December 5, 2005

Quickly

Here is a quick list of albums that I really liked this year that could make my official top 10 list of 2005:

  • Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade
  • Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
  • LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
  • Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
  • Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
  • Late Registration - Kanye West
  • In Case We Die - Architecture in Helsinki
  • The Best Party Ever - The Boy Least Likely To
  • Cripple Crow - Devendra Banhart
  • Employment - Kaiser Chiefs
  • Arular - M.I.A.
  • Twin Cinema - the New Pornographers
  • Howl Howl Gaff Gaff - the Shout Out Louds
  • The Woods - Sleater-Kinney
As you can probably figure out, that is more than 10 albums1. But I think those are my favorite releases of 20052. Some of these I am surprised were released in 20053, but that helps make the list even better. I shall finish said list by the end of the month.

  1. 14 to be exact.
  2. A few notable exceptions to this preliminary cut: Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age, Guero - Beck, Howl - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. All 3 are highly recommended, but not quite as strong througout as the above mentioned.
  3. Those are: Bloc Party, LCD Soundsystem, M.I.A., and Kaiser Chiefs. It seems like those have been out forever.

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