Albums of the Year | 2005

[@hazydavo]

Guys, I know it may be hard to not become self conscious about the things you say often (due to comments down here) but “for me” I reckon just keep being yourselves, that’s what I like about the channel, each of you are cool and have interesting views on music and deliver it in your own way. Keep up the great work guys!

[@realCaptainSanta]

5- Rebel Sweetheart - the Wallflowers 4 - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney 3 - A Bigger Bang - Rolling Stones 2 - Get Behind Me Satan - the White Stripes 1 - Magic Time - Van Morrison

[@Hi-kq1vi]

1. Mars Volta-Frances The Mute 2. Beck-Guero 3. Daft Punk-Human After All 4. Neil Young-Prairie Wind 5. Royksopp-The Understanding

[@gregjohnston7959]

1. Oasis - Dont Believe The Truth 2. QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze 3. The Cribs - The New Fellas 4. The Coral - Invisible Invasion 5. Wolfmother - Wolfmother

[@Michael253]

Runner Ups: Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard Beck - Guero Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise New Order - Waiting For The Sirens' Call Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Neil Diamond - 12 Songs Favorite Album of the Year: Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust

[@brentjackson6839]

8. Twin Cinema-New Pornographers 7. Out of Exile-Audioslave 6. Strange and Beautiful-Aqualung 5. Make Believe-,Weezer 4. Leaders of the Free World-Elbow 3. Something To Be-Rob Thomas 2. Plans-Death Cab For Cutie 1. X & Y-Coldplay

[@joshuawilliams124]

Runner ups... Frances The Mute - Mars Volta With Teeth - NIN Late Registration - Kanye West 5. Demon Days - Gorillaz 4. Cold Roses - Ryan Adams 3. X and Y - Coldplay 2. Don’t Believe The Truth - Oasis 1. I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning - Bright Eyes

[@donsteppedoutside467]

1. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute 2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 3. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome 4. toe - The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety 5. Animal Collective - Feels

[@thecroft6070]

5. Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner 4. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase 3. Sigur Ross - Takk 2. Gorillaz - Demon Days 1. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

[@jamesreckling6697]

That Richard Hawley album is ace!

[@edreynolds5769]

Just missed: The Clientele - Strange Geometry Bill Ricchini - Tonight I Burn Brightly Supergrass - Road to Rouen Katie Melua - Piece by Piece Death Cab for Cutie - Plans Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures The Coral - The Invisible Invasion Top 5: Pernice Brothers - Discover a Lovelier You Athlete - Tourist Richard Hawley - Coles Corner Kaiser Chiefs - Employment #1 Elbow - Leaders of the Free World

[@RandyforRoyals]

1. Magic Time-Van Morrison 2. Blue Nightfall-Jimmy LaFave 3. Alligator-The National 4. Songs Of No Consequence-Graham Parker 5. Plans-Death Cab For Cutie 6. Devils & Dust-Bruce Springsteen 7. Pretty In Black-The Raveonettes 8. Georgia Hard-Robbie Fulks 9. Amos Lee-Amos Lee 10. Back To Me-Kathleen Edwards

[@dans3765]

Here you go: My 2005 list! 1. Devils & Dust-Bruce Springsteen 2. Nobody's Darlings-Lucero 3. Cold Roses-Ryan Adams & The Cardinals 4. Okemah and the Melody of Riot-Son Volt 5. Jacksonville City Nights-Ryan Adams & The Cardinals 6. Twin Cinema-The New Pornographers 7. Z-My Morning Jacket 8. Kicking Television-Wilco 9. A Bigger Bang-Rolling Stones 10. The Warriors Code-Dropkick Murphys 11. Prairie Wind-Neil Young 12. If You Didn’t Laugh, You’d Cry-Marah 13. X&Y-Coldplay 14. Don't Believe the Truth-Oasis 15. Rebel, Sweetheart-The Wallflowers 16. Separation Sunday-The Hold Steady 17. Gimme Fiction-Spoon 18. Kerosene-Miranda Lambert 19. Back to Me-Kathleen Edwards 20. Language. Sex. Violence. Other?-Stereophonics 21. Blame the Vain-Dwight Yoakam 22. 29-Ryan Adams 23. Suit Yourself-Shelby Lynne 24. Illinois-Sufjan Stevens 25. Superwolf-Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney

[@toonhkuitjes6382]

1. Deadwing - Porcupine Tree (incredible album. Almost their best. 2. Ghost Reveries - Opeth 3. Piece by piece - Katie Melua 4. In between dreams - Jack Johnson 5. The End is Beautiful - Echolyn HMs to Amos Lee’s self titled debut, Neal Morse’s “?”, Barbra Streisand’s Guilty Pleasures, Kate Bush “Aerial”, Fiona Apple’s Extraordinary Machine, Paul McCartney and Dream Theater’s Octavarium.

[@qroqqle]

1. aerial - kate bush 2. wolfmother - wolfmother 3. takk - sigur ros 4. pocket revolution - deus 5. illinois - sufjan stevens

[@NormanWorm]

good year -- here's my top 10: 1 - Sexsmith & Kerr - “Destination Unknown” 2 - The Lucksmiths - “Warmer Corners” 3 - White Stripes - “Get Behind Me Satan” 4 - Ryan Adams - “Cold Roses” 5 - Decemberists - “Picaresque” 6 - Jack Johnson - “In Between Dreams” 7 - Sambassadeur - “Sambassadeur” 8 - Bruce Springsteen - “Devils & Dust” 9 - Fruit Bats - “Spelled in Bones” 10 - Go-Betweens - "Oceans Apart"

[@jamesreckling6697]

My Favorite album for 2005 is by The Go Betweens Oceans Apart, RIP Grant.

[@roxannewalsh]

I recommend Robert Forster's The Evangelist (2008) that was made partly to Grant's memory and also using some unfinished songs from his legacy. It is equally good.

[@jamesreckling6697]

@@roxannewalsh yes it is very good!

[@mjbachman3027]

Made a road trip to Chicago to see The Go-Betweens perform at The Abbey Pub. What a great concert. RIP Grant McLellan

[@shortsleave]

Josh Rouse - Nashville (definite #1) Alice Cooper - Dirty Diamonds Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution

[@VoiceofHarold1]

1. Twin Cinema- The New Pornographers (If indie flavored power pop is your thing, you can't go wrong with this high energy record. New Wave fans would probably dig this album too. I always describe their sound as an energetic mix of early new wave and power pop.- Guaranteed to put you in an upbeat mood) ) 2. Come on Feel the Illinoise- Sufjan Stevens (Such an amazing sounding album with great stories!) 3. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard- Paul McCartney ( This is a really unique album for him that I fear has been overlooked by a lot of people. It's really intimate and introspective. Nigel Godrich managed to get Paul to really push himself and deliver something amazing. If you like that kind of mellow, heart on the sleeve songwriting, you need to check this out) 4. Clap Your Hand, Say Yeah!- S/T (Such a remarkable debut, which unfortunately, they have yet to better.) 5. Picaresque- The Decemberists (the album that introduced me to The Decemberists. Some amazing indie pop and folk tunes on this record- The Sporting Life and 16 Military Wives would be top 10 singles in a perfect world. My favorite is still the Mariners Revenge Song though. They were doing epic sea shanties before they were trendy!) Runners up: The Woods- Sleater-Kinney, Alligator- The National, Gimme Fiction- Spoon Yeah. There were a lot of artists and albums I enjoyed from 2005, but the only ones with staying power, that I go back to are listed above.

