Best Albums of 2005

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by kcjones119:
  Broken Social Scene - "Broken Social Scene" should be on there

haven't bought it yet, for some reason, but i'm guessing it would be on my list, from what i've read about it

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Putting an album on your list that you haven't even bought yet? Sounds pretty damn sketchy to me.
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by kcjones119:
  Broken Social Scene - "Broken Social Scene" should be on there

haven't bought it yet, for some reason, but i'm guessing it would be on my list, from what i've read about it [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  3) Brendan Benson: "The Alternative to Love"
 

this is a really fantastic record, all the way through, and it's one of the rare ones (that i can remember off the top of my head, at least) where the second half is stronger and catchier than the first ... on a lot of records you kind of just get used to the sound and the hooks and by the second half you get a little bored ... in this one, the whole thing just grows on you

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  Putting an album on your list that you haven't even bought yet? Sounds pretty damn sketchy to me.
 
   

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by kcjones119:
  Broken Social Scene - "Broken Social Scene" should be on there

haven't bought it yet, for some reason, but i'm guessing it would be on my list, from what i've read about it [/b]

[/b]

let me rephrase:
 
 i am guessing that (once i buy it and digest it) i will like it and it will probably be on my "best of the year" list ... i'm basing that on their previous albums and what i've read about this one ... but maybe i'll hate it or not get into it, i dunno
 
 but i do know that everyone here agrees that they're fantastic live, right rhett?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Not to be contrary, but I though the first half was great and the second have went downhill. I think Bags agreed with me.
 
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  3) Brendan Benson: "The Alternative to Love"
 

this is a really fantastic record, all the way through, and it's one of the rare ones (that i can remember off the top of my head, at least) where the second half is stronger and catchier than the first ... on a lot of records you kind of just get used to the sound and the hooks and by the second half you get a little bored ... in this one, the whole thing just grows on you [/b]

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I haven't spoken with everyone here, so can't answer than one.
 
 

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
 

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
 [qb]
 
 but i do know that everyone here agrees that they're fantastic live, right rhett? [/b]

[brennser]

a bit like commenting on a show you never saw??
 
 (sorry Rhett!)
 
 

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  Putting an album on your list that you haven't even bought yet? Sounds pretty damn sketchy to me.
 
   

Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
   

Originally posted by kcjones119:
  Broken Social Scene - "Broken Social Scene" should be on there

haven't bought it yet, for some reason, but i'm guessing it would be on my list, from what i've read about it [/b]

[/b]

[jeffnar]

i'll admit i haven't listened to even a fourth of your original list, but some possible nods to the following (at least in your honorable mention set, if not atop the heap):
 
 kraftwerk-minimum/maximum live set
 swervedriver comp-juggernaut rides
 the new eno cd-another day on earth
 stones-a bigger bang
 rtx-transmaniacon (tailend of 2004)
 x-live in LA
 
 but thanx for the daunting list of stuff i should at least try to track down and hear a song or two from...where to begin?!

[jsnow2]

I liked these records quite a bit...
 Dead Meadow -- Feathers
 Bloc Party -- Silent Alarm
 Shout Out Louds -- Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
 Constantines -- Tournament of Hearts
 
 I also really enjoyed Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary, the live Queens of the Stone Age - Over the Years and through the woods, Beck - Guero, and Frances the Mute by the Mars Volta.  And I can't stop listening to the new Living Things record Ahead of the Lions.  Just a few off the top of my head.

[brennser]

i'll admit i haven't listened to even a fourth of your original list,

yeah Hoya, does your journo status get you access to promos, do you borrow liberally from friends, or did you actually buy all those CDs....?

[allmy$to930]

In particular order:
 
 1. The National: Alligator
 2. Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress: Self-Titled
 3. Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die
 4. CYHSY: Self-Titled
 5. Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake Its Morning
 6. Stars: Set Yourself on Fire
 7. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
 8. John Vanderslice: Pixel Revolt
 9. Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
 10. Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf
 ______
 
 Honorable mention to:
 
 Rogue Wave
 My Morning Jacket
 Ryan Adams (A+ for effort)
 Death Cab for Cutie
 Paul Duncan
 Bloc Party
 BRMC

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by brennser:
   

i'll admit i haven't listened to even a fourth of your original list,

yeah Hoya, does your journo status get you access to promos, do you borrow liberally from friends, or did you actually buy all those CDs....? [/b]

a little bit of all of that ... i'd say i bought about 15 of those in CD format (maybe more?), got a bunch more (15? 20?) via emusic, maybe 10 promos, and the rest are stolen

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
  In particular order:
 

i really need to get that wolf parade album, too, thanks for reminding me ... i like the vanderslice, but not as much as his previous ones ... is the ryan adams cd worth getting?

[vansmack]

Not ready to make a list yet, but I'd throw The Dead 60's on there and De Novo Dahl, but you're all probably just deferring that one to Kosmo.

[brennser]

1. The National: Alligator

I have tried and tried and tried with this album I do not see the greatness that most other people ascribe to it....I much prefer Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers