Best album of 2005?

ChuckProphet · 21-12-2005 3:28pm #1

It's gotta be anto and the johnsons if you consider arcade fire was really 2004. Any thoughts?

Karl Hungus · 21-12-2005 3:48pm

I think Anto is a terrible bastardization of the name Anthony. If that was my name, I'd probably glass someone who called me Anto.

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 3:53pm

How about if they called you "Ant"?

Karl Hungus · 21-12-2005 3:55pm

Doctor J wrote:

How about if they called you "Ant"?

That would bring unwanted comparison to Ant & Dec... Overall Anthony would be a pretty god-awful name to have, so I'm glad I've such a classy name.

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 3:57pm

Tony doesn't do anything for you?

Karl Hungus · 21-12-2005 3:59pm

Doctor J wrote:

Tony doesn't do anything for you?

No, he's not up for that kind of thing.

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 4:01pm

Maybe "Nee-zor" wha?

Tar.Aldarion · 21-12-2005 4:06pm

on topic ftl!

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 4:07pm

Ooooh somebody's hit a raw nerve. Anto Aldarion, eh? :v:

Karl Hungus · 21-12-2005 4:13pm

Fine, best album of 2005. Opeth - Ghost Reveries.

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 4:16pm

I think we should have a "Best Best album of 2005" thread :v:

Karl Hungus · 21-12-2005 4:20pm

I think any "Best" thread is inherently spammy.

But 2005 has been a good year for albums. The new Nevermore, Atheist re-issues, and so forth.

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 4:21pm

The Athiest re-issue hardly count as new :v:

There were a few nuggets but on a wider scale it was fairly poor, I felt.

Devon · 21-12-2005 4:22pm

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

Karl Hungus · 21-12-2005 4:26pm

Doctor J wrote:

The Athiest re-issue hardly count as new :v:

There were a few nuggets but on a wider scale it was fairly poor, I felt.

Yeah, they count, they were released this year. I suppose I had a good year for albums so I'm fairly happy, a lot of it was older stuff though.

Tar.Aldarion · 21-12-2005 4:30pm

Doctor J wrote:

Ooooh somebody's hit a raw nerve. Anto Aldarion, eh? :v:

I have no brother!!!!

I didn't really 'love' any albums this year. Just got hhypnotize there a day or two ago and that is pleasant I guess.

Doctor J · 21-12-2005 4:31pm

They were released years ago, they were just repackaged this year. They don't reflect the standard of new music introduced this year. In fact, the amount of re-releases might show poorly upon the standard of new releases.

Atrocity · 21-12-2005 6:13pm

Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep
Boards of Canada - Campfire Headphase
Ladytron - The Witching Hour

lordgoat · 22-12-2005 6:34pm

Sufjan

pseudonym · 23-12-2005 8:32pm

seem not to have listened to nearly as much music as in other years.
eels or sufjan. a toss up.

Atrocity · 23-12-2005 8:46pm

eels every time. when E finally came into his own, truly appealing to people who had never heard of eels or cared about them, for the first time since beautiful freak.

cormie · 23-12-2005 8:56pm

Karl Hungus wrote:

I think Anto is a terrible bastardization of the name Anthony. If that was my name, I'd probably glass someone who called me Anto.

I think it's terrible that you call him Anthony when it's actually Antony and the Johnsons:p

I haven't heard enough of this years albums but I must say I'm very impressed with Antony and the Johnsons release this year. Enya's new album is quite impressive too and of course Ryan Adams and the Cardinals have released two impressive albums. Devils and Dust by Springsteen, Stand Up by Dave Matthews Band. Can't choose one though:o

Bodhidharma · 23-12-2005 9:24pm

Eels is definetly the best album of the year. E should get the nobel prize for contributions to uplifting the depressed. God bless em.

Boo-yah · 24-12-2005 4:13pm

Eels - Blinking Lights and other revelations

Binomate · 24-12-2005 6:23pm

James Blunt :v:

[edit] Better just clarify that this post isn't serrious. Don't want to loose any credibility.

