Album of 2005

Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton

Got to be Gypsy Punks by Gogol Bordello; Ukrainian punk music, superb stuff.

I agree, cracking album. Took your advice from our mini pub crawl and bought it.

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Bloc Party -Silent Alarm
Kasabian - Kasabian

All released 2004

Originally Posted by Nempton

Gorillaz are nothing more than blur b-song lyrics with some guy who appears now and then to rap. I blame William Orbit, he caused this irrepairable damage when he produced 13 for blur.

ha ha how old are you , your starting to sound like an old man complaining about the music now adays

i say thank god he has gone away from there pop songs they released in there early albums

feel good inc has one of the best bass lines all year and the guys appearing every now and then as you put it are de la soul !!!!!!!!!! these are top top rappers that have been brought in to rap on this album

Amon Tobin: Chaos Theory
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: B sides and Rarities.

Of those listed in the poll, Damien Dempsey's would be the only one I'd listen to.

Arcade Fire - The Funeral

Originally Posted by Marked Man

Amon Tobin: Chaos Theory

I have all the old Amon Tobin records - great stuff. One of the better Ninja Tunes artists. I must get my hands on Chaos Theory.

You won't be disappointed; it's a cracker.

Another good album that I don't think has been mentioned is the Mercury Prize winner Antony & The Johnson's - I Am A Bird.
His voice is very different and it's an album that you'll either love or hate, personally I thought it was ok

Long after everyone's stopped paying attention to this thread, two others:

Kinski: Alpine Static (which I only heard this week)
Monolake: Polygon Cities (German minimalist/ambient techno-type stuff)

Found The Music's "Welcome To The North" in my CD collection yesterday, forgot all about - top album

Originally Posted by De Town

Hard-FI - Stars of CCTC is the best album of 2005 IMHO.

Only discovered that now. Great album.

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Found The Music's "Welcome To The North" in my CD collection yesterday, forgot all about - top album

Forgot about that one myself, must dig it out and give it a listen. Would agree its a real Top album especially the song "Breakin"