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Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Nassim
Looks like you're coming the exact week I'm visiting my family in Tunisia

So sad, Nassim, it could have been great a four-way meeting!!

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

nicolas
Nassim

Looks like you're coming the exact week I'm visiting my family in Tunisia


Nassim, they will be here from monday night to sunday morning. Will you be away for all this time ?


I'm leaving tonight and will be back next sunday, bad timing...

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums

1. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Animal Collective - Feels
4. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
5. My Morning Jacket - Z
6. The National - Alligator
7. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
8. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9. Kanye West - Late Registration
10. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

Songs

1. Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
2. Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle
3. Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
4. My Morning Jacket - Dondante
5. Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
6. Bright Eyes - Old Soul Song (For The New World)
7. Animal Collective - Grass
8. Animal Collective - Banshee Beat
9. The National - Abel
10. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
11. The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend
12. The Game feat. 50 Cent - Hate It or Love It
13. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
14. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
15. My Morning Jacket - Wordless Chorus
16. The Mountain Goats - Broom People
17. Bloc Party - Helicopter
18. The National - Mr. November
19. Bright Eyes - Road to Joy
20. Kanye West - Gone

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

ALBUM
1. The Woods - Sleater-Kinney
2. Demon Days - Gorillaz
3. Arular - M.I.A.
4. Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
5. Tha Carter II - Lil Wayne
6. Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age
7. Gimme Fiction - Spoon
8. Guero - Beck
9. Let It Bloom - BLack Lips
10. Bang Bang Rock & Roll - Art Brut

SONG
1. What's Mine Is Yours - Sleater-Kinney
2. Rollercoaster - Sleater-Kinney
3. Bucky Done Gun - M.I.A.
4. Let's Call it Love - Sleater-Kinney
5. I Summon You - Spoon
6. Jumpers - Sleater-Kinney
7. My Doorbell - The White Stripes
8. Fireman - Lil Wayne
9. Feel Good Inc - Gorillaz
10. Dirty Hands - Black Lips

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

1.MIA - Arular
2.Antony - I am a bird now
3.Sufjan - Illinois
4.Sigur Ros - Takk
5.My Morning Jacket - Z
6.Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako
7.Robyn
8.Monolake - Polygon Cities
9.Jamie Lidell - Multiply
10.Beck - Guero

1.M.I.A. - Amazon
2.Amadou & Mariam - La Réalité
3.Antony - My Lady Story
4.Beck - Go it alone
5.My Morning jacket - Lay Low
6.Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
7.Arsenal - Saudade
8.Roisin Murphy - If we're in love
9.My Morning Jacket - Off The record
10.Damian Marley - Welcome to jamrock
11.M.I.A. - Hombre
12.Amerie - 1 Thing
13.Röyksopp - What else is there?
14.Lindstrom - I feel space
15.Sigur Ros - Glosoli
16.Spoon - I turn my camera on
17.Arctic Monkeys - Dancefloor
18.Sigur Ros - Hoppipola
19.Antony - Hope there's someone
20.Sebastien Tellier - La Ritournelle

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums

1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
2. New Pornographers, Twin Cinema
3. Kanye West, Late Registration
4. My Morning Jacket, Z
5. Wolf Parade, Apologies to the Queen Mary
6. The National, Alligator
7. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem
8. Gorrilaz, Demon Dayz
9. Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
10. Animal Collective, Feels
11. Robyn, Robyn
12. Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
13. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
14. Ladytron, The Witching Hour
15. Andrew Bird, Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
16. Love is All, Nine Times the Same Song
17. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better
18. Deerhoof, The Runners Four
19. Broadcast, Tender Buttons
20. Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy

Songs

1. Sufjan Stevens, Casimir Pulaski Day
2. Kanye West, Heard Em Say
3. Lindstrom, I Feel Space
4. Bright Eyes, Lua
5. Gorrilaz, Dare
6. New Pornographers, The Bleeding Heart Show
7. LCD Soundsystem, Tribulations
8. Amerie, 1 Thing
9. Wolf Parade, I'll Believe in Anything
10. Jens Lekman, Black Cab
11. Ladytron, Destroy Everything You Touch
12. Panda Bear, Comfy in Naughtica
13. My Morning Jacket, Off the Record
14. LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
15. Okkervil River, For Real
16. The National, Abel
17. Animal Collective, Grass
18. Arctic Monkeys, Fake Tales of San Francisco
19. M83, Don't Save Us From the Flames
20. Robyn, Be Mine
21. Sufjan Stevens, Chicago
22. Kanye West, Diamonds From Sierra Leone
23. Bloc Party, Like Eating Grass
24. Broadcast, Michael a Grammar
25. Bright Eyes, First Day of My Life
26. Art Brut, Good Weekend
27. Sleater-Kinney, Jumpers
28. Spoon, I Turn My Camera On
29. White Stripes, My Doorbell
30. Of Montreal, Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
31. M.I.A., Bucky Done Gun
32. Nine Inch Nails, The Hand That Feeds
33. Guillemots, Trains to Brazil
34. Jens Lekman, The Opposite of Hallelujah
35. Franz Ferdinand, Do You Want To
36. Coldplay, Twisted Logic
37. Andrew Bird, Fake Palindromes
38. Wolf Parade, Shine a Light
39. Stephen Malkmus, It Kills
40. Supergrass, St. Petersburg
41. Stars, Ageless Beauty
42. Sigur Ros, Hoppipolla
43. Love is All, Felt Tip
44. Girls Aloud, Biology
45. Deerhoof, Twin Killers
46. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
47. Ciara, Oh
48. Antony and the Johnsons, Hope There is Someone
49. …Trail of Dead, Caterwaul
50. Depeche Mode, Precious

