Best of 2005 Lists (Put the rest here please?)

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RS, That's what I should send ya--the Los Pleneros cd. I think you'll have mixed views on it...Some of it's pretty folkloric, but a number of songs are more contemporary feeling. I enjoyed them live.

Ed Morales used to write for the Voice and has been writing for Newsday out of NY I believe for awhile. I hope he can contribute to the Voice poll.

I liked some of the Palmieri disc, but was not blown away by it like some. Some of it was just formulaic Latin-jazz; which Eddie never is live.

1) Ray Barretto - Time Was -- Time Is (O-Plus)
Legendary Nuyorican percussionist Ray Barretto is in fine form on this beautiful, pulsing album. Barretto was one of the first musicians to blend Latin percussion with jazz, collaborating with the likes of Charlie Parker and Lou Donaldson. Here he leads his own group through grooving compositions like "Time Was - Time Is," "Motherless Child," and "Palladium Nights."
2) Paquito D'Rivera - The Jazz Chamber Trio (Chesky)
This latest release by Cuban-born reedman Paquito D'Rivera presents his classical chamber trio with piano and cello. The album features original compositions, improvisations, and a novel take on "A Night in Tunisia." Paquito's playing is excellent as always, and the sound is vibrant and spacious.
3) Pancho Sanchez - Do It! (Concord)
Mexican-American conguero Pancho Sanchez serves up the full menu on his latest album Do It!. The disc kicks off with a rocking version of Chano Pozo's ever-popular "Tin Tin Deo." Also featured are a rhythmic take on Duke Ellington's "African Flower," great original compositions like "Yo Quisiera," and the seriously funky "Squib Cakes" with the band Tower of Power. Hugh Masekela also sits in on two tracks.
4) Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra - Una Noche Inolvidable [LIVE] (Palmetto)
The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra is Lincoln Center's resident ensemble devoted to Latin jazz. This engaging live album features many classics from the Latin jazz canon performed by this world-class orchestra along with special guest vocalists Herman Olivera and Claudia Acuña. As ALJO Music Director Arturo O'Farrill declares: "We are deeply committed to groove and clavé so get ready to swing hard!” They surely do.
5) Eddie Palmieri - Listen Here! (Concord)
Spanish Harlem native Eddie Palmieri celebrates 50 years in music with his latest release Listen Here! Palmieri is joined by jazz stars like Michael Brecker, Regina Carter, Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, David Sanchez, and John Scofield. The result is a swinging, colorful offering by the self-proclaimed "Sun of Latin Music." Check out what he does to Monk's "In Walked Bud."
6) Bill Cunliffe - Imaginación (Torii)
In recent months, this Bill Cunliffe release has been all over the jazz radio charts, and the reasons are obvious. The playing is excellent, the sound is lively, and the album has a solid groove from start to finish. Imaginación features ten cuts of quality originals along with interesting covers, like Steely Dan's "Do It Again."
7) Arturo Sandoval - Live at the Blue Note (Half Note)
The latest release by the Cuban-born virtuoso Arturo Sandoval includes a live performance on CD as well as a "documentary" DVD, offering good value. The recording, made at New York City's famous Blue Note club, is a nice document of Sandoval's multi-instrumental talents (not just trumpet) while accompanied by a very tight band. He even does some serious scatting on "Blues for Diz." Alicia Keys fans will enjoy the version of "If I Ain't Got You."

1. M.I.A., "Arular" XL. The Brit-Sri Lankan sensation was also the year's most important new voice. Conscious, vital, edgy and fun, she's post-globalization agit-prop, a revolutionary with a healthy taste for nonsense. Her album is a consommé of global culture in motion.

2. Rachid Taha, "Tékitoi?" Wrasse. The most complete album yet from the unruly Arab-punk pioneer, who chronicles the encounter of European and Arab culture in all its glorious ambiguity. No TV pundit can rival a Taha song in explaining events in the Paris suburbs, or for that matter Iraq.

3. Platinum Pied Pipers, "Triple P" Ubiquity. Hip-hop meets electronic funk and some serious emerging singing talent in the debut offering from this offshoot of the Slum Village crew. The Detroit origins show in the restless, future-forward feel.

4. Meshell Ndegeocello, "The Spirit Music Jamia: Dance of the Infidel" Shanachie. Fed up with center stage, she stood back from the mic and let her bass do the talking, as groove provider to a stellar cast of jazz and soul acolytes. The results are inspired.

5. "The Best of Couper Décaler" Ivory Coast import. With synthetic, staccato beats and witty, bombastic lyrics, the endlessly imaginative urban culture of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, has supplied French-speaking Africa with its sound of the moment. Available from www.panafricanallstars.com.

6. Sy Smith, "The Syberspace Social" Psyko. Neo-soul has run its course. The next phase is unfolding in Los Angeles, and the endearingly tripped-out Smith is its leading songstress. Available from www.mobileunderground.com.

7. Chamillionaire, "The Sound of Revenge" Universal Motown. In the year Houston hip-hop went national, Chamillionaire was the most consistent of the Texas metropolis' new wave of MCs, with a little less cough syrup and candy rims, and a lot more lyrical talent and flow.

8. Souad Massi, "Honeysuckle (Mesk Elil)" Wrasse. A gorgeous offering from the young Algerian singer, who combines a quintessentially Mediterranean sensibility with the thoughtful lyricism of the best singer-songwriters.

9. Emmerson, "Borbor Bele" Sierra Leone import. A confident young artist distills a consciousness-raising, booty-shaking democratic experience. Infectious dancefloor fun and a devastating critique of the African ruling class. Available from www.panafricanallstars.com.

10. Brazilian Girls, "Brazilian Girls" Verve Forecast. Langorous electronic grooves, breathy multilingual songs, yet stripped of pretension. With no Brazilians and only one girl, the European trio makes authentically cosmopolitan music that's refreshingly tongue-in-cheek.

