Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Performify's "Top Ten Albums of 2005"

Every year I post my top ten albums of the year. Last year I guest posted them on Cujofan's blog, here, but this year they're getting posted right here. So without further ado, my top ten albums of 2005, in no particular order:

my Top Ten Albums of 2005
  • Sufjan Stevens: Come On Feel the Illinois!
  • Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
  • Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze
  • Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
  • Moby: Hotel
  • Beck: Guero
  • The White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
  • Gorillaz: Demon Days
  • The Decemberists: Picaresque
  • Autolux: Future Perfect

    Honorable mentions:
    Surprise of the year:
  • Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

    Soundtrack of the year:
  • Six Feet Under, Vol 2: Everything Ends

    Album I really wanted to like more:
  • Audioslave Out of Exile

    Just missed the cut:
  • Ben Folds Songs For Silverman
  • Louis XIV The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
  • Weezer Make Believe

    Top albums from 2004 i'm still listening to regularly:
  • Elliot Smith from a basement on the hill
  • Handsome Boy Modeling School White People
  • Chevelle This Type Of Thinking Could Do Us In
  • 3 Comments:

    Blogger Donkeypuncher said...

    Come on Feel the Illinois = Da Bomb.

    Ben Folds woulda made my list - saw him in November - just amazing

    2:35 PM, January 24, 2006  
    Blogger Human Head said...

    I couldn't agree more with the AudioSlave sentiment.

    That one definitely coulda and shoulda been better.

    8:57 AM, January 25, 2006  
    Blogger Ignatious said...

    i'm sick over the elliot release.

    at least you mentioned beck's guero. :)

    9:52 PM, January 26, 2006  

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