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I realize how blasphemic this is, Kate Bush hasn't had a chance to weigh in yet, but I still say we ought to get an early start.

I'll get the ball rolling:

1. Brian Eno - Another Day On Earth
2. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
3. New Order - Waiting For the Sirens' Call

― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Monday, 31 October 2005 00:56 (nineteen years ago)

1. Half Man Half Biscuit- Achtung Bono
2. Tom Russell- Hotwalker, Bukowski, and A Ballad for Lost America
3. The Hold Steady- Seperation Sunday

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 31 October 2005 00:59 (nineteen years ago)

Half Man Half Biscuit had an album out this year? God I feel so behind things.

― Bimble The Nimble, Jumped Over A Thimble! (Bimble...), Monday, 31 October 2005 01:04 (nineteen years ago)

M.I.A., Ponys, LCD. Or "The Rough Guide to Boogaloo."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 31 October 2005 01:14 (nineteen years ago)

1.Gorillaz - Demon Days
2.Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It
3.Ladytron - Witching Hour

― jason., Monday, 31 October 2005 01:45 (nineteen years ago)

1. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
2. Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires
3. Deerhoof - The Runner's Four

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago)

Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock And Roll
The Chap - Ham
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

1. Jackson And His Computer Band - Smash
2. Ladytron - The Witching Hour
3. A Frames - Black Forest

― van igloo (van smack), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:11 (nineteen years ago)

1.Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It
2.M.I.A. - Arular
3.Ladytron - Witching Hour

― daavid (daavid), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

1. Gorrilaz - Demon Days
2. Green Day - American Idiot
3. Decemberists - Picaresque

― Most Correct, Monday, 31 October 2005 02:12 (nineteen years ago)

White Stripes--Get Behind Me Satan
MIA--Arular
Ricard Hawley--Cole's Corner

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

2. Green Day - American Idiot

How is this a 2005 album?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:16 (nineteen years ago)

Eluvium - Talk Amongst The Trees
Ladytron - The Witching Hour
(undecided)Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll

― splates (splates), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:19 (nineteen years ago)

Green Day-American Idiot released September of 04, close enuf

― Johnny Suedee, Monday, 31 October 2005 02:29 (nineteen years ago)

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy

― brokenfuses (brokenfuses), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:35 (nineteen years ago)

Nope, not close enough. Considering it won 2004 Grammys and all.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:37 (nineteen years ago)

fleetwood mac - then play on
coldplay - parachutes
bjork - debut

― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:40 (nineteen years ago)

apparently 2005 has really blown

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:42 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha jess

1 George Clinton Presents the P.Funk All-Stars, How Late Do You Have 2BB4UR Absent?
2 Natalia y la Forquetina, Casa
3 Cuizinier, Pour la Filles: Street Mixtape Volume 01

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

"apparently ____ has really blown"

That's a strongo trademark, isn't it?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

1.Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak
2. M.I.A.-Arular
3. Kanye West- Late Registration

KOL's album simply blew me away!

― degga, Monday, 31 October 2005 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

1. Orthrelm - OV
2. Bob Drake - The Shunned Country
3. Cristian Vogel - Station 55

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:51 (nineteen years ago)

i'm actually thinking of filling my lists with all 2004 releases this year. i think i'm finally getting a grip on what i really liked.

― strongo hulkington's ghost (dubplatestyle), Monday, 31 October 2005 02:53 (nineteen years ago)

1. Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow
2. Philip Aaberg - Blue West
3. Eno - Another Day On Earth

― baht habit, Monday, 31 October 2005 03:10 (nineteen years ago)

Mohammad Iskandar: Hakini
Miguel “Anga” Diaz: Echu Mingua
Jon Hassell: Maarifa Sreet

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:13 (nineteen years ago)

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
Akron/Family - Akron/Family
Princess Superstar - My Machine

― JC-L (JC-L), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:30 (nineteen years ago)

gang gang dance - god's money
beach ball toss - beach ball toss
isolee - wearemonster

― l, Monday, 31 October 2005 03:32 (nineteen years ago)

1. Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine"
2. The New Pornographers "Twin Cinema"
3. M.I.A. "Arular"

runner-ups: Robyn, A Frames

― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:33 (nineteen years ago)

Well actually the Grammy's are just shite anyways. They mean nothing, skipping brilliant albums all the time. Such an obtuse statement is best left for arguments with your mom Johnny.

― Stooge McGruff, Monday, 31 October 2005 03:36 (nineteen years ago)

Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Electric Six - Senor Smoke
Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:46 (nineteen years ago)

Stooge, I don't give a damn about Grammys. But the fact the Green Day album WAS released in 2004 and WON Grammys from that year pretty much rule it out of 2005 consideration in any list. Wouldn't you agree?

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 31 October 2005 03:48 (nineteen years ago)

Currently:

Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
Black Mountain – S/T
Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy

― BeeOK (boo radley), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

Brian Eno, Another Day on Earth
Sufjan Stevens, Illinois

Still waiting for #3...

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:17 (nineteen years ago)

lcd soundsystem - s/t
black mountain - s/t
the kills - no wow

― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:20 (nineteen years ago)

cranebuilders - sometimes you hear through someone else
braodcast - tender buttons
maximo park - a certain trigger

― john p. irrelevant (electricsound), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:24 (nineteen years ago)

Lightning Bolt
Mercenary
V/A: Liquor and Poker sampler
rockISTE!

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:28 (nineteen years ago)

Animal Collective - Feels
Deerhoof - the Runners Four
Isolee - wearemonster

and i guess i really only love the first one..

― poortheatre (poortheatre), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:30 (nineteen years ago)

isolee - wearemonster
art brut - bang bang rock & roll
sleater-kinney - the woods

(in no particular order)

― rajeev (rajeev), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:31 (nineteen years ago)

Led Zeppelin - IV
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Pearl Jam - Ten

― reihkan, Monday, 31 October 2005 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it's been a suck year. I am sad. Boo hoo.

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:44 (nineteen years ago)

Animal Collective - Feels
STNNNG - Dignified Sissy
King Khan and the BBQ Show - s/t

― honest alamo, Monday, 31 October 2005 04:45 (nineteen years ago)

Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It
Go-Kart Mozart - Tearing Up The Album Chart
Isolee - Wearemonster

runner-up: Sizzla - Soul Deep
most-anticipated: Girls Aloud - Chemistry

― Paul (scifisoul), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:48 (nineteen years ago)

1. of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
2. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
3. Jennifer Gentle - Valende OR Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die

Reissues:

1. Michaelangelo - s/t ("The Guinn Album")
2. Clap - Have You Reached Yet?
3. Milk 'n' Cookies - s/t

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 31 October 2005 04:54 (nineteen years ago)

"Led Zeppelin - IV
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Pearl Jam - Ten "

haha ,I agree

― Thom R., Monday, 31 October 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

"Led Zeppelin - IV
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Pearl Jam - Ten "

haha ,I agree

― Thom R., Monday, 31 October 2005 05:00 (nineteen years ago)

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
SFA - Love Kraft
New Pornographrs - Twin Cinema

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:03 (nineteen years ago)

jimmy smith - the sounds of jimmy smith
fleetwood mac - bare trees
supergrass - in it for the money

― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:17 (nineteen years ago)

Here's mine.

Sigur Rós: Takk.
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.
Shout Out Louds: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff.

It's a pretty weird Top 3, but that's how things work I guess.

― Voodoo Child, Monday, 31 October 2005 05:20 (nineteen years ago)

I just checked out that Ladytron album for first time and it is no way in top three. It's listenable but very similar to other shite I've heard over the last two years or so. So my top 3 of '05!

1. Coldplay X Y (best Coldplay album ever)
2. Gorillaz Demon Days (Talking Heads talent involved-need say more?)
3. Beck Guero (another evolution of creative genius by ole Beck)

― Couch Potato Killer, Monday, 31 October 2005 05:20 (nineteen years ago)

these lists are all crazy weird, like when wilco goes experimental!

― gear (gear), Monday, 31 October 2005 05:21 (nineteen years ago)

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Looking like Shakira, P.Funk All-Stars, and either Brooke Valentine or Curumin right now.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Saturday, 3 December 2005 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

no love for CocoRosie here then?

second album hasn't hit me nearly as hard as La Maison De Mon Reve - maybe just because their schtick is now more familiar.

top 3? bloody hell.