[@mrp4242]

My picks for 2005: 1. Plans, Death Cab for Cutie (second nomination, first win) kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIq3dpVtm7uXsNk 2. X&Y, Coldplay (third nomination, two previous wins) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZ_GpmOYnMmWjrc 3. I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, Bright Eyes (first nomination) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHirqn-el8mthJI 4. Picaresque, The Decemberists (third nomination) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnWUZ2iOo5eDjtk 5. Make Believe, Weezer (third nomination) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJOnpXV7rauij8U Honorable Mention: Playing the Angel, Depeche Mode kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHacladvidicjc0 Don’t Believe the Truth, Oasis kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKq2l4hnZa6Eq5Y Before the Dawn Heals Us, M83 kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5bCmoFpjrJ1mJo In Between Dreams, Jack Johnson kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJbOnI2BaLSkg68 Feels, Animal Collective kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYnJqJZmh6l7eLM

[@benderrodriguez5934]

My Top 5: 1. OPETH ´´Ghost Reveries´´ 2. NINE INCH NAILS ´´With Teeth´´ 3. DEPECHE MODE ´´Playing the Angel´´ 4. WOLFMOTHER ´´Wolfmother´´ 5. SYSTEM OF A DOWN ´´Mesmerize/ Hypnotize´´ Greetings from Canary Islands

[@threestringsomg]

Opeth are the best band in the world!...people need to tune into the roars imo....🤘...what a masterpiece

[@plank577]

1. What Comes After the Blues - Magnolia Electric Co. 2. The Fitzgerald - Richmond Fontaine 3. Okemah and the Melody of Riot - Son Volt 4. Prairie Wind - Neil Young 5. Out of Exile - Audioslave 6. Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen 7. Superwolf - Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy 8. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens 9. Fair & Square - John Prine 10. Z - My Morning Jacket 11. Sandstorm - The Madeira

[@davidgagen9856]

1. Howl - Black Rebel M.C. 2. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens 3. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes 4. Some Cities - Doves 5. Ocean's Apart - The Go-Betweens 6. Back To Me - Kathleen Edwards 7. What Comes After The Blues - Magnolia Electric Co 8. Alligator - The National 9. Cinder - Dirty Three 10. Z - My Morning Jacket

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Oceans Apart was in my number 5 spot, too! Nice list.

[@davidgagen9856]

Great album. Could be higher cos there are a coupla magnificent songs here. Shame about the sound of the album, needs remastering maybe.

[@afermata949]

10. Broadcast - Tender Buttons 9. Animal Collective - Feels 8. Gorillaz - Demon Days 7. Sigur Rós - Takk... 6. The Decemberists - Picaresque 5. Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Superwolf 4. Coil - The Ape of Naples 3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 2. Kanye West - Late Registration 1. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

[@frangarcia7774]

Good call on Broadcast. I have it too

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

@@frangarcia7774 i might need to check that one out as well

[@threestringsomg]

Yay a Tender Buttons mention! Nice one...is my no.1

[@polasco77]

1. Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta 2. Ghost Reveries - Opeth 3. Lullabies To Paralyze - Queens Of The Stone Age 4. Mezmerize - System Of A Down 5. With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

🏆 Plans -Deathcab for Cutie (their most consistently memorable songwriting, imo) RUNNERS-UP: ▪︎Come On Feel the Illinoise -Sufjan Stevens (I'm pretty new to Sufjan and this album has already become a favorite) ▪︎The Woods -Sleater-Kinney (up to this point I've struggled with this band's music but this is their most tuneful effort yet) ▪︎The Great Destroyer -Low (again, I've struggled with Low's music up to now but these songs have energy and force) ▪︎Oceans Apart -The Go-Betweens (it's the last album this Australian outfit ever made and it's wonderful) JUST MISSED THE CUT: ▪︎Extraordinary Machine -Fiona Apple ▪︎Demon Days -Gorillaz ▪︎Lullabies to Paralyze -QOTSA ▪︎Mercy Now -Mary Gauthier ▪︎Funeral Dress -Wussy LIVE ALBUM OF THE YEAR: ▪︎Kicking Television: Live in Chicago -Wilco Shoutouts to Bright Eyes, Nine Inch Nails, My Morning Jacket, Beck, Amy Rigby, Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Doves, Bloc Party, Sigur Ros, Porcupine Tree, Kaiser Chiefs, and The White Stripes.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

You forgot to say “first!” - Joe

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@TastesLikeMusic FFIIIRRRSSSTTT!!!

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Hey, Jason, you underestimate the power of live albums. 'Kicking Television' went considerably farther towards making me a Wilco fan than their studio albums. Their music came alive for me in a way it just didn't on record. Makes me want to go back and re-listen to their albums.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Not my fave S-K album. Have you listened to Dig Me Out and One Beat? Those are the ones I like best.

[@frangarcia7774]

Great list. We have many in common

[@celticbird2398]

Runner-ups: -Wolfmother - Wolfmother -Editors - The Back Room -Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code -Kanye West - Late Registration -Death Cab for Cutie - Plans AOTY: Coldplay - X&Y 🏆 Other nods missing the cut: -Gorillaz - Demon Days -Common - Be -Shinedown - Us and Them -Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze -The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan -Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

Dropkick - yeah - just missed my top 5

[@celticbird2398]

@@NaughtyVampireGod It's tough, such a good year.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I think X&Y is quite good. Not sure why it has such a poor reputation these days. - Joe

[@scottanthonyweidner8692]

@@TastesLikeMusic I would rank X&Y as a 3.5 star album; i.e. a very good one. Most albums of that quality aren't likely to get into my listening rotation unless I'm really motivated to give them another shot. That was an album that I listened to a fair amount back in the day, so it's pretty unlikely to get a re-evaluation unless I really catch a Coldplay bug. I agree with Jason's comment above that "things fall off a cliff" after Viva la Vida, but I do really enjoy the song "Paradise" as a rather cheesy but catchy-as-hell and uplifting single.

[@jasonjames6383]

Favourite Album: Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Runners Up: Gojira - From Mars To Sirius Dream Theatre - Octavarium Kanye West - Late Registration The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute Others: Ryan Adams - Cold Roses, Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust, Opeth - Ghost Reveries, Wolfmother - Self Titled, End of Fashion - Self Titled, Bloc Party - Silent Alarm & Foo Fighters - In Honor

[@tokyochuchu]

1. Infinity Land - Biffy Clyro 2. Warnings / Promises - Idlewild 3. The Understanding - Royksopp 4. Siberia - Echo & the Bunnymen 5. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party

[@albarton7189]

Aerial - Kate Bush The Forgotten Arm - Aimee Mann X&Y - Coldplay In Between Dream’s - Jack Johnson Life in Slow Motion - David Gray

[@josejones]

Thanks again guys! Here’s mine... 1 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem 2 Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers 3 New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 4 The Clientele - Strange Geometry 5 Cat Power - The Greatest Just missed: Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary Animal Collective - Feels M.I.A. - Arular Ladytron - Witching Hour Spoon - Gimme Fiction Broadcast - Tender Buttons Keith Fullerton Whitman - Multiples Annie - Anniemal Kanye West - Late Registration Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise

[@TastesLikeMusic]

The greatest is 06 I believe - Kramzer

[@josejones]

@@TastesLikeMusic huh. Indeed it was. My bad. I guess Feels would therefore take the 5 spot. Love the album but prefer strawberry jam and merriweather. Would love to see an AC listography at some point!

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

@@josejones That Cat Power is good. That might end up on my '06 list.

[@kenzoby8300]

I’ve been listening to y’all since “1965.” It was all even til “2000.” I’m definitely on Team Joe now. ( still waiting for his thoughts of KC Discipline).

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Team Joe? C’mon Ken, I thought you were cool. -Jason

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

Heh-heh. I'm on team Joe in the sense that I think there were some good albums this year, but was there anything that stands up to the greatest albums of the '60s and '70s (or even '80s, for that matter)? I'd say no. Joe seems to recognize that. And that's not a knock on the other guys, heck, everybody loves the music they grew up with. I myself am guilty of rating certain albums 5 stars that, in the grand scheme of things, probably didn't deserve to be 5 stars... they're just my pet albums.

[@kenzoby8300]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 I agree w your points 100%! I like it when the other 2 ( and btw I really respect them and always give their albums a spin and listen) gush over these soft obscure albums ...and Joe says “ I’ve never heard of these albums y’all are talking about.” Lol

[@pierinmess5415]

1. Boris - Pink 2. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute 3. The Psychic Paramount - Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural 4. 5° andar - Piratão 5. Zemfira - Вендетта 6. Gorillaz - Demon Days 7. Cuong Vu - It's Mostly Residual 8. Björk - The Music From Drawing Restraint 9 2005 was such a great year for music!

[@Kevin-ow8yh]

mariah and madonna are tied at #1 for me, confessions and emancipation are both classics

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

Agreed

[@chrissirhc7337]

six organs Of admittance - school Of the Flower ali Farka toure and toumani diabate- in the heart of the moon

[@ChristopherDeSanty]

1. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute 2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 3. The Pineapple Thief - 10 Stories Down 4. Blackalicious - The Craft 5. KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope

[@timothywright5522]

Neil Young -Prairie wind, Oasis- Don't believe the truth, Rolling Stones- A bigger bang, Paul McCartney - Chaos & creation in the back yard, Supergrass - Road to Rouen. Others worthy of a mention - Coldplay - X & Y, Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft, Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust, Mercury Rev - The secret migration, Doves - Some cities, The Tears - Here come the Tears, The Coral - The invisible invasion.

[@179rich]

Great to see A Bigger Bang get some love. I know some fans don't dig it but I think it's fantastic.

[@timothywright5522]

@@179rich I think it's mostly excellent. Their low point for me was Dirty Work ( 1986 ) but since then they've recorded some fine albums, not quite as good as their peak ( 1968 - 1972 ) but still very good in their own right.

[@timothywright5522]

Forgot about Sigur Ros - Takk, which I also like.

[@frankrogers2968]

My list: 1. Beck: Guero 2. Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase 3. My Morning Jacket: Z 4. Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow 5. Babyshambles: Down in Albion Honorable Mention: Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic

[@kkww7707]

5-Spoon-Gimme Fiction 4-Laura Veirs-Year Of Meteors 3-White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan 2-Gorillaz-Demon Days 1-Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation-Mighty Rearranger

[@179rich]

Mighty Rearranger comes in at #2 for me. Fantastic album.

[@jesuschambers]

2005 for me is the best year of the decade. So many great albums to choose from and these are some honourable mentions but I could've picked many more: Editors - The Back Room Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites Athlete - Tourist Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger Hard Fi - Stars Of CCTV We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor Feeder - Pushing The Senses Starsailor - On The Outside Idlewild - Warnings/Promises Black Mountain - Black Mountain The Coral - The Invisible Invasion Spoon - Gimme Fiction The National - Alligator Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze These are the top 5: 5. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner 4. EELS - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations 3. Nine Black Alps - Everything Is 2. British Sea Power - Open Season 1. Echo & The Bunnymen - Siberia(One of my top 20 favourite albums of all time)

[@threestringsomg]

Oh as a Echo fan I'm ashamed not to have listened to Siberia...I think Flowers was too average for me and out me off other recent albums...kudos for Open Season at no.2 lovely record...the last song is genius epic!😃

[@jesuschambers]

@@threestringsomg Looking at the comments here, it looks like you are not the only one that hasn't given Siberia a chance!. I'm astounded that I'm the only one that rates this little masterpiece of an album. Easily their best since Ocean Rain, gorgeous songs, great guitar work from Will Sergeant, the return of Hugh Jones as producer and of course Ian McCulloch at his sublime best. In The Margins is the outstanding song for me but it's loaded with tunes that once heard, they won't leave your head.

[@threestringsomg]

@@jesuschambers cool. Will Def listen. Ocean Rain and Crocodiles are two of my all time faves

[@prockrog5219]

Top 6 from me - and I really didn't need to go further. These are my 4 to 5 star albums of 2005, and I really don't know of any others... Bendik Hofseth - Itaka ★★★★★ Coldplay - X & Y ★★★★ Neil Young - Prairie Wind ★★★★ Superfamily - Back in Paris ★★★★ Ulver - Blood Inside ★★★★ Dream Theater - Octavarium ★★★★ And nice to see I'm not the only one to screw up a year every now and then :)

[@179rich]

20) The Beekeeper - Tori Amos 19) Separation Sunday - The Hold Steady 18) Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes 17) You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand 16) Silent Alarm - Bloc Party 15) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 14) Bang Bang Rock & Roll - Art Brut 13) Howl - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 12) Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers 11) Devil's Playground - Billy Idol 10) Feels - Animal Collective 09) Playing the Angel - Depeche Mode 08) With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails 07) Gimmie Fiction - Spoon 06) Demon Days - Gorillaz 05) Guero - Beck 04) A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones 03) Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age 02) Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation 01) Arular - M.I.A. I'm cheating a bit with Mighty Rearranger by including the bonus cuts that came with the original CD release. Otherwise it would slide down to third place.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

I totally forgot about that Tori Amos album. I'm a fan - but not of that album.

[@179rich]

@@NaughtyVampireGod Not one of her best ones for sure. It was this album or Extraordinary Machine and I ended up paying tribute to an old love.

[@179rich]

Pink by Boris gets an honorable mention. Should have been on this list but I had it in 2006. Shouldn't be doing shit without my reading glasses. Sucks getting old. :-]

[@alexfowler1490]

GREAT choice for #1

[@BL-mf3jp]

1. Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta 2. Feels - Animal Collective 3. Ape of Naples - Coil 4. Illinoise- Sufjan Stevens 5. City of Evil - Avenged Sevenfold

[@balthazarspencer704]

1. Porcupine tree-Deadwing 2. Queenadreena-The butcher and the butterfly 3. Unsane-Blood run 4. System of a down-Mesmerize 5. Riverside-Second life syndrome

[@blakeplaster7139]

1. Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze 2. Foo Fighters: In Your Honor 3. Audioslave: Out of Exile 4. Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth 5. Nickelback: All the Right Reasons

[@mdav30]

Glad to see Volta get the vote! Would have been 1 or 2 for me behind Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake. Also, Frances the Mute the song - not on the record - is one of their best and this live tour was unbelievable.

[@brentschildt9091]

I'm late posting on this one, so I'll just do my album of the year: What Comes After the Blues- Magnolia Electric Co. Of all the more contemporary musicians that have passed before their time, I miss Jason Molina the most. To think that he could have had another 20-30+ years of making music is heartbreaking.

[@tomklenskjr.2491]

My Favorite Five, of 2005: 1. Eels - Blinking Lights and other Revelations 2. John Southworth - Yosemite 3. Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 4. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers 5. Jaimie Cullum - Catching Tales

[@nicholaspayne5162]

I started my Radio Production course in 2005 and got to have my own show on 7 Waves later Wirral Community Radio. So my modern tastes started to emerge more at this time. 1. Goldfrapp: Supernature 2. Saint Etienne: Tales From Turnpike House 3. The Raveonettes: Pretty In Black 4. The Shortwave Set: The Debt Collection 5. Kate Bush: Aerial

[@threestringsomg]

I already have absolutely no doubt Goldfrapp will be my no.1 for 07...have yet to enjoy their poppier albums...👍

[@nicholaspayne5162]

@@threestringsomg I know the band don't think much of Head First but it's one I enjoy.

[@jackedmonston4909]

1. Late Registration 2. Lullabies to Paralyze 3. Wolfmother 4. Gimmie Fiction 5. Human After All Honorable Mention to Dirty Diamonds and Pixel Revolt

[@threestringsomg]

Yay a mention of one of my faves at last! Nice one Kramzer...Silent Alarm I first heard live...Bloc Party were supporting Razorlight and they blew me away....didn't know at the time they had perfected the group of songs on this album over many years of touring...they were great!!😃...so went and bought the album...

[@cedrito67]

2005 / Here are my favorites for that year / Mes favoris pour cette année sont : 1 : Dirty Diamonds - ALICE COOPER . 2 : Souls Alike - BONNIE RAITT . 3 : In Spite Of It All - CALVIN RUSSELL . 4 : One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back - THE DARKNESS . 5 : Chapeando - LOS VAN VAN .

[@heresthething41]

5. "Hinterland" Wobbler 4. "The End is Beautiful" Echolyn 3. "The Sane Day" Beardfish 2. "?" Neal Morse 1. "Deadwing" Porcupine Tree

[@carncats07]

5. Get Behind Me Satan by White Stripes 4. Guero by Beck 3. Bleed Like Me by Garbage 2. Wolfmother debut self titled 1. Mezmerize by System Of A Down

[@danielgower3309]

Another great year. My 2005 top ten: 1. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses 2. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights 3. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning 4. Josh Rouse - Nashville 5. Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities 6. Ryan Adams - 29 7. My Morning Jacket - Z 8. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright 9. The Clientele - Strange Geometry 10. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow

[@bribook69]

1. Black Sheep Boy - Okkervil River 2 Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers 3. Gimme Fiction - Spoon 4. I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning - Bright Eyes 5. The Woods - Sleater Kinney Only two years late.

[@daveycretin664]

1. Porcupine Tree ~ Deadwing 2. Kino ~ Picture 3. Dream Theater ~ Octavarium 4. Arena ~ Pepper’s Ghost 5. System Of A Down ~ Mezmerize 6. Opeth ~ Ghost Reveries 7. Garbage ~ Bleed Like Me 8. Wolfmother ~ Wolfmother 9. Spock’s Beard ~ Octane 10.Fiona Apple ~ Extraordinary Machine

[@ykmgeedee]

7 Face the Truth- Stephen Malkmus 6. Francis the Mute- The Mars Volta 5. Transistor Radio- M. Ward 4. Front Parlour Ballads- Richard Thompson 3. Earth Tones- Charlie Hunter, Ernest Ranglin & Chinna Smith 2. Z- My Morning Jacket 1. The Woods- Sleater Kinney. Other notables: At Carnegie Hall- Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, and also R30 by Rush.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

You succeeded in turning me on to Sleater-Kinney! They made my top 5.

[@cheapcinemachannel4548]

1. Supergrass- Road to Rouen (maybe their best) 2. Daft Punk- Human After All 3. The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan 4. Seu Jorge- The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions 5. Ben Folds- Songs for Silverman

[@davidbarnette5649]

2005: (Year Average 8.9) 1. I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes (9.5) 2. The Sunset Tree - The Mountain Goats (9) 3. Knuckle Down - Ani DiFranco (9) 4. Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (8.5) 5. Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum - Tally Hall (8.5)

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

My top albums are a little basic, I love the really mainstream/pop albums because they feel very nostalgic for me 4. The emancipation of mimi 3. Some hearts 2. Love. Angel. Music. Baby 1. Confessions on a dance floor I'd like to point out that confessions was probably the biggest album of that year if we're talking about world wide. Confessions reached number 1 in 40 countries making it the album that reached number 1 in the most countries and the lead single Hung up did the same thing except with 41 countries. Overall, not the best year for me but confessions is in my top 2 favorite albums of all time.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

We belong together is an absolute banger. I love all of her singles. - Joe

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

@@TastesLikeMusic My favorite from that album is "Shake it off" but We belong together is so good

[@threestringsomg]

I bought Confessions!! Apart from Celebration best of its the only Madonna album I ever got....thought it was great! Good call...Madonna made brilliant songs

[@mrtb7676]

2005: Most represented year for studio albums in my collection. 10. Kanye West - The Late Registration 9. 50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean 8. Low - The Great Destroyer 7. Gorillaz - Demon Days 6. Deerhoof - The Runners Four 5. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree 4. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze 3. Metric - Live It Out 2. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary 1. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love

[@kevtruth]

1. Teenage Fanclub - Man-made 2. Supergrass - Road To Rouen 3. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 4. Beck - Guero 5. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment *Wanted to say once again thanks again guys for doing what you do. Kram: where do you reside in the city? I'm on the north side, a half dozen blocks north of Wrigley

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

yep - thanks boys

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Man made is so underrated. -Jason

[@kevtruth]

@@TastesLikeMusic Love it!

