Re: Best Albums of 2005 - Recommendations
 

Here is the list (maybe this makes it easier) - rank is a "metascore" which is a weighted average of published critics and users of metacritic.com-

1. Z by My Morning Jacket
2. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
3. The Runners Four by Deerhoof
4. I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons
5. Apologies To The Queen Mary by Wolf Parade
6. Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple
7. The Woods by Sleater-Kinney
8. Arular by M.I.A.
9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
10. Minimum-Maximum [Live] by Kraftwerk
11. Black Sheep Boy by Okkervil River
12. The Mysterious Production Of Eggs by Andrew Bird
13. Mezmerize by System Of A Down
14. Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team
15. LCD Soundsystem by LCD Soundsystem
16. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
17. Blinking Lights And Other Revelations by Eels
18. Beauty And The Beat by Edan
19. Oceans Apart by The Go-Betweens
20. Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady
21. Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers
22. Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder
23. This Right Here Is Buck 65 by Buck
24. Late Registration by Kanye West
25. Leaders Of The Free World by Elbow
26. Takk... by Sigur Rós
27. School Of The Flower by Six Organs Of Admittance
28. Cinder by Dirty Three
29. Lost And Safe by The Books
30. Gimme Fiction by Spoon

Re: Best Albums of 2005 - Recommendations
 

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From this list I have and enjoy the following:

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2 Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
5 Apologies To The Queen Mary by Wolf Parade
7 The Woods by Sleater-Kinney
8 Arular by M.I.A.
9 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
14 Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team
16 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
20 Separation Sunday by The Hold Steady
21 Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers
24 Late Registration by Kanye West
27 School Of The Flower by Six Organs Of Admittance
30 Gimme Fiction by Spoon

I have and do not enjoy:
4 I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons

Not on this list, but among my favorites:

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
The National - Alligator
Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
Boy Least Likely To - Best Party Ever
The Kills - No Wow
Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger

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Guero by Beck is incredible.

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Just saw Beck in concert last week. Guero will only get better with age.

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Never heard of Sufjan Stevens. 50 albums for 50 states? That is unbelievably ambitious and awesome. I love Dylan & Springsteen, so if his work is similar to that type of songwriting, I will check it out. Can anybody confirm?

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My two favorite albums this year are

Ray Lamontagne - Trouble

and

Ben Taylor - Another Run around the Sun


But I haven't heard anything from that list so I am guessing I am not listing to right genres for the board. (Ben Taylor is James Taylor's son)

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I love Dylan & Springsteen, so if his work is similar to that type of songwriting, I will check it out. Can anybody confirm?

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Not so much. Well, I suppose it shares some narrative qualities, but the sound is not even close to either. You should check it out anyway.

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I thought as much...I was mainly referring to the "storytelling" aspects of the lyrics. I will check out and post a TR.

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I just saw him a few weeks ago as well. Brilliant.

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It's absolutely criminal that The National isn't on this list.

And I have to agree with Broken Social Scene not making it. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

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takk is an amazing album... despite the fact that i don't speak icelandic (?)