2005: Albums Added To The Collection
Submitted by dcstar on Sun, 01/02/2005 - 10:49
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- Late 2004 with January
- Exile on Main Street/ The Rolling Stones* --10.0/10
- Unknown Pleasures/ Joy Division* --10.0/10
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: The Life Aquatic -8.4/10
- The Capitol Albums, Vol.1/ The Beatles:
- Meet the Beatles --A+
- The Beatles Second Album --A+
- Something New --B
- Beatles '65 --A
- Hopes and Fears/ Keane* --C+
- Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the 80's Underground --A-
- Disc One (New Order, The Jam, Husker Du, Replacements, R.E.M.) --A
- Disc Two (Dinosaur Jr., The English Beat, XTC, The Smiths, The Cramps, Joy Division, Minutemen) -
- -A+
- Disc Three (Sonic Youth, The Church, Gang of Four, The Sugarcubes, Echo and the Bunnymen) --B
- Disc Four (Butthole Surfers, Suicidal Tendencies, Pixies, Kate Bush, Happy Mondays) --A-
- The Queen is Dead/ The Smiths* --10.0/10
- One Time Bells/ The French Kicks --8.0/10
- M83/ Before the Dawn Heals Us --8.1./10
- Dinosaur Jr./ Ear Bleeding Country --A
- Bright Eyes/ I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning --7.0/10
- February
- Joanna Newsome/ The Milk Eyed Mender --9.0/10
- Prince & The Revolution/ Purple Rain --9.8/10
- The Minutemen/ Double Nickels on the Dime(vinyl) --10.0/10
- The Smiths/ Best of I --B
- Pavement/ Wowee Zowee --9.3/10
- The Pixies/ Surfer Rosa --9.9/10
- Rod Stewart/ Every Picture Tells A Story --A
- LCD Soundsystem/ LCD Soundsystem --9.0/10
- March
- R.E.M./ Chronic Town (vinyl)--A+
- Broken Social Scene/ You Forgot It In People --9.5/10
- Eddie Money/ The Sound of Money --B
- American Graffiti/ Original Motion Picture Sdtk.* --A+
- British Sea Power/ The Decline Of... --8.4/10
- Yo La Tengo/ I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One --A-
- Gang of Four/ Entertainment!* --10.0/10
- Primal Scream/ Screamadelica --A
- Beck/ Guero --8.2/10
- April
- Bloc Party./ Silent Alarm --9.2/10
- Sponge/ Rotting Pinata --C+
- Roxy Music/ For Your Pleasure --A
- The National/ Alligator --B-
- Television/ Marquee Moon* --9.9/10
- Louis XIV/ The Best Little Secrets Are Kept --7.9/10
- Dinosaur Jr./ You're Living All Over Me --9.7/10
- The Bravery/ The Bravery --6.0/10
- DJ Shadow/ Endtroducing... --9.4/10
- May
- Liz Phair/ Exile in Guyville* --8.5/10
- Neil Young/ Live Rust --9.9/10
- Billie Holiday/ Live in Baltimore* --A
- Belle and Sebastian/ If You're Feeling Sinister --9.3/10
- June
- ABC/ The Lexicon of Love --8.7/10
- Elton John/ Honky Chateau --9.6/10
- The White Stripes/ Get Behind Me Satan --9.3/10
- Belle and Sebastian/ Dear Catastrophe Waitress --8.8/10
- David Bowie/ Hunky Dory --10.0/10
- The Hold Steady/ Seperation Sunday --8.9/10
- Joy Division/ Closer* --9.1/10
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah --9.3/10
- July
- Bruce Springsteen/ The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle --9.9/10
- Sufjan Stevens/ Come On Feel the Illinoise --8.2/10
- Them Featuring Van Morrison --8.4/10
- Deltron 3030 --9.6/10
- August
- Charles Mingus/ Mingus Ah Hum --10/10
- Johnny Cash/ At Folsom Prison --9.7/10
- Bob Dylan/ Freewheelin' --10/10
- Bob Dylan/ The Times They Are a Changin' --9.0/10
- Bob Dylan/ Another Side --9.4/10
- Kraftwerk/ Maximum Minimum --9.0/10
- Fruit Bats/ Spelled in Bones --8.2/10
- Charles Mingus/ The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady --9.8/10
- The Jesus and Mary Chain/ Darklands --9.1/10
- The Killers/ Hot Fuss --8.3/10
- The Zombies/ Odyssey and Oracle --8.8/10
- September
- Belle and Sebastian/ Tigermilk --9.6/10
