Album of 2005

**Beavis** · 13/12/2005, 10:29 PM

So what has been the best album of 2005?
I am exposed to a limited amount of new music so I'm using this opportunity to see what I need to check out (got into Interpol because of recommendations on this site

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Nominees please , I'll start the ball rolling:
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Kasabian - Kasabian
The Bravery -The Bravery
Stars of CCTV - Hard-Fi
Bloc Party -Silent Alarm (definitely my vote)

**sligoman** · 13/12/2005, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by Beavis

Nominees please , I'll start the ball rolling:

How can we do a poll if yer gonna want to add to the list?

. Let me know when yer finished all the nominations and then I'll do a poll

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**gustavo** · 14/12/2005, 12:05 AM

Oasis - Dont Believe the Truth
Coldplay - X and Y
Franz Ferdinand -You could have it so much better with..
Queens of the Stone Age -Lullabies to Paralyse

**tetsujin1979** · 14/12/2005, 12:32 AM

Bell X1 - Flock
Velvet Revolver - Contraband (not sure if that was this year or late last year)

**tiktok** · 14/12/2005, 7:40 AM

The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
More Adventurous - Rilo Kiley
Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstall
I am a Bird now - Anthony and the Johnsons
Flock - Bell X1
Funeral - Arcade Fire

**finlma** · 14/12/2005, 7:42 AM

I'd add Arcade Fire - Funeral to that list.

Kasabian would get my vote though.

**Eire06** · 14/12/2005, 8:34 AM

Gorillaz - Demon Days Top class album

**ThatGuy** · 14/12/2005, 9:27 AM

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope

**Iorfa** · 14/12/2005, 10:46 AM

Sigur Ros - Takk
Kate Bush - Aeriel
Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Doves - Some Cities

**razor** · 14/12/2005, 11:20 AM

Editors - The Back Room
Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
The Wedding Present - Take Fountain
The Frank and Walters - Souvenirs

**Stuttgart88** · 14/12/2005, 11:43 AM

Editors
Kasabian
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Turin Brakes - Jackinabox

**Stuttgart88** · 14/12/2005, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Beavis

got into Interpol because of recommendations on this site

Brilliant band. Can't get enough of them.

**jebus** · 14/12/2005, 11:47 AM

Could we get a shortlist of ten maybe? Its never going to satisify everyone but if you go on sales and reviews and what sort of music people seem to listen to around here you could probably pull up ten, otherwise we'll be here all day with the nominations

**finlma** · 14/12/2005, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by jebus

if you go on sales

I wouldn't go on sales or we'll have a choice between Il Divo, The Sligo 4 and Fat Robbie.

**jorge** · 14/12/2005, 8:27 PM

Hot Fuss
The massacre
Shots (Damien Dempsey)

**anto1208** · 14/12/2005, 10:05 PM

1:sufjan stevens : come on feel the illinoise .
2:arcade fire : funeral
3:my morning jacket : Z
4:sigur ross : takk
5:gorillaz : daemon days
6:Bright eyes : wide awake its morning .
7:mylo : destroy rock and roll
8:Babyshambles : down in albion .
9

r.bills : rotten apples
10:damien dempsey : shots

**Beavis** · 15/12/2005, 12:17 AM

Heres a selection of 12 based on nominations here and album of the year lists here http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml (NME, MOJO, Q, UNCUT etc)

[DRUMROLL...]

Anthony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird now
Bell X1 - Flock
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Damien Dempsey - Shots
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Kasabian - Kasabian
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Bloc Party -Silent Alarm
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Editors - The Back Room
Coldplay - X and Y
Other

If there's any objections I dont care its my thread and I run a totalitarian regime.

Think I'm ready for that poll now

**twoenz** · 15/12/2005, 1:34 AM

Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
Willy Mason: Where the Humans Eat
Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft
Shout Out Louds: Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger
Magic Numbers: Magic Numbers
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Oasis: Don't Beleive the Truth
Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have Had it So Much Better...

**tiktok** · 15/12/2005, 7:28 AM

Originally Posted by Beavis

Heres a selection of 12 based on nominations here and album of the year lists here http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml (NME, MOJO, Q, UNCUT etc)

[DRUMROLL...]

Anthony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird now
Bell X1 - Flock
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Damien Dempsey - Shots
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Kasabian - Kasabian
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Bloc Party -Silent Alarm
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Editors - The Back Room
Coldplay - X and Y
Other

If there's any objections I dont care its my thread and I run a totalitarian regime.

Think I'm ready for that poll now

No way, KT tunstall has two nominations, Damo and FF have had one.