The Arcade Fire - Funeral (look, it's a 2005 release in the UK, ok?)
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff

this will change by the end of the year, probably. I think the patrick wolf album might be about to make a surprise gate-crashing appearance in the top 3...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Saturday, 3 December 2005 18:17 (nineteen years ago)

1. Love Is All - 9 Times the Same Song
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
3. Superpitcher - Today

― some best friend, Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago)

2005: the worst year for music since...?

― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

1998 I'd say.

― some best friend, Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:30 (nineteen years ago)

geeta, is that meant as a comment on the lists here, or is that really how you feel about the year?

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 4 December 2005 04:32 (nineteen years ago)

I think the patrick wolf album might be about to make a surprise gate-crashing appearance in the top 3...

it didn't. ah well. Jim Noir, however - now *that's* a great record.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Sunday, 4 December 2005 16:27 (nineteen years ago)

GZA vs. Muggs- Grandmasters
Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise
Nickel Creek- Why Should the Fire Die?

― cracktivity, Sunday, 4 December 2005 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

1- fiona apple- extraordinary machine
2- super furry animals- love kraft
3- architecture in helsinki

― charlotte, Sunday, 4 December 2005 17:28 (nineteen years ago)

While you're posting your lists here feel free to contribute to the OFFICIAL ILM 2005 POLL.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Sunday, 4 December 2005 17:31 (nineteen years ago)

xpost
The Go! Team album came out in 2004. Rereleased this year w/new, more copyright-friendly mix.

― eek, Sunday, 4 December 2005 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

1= LCD SOUNDYSTEM - selftitled
2= THE CAR IS ON FIRE - selftitled
3= KANYE - late registration

― Priason Jestley (Priason Jestley), Friday, 9 December 2005 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

1 Jamie Lidell - multiply
2 Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
3 TTC - Batards Sensibles

― Mr Monket (apn99), Friday, 9 December 2005 14:02 (nineteen years ago)

architecture in helsinki - in case we die
out hud - let us never speak of it again
comet gain - city fallen leaves

― billy muir, Saturday, 10 December 2005 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

devin davis, lonely people of the world... unite!
high on fire, blessed black wings
hold steady, separation sunday

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:42 (nineteen years ago)

Oh hey, I already posted in this thread. Whoops!

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 10 December 2005 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Tough & Lovely - Born of the Stars
Mark Mulcahy - In Pursuit of Your Happiness

― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Saturday, 10 December 2005 22:03 (nineteen years ago)

revive.

Anybody else? Anyone changing their lists? I still can't find that Dr. Zeus bhanghra cd. The Bloc Party I can find, maybe I should give it a listen!

― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 December 2005 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

Bump.

― curmudgeon, Friday, 16 December 2005 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

1. Royksopp - The Understanding
2. Chelonis R. Jones - Dislocated Genius
3. Animal Collective - Feels

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Friday, 16 December 2005 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

1. the Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
2. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
3. Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks Underground World Strike

― outdoor_miner, Saturday, 17 December 2005 01:55 (nineteen years ago)

1. M.I.A. - Arular
2. Robyn - S/T
3. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

― Josh Timmermann (Josh Timmermann), Saturday, 17 December 2005 02:33 (nineteen years ago)

1. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
2. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
3. Sigur Ros - Takk...

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Saturday, 17 December 2005 02:48 (nineteen years ago)

Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones - "Clamtones B.C."
Gaby Lita Bembo - "Kita Mata ABC"
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - "Naturally"

― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 17 December 2005 03:07 (nineteen years ago)

I'm glad I'm finally seeing something about the new Jan Jelinek album.
Still haven't heard anything about Every Still Day by Taylor Deupree and Eisi though.

― Tokyo Ghost Stories (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Saturday, 17 December 2005 05:30 (nineteen years ago)

1. Kanye West - Late Registration
2. M.I.A. - Arular
3. Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens

― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Saturday, 17 December 2005 06:04 (nineteen years ago)

2005 was not bad.

― billstevejim (billstevejim), Saturday, 17 December 2005 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

Ghostface will probably bump MIA in the end.

Ha!

― Justin Shumaker (shueytexas), Saturday, 17 December 2005 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
Eraldo Bernocchi & Harold Budd – Fragments From the Inside (Sub Rosa)
Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow (XL/ Beggars)

― james B., Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:06 (nineteen years ago)

sufjan, credibility.

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

Credibility for recognizing Sufjan credibility.

― TRG (TRG), Saturday, 17 December 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't even know there was a new Jan Jelinek!

