The best albums of 2005 are...

[Thorngrub]

It's tuff, man. I get out of work right before the p.o.box closes, and Saturdays I oft sleep in late. There's one post office way outta my way I can sometimes make it to if I turn around and catch this one bus just as soon as I get home, so it looks as if that's the only way I'm going to get this shit back to you. Here's hopin it gets sent out this week

p.s.
I don't have a car so my bus ride home from work everyday gets me home too late for post office. Every once in awhile I can catch the blue shuttle which takes me by this one post office at 4:25 - - 5 min before it closes. Sometimes I make it, more often I don't.

[luke]

Shit, Melon, looks like you may be learning a lesson the hard way here...heh...

thorn, like I said, I'm going to keep on spinning it and give it more of a chance. I'm really glad that all the rap elements have left the building, because that type of shit is deader than dirt.

10. Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
9. Nine Inch Nails- With Teeth
8. Fiona Apple- Extraordinary Machine (original)
7. Local H- Alive in '05
6. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
5. New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
4. Novilerro- Aim for the Holes in Their Lives
3. Broken Social Scene- s/t
2. Franz Ferdinand- You Could Have it so Much Better
1. System of a Down- Mezmerize

I'm revising my top ten list. I'll probably revise it a few more times.

I guess I can't include the new Strokes, but if I could, it would be at a solid number five.

[Thorngrub]

Yeah luke - - I too breathed a sigh of relief to hear the absence of the rap shit. Don't get me wrong - -I like most all the rap collaborations korn have done, even the last one w/Naz was fukkin badass -- but it's a breath of fresh air to hear em go in a totally new direction.

And straight up: SYOTOS > w/teeth

[pattentank24]

The Time Is Now
Same Rules as last year
Don't worry about it not being continous,feel free to comment,I'm going to take my time posting these

Patten's Top 55 Albums of 2005

#55-#51


#55
Neil Diamond- 12 Songs


One of the last albums, I have listened to this year,possably would be higher had I had more time with it.
Anyway I have never been a Neil Diamond fan,
but I'm a huge fan of the Johny Cash recordings with Rubin
so I allowed this monotone folk singer without the dash and flash of Vegas to have a impact on me
"What an Amazing Voice" you can't just do an a stripped down record
if you don't have a belief in what you singing he believes it I believe him
and what a bonus to hear him and Brian Wilson 2 of the greatest pop song writters of all time.
(Delirious Love)
It's simple and honest just the way folk singing was ment to be.

Standout-"Hell Yeah" When it's all said and done this is how you should feel at the end of your exsistence on this planet


#54
Super Furry Animals- Love Kraft


SFA should be one of the bands we talk about as a trend setter,
a consistant challenge to their listeners,it's never the same album twice
The Beatles/Pink Floyd/Beach Boys/Kraftwerk all reside in the same SFA universe.
This time out they've become a an electronic infused jam band or just more use of a psychedelic sound.
With more room to allow for experminatation
But a rare thing happens it's a good album rather than a great album
but when your already the world's most experimental pop group this was bound to happen at least in this galaxy.
("Laser Beam") the first single does what singles should do annouce a new direction for the band and if you don't like that well this SFA album isn't for you,but there's one for each of you to seek out.


Standout-"Walk You Home" SFA at their most beautiful walking that line between pop and classical


#53
Living Things- Ahead of The Lions


It took 2 yrs and being fired from Velvet Revolver's tour.
But It's finally here,the MAJOR LABEL debut from a band who put out a so-called "anti-american" ep during the fall of 2001.
What Nonsense listen to this album and
you will a hear a politically motivated Stooge-esque rants about bomb in the desert,trying to survive, and in a grand olde tradition as old as the world
KNOW THY ENEMY
Lilian Berlin takes the viewpoint of a solider several instances and delivers a growl to the establishment as Johnny Rotten once did
If you wanted AC/DC to make a PUNK album with politics
Well Here You Go!

Standout-March To Daylight-This Year's Blitzkrieg Bop Blitz being the Middle East


#52
Feist-Let It Die

Broken Social Scene is taking over my music collection this year various members and solo outings have filled my cd player.
This being a first of many.
Leslie Feist style is just bossa nova and light jazz,somewhat subduded indie rock shapes
perfect for those evenings at home cooking and reading by candlelight.
Her voice reminds me of closing your eyes when the wind is blowing and finding some peace within
Recorded in Paris,It's a rewarding trip through the speakers

Standout-"Lesuire Suit" A perfect candles in the bedroom song for your mix

#51
Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak


Clean Shaven,Nice Suit Jackets what the hell does that have to do with the music.?(12 page fashion layout in Rolling Stone...2 paragraphs on the album
I'm a little disturbed by the fact most record reviews focused on their image then the music
Yes much of the same thing with the Strokes comparison
album 2 didn't really change that much from #1
But as I said about Room on Fire that doesn't mean it's not a good album
It's just another step to KOL making that classic record you know they have in them

Standout-King of The Rodeo I couldn't understand the verse for at least a month till I read the lyrics great rock song though,Burns live

[rockysigman]

patten, did you actually by all 55 of those or are these all just albums you heard?

