NME best of 2005

1) "Hounds of Love" Futureheads is number one single.

I forget the album.

Arctic monkeys quite high in the single rundown.

Why did they change the Singles of the Year to Tracks of the Year, especially as 'Hounds of Love' was in the tracks list last year. I knew they'd do that last year when I read it. Surely a track of 2005 shouldn't have been recorded in 2004. That's a minor complaint i'm sure compared to the rest of the list no doubt, as long as it's better then 2001's.

1 Bloc Party

No, just good taste.

They must have listened to Stuart Maconie on Sundays.

50 Test icicles
46 The Duke Spirit
44 Field Music
43 Engineers
40 Brakes
38 Autolux
37 Circulus
35 Elbow
33 We Are Scientists
28 Absentee
20 Editors
13 The Rakes
11 The Cribs
9 Babyshambles

I thought they had gone oput on a limb for some time and was quite impressed, until I found out that Coalition did their press. I interviewed the Circulus dude, he seemed nice

Have Engineers even been in the NME at all? That album is pretty damn good but not for everyone (NuShoegaze/Talk Talk deel to it.)

The Elbow record is the only great record in that bunch I'd say.

46 The Duke Spirit = PJ Harvey Karaoke

44 Field Music = Art-pop-rock think XTC

43 Engineers = overhyped nu shoegazers

40 Brakes = includes British Sea Power member

38 Autolux = American shoegazer revival band

37 Circulus = English Folky-prog rock

35 Elbow = melodic Art-rock band on third album

33 We Are Scientists = no substance hipster band

28 Absentee = never actually heard these lot, they are on English based Memphis Industries label

20 Editors = atmospheric epic post-punk revival they listened to Interpol a couple of years ago

13 The Rakes = can't comment not heard enough

11 The Cribs = rough and ready basic rock n roll. no thanks.

9 Babyshambles = pete libertine's band

38 Autolux - noisy shoegaze/shoegazy noise
33 We Are Scientists - Strokes pt. XIV
13 The Rakes - Edgy postpostpunk, hardly enjoyable, not bad though

Oh, these man eating females sucking the life out of poor weak indie types.

I wonder hom much the NME and Q have common % wise.

No placing for "black oni"? shame on you, nme.

also Simon Reynolds got book of the year for Rip It Up and Start Again

also Simon Reynolds got book of the year for Rip It Up and Start Again

Let me guess there were pictures of Bloc Party round a tree getting it in thier stockings.

They can now market the book at NME teenagers/ early 20s.

strangely he starts his overview: "Cast your mind back to 2000. Music was a poorly beast in need of either a good rockin' or a good kickin"

Can NME's teenage readership even remember 2000? can Thornton even remember 2000?

a good rockin? their number one album was the bog standard hard rockin Queens Of The Stone Age – Rated R

mind you the NME are daft, remember in 2001 they invented NME "new rock revolution", LMAO The Strokes

a good kickin? - IMHO that's Badly Drawn Boy, Eminem, Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft and Paul Welller.

Judge for yourself has the NME got worse or better in 5 years

1. Queens Of The Stone Age – Rated R
2. Primal Scream – Exterminator
3. PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
4. Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
5. At The Drive-In – Relationship Of Command
6. Coldplay – Parachutes
7. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
8. Doves – Lost Souls
9. Super Furry Animals – Mwng
10. Kelis – Kaleidoscope
11. Radiohead – Kid A
12. Granddaddy – The Sophtware Slump
13. Lambchop – Nixon
14. Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
15. Teenage Fanclub – Howdy!
16. Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas To Heaven
17. Elliott Smith – Figure 8
18. The For Carnation – The For Carnation
19. The Go-Betweens – The Friend Of Rachel Worth
20. Richard Ashcroft – Alone With Everybody
21. Wu-Tang Clan – The W
22. Delta – Slippin’ Out
23. Broadcast – The Noise Made By People
24. Six By Seven – The Closer You Get
25. Jeff Buckley – Mystry White Boy
26. Bell And Sebastian – Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant
27. Smog – Dongs Of Sevotion
28. The Delgados – The Great Eastern
29. The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
30. The Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx
31. Two Lone Swordsman – Tiny Reminders
32. Johnny Cash – American Iii: Solitary Man
33. Shellac – 1000 Hurts
34. Marilyn Manson – Holy Wood (In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death)
35. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
36. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
37. Paul Weller – Heliocentric
38. Leila – Courtesy Of Choice
39. Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music
40. Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
41. David Holmes – Bow Down To The Exit Sign
42. Outkast – Stankonia
43. Clinic – Internal Wrangler
44. Amen – We Have Come For Your Parents
45. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
46. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
47. Madonna – Music
48. Q-Tip – Amplified
49. Grand Drive – True Love And High Adventure
50. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – The Blue Tree

