Top 20 albums of 2005..?

[Freakaholic]

sorry, a friend just sent this to me and i couldnt resist.

but.....

http://www.grammy.com/awards/grammy/48Awards.aspx

a LOT different than these lists.

for my own, ill have to recuse myself. i have a bad habit of not buying anything current (my most recent CD purchase was a double CD of The Selecter.)

I see in their lists some simliarities to here: Kanye West, Kraftwerk, LCD Soundsystem....

 

[francesco]

ok, reissues yes, but there i gone:

one kiss lead to another - rhino 4 cd (girls groups from the '60)
children of nuggets 4cd bx
deathprod boxset
current 93 - judas as a black moth
nurse with wound - livin fear of james last
12"/80' boxs - volume 1 & 2
xenakis - la legende d'or/chamber music (montaigne)
la dussendorf - 1
morricone - crime and dissonance
heldon - almost everything
yuko ogura - frui chu tarte
chara - a scenery like me
sheena ringo - shoso shop
herp albert - whipped cream and other delight
cocteau twins - lullabyes to violane
stereolab - oscillations from the antisun
residents - third reich rock'n'roll
orange juice - the glasgow school
scritti politti - early
bow wow wow - i want candy 2cd anthology
aa.vv. - strangely strange but oddly normal (3cd boxset on Island label progressive years, just like the Vertigo and the Deram boxset of years ago)
almost every Soul Jazz reissue: studio one's - mark stewart - acid - tropicalia

ok you get the idea, i stop there........
... ah, the INA/GRM boxset..... etc....................................................................






and The Prodigy Singles!!!!!!!

 

[mms]

hmm in no order or number - i buy many more 12"s than i buy albums by a long margin -
bear in mind this can change


wasteland - october- my fave i think http://www.isound.info/discography/
earth - hex - infernal printing method
sunn oO - black one
andrew pecker - strings and feedback http://www.andrewpekler.com/main.html
kelley polar - album http://www.kelleypolar.com/
isolee - monsters http://www.isolee.de/
o - metri (re-release on vinyl) http://www.sahkorecordings.com/
michel waisviz - in tune http://www.crackle.org/
gang gang dance - gods money
harvestman - lashing the rye http://www.neurotrecordings.com/detail.aspx?ID=100
advisory circle - mind how you go http://www.ghostbox.co.uk/mindhowyougo.htm
vladslav delay - the 4 quarters http://www.vladislavdelay.com/
portable - version http://scape-music.com/site/front/index.php?action=release_detail&release_id=102&release_strike=33
jackson - smash
jeff mills - contact special
dubstep allstars - mixed by youngsta
delia and gavin - mars ? forgotten what it's called - mainly for the first track
sun ra - on jupiter for the 2 lead tracks
rinse cd set - mainly for the plasticman and ruff sqwad sessions
clone - box jams 01. http://www.clone.nl/item5707.html

honary mention to stuff i haven't heard up until now that's not quite new this year
the william basinski - disintgration loop cds http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/basinski_william/disintegration-loops.shtml
the errorsmith - near disco dawn cd which is just excellent http://www.errorsmith.de/

+ a fashion story - a fashion records comp.

 

[Moodles]

My faves:

1. Slater-Kinney - The Woods
2. M.I.A. - Arular
3. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
4. Monade - A Few Steps More
5. Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor?

Also enjoyed, though somewhat less than the top 5:
Broadcast - Tender Buttons
Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
Animal Collective - Feels
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

Older albums that I only caught this year, but liked a lot:
Les Savy Fav - Inches
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
Dieselboy - Dungeon Master's Guide
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
Funeral - Arcade Fire

And I really liked these mixes by Sami Koivikko.

 

[Grievous Angel]

Woebot didn't big up the Kanye album - it was this year wasn't it?

Most listened to CD this year was Doves' Some Cities, again dunno if it was out this year... Fucking AMAZING. Simon Reynolds, listen to it again. Magnificent post-dance grimey emotional Manchester rock music with the best plonking cadential chord progressions around.

Gorrilaz very good.

Black Dog very good, probably their best CD yet funnily enough.

Dubstep All Stars 2 VERY good indeed but put in the shade by Youngsta Vs Loefah DJ sets.

Honourable mention to Skream's Bloackdown mix -- if that had been released, it would've been the best dance music CD of the year.

 

[huffafc]

in no particular order, and I'm sure I've forgotten some things I liked maybe better than what's on here. lots of good music this year. also, the list includes reissues.

Ariel Pink - Worn Copy
Vex’d – Degenerate
Black Dice – Broken Ear Record
Gang Gang Dance – God’s Money
Clipse – We Made it 4 Cheap Vol. 2
Bun B – Trill
The Hospitals – I’ve Visited the Lands of Jocks and Jazz
Meads of Asphodel – Damascus Steel
DJ Elephant Power – No Si No Si
Birchville Cat Motel – Chi Vampires
Circle – Tulikoira
Fantomas – Suspended Animation
G.I. Gurdjieff – Harmonic Development
Kevin Blechdom – Eat My Heart Out
The Psychic Paramount – Gamelan into the Mink Supernatural
Richard Devine – Cautella
V.A. – Molam: Thai Country Groove from Isan
Yamasuki Singers - Le Monde Fabuleux des Yamasuki
V.A. – Gold Leaf Branches
The Gasman – The Grand Electric Palace of Variety

 

[anhhh]

maybe not the better albums, but the records i remember myself having fun with them

girls aloud "chemistry"
robyn "robyn"
rachel stevens "
ricardo villalobos "achso"
vex'd "degenerate"
skream "midnight request line" (yes, a very short album, but better this way...)
Robert Wyatt & Friends "Theatre Royal Drury Lane 8th September 1974"
kate bush "aerial"
bill fay "tomorrow,tomorrow,tomorrow"
evan parker "with birds"
animal collective & vashti bunyan "prospect hummer"
the books "lost&safe"
dominik eulberg "kreucht & fleucht"
lau nau "kuutaarha"
nine horses "snow borne sorrow"
amadou et mariam "dimanche a bamako"

records i should listen more (and probably end in the list then):

ariel pink/ lightning bolt/ jackson & his computer band/ dj koze/ dandy jack/ matias aguayo

 

[don_quixote]

some stuff that i liked:

vive la fete - grand prix
vitalic - ok cowboy
para one - club hoppn
ellen allien - thrills
anything optimo touched (with added emphasis on discovering dinosaur - kiss me again)
amerie - 1 thing
ciara - oh
missy e - lose control
kano - home sweet home (with added emphasis on reload it)
fabriclive diplo
the long blondes - giddy stratospheres
long blondes live
death from above 1979 live
death from above 1979 pink shirts
lcd soundsystem live
go! team live
rediscovery of metal box
damian lazarus - suck my deck (with added emphasis on james holden - lump)
animal collective - grass
erol alkan showing me kiko - italomatic and the white noise - your hidden dreams
the fall - fall heads roll
ladytron - witching hour
ladytron live
beck - bad cartridge
wfmu

 

[Ned]

top 17:

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
3. M.I.A. - Arular
4. Iron and Wine - Woman King EP
5. Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Woman
6. Hood - Outside Closer
7. Ladytron - Witching Hour
8. Bearsuit - Team Ping Pong
9. The Duke Spirit - Cuts Across The Land
10. V/A - One Kiss Can Lead To Another box-set
11. Vex'd - Degenerate
12. Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
13. Espers - Espers
14. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
15. Marsen Jules - Herstlaub
16. Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Insen
17. Justice - imaginary CDR compilation of their remixes

 

[Ach!]

Coldplay - X&Y
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard

honestly.

I think Arcade Fire - Funeral was 2004, but that's boss too.

I thought L.O.T.D3 mixtape was as good as pt.1 (which was tops), so that gets a Wizard rating.

 

[Leo]

Fav ‘05 releases, in no order:
Paavoharju – Yha Hamaraa
Spoombung – I Saw Spoombung’s Sister Consumed by Kirby Dots
Justus Kohncke – Doppellben
Broadcast – Tender Buttons
The Chap – Ham
Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
Mahjongg – Raydoncong 2005
Gang Gang Dance – God’s Money
Oneida – The Wedding
LCD Soundsystem – s/t
Kompakt Total 6
The Fall – Fall Heads Roll
DJ Small Change – Orientation
DJ Small Change – Soundclash

Second time around:
The Stooges – Funhouse
The Associates – The Affectionate Punch

Better late than never:
Stan Getz Quartet – Sweet Rain
The Chap – The Horse
Kev Hopper – Whispering Foils, Saurus
Belbury Poly – The Willows

 

[turtles]

in not really any order, except for the first two, which are clear favs.


vitalic - ok cowboy
alan braxe & friends - the upper cuts
target - aim high vol 2
ruff sqwad - guns & roses (unfairly put down! sure the hip hop is lame, but the ruff sqwad originals are mindbendingly brilliant! Have you people never heard of the skip button??)
rinsesessions vol 1. mix cd pack
rachel stevens - come and get it
madonna - confessions on a dance floor
rhythm & sound - see mi yah
kompakt total 6
boards of canada - campfire headphase
richie hawtin - transitions
superpitcher - today

plus the many many awesome things downloaded from my old pal the internet (rinse radio rips being highest on that list...)

plus the many many albums i've yet to get around to...

