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2005 a year of music
ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2005
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2005
Albums worth another mention in no particular order (majority released over the past 12 months)
    
Albums are given marks out of 10: All albums given 10 or 9 are essential! - All albums given 8.5, 8+ and 8 are highly recommended,
those given 7.5 are very good and recommended (while a 7+ is much better than a 7 but not as impressive as a 7.5), a 6.5 or 6+ are good to decent, a 6 is average or just about acceptable, while anything from 5.5 downwards start to sound a bit grim, and all albums under a 3 should be removed from their cases and would have much better use as a beermat (biermat)!
INTERPOL Antics (2004 Matador Records) 7.5/10
HARD-Fi Stars of CCTV (2005 Necessary Records/Warner Music) 7/10
FALL OUT BOY - From Under The Cork Tree (2005 - Decaydance / island records) 7/10
WOLFMOTHER - Wolfmother (2005 - Modular / Interscope) 3/10
KAISER CHIEFS Employment (2005 B-Unique/Polydor Records) 8/10
THE BRAVERY The Bravery (2005 Loog) 5.5/10
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Lullabies To Paralyze (2005 Interscope) 6/10
EELS Blinking Lights & Other Revelations (2005 Vagrant) 6.5/10
LILIAN HAK Silence Feels Safe (2004 Siren Music NL) 7.5/10
MORCHEEBA The Antidote (2005 Echo Records) 6.5/10
AIMEE MANN The Forgotten Arm (2005 SuperEgo/V2 Records) 7+/10
THE TEARS Here Come The Tears (2005 - Independiente) 5/10
THE FUTUREHEADS The Futureheads (2005 679Recordings) 7.5/10
DOVES Some Cities (2004/5 - Heavenly Records) 7/10
ROYKSOPP The Understanding (2005 Wall of Sound) 7.5/10
KT TUNSTALL Eye to the Telescope (2004 Relentless/EMI) 8/10
TORI AMOS The Beekeeper (2005 Sony/BMG) 6/10
THE CORAL Invisible Invasion (2005 Deltasonic) 5/10
R.E.M. Around The Sun (2004 Warner Bros) 7+/10
ARCADE FIRE - Funeral (2004 - Rough Trade) 8/10
MAXIMO PARK A Certain Trigger (2005 Warp Records) 6.5/10
PJ HARVEY Uh Huh Her (2004 Island Records) 7+/10
THE DEPARTURE Dirty Words (2005 Parlophone) 6/10
NEW ORDER Waiting For The Sirens Call (2005 London Records) 7.5/10
BILLY CORGAN The Future Embrace (2005 Warner Bros) 6.5/10
MARTYN BENNETT - Grit (2003 - Real World Records/Virgin) 7.5/10
AUDIOSLAVE Out Of Exile (2005 Interscope) 5.5/10
THE WHITE STRIPES Get Behind Me Satan (2005 XL Recordings) 7/10
COLDPLAY X&Y (2005 Parlophone) 7/10
THE LOVERS ABBA are the enemy (2004 New Memorabilia) 7.5/10
STEREOPHONICS Language Sex Violence Other? (2005 V2) 3/10
GORILLAZ Demon Days (2005 Parlophone) 7+/10
OASIS Dont Believe The Truth (2005 Big Brother/Sony) 4.5/10
NEW ORDER Singles (2005 London Records) 9.5/10
GOLDFRAPP Supernature (2005 Mute Records) 7.5/10
NINE BLACK ALPS Everything Is (2005 Island Records) 5.5/10
SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES Downside Up (2004 Polydor) 8/10
MORRISSEY You Are The Quarry (2004 Sanctuary/Attack Records) 8+/10
RAZORLIGHT Up All Night (2005 Vertigo Records) 7/10
DEPECHE MODE Playing the angel (2005 - Mute Records/Venusnote Ltd) 8.5/10
THE SUBWAYS Young For Eternity (2005 Warner Bros) 7+/10
PLACEBO Once More With Feeling (2004 EMI) 8/10
I AM KLOOT Gods And Monsters (2005) 7/10
MARIA RITA Maria Rita (2003/4 WEA/Warner Music Brazil) 8/10
FRANZ FERDINAND You Could Have It So Much Better
(2005 - Domino) 7+/10
CURVE The Way of Curve (2004 Anxious / BMG) 8/10
THE DEAD 60's - The Dead 60's (2005 - Deltasonic Records) 7.5/10
INSPIRAL CARPETS Cool As (2003 - Mute Records) 8.5/10
EDITORS The back room (2005 - Kitchenware/PIAS) 7.5/10
    
2004/5 - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly (the best, the worst & the most over hyped guitar orientated drivel ever to get a record released in recent years):
THE GOOD KT TUNSTALL, KAISER CHIEFS, THE FUTUREHEADS, DEPECHE MODE, ARCADE FIRE, GOLDFRAPP, PLACEBO, NEW ORDER, PJ HARVEY, MORRISSEY, R.E.M. & INTERPOL
THE BAD U2, THE DEARS, ATHLETE, THE CORAL, GWEN STEFANI, CAESARS, ANOUK, STEREOPHONICS, ANASTACIA & KEANE
THE UGLY JULIETTE & THE LICKS, KELLY OSBOURNE & BABYSHAMBLES
NOT CONVINCED YET (despite the hype!) KASABIAN, THE MAGIC NUMBERS, BLOC PARTY, THE BRAVERY, JEM & KATIE MELUA
    
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ALBUM OF THE YEAR - 2005
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