Top 10 Albums of 2005
1. Ben Lee - Awake Is The New Sleep
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
3. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
4. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
5. Coldplay - X & Y
6. Stellastarr - Harmonies For The Haunted
7. Matt Pond PA - Several Arrows Later
8. Imogean Heap - Speak For Yourself
9. Her Space Holiday - The Past Presents The Future
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Honorable Mentions:
Youth Group - Skeleton Jar
Brendan Benson - Alternative To Love
Aqualung - Strange and Beautiful
M83 - Teen Angst
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
I have never of one of the songs!! I probly listen to a song not sure who was sing it.
Posted by Anonymous | December 17, 2005 3:35 PM
the stars album came out in 2004, and so did M83.
i was trying to predict what your number 1 would be, ben lee doesn't suprise me, though it wouldn't have suprised me a bit if you had put Let Me Carry Your Books in the top spot.
Posted by hermanthegreat | December 18, 2005 6:52 AM
anonymous - go on itunes and buy all those albums!
herman: m83 came out 2005 according to itunes on their store and according to amazon.com the stars album came out march 2005...check your resources because this might be your first indie rock blunder
Posted by Gregg O'Connell | December 18, 2005 8:02 AM
2005 is when they may have been licenced to itunes, but the actual albums were first released to stores in late 2004. i have both cds, and on the back they list 2004 as their release date.
Posted by hermanthegreat | December 18, 2005 4:02 PM
you were right on the Stars album but M83 you're wrong!
I checked multiple sources
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us was released in January 2005
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Dawn_Heals_Us
Posted by Gregg O'Connell | December 18, 2005 8:04 PM
the M83 album recieved its north american distribution in 2005, but it was initially released overseas in 2004 on the french label Gooom Disques. Mute Corporations, a division of EMI, made it available in the US in early 2005. so its all down to semantics, i just chose to leave it off my list to avoid this kind of technical squabbling. in any case, its a damn good record.
Posted by hermanthegreat | December 18, 2005 9:29 PM
You guys are indie music snobs... :)
Erica
Posted by Anonymous | December 19, 2005 4:48 PM
dont sweat us
Posted by Gregg O'Connell | December 19, 2005 5:18 PM