 

[Leo]

Thought of something funny as I scanned these lists...Konono No. 1 and A. Pink's "Worn Copy" are just two examples of cds that I think I really like, yet hardly ever play. It's as if I understand why they are good and why I should like them -- and I do like them -- but they just never come down off the shelf.

I seem to go through this all the time: chase down certain cds as soon as it comes out, and never think of trading/selling them, yet rarely play them. Weird...maybe it's just me.

 

[DJ PIMP]

Mostly I get that with stuff that isn't as fun to listen to as it is interesting or new.

What the hell is: Spoombung – I Saw Spoombung’s Sister Consumed by Kirby Dots
This sounds incredible by virtue of the title alone... will have to have a listen.

p.s. I hereby append "Putsch '79 - Putsch" to my list.

 

[hamarplazt]

I seem to go through this all the time: chase down certain cds as soon as it comes out, and never think of trading/selling them, yet rarely play them. Weird...maybe it's just me.

No, it happens to me a lot too. I think it's the difference between a good album and a favorite album. Some records are just obviously good, and somehow they don't really need any further attention - the case is closed somehow. Then there's records that you play again and again because they're supposed to be good, but you just don't get it. Favorites are those where the case is closed, and you just keep playing them anyway. One day I'd like to get rid of all those that I know are good, but somehow just don't care about. Even though I'd have to sell universally hailed classics and keep deeply controversial stuff, I think I'll end up with a much more interesting and satisfying collection. Something like Velvet Underground... I only have those for their historic importance: I know they're revolutionary, I do enjoy them when playing them, but I just don't ever feel inclined to do so...

Anyway, I've not really been impressed by much music this year. I'm not sure if it's lack of effort on my part, or things are just lame, but I've allmost been unable to make a list. Here's some I do like, though:

Vex'D: Degenerate
Mouse on Mars: Live04
Virus Syndicate: Work Related Illness
Chevron: Everythings Exactly the Same
Jackson and His Computer Band: Smash
The Residents: Animal Lover
Pafpetakel: Det Usynlige TV
Autechre: Untitled (mostly because I saw them live and was surprisingly blown away)
Venetian Snares: Roszz Czillag... (the best he have done, but I'm not putting it on that often)
Co: !Comoc! (if this was available on vinyl, it would be an all time favorite, probably the best of 2005)

EPs:
La Peste: Hangars Liquides 026
Karl Marx Stadt: 2001-2004
Davinche: Dirty Canvas 3
Mango Delight: Messy Miss Metal

 

[Grievous Angel]

I used to have far too many CDs like that, so I stopped buying them.

Looking down these lists, there's not one band in ten that I recognise, let alone know what they sound like . I feel like I will never be properly in touch with music again...

... also... how do we set up the Music forum so more of this stuff gets discussed so I can at least hear people describe (as opposed to listing) them... cos I don't think even half of the music listed here has been talked about on Dissensus...

 

[Omaar]

Dinamo by Nathan Fake is the only thing on 'My Top Rated' playlist that's dated 2005. Awesome.

 

[Leo]

What the hell is: Spoombung – I Saw Spoombung’s Sister Consumed by Kirby Dots? This sounds incredible by virtue of the title alone... will have to have a listen. .

Spoombung aka Kev Hopper...former bass player for 80s alt.rockers Stump, who has worked with the High Llamas and Stereolab, is part of laptop trio Ticklish and has released two solo discs -- "Whispering Foils" and "Saurus" -- on Drag City of quiet music in which he plays the saw (quite beautiful stuff).

Easiest way to describe the "I Saw Spoombung's..." CD is to go here: http://www.spoombung.co.uk. Click on the cover to read the review from The Wire #260. Japanese import only on a label called Afterhours (easy to order via PayPal, just send them an email for instructions, they are very nice and quick to reply...my copy arrived Tokyo to NYC in about five days!) Not monumental by just really nice/dreamy/fizzy/slightly oddball music, with beautiful handmade-like packaging.

 

[Octopus?]

Spoombung aka Kev Hopper...former bass player for 80s alt.rockers Stump, who has worked with the High Llamas and Stereolab, is part of laptop trio Ticklish and has released two solo discs -- "Whispering Foils" and "Saurus" -- on Drag City of quiet music in which he plays the saw (quite beautiful stuff).

"Whispering Foils"! Forgot about that album...very lovely stuff.

 

[blunt]

Thought of something funny as I scanned these lists...Konono No. 1 and A. Pink's "Worn Copy" are just two examples of cds that I think I really like, yet hardly ever play.

It was for precisely this reason that I proposed people list the stuff with a high play count; not what they think they like.

I know it's a bit of a pain; but honestly, it's quite illuminating. Sort by play count, people!