What 2005-released CDs have you loved so far?

[mvd]

I posted a top 10 list elsewhere with 10 honorable mentions (yes, I've been lucky in loving virtually all the CDs I bought,) but for now I'm just going to post a generic list of 20 here. The list I posted elsewhere was a work-in-progress.

My list:

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Tegan And Sara - So Jealous
Decemberists - Picaresque
Fisher - The Lovely Years
Brice Springsteen - Devils & Dust
Anna Nalick - Wreck Of The Day
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
Cindy Alexander - Angels And Demons
Hope 7 - self-titled
Martha Wainwright - self-titled
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Aslyn - Lemon Love
Caesars - Paper Tigers
Beck - Guero
Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart
Deana Carter - Story Of My Life
Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me
Doves - Some Cities
Emma - Free Me
Eisley - Room Noises

If I'm missing a couple, I'll fix it at a later date.

[mark414]

1. Common - Be

Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
M.I.A. - Arular
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

and many more

[randr]

2. Too Many Years

Compilation benefit to Clear Path International. CPI assists in survivors of accidents involveing left over landmines and bombs.
Features Natalie Merchant, Jorma Kaukonen, Widespread Panic, Dark Star Orchestra, Samples, Phillip Glass, and others
$14 contribution to www.cpi.org

[BlondieK143]

3. Mezmerize - System of a Down

:D

[AwakeAtLast]

27. Hell, yeah!

They kick some major ASS! :thumbsup:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

4. For now

Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down
Tegan And Sara - So Jealous
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Beck - Guero
Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (though I had an advanced copy starting in the fall)
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
The Starting Line - Based on A True Story
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

[mvd]

5. There are quite a few repeats on our lists

Hi, LPFF. :hi:

[mark414]

6. you might like these guys...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3379689

[mvd]

7. I'll check them out, too

:hi:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

9. I've liked FOB for awhile

Seen them 2X. But I forgot to add their new CD onto my list, :)

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Good taste

I forgot about the Ani and Tegan and Sara albums, had to add those to my list as well, haha.

[Parrcrow]

8. John Prine -- Fair and Square n/t

[peacefreak]

13. I've got to agree.

Well worth the wait.

[AwakeAtLast]

28. Oooh, gotta tell my Dad.

He loves John Prine. Saw him last year some time in Evansville, IN. For Prine, that is close to home, so Dad said it was a great concert.

[MrSlayer]

10. Nothing at all yet.

I haven't found a CD worth purchasing in over a year.

[ghostsofgiants]

11. There's quite a few

But I'll be damned if I can remember most of tem, haha.

The Mars Volta - "Frances The Mute"
Both of the new Bright Eyes albums (yeah, I said it)
Sage Francis - "A Healthy Distrust"
Sweatshop Union - "United We Fall"
Ben Folds - "Songs For Silverman"
Ani DiFranco - "Knuckle Down"
Tegan And Sara - "So Jealous"

Those are the ones that immediately come to mind.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

21. Ooh, how did I forget Mars Volta?!

I can't go back and edit mine now... :(

PS - Great list :)

[ghostsofgiants]

24. Yeah, how could you forget The Mars Volta?

I had that cd the morning it came out.

And thanks.

[Placebo]

14. A few...

Elevator - Hot Hot Heat
Golden - Elkland
The Best Little Secrets Are Kept - Louis XIV
The Bravery - The Bravery
No Wow - The Kills
Bleed Like Me - Garbage

[ghostsofgiants]

17. Fuck, Hot Hot Heat's another one I forgot about

I've only heard that one song, "Honest Mistake" by The Bravery but I enjoy it. I should check out the album.

[Placebo]

19. I just saw Hot Hot Heat & Interpol yesterday...

they were both great, as one would expect them to be. :D

The Bravery is damn good too.

[ghostsofgiants]

20. I envy you

We rarely ever get cool shows like that anywhere around here.

[Rooktoven]

15. Paris Combo-- Motifs

I'm guessing the White Stripes Album will be worth it as well

[Initech]

16. Mars Volta - Frances The Mute

Some of my other picks:

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Beck - Guero
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Lewis Black - Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues
Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze

[SlavesandBulldozers]

18. Mars Volta- Frances the Mute

PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (could have been late 2004 but a really good album)

i haven't heard that new Fantomas, but I'm a huge Patton fan. I've also wanted to get the new Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

22. PJ Harvey was 2004, you're right

:)

[aquaman]

26. mmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

PJ Harvey, my second wife....love that woman.

[Initech]

31. New Fantomas is awesome!

I'm not sure if it's more insane than Delerium Cordia, maybe even more so!

[NYdemocrat089]

23. Only one for me...

Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up

[Shadowen]

25. John Williams - Star Wars: Episode III.

nt

[NYdemocrat089]

32. Thank you for saying that!

I just remembered that I also bought that CD.

[sundog]

29. shit... i just realized i don't have a single 2005 release

:wtf:

man, i've been slacking musically

[xmas74]

30. I haven't ventured out into different areas much this year.

I have stuck w/ musicians that I tend to trust most of the time.

Dave Matthews Band-Stand Up
Ben Folds-Songs For Silverman
Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth.

I didn't like With Teeth the first time I heard it. But once I got over the whole idea of "It will never be Pretty Hate Machine or Downward Spiral so look at it from a different level of someone who is growing" I realized that I did like it. Lot more piano than in the past and alot less tinkering around w/ the tracks.

Dave and Ben-I'll listen to anything they throw at me and be happy. I know that I have a few coming up this year that I am looking forward to. I hope that they do not disappoint.

[mvd]

33. I'm a Ben Folds fan

And I like DMB. I'm willing to give the new ones from them more of a chance if I can find more than samples.

[xmas74]

34. I've been listening to a few online stations

that play both of them and they also mix in some newer music from different artists. I'm starting to recognize a few names that people mention on here now. But I still cannot give up DMB-I followed them through 10 states one summer when they were first hitting the scene and have never given up on them. And they always have a point to their music compared to so many on the scene right now.
The new NIN is pretty good-lots of tracks about finding himself, fighting addiction and a few references to the political climate today.