Chong · 24-12-2005 6:26pm

Hard Fi's - Stars of CCTV

PiE · 24-12-2005 6:28pm

Decemberists - 'Picaresque'

Sure it got overplayed (can barely stand listening to it now), but I haven't heard many albums ever that held my attention for 3 straight months of listening. And while there's been other albums I loved over the year and right now, I'd still have to put Picaresque as the #1 for that reason.

65daysofstatic's 'One Time For All Time' is a close second though.

Creamy Goodness · 24-12-2005 6:46pm

there wasn't one release this year that made me go, christ i have to buy that now.

but some honourable mentions should go to.

death cab for cutie - plans
bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning.

Atrocity · 24-12-2005 7:29pm

I forgot:
Brendan Benson - Alternative to Love
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
Common - Be
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness

faceman · 24-12-2005 7:31pm

System of A Down - Memorize

cormie · 24-12-2005 7:39pm

Cremo wrote:

there wasn't one release this year that made me go, christ i have to buy that now.

but some honourable mentions should go to.

death cab for cutie - plans
bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning.

Cremo have you listened to Antony and the Johnsons? They are pretty good, you should check them out:)

Atrocity · 24-12-2005 7:46pm

Anthony and the Johnsons, a great album. He has such a cool voice, I'd love to be that talented.

Jonny Arson · 24-12-2005 7:49pm

Best album - Takk by Sigur Rós

More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley
Don't Believe The Truth by Oasis
Back Room by Editors

deserve mentions too.

Creamy Goodness · 25-12-2005 3:53am

cormie wrote:

Cremo have you listened to Antony and the Johnsons? They are pretty good, you should check them out:)

i'll check them out, as we seem to like all the same musak.

Nightwish · 25-12-2005 10:58am

Epica - Consign to Oblivion

projectmayhem · 25-12-2005 1:15pm

mastodon - leviathan

27-12-2005 7:57pm

Zane from MTV2 wrote:

Best album - Takk by Sigur Rós

Yup

Civilian_Target · 27-12-2005 9:29pm

Best album that should have been released: System of a Down - Hypnerize

Creamy Goodness · 27-12-2005 9:33pm

Civilian_Target wrote:

Best album that should have been released: System of a Down - Hypnerize

i thought that was released back in october/november?

RE*AC*TOR · 27-12-2005 9:40pm

fiona apple - extroadinary machine

hoody · 27-12-2005 9:50pm

Hypnerize = Hypnotize + Mezmerize

:rolleyes:

Spider_Baby! · 27-12-2005 10:02pm

Healthy in Paranoid Times - Our Lady Peace

sterculelum · 28-12-2005 11:38pm

Top 5 In No Order

Takk... - Sigur Ros
I Am A Bird Now - Antony & The Johnsons
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Picaresque - The Decemberists

Jonny Arson · 31-12-2005 5:58pm

I'll add ''First Impressions Of Earth'' by The Strokes as one of my late favourites. Great album.

ClareBear · 02-01-2006 2:43pm

Stereophonics - Love, Sex, Drugs, Other

John · 02-01-2006 2:54pm

I can't limit myself to one or two. I've heard a lot of great music this year, click the music of the year link in my sig for the full list.

Chardee MacDennis · 02-01-2006 3:32pm

have to agree with Stereophonics - LSDO and Arcade Fire - Funeral

also Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree is a brilliant album

casanova_kid · 02-01-2006 6:40pm

Brighteyes- I'm Wide Awake It's Morning

qz · 02-01-2006 6:45pm

The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth.

Just brilliant.

sterculelum · 02-01-2006 7:05pm

Fraid I'm not really feeling the new Strokes all that much. First 5 songs are great, but it all kinda goes downhill from there. And it's sooo long. Not bad though, I suppose, just kind of a let down compared to the other two.

ClareBear · 04-01-2006 8:57pm

ClareBear wrote:

Stereophonics - Love, Sex, Drugs, Other

Hmm I love it so much I forgot the title! Should have said Language, Sex, Violence, Other...:D

Also really liked Coldplay's X&Y, I am a Bird Now - Antony and the Johnsons (despite telling myself I'd never like them after Ray D'Arcy playing them to death!), A Certain Trigger - Maximo Park.....mainly bought Dance albums last year though.

Best album of 2005?

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