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
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Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, Its Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
- Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
- Mars Volta - Francis The Mute
- Anthony and The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
- The Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
- Doves - Some Cities
- White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
- Robert Plant and The Strange Sensation - Mighty Rearranger
- New Order - Waiting For The Sirens Call
- Sigur Ros - Takk
- Supergrass - Road to Rouen
- Oasis - Don’t Believe The Truth
- The Kills - No Wow
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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
- 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
- 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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