If you actually bought all 55 of those, did you buy anything that wasn't released in 2005 this year?

If you actually bought all of those, and bought a lot of older stuff too...how the hell do you have that much time and money?

[skvorisdeadsorta]

chew on this:

3. Wolf Parade-Wow.....we thought The Arcade Fire was bad the first time, now we get their used up, 37 year old crack whore sister that seems to have caught the ears of that retard Issac Brock. Woofuckinghoo. Oh yeah, Canada rocks!!! (sarcasm mode turned off) Canada, your bands seem to have only found a gaggle of Talking Heads records in their vintage stores. It also appears that said bands must re-enact these albums under dry results making me remember those days when it was hot and sweaty and I had stand outside and watch Civil War re-enactments with my parents.

[skvorisdeadsorta]

It's from a friend of mine's blog who just tears down on Broken Social Scene, M.I.A, a whole bunch of other bands that I actually like. I think it's pretty funny, even if I disagree with him on much of his vitrol for many of the bands around these days. I personally think that this year was a great year for music. I didn't at first, but the last 6 months have had some great releases.

[pattentank24]

rockysigman said:

patten, did you actually by all 55 of those or are these all just albums you heard?

If you actually bought all 55 of those, did you buy anything that wasn't released in 2005 this year?

If you actually bought all of those, and bought a lot of older stuff too...how the hell do you have that much time and money?

Rocky I WOULD HAVE NO TIME FOR THIS BOARD if I paid for all those albums because my entertainment budget would outweigh my paycheck

1.I work in Radio so I get promos from labels I like(in sportstalk we use new music for bumper music or so that's the hustle to get free cd's)

2.My close friends own independent record stores in metro Atlanta so I have other connections to get stuff before it's released

3. I have a relationship with best college radio station in the southeast most of my interns work for Georgia State( WRAS) and they always are doing DJ work at the station so I hear new music every day

4.Being a Producer/Reporter I'm either
a) in a studio with a really good sound system working while listening to music
b) On the road traveling to cover sports events so road-trips/flights allow me to listen to a lot of music

This and other perks of working in a broadcast career allow my cd collection to be more blotted than most

I bought maybe of the 55 here possably 10 that were hard to get

I just enjoy sharing my opinon and hearing others
and I actually enjoy putting these lists together

and yet I have a ACTIVE social life .... GO figure

[pattentank24]

skvorisdeadsorta said:

chew on this:

3. Wolf Parade-Wow.....we thought The Arcade Fire was bad the first time, now we get their used up, 37 year old crack whore sister that seems to have caught the ears of that retard Issac Brock. Woofuckinghoo. Oh yeah, Canada rocks!!! (sarcasm mode turned off) Canada, your bands seem to have only found a gaggle of Talking Heads records in their vintage stores. It also appears that said bands must re-enact these albums under dry results making me remember those days when it was hot and sweaty and I had stand outside and watch Civil War re-enactments with my parents.

Reminds me of a reviews for My Morning Jacket and Clap Your Hands I saw in VICE mag

where they claimed MMJ was a band who you could jerk yourself off to sleep waiting for them to rock

and Clap was a blind Lance Armstrong with 1 testicle that Pitchfork was tryng to take credit for the bastardation of hipsters who don't dance,play music,sing and don't do anything but maybe snide remarks

[rockysigman]

Well damn, patten, I really want your job. Sounds really great. And keep the list coming, it's good reading.

[skvorisdeadsorta]

Oh yeah, Patten that's a great job. Me, I have tons of friends that work in record stores and they are always sliding me the new stuff. It's crazy.......but I also live in a town with good used stores and since I live in Austin, many grow tired of the flavor of the month and toss it to be sold for way less than what they paid for it. Good deal for me. I basically go broke and don't eat just so I can buy a ton of records.

[JesusLooksLikeMe]

rockysigman said:

Well damn, patten, I really want your job.

Get thee behind me, Sigman. I've volunteered for Patten's job at least 12 months ago. I have first bags, as we say over here.

[rockysigman]

jllm said:

I have fun bags, as we say over here.

Fixed it for ya.

[pattentank24]

skvorisdeadsorta said:

Oh yeah, Patten that's a great job. Me, I have tons of friends that work in record stores and they are always sliding me the new stuff. It's crazy.......but I also live in a town with good used stores and since I live in Austin, many grow tired of the flavor of the month and toss it to be sold for way less than what they paid for it. Good deal for me. I basically go broke and don't eat just so I can buy a ton of records.

Yeah I know what you mean the used shops are fantastic I think the best deal I got this year was $60 for the Talking Heads Studio Album Box

If I do buy an album it's usually re-issues like after Christmas I'll probably buy

The Born To Run Anniversary Edition
Deluxe Cure "Faith

[skvorisdeadsorta]

I just picked up that new Vashti Benyan reissue of her first record. That is some seriously good stuff. It's a shame that people didn't get into the freak folk scene of England at the time, which was 1970. I hear Wooden Wand and I think "Incredible String Band" every time.