2005 List-a-thon (music)

groveratgroverat
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in AppleOutsider edited January 2014
10. Ladytron - The Witching Hour

09. Coldplay - X&Y

08. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

07. My Morning Jacket - Z

06. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (bootleg)

05. The Decemberists - Picaresque

04. The Servant - The Servant

03. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

02. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

01. Chromeo - She's In Control



Honorable mentions:

Editors - Editors

Danger Doom - The Mouse & The Mask

Beck - Guero



I'm wanting to wipe my iPod clean and give it a whole new face. Let me know what I might have missed.
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  • Reply 1 of 52
    tdnc101tdnc101 Posts: 109member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    10. Ladytron - The Witching Hour

    09. Coldplay - X&Y

    08. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

    07. My Morning Jacket - Z

    06. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (bootleg)

    05. The Decemberists - Picaresque

    04. The Servant - The Servant

    03. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

    02. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

    01. Chromeo - She's In Control



    Honorable mentions:

    Editors - Editors

    Danger Doom - The Mouse & The Mask

    Beck - Guero



    I'm wanting to wipe my iPod clean and give it a whole new face. Let me know what I might have missed.



    Fantastic taste in music. You probably want to add some Rogue Wave (their album Descended Like Vultures), along with some Doves (Some Cities), easily some of the best of 2005.



    I'm most impressed with your picks of Illinois, The Servant, and Z. Some fantastic albums that I thought no one else caught (emphasis on The Servant).



    To make quick edits to your list, replace Twin Cinema with Descended Like Vultures and add Some Cities to the list, and you got it all right (with the exception of #1, which we could argue about for quite some time ). I'll compile my list soon and get back to the thread. Good luck with the iPod!
  • Reply 2 of 52
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Have you listened to Chromeo?



    She's In Control will make you dance around your apartment. I think they must have done studies into the human mind to discover exactly what would force anyone to get up and dance.



    Forget anti-depressants, doctors need to prescribe Chromeo.
  • Reply 3 of 52
    tdnc101tdnc101 Posts: 109member
    Ok. Maybe I hadn't listened to Chromeo's She's in Control before, and maybe I just bought it off of iTunes and - MAYBE - I'm enjoying it right now, as I type this. But in this politically-charged, partisan climate, who can really tell?



    Now I officially postpone my list until tomorrow. I won't add an album after half an hour of listening to it, but within 24 hours I could see this album surging up the list. What do you think about Rogue Wave?
  • Reply 4 of 52
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    I love Rogue Wave.

    I was really into them and The Shins a year or so back. Went to a show they had in Austin (I miss Austin ).
  • Reply 5 of 52
    brbr Posts: 8,395member
    05. Institute - Distort Yourself

    04. 311 - Don't Tread on Me

    03. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil

    02. System of a Down - Mesmerize

    01. System of a Down - Hypnotize
  • Reply 6 of 52
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Two Albums:



    Bruce Cockburn Speechless



    Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer Music for Two
  • Reply 7 of 52
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    BRussell:



    I've never heard of Institute or Avenged Sevenfold, what are they like?



    dmz:



    Two great artists I had no idea had a new record out, thanks.
  • Reply 8 of 52
    xoolxool Posts: 2,460member
    Goldfrapp? Eels? Dandy Warhols? Nine Inch Nails?



    All missing and a little different than you mentioned, but I'm with you!



    Also, I'm listening to The New Pornographers right now! Zesty!
  • Reply 9 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    I was all set to say BAH! NO GOOD MUSIC!!! and then I realized I have 9, 2 and 5 and saw the Decemberists in concert. And that this year I've bought Damien Rice's "O," Ray LaMontagne's "Trouble," Deathcab for Cutie's "Transatlanticism" and the latest Sigur Ros?as well as a bunch more that I've liked.



    Damn. It's hard to be a curmudgeon these days.
  • Reply 10 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dmz

    Two Albums:



    Bruce Cockburn Speechless



    Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer Music for Two



    How do we argue this much when we have this much in common?
  • Reply 11 of 52
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by midwinter

    How do we argue this much when we have this much in common?



