The good albums of 2005

[DeJackyl]

Outside Closer - Hood: Best of the year so far, along with single of the year in 'The Lost You'.

Ok Cowboy - Vitalic: It's already been said, best loud album going right now.

The Milk of Human Kindness - Caribou: Dan Snaith continues to pave the path for a genre all his own.

Our Thickness - The Russian Futurists: Any album this light and cheery sounding that's able to pull me in is a release of the year contender.

Before The Dawn Heals Us - M83: Amazing translation live puts it here where it belongs.

Both the Doves and New Order albums have pleased me greatly in an otherwise rather soft half year for music.

Junk- Coldplay, NIN, Daft Punk, Most of the Billy Corgan effort.

[holden]

So far this year, i'm a big fan of:

Fischerspooner - Odyssey: very solid album, lots of great hooks, and generally more danceable and less abrasive than #1
Coldplay - X&Y: Say what you will about 'em, this album is a grower, and musically more moving than most pop-rock out there.
Vitalic - OK Cowboy: Pure fun!

a disappointment (sorry if i offend...)
LCD Soundsystem: i didn't think this was anything i hadn't heard on other electro-clash releases. Sure, "Daft punk is playing..." is fun, and it's an enjoyable listen, but none too varied or worth the hype, imo. Sorry!
m83- before the dawn... this is heavier, more noise driven and unnerving than the beautiful analog debut. He's lost a partner and half the magic.
but that's about all i have that's from 2005

[dirtytomato]

Originally Posted by Dirty0900

M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us - Proves he can do it on his own.

Yes! My favorite song for the past couple of months has been Teenage Angst.

[Ally]

Tom Vek - We Have Sound


Has anyone else sampled this yet?

[Animal Boything]

Oh, here's a big one I forgot to mention because I haven't got ahold of a legit copy yet:

The Tears - Here Come the Tears This is very exciting news for any Suede fans out there because this band features Suede's original songwriting/singing/guitar team, Brett Anderson and Bernard Butler, together again after more than a decade of "creative differences." This time, Butler is allowed to produce, which is also exciting news if you've heard his production work for such bands as the Libertines and the Veils, or his impressive solo work. The first half of "Here Come the Tears" drags a little in places, but about 2/3 of the time the old magic is in full effect. There are some tracks here that stand up there with the best of Suede's classic material, so it's definitely an essential album. I'm not sure if it'll get a US release, though, unfortunately.

[ffolkes]

Haven't bought a lot of new records this year, but these were prolly my favs:

Fischerspooner - Odyssey (i loved #1, and i love this as well. very consistent)
Gorillaz - Demon Days (a sprawling record, for better or worse. has great moments.)
Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum (ok it's a live album, but fuck me if it isn't sweet)

[den]

The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree - A bit more than their usual lo-fi acoustic guitar, but still simple, catchy, and wonderful. John Darnielle really knows how to write a song and tell a story. He also has an interesting and entertaining music blog.
http://mountain-goats.com
http://www.lastplanetojakarta.com

Black Mountain - s/t - Straight-up fist-pumping catchy psych rock. They're opening for Coldplay in N. America, so look out.
http://www.thewaxmuseum.bc.ca/jwab/index2.html

Hmm, I actually saw both of these bands in concert together.

I'm kind of behind on new music (as always). Thoughts on other mentions, subject to change:

Outhud - Good stuff
Spoon - Good overall
NIN - Decent for NIN, I suppose
Beck - Weak and mostly disappointing
Billy Corgan - Haven't heard much, and while I like Corgan, I'm not really a fan of his synth-sounding stuff.
Weezer - "We Are All on Drugs" is simultaneously the worst and the most genius song they've ever written.
M83 - pbbthh. "Can't Stop" sounds like fucking Mannheim Steamroller. (thought Mannheim Steamroller itself is awesome)
Coldplay - I flipped out when I heard "Talk" and recognized the riff from Kraftwerk's "Computer Love"

[groovypanda]

in kind of order i guess:

1) the magic numbers the magic numbers
2) arular m.i.a.
3) silent alarm bloc party
4) we are little barrie little barrie
5) hal hal
6) the superimposers the superimposers
7) awfully deep roots manuva
8) let us never speak of it again out hud
9) guero beck
10) exhibit a the features

and some albums i've got recently that sound really good on first few listens but too soon to compare to the above:

we are monster isolee
stars of cctv hard fi
set and drift diefenbach
take london the herbaliser

[Animal Boything]

As I've pointed out before, I have a real weakness for dirty south rap, and I just bought the long-awaited, just-released Slim Thug - Already Platinum and it's really kicking my ass. It's a thoroughly impressive rap album: no skits, solid production (mostly by the Neptunes) and a lot of clever rhymes. I scored the limited version with a free bonus disc, and it's definitely worth finding because all the extra songs are good. It also has a few "chopped and screwed" remixes of album tracks, which aren't all that effective because Slim Thug's voice is already so deep and his delivery is already so laid-back that slowing it down is overkill, but they're not terrible. This album goes in the "you'll love it if and only if you're into this kind of thing" category, but I am and I do.

Also, it somehow totally slipped my mind when I made this thread that the new Beck album is a 2005 release, and I do quite like that one. It's not as groundbreaking as many of his past releases, but it makes up for that with quality.

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by Ally

Tom Vek - We Have Sound


Has anyone else sampled this yet?

no, but love the CC single quality pop music