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Is it too late to change votes?

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Depeche Mode
Is it too late to change votes?

No it isn't. You can change your votes until the dead line of the poll.
I have made the changes to lists of them who have asked it (Sigur Ros at #8 on Chris' list etc) + deleted the songs/albums which aren't eligible (when I'm aware they aren't) (Arctic Monkeys album on Chris K's list etc.).

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums
1. The Decemberists - Picaresque
2. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
3. Amadou & Miriam - Dimanche a Bamako
4. Common - Be
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
6. Kanye West - Late Registration
7. Sigur Ros - Takk
8. Gorillaz - Demon Days
9. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
10. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

Songs
1. The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
2. The Decmeberists - 16 Military Wives
3. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away
5. Kanye West - Heard Em Say
6. Common - The Corner
7. Sufjan Stevens - Out Of Egypt, Into The Great Laugh Of Mankind, and I Shake the Dirt from My Sandals as I Run
8. Gorillaz - Dirty Harry
9. Damiem Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
10. Kanye West - Touch the Sky
11. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Over & Over Again (Lost & Found)
12. Sufjan Stevens - Come On, Feel the Illinoise!
13. The Decemberists - On the Bus Mall
14. The New Pornographers - Stacked Crooked
15. LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is Playing at my House

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

//// The Best Of 2005

// 20 Albums
20 - Iron And Wine + Calexico - In The Reins EP
19 - Spoon - Gimme Fiction
18 - Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze
17 - Caribou - The Milk Of Human Kindness
16 - Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
15 - The Fiery Furnaces - EP
14 - Boris - Pink
13 - Konono No. 1 - Congotronics
12 - The Boy Least Likely To - The Best Party Ever
11 - Dungen - Ta Det Lungt
10 - Deerhoof - The Runners Four
09 - The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
08 - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
07 - Animal Collective - Feels
06 - National, The - Alligator
05 - Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
04 - Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
03 - Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
02 - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
01 - M.I.A. - Arular

// 30 Tracks
30 - White Stripes, The - My Doorbell
29 - Clientele, The - Since K Got Over Me
28 - Spoon - The Beast And Dragon, Adored
27 - Queens Of The Stone Age - Burn The Witch
26 - Panda Bear - Comfy In Nautica
25 - Broken Social Scene - It's All Gonna Break
24 - Art Brut - Good Weekend
23 - National, The - Secret Meeting
22 - Animal Collective - Grass
21 - Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
20 - Kanye West fearturing Adam Levine - Heard 'Em Say
19 - Robyn - Be Mine!
18 - Antony And The Johnsons featuring Lou Reed - Fistful Of Love
17 - National, The - Abel
16 - The Boy Least Likely To - I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon To Your Star
15 - Art Brut - Emily Kane
14 - Amerie - 1 Thing
13 - Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
12 - LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
11 - Animal Collective - The Purple Bottle
10 - New Pornographers, The - The Bleeding Heart Show
09 - Justice - Waters Of Nazareth
08 - Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco - Touch The Sky
07 - Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
06 - Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
05 - National, The - Mr. November
04 - LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
03 - M.I.A. - Pull Up The People
02 - R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet
01 - Antony And The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Well, I'm not going to waste my vote on La Rock 1 if it was already eligible for the 2001 list.