1 The Strokes 'Is This It'
3 Spiritualized 'Let It Come Down'
3 The White Stripes 'White Blood Cells'
4 Jay-Z 'The Blueprint'
5 Starsailor 'Love Is Here'
6 *Slipknot 'Iowa'
7 Mercury Rev 'All Is Dream'
8 Rufus Wainwright 'Poses'
9 Andrew WK 'I Get Wet'
10 Aphex Twin 'Drukqs'
11 Super Furry Animals 'Rings Around The World
12 Elbow 'Asleep In The Back'
13 Basement Jaxx 'Rooty'
14 Air '10,000 Hz Legend'
15 Destiny's Child 'Survivor'
16 Daft Punk 'Discovery'
17 Pulp 'We Love Life'
18 Roots Manuva 'Run Come Save Me'
19 Fugazi 'The Argument'
20 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds 'No More Shall We Part'

1985 Top 50 Albums at the NME

1. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
2. Psychocandy - The Jesus And Mary Chain
3. VU - The Velvet Underground
4. Steve Mcqueen - Prefab Sprout
5. Mad Not Mad - Madness
6. This Nations Saving Grace - The Fall
7. Live At The Harlem Club - Sam Cooke
8. So Many Rivers - Bobby Womack
9. New Day Rising - Husker Du
10. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
11. Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
12. Centerfield - John Fogerty
13. Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners
14. Black Codes - Wynton Marsalis
15. Intimate Storm - Shirley Brown
16. Up To The Sun - Meat Puppets
17. Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth
18. Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues
19. Water Under The Bridge - Matilde Santing
20. Our Favourite Shop - The Style Council
21. Old Rotten Hat - Robert Wyatt
22. Low Life - New Order
23. Going Away - Al Green
24. Will The Wolf Survive - Los Lobos
25. There Are Eight Million Stories - The June Brides
26. Caravan Of Love - Isley, Jasper, Isley
27. Little Creatures - Talking Heads
28. A Secret Wish - Propaganda
29. Nail - Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel
30. Fables Of The Reconstruction - REM
31. Single Life - Cameo
32. Kings Of Rock - Run DMC
33. Flip Your Wig - Husker Du
34. Radio Musc Man - Womack & Womack
35. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
36. Dream Of A Lifetime - Marvin Gaye
37. Escenas - Ruben Blades
38. Lost And Found - Jason And The Scorchers
39. Decode Yourself - Ronald Shannon Jackson
40. Halber Mensch - Einsturzende Neubauten
41. The Evening Visits - The Apartments
42. Boys And Girls - Bryan Ferry
43. You're Under Arrest - Miles Davis
44. Father's Lying Dead Upon The Ironing Board - Agnes Bernelle
45. Live In Stockholm - Miles Davis & John Coltrane
46. Shoulder To Shoulder - Test Department And The South Wales Miners Choir
47. Rockin And Romance - Jonathan Richman
48. Lilly Of My Valley - Ijahman Levi
49. The Clock Comes Down The Stairs - Microdisney
50. The First Born Is Dead - Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

I don't know John Fogerty - centrefield but i know centerfold by j geils band

Martian, you are priceless!

Also, I cannot stand Bloc Party. Talk about empty calories.

While it is sometimes crucial that sources be protected, the concept only truly works when applied by journalists and publications with trustworthy reputations.

I'm afraid this blog is not held in such high esteem. Clearly, in this situation the onus is on you to prove you are not manufacturing this list, working for your own anti-NME agenda, and cowardly hiding behind an established code of journalistic conduct -which, as highly subjective bloggers, you have no real claim to in the first place.

Conor

I'm supposed to know the name of every little half-assed marginal Brit pop hype, after decades of crying wolf about such bands, whether they've had albums released in the States or not, when there are a couple thousand more interesting records to care about? Yeah, right. (The descriptions above, at least, suggest I sure didn't miss much.)

15. Intimate Storm - Shirley Brown
19. Water Under The Bridge - Matilde Santing
25. There Are Eight Million Stories - The June Brides
41. The Evening Visits - The Apartments
44. Father's Lying Dead Upon The Ironing Board - Agnes Bernelle
48. Lilly Of My Valley - Ijahman Levi
49. The Clock Comes Down The Stairs - Microdisney

That Agnes Bernelle title sounds totally wacky, though! Who is SHE?? (And I know who Propaganda are now because I bought a used CD by them last month, and what's more, I actually *liked* the darn thing!)

http://www.meilewis.com/photos/circulus/circ1.jpg

More:
http://www.meilewis.com/circulus.html

Maybe NME isn't alone in not being as eclectic and open-minded in its tastes as it used to be.

I've changed my mind, We Are Scientists are worse than Circulus.

Ha ha, anything but. Embittered Irish miserabilists, some said they were a more savage version of Steely Dan but they were never quite that smooth. Cathal Coughlan went onto form the splendid (occasionally) Fatima Mansions and Sean O'Hagan went onto form the nice but dull High Llamas.

Otheres from Chucks list;

Shirley Brown - Old school soul
Matilde Santing - Dutch? Marianne Faithful type cabaret style torch singer
June Brides - Inexplicably hyped c86 type indie jangle, made front cover that year
Agnes Bernelle - Another torch style singer songwriter, some Costello connection I think.

Apartments - dunno. Ijahman Levi - reggae I'd guess, though would love it if was the name of a DC hardcore band.

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3252

NME Recordings Of 2004

Albums

1. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
2. The Libertines – The Libertines
3. The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For A Free
4. Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
5. The Futureheads – The Futureheads
6. Danger Mouse – The Greay Album
7. Kanye West – The College Dropout
8. Razorlight – Razorlight
9. The Radio Dept – Lesser Matters
10. The Dears – No Cities Left
11. Interpol – Antics
12. Morrissey – You Are The Quarry
13. The Killers – Hot Fuss
14. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
15. Dizzie Rascal – Showtime
16. Beastie Boys – To Thr 5 Boroughs
17. TV On The Radio – Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babies
18. U2 – Ho To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
19. The Concretes – The Concretes
20. Kasabain – Kasabain
21. Keane – Hope And Fears
22. Gwen Stefani – Love Angel Music Baby
23. Ryan Adams – Love Is Hell (Pt 1 & 2)
24. Elliott Smith – From A Basement On The Hill
25. Kings Of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak
26. Secret Machines – Now Here Is Nowhere
27. Mylo – Destroy Rock ‘N’ Roll
28. The Ordinary Boys – Over The Counter Culture
29. Hope Of The States – The Lost Riots
30. Dios – Dios
31. Devendra Banheart – Rejoicing In The Hands
32. Kelis – Tasty
33. Brian Wilson – Smile
34. Amplifier – Amplifier
35. Graham Coxon – Happiness In Magazines
36. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightening, Strike
37. The Zutons – Who Killed The Zutons
38. Goldie Lookin’ Chain – Greatest Hits
39. Eminem – Encore
40. The Bees – Free The Bees
41. Mos Def – The New Danger
42. Regina Spektor – Soviet Kitsch
43. The Music – Welcome To The North
44. Wilco – A Ghost Is Born
45. Green Day – American Idiot
46. Sufjan Stevens – Seven Swans
47. The Shins – Chutes Too Narrow
48. Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
49. Selfish Cunt – No Wicked Heart Shall Prosper
50. 22-20’s – 22-20’s

more like the Interpol i can actually cope with listening to without wanting to beat their smarmy fuckwit of a frontman into the ground

*cough* i quite like editors

50. Wolf Eyes

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Also, if that is the editor of the NME posting comments here (we're aware other commenters are posting under the same name and have deleted those comments) then he needs to email Londonist directly to prove it and address his concerns over what we've published directly with us.

Here's the NME tracks of 2005. How Black and White Town didn't make it when #6 and #8 are in there i'll never know.

