Best Album of 2005

Outkast took the 2003 gold and Arcade Fire are romping it in 2004 so let's see how this one goes. Line up isn't as strong this year as it was in 2004 (which has to be said was one of the stronger line ups of any of these polls), but there's still some good stuff in there

Anyway albums that just missed the cut this year including ones by The National, Sigur Ros, My Morning Jacket, Eels, Kaiser Chiefs, MIA, Antony & The Johnsons, Magic Numbers, Amadou et Miriam, Kanye West and the White Stripes.

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Surfjan Stevens - Chicago - Illinoise



Common - Go - Be



Kate Bush - King Of The Mountain - Aerial

Coldplay - Fix You - X&Y



Bloc Party - Helicopter - Silent Alarm



LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing In My House - LCD Soundsystem

Bright Eyes - First Day Of My Life - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning



Gorillaz - DARE - Demon Days



Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To - You Could Have It So Much Better

Went for Gorillaz in the end. Just brilliantly crafted pop songs and for the best capturing of a Shaun Ryder vocal in years.

Honourable mentions:

Supergrass - Road to Rouen
Damien Dempsey - Shots
Coldplay - X + Y

Went for Gorillaz in the end. Just brilliantly crafted pop songs and for the best capturing of a Shaun Ryder vocal in years.


I second that..

2005 is easy peasy. Achtung Bono by Half Man Half Biscuit.

"with wattle and daub 'neath a silv'ry moon/
we built this village on a trad arr tune"
:cool:

Was a very very close call between Silent Alarm and Demon Days. Demon Days winning by a whisker, some very original songs with some brilliant cameo performances by Shaun Ryder, Roots Manuva, etc. Bloc Party's debut was an absolute cracker, a real gem. Third to the Magic Numbers, a really heartfelt album, some feel good beautiful stuff on it. Just a shame about their awful follow up. Honourable mentions to Supergrass 'Road to Rouen', Sigur Ros 'Takk' and a real return to form of Depeche Mode 'Playing the Angel'...

I thought it was a good year.
My favourites off the top of my head:

Sigur Ros - Takk
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - CYHSY
Broken Social Scene - BSS
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise

Takk is probably my favourite but 'Other' never wins and so I'll go Silent Alarm because I want my vote to count! :)

Frank Blacks Homeycomb is worth a mention, as does Broken Social Scene's Broken Social Scene. Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, Its Morning gets the nod.

Best album 2005 for me - Nine Black Alps - Everything Is

Other worthy mentions:
Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
Damien Dempsey - Shots
Bell x1 - Flock
Weezer - Make Believe
Feeder - Pushing The Senses
Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
Simple Minds - Home

Trying to choose between George Clinton, Kanye West, The Coral, Gorillaz and The Game.

I think The Coral's The Invisible Invasion sneaks it for me.

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Originally Posted by The Optimist

Feeder - Pushing The Senses

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Completely forgot to nominate Feeder - Comfort in Sound for 2003's shortlist. This album was quite good too.

Flock by Bell x1 gave me a lot of listening..

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for me, also Guero by Beck, Devils + Dust by Bruce, Low: The Great Destroyer.

Torn between Eels, Sigur Rós and LCD Soundsystem but I'm going to vote for Eels.

Other: Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations.

My vote goes to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- Howl

Most of my faves from this year mentioned already.

3rd spot, Eels - Blinking Lights...

very close 2nd spot, M.I.A. - Arular

Voted for LCD Soundsystem though.

Have to give the nod to Other - Bell X1 - Flock
honourable mention goes to Common - Be

some other notable omissions are
Ian Brown - Solarized
Ash - Meltdown
Stereophonics - Love, Sex, Violence, Other?
Moby - Hotel
Queens of the Stone Age - Lulabies to Paralyze
The Bravery - The Bravery
Feeder - Pushing The Senses
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Weezer - Make Believe
Audioslave - Out Of Exile
Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth (seriously, how did this miss the cut??)
Foo Fighters - In Your Honour
A - Teen Dance Ordinance
All American Rejects - Move Along
Staind - Chapter V
30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
Nickelback - All The Right Reasons

Oher: Elbow - Leaders of the free world.

Plumped for Sigur Rós - Takk...

Worth mentioning are:
Dropkick Murphys - The Warrior's Code
Frank Black - Honeycomb
50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean