Top 10 Albums of 2005 (1 Viewer)

[Davy Chase]

The Wedding Present: Take Fountain - probably the best Wedding Present/Cinerama album since Seamonsters. still prefer a lot of the Peel session/KEXP versions though

The Kingsbuty Manx: The fast rise and fall of the south - great return to form after the slighty disappointing Aztec Discipline. some beautiful songs on here

The National: Alligator - gets better with every listen.

Teenage Fanclub: Man Made - some of their earlier stuff towers above Man Made but it's still got a lot of quality songwriting. It's all in my mind is especially good.

Decoration: Don't Disappoint me now - the odd clunky lyric aside, a smashing debut.

HMHB: Actung Bono: great title, great album. always good value

Sufjan Stevens: Illinois - too flippin' long. still a great effort.

Arcade Fire: Funeral - enough has been said of this one, I still like listening it anyway!

Six by Seven: Artists, Cannibals, Poets, Thieves - great swansong


Lou Barlow: Emoh - great effort from Lou, a real grower.


best reissue: Orange Juice: The Glasgow School (class)

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Decoration: Don't Disappoint me now - the odd clunky lyric aside, a smashing debut.

Been playing this non-stop for the last few weeks.
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[Deleted member 3435]

Hi 5 is a great show.

mmmmmm...kathleen.

 

[BC]

1. Coil: The Ape Of Naples
2. Irr. App. (Ext.): Drone Works #10
3. Andrew Chalk: Fall In The Wake Of A Flawless Landscape
4. The Hafler Trio: Exactly As I Do
5. Nurse With Wound: Livin Fear Of James Last
6. The Wardrobe: Cups In The Cupboard
7. Andrew Liles and Darren Tate: Without Season
8. Coil: ...And The Ambulance Died In His Arms
9. Nurse With Wound: Shipwreck Radio / Gulls Just Wanna Have Fun
10. Arcade Fire: Funeral
11. Antony + The Johnsons: I Am A Bird Now

 

[BC]

12. Tactile: Bipolar Explorer
13. Six Organs Of Admittance: School Of The Flower

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

a late entry for me,just got the new Annihilation Time record. Fuck!!it's amazing. Black Flag and '70's rock influenced hardcore done right. Killer Pink Fairies cover too.

 

[tripoli]

10. Arcade Fire: Funeral

thought the novelty would wear off but i still love this record

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

lots of stuff mentioned already: prospect hummer, feels, green cosmos, runners 4, tanglewood numbers, superwolf and funeral.

also

why?: elephant eyelash
dirty projectors: the getty address
orange juice: glasgow school
somadrone: fizzing away to a whisper
gamak: we are the way forward

probably loads more i can't think of right now.

 

[snakybus]

First Akron Family album
Second Akron Family album

all the rest is rubbidge

 

[Unclealo]

Not many Irish albums mentioned in the thread - any recommendations?

I was thinking about this...

Best Irish releases I've heard from this year:

Trails - Trains derail
Betamax Format 7"
Fairlights - Scraps
Dark Room Notes E.P. (forget the name)
Michael Knight - Youth is wasted on the Young
(Retards) new album

Still haven't got the Stoat or GAMAK albums

Edit: The Lafaro E.P. is deadly

 

[Charlie Bucket]

late honourable mention:

boy in static - newborn

 

[hermie]

iron & wine and why? eps
sufjan
sleater-kinney
superwolf
m.i.a.
giveamanakick
13&God
bright eyes(i'm wide awake...)
supersystem

is that 10?just got the deerhoof.tis good but wouldn't make it in there as yet,must get the minus story one too the tunes i've heard are fantastic.

bit of a disappointing year otherwise, what with great bands like hot snakes, q and not u and hermie in tweed no longer with us

 

[tripoli]

hermie in tweed no longer with us

hear ya

 

[Anthony]

I'm upgrading Sloan: A-Sides Win after listening to it all week.

 

[Anthony]

Forgot all about Crumb's album. That's good too!

 

[Unclealo]

Forgot all about Crumb's album. That's good too!

Totally!

United Bible Studies "the shore that fears the sea" is top class also

 

[Jerry Twig]

 

[kavanelli]

Hi five me arse. Unless they've come up with something as good as Sound Of The Underground which was obviously genius.

And by they, I mean the shadowy backroom figures what make their tunes.

Here, Lefty. I got de-repped twice too. I hope one was from you.

That song is a rip off of The wheels on the Bus

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Great record. Still haven't surpassed Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road but definitely one of 2005's best.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Great record. Still haven't surpassed Voyage To The Bottom Of The Road but definitely one of 2005's best.

haha, i was just gonna post about this. i got it last week. depressed beyond tablets is my favourite track at the mo. the whole album is good fun, just what i was hoping for.