49 Lucky 6 Lupen Crook
48 The Great Escape We Are Scientists
47 Oh My God! Kasier Chiefs
46 Freakin' Out Graham Coxon
45 Lose Control Missy Elliot
44 Love In A Trashcan The Ravonettes
43 It's Not The Only Way To Feel Happy Field Music
42 Feel Good Inc Gorillaz
41 Zoo Time Mystery Jets
40 My Friend Dario Vitallic
39 Hung Up Madonna
38 Love and Pain Clor
37 Strasbourg The Rakes
36 Hey Man (Now We're Really Living) The Eels
35 Pull Out Death From Above 1979
34 California Low
33 My Dead Wife Absentee
32 Hey Scenesters! The Cribs
31 Lyla Oasis
30 Forever Lost The Magic Numbers
29 Off The Record My Morning Jacket
28 Munich Editors
27 22 Grand Job The Rakes
26 Apply Some Pressure Maximo Park
25 Bored and Somewhat Detatched Snow White
24 Work, Work, Work(Pub, Club, Sleep) The Rakes
23 First Day Of My Life Bright Eyes
22 Oxygen Willy Mason
21 Blue Orchid The White Stripes
20 1 Thing Amerie
19 Please Stand Up British Sea Power
18 I Predict A Re-Release The Kaiser Chiefs
17 Daft Punk Is Playing My House LCD Soundsystem
16 DARE Gorillaz
15 La Ritournelle Sebastien Teller
14 Neighbourhood #2 (Lakia) The Arcade Fire
13 Banquet Bloc Party
12 Hard To Beat Hard-Fi
11 Fake Tales Of San Francisco The Arctic Monkeys
10 Juicebox The Strokes
9 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand
8 Somewhere Else Razorlight
7 Hope There's Someone Antony & The Johnsons
6 Fuck Forever Babyshambles
5 My Doorbell The White Stripes
4 Gold Digger Kanye West
3 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor The Arctic Monkeys
2 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire
1 Hounds Of Love The Futureheads

Books (a bit Uncut no?)

10 John Cynthia Lennon
9 Extreme Sharon Osbourne
8 Moonage Daydream David Bowie & Mick Ronson
7 The Bob Dylan Scrapbook
6 Room Full Of Mirrors Charles R Cross
5 Hotel California Barney Hoskyns
4 The Man Called Cash Steve Turner
3 Everybody Dance Daryl Easlea
2 Margrave Of The Marshes John Peel and Shelia Ravenscroft
1 Rip It Up And Start Again Simon Reynolds

[Orange Juice have just come on 6music as I typed that]

DVD's

10 T-Rex: Born To Boogie
9 Live8
8 Hendrix at Woodstock
7 Morrissey 'Who Put The 'M' in Manchester?'
6 The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
5 Starshaped
4 Serge Gainsbourg
3 No Direction Home
2 Punk: Attitude
1 Dig!

Reissues
10 The Scream
9 Born To Run
8 Relationship Of Command
7 Grace
6 Entroducing...
5 Stanley Road
4 Pornography
3 Goo
2 Future Days
1 Horses

Compilations
10 Curtain Call: Eminem
9 Best of British £1 Notes: John Lydon
8 The Complete Peel Sessions: The Fall
7 The Glasgow School: Orange Juice
6 A Million In Prizes: Iggy Pop
5 The Sounds Of Monsterism Island: V/A
4 John Peel Tribute: V/A
3 Original Songs- Songs That Inspired Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: V/A
2 Meridain 1970: V/A
1 Warchild's Help - A Day In The Life: V/A

No need to spend that £1.90 now.

10 "Stars Of CCTV" Hard-Fi
9 "Eye To The Telescope" KT Tunstall
8 "Funeral" The Arcade Fire
7 "You Could Have It So Much Better" Franz Ferdinand
6 "Back To Bedlam" James Blunt
5 "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" Bright Eyes
4 "Don't Believe The Truth" Oasis
3 "Employment" The Kasier Chiefs
2 "Demon Days" Gorrilaz
1 "X&Y" Coldplay