THE YEAR'S BEST: RECORDINGS: LATIN MUSIC

Much of year's creative sounds came from Latin music

By Ernesto Lechner
Special to the Chicago Tribune

December 11, 2005

In strict commercial terms, 2005 was the year when reggaeton became the biggest Latin music phenomenon since Ricky Martin lived la vida loca. The bouncy new style -- part Puerto Rican hip-hop, part Panamanian reggae -- dominated the charts alongside the established favorites from the Regional Mexican arena. So it was up to Latin rock to deliver some of the year's most challenging, unconventional and ultimately satisfying records. The fields of Brazilian music, salsa, merengue and Latin jazz also delivered their share of goods, whereas Latin pop continued operating in a creative purgatory of endless bombast and self-complacency.

1. Babasonicos: "Anoche" (Universal Latino)

The fact that Babasonicos has delivered the best Latin album of the year for the second time in a row speaks volumes about the privileged position this Argentine sextet occupies in Latin rock. "Anoche" expands Babasonicos' sonic palette with a punchy collection of 14 straight-to-the-point tunes that combine the crafty melodies of Roxy and Depeche Mode with the primal riffs of vintage Black Sabbath.

2. Natalia Lafourcade: "Casa" (Sony BMG)

"Casa" was a firm candidate for album of the year until Babasonicos returned with a vengeance. Still, no serious Latin music fan should be without this exhilarating sophomore effort by Lafourcade and her three-piece band. With a generous helping of psychedelia and a sprinkle of bossa nova, the record establishes Lafourcade as one of Mexico's most talented new artists.

3. Kevin Johansen + The Nada: "City Zen" (Sony BMG)

The gravelly voiced Johansen has spent most of his life between Argentina and the U.S., which explains the international flavor of this delightful pop record. Johansen loves good music, and he pays tribute to artists as disparate as Sly and the Family Stone, folk pioneer Atahualpa Yupanqui and Brazilian iconoclast Tom Ze. If you're in search of a sunny album to lift you up, look no further.

4. Milton Nascimento: "Pieta" (Savoy Jazz)

During the '70s, Nascimento proved that he was the most visionary Brazilian songwriter since Antonio Carlos Jobim. Then, he lost his touch. But giants always surprise you, and "Pieta" is an epic return to form that sums up this singer's preoccupations: religious fervor, the nature of love and the beauty of the female soul.

5. Michel Camilo: "Solo" (Telarc)

A virtuoso pianist of impeccable pedigree, the Dominican Republic's Camilo has recorded in a wide variety of settings. But he had never made a solo album, and this exquisite collection of velvety originals and heartwarming standards makes you wish he had done it earlier.

6. Liquits: "Jardin" (Surco/Universal Latino)

Like the Lafourcade album, the second effort by this psychedelic Mexican trio has been produced by Emmanuel Del Real. The Tacuba keyboardist's ear for intriguing instrumental flourishes adds a master's touch to this collection.

7. Nortec Collective: "Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3" (Nacional)

Four years after it changed the landscape of Latin music with its pioneering blend of dreamy electronica and banda sinaloense, a revitalized Nortec goes pop on "Tijuana Makes Me Happy" and discovers the joys of replacing its customary samples with live musicians.

8. Grupo Niche: "Alive" (Mega Music/Universal Latino)

Niche's bandleader Jairo Varela has been releasing about an album a year for over two decades now, but his ability to generate unforgettable salsa hits remains unchanged. This is reckless dance music, boasting the volatile tempo changes and nasal vocal choruses that make Colombian salsa so addictive.

9. Maria Rita: "Segundo" (WEA Latina)

A minimalist gem from the daughter of the late Brazilian diva Elis Regina, Maria Rita's debut caused a stir in her homeland a couple of years ago. This follow-up is a more focused and potent affair, coupling her sensuous vocals with the jazzy interaction of a bass/drums/keyboards trio.

10. Various Artists: KCRW -- Sounds Eclectico (Nacional)

A simpatico sampling of live sessions from the studios of Los Angeles' KCRW radio station, this cool compilation will delight Latin Alternative fans with unreleased tracks by the likes of Cafe Tacuba, Julieta Venegas and Manu Chao -- but it also can serve as the ideal introduction for neophytes interested in getting a taste of cutting edge Latin music.

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-- born-again christians in the old corral (theundergroundhom...) (webmail), Yesterday 10:50 PM.

because it needs repeating.

Here's a list someone made without him, for better or worse:

Spin the Globe's 2005 World Music Favorites

"Like Spin the Globe's monthly Top 10, our year-end favorites are a highly subjective ranking
based on on-air spins, listener requests, and our own fickle tastes."

Spin the Globe's 20 Favorite World Music CDs of 2005

Gangbe Brass Band: Whendo
It's like Ladysmith Black Mambazo meets the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in West Africa... (Reviewed January 2005)

Michael Spiro & Michael Williams: BataMbira
Shona and Santeria/Orisha traditions may be miles apart geographically, even spiritually, but in the hands of Michaels Spiro and Williams, their musics blend beautifully, woven so tightly and harmoniously it's hard to believe they weren't always played together.... (Reviewed May 2005)

Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate: In the Heart of the Moon
Two African masters meet for a wonderful guitar-kora collaboration...

Freshlyground: Nomvula
African-rooted pop that's universal and appealing... (Reviewed October 2005)

Anoushka Shankar: Rise
The famed daughter takes a step into Indian fusion with delightful results...

Choduraa Tumat: Belek: The Gift
The five stages of throat singing: 1: Ignorance ("Throat singing? Overtones? Tuva? What are you talking about?"); 2: Denial ("There's no way one voice can produce several tones simultaneously."); 3: Acceptance ("Wow. That's cool!); 4: Experimentation ("Hey, check it out - I'm throat singing!"); 5: Advocacy ("You have to listen to Ondar. And Yat-Kha. And did you know that there are great women throat singers as well? Check out Choduraa Tumat and her group Tyva Kyzy - they're amazing!").

