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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 |
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From this list I have and enjoy the following: [/ QUOTE ] 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. [/ QUOTE ] 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? [/ QUOTE ] 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 (?)
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