Q readers vote for the 100 greatest tracks of the year

100 Push The Button Sugababes
99 Good People Jack Johnson
98 Feeling A Moment Feeder
97 All Because Of You U2
96 Welcome To Jamrock Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley
95 E-Pro Beck
94 Forget Myself Elbow
93 DOA Foo Fighters
92 Hey Scenesters! The Cribs
91 I'm Not Okay (I Promise) My Chemical Romance
90 BYOB Sysytem Of A Down
89 Evil Interpol
88 Why Do You Love Me Garbage
87 Munich Editors
86 This Modern Love Bloc Party
85 Who Put The Weight Of The World On My Shoulders? Oasis
84 Girl Beck
83 Tied Up Too Tight Hard-Fi
82 Two More Years Bloc Party
81 Beverly Hills Weezer
80 Mucky Fingers Oasis
79 Shiver Natalie Imbruglia
78 Processed Beats Kasabian
77 Bad Day Daniel Powter
76 Other Side Of The World KT Tunstall
75 Pioneers Bloc Party
74 Love Me Like You The Magic Numbers
73 They Jem
72 Goodnight Goodnight Hot Hot Heat
71 Superman The Stereophonics
70 Neighbourhood #2 (Lakia) The Arcade Fire
69 Diamonds From Sierra Leone Kanye West
68 The First Day Of My Life Bright Eyes
67 Cash Machine Hard-Fi
66 So Here We Are Bloc Party
65 Suddenly I See KT Tunstall
64 Hope There's Someone Antony & The Johnsons
63 I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor The Arctic Monkeys
62 The Ghost Of You My Chemical Romance
61 Krafty New Order
60 What If Coldplay
59 The One I Love David Gray
58 Half Light Athlete
57 White Shadows Coldplay
56 Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out) The Arcade Fire
55 The Meaning Of Soul Oasis
54 In The Morning The Coral
53 Turn Up The Sun Oasis
52 Bullets Editors
51 Graffiti Maxïmo Park
50 Living For The Weekend Hard-Fi
49 Little Sister Queens Of The Stone Age
48 What You Waiting For Gwen Stefani
47 Decent Days and Nights The Futureheads
46 Going Missing Maxïmo Park
45 Galvanize The Chemical Brothers
44 Helena My Chemical Romance
43 Helicopter Bloc Party
42 City Of Blinding Lights U2
41 Fuck Forever Babyshambles
40 Oxygen Willy Mason
39 Gold Digger Kanye West
38 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Green Day
37 Let There Be Love Oasis
36 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own U2
35 Smile Like You Mean It The Killers
34 Vertigo U2
33 Apply Some Pressure Maxïmo Park
32 Killamangiro Babyshambles
31 Hounds Of Love The Futureheads
30 DARE Gorrilaz
29 Black And White Town Doves
28 Blue Orchid The White Stripes
27 All The Things That I've Done The Killers
26 American Idiot Green Day
25 My Doorbell The White Stripes
24 An Honest Mistake The Bravery
23 Club Foot Kasabian
22 Wake Me Up When September Ends Green Day
21 Everyday I Love You Less and Less The Kaiser Chiefs
20 You're Beautiful James Blunt
19 Wires Athlete
18 Rebellion (Lies) The Arcade Fire
17 Somebody Told Me The Killers
16 Holiday Green Day
15 Banquet Bloc Party
14 Forever Lost The Magic Numbers
13 Somewhere Else Razorlight
12 Best Of You Foo Fighters
11 Feel Good Inc Gorrilaz
10 Hard To Beat Hard-Fi
9 Speed Of Sound Coldplay
8 Dakota The Stereophonics
7 Do You Want To Franz Ferdinand
6 Lyla Oasis
5 Black Horse and The Cherry Tree KT Tunstall
4 Oh My God! The Kaiser Chiefs
3 I Predict A Riot The Kaiser Chiefs
2 Fix You Coldplay
1 The Importance Of Being Idle Oasis