Revised Song List

1. SUFJAN STEVENS - CASIMIR PULASKI DAY
2. KANYE WEST - GONE
3. CARIBOU - BARNOWL
4. CARIBOU - A FINAL WARNING
5. VITALIC - MY FRIEND DARIO
6. ROBYN - BE MINE
7. AMERIE - 1 THING
8. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - UPON THIS TIDAL WAVE OF YOUNG BLOOD
9. DEERHOOF - WRONG TIME CAPSULE
10. MY MORNING JACKET - OFF THE RECORD
11. SUFJAN STEVENS - CHICAGO
12. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - DAFT PUNK IS PLAYING AT MY HOUSE
13. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - HOPE THERE'S SOMEONE
14. CSS - LET'S MAKE LOVE AND LISTEN TO DEATH FROM ABOVE
15. RAVEONETTES - TWILIGHT
16. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM - TRIBULATIONS
17. CARIBOU -BRAHMINY KITE
18. DEERHOOF - YOU CAN SEE
19. SUFJAN STEVENS - JACKSONVILLE
20. DEERHOOF - SPIRIT DITTIES OF NO ONE

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

1. Kanye West - Gone
2. Coldplay- Speed of Sound
3. Depeche Mode- Precious
4. Coldplay – Fix You
5. Moby – Lift Me Up
6. Oasis- Let There Be Love
7. Gorillaz- Feel Good Inc.
8. Oasis- The Importance of Being Idle
9. The Game feat. 50 Cent- Hate It or Love It
10. Oasis- Lyla
11. Anthony and the Johnsons – Hope there’s Someone
12. Sufjan Stevens- Chicago
13. Depeche Mode- Nothing’s Impossible
14. System of a Down- BYOB
15. Coldplay- Talk
16. The National – Mr. November
17. Stereophonics- Dakota
18. Sufjan Stevens- Casmir Pulaski Day
19. Lindstrom – I Feel Space
20. Coldplay- The Hardest Part

Not sure if Precious would get in now but I'd hate to be the one that blocks it.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums

1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
2. Las Escarlatinas: A todo color
3. Acid House Kings: Sing Along with the Acid House Kings
4. Mäximo Park: A Certain Trigger
5. Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft
6. Eels: Binking Lights and Other Revelations
7. Blueberry Hill: Thanks
8. Nosoträsh: Cierra la puerta al salir
9. Ocean Colour Scene: A Hyperactive Workout for the Squad
10. Nacho Vegas: Desaparezca aquí
11. Refree: La matrona
12. Neil Diamond: 12 Songs
13. Teenage Fan Club: Man Made
14. Coralie Clement: Bye, Bye Beaute
15. Richard Hawley: Cole's Corner
16. Laura Cantrell : Hummin’ by the Flowered Vine
17. Saint Etienne: Tales from Turnpike House
18. Antony and the Johnsons: I'm a Bird Now
19. Neil Young: Prairie Wind
20. Coldplay: X & Y

21. Depeche Mode: Playing the Angel
22. El Perro del Mar: Look! It's El Perro del Mar
23. The Go-Betweens: Ocean's Apart
24. Cocorosie: Noah's Ark
25. John Hiatt: Master of Disaster
26. Bruce Springsteen: Devil and Dust
27. Tracy Chapman: Where You Live
28. Maria Mckee: Peddlin' Dreams
29. Wim Mertens: Un respiro
30. Jim Noir: Tower of Love
31. Corazón: Melodrama
32. La Costa Brava: Costabravismo
33. Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
34. Lendakaris Muertos: Lendakaris Muertos
35. Jens Lekman: Oh You're So Silent Jens
36. Sun Kil Moon: Tiny Cities
37. Andrew Bird Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Egg
38. Devendra Banhart: Criple Crow
39. Robin Ludwick: For so Long
40. Josh Rouse: Nashville
41. Rebecca Pidgeon: Tough on Crime
42. Rosie Thomas: If Songs Could Be Healed
43. Brian Wilson: What I Really Want for Christmas
44. Sophie Auster: Sophie Auster
45. Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Songs

1. Eels: A Magic World
2. Las Escarlatinas: El diván
3. Mäximo Park: Apply Some Pressure
4. Sufjan Stevens: Come on Feel the Illinoise
5. Mäximo Park: Going Missing
6. Eels: Trouble with Dreams
7. Sufjan Stevens: Chicago
8. Las Escarlatinas: Buscando el relax
9. Blueberry Hill: Once Upon a Time
10. Teenage Fan Club: It’s All in My Mind
11. Sufjan Stevens: John Wayne Gacy Jr.
12. Josh Rouse: Carolina
13. Acid House Kings: Do What You Wanna Do
14. John Hiatt: Master of Disaster
15. Nacho Vegas: Ella me confundió con otra persona
16. Coralie Clement: L’enfer
17. Cocorosie: Beautiful Boyz
18. Las Escarlatinas: Lloraré
19. Nosotrash: Puta conciencia
20. Sufjan Stevens: Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois

21. Sufjan Stevens: Casimir Pulaski Day
22. Acid House Kings: That’s Because You Drive Me
23. Las Escarlatinas: Submarinos en 3D
24. Mäximo Park: Postcards of a Painting
25. Teenage Fan Club: Nowhere Going
26. Mäximo Park: Signal & Sign
27. Sufjan Stevens: Jacksonville
28. Nacho Vegas: El hombre que casi conoció a Michi Panero
29. Nosotrash: Dicen
30. Coldplay: What If
31. Cocorosie: K-Hole
32. Acid House Kings: 7 Days
33. Saint Etienne: Sun in My Morning
34. Super Furry Animals: Lazer Beam
35. El Perro del Mar: Party
36. Ocean Colour Scene: My Time
37. Refree: La invasión de los cuerpos
38. Eels: Bride of theme From Blinking Lights
39. Antony and The Johnsons: Hope There’s Someone
40. Clovis: Invencibles
41. Sufjan Stevens: Decatur, or Round of Applause for your Stepmother!
42. Blueberry Hill: The Wood
43. Coralie Clement: Un beau jour pour mourir
44. Blueberry Hill: Travelling Tomorrow
45. Las Escarlatinas: A todo color

46. Neil Diamond: Captain of a Shipwreck
47. Laura Cantrell: What You Said
48. Richard Hawley: The Ocean
49. Super Furry Animals: Back on a Roll
50. Super Furry Animals: Ohio Heat
51. Blueberry Hill: Sally
52. Ocean Colour Scene: Everything Comes at the Right Time
53. Devendra Banhcart: Santa Maria da Feira
54. Ocean Colour Scene: Wah Wah
55. Eels: Sweet Li’l Thing
56. Acid House Kings: This Heart Is a Stone
57. Nosotrash: Siesta
58. Coldplay: White Shadows
59. Refree: La reina de les neus
60. Nacho Vegas: La noche más larga del año
61. Ocean Colour Scene: Free My Name
62. Las Escarlatinas: Elamor redux
63. Depeche Mode: Precious
64. Laura Cantrell: 14th Street
65. Saint Etienne: My Bottle Symphony
66. Blueberry Hill: Ask Their Names
67. Acid House Kings: Tonight is Forever
68. The Go-Betweens: Born to a Family
69. Coldplay: Talk
70. Laura Cantrell: California Rose

71. Las Escarlatinas: Red Bar
72. El Perro del Mar: Candy
73. Neil Diamond: Save Me a Saturday Night
74. Saint Etienne: Lighting Strikes Twice
75. Shivaree: New Casablanca
76. Eels: Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)
77. Depeche Mode: John the Revelator
78. Teenage Fan Club: Slow Fade Pictures
79. Eels: Old Shit, New Shit
80. Refree: Faltas leves
81. Ocean Colour Scene: Start of the Day
82. Super Furry Animals: The Horn
83. Neil Young: Falling off the Face of the Earth
84. Neil Diamond: Evermore
85. Brian Eno: This
86. Ocean Colour Scene: Another Time to Stay
87. Depeche Mode: A Pain That I'm Used To
88. Teenage Fan Club: Time Stops
89. Richard Hawley: Coles Corner
90. Antony and The Johnsons: Man is the Baby

Re: Forum Poll: Favorite Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums
1 . Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
2 . Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
3 . Wilco - Kicking Television: Live In Chicago
4 . My Morning Jacket - Z
5 . The Clientele - Strange Geometry
6 . Sigur Ros - Takk…
7 . The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
8 . Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9 . Fiery Furnaces - EP
10 . Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
11 . Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
12 . Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
13 . Mazarin - We're Already There
14 . Kanye West - Late Registration
15 . New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
16 . The Decemberists - Picaresque
17 . Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
18 . Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
19 . Black Mountain - Black Mountain
20 . The National - Alligator

Songs
1 . Mazarin - Louise
2 . The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
3 . My Morning Jacket - Lay Low
4 . Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
5 . Of Montreal - The Party's Crashing Us
6 . Mazarin - The New American Apathy
7 . Bright Eyes - The First Day Of My Life
8 . Fiona Apple - Get Him Back
9 . Mazarin - Another One Goes By
10 . Weird War - See About Me
11 . Bloc Party - Luno
12 . The Childballads - White Chocolate Tea (aka The Onion Domes Of Tallahassee)
13 . Black Mountain - No Satisfaction
14 . Broken Social Scene - It's All Gonna Break
15 . Sigur Ros - Mílanó
16 . Bright Eyes - Land Locked Blues
17 . White Foliage - Drug Song
18 . Broadcast - Michael A. Grammar
19 . Architecture In Helsinki - The Cemetary
20 . The Hold Steady - Your Little Hoodrat Friend

Thanks!