Fantazia: Mul Sheshe
a fascinating musical journey from village roots to city sounds, complete with the bittersweet knowledge that there's no going back... (Reviewed December 2005)

Kilema: Lavi-Tani
Kilema constructs beautiful harmonies. His smooth, soft voice sings songs of travel, nostalgia, rain, and other important themes... (Reviewed July 2005)

Eliseo Parra: De Ayer Manana
a touch of Manu Chao anarchy, a little Radio Tarifa multiculturalism, and tons of hard work and imagination... (reviewed December 2005)

Emanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim: Ceasefire
From Sudan's battling regions comes one of the most satisfying collaborations of 2005... (Reviewed October 2005)

Orange Winds: Dahab Walk
A theme of winds blows them from Africa to the Caribbean to Mexico to Asia on this sublime instrumental album... (Reviewed November 2005)

Yerba Buena: Island Life
Crazy Latin party music from NYC, with a little politics and a lot of fun in the mix...

Shukar Collective: Urban Gypsy
Pairing a traditional form of Roma (Gypsy) singing known as usar ("bear handler") with jazzy basslines and electronic beats, Urban Gypsy is like nothing you've ever heard before. I guarantee it... (Reviewed June 2005)

Trio Mocoto: Beleza! Beleza!! Beleza!!!
All three original "fathers of the samba soul beat" return for their first album since 1977, and it's a delightfully satisfying guilty pleasure... (Reviewed December 2005)

Oliver Mtukudzi: Nhava
If you're keeping track , we're counting this as album #48 for the prolific bard of Zimbabwe. Still, Tuku manages to sound fresh and explore new musical territory... (Reviewed June 2005)

Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle: You've Stolen My Heart-Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood
This delicious CD sets a high standard for cross-cultural collaborations... (Reviewed October 2005)

Amira Saqati: Destination Halal
Recorded during Ramadan 2004, the CD achieves a rootsy sound through the use of traditional instruments including oud, gembri, violin, and darbuka. And then there's the rapping and the techno beats... (Reviewed December 2005)

Leila: Madama
Powerful women's vocals command your attention from the opening bars on this album from Galacia's Leilia, a group of women singers and percussionists (imagine Varttina with sax and udu)... (Reviewed April 2005)

David Krakauer & Socalled: Bubbemeises-Lies My Gramma Told Me
Klezmer meets hiphop with lyrics provided by your grandmother: "Get off the kitchen table or you'll never get married / And never whistle walkin' past where people are buried / If you can kiss your elbows then you're probably gay / and yo if you cross your eyes you know they'll stay that way"... (Reviewed December 2005)

Rim Banna: The Mirrors of My Soul
Fresh from her contribution to Lullabies from the Axis of Evil, Banna sings a fresh batch of Palestinian music with a decidedly pop personality...

©2005 Scott Allan Stevens, Earball Media

10. The Books—Lost & Safe Soft, tender glitchy songs with just enough vocals to keep you interested. An understated album that really grows on you with every listen.

9. Black Mountain—Black Mountain Heavy psych-rock with rousing male/female vocals and the thickest guitar riffs around. We still can't believe they were asked to tour with Coldplay!

8. The Russian Futurists—Our Thickness Bedroom electro-pop with Beach Boy harmonies and tales of loves lost. Just when you think you are going to cry, get up and dance instead.

7. Jackson & His Computer Band—Smash Possibly the most complex dance record we've heard in ages with tremendous bass and impossibly wonderful cut-up rhythms. We hear it took him years to complete and every second was worth the wait.

6. Of Montreal—The Sunlandic Twins Harmonies you can't get out of your head peppered with spooky yet upbeat moments of choral bliss. A million albums later, Of Montreal strike gold.

5. Cass McCombs—Perfection Reedy and reverbed, Cass sounds like he recorded this album under a haze of heroin and tears. Touching yet provocative—. A must-have.

4. Broadcast—Tender Buttons Stripped down to just two members, Broadcast released their best album to date and have finally put to bed any questions in the perennial Broadcast v. Stereolab debates.

3. Chad VanGaalen—Infiniheart Oh cold and lonesome Canada, how you make us weep. This epic and heartfelt album is possibly the most amazing singer-songwriter debut we've heard in years. Vocals like Neil Young and songs that captivate.

2. Grizzly Bear—Horn of Plenty Grizzly Bear had been a favorite all along, but now that the band has decided to re-release their album appended with a bonus disc of remixes from a host of indie stars, "Horn" has become an essential purchase and one of the best pop records this year.

1. Sigur Ros—Takk... Finally these guys got it right and started writing songs under eight minutes long, and man, does it do them a world of good. The most infectuous and awe-inspiring release of the year, hands down.

When did this happen?

Niche's bandleader Jairo Varela has been releasing about an album a year for over two decades now, but his ability to generate unforgettable salsa hits remains unchanged. This is reckless dance music, boasting the volatile tempo changes and nasal vocal choruses that make Colombian salsa so addictive.

I love Grupo Niche, but most of their albums have three or four good songs, at best (though they are usually very good). I thought the one from last year deserved a little more attention than it got, but Alive is really in coasting mode. He's right though: love those nasal coros.

HMV Poll of Polls

Each year HMV compile the Polls of Polls, taken from 22 individual end-of-year lists published in national music magazines, newspapers, listings guides and, for the first time this year, radio. In an extremely close battle, The Arcade Fire’s phenomenal debut album just edges out Gorillaz’ huge hit, ‘Demon Days’. Last year’s Poll of Polls’ winner, hip-hop star Kanye West, comes in a very credible third with his 2005 release, ‘Late Registration’.

Says HMV’s John Hirst, who compiled the Poll of Polls: “The Arcade Fire led all the way, although Gorillaz were coming up fast on the rails as each new individual poll was published. Both albums were pretty well in everyone’s Top 10 lists.

“It’s also worth acknowledging the extraordinary achievement of Rough Trade over the past year. They’ve underlined their importance as one of the great indie record labels by having three albums in the Top 10 – The Arcade at number one, of course, but also Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Illinoise’ at number four and this year’s Nationwide Mercury Prize winner, ‘I Am a Bird Now’ by Antony & The Johnsons, at number six.”

The 2005 HMV Poll of Polls:

1. The Arcade Fire: Funeral
2. Gorillaz: Demon Days
3. Kanye West: Late Registration
4. Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise
5. Elbow: Leaders of the Free World
6. Antony & The Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now
7. The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
8. Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have It So Much Better
9. Kaiser Chiefs: Employment
10. MIA: Arular

11. LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem
12. Kate Bush: Aerial
13. The Magic Numbers: The Magic Numbers
14. Rufus Wainwright: Want Two
15. Roots Manuva: Awfully Deep
16. Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow
17. Queens of the Stoneage: Lullabies to Paralyse
18. Sigur Ros: Takk
19. Goldfrapp: Supernature
20. System of a Down: Hypnotize / Mesmerize

21. Richard Hawley: Coles Corner
22. Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
23. Ry Cooder: Chavez Ravine
24. Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
25. Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
26. Hard Fi: Stars of CCTV
27. Editors: Back Room
28. Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell and Back
29. Bruce Springsteen: Devils & Dust
30. Coldplay: X & Y

31. Oasis: Don’t Believe the Truth
32. Arch Enemy: Doomsday Machine
33. Black Mountain: Black Mountain
34. Common: Be
35. My Morning Jacket: Z
36. Neil Young: Prairie Wind
37. Vitalic: OK Cowboy
38. Trivium: Ascendancy
39. Bullet for my Valentine: Poison
40. Edan: Beauty & The Beat

41. Opeth: Ghost Reveries
42. Eels: Blinking Lights & Other Revelations
43. Chemical Brothers: Push the Button
44. Madonna: Confessions on a Dancefloor
45. Mars Volta: Frances the Mute
46. Paul Weller: As Is Now
47. Animal Collective: Feels
48. Martha Wainwright: Martha Wainwright
49. Robert Plant: Mighty Rearranger
50. Circulus: Lick on the Tip of an Envelope

The media that contributed to the 2005 HMV Poll of Polls included such publications as Q, Mojo, NME, Uncut, Time Out, Kerrang!, Echoes and MixMag as well as BBC 6 Music and the Playlouder website.

Sentences like this almost make me want to take back my vote for her.

Like the Lafourcade album, the second effort by this psychedelic Mexican trio has been produced by Emmanuel Del Real. The Tacuba keyboardist's ear for intriguing instrumental flourishes adds a master's touch to this collection."

Ah that explains things--I listened to this at a Borders listening station and thought "this sounds like Cafe Tacuba."

this is just not true!
samba rock had the three guys,
now just two are left

It's that time of the year again, kids. You know-when work-shy jaded music hacks breathe a sigh of relief, secure in the knowledge they don't have to actually write anything, and can simply spew forth spurious best-of lists (often copped from rival titles' and/or fellow hacks' lists).

And who are we to spit in the face of tradition? So without further ado, here's a highly subjective, utterly random collection of some of our writers' (i.e., the ones who aren't self-appointed rock tzar Jonathan Valania) end-of-year raves. Cheers!

Jennifer Kelly

1) Oneida The Wedding (Jagjaguwar)

2) Akron/Family & Angels of Light Akron/Family & Angels of Light (Young God)

3) Animal Collective Feels (Fat Cat)

4) Hold Steady Separation Sunday (French Kiss)

5) National Alligator (Beggars Banquet)

6) Spoon Gimme Fiction (Merge)

7) Mahjongg Raydoncong 2005 (Cold Crush)

8) Devin Davis Lonely People of the World, Unite! (Mousse)

9) Heartless Bastards Stairs and Elevators (Fat Possum)

10) French Toast In a Cave (Dischord)

Doug Wallen

1) Comet Gain City Fallen Leaves (Kill Rock Stars)

2) Future Tips Girls on Wheels (Extracurricular)

3) Stephen Malkmus Face the Truth (Matador)

4) M.I.A. Arular (XL)

5) Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree (4AD)

6) My Morning Jacket Z (ATO/RCA)

7) National Alligator (Beggars Banquet)

8) Spinto Band Nice and Nicely Done (Bar/None)

9) Kanye West Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)

10) White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan (V2)

Eugene Holley Jr.

1) Pat Metheny Group The Way Up (Nonesuch)

2) Moacir Santos Choros & Alegria (Adventure Music)

3) Ted Nash La Espada de la Noche (Palmetto)

4) Thelonius Monk Quartet With John Coltrane At Carnegie Hall (Blue Note)

5) E.S.T. Viaticum (215)

6) Ahmad Jamal After Fajr (Dreyfus)

7) Bebo Valdés Bebo de Cuba (BMG)

8) Fred Hersch Ensemble Leaves of Grass (Palmetto)

9) Mozayik Haitian Creole Jazz (Zoho Music)

10) Meshell Ndegeocello Dance of the Infidel (Shanachie)

Neil Ferguson

1) Teenage Fanclub Man-Made (Merge)

2) Kingsbury Manx The Fast Rise and Fall of the South (Yep Roc)

3) Future Tips Girls on Wheels (Extracurricular)

4) White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan (V2)

5) My Morning Jacket Z (ATO/RCA)

6) Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better (Sony)

7) Go! Team Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Memphis Industries)

8) Kaiser Chiefs Employment (Universal)

9) Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague (Luaka Bop)

10) Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)

Doree Shafrir

1) Decemberists Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)

2) Dungen Ta Det Lugnt (Subliminal Sounds)

3) M.I.A. Arular (XL)

4) Daniel Lanois Belladonna (Anti)

5) Feist Let It Die (Interscope)

6) Mice Parade Bem-Vinda Vontade (Bubble Core)

7) New Pornographers Twin Cinema (Matador)

8) Spoon Gimme Fiction (Merge)

9) White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan (V2)

10) Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop)

Maggie Serota

1) Richard Hawley Coles Corner (Mute)

2) Lady Sovereign Vertically Challenged (Chocolate Industries)

3) Enon Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence (Touch and Go)

4) Architecture in Helsinki In Case We Die (Bar/None)

5) Spoon Gimme Fiction (Merge)

6) King God Is That Blood on Your Sleeve? (Hot Dog City)

7) Clientele Strange Geometry (Merge)

8) M.I.A. Arular (XL)

9) Neil Diamond 12 Songs (Sony)

10) New Pornographers Twin Cinema (Matador)

Bob Hill

1) Kaiser Chiefs Employment (Universal)

2) Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine (Sony)

3) Antigone Rising From the Ground Up (Lava)

4) My Morning Jacket Z (ATO/RCA)

5) Bruce Springsteen Devils & Dust (Sony)

6) Marah If You Didn't Laugh ... You'd Cry (Yep Roc)

7) Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (Saddle Creek)

8) Laura Veirs Year of Meteors (Nonesuch)

9) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah)

10) Neil Young Prairie Wind (Reprise)

Brian McManus

1) R. Kelly TP. 3 Reloaded (Jive)

2) C-Rayz Walz Year of the Beast (Definitive Jux)

3) M83 Before the Dawn Heals Us (Mute)

4) Various Artists Dreddy Krueger Presents ... Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture (Babygrande)

5) Lightning Bolt Hypermagic Mountain (Load)

The older I get, the more I realize I should've stayed in nursing school. Thank you, music, for underwhelming me. Even your brightest artists are a bad Pet Sounds rehash. Most of this stuff would fit cozily on adult contemporary playlists so wretched, my mom is like, "Wow, music is making headway!"

Craig D. Lindsey

1) Platinum Pied Pipers Triple P (Ubiquity)

2) J. Rawls The Essence of Soul Vol. 1 (P-Vine)

3) Dwele Some Kinda ... (Virgin)

4) Jneiro Jarel Three Piece Puzzle (Ropeadope)

5) Little Brother The Minstrel Show (Atlantic)

6) Steve Spacek Space Shift (Sound in Color)

7) King Britt King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan (Ropeadope)

8) Colossus West Oaktown (Om)

9) Various Artists Gilles Peterson Presents the BBC Sessions Vol. 1 (Ether)

10) DJ Language Real Music for Real People (BBE)

Rob Trucks

1) Freakwater Thinking of You ... (Thrill Jockey)

2) John Parish Once Upon a Little Time (Thrill Jockey)

3) Marianne Faithfull Before the Poison (Anti)

4) Michelle Shocked Don't Ask Don't Tell (Mighty Sound)

5) Nine Black Alps Nine Black Alps (Tiny Evil)

6) Paul Westerberg and His Only Friends Live at the Supper Club, New York City, April 27, 2005 (unreleased bootleg)

7) Kingsbury Manx The Fast Rise and Fall of the South (Yep Roc)

8) Pernice Brothers Discover a Lovelier You (Ashmont)

9) Pixies Live in Newport, Aug. 6, 2005 (PixiesDiscs)

10) Vic Chesnutt Ghetto Bells (New West)

After the globalization, duh.

Ah, I get it now, after seeing it in lists-lists-lists! Another slice of pie from the hard rock for people who detest hard rock genre.

My mom got this for me and I didn't like it that much. Maybe I should give it another listen.

Here's my list:

1) Hot 8 Brass Band, Rock With the Hot 8

Brass band records should really be a different category, because I listen and overlisten to them so much more than anything else. This is partly because they're rare, and it's not like there are twenty others fighting for my attention. On the contrary, they're something to be treasured and this year, that became more true than ever before.

2) Venetian Snares, Rossz Czillag Alatt Született

This is a kind of jungle album that I've always wanted to hear, but I didn't realize that until I actually heard it. It sounds fucking massive, and the strings and the drums balance each other out like a see-saw.

3) C0ugar, Law

This isn't actually getting released until early '06, but got my copy in early '05 and played the hell out of it. Part of the reason that this music jibes with my tastes so well is that the people who made it were instrumental in forming them. I'm proud that my friends made a record this good, and considering some of the lame music I've heard in the same genre (post-rock/electronic/whatever), I hope this gets the recognition it deserves next year.

4) Missy Elliot, The Cookbook

It's Missy, it's fun, and I didn't think it was a step down like some people did.

5) Lil' Wayne, Tha Carter II

This one really snuck up on me. The beats and rhymes went from sounding stock upon the first skim through to amazing.

6) Dub Trio, Exploring the Dangers Of

Technically released at the end of '04, but I don't think anyone heard it then. I saw the drummer with his avant jazz/dn'b group in Madison a few years ago and he made me want to never pick up a pair of sticks again, he's that good. This band is that good at what they do too (and what they do should be self-explanatory), but in a completely understated, funky way. Dub works better without the chank, anyway.

7) Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (Jordan's Best of Both Worlds mix)

At the very least, it was the best album of the year to talk about. I'm sure I've talked about what I like about each version at length elsewhere, and maybe I'll post the tracklist to my ideal hybrid soon.

8) Mannie Fresh, The Mind of Mannie Fresh

The funniest hip-hop record of the year.

9) Alarm Will Sound, Acoustica: The Music of Aphex Twin

This is so far above one of those "string tribute to Iron Maiden" records or whatever (although those can be fun too, as Matthew Perpetua will vouch for). They really do an amazing job arranging this music and get the sound right too (although the drums are mixed too quietly and the strings/horns can be blaring). I think it stands on its own.

10) Tie: M.I.A., Arular/Damien Marley, Welcome to Jamrock

The dancehall album I wore out the first part of the year and haven't listened to since and the dancehall album that's still pretty new to me.

Kate Bush: Aerial
Miguel "Anga" Diaz: Echu Mingua
Mohammad Iskandar: Hakini
Jon Hassell: Maarifa Street
Gilberto Santa Rosa y El Gran Combo: Asi es Nuestra Navidad
Yousef Shamoun: Taneh Wu Raneh
Fiona Apple: Incredible Machine
Various: Choubi Choubi! Folk & Pop Music from Iraq
Mayito Rivera: Llego la Hora
Calle 13: Calle 13

Pink Martini: Hang on Little Tomato [sic]
Amadou & Marian: Dimanche a Bamako
Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle: You've Stolen My Heart
Mariza: Transparente
Ska Cubano: Ay Caramba!
Salif Keita: M'Bemba
DJ Shantel: Bucovina Club Vol 2
Kiran Ahluwalia: s/t
Various: Golden Afrique Vol 1
Ballake Sissoko: Tomora

I should really listen to that Ska Cubano, but I can't get past the cover.

http://www.frootsmag.com/content/critpoll/

NEW ALBUM OF 2005
The top 4 albums in the poll, which thus go forward as the Albums Of The Year nominees in the BBC Radio 3 Awards For World Music are (alphabetically):
AMADOU & MARIAM Dimanche à Bamako (Because)
SALIF KEITA M'Bemba (Universal Jazz France)
THIONE SECK Orientation (Stern's)
ALI FARKA TOURE & TOUMANI DIABATE In The Heart Of The Moon (World Circuit)