and the full albums list

50 Our Shadows Will Remain Joseph Arthur
49 Arular M.I.A.
48 Horse Fabulous The Stands
47 Red Book Texas
46 Language. Sex. Violence. Other? The Stereophonics
45 Ruby Blue Rosin Murphy
44 Where The Humans Eat Willy Mason
43 Dynamite Jamiroquai
42 Be Common
41 More Adventureous Rilo Kiley
40 Cripple Crow Devandra Bandhart
39 Pushing The Senses Feeder
38 With Teeth Nine Inch Nails
37 Lullabies To Paralyze Queens Of The Stone Age
36 Nashville Josh Rouse
35 Z My Morning Jacket
34 Playing The Angel Depeche Mode
33 Leaders Of The Free World Elbow
32 Coles Corner Richard Hawley
31 Tourist Athlete
30 Oceans Apart The Go-Betweens
29 LCD Soundsysyem LCD Soundsysyem
28 29 Ryan Adams
27 Some Cities Doves
26 Confessions On A Dance Floor Madonna
25 Silent Alarm Bloc Party
24 Life In Slow Motion David Gray
23 Aerial Kate Bush
22 One Way Ticket To Hell…And Back The Darkness
21 Want Two Rufus Wainwright
20 Devils And Dust Bruce Springsteen
19 Blinking Lights and Other Revelations Eels
18 Finally Woken Jem
17 As Is Now Paul Weller
16 Prarie Wind Neil Young
15 I Am A Bird Now Antony & The Johnsons
14 The Magic Numbers The Magic Numbers
13 Get Behind Me Satan The White Stripes
12 Late Registration Kanye West
11 Supernature Goldfrapp
10 Stars Of CCTV Hard-Fi
9 Eye To The Telescope KT Tunstall
8 Funeral The Arcade Fire
7 You Could Have It So Much Better Franz Ferdinand
6 Back To Bedlam James Blunt
5 I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning Bright Eyes
4 Don't Believe The Truth Oasis
3 Employment The Kasier Chiefs
2 Demon Days Gorrilaz
1 X&Y Coldplay

I'd like to see anyone argue that these aren't the ten best albums of the year!

this is just... there are no words.

Bring back Sounds!!!

-- David Gunnip (david.a.gunni...) (webmail), December 1st, 2005 3:28 PM.

OK, I will bring back the spirit Sounds of magazine

50 2005 Albums Overlooked by the NME

[if the diverse agenda setting spirit of Melody Maker & Sounds magazine of the late 80s lived on today then these albums would be celebrated]

Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Animal Collective - Feels
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Pier Bucci - Familia
Burst - Origo
Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks
Dälek - Absence
Dark Tranquillity - Character
Richard Davis - Details
Deathspell Omega - Kénôse
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
Ephel Duath - Pain Necessary to Know
Frantic Bleep - The Sense Apparatus
High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Hystereo - Corporate Crimewave
Isolée - Wearemonster
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
Jan Jelinek - Kosmischer Pitch
Jesu - Jesu
Marsen Jules - Herbstlaub
Knut - Terraformer
Konono No. 1 - Congotronics
Larsen - Play
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human
Malory - The Third Face
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
Julien Neto - Le Fumeur de Ciel
Nil - Nil Novo Sub Sol
Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow
Oöphoi & Louisa John-krol - I Hear The Water Dreaming
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Pelican - The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
Pendulum - Hold Your Colour
Port-Royal - Flares
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
Steve Reid - Ensemble - Spirit Walk
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Shining - In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster
Alex Smoke - Incommunicado
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Sunn O))) - Black One
Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Viaticum
Swarm of the Lotus - The Sirens of Silence
Taake - ...Doedskvad
Ulver - Blood Inside
Van Der Graaf Generator - Present
Wilderness - Wilderness

bring back a magazine like Melody Maker & Sounds !

Guapo would have a been Sounds type band - true

they must be tone deaf: Texas, Stereophonics, Blunt, Hard-Fi, Weller - is this my Room 101?

Coldplay are not perfect, but they are not as bad as you hipper-than-thou types think. "Fix You" is one of the best tracks that I heard this year - your mileage may vary.

i did enjoy doves, oasis, magic numbers, coral, mando diao, m.i.a,
bright eyes.....

top singles - black and white town, gold digger, importance of being idle, ....dancefloor,

more than half of the nme list i actually hate!
music for indie snobs, not music lovers!
mojo here i come!

Don't forget the NME Readers poll.

Or will they be 'revising' that as well?

Both LPs are worth a listen. I seem to recall the first was made up of originals and old-school Berlin business, while the second had a couple of more recent numbers, including "Broken Bicycles" by Tom Waits, which seems a bit of an obvious move. Costello had his opera singer friend do the same song not too long ago, didn't he?

