Good albums so far in 2005?
 

I was just wondering what your opinions were on this. So far i've been particularly impressed with 3 albums

System of a Down - Mesmerize
Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game
Beck - Guero


what's everyone elses picks so far this year?

Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze

Enjoyed With Teeth but it's probably not album of the year material.

I think that's all I've got that was actually released this year.

cant think of anything really great.... so ill say....

jamiroquai - dynamite

wasn't awesome, but theyve progressed a bit.

i must check out that beck album.

I'm quite liking the new white stripes album.

foo fighters - in your honour
dredg - catch without arms
shihad - love is the new hate
funeral for a friend - hours

Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M
The Perceptionists - Black Dialogue
The CMA-All Over
Eccentric Soul - The Capsoul Label
Foriegn Exchange - Connected
Living Legends - Classic
Common - Be

phoenix foundation - pegasus
spoon - gimme fiction
QOTSA-lullabies to paralyze

antony and the johnsons-i am a bird now
thee silver mt. zion memorial orchestra and tra-la-la band-horses in the sky

Crazy Frog ringtone _b

stars - set yourself on fire

2005 has been the suck.

still awaiting:
tv on the radio
yeah yeah yeahs
broken social scene

four tet - everything ecstatic
LCD Soundsystem, or was that 04?

_b

Bright Eyes - Digital Ashes In A Digital Urn
Common - Be
Fat Freddys Drop - Based on a true story
White Stripes - Get behind me Satan
Will Oldham and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
LCD Soundsystem (it says 05 on the cd dead goon but i thought it was 04 too)
DJ Format - If you can't join em Beat em

Pretty damn good year so far.

ooh ooh ooh!!! Hadn't heard about that - must find!

Pixie

KNEW IT!

The Game - The Documentary

ninja please

so far

Arcade Fire
Maximo park
bloc party
coldplay
U2
Queens of the stone age
Foo fighters
Feeder
new order
LCD soundsystem


thats all i can think of now :P

Gorillaz - Demon Days

yes , very good cd . Takes a few listens tho :)

Weezer - Make Believe

Nile - Annihilation of the Wicked

Weezer have jumped the shark, and I am a big Weezer fan.

Strapping Young Lad - Alien

and again
 

QOTSA
System of a Down
Franz Ferdinand (if it's this year, not sure)

I still have to give the latest foo fighters, nin and mudvayne a listen though.

and you will know us by the trail of dead - worlds apart
the arcade fire - funeral
dredg - catch without arms
bloc party - silent alarm
system of a down - mezmerize
mars volta - frances the mute

in that order

Knew what?

Pixie

i thought funeral came out last year?
but its definitely one of my favourite albums in recent history.
Im also really liking the new fat fredddys drop.

go welly music

Croc :-)

Doh I just clicked to what you're 'knew it' was about... Yes I flat with Scumbag, and since my computer stopped working in a small cloud of smoke I've been using his machine (as I finish work at 2pm). I must have not logged him out before posting my comment.

No we are not the same person :-)

Pixie

[it actually took me a while to work out what the hell you were on about!]

offsprings greatest hits

NOO!! Scumbag and Pixie are one and the same.
TEH MOLEMEN HAVE YOU!

Aww gawd and we'd just had an exterminator through...

Pixie

Great:

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
QOTSA - Lullabies to Paralyze
The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus
At the Drive-In - This Station is non-operational

Average:

Beck - Guero
Weezer - Make Believe

Shockers:

Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration
The White Stripes - Get behind me Satan

overseas it did, but it came out here this year, so it can count for 'best of' lists for both 04/05

Beck - Guero
Blacklisted - Were Unstoppable
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Converge - Petitioning the Empty Sky -reissue
Converge - When Forever Comes Crashing -reissue
Cursed - Two
Interpol - Evil EP
Into The Moat - The Design
Modern Life Is War - Witness
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Ok Go - Oh No
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn
Swarm Of The Lotus - The Sirens Of Silence
Team Sleep - Team Sleep
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The Phoenix Foundation - Pegasus
The Shocking Pinks - Mathematical Warfare
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan

Fat Freddy's Drop - Based on a True Story

Agreed, except for the song In A Funny Way.