Re: Forum Poll: Favorite Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums

01 | Sufjan Stevens | Illinois
02 | Sleater-Kinney | The Woods
03 | LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem
04 | The Books | Lost And Safe
05 | Edan | Beauty and the Beat
06 | Akron/Family & Angels of Light | Akron/Family & Angels of Light
07 | Lightning Bolt | Hypermagic Mountain
08 | M83 | Before the Dawn Heals Us
09 | Akron/Family | Akron/Family
10 | Fiery Furnaces | EP
11 | Boris | Pink
12 | Venetian Snares | Rossz csillag alatt született
13 | Coil | The Ape of Naples
14 | The King Khan & BBQ Show | The King Khan & BBQ Show
15 | Broadcast | Tender Buttons
16 | Devendra Banhart | Cripple Crow
17 | Common | Be
18 | Gorillaz | Demon Days
19 | Broken Social Scene | Broken Social Scene
20 | The Focus Group | Hey Let Loose Your Love

2005 is very weak at the top but has decent depth. The two Akron/Family albums were solid discoveries that received no attention from the other voters. I could easily see Sufjan being overtaken as my number 1 in the future, but multiple re-listens to Illinois reminded me why this album is so universally loved.

Re: Forum Poll: Favorite Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums:

1. M.I.A. - Arular
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Antony & The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
4. Kanye West - Late Registration
5. Gorillaz - Demon Days
6. The National - Alligator
7. My Morning Jacket - Z
8. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
9. Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche à Bamako
10. Beck - Guero
11. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
12. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
13. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
14. Kate Bush - Aerial
15. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
16. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Naturally
17. Jim Noir - Tower of Love
18. Fioana Apple - Extraordinary Machine
19. Ry Cooder - Chávez Ravine
20. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
21. Mathieu Boogaerts - Michel
22. Hayes Carll - Little Rock
23. Blackalicious - The Craft
24. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
25. Syd Matters - Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Add Hawley's Coles Corner as my #6 please.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Albums
1)Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2)The National - Alligator
3)M.I.A. - Arular
4)Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
5)Kanye West - Late Registration
6)Gorillaz - Demon Days
7)Coldplay - X&Y
8)Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
9)White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
10)My Morning Jacket - Z

Songs
1)Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
2)The Stereophonics - Dakota
3)Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr.
4)Depeche Mode - Precious
5)The National - Abel
6)Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
7)White Stripes - My Doorbell
8)Coldplay - Fix You
9)Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
10)Sufjan Stevens - Come on! Feel the Illinoise!: Pt. 1: The World's Columbian Exposition

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Stephan
Add Hawley's Coles Corner as my #6 please.

Done

Two questions about Swedish releases (concerning 2006 poll):
With Every Heartbeat is listed as 2006 on AM. I thought it was a 2007 song and checked from Wikipedia and RYM. Both say it was first released in January 2007.
Other record is Yearbook 1 by Studio. Again RYM says it's a 2007 release (West Coast has been released in 2006).
So do we treat them as 2006 or 2007 releases.

EDIT: LAST DAY TO VOTE!!!
I'll try to release the results in the morning of AMF time (about 8-9 AM). So please vote before that.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. Wolf Parade - Apologize to the Queen Mary
3. Kanye West - Late Registration
4. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
5. Gorillaz - Demon Days
6. The National - Alligator
7. Animal Collective - Feels
8. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
9. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
10. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

From the little I know about 2005 music, the year I began interesting for music (of course much what I used to listen to, I find crap today):

1) Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise
2) Gorillaz - DARE
3) Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
4) The White Stripes - My Doorbell
5) Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To
6) Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
7) Oasis - The Importance of Being Idle
8) Coldplay - Talk
9) Mercury Rev - Across Yer Ocean
10) Stereophonics - Dakota
11) Jamiroquai - Seven Days in Sunny June
12) M.I.A - Pull Up the People
13) Jack Johnson - Good People
14) Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
15) Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

