NME Top 50 Albums of 2005

[Miller-8]

50 Test Icicles - 'For Screening Purposes Only'

49 Dead Meadow - 'Feathers'

48 Ladytron - 'The Witching Hour'

47 Sleater-Kinney- 'The Woods

46 The Duke Spirit- 'Cuts Across The Land'

45 Shout Out Louds- 'Howl Howl Gaff Gaff'

44 Field Music - 'Field Music'

43 The Engineers- 'The Engineers'

42 Sigur Ros - 'Takk'

41 Nine Black Alps - 'Everything Is'

40 The Brakes - 'The Brakes'

39 Vitalic - 'OK Cowboy'

38 Autolux - 'Future Perfect'

37 Circulus - 'Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope'

36 The Bravery - 'The Bravery'

35 Elbow - 'Leaders Of The Free World'

34 Rufus Wainwright - 'Want Two'

33 We Are Scientists - 'With Love and Squalor'

32 Queens Of The Stone Age - 'Lullabies To Paralyze'

31 Bright Eyes - 'I'm Wide Awake It's Morning'

30 Doves - 'Some Cities'

29 Madonna - 'Confessions on A Dance Floor'

28 Absentee - 'Donkey Stock'

27 Kate Bush - 'Aerial'

26 Super Furry Animals - 'Love Kraft'

25 MIA - 'Arular'

24 Oasis - 'Don't Believe The Truth'

23 Hard-Fi - 'Stars of CCTV'

22 Raveonettes - 'Pretty In Black'

21 LCD Soundsystem - 'LCD Soundsystem'

20 Editors - 'The Back Room'

19 Coldplay - 'X&Y'

18 Art Brut - 'Bang, Bang Rock 'n' Roll'

17 The Magic Numbers - 'The Magic Numbers'

16 British Sea Power - 'Open Season'

15 Maximo Park - 'A Certain Trigger'

14 Dungen - 'Ta Det Lungt'

13 The Rakes - 'Capture/Release'

12 Devendra Banhart - 'Cripple Crow'

11 The Cribs - 'The New Fellas'

10 Gorillaz - 'Demon Days'

9 Babyshambles - 'Down In Albion'

8 Kanye West -' Late Registration'

7 Sufjan Stevens - 'Illnios'

6 The White Stripes - 'Get Behind Me Satan

5 Kaiser Chiefs - 'Employment'

4 Antony & The Johnsons - 'I Am A Bird Now'

3 Franz Ferdinand - 'You Can Have It So Much Better'

2 Arcade Fire - 'Funeral'

1 Bloc Party - 'Silent Alarm'

Before you say anyting about the list, read this

http://www.londonist.com/archives/2005/11/scoop_nme_album.php

 

[purplepleaser]

I need about 10 or so.There is a couple that I will not buy.Coffee coasters.:gag:

Lee

 

[kennyk]

looks like I need to buy 50 albums on that list.

I've not heard of half of them, and the ones I have heard of, I like less than 10%.

 

[earl of sodbury]

Actually got 3

- and there's a couple on the "to-get" list... looks like I've sold-out

Re: the rigging claims (Londonist): Iassumed these things were always rigged - otherwise why do such lists always feature so many second-rate, copy-cat, unmaginative and derivative bands?

churz, eofs

edit: actually it's 4

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[dudywoxer]

just goes to show what age does to you- i have actually purchased 3, quick chat with my sons and turns out we have well over half of the. Jeez, i must be much sadder than i thought:shock:

 

[ray70]

I've got seven. Unfortunately, one of them is X & Y

It was a present though, and I haven't even played it yet. Honest. :minikiev:

 

[AdamK]

I'm amazed that I've got 5 on the list including (dadrock) X&Ywhich I think is a great album !

Anyone brave enough to own up to owning babyshambles ?

 

[Leonard Smalls]

Babyshambles, FFS?

Does anyone like this derivative nonsense?

 

[purplepleaser]

I have the Babyshambles.

Kilamangiro was a top tunes till they messed and re-recorded it.

Lee

 

[notaclue]

The album of 2005 I have recently discovered is actually'Illnios' by Sufjan Stevens. I see it made number 7 in the NME list.

Wonderfulorchestrated, country/folky influenced pop brilliance.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009R1T7M/104-0098735-9667903?v=glance

 

[Miller-8]

notaclue wrote:

The album of 2005 I have recently discovered is actually'Illnios' by Sufjan Stevens. I see it made number 7 in the NME list.Wonderfulorchestrated, country/folky influenced pop brilliance.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009R1T7M/104-0098735-9667903?v=glance

Hmm, I have to say there's enough 1 and 2 star reviews to put me off.

 

[Boxer]

Have all of 2 of them, another 2 I will buy, but as for the rest - well, all I can say is that much (of the ones I've heard, to be fair) is either bland or totally derivative.

And what the f**k are bloody bedwetters (TM Alan McGee) like Col****y (even my keyboard can't bear to type the name) doing in an NME best of list???

But then again, I'm old...

Boxer

 

[batman]

got to say chaps that list looks as dreadful i assumed it would, so much hype so little talent .. the odd exception of course. NME has always been too cool for school IMHO. bloc party no1 well i,ve got this and don,t think i,ve played more than 3-4 times . hype over content , funnily enough the best track i,ve heard of them is two more years which is,nt even on the damn album...

babyshamble album sounds as bad as the two libertines albums total wank..

 

[chezi61]

I have 20 of the albums on the list , including Oasis and that's shite IMO. or to put it another way ,not as good as MIA ;Arular.or......or............or.........................

chezi.

 

[Hawk]

Guilty of ownership on 19 counts, biggest disagreement based on what i own is Franz Ferdinand.. No way is that worthy of number three

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[notaclue]

Here is a Guardian article about the poll. http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1656637,00.html

As for Sufjan Stevens 'Illinois', well, I think people who gave it one star are very wrong. It's a towering masterpiece. Really.

 

[chezi61]

As comparison with Mojo list where the fuck is Roots Manuva ; Awfuly Deep and what aboot Faithless ; No Roots or wiz that 2004?

chezi.

 

[Miller-8]

Roots Manuva featured in the Sunday Times list.

 

[notaclue]

Here is a link to Metacritic's best of 2005 page.

http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml

This has lots of individual top tens plus a combined top 30 based on mutliple reviews.

No suprises to see Sufjan Stevens is number one.