Right now it's:
Dave Douglas - Mountain Passages
Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up
Dave Brubeck Quartet - London Flat, London Sharp
Oneida - The Wedding
Bill Frisell - Richter 858
with Four Tet putting up a fight.

I will write about all these soon.

― Sundar (sundar), Sunday, 18 December 2005 02:44 (nineteen years ago)

The Chap - Ham
LCD Soundsystem-LCD Soundsystem
Clap You Hands and Say Yeah-Clap You Hands and Say Yeah

― Richard Owen (dickrich), Sunday, 18 December 2005 06:35 (nineteen years ago)

RAMMS+EIN
Cardigans
The Killers
Goldfrapp
Sugababes
Julie Doiron
Ladytron

Obviously

― Ian in Brooklyn, Sunday, 18 December 2005 08:23 (nineteen years ago)

Optimo Presents Psyche Out
The Kills No Wow
Isolee We Are Monster

Honorable Mention:

Broadcast Tender Buttons
Wooden Wand & The Vanishing Voice Buck Dharma
Ferenc Fraximal

Reissues:

Associates The Affectionate Punch
Siouxsie & The Banshees The Scream
Slowdive Souvlaki

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Sunday, 18 December 2005 09:59 (nineteen years ago)

Although,

Did they reissue Maurizio's M-Series again this year?

― jsoulja (jsoulja), Sunday, 18 December 2005 10:02 (nineteen years ago)

Since my initial posting, the Modey Lemon have seized the second spot:

1. Spoon, "Gimme Fiction"
2. The Modey Lemon, "The Curious City"
3. The Soundtrack of our Lives, "Origin, Vol. 1"

― John Fredland (jfredland), Sunday, 18 December 2005 14:37 (nineteen years ago)

Despite my 2005 Noise forray...
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois*
Akron/Family - Akron/Family
David Thomas Broughton - Complete Guide to Insufficiency

(Antony wants to be on this list so bad, I might let him...)

― Meehan Ah Um (Meehan Ah Um), Monday, 19 December 2005 03:06 (nineteen years ago)

1. New Porns: Twin Cinema
2. Vladislav Delay: The Four Quarters
3: TIE--Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise and Tape: Rideau

― nerve pylon (flat_of_angles), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

but wait! i forgot about FM3's Buddha Machine! THAT's my number three.
Sufjan and Tape hereby demoted to Number 4.

― nerve pylon (flat_of_angles), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago)

yay for vladislav delay!!!

― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

xpost, obviously.

― Jena (JenaP), Monday, 19 December 2005 04:27 (nineteen years ago)

Whoever says 2005 was a bad year for music wasn't listening.

Kanye West-Late Registration
Art Brut-Bang Bang Rock and Roll
Langhorne Slim-When The Sun's Gone Down

― Tarpley, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago)

1) M.I.A.: Arular
2) Antony & The Johnsons: I Am A Bird Now
3) Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning

Runners-up:
Paul Wall, The Mitchell Brothers and Rufus Wainwright.

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

top 3? bloody hell.
The Arcade Fire - Funeral (look, it's a 2005 release in the UK, ok?)
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
this will change by the end of the year, probably. I think the patrick wolf album might be about to make a surprise gate-crashing appearance in the top 3...

-- CharlieNo4 (starsandheroe...) (webmail), December 3rd, 2005 6:17 PM.

and so it has changed...

Arcade Fire
Richard Hawley
SUFJAN

oh how was i so stupid as to file Illenoise in a forgotten pile for a full five months after receiving it, only to find out only last bloody week that it's TOTALLY PHENOMENAL...

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:42 (nineteen years ago)

1.Sigur Ros - Takk
2.The Fall
3. "Funeral"

― mimo obradov, Thursday, 29 December 2005 13:09 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

jasonraft...)voted for Rachel Stevens Come and get it hahahahahaha - it's crap! Morons are paying over £20 on ebay for the CD and DVD just so they can wank over it......pathetic!

― Alice Keymer, Thursday, 13 April 2006 13:54 (nineteen years ago)

Deerhoof - runners four
New pornographers - twin cinema
drones - ...river..

― my name is mty, Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Rachel stole Alice's boyfriend.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

All three votes for the last Clientele album as it seems to have evaded mention on this thread.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Thursday, 13 April 2006 14:44 (nineteen years ago)

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