Best of 2005- halfway home edition

[Elvis Presley]

Time for this? Im not gonna count votes or anything, but what would be your top 5 thus far in 05'?

Ill get to mine in a bit....

 

[u2popmofo]

So 5 months makes it halfway??

 

[Elvis Presley]

So 5 months makes it halfway??

Yes

 

[grbounds]

5) Dishwalla - Dishwalla
4) Better than Ezra - Before the Robots
3) Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
2) Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
1) Coldplay - X&Y

ps, I'm probably forgetting something good

 

[griffey123]

5. Silent Alarm- Bloc Party
4. BE- Common
3. Gimme Fiction- Spoon
2. Picaresque- The Decemberists
1. X&Y- Coldplay

 

[cujo]

The Mars Volta... Frances The Mute
Robert Plant... Mighty Rearranger
The White Stripes... Get Behind Me Satan

Pretty sad list so far, seeing as I've only heard one song off of the bottom two.

I suck.

 

[impy13]

1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2. Coldplay - X&Y (although I haven't listened and won't until the album comes out)
3. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
4. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (actually have heard the leak for that one)

The 5 spot could go to one of the following...

Audioslave - Out of Exile
DMB - Stand Up
Van Morrison - Magic Time
Eisley - Room Noises
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

 

[alexvilagosh]

I've said it before and I'll say it many more times this year and into next:

1. British Sea Power - Open Season

Others:

2. Mogwai - The Government Sessions (if it counts)
3. Doves - Some Cities
4. Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
5. Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept

 

[Jack In The Box]

Doves - Some Cities
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Hood - Outside Closer
The Decemberists - Picaresque

and... one of these:

M83 - Before The Dawn Heal Us
British Sea Power - Open Season
The Kills - No Wow
Copeland - In Motion

HM:

Yo La Tengo - Prisioners Of Love

 

[elevation2u]

Bruce Springsteen - Devils and dust
Bright Eyes - Im wide awake its morning
Mars Volta - frances the mute
Beck - guero

i cant think of the 5th at the moment..

 

[RA-D]

year's been a bit weak thus far.

albums:

Coldplay - X&Y (I've heard all of it, I think it's going to grow on me, though not as much as AROBTTH)
Feeder - Pushing The Senses
22-20s - 22-20s
British Sea Power - Open Season
Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth

(also nervously awaiting arrival of the new Turin Brakes)


songs:

Feeder - Feeling A Moment
White Stripes - Instinct Blues
Coldplay - 'Til Kingdom Come
22-20s - 22 Days
Manic Street Preachers - Firefight

 

[HeartlandGirl]

(also nervously awaiting arrival of the new Turin Brakes)

So they've got a new one coming out? I'll keep an eye out for it. I don't own anything by them yet, but I like all the songs I've heard by them. Would you recommend their last album?


And as for my top five, I need more time to think about it.

 

[Elvis Presley]

1. MWard- Transistor Radio
2. The Decemberists- Picaresque
3. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- Cold Roses
4. Spoon- Gimme Fiction
5. Aqualung- strange and beautiful

still considering or not yet released

Coldplay
White Stripes
Sleater Kinney
Son Volt
The Hold Steady

 

[u2popmofo]

year's been a bit weak thus far.

I disagree.

I need more time to think about my list, far too many to choose from.

 

[Diemen]

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses

Haven't picked up a worthy fifth yet...

 

[Jack In The Box]

I forgot Silent Alarm

 

[Bonochick]

Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
Brendan Benson - The Alternative To Love
The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black

 

[TheRooster]

I disagree.

I need more time to think about my list, far too many to choose from.

Agreed. I'm not sure how I will narrow it down to 5.

 

[SkeeK]

we'll go with:
1 Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2 Decemberists – Picaresque
3 13 and God
4 The Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
5 M.I.A. - Arular

with Illinois by Sufjan Stevens looking right awesome and growing on me quick.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

Yo.

1. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cold Roses
2. Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
3. Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
4. Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
5. The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button

And there are a few others that I don't own yet/haven't been released yet that will probably make a strong showing on my prestigious year-end list:

Coldplay - X&Y
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
M.I.A. - Arular
Royksopp's new one

 

[Basstrap]

Caribou - Milk of Human Kindness
Bunky - Born to be a Motorcycle
Decemberists - Picaresque
Vitalic -OK Cowboy
Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Steven Malkmus - Face the Truth
Ficsherspooner - Odyssey

 

[ajax]

1)system of a down-mezmerise
2)bruce springsteen-devils and dust
3)gorillaz-demon days
4)eels-blinking lights and other revelations
5)kaiser chiefs-employment

 

[shrmn8rpoptart]

1)coldplay-x & y
2)weezer-make believe
3)the wallflowers-rebel, sweetheart (has anyone else in the whole world even heard this cd?)
4)bright eyes-wide awake
5)kaiser chiefs-employment

honorable mention:hot hot heat-elevator

 

[intedomine]

chemical brothers - push the button
hotel - moby
x & y - coldplay
don't believe the truth - oasis

 

[barlowdog]

Bloc Party......................Silent Alarm
Hold Steady..................Separation Sunday
Architecture in Helsinki..........In Case We Die
System of a Down...............Mesmerize
eels........................Blinking Lights.......

 

[boosterjuice]

5. Kaiser Cheifs- Employment
4. The Block Party - Silent Alarm
3. Feeder - Pushing the Senses
2. The Bravery- The Bravery
1. Coldplay - X &Y (hands down)

 

[gareth brown]

It's been a bit of a slow year hasn't it??

songs:

Polysics - Saikosaiko-san (B-side to latest single 'Baby Bias' get it now!!)
Coldplay - Talk
Bloc Party - Luno
Stereophonics - Dakota
Daft Punk - Robot Rock

 

[Elvis Presley]

Is X&Y that good, is it really???


Im honestly asking, i havent heard it

 

[cujo]

I can honestly say it is, with arms flailing in the air!

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(and a gun firmly held to my back)

 

[Saracene]

Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
Doves - Some Cities
Beck - Guero
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth