The Bus

OK, let's try and keep each other informed here. What are the standout releases so far this year? I'll compile all the information.

Please keep this to albums from 2005 (no reissues), not albums you just started hearing now. Maybe I will tally this up at the end of the year. Try and keep your list in one post (edit!). Also, if you list the albums, tell me at what point your poorly-rated albums start.




DVDTalk's Ten Favorite Albums of 2005 (as of mid-year)


How does the overall ranking work?

These are ranked using a super-secret formula which only I alone know. I will assume everyone is putting their albums down in a particular order unless they say otherwise, and if you group albums into groups (Great, Good, Bad), they are ranked within the group, unless you say otherwise. If you have a long list in no particular order and nothing is in categories you misunderstood the whole point of the thread.

Everyone's votes count the same, regardless if you have been here 5 years or 5 days. The more votes there are, the more I will expand the top rankings.



Here's my list so far:

1. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
2. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake and It's Morning
3. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
4. Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
5. Electrelane - Axes
6. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
7. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
9. Coldplay - X&Y
10. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
11. Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako
12. Ladytron - Witching Hour
13. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
14. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
15. Kanye West - Late Registration

1. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
2. Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets are Kept
3. British Sea Power - Open Season
4. Jamiroquai - Dynamite
5. Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
6. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
7. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
8. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses
9. Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
10. Sinéad O'Connor - Throw Down Your Arms
11. Editors - The Back Room
12. Grand Theft Bus - Flies in the No Fly
13. The Bravery - The Bravery
14. Beck - Guero
15. Sigur Rós - Takk
16. M.I.A. - Arular
17. The Russian Futurists - Our Thickness
18. Gorillaz - Demon Days
19. Thirteen Senses - The Invitation
20. The Decemberists - Picaresque
21. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
22. Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
23. Turin Brakes - Jackinabox
24. System of a Down - Mesmerize
25. Spoon - Give Me Fiction
26. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights
27. Wolf Parada - Apologies to the Queen Mary
28. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
29. Doves - Some Cities
30. Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other.
    

1. The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s
2. The Kills - No Wow
3. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
4. Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
5. Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
6. Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
7. Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
8. Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar
9. The Ordinary Boys - Brassbound
10. Fischerspooner - Odyssey
11. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
12. Iron & Wine - Woman King EP
13. Feeder - Pushing the Senses
14. Athlete - Tourist
15. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
16. Fettes Brot - Am Wasser Gebaut
17. The Locust - Safety Second, Body Last
    
18. Keiko Matsui - Walls of Akendora
19. Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
20. Röyksopp - The Understanding
21. 50 Cent - The Massacre

Awaiting judgement:

• The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
• Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
• Soulive - Break Out
• Blackalicious - The Craft
• Edan - Beauty and the Beat
• Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
• The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
• Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die?
• Slipknot - Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
• Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business
• Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
• My Morning Jacket - Z
• Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
• Carlos del Junco - Blues Mongrel
• Nikka Costa - can'tneverdidnothin'
• Weezer - Make Believe
  
• The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin, Vol. 1
• The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
• Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
• Moby - Hotel
• Yann Tiersen - Les Retrouvailles

Live Shows (all in Philadelphia, PA unless noted):

• Café Tacuba @ Trocadero: 16 July 2005
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - @ First Unitarian Church: 17 August 2005, @ Khyber: 11 September, @ Theater of the Living Arts: 26 October
• Electrelane @ Khyber: 4 June
• Omnisoul @ Mitchell Hall, Newark, DE: 14 October
• Sigur Rós @ Tower Theatre: 9 September

______________________________________________________________
Personal Rankings: As of 31 October 2005
Overall Rankings: As of 17 June 2005