[@179rich]

Not a Teenage Fanclub fan but great to see Beck and Spoon get more love.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Have you ever heard that particular TF album? It’s pretty different and a lot of teenage fanclub fans don’t like it. Produced by John McEntire of Tortoise and his influence is pretty heavy. -Jason

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My top 5 5. Stratovarius (Stratovarius) 4. Rapture Of The Deep (Deep Purple) 3. Seven Seals (Primal Fear) 2. All That I Am (Santana) 1. Have A Nice Day (Bon Jovi)

[@TheWusster]

Pixel Revolt. Such a masterpiece. My wife’s favorite album of all time.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

You have good taste in women. -Jason

[@curly_wyn]

1. Broadcast - Tender Buttons 2. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods 3. Nujabes - Modal Soul 4. Coil - The Ape of Naples 5. Dälek - Absence Outside the Top 5: 6. Common - Be 7. Lamp - 木洩陽通りにて (Komorebi Doori Nite) 8. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase 9. M.I.A. - Arular 10. The Mountain Goats - Come, Come to the Sunset Tree Also, with Kram explaining Animal Collective, I could just feel Joe thinking: “Hm….so it’s basically just hipster shit.” lol

[@JalalLatif]

1.Common - Be 2.Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough 3.Lil Wayne - The Carter II 4.Kayne West - Late Registration 5.Stevie Wonder - A Time To Love Other Albums I Dig From 2005: Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabes To Paralyze Pretty Ricky - Bluestars R.Kelly - TP.3 Reloaded Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming Weezer - Make Believe Kem - Album II Jaime Foxx - Unpredictable 3 Doors Down - Seventeen Days Amerie - Touch The Game - The Documentary Tweet - It Me Again 50 Cent - The Massacre Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is Nivea - Complicated

[@kiwiian8051]

You all liked My Morning Jacket's Z so I decided it was time to follow your lead and listen to something new, to me at least. Got to say.....I loved it! The vocals kept reminding me of Fleet Foxes, no bad thing. I just thought it was really clever and quite captivating. Thanks guys. As for my favourite of 2005 it would probably be Richard Hawley's Cole's Corner closely followed by Sufjan's second best album.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Coles Corner is fantastic. Glad you liked Z! -Jason

[@fourseasons4105]

1. Gorillaz- Demon days 2. Strapping young lad- Alien 3. Opeth- Ghost reveries 4. Dream theater- Octavarium 5. Between the buried and me- Alaska 6. John Petrucci- Suspended animation 7. Meshuggah- Catch 33 8. Kanye West- Late registration 9. Gojira- From Mars to Sirius 10. The Mars Volta- Frances the mute

[@isud2000]

1. MEW - And The Glass Handed Kites 2. Gorillaz - Demon Days 3. System of a Down - Hypnotize 4. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 5. Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth

[@TastesLikeMusic]

And the Glass Handed Kites has some of my favorite songs of the 00s. Just missed my top 5. - Joe

[@thaber]

Yanks 4, Icelanders 1 Get Behind Me Satan - W Stripes Z - MMJ Cold Roses - R Adams Suit Yourself - Shelby Lynne Takk... - Sigur Ros

[@fmbro872]

5 Deadwing - Porcupine Tree 4 Lullabies To Paralyze - Queens Of The Stone Age 3 From Mars To Sirius - Gojira 2 Frances The Mute - The Mars Volta 1 Ghost Reveries - Opeth

[@JoshPCohen]

My top albums for 2005 1. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine 2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 3. Beck - Guero 4. Rufus Wainwright - Want 1

[@IrishFootyVlogs]

Ok my top 5 (none 5 star) 5. QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyze 4. Kate Bush - Ariel 3. The National - Alligator 2. My Morning Jacket - Z 1. Animal Collective Could never get into Sufjan

[@ChrisHeimpel]

Whoa, big year. 1. Mars Volta - Frances 2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 3. Opeth - Ghost reveries 4. Death cab - Plans 5. New pornographers - Twin cinema 6. Coheed - Good apollo 7. mmj - z 8. HIM -Dark light

[@Dkatanasoul0]

5) The Detroit Cobras - Baby 4) Deerhoof - The Runner’s Four 3) BRMC - Howl 2) Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins 1) The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

[@manalive256]

1. Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase 2. Kate Bush - Aerial 3. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem 4. Gorillaz - Demon Days 5. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

[@bryanbyrde8338]

My favourite album of 2005 is by a man who would certainly feature very high on a list of ‘the world’s greatest rock stars’ if such a thing could ever be quantified: 1. Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant 2. Deadwing - Porcupine Tree 3. X&Y - Coldplay 4. Language.Sex.Violence.Other? - Stereophonics 5. Get Behind Me Satan - White Stripes It’s good to hear some love for Stereophonics, Kramser. They have definitely been one of the best British rock bands of this century.

[@179rich]

Mighty Rearranger #2 on my list - so good.

[@bryanbyrde8338]

@@179rich yes it’s definitely one of his very best solo albums. It’s probably my second favourite after Fate Of Nations.

[@drummessiah88]

*MY TOP 10* 10. *A Certain Trigger* by MAXIMO PARK 9. *Cold Roses* by RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS 8. *Blinking Lights and Other Revelations* by THE EELS 7. *Z* by MY MORNING JACKET 6. *Don't Believe The Truth* by OASIS 5. *In Your Honor* by FOO FIGHTERS 4. *Lullabies To Paralyze* by QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE 3. *Songs For Silverman* by BEN FOLDS 2. *Commit This To Memory* by MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK 1. *Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV : Vol. 1* by COHEED AND CAMBRIA *BEYOND HONORABLE MENTIONS* *Wolfmother* by WOLFMOTHER *Get Behind Me Satan* by THE WHITE STRIPES *Plans* by DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE *Bayside* by BAYSIDE *Mezmorize/Hynotize* by SYSTEM OF A DOWN *Never Take Friendship Personal* by ANBERLIN *Frances The Mute* by THE MARS VOLTA *Twin Cinema* by THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS *LIVE ALBUM OF 2005* *Try!* by JOHN MAYER TRIO I was in high school in 2005. Sooo much nostalgia while going through albums that came out this year. Sooooo many choices. It was agonizing trying to sus out which of these were my favorites and scraped to my Top 10. It was a huge reminder that this was a GREAT year for Music, across the board. Cheers dudes. I wish I was friends with ya guys 😂

[@TastesLikeMusic]

We are definitely on the same page. Love that MCS album. Too. - Joe

[@drummessiah88]

@@TastesLikeMusic Nice! I'm glad you dig that record. I wish more people knew about MCS. So much good stuff. Particularly that record. Thanks so liking the list!