1. Wolfmother – s/t
2. Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
3. Devendra Banhart – Cripple Crow
4. Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
5. MIA – Arular
6. Ryan Adams – Cold Roses
7. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
8. Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
9. Patrick Wolf – Wind In The Wires
10. Brakes – Give Blood
11. The National – Alligator
12. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
13. Gorillaz – Demon Days
14. British Sea Power – Open Season
15. Raveonettes – Pretty In Black
16. LCD Soundsystem – s/t
17. Elbow – Leaders Of The Free World
18. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
19. Doves – Some Cities
20. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
21. The Magic Numbers – s/t
22. Black Mountain – s/t
23. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
24. Animal Collective – Feels
25. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
26. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
27. Martha Wainwright – s/t
28. Beck – Guero
29. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
30. Oakley Hall – Second Guessing
31. Ryan Adams – 29
32. M83 – Before The Dawn Heals Us
33. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
34. Ryan Adams – Jacksonville City Nights
35. Sigur Ros – Takk
36. Art Brut – Bang Bang Rock N Roll
37. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
38. The Spinto Band – Nice And Nicely Done
39. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
40. Broadcast – Tender Buttons
41. CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
42. Kate Bush – Aerial
43. Coldplay – X&Y
44. Editors – The Back Room
45. Engineers – s/t
46. Goldfrapp – Supernature
47. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – s/t
48. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Matt Sweeney – Superwolf
49. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary
50. The Duke Spirit – Cuts Across The Land
51. My Morning Jacket – Z
52. Ladytron – Witching Hour
53. The Go-Betweens – Oceans Apart
54. QOTSA – Lullabies To Paralyze
55. Of Montreal – The Sunlandic Twins
56. Micah P Hinson – & The Gospel Of Progress
57. Shout Out Louds – Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
58. Circulus – The Lick On The Tip Of An Envelope Never Sent
59. Lightning Bolt – Hypermagic Mountain
60. Six Organs Of Admittance – School Of The Flower
61. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
62. Magic Dirt – Snow White
63. Hal – s/t
64. Brendan Benson – The Alternative To Love
65. Maximo Park – A Certain Trigger
66. Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum
67. Field Music – s/t
68. Vitalic – OK Cowboy
69. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine
70. Two Gallants – What The Toll Tells
71. Absentee – Donkey Stock
72. Metric – Live It Out
73. Robert Plant – Mighty Rearranger
74. Josh Rouse – Nashville
75. Oasis – Don’t Believe The Truth
76. Nine Black Alps – Everything Is
77. Kanye West – Late Registration
78. Bruce Springsteen – Devil’s & Dust
79. Bright Eyes – Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
80. Rakes – Capture/Release
81. The Pernice Brothers – Discover A Lovelier You
82. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
83. Madonna – Confessions On A Dancefloor
84. Babyshambles – Down In Albion
85. Mercury Rev – The Secret Migration
86. Teenage Fanclub – Man-Made
87. Marianne Faithfull – Before The Poison
88. Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
89. Paul Weller – As Is Now
90. The Coral – The Invisible Invasion
91. Vic Chesnutt – Ghetto Bells
92. We Are Scientists – With Love And Squalor
93. John Cale – Black Acetate
94. The Cribs – The New Fellas
95. Hard Fi – Stars Of CCTV
96. Richard Thompson – Front Parlour Ballads
97. CocoRosie – Noah’s Ark
98. Andrew Morgan – Misadventures In Radiology
99. Richmond Fontaine – The Richmond
100. Test Icicles - For Screening Purposes Only

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Songs

1. Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
2. The White Stripes – Blue Orchid
3. M.I.A. – Pull Up the People
4. Kanye West – Gold Digger
5. The Decemberists – 16 Military Wives
6. Sleater-Kinney – Jumpers
7. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
8. The White Stripes – My Doorbell
9. Spoon – Sister Jack
10. Eels – Hey Man (Now You’re Really Living)
11. Franz Ferdinand – Don’t You Want To
12. Anthony and the Johnsons – My Lady Story
13. Bright Eyes – Land-Locked Blues
14. Sufjan Stevens – Decator, Or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!
15. Hold Steady – Your Little Hood Rat Friend
16. New Pornographers – Twin Cinema
17. Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
18. Bruce Springsteen – Devils and Dust
19. Decemberists – Of Angels and Angles
20. My Morning Jacket – Anytime

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Songs

01 | Sufjan Stevens | They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!
02 | LCD Soundsystem | Tribulations
03 | The Game & 50 Cent | Hate It Or Love It
04 | Sufjan Stevens | Casimir Pulaski Day
05 | Akron/Family | Raising the Sparks
06 | Kanye West | Gone
07 | Lindstrom | I Feel Space
08 | Boards of Canada | Davyan Cowboy
09 | Sleater-Kinney | Jumpers
10 | Fiery Furnaces | Here Comes the Summer
11 | The King Khan & BBQ Show | Love You So
12 | Gorillaz | Feel Good Inc.
13 | LCD Soundsystem | Never As Tired As When I'm Waking Up
14 | Sufjan Stevens | Chicago
15 | Venetian Snares | Masodik Galamb
16 | Broken Social Scene | 7/4 (Shoreline)
17 | M83 | Don't Save Us From the Flames
18 | Akron/Family | Running, Returning
19 | Edan | Making Planets
20 | Wolf Parade | Shine a Light

Probably the weakest songs year of the 2000s. I had never noticed how good "They Are Night Zombies" was prior to this month, so thanks to those who voted for it for bringing my attention to it.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

I have summed the points and have results ready for release. I start the 2006 poll -thread and send the results after that. So you have couble of minutes time to vote.

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The year of Sufjan and Illinois. In albums the gap between #1 and #2 is one of the biggest in our album poll history. Also I don't remember that any other artist has taken three first places in the song list. 11 different Sufjan songs got points.

Albums
Rank . Artist – Album - (Score - Voters - Average/voter - nro1-votes )
1 . Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - 1320 ( 33 - 40 - 16 )
2 . Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now - 539 ( 25 - 21,56 - 1 )
3 . LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem - 481 ( 21 - 22,9 - 1 )
4 . M.I.A. - Arular - 460 ( 17 - 27,06 - 3 )
5 . Gorillaz - Demon Days - 430 ( 21 - 20,48 - 1 )
6 . Kanye West - Late Registration - 419 ( 21 - 19,95 - 0 )
7 . Sleater-Kinney - The Woods - 418 ( 16 - 26,13 - 2 )
8 . The National - Alligator - 383 ( 17 - 22,53 - 2 )
9 . My Morning Jacket - Z - 272 ( 17 - 16 - 0 )
10 . Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning - 247 ( 13 - 19 - 0 )

11 . The Decemberists - Picaresque - 233 ( 12 - 19,42 - 1 )
12 . Sigur Rós - Takk... - 226 ( 10 - 22,6 - 1 )
13 . The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema - 214 ( 14 - 15,29 - 0 )
14 . The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan - 211 ( 12 - 17,58 - 1 )
15 . Richard Hawley - Coles Corner - 196 ( 10 - 19,6 - 1 )
16 . Bloc Party - Silent Alarm - 192 ( 10 - 19,2 - 0 )
17 . Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - 162 ( 9 - 18 - 0 )
18 . Animal Collective - Feels - 157 ( 8 - 19,63 - 0 )
19 . Robyn - Robyn - 149 ( 9 - 16,56 - 0 )
20 . Wolf Parade - Apologies To Queen Mary - 145 ( 7 - 20,71 - 0 )
21 . Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - 123 ( 10 - 12,3 - 0 )
22 . The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday - 122 ( 5 - 24,4 - 1 )
23 . Spoon - Gimme Fiction - 116 ( 6 - 19,33 - 1 )
24 . Edan - The Beauty and the Beat - 112 ( 4 - 28 - 1 )
25 . Death Cab for Cutie - Plans - 90 ( 3 - 30 - 0 )


Songs
Rank . Artist – Album Score Voters Average/voter
1 . Sufjan Stevens - John Wayne Gacy Jr. - 450 ( 16 , 28,13 )
2 . Sufjan Stevens - Chicago - 408 ( 20 , 20,4 )
3 . Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day - 393 ( 16 , 24,56 )
4 . LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations - 262 ( 11 , 23,82 )
5 . Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. - 247 ( 12 , 20,58 )
6 . Antony & The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone - 222 ( 11 , 20,18 )
7 . Amerie - 1 Thing - 184 ( 10 , 18,4 )
8 . Kanye West feat. Consequence and Cam'ron - Gone - 180 ( 8 , 22,5 )
9 . Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger - 167 ( 6 , 27,83 )
10 . Depeche Mode - Precious - 166 ( 6 , 27,67 )

11 . Lindstrøm- I Feel Space - 163 ( 7 , 23,29 )
12 . Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor - 162 ( 12 , 13,5 )
13 . LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing at My House - 161 ( 13 , 12,38 )
14 . Gorillaz - DARE - 134 ( 5 , 26,8 )
15 . The Game (featuring 50 Cent)- Hate It Or Love It - 132 ( 7 , 18,86 )
16 . The Decemberists - 16 Military Wives - 121 ( 5 , 24,2 )
17 . Madonna - Hung Up - 116 ( 6 , 19,33 )
18 . M.I.A. - Pull Up the People - 111 ( 6 , 18,5 )
19 . Sufjan Stevens - Come on! Feel the Illinoise!: Pt. 1: The World's Columbian Exposition - 101 ( 4 , 25,25 )
20 . The National - Abel - 99 ( 5 , 19,8 )
21 . The White Stripes- My Doorbell - 90 ( 5 , 18 )
22 . Sufjan Stevens - They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh! - 89 ( 3 , 29,67 )
23 . Spoon - I Summon You - 84 ( 3 , 28 )
24 . Sufjan Stevens - Jacksonville - 82 ( 3 , 27,33 )
25 . Kanye West feat. Adam Levine - Heard 'Em Say - 82 ( 5 , 16,4 )

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Great list again, boys. I would like to see some of my favourites higher (“Coles Corner”, “Dimanche à Bamako”, “Hung Up”, “16 Military Wives”), just like anybody else I guess. But I can’t complain at all, my #1 album and song were also the overall #1.

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The song results are actually pretty satisfying in a year lacking big singles, particularly "Gone" edging out "Gold Digger." Wish I had put Lindstrom a couple places higher so "I Feel Space" would have beat out Depeche Mode.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Petri
The year of Sufjan and Illinois. In albums the gap between #1 and #2 is one of the biggest in our album poll history. Also I don't remember that any other artist has taken three first places in the song list. 11 different Sufjan songs got points.