Giles

***** Excellent
**** Very Good
*** Good
** Fair
* Disappointing

*****
Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
dEUS - Pocket Revolution
Diplo - Fabric Live 24
Mylo - Destroy Rock and Roll
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft (multichannel SACD)
Nic Armstrong & the Thieves - The Greatest White Liar
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
Smokin Jo and Tim Sheridan - Ministry: The Sessions - NastyDirtySexMusic
Death In Vegas - FabricLive 23
Editors- The Back Room
Timo Maas - Pictures
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Architecture In Helsinki, In Case We Die
The Nationals – Alligator
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Masters at Work - The Kings of House
Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako
Stellastarr* - Harmonies For The Haunted
The Yards
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Cherubs - Uncovered By Heartbeat
I am kloot - Gods and Monsters
Wedding Present - Take Fountain
Idlewild - Warning/Promises
Hot Hot Heat – Elevator
British Sea Power - Open Season
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
New Pornographers - Twin Cinemas
Gruff Rhys - Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
Richard Hawley
Sigur Ros - Takk...
The Departure
Turin Brakes - JackinaBox
John Hiatt - Master of Disaster
Caesars - Paper Tigers
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

****
Coldplay – X&Y
Röyksopp - The Understanding
Rob Da Bank - Fabric24
Clor - S/T
The Magic Numbers - S/T
Plump DJ's - Saturday Night Lotion
Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman (multichannel DVD-Audio)
Electrelane - Axes
The Tears - Here Comes the Tears
Ladytron - Witching Hour
Tennant/Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) - Battleship Potemkin
LCD Soundsystem
Supergrass - Road to Rouen
Carl Craig - Fabric 24
Grandaddy - Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla (EP)
Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
Starsailor - On the Outside
Terrance Blanchard - Flow
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better with Franz Ferdinand
Freestylers - FabricLive 19
Thirteen Senses - The Invitation
Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful
Kasabian - Kasabian*
Beck - Guero (multichannel DVD-Audio)
Blue Merle - Buring in the Sun
Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
Stereophonics - Language. Sex. Violence. Other?
Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration
Mando Diao – Hurricane Bar
Silver Sun – Disappear Here
Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales
Deep Dish - George is On

***
a-ha - Analogue
Telepopmusik - Angel Milk
Engineers - S/T
The Subways - Young for Eternity
M.I.A – Arular
The Bravery
The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Origin 1 (US edition)*
The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
Blue Merle - Live a Bull Moose Music, Scarborough, ME June 30, 2005
Athlete - Tourist
Doves - Some Cities

**
Feeder - Pushing the Senses
Lemon Jelly - 64-95 (multichannel DVD)
John Williams – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)
Kid Koala - Live From the Short Attention Span Audio Theater

*
Daft Punk - Human After All

Singles


- Arcade Fire - Power Out / Resillence (Lies)
- Artic Monkey - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
- Athlete - Half Light / Wires
- Babyshambles - Fuck Forever
- Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh / U Dont Know Me
- Bloc Party – Pioneers
- British Sea Power - Please Stand Up
- Ian Brown - All Ablaze
- Chemical Brothers - The Boxer / Believe / Galvanize
- Coldplay - Speed of Sound / Fix You
- Daft Punk Robot Love / Technologic
- Doves - Black and White Town
- Echo and The Bunnymen - Stormy Weather / In the Margins
- Editors – Blood
- Elbow - Forget Myself
- Embrace - Looking As You Are / Glorious Day
- Feeder - Feeling a Moment / Tumble and Fall / Pushing The Senses / Shatter/Tender (single + DVD)
- Idlewild - Love Steals Us from Loneliness / I Understand It / El Capitan
- Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less and Less / Oh My God
- Kasabian - Club Foot
- The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
- Ladytron - Sugar
- LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
- Lemon Jelly - Make Things Right
- Maxïmo Park - Graffiti / Going Missing
- Mercury Rev - In a Funny Way
- Mylo vs Miami Sound Machine - Doctor Pressure
- Nine Black Alps - Just Friends
- Oasis - Lyla / The Importance of Being Idle
- Paddingtons - 50 To A Pound
- Royksopp - Only This Moment
- Soulwax - NY Excuse
- Stereophonics - Superman
- The Subways - Rock N Roll Queen / Oh Yeah
- Super Furry Animals - Laser Beam
- The Tears - Refugees / Lovers
- Turin Brakes - Fishing for a Dream / Over and Over
- We Are Scientists- Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt
- The Wedding Present - I'm from Further North Than You


Reissues/Compliations/Promos/Miscellaneous

• Basement Jaxx - The Singles (UK Double Disc edition) Disc 1: *** Disc 2 (B-Sides/Remixes)****
• Boo Radleys - Find the Way Out - The Anthology ****
• Jamie Cullum - Twenty Zero5 'Live' ***
• Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (Super Audio CD edition) *****
• DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Deluxe Edition) *****
• Doves - Live from Eden ****
• Felix da Housecat Past… Present… and Future House and Electro ****
• Ben Folds Live from Tower Records NYC ***
• Grand Drive Being Alive: Loose Wheels & Latchkeys 2000-2005 *****
• Luke Haines - Luke Haines is Dead (3 CD compilation) *****
• Kaiser Chiefs- Live - (6 Track miniset) ***
• Keane - Live Recordings 2004 ***
• Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum (German Import)*****
• Libertines - What Became of the Likely Lads ****
• Loco Dice - Minimal Explosion (10/05 Mixmag promo mix) *****
• Madonna - Superpop (MP3) ***
• Maxïmo Park - Live from Tokyo *****
• Tom Middleton - Weekend Warmup 2005 (08/05 Mixmag promo mix) ****
• Miklos Rozsa: Three Choral Suites (Super Audio CD edition) *****
• Mogwai - Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996-2003 ****
• Erick Morillo - Subliminal Sessions Classics (06/05 Mixmag Promo Mix) ***
• Mr Scruff – S/T reissue with two bonus tracks ****
• Mylo - (11/05 Mixmag Promo Mix) *****
• Gilles Peterson - Smell the Grass (07/05 Mixmag Promo Mix) *****
• Six Feet Under - Vol 2. Everything Ends (New Songs):*****
• Teenage Fanclub ['unreleased song': Please Stay] (from Q magazine promo compliation CD: "Here Comes the Sun") ***
• Paul Van Dyk - Mixmag 05/05 - (Promo mix)****
• Various Artists - (Bob Dylan) Highway 61 Revisited Revisited
• Various Artists - John Lennon - Covered #1 (Q Magazine promo 'covers' album)
• Various Artists– Oasis Presents… (NME compliation: live track from The Subways / Oasis cover of The Who’s ‘My Generation’)
• Various Artists - The REM Collection 'Michael Stipes Presents... (exclusive live tracks from Now It's Overhead / Flash to Bang Time / Magnapop / Leona Naess / Joseph Arthur / Patti Smith / Bright Eyes / REM) (Uncut Magazine July 2005) ****
• Various Artists - Rough Trade Shops - Counter Culture 2004 **** (2005 release)
• Various Artists - Verve - Remixed (Deluxe Box) Remixed Plus (Bonus disc): *****
• Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds (Multichannel Super Audio CD) ****

* 2005 US release

Concerts

• Kraftwerk / 31st of May / 9:30 Club *****
• I am Kloot / 10th of March / Pianos / NYC ****
• Garbage (HFSTival)/ MIT Stadium /Baltimore***
• Kasabian / 12th of May / 9:30 Club ****
• Razorlight / 16th of January / 9:30 Club ***
• Killers/Keane / 8th of June / Merriweather Post Pavilion / Columbia, MD *****
• LCD Soundsystem / 12th of June / 9:30 Club ****
• Coldplay / 30th of September / Nissan Pavilion / Bristow, VA ****
• Washington Cathedral Choral Society: The Joy of Christmas (Choral + organ) / 10th of December / Washington National Cathedral *****