    It's like marriage, midwinter, all fighting and no sex.
  • Reply 12 of 52
    shawnjshawnj Posts: 6,656member
    ....take a look at this exhaustive list of pitchfork media's top 50 albums of 2005. it's a bit humbling for casual indie scene listeners like myself.
  • Reply 13 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ShawnJ

    ....take a look at this exhaustive list of pitchfork media's top 50 albums of 2005. it's a bit humbling for casual indie scene listeners like myself.



    I'm surprised. I have 6 of them.
  • Reply 14 of 52
    brbr Posts: 8,395member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by groverat

    BRussell:



    I've never heard of Institute or Avenged Sevenfold, what are they like?



    dmz:



    Two great artists I had no idea had a new record out, thanks.



    hehe, just BR...



    Institute is Gavin Rossdale's new band. Whoops, the title is Distort Yourself. Heh. Wiki link! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_%28band%29



    Avenged Sevenfold was a hardcore band until the lead singer burst some vessels in his vocal cords screaming and now he actually sings melodically. This is the first album since his surgery and it is rockin metal with good vocals and little to no screaming. You might have heard Bat Country on the radio.
  • Reply 15 of 52
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    A couple more:



    Nickel Creek's Why Sould the Fire Die? I think those kids have some potential.



    But -- on AudioSlave's Out of Exile I tried to listen to it -- I have a lot of respect for Cornell -- but it didn't seem to have any legs.
  • Reply 16 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dmz

    A couple more:



    Nickel Creek's Why Sould the Fire Die? I think those kids have some potential.]



    DIVORCE! DIVORCE! That album was terrible. Well, terrible compared to their first two.
  • Reply 17 of 52
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by midwinter

    DIVORCE! DIVORCE! That album was terrible. Well, terrible compared to their first two.



    You don't think the first two were, I dunno, too pop -- too -- "I'm 18"? I think they need about 15 more years on them.



    (but they were all good, regardless)

  • Reply 18 of 52
    midwintermidwinter Posts: 10,060member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dmz

    You don't think the first two were, I dunno, too pop -- too -- "I'm 18"? I think they need about 15 more years on them.



    I thought this last album was exceedingly sophomoric (lyrically) and far, far too much either navel-gazing or shaking their tiny fists in the air.



    I agree with you, though. I think they ought to take a break for about ten years, embark on solo projects, and then come back together if they can drag Thiel (sp?) from, you know, Carnegie Hall or wherever he's playing. I really want them to continue to be like the New Grass Revival, which they promised to be in their first CD (with songs like "Robin & Marian" vs. "The House of Tom Bombadil" vs. everything else...and then their version of "House Carpenter" on CD2?? Compare that with Kelly Joe Phelps's version!! Two moments of utter perfection!), displaying their ecelecticism, which to my mind is their strength. I don't mind the religiosity (for instance, I love Ginny Owens's work); I mind when the sentimentalism (religious or otherwise) throttles their other strengths.
  • Reply 19 of 52
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    I think I have only bought two 2005 CD's: "Octavarium" by Dream Theater and "Inches" by Les Savy Fav. "Inches" was a retrospective, so it's really only one. Both were OK, but I don't think I have enough info to make a list.



    Just a question: how do you guys, you know, download music? I'm very committed to buying music, but it's nice to explore. I'd like to check out some of your lists. What's the best way? (And no, I don't really think the iTMS samples are enough to get a good idea).
  • Reply 20 of 52
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by midwinter

    I thought this last album was exceedingly sophomoric (lyrically) and far, far too much either navel-gazing or shaking their tiny fists in the air.



    I agree with you, though. I think they ought to take a break for about ten years, embark on solo projects, and then come back together if they can drag Thiel (sp?) from, you know, Carnegie Hall or wherever he's playing. I really want them to continue to be like the New Grass Revival, which they promised to be in their first CD (with songs like "Robin & Marian" vs. "The House of Tom Bombadil" vs. everything else...and then their version of "House Carpenter" on CD2?? Compare that with Kelly Joe Phelps's version!! Two moments of utter perfection!), displaying their ecelecticism, which to my mind is their strength. I don't mind the religiosity (for instance, I love Ginny Owens's work); I mind when the sentimentalism (religious or otherwise) throttles their other strengths.



    Yes, (but is was good to see them reaching for adulthood) and, yes.



    They need to put that religiosity through the wringer a couple of times.
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