All of the above should be considered unreliable.

a) That a load of guys that obviously can't get laid are bitching about a poll published in a magazine written by other guys that can't get laid.

b) That I'm reading their comments

Peace.Out.

No, it's better than that.

Oh and I recall that the LP of FLDOTIB plays at 45, which I suppose is fairly unusual.

a) That a load of guys that obviously can't get laid are bitching about a poll published in a magazine written by other guys that can't get laid.

Well, we can't spend all the time wanking.

I remember when the NME was the enemy of the establishment. I mean, they had that Julie Butcher and Tony Slattery working there didn't they?
Posted by Frank White on December 2, 2005 12:38 PM.

Rob Hinchcliffe - editor.

http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/11/scoop_nme_album.php#comments

the list may have been a working draft version, with more votes to be added ?

This might to some extent explain why the very great Push the Button by the Chemical Brothers, released in January, has not been mentioned anywhere, nor the singles Galvanise, the Boxer and Believe on any of the fave track lists. Galvanise in particular is a masterful pounding beast of a track, got played to death in Jan and Feb and is my personal track of the year.

xp:
Still, what's kind of fascinating, still (if not nearly as much as it used to be since the lists themselves seem so confining -- assuming NME is typical, anyway, which it may not be) is how British critics' take on the year as so *different* than US critics. I'm always like "Wow, where the hell did all THESE bands come from?" That's cool!

Well, in my defence, I suggested *maybe*. I was just trying to reference the fact that towards the top of this thread there seemed to be a lack of knowledge of some of these bands (maybe some of this was ironic?) from several contributors which was perhaps leading to assumptions towards their (lack of) quality.

Like I said, I'm no NME apologist, the list is predominantly one-dimensional mainstream indie, but then it's been a predominantly one-dimensional mainstream indie mag since at least 2001, so where's everyone been?

As for allegations about the list being manipulated, I'm shocked. They should really investigate wrestling next.

Someone should charge Bob Mould for match fixing.

Both made their best albums in years.

Kate Bush and Madonna should have been higher in the list as well (as should Coldplay, but I don't expect anything more from the wannabe-hipsters in NME)

The NME writers are clearly too young. The best albums of 2005 were made by well established acts, but we all know what NME think of established acts.

Ian is an ilxor?

SURELY!?

Why do so many people compare the shabby NME who covers dreadful, evil ROCK music, music thats been DEAD for over 20 years to the brilliant Smash Hits? Smash Hits is a great magazine and everything about it is superior to NME and other rock mags.
All the whingers here are just damn boring rockists.
Get with it, ROCK IS DEAD.
Posted by Iain on December 2, 2005 05:46 PM.

(Unfortunately, the editor of my blog has tampered quite significantly with the list, and what's more the NME's lawyers have been in touch to say that any attempt to reveal the actual music tastes of NME's writers will result in a lawsuit from the NME.)

eitherway it's a woefully narrow selection.

"As regards the NME writers' poll, yep, it was always jigged when I was there. If it was a readers' poll I could understand the fuss, but when it's compiled by the writers, really, what's the problem? It certainly isn't anything to do with advertising or owt (or certainly wasn't when I was there). It's more to do with things like some people just forgetting certain albums came out sometimes and forgetting to vote for them, simple as that.

"It really is a lot of fuss about nowt. Where's the fuss about the Q albums of the year writers' poll? They gave it to Coldplay. That's funny, 'cos I'm sure they gave the writers' album award to Oasis at their awards a couple of months ago didn't they?"

100 Push The Button Sugababes

This really is just adding insult to injury.

2001 ws when the worm turned, no Avalanches (despite being an album of the month) and 11-20 was better then the top 10

...no. Great albums in the top ten: 3,4,7. Great albums in the next 10: 17.

Pual Whitehouse was at the Circulus gig last month! Okay, he was only there because Terry Edwards was in the support band.

and 5,9 and 10 are useless where as 11,12,13,16 and 18 are better then 7 and 8.

Haha sorry, I meant 3,4,9. Andrew WK is useless?

I have no problem with your second sentence (apart form FUCK NO, ELBOW?? but you're probably used to that by now), but they all fall into the considerable gap between the Mercury Rev album and the lower reaches of Great.

I wonder if the record being crap may also have had any influence