[@AnotherBadSpeech]

Great year. My favourite is The Woods by Sleater Kinney. Other great records: The National - Alligator Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema Sigur Rós - Takk

[@AllMediaReviewsPodcast]

fantastic year, and 1 of my favorites of all-time. 1. The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse 2. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo 1: I'm Burning Star IV: From Fear through the Eyes of Madness 3. dredg - Catch Without Arms 4. Oceansize - Everyone Into Position 5. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute 6. Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself 7. Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites 8. Subterranean Masquerade - Suspended Animation Dreams 9. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing 10. Opeth - Ghost Reveries 11. Bend Sinister - Through the Broken City 12. Between the Buried and Me - Alaska 13. Time of Orchids - Sarcast While 14. Klimt 1918 - Dopoguerra 15. Neverending White Lights - Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies 16. Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World 17. Karnivool - Themata 18. Kaddisfly - Buy Our Intention: We'll Buy You a Unicorn 19. The Decemberists - Picaresque 20. System of a Down - Mezmerize 21. Margot and the Nuclear So and So's - Dust of Retreat 22. Josh Rouse - Nashville 23. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema 24. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 25. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm 26. Burst - Origo 27. Shadow Gallery - Room V 28. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius 29. Dream Theater - Octavarium 30. God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright 31. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil 32. The Ebb and Flow - Time to Echolocate 33. Pat Metheny - The Way Up 34. King's X - Ogre Tones 35. Shaman - Reason 36. System of a Down - Hypnotize

[@TastesLikeMusic]

Nice change from the usual lists we see on here. - Joe

[@threestringsomg]

Since you've all mentioned My Morning Jacket I will check it out...

[@asmundgjystdal4204]

This is a really good year. My top 5: 5. My Morning Jacket: Z 4. John Vandeslice: Pixel Revolt 3. Darren Hanlon: Little Chills 2. Sigur Rós: Takk... 1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois

[@roxannewalsh]

A Status Quo album on Listography? One day they will ban me, but if a band entertains rock audiences around the globe for 40 years they may do something right. Like playing those three chords in the right order, for example. Or invest 2:17 to check out Yellow Cotton Dress (or 3:17 for Airborne) to get convinced that the Wussy debut is worth listening to. And crazy - Sleater-Kinney have 4 albums that I give 5 stars, one with 4,5 and three with 4 stars, so they seem to be one of my most favourite bands over all. But not in 2005. I must be a weird person... HM - Jello Biafra & Melvins - Sieg Howdy, Solomon Burke - Make Do With What You Got, Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot, Linda Gail Lewis - Me and the Boys in the Band, Status Quo - The Party Ain't Over Yet 5. Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive (The singer/songwriter was born in the same year as me. She made her first record at 37 and while her biography is surely quite different from mine her songs cover ground that I can easily relate to. She is a great songwriter and a great singer and her choice of musical style for each song always fits the topic.) 4. Van der Graaf Generator - Present (The most unexpected reunion in a long time. The progressive band had disbanded in 1977 - this line-up even did their last recordings in 76. It is even more impressive that a band with such complex and challenging repertoire record "live in the studio" after a nearly 30 year hiatus. The chemistry between the four is immediately there. To be clear - VDGG were a unique band in their heyday and stood apart from the progressive bands of the 70s the same way King Crimson did. This is a welcome return for all old fans but not a point to start for new listeners. It is not up to their best work but it is unmistakable VDGG. Note: there is a second CD with instrumental improvisations, this is more of a bonus documentation for those interested in how such music is created, I did not consider it here.) 3. Phil Manzanera - 50 Minutes Later (Magnificent melodies and exotic rhythms embellish his journey back into his early years in London - including the legendary UFO club and its psychedelic settings. The choice of collaborators speaks for itself, all his old companions are on board Eno, Robert Wyatt, Paul Thompson, Andy Mackay. Despite the concept and participants the album has no nostalgia to it. Instead there is a bunch of great melodies set in a variety of influences from Latin motifs and psychedelia to progressive rock or mainstream rock, still all parts create a larger whole. Progressive rock is not dead when it actually progresses instead of trying to recreate a 70s sound of old. Strangely enough, those who understand this best are those who created the sound back then.) 2. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Nothing But Water (What the world needed in 2005 was a great hammond organ player to fill the void left by Gregg Allman and Steve Winwood. So how about a woman with a voice like Bonnie Raitt or Bonnie Bramlett and magic in her fingers? This is the band's debut although Grace had published a first album under her own name in 2004. There is a bit more of gospel influence than the Allman Brothers Band usually had but otherwise the style is comparable. Important to notice that despite Potter's talent this is a band and a very tight unit.) 1. Wussy - Funeral Dress (Everything in this band seems to contradict itself and on paper none of the elements could ever make a whole. In reality and by some magic it works. Chuck Weaver of the Ass Ponys had vanished from the public almost a decade ago and Lisa Walker came from nowhere. They were a pair and even if she was about half his age at the time of this record she appeared to be more mature while he in his mid-forties still was like the frightened teenager. Their vocal interplay as well as their guitars had me hooked immediately. There are 11 tracks, none above four minutes and each is a story masterfully told. This is one of the rare albums that has not a note too much or a note missing.)

[@179rich]

I really hate the name Wussy but I'll give them a try.

[@179rich]

That's a good idea for a Listography video - awful band names.

[@roxannewalsh]

@@179rich What do you expect from someone who named his previous band The Ass Ponys? His choice for album titles is just as weird - if there is anything he can do to prevent his albums from selling, he will do it.

[@frangarcia7774]

Was hoping that you had John Cale in your list. Looks like I'm the only one who likes this album

[@roxannewalsh]

@@frangarcia7774To be honest, I find the production on this album horrible. There is an extra layer of clutter and vocals put over each track to make it sound more "modern" that does nothing for the songs. Sometimes you get glimpses of what may have been the original idea but then they bury it. I am not sure what the idea was, maybe trying to sound like Yo La Tengo? All those bands learned from him, why does he try to imitate backwards? In a nutshell - Herb Graham is not Brian Eno.

