly imitated.

1. Eels - Blinking Lights
2. Cage - Hell's Winter
3. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
4. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
5. Zion I - True And Livin'
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
8. Dark Tranquility - Character
9. Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
10. DJ Muggs Vs GZA - Grandmasters (Tied With) OneBeLo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.

Honorable mentions for SOAD, Kanye, Reef, Edan and The White Stripes.

Looking forward too:

Cannibal Ox
Muggs Vs Deck

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Abandoned Pools - Armed To The Teeth
Enya - Amarantine
Sigur Ros - Takk
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Sons and Daughters - Repulsion Box

Those are some I enjoyed a lot this year.

i thought the new The New Pornographers CD was a huge disappointment

Oh! There are so many hoops to jump through, but I shall try...

Out Of Exile - Audioslave (This is how to rock!)
Demon Days - Gorillaz (Funky beats and weirdly warped)
One Tree - Mishka (Acoustic, soul reggae)
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley (Reggae to make Bob proud)
Make Believe - Weezer (Tune after tune after tune)
Late Registration - Kanye West (Hip-hop cannot be shinier or slicker)
The Mouse & The Mask - Danger Doom (It's all about the beats and rhymes)
Amos Lee - Amos Lee (Music to melt your lady)
In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson (Post-surf perfection)

Biggest disappointment? Arular by M.I.A. just because all the reviews I read were masturbating over it, but I thought it was only OK. It's her voice...ugh.

Biggest suprise? Sigur Ros' swirling music scapes.

This year, I have high hopes for new material by Radiohead, K-OS, The Beautiful Girls, Dr. Dre and perhaps a reformed Fugees - although it could quite easily be so, so, so bad. Too many guests would certainly spoil the broth.

Is there anything else I have to do to get a bone?

F*ck it! I don't want one now anyway.

Originally posted by Wolf Dog
I think First Impressions of Earth by The Strokes is officially an '06 release jaden but i'm guessing you have the leaked version.

nope...bought from play.com last week

1) My Morning Jacket - Z
2) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3) Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
4) The Decemberists - Picaresque
5) System of a Down - Mezmerize
6) The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
7) Spoon - Gimme Fiction
8) Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
9) Animal Collective - Feels
10) Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Worst: NIN - With Teeth

Biggest Dispointment: The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

Originally posted by Lana
Will do!

then get The Photo Album

I thought FTM was disappointing at first but it grew on me. I'm guessing you like the first 3 tracks though right?

<shocked> I don't know man, you need to give it a second listen cos you HAVE to like Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus. One of their best hands down.

Originally posted by Refused
<shocked> I don't know man, you need to give it a second listen cos you HAVE to like Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus. One of their best hands down.

I wouldn't say it's one of their best. My favorite song on FtM is Cassandra Geminni.

Oh, and this year I'll be looking forward to, well, Radiohead and Tool obviously, but I've also heard The Postal Service will have a new release by the end of the year, really excited about that


I'll also be checking out the new Flaming Lips album, and I think Wilco and Mogwai are both coming out with albums this year.

There's also been talk about new albums from The Pixies, Sonic Youth, The Arcade Fire, and Modest Mouse (i really really hope)

hopefully it'll be a good year for music

Oh I really hope that is true, love the music.

Originally posted by MildPossession
Oh I really hope that is true, love the music.

yeah, I know

at first I wasn't sure if they were even going to make another album, since it was only a side project, but given the success of their first album, I find it hard to imagine that they WOULDN'T make another one!

but Gibbard has confirmed that they will make another one, it's just a matter of when. Hopes are set for late in the year, but perhaps early '07.

Well I know for a fact it's going to be a great musical year for me due to my tastes, it may not be for others though.

-AC

Hopefully me too...
Because New Tool CD means a New Tool tour,
and I'm allready making plans for seeing Dream Theater, as well as the Deftones/Dredg Taste of Caos tour, convieniently ending in my hometown... Although there are way too many shit bands touring with them.

best:
1. Mars Volta - Scabdates
2. Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
3. Coil - Age Of Naples
4. Fantomas - Suspended Animation
5. White Striples - Get Behind Me Satan
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. System of a Down - Mezmerize
8. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
9. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
10. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In a Digital Urn

Biggest Surprise and Biggest Disappointment and Worst: Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

next year
Tool
Radiohead
Cure
The Faint
Nine Inch Nails (supposedly)
Autolux

The Shins are coming out with a new album this summer

There's been some great albums released/soon to be released already this year: Ben Harper's 'Two Sides Of The Gun', Pearl Jam's eponymous album, Tool's '10,000 Days' and Red Hot Chili Pepper's 'Stadium Arcadium'. Ben's is great, and what I've heard of Pearl Jam's so far is almost on par with Audioslave's 'Out Of Exile'! I love the initial singles from Tool and RHCP, so I'm gonna go out on a wire and say they'll be forkin' smokin', too.

Also, Donavon Frankenreiter's got a new album coming out. 'Move By Yourself' sounds perfect; soulful, playful and sincere. Then, there's the prospect of new albums from Audioslave, K-OS and even Dre!

Good stuff, 2006!

Who else is happy so far?

I already know from the first half of the year's upcoming releases that it's the best in a long time. I believe 2001 was the best of the 00's so far.

-AC

Favorite so far, munchkin-boy?

Shut it, shut uppp.

I don't know if I have a favourite so far, it's a bit early. Probably 3121 by Prince.

-AC