Awaiting judgement:

• Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
• The Go-Betweens - Oceans Apart
• Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
• Maxïmo Park - A Certain Trigger
• The Decemberists - Picaresque
• Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (SACD import)
• My Morning Jacket - Z
• Broken Social Scene
• Beta Band - Best of the Beta Band
• Talking Heads - 'Brick' (Complete Albums Box Set)
• Gilles Peterson - In Africa
  

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The 2005 Rank Them As You Seen Them - Film List

deadlax

Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Better than Ezra - Before the Robots
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman

Hiro11

1. Mars Volta- Francis the Mute
2. Doves-Some Cities
3. Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
4. LCD Soundsystem- S/T
5. Beck-Guero
6. Idlewild- Warnings/Promises
7. Stereophonics- language, sex, other
8. British Sea Power- Open Season
9. The Kills- No Wow
10. Bravery-S/T
11. Kings of Leon- Aha Shake heartbreak
12. Athelete- Tourist
13. Decemberists- Picaresque
14. Kaiser Cheifs- Employment
15. Bright Eyes- Wide Awake, It's Morning
16. Lemon Jelly- 64-95
17. Chemical Brothers- Push the Button

Jeez, I bought a lot of albums so far this year. They're all pretty good except for some of the Bright Eyes album (can't stand the guy's whining), some of the Lemon Jelly (not as good as their first two) and most of "Push the Button" (seems derivitive and feable after repeat listening if you ask me).

tofu

From best to worst

Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
Common - Be
Coldplay - X & Y
Doves - Some Cities
Athlete - Tourist
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Ben Lee - Awake is the New Sleep
The Bravery - Bravery
Youth Group - Skeleton Jar
Orange Range - Musiq
Acceptance - Phantoms
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Engineers - Engineers
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
NIN - With Teeth
Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace
Embrace - Out of Nothing
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
Peter Murphy - Unshattered
Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
New Order - Waiting for the Sirens to Call
Kasabian - Kasabian
Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth

Michael Corvin

Only bought one so far, that was released this year and it is excellent:

James LaBrie: Elements of Persuasion

Josh H

1. Coldplay- X&Y
2. Audioslave- Out of Exile
3. NIN- With Teeth
4. System of a Down- Mesmerize
5. System of a Down- Hypnotize
6. Paul McCartney- Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
7. DMB- Stand Up
8. Beck-Guero
9. Foo Fighers- In Your Honor

Frank TJ Mackey

Bright Eyes - I Am Wide Awake
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
Doves - Some Cities
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - self-titled
The Game - the documentary
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Beck - Guero
Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch (yeah, i know it dropped last year)

Meatpants

1. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
3. Weezer - Make Believe
4. Louis XIV - Best Little Secrets are Kept
5. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
The Redwalls - De Nova
Ponys - Celebration Castle
NIN - With Teeth
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Brendan Benson - Alternative to Love
MIA - Arular
Beck - Guero
HHH - Elevator
British Sea Power - Open Season
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Doves - Some Cities
The Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
The Bravery - ST
22-20s - ST
LCD Soundsystem - ST
Kasabian - ST
Blue Van - Art of Rolling
Aqueduct - I Sold Gold
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue
The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake....
Pitty Sing - ST
Brazilian Girls - ST
The Kills - No Wow
QOTSA - Lullabiles...
32. Garbage - Bleed Like Me

(edited to add a few I forgot about)

LiquidSky

1. Aimee Mann: The Forgotten Arm
2. Garbage: Bleed Like Me
3. Oasis: Don't Believe the Truth
4. The Raveonettes: Pretty In Black
5. Fountains of Wayne: Out-of-State Plates
6. The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
7. Moby: Hotel
8. Doves: Some Cities

Hiro11

Good God, man. You're a true addict.

Meatpants

Unfortunately, I have a lot of time on my hands at work.