[@anthonymoreno5748]

1 Nits Les nuits 2 Low The great destroyer 3 Nada Surf The weigh is a gift 4 The Fall Fall heads roll 4 Clap your hands say yeah CYHSY

[@roxannewalsh]

Nits? Is that the dutch band that recorded In the Dutch Mountains and many, many others? If yes, I missed this album and should check for it - they made many good ones. The Fall album did not make my list this time, but the previous one did and well as the following. If they are great then they are really great but the are never the same on any album.

[@independenceltd.]

5. Fused - Tony Iommi 4. Dare I Say... - Hermano 3. Rapture of the Deep - Deep Purple 2. One Way Ticket to Hell...And Back - The Darkness 1. In the Arms of God - Corrosion of Conformity

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

For me, the best one on your list was Hermano. I liked that album quite a bit. Cheers!

[@independenceltd.]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Yes, great band. Cheers.

[@Fanged.Fiend.Reactor]

1. Gorillaz - Demon Days 2. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth 3. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel 4. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans 5. The Game - The Documentary

[@BazStrickland]

Drum roll please.....the k-meister almost got it right Bloc Party - silent alarm - we we’re obssesed.....fabric night club (lost my glasses)... the nights at the Astoria...the album in its entirety (before it was cool) at the royal Albert hall in aid of teenage cancer....note perfect....I’ve so many memories...... There was of lcd sounds system (Brixton academy - the tickets I won somehow) Ben folds - songs for Silverman The rakes - capture/release My morning jacket z (zee to you, zed to me lol) Two points of order Kanye west was right about George bush Jason - a correction not an insurrection Give me a b Give me an l Give me an o Give me a c Give me a p Give me an a Give me an r Give me a t Give me a y

[@179rich]

I didn't realize people were laughing at what Kanye said. I thought it was serious business. Bush later said it was the low point of his Presidency. He was deeply hurt. He may have a heart but he's still a POS for what he did in Iraq especially. Lot of innocent blood on his hands.

[@niveketihw1897]

Okkervil River's Black Sheep Boy is up there for my #1 of 2005. Powerful, beautiful, haunting.

[@frodofraggins]

1) On the Outside - Starsailor 5 2) Out of Exile - Audioslave 5 3) Duality - Ra 5 (melodic hard rock ala queensryche and dokken - no one else like them but I love their songs) 4) X&Y - Coldplay 5 (I don't have problems with this one like many. viva La Vida is where they lost me) 5) Some Cities - Doves 4.5 6) Fresh Wine for the Horses - Rob Dickinson4.5 7) Life in Slow Motion - David Gray 4 8) Super Extra Gravity - The Cardigans 3.5 9) Takk - Sigur Ros 3.5 10) Leaders of the Free World - Elbow 3 11) Bleed Like Me - Garbage 3 12) Don't Believe the Truth - Oasis 2.5 13) Volume 5: Anatomic - Afro Celt Sound System 2.5 14) the great destroyer - low 2.5 15) Primo Victoria - Sabaton 2.5 16) Language. Sex. Violence. Other? - Stereophonics 2.5 17) Pushing the Senses - Feeder 2.5 18) Road to Rouen - Supergrass 2.5 19) JackInABox - Turin Brakes 2 20) Tourist - Athlete 2 21) Picaresque - The Decemberists 2 22) Illinois - Sufjan Stevens 2 23) Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney 2 24) Mighty ReArranger - Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation 2 25) Employment - Kaiser Chiefs 2 26) Aerial - Kate Bush 1 27) Mezmerize - System of a Down 1 28) Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta 1 29) You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand 1

[@timothywright5522]

Agree with you about X & Y, contains an excellent 'hidden' track, Till kingdom comes. Chris Martin wrote it for Johnny Cash but he died before the was able to record it.

[@179rich]

So funny, they finally won me over with Viva La Vida. Nice list. I will have to give that Rob Dickinson another try. I love Catherine Wheel.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

I like viva la vida a lot. Definitely more than x&y but things really go off a cliff after that. -Jason

[@scottanthonyweidner8692]

@@179rich Re: Catherine Wheel: I adore their first two albums (Ferment is top 100 all-time for me), do not like (much less love) their later stuff.

[@179rich]

@@scottanthonyweidner8692 I especially love Chrome and Happy Days. Ferment is good, the others, not so much, although Like Cats and Dogs has some good stuff on it.

[@edgustafson]

1. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday 2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction 3. The National - Alligator The first three are all terrific and probably rank among my favorite albums of the decade. These could probably go in any order, but I've been listening to the new Hold Steady album lately, so I'm kind of in the Hold Steady zone right now. 4. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy 5. Crooked Fingers - Dignity & Shame I don't expect the Crooked Fingers album to be on a lot of lists, but it's an amazing album that holds up really well. Honorable mentions to Ryan Adams' Cold Roses and Broken Social Scene, but I think both suffer from being a bit overstuffed. The Ryan Adams one would've probably been his best album if cut in half, but it's like an hour and a half long, which is a lot of sad Ryan Adams songs to take in in one sitting.

[@shoogerkane]

nice mention of okkervil river and crooked fingers. not that the others you mention aren't great - just that i didnt see any other mention of them

[@edgustafson]

@@shoogerkane I'm surprised Okkervil River isn't on more lists. It was well received in 2005, it's a great album that holds up well, and it doesn't seem like a difficult listen or anything. Will Sheff is a great songwriter. I don't think the Crooked Fingers album got a ton of buzz, so that doesn't surprise me, but both that and Red Devil Dawn are excellent albums.

[@ianp9086]

Just want to add a shout for The National Alligator - maybe you’re waiting for Boxer? Also Editors The Back Room and perhaps even Goldfrapp’s Supernature!

[@edgustafson]

I think Alligator is probably my favorite National album. It's a little more varied than some of their other albums. "Abel" is undoubtedly their hardest rocking song, for instance. Great tunes on it -- "Secret Meeting", "All the Wine", "Mr. November", "Abel".

[@TastesLikeMusic]

The National could end up being one of those bands that I really love but never makes a top 5. We’ll have to see. I think their best chance for me will be with High Violet. -Jason

[@kenzoby8300]

At this point, I need recommendations to listen to . I really didn’t listen to too many new albums around this time.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

What’s your preferred style. - Joe

[@tayloroquinn1976]

Interesting picks, if not good ones. 2004 were big shoes to fill, but 2005 held its own I feel. These were great years in music.... 5. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better. I was flat mates and buddies was Bob hardy before they started the band, so I may be biased. But I still think it's a great album. 'Eleanor Put Your Boots On' is an unsung classic. 4. Animal Collective - Feels. Enough has been written/said about it, sigh.... 3. Gorillaz - Demon Days. The key track is 'November Has Come'. One of Damon's very best, be it Blur or otherwise. Features the late great MF DOOM, to boot! 2. My Morning Jacket - Z. It all came together for this one. They were never better before or since. 1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois. Back when we thought he was a genius. Now we know he's just very good. The track 'Jacksonville' -- Proof that the banjo can carry it's own weight. Honorable Mention(s): Common - Be. His best album? Yes. Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman. Yes, I'm a fan. Unabashedly. Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins. Kevin Barnes has always been brimming with creativity. He needs more love. Kanye West - Late Registration. Back when he was fun, grounded, and ground-breaking (in that good kinda way). Broken Social Scene (self titled). 'You Forget It In People' will forever be their best, but this album does have '7/4 (Shoreline), after all.

[@179rich]

Tentatively agree with that MMJ comment. I'm not a fan and haven't heard all their stuff but that is the one I heard that appealed to me the most.

[@tayloroquinn1976]

@@179rich It's such a solid record! The only MMJ I committed to buying on vinyl....

[@Andrew-bn7rr]

Dealing with my friends Mars Volta obsessions. I've warmed up to them a little more, but might be nostalgia for the mid-2000s talking.

[@Sir_Eyeball]

My list: 1. System of a Down - Mezmerize 2. The Chemical Brothers - Push The Button 3. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel 4. Coldplay - X&Y 5. Dream Theater - Octavarium Mezmerize probably the only 5 Star Album for me in this year.

[@keithmarus8554]

Hypnotize?

[@Sir_Eyeball]

@@keithmarus8554 It's a good album. In my Top 10. It has some weak Tracks imo though (Tentative, Holy Mountains to name the weakest).

[@juanlopez-vf9vv]

@@Sir_Eyeball Mesmerize / Hypnotize are really just one album, the only reason it split into two was to raise more money for the label. Greetings.

[@Sir_Eyeball]

@@juanlopez-vf9vv Interesting. I Still count it as one album each because they were released half a year apart from each other.

[@IrishFootyVlogs]

Great video as always. 2005, I have to think about. Oh and Jason, I never make mistakes in my KZbin video's (cough) 😁

[@bradmenpes809]

Guys - my advice is to ignore the ridiculous nitpicking of some of the comments. For example, I always say, "for me," and I'm an English teacher. It just sounds better. I used to say, "X and I" when referring to what "me" and someone else was doing, but I changed to "X and me" years ago because ... it sounds better. Can't believe I'm talking about grammar, instead of how much I love Joe for referencing Mesmerize by SoaD (a band I truly love - I don't care if people label them nu-metal). See? What's worse? Saying "Joe and me" both like Mesmerize, or the fact that I've said I love SoaD? 😜

[@prockrog5219]

An observation after going through many of the comments/other lists. Things are becoming more fragmented as we now enter into a territory with few if any "classic" albums. So people really just pick their favorites, and many are less influenced by the Gospel of Rock which is a good thing. So many great, but forgotten, albums in the past that has been overshadowed by the classics. Yes, they are classics for a reason, but it's very hard to listen to the music of the past unbiased.

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

True about more variety in picks; but why do you think people here are (or were) influenced by Gospel of Rock? I know what you mean - but I don't think there's much evidence of that here. I honestly think this audience just goes with their straight-up favorites. But interesting point . . Less universally recognized classic albums after 2000?

[@roxannewalsh]

This is where Joe was completely wrong in the video. The 70s were just as broad but there are many bands or albums that may have never reached the time when he started listening. I probably could list as many great albums for each year in the 70s or 80s than for the 2000s but chances are thin that many will know them. Much of it has never been released on CD, many albums have appeared as part of "2 LPs on 1 CD" or are collector's items. With the enormous amount of new releases you cannot keep even track of those, so I cannot blame anyone for not being able to catch up with 30 years before. So most of the time, people will only know those "classic" albums that appear in all the lists.

[@TastesLikeMusic]

That may be true. There may be tons of 70s and 80s albums that are excellent that no one remembers. I suppose it’s as likely that the availability of modern albums and the proliferation of blogs and journals covering the albums makes it seem like there’s more now. Maybe. - Joe

[@roxannewalsh]

@@TastesLikeMusic A good explanation. The scene was already diverging in those days, so there are many albums that e.g. Folk-Rock fans may know about, but if that genre is not interesting for you then you may just know a handful of key names. And if we dig as deep as a top 5 or top 10, of course always those names will appear - unlikely that anyone would name such great bands as Fotheringay or Renaissance unless you get to some expert discussions.

[@prockrog5219]

@@NaughtyVampireGod I think there are several reasons for albums being less influential in the 2000s - most having to do with The Internet. The decline of print media and the fragmented entertainment market that now consists of an infinite number of sources for video, games, music and opinions of those. 15 minutes of fame has now become 15 seconds of fame. Record labels have less marketing power, and T-shirts are more important than albums. Albums don't bring streaming revenue - mega hit singles does. And the whole concept of rock superstardom has changed. I'm not sure there will be another Bruce Springsteen, Elton John or David Bowie, just as nobody has managed to top the popularity of Elvis in the 50s and The Beatles in the 60s. Evolution and fragmentation leads to niches.

[@JohannesYtterstrom]

My Top 5 5. Rapture of the Deep - Deep Purple A forgotten album by the band that actually is being remixed just about now. There are interesting songs on it but the current sound/production isn't that exciting at all and by this point you had heard Steve Morses Deep Purple quite a bit. The remix might be something! 4. In Your Honor - Foo Fighters I do like that they tried to go outside their box. Not a perfect result but pretty good. 3. One Way Ticket to Hell ..and Back - The Darkness Probably the album of theirs that have aged the worst talking "sound" but still a fun listen all the way through. 2. Out of Exile - Audioslave A bit odd mix of them trying to be more commerical and less commerical at the same time. I like it quite a bit but I think both casual fans of Soundgarden/RATM and diehard-fans was a bit confused. 1. Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age Standing in the shadow of "Songs for the Deaf" and it's biggest weakness is that it is all over the place. The hits are there and the the more odd songs are there but not sure about the order of things and it might be too long. Cut out maybe one or two songs and 20 seconds here and there and this would be a really nice record. I would rate all of these between 3 and 3.8 out of 5. The thing for me was that I was starting to explore more old music so the interest for current music at the time wasn't as good as it could have been. Have a nice weekend!

[@keithmarus8554]

No clear cut #1 but here’s my top 5. Foo Fighters- in your Honor Beck- Guero LCD Soundsystem- self titled NIN- With Teeth Hold Steady- Separation Sunday.

[@markgatica12]

I was curious about that Hold Steady album. I'm gonna give it a listen this weekend.

[@AbbeyRoadkill1]

No Chemical Brothers? I thought they had a good album this year.

[@keithmarus8554]

@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Call them # 6. Excellent album for sure. 😀

[@keithmarus8554]

@@markgatica12 You won’t be jaded. 😀