Best Records of 2005 (Final Lists of Metacritic Participants)

The_Sprawl

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I am not certain that 2005 has been as strong as 2004, but I think it has been an interesting year with a few charming albums. After much internal debate, here is my year-end's list:

1. I am a Bird Now
2. Late Registration
3. Feels
4. Illinois
5. Arular
6. Apologies to the Queen
7. Mysterious Production of Eggs
8. Jamie Liddel - Multiply
9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
10. Black Sheep Boy
11. Gimme Fiction
12. Extraordinary Machine
13. Silent Alarm
14. Superwolf
15. Face the Truth
16. LCD Soundsystem
17. Beauty and the Beat
18. Separation Sunday
19. I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
20. Get Behind Me Satan

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dubs

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TFIF:

Is the final list going to be longer than 20? I think it should be. I think people might be slightly reluctant to rank highly an album that they know won't make the top 20. It's tempting to leave out such albums, otherwise you might feel like you're 'wasting' your vote. Also, I think this could make the list more interesting, because the user picks and Metacritic Top 30 diverge more the farther down you go. Just a thought.

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headinsand

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quote:
Originally posted by headinsand:
are EPs okay? I can change it if they aren't acceptable or whatever...
1.Broken Social Scene-s/t
2.Dungen-Ta Det Lungt
3.Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
4.Okkervil River-Black Sheep Boy
5.Angels of Light & Akron Family-s/t
6.Deerhoof-Green Cosmos EP
7.Boom Bip-Blue Eyes in the Red Room
8.Sigur Ros-Takk...
9.The Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra-Horses in the Sky
10.Calexico & Iron and Wine-In The Reins EP
11.The Decemberists-Picaresque
12.Why?-Elephant Eyelash
13.Doveman-Acrobat
14.Jens Lekman-Oh You're So Silent, Jens
15.Boards of Canada-The Campfire Headphase
16.Hood-Outside Closer
17.Architecture in Helsinki-In Case We Die
18.Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'prince' Billy-Superwolf
19.Caribou-The Milk Of Human Kindness
20.Animal Collective-Feels
21.Wolf Parade-Apologies to Queen Mary
22.Kanye West-Late Registration
23.Gruff Rhys-Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
24.Sleater-Kinney-The Woods
25.The Drones-Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Shorn from a shortlist of 90.

it may change. no, it will definitely change and I may reign it in to 20.

*top 20, 3 'honourable mentions' for the sake of it, harmless really..the 20+3 will stay the same content wise (probably) but will switch around like I said.

**okay, didn't see people with top 25s...now a top 25!

alteration...BSS could NOT be held back, and have leapt to number 1.

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EricG75

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quote:
Originally posted by dubs:
TFIF:

Is the final list going to be longer than 20? I think it should be. I think people might be slightly reluctant to rank highly an album that they know won't make the top 20. It's tempting to leave out such albums, otherwise you might feel like you're 'wasting' your vote. Also, I think this could make the list more interesting, because the user picks and Metacritic Top 30 diverge more the farther down you go. Just a thought.

I think most people are trying to be honest with their lists instead of manipulating the final total. I had stuff I on my list, like Nouvelle Vague and Crooked Fingers, I knew wasn't going to make the final list.

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dubs

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Posted

quote:
I think most people are trying to be honest with their lists instead of manipulating the final total. I had stuff I on my list, like Nouvelle Vague and Crooked Fingers, I knew wasn't going to make the final list.

Looking back at it, I probably misinterpreted ericg's intent. At first I thought that he was suggesting that I lacked integrity. While I am new here, I have seen plenty of ericg's posts and that doesn't seem like something he would do. So I'm taking down the post and replacing it with this.

I still hold, however, that people may be influenced by the rankings and that one way to help mitigate this would be to post a long list so that more obscure/less popular choices are included.

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jackson frost

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It would suck to see this turn into a political game, rather than an honest list compiling the opinions of the people on the board.

It'd be nice to see the entire list though, for completion's sake.

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Illiniq

Apprentice Guru

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Final Top Twenty

1. The Woods - Sleater-Kinney
2. Black Sheep Boy - Okkervil River
3. Z - My Morning Jacket
4. Come on Feel the Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
5. Blinking Lights - Eels
5. The Sunset Tree - Mountain Goats
Intentional Tie for 5th.
7. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
8. Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade.
9. Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes.
10. Picaresque - The Decemberists.
11. Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird.
12. LCD Soundsystem.
13. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
14. Today I am a Bird - Antony and the Johnsons
15. Separation Sunday - The Hold Steady.
16. The Can Reissues (Espeically Tago Mago)
17. The Great Destroyer - Low
18. The Runners Four - Deerhoof
19. Takk - Sigur Ros
20. Leaders of the Free World - Elbow

Then

21. No Wow - The Kills
22. The Magic Numbers
23. Guero - Beck
24. I'm Wide Awake - Bright Eyes
25. Gimme Fiction - Spoon
26. Late Registrion - Kayne West
27. Thunder, Lightning, Strike - The Go-Team
28. Oceans Apart - The Go Betweens
29. Set Yourself on Fire - The Stars
30. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party

And for the sake of Argument

Not the Worst, but 8 well regarded 2005 Albums I really disliked.