The rest of the top 20:

5. Konono No 1 Congotronics (Crammed Discs)
6. Chris Wood The Lark Descending (R.U.F.)
7. Ry Cooder Chavez Ravine (Nonesuch)
8= Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim Ceasefire (Riverboat)
Kronos Quartet & Asha Bhosle You've Stolen My Heart (Nonesuch)
10= Cheikh Lô Lamp Fall (World Circuit)
June Tabor At The Wood's Heart (Topic)
12= Eliza Carthy & The Ratcatchers Rough Music (Topic)
Swåp Du Da (North Side)
14= Angá Diaz Echu Mingua (World Circuit)
Yasmin Levy La Juderia (Connecting Cultures)
Los de Abajo LDA v The Lunatics (Real World)
Mariza Transparente (EMI)
Martin Simpson Kind Letters (Topic)
19= Barry Dransfield Unruly (Violin Workshop)
L'Ham de Foc Cor de Porc (Galileo)
Souad Massi Honeysuckle (Wrasse)
Moussu T e Lei Jovents Mademoiselle Marseille (Manivette/Le Chant du Monde)

Runners up: significant votes were also registered for (alphabetically):
Kiran Ahluwalia Kiran Ahluwalia (Triloka); Daby Balde Introducing Daby Balde (World Music Network); Balkan Beat Box Balkan Beat Box (Essay Recordings); Bantu feat. Ayuba Fuji Satisfaction (Piranha); Danu When All Is Said And Done (Shanachie); DJ Dolores Aparelhagem (Crammed Discs); Fanfare Ciocarlia Gili Garabdi (Asphalt Tango); Albert Kuvezin and Yat-Kha Re-Covers (Yat-Kha); Rory McLeod Brave Faces (Talkative); Eliseo Parra De Ayer Manana (Harmonia Mundi); Robert Plant Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary); Susheela Raman Music For Crocodiles (Narada); Cristóbal Repetto Cristóbal Repetto (Seminal); Kate Rusby The Girl Who Couldn't Fly (Pure); Cheb I Sabbah La Kahena (Six Degrees); SambaSunda Rahwana's Cry (Network); Kokanko Sata Kokanko Sata (Honest Jons); Ballake Sissoko Tomora (Label Bleu/Indigo); Ska Cubano Ay Caramba! (Casino Sounds); Spiers & Boden Songs (Fellside); Richard Thompson Front Parlour Ballads (Cooking Vinyl); Djelimady Tounkara Solon Kono (Marabi); Boubacar Traore Kongo Magni (World Village); Lobi Traore Lobi Traore (Honest Jon's).

There are others, but I can't think of them right now. Good year for music though.

PART I - BRUCE LEE GALLANTER'S 125 RECOMMENDED INSTRUMENTAL/AVANT DISCS OF 2005
[reverse alphabetical, sorry]

* JOHN ZORN'S ELECTRIC MASADA - At the Mountains of Madness [2 CD set] (Tzadik )
* ZORN/DOUGLAS/PATTON/BURGER/LASWELL/PEROWSKY - The Stone/ Issue One (Tzadik
0002)
JOHN ZORN/MASADA STRING TRIO - Azazel/Masada Book Two (Tzadik 7351)
JOHN ZORN - Filmworks XV (Tzadik 7345)
JOHN ZORN - Filmworks XVI (Tzadik 7347)

OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA [ONJO] - ONJO (Doubt 102/ Japan)
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE'S NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA [ONJO] - Plays Eric Dolphy's 'Out To Lunch'
(Doubt 108)

DAVID S. WARE QUARTETS - Live in the World [3 CD set] (Blue Series/Thirsty Ear
57153)

* VANDERMARK 5 [VANDERMARK/REMPIS/BISHOP/KESSLER/DAISY] - Alchemia [12 CD box
set] (Not Two 750)
THE VANDERMARK 5 - The Color of Memory [2 CD set] (Atavistic 166)
[KEN VANDERMARK/NATE McBRIDE/PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE] FME - Cuts (Okka Disk 12061)

KAZUTOKI UMEZU - Show The Frog (Doubt 104; Japan)

ASSIF TSAHAR/COOPER-MOORE/HAMID DRAKE - Lost Brother (Hopscotch 33)
TRIO-X: JOE McPHEE-DOMINIC DUVAL-JAY ROSEN - Moods: Playing with the Elements
(CIMP #328)
TIZIANO TONONI SEXTET - Peace Warriors/Tribute to Ornette Coleman (Black Saint
120151)
* [KEITH & JULIE TIPPETTS/PAUL DUNMALL] DARTINGTON IMPROVISING TRIO - Live At
The Priory (FMR)
KEITH TIPPETT/JULIE TIPPETTS [DRISCOLL]/PHILIP GIBBS/PAUL DUNMALL - Mahogany
Rain (Duns 044; UK)
TERRITORY BAND {VANDERMARK...] - 4 / Company Switch [2 CD set] (Okka Disk 070)
CECIL TAYLOR & THE ENSEMBLE - Almeda (FMP 126/Germany)

* FREDY STUDER/HAMID DRAKE/MICHAEL ZERANG - Drummin' Chicago (FMR 160/UK)
* WADADA LEO SMITH/WALTER QUINTUS/KATYA QUINTUS/MIROSLAV TADIC/MARK NAUSEEF -
Snakish (Leo 435)
SIRONE BANG ENSEMBLE [SIRONE/BILLY BANG/CHARLES GAYLE] - Configuration
(Silkheart 155/Sweden)
SONNY SIMMONS + STRING QUARTET - The Traveller (Jazzaway 11/EEC)
ELLIOTT SHARP - Quadrature (Zoar ZPO-01)
* ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH 5 - Monk's Casino - Complete Works of Thelonius Monk [3
CD set] (Intakt 100)
* SCHLIPPENBACH/DUNMALL/ROGERS/BIANCO - Vesuvius (Slam 262/UK)
JAMIE SAFT TRIO - Astaroth: Book of Angels Vol. 1: Masada Book Two (Tzadik)

PAUL RUTHERFORD/KEN VANDERMARK/MULLER/VAN DER SCHYFF - HOXHA (Line 26/Spool
126/Canada)
GEORGE RUSSELL - 80th Birthday Celebration [2 CD set] (Concept)
KEITH ROWE/SACHIKO M/T. NAKAMURA/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE - ErstLive 005 [3 CD set]
(Erstwhile 005)
* KEITH ROWE/AMBARCHI/FENNESZ/NAKAMURA - Four Gentlemen Of The Guitar [2 CD set]
(Erstwhile 46)
* ROVA ORKESTROVA w/FRITH/NELS CLINE/KIHLSTEDT/MORI/YOSHIHIDE - Electric
Ascension 2003 (Ata. 159)
HERB ROBERTSON NY DOWNTOWN ALLSTARS - Elaboration (Clean Feed 42; Portugal)
ALESSIO RICCIO With ELLIOTT SHARP/ TIM BERNE - Hallucinated Memories (Unorthodox
8; Italy)
* MARC RIBOT/ROY CAMPBELL/HENRY GRIMES/CHAD TAYLOR - Spiritual Unity (Pi
Recordings 15)

POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE [OLUYEMI & IJEOMA THOMAS] - First Ones (Charles Lester
26-008)
WILLIAM PARKER QUARTET - Sound Unity (Aum Fidelity 34)
EVAN PARKER & SEPTEMBER WINDS - Short Stories (Leo 428; UK)
* EVAN PARKER/JOHN COXON/ASHLEY WALES - Evan Parker with Birds: For Steve Lacy
(Treader 01; UK)
EVAN PARKER/BARRY GUY/PAUL LYTTON/PHILIPP WACHSMANN/JOEL RYAN - Free Zone
Appleby 2004 (PSI 05.05) [EVAN PARKER/STEVE BERESFORD/JOHN EDWARDS/LOUIS
MOHOLO-MOHOLO] FOXES FOX - Naan Tso (psi 05.07)
PAINKILLER [JOHN ZORN/BILL LASWELL/HAMID DRAKE] - V.12: Zorn 50th Birthday
Celebration (Tzadik 5012)
* PAGO LIBRE [w/JOHN WOLF BRENNAN/ARKADY SHILKLOPER] - Stepping Out (Leo 444;
UK)

ODYSSEY [JAMES BLOOD ULMER/CHARLES BURNHAM/WARREN BENBOW] - Back In Time (Pi 18)

THE NU BAND [MARK WHITECAGE/ROY CAMPBELL/JOE FONDA/LOU GRASSI] - Live (Konnex
5141; Germany)
NOW ORCHESTRA & MARILYN CRISPELL - Pola (Victo)
NILSSEN-LOVE/KEN VANDERMARK - Dual Pleasure II [2 CD set] (Smalltown Supersound)
PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE With EVAN PARKER/SANDELL/HAKER FLATEN - Townorchestrahouse
(Clean Feed 41)
THE NECKS - Mosquito/See Through [2 CD SET] (RER NECKS5/6)

SUNNY MURRAY - Perles Noires/Volume 1 & 2 (Eremite 045 & 046)
IKUE MORI - Myrninerest (Tzadik 7714)
* BEN MONDER - Oceana (Sunnyside Records 1146)
LOUIS MOHOLO-MOHOLO/STAN TRACEY - Khumbula (Remember) (Ogun 016; UK)
NICOLE MITCHELL/BLACK EARTH ENSEMBLE - Hope, Future and Destiny (Dreamtime
Records 007)
MEV/AMM - Apogee [2 CD set] (Matchless 61/UK)
* MAT MANERI - Pentagon (Thirsty Ear 57163)
EYAL MAOZ - Edom (Tzadik 8105)

JOHN LINDBERG/BAIKIDA CARROLL/STEVE GORN/SUSIE IBARRA - Winter Birds (Between
the Lines 71203)
* STEVE LEHMAN - Demian as Posthuman (Pi Recordings 17)
OKKYUNG LEE - Nihm (Tzadik 7715)
* JOELLE LEANDRE/INDIA COOKE - Firedance (Red Toucan 9327; Canada)
ADAM LANE TRIO With VINNY GOLIA/VIJAY ANDERSON - Zero Degree Music (CIMP 325)
STEVE LACY/MAL WALDRON - Japan Dream: At The Egg Farm 1992 [Ltd Ed] (Egg Farm;
Japan)

KONK PACK [TIM HODGKINSON/THOMAS LEHN/ROGER TURNER]- Off Leash (Grob 654)
[HAINO KEIJI & THE RUINS] SANHEDOLIN - Manjoicchi wa muko (PSF 162; Japan) - not
available
UCHIHASI KAZUHISA/ TATSUYA YOSHIDA - Hercules' Icy Club (Tone Industria
011/Poland)
ACHIM KAUFMANN/FRANK GRATKOWSKI/WILBERTE DE JOODE - Unearth (Nuscope 1016)
* HENRY KAISER & WADADA LEO SMITH's YO MILES - Upriver [2 H-SACD set] (Cuneiform
202/203)

* THEO JORGENMANN 6 - Fellowship (Hatology 616/Switzerland)

VIJAY IYER - Reimagining (Savoy 17475)

WAYNE HORVITZ/SAMWORTH/LEE/CLARK/VAN DER SCHYFF - Intersection Poems (Spool
125/Line 25)
JOHN HOLLENBECK LARGE ENSEMBLE - A Blessing (Omnitone 15209)
GERRY HEMINGWAY QUARTET - The Whimbler (clean feed 040)
GERRY HEMINGWAY [w/GRATKOWSKI/WIERBOS] - Double Blues Crossing (Between the
Lines 71202)
CRAIG HARRIS w/ STEVE COLEMAN/DON BYRON/HUGH RAGIN - Souls Within The Veil [2 CD
Set] (Aquastra 01)