- Bob Dylan and the Band/ The Basement Tapes --9.8/10
- Antony and the Johnsons/ I Am a Bird Now --9.2/10
- Devandra Banhart/ Cripple Crow --8.1/10
- Ryan Adams/ Jacksonville City Nights --7.9/10
- Wolf Parade/ Apologies to the Queen Mary --9.2/10
- October
- Broken Social Scene/ Broken Social Scene --8.2/10
- My Morning Jacket/ Z --8.5/10
- M.I.A./ Arular --8.0/10
- Franz Ferdinand/ You Could Have It So Much Better --8.6/10
- Animal Collective/ Feels --8.7/10
- November
- Blur/ Parklife --8.9/10
- The Stone Roses/ The Stone Roses --11.0/10
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs/ Fever to Tell --8.6/10
- December
- Rippingtons Featuring Russ Freeman/ Live in L.A. --8.2/10
- Oasis/ (What's the Story) Morning Glory? --9.7/10
- Pulp/ Different Class --9.0/10
- Elastica/ Elastica --8.9/10
- Dungen/ Ta det lugnt --8.9/10
- Trainspotting Original Soundtrack --9.1/10
- The Libertines/ Up the Bracket --9.2/10
- The Whigs/ Give Em All A Fat Lip --7.8/10
- The Selmanaires/ Here Comes the Selmanaires --8.7/10
- Brakes/ Give Blood --8.7/10
- Oasis/ Definetly Maybe --9.9/10
- Just Say Sire- The Sire Records Story (3 Discs) --9.2/10
Author Comments:
Starred items are burned copies
-Mixed Rankings included
Random bolds for standouts/ favorites at the moment
Notes:
Its Feb now Dave, what is its going to hold for you?
Oh Joanna Newsom...the more I listen to that album, te more I am convinced it is one of the best I've ever heard.
She is an excellent songwriter. But, I'm not sure this album will stand the test of time as a whole. I love her voice and her harp. It's surreal.
Ive got Pavemetns Early stuff, whats Wowee Zowee like compared too them?
Wowee Zowee is the follow up to Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. It's star is the assortment of the music, as opposed to Malkmus, who steals the show on CRCR. I read somewhere that the intention for Wowee was to create an album that was meant to be put on shuffle. It really has no flow b/c of this, but Pavement really gets away with this well.
There are no huge standouts like on CRCR, either. Bottom line, If you like original indie rock , I would get this no doubt.
Tony's Theme!
It's a song about a superhero named Tony, ya know...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
I had a stupid question here initially. Now I just wish to agree with you on Surfer Rosa. Great album.
Hearing very varied reviews about Becks new one, A- eh? worth the buy?
Yeah, it's kind of bland for Beck, but, it's an A- compared to alot of artists.
whats with the asterics -----> *
That's supposed to be a star- meaning it's burned.
The first two songs on that Bravery CD are good the reast are boring and they suck
All the songs on Let It Be are good, especially the first two.
Which Let It Be?
i agree bloc party sucks other than that serious ass kicking rythmn section
Wait...why did Bloc Party get a 9.2 if it's mediocre?
Though I happen to agree that they're not the next big thing that everyone has declared them to be, I'm a little confused about the ratings system.
Perhaps I rated it too high, but the drummer really shines, so yeah I do admire the album.
The rating system is outta 10.
What does bold denote? Favorite album(s) of that month, or something?
Wow, you are in love with... lemme count... all but one album you've collected this year. How can you be so accurate in your aquisitions?
I pretty much know what I'm getting myself into when I purchase the album - and alot of times I post the rating when I'm really into that particular disc. I think I'm going to edit (all) the ratings at the end of 2005.