Great lists so far. You guys put Da Fork to shame, and I have a helluva lot of music to check out now. Thanks!

10. sweetthieves - demo
9. oxes - oxes
8. murder city devils, the end
7. Pelican - the fire in our throats...
6. Hot Snakes - Peel Sessions
5. Neil Diamond - 12 songs
4. Jesu - Jesu
3. Dead Meadow - Feathers
2. Andrew Bird - & the mysterious production of eggs
1. Resplendent - am I free? I am free

honorable mention, bright eyes, international noise ( I like them at times)

biggest disappointment - lost patrol - lost patrol band

the fall- fall heads roll/the peel sessions
sufjan stevens- illinois
mountain goats- sunset tree
go-betweens- oceans apart
the new pornographers- twin cinema
shannon wright/yann tiersen- S/T
bonnie prince billy/matt sweeney- superwolf
richard hawley- coles corner
andrew bird & the mysterious production of eggs
sicbay- suspicious icons
smog- a river ain't too much to love

and so many more!

Calexico | Iron & Wine - In the Reins

Summerbirds in the Cellar - with the hands of the hunter it all becomes dead

1. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats...
2. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
3. Minus The Bear - Menos El Oso
4. Wolf Parade - Apolgies To The Queen Mary
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
6. M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us
7. The Old Scratch Revival Singers - Oh Didn't He Ramble
8. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
9. Fiery Furnaces - EP
10. Steven Malkmus & The Jicks - Face The Truth

close calls... LCD Soundsystem, Frank Black, Bright Eyes, Brian Eno, Of Montreal, Silver Jews, Decemberists, ...Trail of Dead, Castanets, Drums & Tuba, Wilco, Bell Orchestre, Bloc Party, Kraftwerk, Constantines...

and I'm sure I forgot a bunch... in fact, I'll probably change that top 10 in about 30 seconds.

Oh yeah. The Blind Shake released a record entitled "Rizzograph" which is well worth your time.

Eksvplot wrote:

GuyMercier wrote:none of the above

okay, fine. but what about this one:

I'm sure you'll be very happy to know that now he looks like that and he's a cunt.

no order. actually, i couldn't even pick 10, being that 2005 had way less "favorite albums" than the past couple of years, for me anyway. oh well. here we go.

cinemechanica - the martial arts
medications - your favorite people all in one place
deerhoof - the runners four
holy fuck - holy fuck
sleater-kinney - the woods
the evens - the evens
lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain
hella/spencer seim - chirpin' hard

Smog - A River Ain't Too Much Love
Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Superwolf
Lungfish - Feral Hymns
The Dirty Three- Cinders
Boards of Canada- The Campfire Headphase
Shipping News - Flies the Fields
The Unit Ama - s/t
Soeza - Why do you do?
M.I.A. - Arular


Live this year, I have hugely enjoyed Deerhoof, Lightning Bolt, Medications and Gang Gang Dance and feel sure that if I'd got round to buying their albums they'd be on this list.

For me it's been the year of discovering roots, blues and folk recordings from way back when, and much of my year has been spent listening to Charley Patton, Skip James, Bukka White, Blind Willie McTell, Stanley Brothers, etc.

There will be something staringly obvious that I've missed...

I've finally been able to listen to enough to make sure these are the right records, listed in alphabetical order of the last letter of the first word in the title (and then the second last ...) .

Logh - A Sunset Panorama
High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
Baroness - Second
Tides - Resurface
Pelican - The Fire ...
Deathspell Omega - Kenose
Jack Rose - Kensington Blues
Konono No.1 - Congotronics
Monarch - 666

And the Venetian Snares "Rossz Csillag..." was my favorite record this year.

I did not get "El Mundo Frio" by Corrupted. I'm pretty sure it was the best record released this year, though.

More lists! Lists help others like what you like! LISTS!

= Justin