I will be the first to tell you I have no musical taste. I leave that to the experts and those who know so much better then me. That being said, I do love music and I enjoy and here is what made me smile in 2005. I played Franz Ferdinand a lot and they almost made it to number 1. But I decided to give it to Bright Eyes for having 2 albums I thoroughly enjoyed plus making one of the best protest tunes of the past 20 years with “When The President Talks to God”, as well as placing 3 tunes in my singles list. Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst) is music’s brightest talent right now. My top 10 goes to 11 like Nigel Tufnel’s amps, so there! But I am goin to make it a Lucky 13
My Favourite Albums of 2005
- Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, Its Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
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- Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
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- Mars Volta – Francis The Mute
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- Anthony and The Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now
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- The Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
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- Doves – Some Cities
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- White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan
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- Robert Plant and The Strange Sensation – Mighty Rearranger
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- New Order – Waiting For The Sirens Call
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- Sigur Ros – Takk
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- Supergrass – Road to Rouen
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- Oasis – Don’t Believe The Truth
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- The Kills – No Wow


Honourable Mention
- Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
- International Noise Conspiracy – Armed Love
- The Darkness – One Way Ticket To Hell
- Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
- Depeche Mode – Playing The Angel
Best Album I Missed in 2004
- The Arcade Fire – Funeral
Reissues
- Belle and Sebastian – Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
- The Cure – Pornography (Deluxe Edition)
- The Move – Message From The Country
- Judy Henske & Jerry Yester – Farewell Aldebaran
- Johnny Cash – The Sun Years Box Set
- The Arcade Fire – First EP
Single Tracks
- Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To
- Bright Eyes – When The President Talks to God
- Kanye West – Diamonds From Sierra Leone
- Doves – Black and White Town
- Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
- Fiona Apple – O Sailor
- Foo Fighters – Best Of Me
- New Order – Krafty
- Bright Eyes – Landlocked Blues
- Bright Eyes – This is the First Day of My Life
- Nine Inch Nails – Bite The Hand That Feeds
- The White Stripes – The Denial Twist
- The Darkness – One Way Ticket to Hell
- Death Cab For Cutie – Soul Meets Body
- The Kills – The Good Ones
Worst Song of The Year
- R Kelly – Trapped In The Closet (Quite Possibly the Worst Song of All Time)
Idiot of The Year
- (Tie) George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condi Rice and Michael (Your Doing a Heck of a Job, Brownie) Brown.
Most Revolting Development
- George W. Bush is Still President.
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