1. La Foret - Xiu Xiu
2. Hypermagic Mountain - Lightning Bolts
3. Feels - Animal Collective
4. Lookaftering - Vashti Bunyan
5. Broken Social Scene
6. These Were the Earlies - The Earlies
7. Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
8. Chavez Ravine - Ry Cooder (A stiff...great intentions does not always great music make...must admit I love the closing track though.)

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Ignored post by Illiniq posted

Guru

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by dubs:
quote:
I think most people are trying to be honest with their lists instead of manipulating the final total. I had stuff I on my list, like Nouvelle Vague and Crooked Fingers, I knew wasn't going to make the final list.

Looking back at it, I probably misinterpreted ericg's intent. At first I thought that he was suggesting that I lacked integrity. While I am new here, I have seen plenty of ericg's posts and that doesn't seem like something he would do. So I'm taking down the post and replacing it with this.

I still hold, however, that people may be influenced by the rankings and that one way to help mitigate this would be to post a long list so that more obscure/less popular choices are included.

I guess I missed your first comment(for the better???)

Anyway...I was looking at the list, and I will probably cut/paste all final scores, in somewhat alphabetical order, rather than total score order, to show ALL results. But that will be mid January when tallies will end. I will make the list a final 50. But, for now will only post Top 20's until Jan.10.

"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"

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Ignored post by jayman posted

Guru

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by headinsand:
quote:
Originally posted by headinsand:
are EPs okay? I can change it if they aren't acceptable or whatever...
1.Broken Social Scene-s/t
2.Dungen-Ta Det Lungt
3.Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
4.Okkervil River-Black Sheep Boy
5.Angels of Light & Akron Family-s/t
6.Deerhoof-Green Cosmos EP
7.Boom Bip-Blue Eyes in the Red Room
8.Sigur Ros-Takk...
9.The Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra-Horses in the Sky
10.Calexico & Iron and Wine-In The Reins EP
11.The Decemberists-Picaresque
12.Why?-Elephant Eyelash
13.Doveman-Acrobat
14.Jens Lekman-Oh You're So Silent, Jens
15.Boards of Canada-The Campfire Headphase
16.Hood-Outside Closer
17.Architecture in Helsinki-In Case We Die
18.Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'prince' Billy-Superwolf
19.Caribou-The Milk Of Human Kindness
20.Animal Collective-Feels
21.Wolf Parade-Apologies to Queen Mary
22.Kanye West-Late Registration
23.Gruff Rhys-Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
24.Sleater-Kinney-The Woods
25.The Drones-Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Shorn from a shortlist of 90.

it may change. no, it will definitely change and I may reign it in to 20.

*top 20, 3 'honourable mentions' for the sake of it, harmless really..the 20+3 will stay the same content wise (probably) but will switch around like I said.

**okay, didn't see people with top 25s...now a top 25!

alteration...BSS could NOT be held back, and have leapt to number 1.

Sorry. But I will not be altering anyone's list. I can't go back to adjusting scores, or a lot of people will be doing so, and make it confusing for me. YOUR 1ST POST IS YOUR MOST HONEST, and altercations just propose influences that may adjust anyone's list on a daily basis. This seems fair, not only to me(doing the math, and not having to double-back and recheck), but also to everyone involved. I also mentioned this on page one somewhere, but not as explained as this.

"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"

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Ignored post by jayman posted

Guru

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by The_Sprawl:
I am not certain that 2005 has been as strong as 2004, but I think it has been an interesting year with a few charming albums. After much internal debate, here is my year-end's list:

1. I am a Bird Now
2. Late Registration
3. Feels
4. Illinois
5. Arular
6. Apologies to the Queen
7. Mysterious Production of Eggs
8. Jamie Liddel - Multiply
9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
10. Black Sheep Boy
11. Gimme Fiction
12. Extraordinary Machine
13. Silent Alarm
14. Superwolf
15. Face the Truth
16. LCD Soundsystem
17. Beauty and the Beat
18. Separation Sunday
19. I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
20. Get Behind Me Satan

please put in artists name....I know about 17 of these but makes it easier so I don't go back to double check.

"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"

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LinnTate

"Forum Moderator"
Jedi

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by The Furnace Is Fiery:
I guess I missed your first comment(for the better???)

Yeah. You missed the first post, but got to read a very classy second take in its stead.

Nice, dubs. Very, very nice. Thanks.

