Post your favorite albums of 2005 so far

[mvd]

This is a good time to start getting our lists together. I'm sure it will change by the year's end. My favorites so far:

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
Hope 7 - self-titled
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Amy Rigby - Little Fugitive
Anna Nalick - Wreck Of The Day
Liz Phair - Somebody's Miracle
Cindy Alexander - Angels & Demons
Teenage Fanclub - Man Made
Brandi Carlile - self-titled
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Decemberists - Picaresque
Martha Wainwright - self-titled
Fisher - The Lovely Years
Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart

Others I love (A- or better) -

Courtney Jaye - Traveling Light
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
Eisley - Room Noises
Mary Gauthier - Mercy Now
Tracy Bonham - Blink The Brightest
Emma - Free Me
Brie Larson - Finally Out Of P.E.
Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
Miss Mary - Ready 2 Pop
Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Doves - Some Cities
Tristan Prettyman - Twentythree
Annie - Anniemal
Aslyn - Lemon Love
Alexz Johnson - Songs From Instant Star
Marion Raven - Here I Am
All American Rejects - Move Along
Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
Miranda Lambert - Kerosene
Lee Ann Womack - There's More Where That Came From
Brad Paisley - Time Well Wasted
Deana Carter - Story Of My Life

[mvd]

1. BTW

My list at the end of the year will probably stay at 15, though it could go to 20 as there's not a big difference between the faves and the other loves.

[mvd]

2. A kick

Surely more DUers have year 2005-released albums that are favorites.

[Initech]

3. My list (and it's an extremely varied one):

Nile - Annhiliation Of The Wicked
Sigur Ros - Takk...
George Clinton - How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?
Tony Iommi / Glenn Hughes - Fused
Arsis - A Diamond For Disease
Beck - Guero
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
Gorillaz - Demon Days
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
Matisyahu - Live At Stubbs
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
System Of A Down - Mezmerize / Hypnotize
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
Dream Theater - Octavarium

To put my top 10 in order:

1. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
2. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
3. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
4. Gorillaz - Demon Days
5. Beck - Guero
6. Tony Iommi / Glenn Hughes - Fused
7. System Of A Down - Mezmerize / Hypnotize
8. George Clinton - How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?
9. Nile - Annhilation Of The Wicked
10. Matisyahu - Live At Stubbs

[mvd]

5. Good list

I don't think I could put mine in order, though I'd say the New Pornographers CD is my #1.

[CatholicEdHead]

4. Mighter than the Sword - John McCutcheon

http://www.folkmusic.com/record/r_mighty.htm

It was just put out 10 days ago though it will not be widespread until Janurary. I already have a copy. :D

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

6. this is terrible,

but since I got Air America I don't listen to music anymore. I am soooo far behind. I miss it, but I'm just hooked on that danged liberal media that I've been looking for for much of my life.

best

[Kenneth ken]

7. my list

in alphabetic order:

Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
Dar Williams - My Better Self
Lucinda Williams - (I forget the title - it's a "live" disc)

and that's all the 2005 releases I've bought this year. :)

[nankerphelge]

8. Most of those plus these...

Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Devandra Banhart - Cripple Crow
The Pernice Brothers - Discover a Lovelier You
Anotny and The Johnsons - I am a bird now
The Mountain Goats - Sunset Tree
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

... I'm forgetting loads, but that's a few of them.

[mvd]

9. I forgot Trisha Yearwood's Jasper County

Other than that, can't think of one I missed - but my collection is big enough that there could be one.

[nankerphelge]

10. Ugh...

The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
The National - Alligator
Dungen - Ta Det Lungt
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs

[fricasseed_gourmet_rat]

11. You get 1000000 hugs for choosing Picaresque!

[ronzo]

12. The new Seether is good

Karma and Effect

[PittPoliSci]

13. 1.) Darkest Hour - "Undoing Ruin"

Amazing album, by far my favorite of what has been somewhat of a disappointing year for music.

Other honorable mentions are:

Soilwork - "Stabbing the Drama"
Opeth - "Ghost Reveries"
Dream Theater - "Octavarium"

In my opinion, there is one album that, if released in 2005, will make or break the year for me. the new album by the Damned.

[mvd]

14. Personally, I found this to be a good year

I love lots of kinds of music, so that helps.

[PittPoliSci]

15. I mostly listen to just metal

Not exclusively, though. But metal this year has been lacking in a seriously bad way.

[loyalsister]

16. Out of nowhere

I am shocked to discover that I very much like Dolly Parton's "Those Were The Days" where she invites us to "get on the cosmic train."
Things that seem to be that out of place have a unique level of effectiveness. It has "Imagine" "Blowin' In The Wind" "Turn, Turn, Turn" and "Both Sides" with Judy Collins.
"Where do the Children Play?" "Where Have All The Flowers Gone"
She went for it. Exposed herself as an anti-war environmentalist hippie.
I am not a huge fan of country, but this has this interesting out of place, quirky feel that I like.
There's a nice version of "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Crimson And Clover" on it, too.
I just listened out of curiosity and discovered it's a pretty damn good record.

[mvd]

17. Also forgot..

Click Five's Greetings From Imrie House, which I gave an A-.