Best Albums of 2005

[kosmo vinyl]

i keep forgetting about the Brazilian Girls and it should actually replace the Thievery Corporation CD on my list as they out did TC at their own game...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Stew...you mean the big fat black dude? I have one of him albums I bought for a dollar. You can have it next time I see you.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Honestly I don't understand all the fawning over most of what is topping these lists, they are quite frankly uncompelling listens to me.  M.I.A., The Go Team, CYHSY, etc.  And the lists contain the obvious, records from artists and labels that can afford to send out mass quanities for review and have publistists, etc.  At least the  Entertainment Weekly critic in the past had the balls to include the Stew records on his end of year lists when everyone was ignoring him.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Honestly I don't understand all the fawning over most of what is topping these lists, they are quite frankly uncompelling listens to me.  M.I.A., The Go Team, CYHSY, etc.  And the lists contain the obvious, records from artists and labels that can afford to send out mass quanities for review and have publistists, etc.  At least the  Entertainment Weekly critic in the past had the balls to include the Stew records on his end of year lists when everyone was ignoring him.

I like CYHSY, and Go Team is OK, but not deserving of being on a top __ of 2005 list. M.I.A., though, is really overrated crap, second most overrated of 2005 behind Kanye West.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Stew...you mean the big fat black dude? I have one of him albums I bought for a dollar. You can have it next time I see you.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Honestly I don't understand all the fawning over most of what is topping these lists, they are quite frankly uncompelling listens to me.  M.I.A., The Go Team, CYHSY, etc.  And the lists contain the obvious, records from artists and labels that can afford to send out mass quanities for review and have publistists, etc.  At least the  Entertainment Weekly critic in the past had the balls to include the Stew records on his end of year lists when everyone was ignoring him.

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no pass along to someone else who has good taste in music and isn't hung up on the race and/or weight of the artist.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I don't think I know anybody that would like the terrible album that I have. My wife knew nothing of his race or weight, and she absolutely hated it when I played it for her.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Stew...you mean the big fat black dude? I have one of him albums I bought for a dollar. You can have it next time I see you.
 
   

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  Honestly I don't understand all the fawning over most of what is topping these lists, they are quite frankly uncompelling listens to me.  M.I.A., The Go Team, CYHSY, etc.  And the lists contain the obvious, records from artists and labels that can afford to send out mass quanities for review and have publistists, etc.  At least the  Entertainment Weekly critic in the past had the balls to include the Stew records on his end of year lists when everyone was ignoring him.

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no pass along to someone else who has good taste in music and isn't hung up on the race and/or weight of the artist. [/b]

[kosmo vinyl]

yeah nobody will like the Stew records, guess those windbags over at alllmusic don't know anything about music... two four star reviews and one four and half star review.  don't bother with the Anthony and the Johnsons CDs either...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The allmusic reviews were what inspired me to blindly take a chance on him and part with $1.00. I guess my taste isn't always in line with the critics.
 
 I've heard enough A+Johnsons to know that I wouldn't like that either.
 
 But I suppose music is like ice cream, everyone has different tastes.
 
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  yeah nobody will like the Stew records, guess those windbags over at alllmusic don't know anything about music... two four star reviews and one four and half star review.  don't bother with the Anthony and the Johnsons CDs either...

[JohnnyBaconbitz]

12) Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
 11) Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
 10) Beck - Guero
 09) Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins
 08) White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
 07) The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
 06) New Pornos - Twin Cinema
 05) Decemberists - Picaresque
 04) Spoon - Gimme Fiction
 03) Steve Malkmus/Jicks - Face the Truth
 02) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - s/t
 01) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
 
 HM/Reissue) Belle & Sebastian - Push Barman to Open Old Wounds

[ggw]

Isn't it funny that we haven't seen lists from the two posters who are so vocal in their contempt of other's opinions?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Would one of them be me? I never make up my "Best of year xxxx" until January 1 or later of year xxxx+1.
 
 There are still a handful of albums I'd like to pick up before finalizing a list, but don't know how soon I'll get to them.
 
 And inevitably, I often don't pick up on an album until the next year. Case in point, the last Devotchka record. Without a doubt my favorite 2004 release, but I only bought in in October 2005.
 
 Who would the other complainer be, Guiny?
 
   

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Isn't it funny that we haven't seen lists from the two posters who are so vocal in their contempt of other's opinions?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Isn't it funny that we haven't seen lists from the two posters who are so vocal in their contempt of other's opinions?

Do you mean me? I haven't put alot of thought into my list of yet. I can tell you what won't be on there: Sufjan, Kanye, New Pornographers, MIA. Give me a while.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

And I can say that my tentative top 10 list has:
 
 3 of the top 100 Amazon picks
 0 of the top 50 popmatters picks
 0 of the top 50 pitchfork picks

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Here's 25 of the top of my head. I don't have my list of everything I bought, so it might change.
 
 1. Bloc Party
 2. Alog
 3. Architecture in Helsinki
 4. Vitalic
 5. Animal Collective
 6. Low
 7. Wolf Parade
 8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
 9. Broken Social Scene
 10. LCD Soundsystem
 11. Deerhoof
 12. Oasis
 13. Franz Ferdinand
 14. Queens of The Stone Age
 15. Bright Eyes (Wide Awake)
 16. Kasabian
 17. Boy Least Likely To
 18. Okkervil River
 19. Danger Doom
 20. Pajo
 21. The Magic Numbers
 22. Maximo Park
 23. Art Brut
 24. Billy Corgan
 25. Beck

[BookerT]

ok, i think i'm ready to play. these are my 10 favorite albums; i feel weird calling them the 10 best albums.
 
 1. silver jews -- tanglewood numbers
 2. the oranges band -- the world and everything in it
 3. the ponys -- celebration castle
 4. skygreen leopards -- life and love in sparrows meadow/jehovah surrender EP
 5. broadcast -- tender buttons
 6. love as laughter -- laughter's fifth
 7. electrelane -- axes
 8. art brut -- bang bang rock and roll
 9. comet gain -- city fallen leaves
 10. (the sounds of) kaleidoscope -- from where you were to how you got there
 
 the fall peel sessions box and dylan's bootleg series volume 7 were better than all of the above. the dirtbombs comp "if you don't already have a look" is crazy good as well. the children of nuggets box and the girl group box (both on rhino) are pretty excellent listens, as well.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Actually forget mine, I left off Kid606, Alex Smoke, and a few others that should be on there. And the bottom half needs rejuggled. Wolf Parade needs to slide down a few when I really think about it.