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headinsand

Enthusiast

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by The Furnace Is Fiery:
quote:
Originally posted by headinsand:
quote:
Originally posted by headinsand:
are EPs okay? I can change it if they aren't acceptable or whatever...
1.Broken Social Scene-s/t
2.Dungen-Ta Det Lungt
3.Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
4.Okkervil River-Black Sheep Boy
5.Angels of Light & Akron Family-s/t
6.Deerhoof-Green Cosmos EP
7.Boom Bip-Blue Eyes in the Red Room
8.Sigur Ros-Takk...
9.The Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra-Horses in the Sky
10.Calexico & Iron and Wine-In The Reins EP
11.The Decemberists-Picaresque
12.Why?-Elephant Eyelash
13.Doveman-Acrobat
14.Jens Lekman-Oh You're So Silent, Jens
15.Boards of Canada-The Campfire Headphase
16.Hood-Outside Closer
17.Architecture in Helsinki-In Case We Die
18.Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'prince' Billy-Superwolf
19.Caribou-The Milk Of Human Kindness
20.Animal Collective-Feels
21.Wolf Parade-Apologies to Queen Mary
22.Kanye West-Late Registration
23.Gruff Rhys-Yr Atal Genhedlaeth
24.Sleater-Kinney-The Woods
25.The Drones-Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Shorn from a shortlist of 90.

it may change. no, it will definitely change and I may reign it in to 20.

*top 20, 3 'honourable mentions' for the sake of it, harmless really..the 20+3 will stay the same content wise (probably) but will switch around like I said.

**okay, didn't see people with top 25s...now a top 25!

alteration...BSS could NOT be held back, and have leapt to number 1.

Sorry. But I will not be altering anyone's list. I can't go back to adjusting scores, or a lot of people will be doing so, and make it confusing for me. YOUR 1ST POST IS YOUR MOST HONEST, and altercations just propose influences that may adjust anyone's list on a daily basis. This seems fair, not only to me(doing the math, and not having to double-back and recheck), but also to everyone involved. I also mentioned this on page one somewhere, but not as explained as this.

I haven't been paying attention to anyone else's lists.

the BSS thing has come from listening to the album quite a lot during the last few days, if I didn't bump it up I'd be lying to myself.

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The_Sprawl

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Posted

quote:
Originally posted by The Furnace Is Fiery:
quote:
Originally posted by The_Sprawl:
I am not certain that 2005 has been as strong as 2004, but I think it has been an interesting year with a few charming albums. After much internal debate, here is my year-end's list:

1. Antony and the Johnsons/I am a Bird Now
2. Kanye West/Late Registration
3. Animal Collective/Feels
4. Sufjan Stevens/Illinois
5. M.I.A./Arular
6. Wolf Parade/Apologies to the Queen
7. Andrew Bird/Mysterious Production of Eggs
8. Jamie Liddel - Multiply
9. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
10. Okkervil River/Black Sheep Boy
11. Spoon/Gimme Fiction
12. Fiona Apple/Extraordinary Machine
13. Bloc Party/Silent Alarm
14. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Superwolf
15. Stephen Malkmus/Face the Truth
16. LCD Soundsystem/LCD Soundsystem
17. Edan/Beauty and the Beat
18. Hold Steady/Separation Sunday
19. Bright Eyes/I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
20. The White Stripes/Get Behind Me Satan

please put in artists name....I know about 17 of these but makes it easier so I don't go back to double check.

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PRG

Jedi

Posted

Remember that if you want to post an extended list, you can still do it in the general Best Records of 2005 thread.

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Guru

Posted

...and here. I just count the top 20 though.

Thanks TheSprawl. Makes it easier....

"the sun gets passed from sea to sea, silently, and back to me"

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hoboghost

Slacker

Posted

Not one vote for Of Montreal's The Sunlandic Tiwns?

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PRG

Jedi

Posted

quote:
Originally posted by hoboghost:
Not one vote for Of Montreal's The Sunlandic Tiwns?

It would probably make my top 30...maybe my top 25.

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Grunge Muffin

Enthusiast

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1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
3. Iron & Wine - Woman King/In the Reins EPs
4. Broken Social Scene - S/T
5. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
6. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
7. Tiger Bear Wolf - S/T
8. Edan - Beauty & the Beat
9. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
10. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
11. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
12. Archer Prewitt - Wilderness
13. Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
14. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
15. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
16. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
17. Serena Maneesh - S/T
18. Decemberists - Picaresque
19. My Morning Jacket - Z
20. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T

Revised list, been fiddlin' with it lately. Love Is All's album pending, this is the final cut.

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Guru

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updated...

1.(2) Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise

2.(1) Wolf Parade - Apologies To the Queen Mary
3.(4) New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
4.(3) Broken Social Scene - s/t
5.(5) Sleater Kinney - The Woods
6.(9) My Morning Jacket - Z
7.(6) Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah
8.(16) Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
9.(11) The Decemberists - Picaresque
10.(7)Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
11.(12) White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
12.(8) Spoon - Gimme Fiction
13.(10) MIA - Arular
14.(14) Antony & Johnsons - I Am A Bird
15.(18) Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production
16.(13) Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
17.(17) Bright Eyes - I'm WIde Awake In the Morning
18.(19) Mountain Goats -
19.(15) Sigur Ros - Takk...
20. (-) Animal Collective - Feels

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