Albums
Rank . Artist – Album - (Score - Voters - Average/voter - nro1-votes )
1 . Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - 1320 ( 33 - 40 - 16 )
2 . Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now - 539 ( 25 - 21,56 - 1 )
3 . LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem - 481 ( 21 - 22,9 - 1 )
4 . M.I.A. - Arular - 460 ( 17 - 27,06 - 3 )
5 . Gorillaz - Demon Days - 430 ( 21 - 20,48 - 1 )
6 . Kanye West - Late Registration - 419 ( 21 - 19,95 - 0 )
7 . Sleater-Kinney - The Woods - 418 ( 16 - 26,13 - 2 )
8 . The National - Alligator - 383 ( 17 - 22,53 - 2 )
9 . My Morning Jacket - Z - 272 ( 17 - 16 - 0 )
10 . Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning - 247 ( 13 - 19 - 0 )

11 . The Decemberists - Picaresque - 233 ( 12 - 19,42 - 1 )
12 . Sigur Rós - Takk... - 226 ( 10 - 22,6 - 1 )
13 . The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema - 214 ( 14 - 15,29 - 0 )
14 . The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan - 211 ( 12 - 17,58 - 1 )
15 . Richard Hawley - Coles Corner - 196 ( 10 - 19,6 - 1 )
16 . Bloc Party - Silent Alarm - 192 ( 10 - 19,2 - 0 )
17 . Amadou & Mariam - Dimanche a Bamako - 162 ( 9 - 18 - 0 )
18 . Animal Collective - Feels - 157 ( 8 - 19,63 - 0 )
19 . Robyn - Robyn - 149 ( 9 - 16,56 - 0 )
20 . Wolf Parade - Apologies To Queen Mary - 145 ( 7 - 20,71 - 0 )
21 . Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - 123 ( 10 - 12,3 - 0 )
22 . The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday - 122 ( 5 - 24,4 - 1 )
23 . Spoon - Gimme Fiction - 116 ( 6 - 19,33 - 1 )
24 . Edan - The Beauty and the Beat - 112 ( 4 - 28 - 1 )
25 . Death Cab for Cutie - Plans - 90 ( 3 - 30 - 0 )




Looks like the top two are the same, even with the huge gap, since the original 2005 poll. The White Stripes and Decemberists are out of luck this time, while Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket and the National all got into the top 10. The National were nowhere to be seen in 2005.

1. Sufjan Stevens - "Illinois" 170 (11)
2. Antony and the Johnsons - "I’m a Bird Now" 78 (8)
3. Sleater-Kinney - "The Woods" 70 (6)
4. Gorillaz - "Demon Days" 61 (5)
5. The Go! Team - "Thunder, Lightning, Strike" 56 (5)
6. The White Stripes - "Get Behind Me Satan" 55 (5)
7. M.I.A. - Arular 54 (6)
8. The Decemberists - "Picaresque" 51 (5)
9. Kanye West - Late Registration 49 (5)
10. LCD Soundsystem - s/t 48 (6)
11. Sigur Rós - "Takk ..." 48 (4)
12. The New Pornographers - "Twin Cinema" 46 (5)
13. Franz Ferdinand - "You Could Have It so Much Better" 44 (6)
14. My Morning Jacket - "Z" 44 (4)
15. Annie - "Anniemal" 36 (3)
16. Bright Eyes - "I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning" 33 (3)
17. Super Furry Animals - "Love Kraft" 32 (4)
18. Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" 31 (3)
19. Devendra Banhart - "Cripple Crow" 31 (2)
20. Kate Bush - "Aerial" 30 (5)

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But now The Decemberists are out.

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Petri
The year of Sufjan and Illinois. In albums the gap between #1 and #2 is one of the biggest in our album poll history. Also I don't remember that any other artist has taken three first places in the song list. 11 different Sufjan songs got points.


It is one of the biggest for sure. In the 1997 poll OK Computer beat out LAGWAFIS 1376-530 (Also of note, Radiohead contained numbers 1, 3, 5, and 7 on the songs list).

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

Petri
The year of Sufjan and Illinois. In albums the gap between #1 and #2 is one of the biggest in our album poll history. Also I don't remember that any other artist has taken three first places in the song list. 11 different Sufjan songs got points.


It is one of the biggest for sure. In the 1997 poll OK Computer beat out LAGWAFIS 1376-530 (Also of note, Radiohead contained numbers 1, 3, 5, and 7 on the songs list).

Re: Forum Poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 2005

I just discovered a fabulous album of 2005 by the band Washington. The album is "A New Order Rising" and all the songs are somptuous.

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