I can't believe anyone likes that Garbage CD.

Elldubtoo

My top 10 so far this year:
1. Stephen Malkmus-Face the Truth
2. British Sea Power-Open Season
3. Bonnie "Prince" Billy-Superwolf
4. Gorillaz-Demon Days
5. Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
6. Antony and the Johnson-I am a Bird Now
7. Lou Barlow-EMOH
8. The Kills-No Wow
9. Beck-Guero
10. M83-Before the Dawn Heals Us

Update: 6/12/05: Gorillaz at no.4, Raveonettes dropped out.

Still looking forward to the new Silver Jews, which could be as great as American Water.

alexcuse

1. Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
2. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
3. Natalie Imbruglia - Counting Down the Days
4. Weezer - Make Believe
5. Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
6. Kasabian - Kasabian
7. The Fiery Furnaces - The Fiery Furnaces EP
8. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
9. Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
10. The Lovemakers - Times of Romance

11. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
12. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
13. Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z
14. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
15. F.I.R. - Unlimited
16. Annie - Anniemal
17. The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir
18. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
19. Jimmy Eat World - Stay on My Side Tonight EP
20. Feist - Let It Die

21. Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful
22. Team Sleep - Team Sleep
23. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
24. Röyksopp - The Understanding
25. System of a Down - Mesmerize
33. Jay Chou - November's Chopin
27. Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
28. Coldplay - X&Y
29. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
30. Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
31. Kanye West - Late Registration
32. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine [properly mixed version]
33. Anna Nalick - Wreck of the Day
34. Acceptance - Phantoms
35. The All-American Rejects - Move Along
36. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
37. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
38. The Bravery - The Bravery
39. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better with Franz Ferdinand
40. Embrace - Out of Nothing
41. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
42. Hanson - The Best of Hanson Live & Electric
43. Chris Botti - To Love Again
44. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
45. Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up
46. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
47. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
48. Natasha Bedingfield - Unwritten
49. Alkaline Trio - Crimson
50. Stealth Soundtrack
51. Basement Jaxx - The Singles
52. Carlos Santana - Playin' With Carlos
53. Audioslave - Out of Exile
54. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
55. Elektra Soundtrack
56. My Morning Jacket - Z
57. Telepopmusik - Angel Milk
58. Shakira - Fijacion Oral
59. Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi
60. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
61. Hope Partlow - Who We Are
62. Iron & Wine, Calexico - In the Reins
63. Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
64. 311 - Don't Tread on Me
65. OK Go - Oh No
66. The Click Five - Greetings From Imrie House
67. Six Feet Under Vol. 2 Soundtrack
68. Thrice - Vheissu
69. Gorillaz - Demon Days
70. The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
71. Various Artists - Voices
72. Maroon 5 - Live Friday the 13th
73. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
74. Tristan Prettyman - Twentythree
75. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
76. Ladytron - The Witching Hour
77. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
78. Robbie Williams - Intensive Care
79. Music from the O.C. Mix 5
80. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
81. Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
82. British Sea Power - Open Season
83. M.I.A. - Arular
84. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
85. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
86. Trustcompany - True Parallels
87. Adema - Planets
88. Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again
89. Billy Corgan - The Future Embrace
90. Kym - Air
91. Million Dollar Baby Soundtrack
92. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
93. Fan-Fan - One to One
94. Janice - Day & Night
95. Penny Tai - Crazy Love
96. Fiona Sit - Funny Girl
97. Michelle + Vickie - Kissy
99. Jolin Tsai - J-Game
99. Destiny's Child - #1's
100. Brandy - The Best of Brandy

