Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

[BGarrett7]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

I also like his Rock N Roll album, or what I heard from it that is.

RNR was pretty much Ryan's turn for the worse. Gold, Heartbreaker, and Demolition > the Cardinals albums and 29. All the Love Is Hell stuff falls somewhere in between.

[3rdAnswer]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

10. L.E.G.A.C.Y. - Project Mayhem
9. Rapper Big Pooh - Sleepers
8. Little Brother - The Chitlin Circuit
7. Common - Be
6. Kanye West - Late Registration
5. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
4. Supastition - Chain Letters
3. 9th Wonder - Dream Merchant Vol.1
2. AZ - A.W.O.L.
1. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show



I actually had a problem making this top 10 list, mostly because I bought a handful of numbers from earlier years. This year, I pretty much bought the entire Wu-Tang catalogue, and much older East Coast stuff. A lot of the albums I have up there are from the Justus League..which either makes me a homer or it makes them the next group of come ups, seeing as there are hardly any NYC cats doing anything (except for Pumpkinhead, but I JUST ordered that CD).

My artist to look for in 06':
Supastition
LEGACY
Nas is supposed to drop something hot
Talib Kweli should come out with a gem
Phonte or Big Pooh should be dropping another solo joint
Mos Def...

My producers to break out in '06:
9th Wonder (should become much more mainstream and produce for radio cats)
ILLMIND (brought some excellent work to Supa's album)
Nicolay (very underrated, but will make his name later next year)

[CM1847]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

3rd, how does Franz Ferdinand make your list? You a rock fan, just didn't find much you liked this year or is that one of the only rock albums you got this year? Just wondering, it is pretty common to see an all rock list with a rap album(Kanye or Common usually) thrown in, but you rarely see it the other way around.

[3rdAnswer]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

I'm a fan of other music as well, you probably noted that. But that's the only new rock CD I bought this year and I love it. I just listened to it a second ago.

The only other rock group I REALLY like is Incubus. If this list were just our top 10 fav albums generally, there would def. be more of a variety.

[jmood88]

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Hopefully I'm not forgetting any, I never thought I'd see the day were I would have a Top 10 so void of NYC rappers.......

10. Rapper Big Pooh - Sleepers
9. Black Market Militia - Black Market Militia
8. Common - Be
7. Felt - A Tribute to Lisa Bonet
6. One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M.
5. Brown James - Plain Brown Rapper
4. Pumpkinhead - Orange Moon Over Brooklyn
3. Little Brother - The Minstrel Show
2. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
1. Blueprint - 1988

Honorable Mention:
- Smif N Wessun: Reloaded
- Sean Price: Monkey Bars
- Cesar Commanche: Squirrel and the Aces
- AZ: A.W.O.L.
- The Chapter: Us vs. Them
- Saigon: Greatest Story Never Told
- J-Live: The Hear After
- Blackalicious: The Craft
- Buckshot & 9th: Chemistry
- Ras Kass: Verbal Murder
- Apathy: Where's Your Album?
- GZA & DJ Muggs: The Grandmasters
- Kanye West: Late Registration
- Think Differently: Wu-Tang Clan Meets the Indie Culture


Yeah..........Justus League/Rhymesayers absolutely ran 2005.

BCC also had a very nice ressurection, IMO.






To all my NC heads on here, since they "New State of Hip-Hop" thread was lost in the EE removal I figured I'd post this here......

You guys really need to check out Brown James. I'd gotten his album (Plain Brown Rapper) a couple of months ago but had no clue he was from NC (Fayetteville to be exact). His sound/style is more NYC. He's got a much different style than LB and Justus League but his album easily the sleeper of '05, IMO. I think it just hit the retail shelves a month ago, but definately check it out. I can't find any type of bio on the kid and have no clue how long he's been in the game.

I didn't know Brown James was from nc but I didn't really like his cd when i listened to it. Of course I probably didn't really pay attention so I'm gonna look for it and listen to it again.

[jmood88]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

It would be impossible to make a list.

[Brandwin]

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4. Pumpkinhead - Orange Moon Over Brooklyn

1. Blueprint - 1988

Sad to say..I still have yet to listen to these two albums.

[Misfit]

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No one seems to like metal here, so I feel it is my duty as a metal DJ to post the top 10 metal albums of the year:

(in no order, artist - album title)
Russel Allen - Atomic Soul
Demons and Wizards - Touched by the Crimson King
Primal Fear - Seven Seals
Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Edguy - Superheroes
Rob Rock - Holy Hell
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy
Trivium - Ascendancy

[pk500]

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A friend at work burned me a bunch of CDs a while ago and I just started listening to them. Cold Roses was one of the albums he burned for me. I started listening to Disc 1 this morning when I was going to work. So far, its awesome. Great stuff. I love the alt. country sound.

I'll disagree with Garrett on "Cold Roses." Is it different from Adams' work with Whiskeytown? Yes. Is it worse? No. I think "Cold Roses" is among Adams' strongest work because it's very consistent. There are very few throwaways on the record, if any.

Adams is prolific as hell. He has released three albums just this year. And when a guy releases that much material, there are bound to be duds. But that's not really the case on "Cold Roses." And it was the case on most of the Whiskeytown stuff.

I think Adams is very comfortable with himself on "Cold Roses." I never really got that sense with the Whiskeytown and early Adams solo stuff. Maybe that was part of the appeal of that material, that Adams seemed so tormented. But he sure seemed confident and comfortable during "Cold Roses."

I've heard good things about this, but nothing in detail. Care to give some impressions?

It's a damn good pop record. I read where McCartney was challenged, big time, by the producer of this record, whose name escapes me. He didn't kowtow to Sir Paul and told him which material sucked and which material was worthy. Very few producers have had the balls to be that honest with McCartney because he's such a rock deity, but this producer didn't give a f*ck about Sir Paul's status.

The end result is a finely crafted pop album with some really strong songwriting and tunes. It's a relevant, good album, which is remarkable when you consider McCartney started his rock/pop recording career more than 40 years ago.

Take care,
PK

[screwed_again]

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I don't even know if I bought 10 albums from this year...here's a list anyway.

Top Five

5 Sleater Kinney- The Woods
4 Fiery Furnaces- EP
3 Stephen Malkmus- Face the Truth

1 (tie) Sufjan Stevens- Illinois
New Pornographers- Twin Cinema

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

oops

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

wow, still sleeping on that Reef the Lost Cauze - Feast or Famine. that album was so diverse, a total banger.

[pk500]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

NPR's "All Songs Considered," a GREAT weekly music show, has a roundtable this week with its top albums of the year. It's available in podcast form. Usually the show is 30 minutes or so, but this year-ender is nearly two hours of excellent listening.

Podcast link: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podca...siteId=4819413

Enjoy.

Take care,
PK

[ehh]

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wow, still sleeping on that Reef the Lost Cauze - Feast or Famine. that album was so diverse, a total banger.

I got it over the summer, but to be honest I've only listened to it once. So much good crap came out this year it was hard to find time for everything.

I'll have to give it some more spins in the next couple weeks.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Your Top Ten Albums of 2005

true indeed. it's been a good one.