* BARRY GUY NEW ORCHESTRA - Oort-Entropy (Intakt 101/Switzerland)
* BARRY GUY/LONDON JAZZ COMPOSERS ORCHESTRA - Study II/Stringer (Intakt
095/Switzerland)
MATS GUSTAFSSON - Catapult: Baritone Sax Solo (Doubt 103; Japan)
DREW GRESS w/ TIM BERNE/ALESSI/TABORN/RAINEY - 7 Black Butterflies
(Premonition/Koch 5809)
BURTON GREENE/ROY CAMPBELL QUARTET With ADAM LANE/LOU GRASSI - Isms Out (CIMP
316)
DENNIS GONZALEZ'S SPIRIT MERIDIAN [w/ OLIVER LAKE] - Idle Wild (clean feed
035/Portugal)
VINNY GOLIA QUINTET with NELS CLINE/ALEX CLINE- One, Three, Two [2 CD Set]
(Jazzhalo 18/19)
FRODE GJERSTAD/JOHN STEVENS - Keep On Playing (FMR 162/UK)
GIORGIO GASLINI - Gaslini Plays Sun Ra (Soul Note 121490/Italy)

SATOKO FUJII ORCHESTRA [NAGOYA VERSION] - Nagoyanian (Bakamo 01; Japan)
SATOKO FUJII 4 w/ NATSUKI TAMURA/MARK DRESSER/JIM BLACK - Live In Japan 2004
(Natsat 3022/Japan)
COR FUHLER NONET With AB BAARS/TONY BUCK/TOBIAS DELIUS/WILBERT DE JOODE -
Corkestra (Data 44)
* FRED FRITH/CARLA KIHLSTEDT/STEVIE WISHART - The Compass, Log And Lead (Intakt
103)
BILL FRISELL - Richter 858 [H-SACD] (Songlines 1551)
DOMINIC FRASCA - Deviations (Cantaloupe 21032)
FIELDWORK [VIJAY IYER/STEVE LEHMAN/ELLIOT HUMBERTO KAVEE] - Simulated Progress
(Pi 16)
CHRISTIAN FENNESZ/SACHIKO M/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE/PETER REHNBERG - s/t (Erstwhile)
AVRAM FEFER/BOBBY FEW - Heavenly Places (Boxholder 049)
* SIMON H. FELL - Composition No. 62 (Bruce's Fingers 57/UK)

MARCO ENEIDI/LISLE ELLIS/PETER VALSAMIS - Sound on Survival Live (Henceforth
101)

PAUL DUNMALL/PAUL ROGERS/TONY LEVIN - Deep Joy [4 CD-R set] (Duns LTD 041/UK)
out-of-print
PAUL DUNMALL With STEVIE WISHART/PAUL LYTTON - In Your Shell Like (Emanem 4111;
UK)
PAUL DUNMALL/PAUL ROGERS/PHILIP GIBBS/TONY LEVIN - Thankyou Dorothy (DUNS 046;
UK)
SCOTT DuBOIS QUINTET featuring DAVE LIEBMAN - Monsoon (Soul Note 121409; Italy)
MARK DRESSER - Unveil: Solo Bass (Clean Feed 43; Portugal)
HAMID DRAKE & BINDU - Bindu (RogueArt 0001)
DAVE DOUGLAS/MICHAEL MOORE/PEGGY LEE/MARCUS ROJAS/DYLAN VAN DER SCHYFF -
mountain passages( (Greenleaf 5802)
DAVE DOUGLAS - Keystone [CD + DVD] (Greenleaf Music 03)
NICK DIDKOVSKY/PAUL ROGERS/KEVIN NORTON - The Bright Lights, The Big Time (FMR
163/UK)
BENOIT DELBECQ UNIT - Phonetics [H-SA-CD] (Songlines 1552)
ELTON DEAN & SOPHIA DOMANCICH - Avant (Hux 063; UK)

JACQUES COURSIL - Minimal Brass (Tzadik 8016)
COOPER-MOORE - Outtakes 1978 (Hopscotch Records 16)
* CLAUDIA QUINTET [JOHN HOLLENBECK] - Semi-Formal (Cuneiform 217)
CURTIS CLARK TRIO & SEPTET w/ LOUIS MOHOLO/TRISTAN HONSINGER - Dreams Deferred
(Nimbus 3813)

JOHN BUTCHER/EVAN PARKER/LOU GARE - Horn_Bill [2 CD set] (Matchless 63/UK)
PETER BROTZMANN CHICAGO TENTET - Be Music, Night (Okka 059)
PETER BROTZMANN/HAN BENNINK - Still Quite Popular After All Those Years [LP
only] (Bro 4)
ANTHONY BRAXTON With KEVIN O'NEIL/KEVIN NORTON/ANDY EULAU - 20 Standards
[Quartet] 2003 [Ltd Ed 4 CD set] (Leo 431-434; UK)
ANTHONY BRAXTON & WALTER FRANKS - 4 Improvisations [Duets] 2004 [2 CD set] (Leo
429/430; UK)
* ANTHONY BRAXTON/GYORGY SZABADOS/VLADIMIR TARASOV - Triotone (Leo 416/UK)
ANTHONY BRAXTON - NINETET (YOSHI'S) 1997, Vol.3 [2 CD Set] (Leo 420/421; UK)
* ANTHONY BRAXTON QUINTET - Quintet (London) 2004: Live At The Royal Festival
Hall (Leo 449)
MICHAEL BISIO QUARTET with AVRAM FEFER/STEPHEN GAUCI/JAY ROSEN - Connections
(CIMP 323)
TIM BERNE/HARDCELL - (feign) (Screwgun 700015)
TIM BERNE/PARAPHRASE - Pre-Emptive Denial (Screwgun)
LOUIE BELOGENIS/SHANIR EZRA BLUMENKRANZ/KENNY WOLLESEN - Unbroken (Tick Tock
001)
DEREK BAILEY - Carpal Tunnel (Tzadik 7612)

FRED ANDERSON/WILLIAM PARKER/HAMID DRAKE - Blue Winter [2 CD set] (Eremite)
AMM - Norwich (Matchless 64/UK)
*ALTERED STATES [UCHIHASHI/MITSURU/YASUHIRO] - Bluffs [2 CD set] (Innocent
011/012; Japan)