101. Limp Bizkit - Greatest Hits
102. *NSync - Greatest Hits
103. Violent Femmes - Permanent Record: The Very Best Of
104. The Offspring - Greatest Hits
105. Sugar Ray - Greatest Hits
106. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Soundtrack
107. Corpse Bride Soundtrack
108. Tracy Bonham - Blink the Brightest
109. Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabyes to Paradise
110. Fischerspooner - Odyssey
111. New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call
112. MXPX - Panic
113. Kyle Riabko - Before I Speak
114. Bjork - Drawing Restraint 9
115. The Dead 60's - The Dead 60's
116. Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love
117. David Gray - Life in Slow Motion
118. Goldfrapp - Supernature
119. Flypside - We the People
120. Daft Punk - Human After All
121. 3 Doors Down - Seventeen Days
122. The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
123. Blink-182 - Greatest Hits
124. Seether - Karma and Effect
125. R. Kelly - TP.3 Reloaded
126. Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory
127. Sigur Rós - Takk
128. Moby - Hotel
129. Jennifer Lopez - Rebirth
130. Beck - Guero
131. Zutons - Who Killed the Zutons?
132. Frankie J - The One
133. Hilary Duff - Most Wanted
134. Tatu - Dangerous and Moving
135. Susan Tedeschi - Hope and Desire
136. Jamie Cullum - Catching Tales
137. Stereophonics - Language, Sex, Violence, Other?
138. Cry_Wolf Soundtrack
139. The Pussycat Dolls - PDT
140. Rob Thomas - Something to Be
141. Garbage - Bleed Like Me
142. The Decemberists - Picaresque
143. The Juliana Theory - Deadbeat Sweetheart
144. Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith Soundtrack
145. Sin City Soundtrack
146. The Starting Line - Based on a True Story
147. Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
148. H.I.M. - Dark Light
149. Black Dice - Broken Ear Record
150. Daphne Loves Derby - On the Strength of All Convinced
151. Athlete - Tourist
152. Will Smith - Lost and Found
153. Unwritten Law - Here's to the Mourning
154. Hope 7 - Hope 7
155. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
156. Sean Paul - The Trinity
157. Common - Be
158. The Game - The Documentary
159. Ash - Meltdown
160. The Wallflowers - Rebel Sweetheart
161. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
162. Ashlee Simpson - I Am Me
163. Ricky Martin - Life
164. Eastern Sun - In Emptiness
165. Socialburn - The Beauty of Letting Go
166. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
167. B5 - B5
168. Armin Van Buuren - State of Trance 2005
169. Tori Amos - The Beekeeper
170. Dandy Warhols - Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
171. Nickelback - All the Right Reasons
172. Mae - The Everglow
173. Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business
174. Funeral for a Friend - Hours
175. Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Soundtrack
176. Story of the Year - In the Wake of Determination
177. Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
178. Danger Doom - The Mouse and the Mask
179. Missy Elliott - The Cook Book
180. Beastie Boys - Solid Gold Hits
181. Alicia Keys - Unplugged
182. Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
183. The Books - Lost and Safe
184. Ying Yang Twins - The United States of Atlanta
185. Fantastic Four Soundtrack
186. Default - One Thing Remains
187. Rufio - The Comfort of Home
188. Lina - The Inner Beauty Moment
189. T.O.K. - Unknown Language
190. Graham Coxon - Happiness in Magazines
191. Lifehouse - Lifehouse
192. Bow Wow - Wanted
193. 50 Cent - The Massacre
194. Staind - Chapter V
195. Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
196. Socratic - Lunch for the Sky
197. Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
198. Trapt - Someone in Control
199. Thrice - If We Could Only See Us Now
200. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang

201. Fountains of Wayne - Out of State Plates
202. Music from the O.C. Mix 4
203. Eels - Blinking Lights and Revelations
204. Limp Bizkit - The Unquestionable Truth
205. Bruce Springsteen - Devils n Dust
206. The Transplants - Haunted Cities
207. A Band of Bees - Free the Bees
208. Hootie & the Blowfish - Looking for Lucky
209. Pennywise - The Fuse
210. Rihanna - Music of the Son
211. Emery - The Question
212. Emanuel - Soundtrack to a Headrush
213. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
214. Twista - The Day After
215. Coach Carter Soundtrack
216. Get Rich or Die Tryin' Soundtrack
217. Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
218. Sevendust - Next
219. Bear vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
220. Tony Yayo - Thoughts of a Predicate Felon
221. Amos Lee - Amos Lee
222. Just Like Heaven Soundtrack
223. The Crystal Method - Community Service 2
224. Tsar - Band Girls Money
225. World Leader Pretends - Punches
226. Jermaine Dupri Presents...Young, Fly & Flash Vol. 1
227. Leela James - A Change Is Gonna Come
228. Dropkick Murphys - The Warriors Code
229. Sleater Kinney - The Woods
230. Natalie - Natalie
231. Amerie - Touch
232. DJ Z-Trip - Shifting Gears
233. Cassidy - I'm a Hustla
234. Caesars - Paper Tigers
235. Nikka Costa - can'tneverdidnothin'
236. CKY - An Answer Can Be Found
237. Backstreet Boys - Never Gone
238. Doves - Some Cities
239. William Hung - Hung in the Sun
240. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
241. Sarah McLachlan - Bloom: Remix 2

johnbook

Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution

Hiro11

Dude, WTF. 66 albums and four months and rank amazing albums by Mars Volta, Z-Trip, Doves and King of Leon below a well-past-their-prime (if they ever had one) Limp Bizkit? I don't know what to say...

Frank TJ Mackey

I am also surprised anyone likes the new GARBAGE record, they really need to get rid of the electronic crap and start playing instruments and concentrating on song writing.

theneobez

Didn't realize Natalie Imbruglia was out with another album, thanks for the heads up, I do enjoy her music.

I think I've only listened to the new Ani Difranco, Stars, Idlewild, and Fischer Spooner. All pretty decent. I need to get Beck, Stereophonics, and NIN soon.

bdrules

1. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
2. Brendan Benson - The Alternative To Love
3. Josh Rouse - Nashville
4. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
5. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
6. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7. Ivy - In the Clear
8. Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
9. Beck - Guero
10. Ani DiFranco - Knuckle Down
11. Coralie Clément - Bye Bye Beauté
12. Decemberists - Picaresque
13. Esa-Pekka Salonen - Wing on Wing
14. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
15. The Fiery Furnaces - EP

I figured I'd stop at 15...
There's a lot of great cds coming out in the next two months: Spoon, Stephen Malkmus, Gorillaz, The White Stripes, Coldplay, etc...

MFRONE

For me it's

1)Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
2)John Butler Trio - Sunrise over Sea
3)Beck - Guero
4)Ben Folds - Saving Silverman

That's all for now and there's still new albums by Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, Nickel Creek, 2 more from Ryan Adams and possibly Pearl Jam

The Bus

I saw them live about four years ago and they did NOT play their instruments. Good show and it didn't bother me, but just an FYI.

Giles

not to be nit picky here, but someone is listing some 2004 releases. Any chance this ungoing list could be a sticky?

cactusoly

1) Judas Priest : Angel Of Retribution
2) Corrosion Of Conformity: In The Arms Of God
3) Black Label Society: Mafia

WarriorPrincess

Ivy - In the Clear
The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
Kasabian - Kasabian (us release)
Wedding Present - Take Fountain
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Pitty Sing - Pitty Sing

My rankings here were fairly arbitrary, as I love all of the above albums, and choosing which ones I like more will probably vary day by day. I just picked up The Raveonettes last night, and it is stellar.

cdollaz

Liked:
Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
Stereolab - Oscillons From The Anti-Sun
Billy Idol - Devil's Playground

OK:
Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
They Might Be Giants - Here Come The ABC's
Beck - Guero

Hated:
New Order - Waiting For The Siren's Call
Garbage - Bleed Like Me
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Weezer - Make Believe