Best of 2005

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:34 pm

20 Albums from 2005 that I listened to a lot -

1. Humming By The Flowered Vine - Laura Cantrell
2. I Believe To My Soul - various
3. In Case We Die - Architecture In Helsinki
4. Thunder Lightning Strike - The Go! Team
5. Rock Swings - Pual Anka
6. Suspicious Activity - Bad Plus
7. All Rise - Inara George
8. Seperate Ways - Teddy Thompson
9. Music from the Robert ap Huw Manuscript Vol 1 - Paul Dooley
10. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
11. The Outsider - Rodney Crowell
12. Check In - The Chalets
13. Day Is Done - Brad Mehldau
14. As Certain As Sunrise - Sid Griffin
15. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
16. Master of Disaster - John Hiatt
17. Ghetto Bells - Vic Chesnutt
18. Dreaming Wide Awake - Lizz Wright
19. Hal - Hal
20. Kicking Television: Live in Chicago - Wilco

Fave re-issues - Lyrics For Lovers - Dirk Bogarde
Yummy, Yummy, Yummy - Julie London

Fave song - Bees - Laura Cantrell

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:37 pm

johnfoyle wrote:20 Albums from 2005 that I listened to a lot -

7. All Rise - Inara George

Shucks, Foyle the John, and here I thought I was the only person raving about her. It's great stuff, no?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:54 pm

I like the FARTYs, but they kept us to a mere five albums, which is a little tough this year, given the abundance of great music. Here are the 20 albums I've listened to a lot this year, in no particluar order:

Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
Richmond Fontaine - The Fitzgerald
Josh Rouse - Nashville
The National - Alligator
Band Of Bees - Free The Bees
Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle Vague
Doves - Some Cities
Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
Sigur Rós - Takk...
Richard Swift - The Novelist/Walking Without Effort
Pernice Brothers - Discover A Lovelier You
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Frank Black - Honeycomb
The Clientele - Strange Geometry
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Beck - Guero
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Naturally

Fave Reissue - Talking Heads "Brick" Box Set

Man, even that's hard.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:37 pm

My Top 10:

1. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Naturally
2. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4. Various Artists - I Believe To My Soul
5. Josh Rouse - Nashville
6. Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
7. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation In The Backyard
8. Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
9. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
10. Shivaree - Who's Got Trouble?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:05 pm

Elbow!

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 6:26 am

My Top 14 (random order) :

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
The Clientele - Strange Geometry
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
The Magic Numbers -The Magic Numbers
The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Echo & the Bunnymen - Siberia
Jens Lekman – Oh, You’re So Silent, Jens
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Paul McCartney – Chaos & Creation In The Backyard
Josh Rouse – Nashville

I haven’t heard a couple of much-revered albums by the likes of Decemberists, Richard Hawley, Elbow, Eels, Antony & the Johnsons, or Martha Wainwright, some of which, I suppose, could find their place in my TOP 20.

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:52 pm

My music listening since I got an mp3 player has become hopelessly fragmented due to my putting it on random just about all the time. A fair few of the albums listed here so far are on my player and sound great. One 2005 album that sticks out every time a track pops up is Gavin Bryars Oi Me Lasso. Hearing a track from this after a Nine Black Alps track is truly an arresting experience.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:10 pm

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/stor ... 18,00.html

OMM's top 50. Elbow only 69, but it;s a pretty good list. Good year for music, no? Haven't heard Anthony & the Johnsons, so can't comment. Would like to hear all of Gorillaz. When's my son gonna spend his pocket money on it? Good ranking for Sufjan. Site also contains listeners' top 50 (better showing for Elbow), and top 10 songs of the year, none of which I know!

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:09 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote: Site also contains listeners' top 50 (better showing for Elbow), and top 10 songs of the year, none of which I know!

You should definitely SEE the video for Push The Button.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:12 pm

Are the Babes extra-Suga-ey in it?

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:19 am

More like spicy.

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 7:53 pm

I was hoping the Sufjan CD I ordered would be my xmas present from me, but no...I guess Transplants will be pushed off the list when it arrives, judging fom what I've heard so far.

1. Martha Wainwright
2. Eels - Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
3. Propagandhi - Potemkin City Limits
4. Antony & the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
5. Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
6. Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production Of Eggs
7. King Creosote - Rocket d.i.y.
8. Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
9. John Prine - Fair & Square
10. The Robot Ate Me - On Vacation
11. Frank Black - Honeycomb
12. Loudon Wainwright III - Here Come The Choppers
13. Hacienda Brothers
14. Ron Sexsmith & Don Kerr - Destination Unknown
15. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
16. Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart
17. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
18. Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell To Raise
19. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
20. Transplants - Haunted Cities