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Ben's Top 40 Albums of 2005
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guess I won't be sawing my leg off
Part 3
30.The Game-The Documentary
I heard of him in September 04 when "Westside Story" became a big song on the internet, so I was really looking forward to his debut. when it first leaked I played the album a lot, but now it's a bit old else it would of been higher(and not the song either). the Game isn't really a good rapper at all, mainly due to his constant name drops of Dre, 50, G-Unit, and many other things(there's a list somewhere on the net, and it says he namedropped Dre like 50 times).The production however is fantastic, and one of the greatest production teams ever asembeled. Dre(even if he might not do his own ****), Kanye West, Just Blaze, Timbaland, Cool and Dre, and many others display some of the greatest beats heard all year.
Best Songs:
1.Put You On The Game
2.Higher
3.Church For Thugs
29.Gorillaz-Demon Days
the long awaited sophomore album from the Gorillaz is shockingly better than the debut.Danger Mouse(you'll see his other project later on) delivers some of the best production you'll hear this year, and fits the group perfectly. "Feel Good Inc." may be a bit overplayed, but you can not deny the greatness of it(and De La Soul's perfect appearance on it).probably the strangest track of all of them is "Fire Coming Out Of A Monkey's Head" with Dennis Hopper narative being complete absurd, but genius at the same time.the only thing about Gorillaz that I dislike that has nothing to do with the album is that I need a new Blur album ASAP, and with the continued success of the album that might not happen for a while :~(.at least it's a good album though.
Best Songs:
1.Feel Good Inc.
2.Fire Coming Out Of A Monkey's Head
3.Last Living Souls
28.Little Brother-The Minstrel Show
the most overlooked major label hip hop album of the year.Producer 9th Wonder's hip hop group Little Brother is very refreshing. It's also one of the funniest albums of the year, cause in between the great throwback hip hop songs are hilarious songs/skits(Cheatin', Diary Of A Mad Black Daddy) that you can imagine being done on Chappelle Show.If you are fan of A Tribe Called Quest, or any Alternative Rap, then you will definitely love this album.
Best Songs:
1.Lovin' It Feat. Joe Scudda
2.Cheatin'
3.Still Lives Through
27.LCD Soundsystem-LCD Soundsystem
amazing. thats all I really have to say about it. If you haven't heard any of their stuff please check it out, it's awesome.
Best Songs:
1.Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
2.Tribulations
3.Losing My Edge
26.The Go! Team-Thunder, Lightning, Strike
if you remember the Avalanche's who had the song "Frontier Psychiatrist", Go! Team are very much like them. some of the coolest music you'll hear all year. some songs sound like some Charlie Brown ****, while the next sounds like an Arcade Fire knockoff. if you like music that is different, you will definitely love this.
Best Songs:
1.Friendship Update
2.Huddle Formation
3.Get It Together
so thats all for part 3. before part 4 i'll post my most anticipated albums of 2006, and the best albums that are supposed to be out in 06 that leaked already(should think of a catchier title for that one too).and hopefully i'll post all that stuff before or on Wednesday.
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Yeah the Game isn't really that great of a rapper, but Put You on the Game ^_^
Great list Ben!
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Gorillaz & Go! Team
Cool ditties.
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Haha, The Go! Team!
I disagree about The Game not being a good rapper, but I do agree that he did have a HELL of a lot of help with it. Still a great album.
Demon Days was surprisingly good and had a lot of good ditties.
Rawk on.
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Fiona!
I cannot wait to see CONFESSIONS ON A DANCEFLOOR?
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LCD Soundsystem @ 27, that's great!!!!
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GAME, LCD SOUNDSYTEM annndd GORILLAZ! OH HELL YEAH!!!!111 YOU GO BENNY! ITS YO CHRISTMAS VACATION SOON! YEAHHHHHHHHH
rock on
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Most Anticipated Albums of 2006
1.Red Hot Chili Peppers-Stadium Arcadium
Release Date:April
produced as usual by Rick Rubin, it is said to have a heavier/funkier sound than the past 2 albums. Being as they are my 3rd fav band(behind Weezer, and U2) i'm really looking forward to this.
2.Radiohead-TBA
Release Date:Summer
not much has been said about it besides them currently being in the studio now doing a song a day. there was a new Radiohead song "I Want None Of This" released for the Help! Warchild compilation in September, but it's doubtful the album will go in that direction.With not much being known about the album why is it so high you ask? cause it's Radiohead. thats all that needs to be said.
3.MF Doom and Ghostface-Swift And Unchangeable
Release Date:Spring
The only real info about this album is that it's happening.Whether it comes out in Spring, Summer, or Fall, this will be THE hip hop album of 2006. the two greatest MC's out there doing an album together is an eargasm to any true hip hop fan.
4.The Flaming Lips-At War With The Mystics
Release Date:February/March
if "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" wasn't the album to break the Flaming Lips to the mainstream, "At War With The Mystics" will be.with songs on the album apparently being more Rock like their older stuff, it should be really great. It also means they will go on tour again, and their stage show is just incredible.
TIE! 5.Tenacious D-The Pick Of Destiny, Dr.Dre-Detox
Release Date:Fall(for both)
I honestly couldn't choose between either. One is the long awaited second album/soundtrack to their movie with the same name, while the other is also a long awaited "last" album from one of Hip Hop's biggest figures. so I just gave them a tie.
Other albums coming out in 2006 that are sure to rule
Ghostface-the Fishscale
Pearl Jam
Nas
Tool
Lostprophets
My Chemical Romance
Taking Back Sunday
among many many others
before I post part 4 tomorrow, I will post the other 2006 album list, the best recently-leaked albums that come out in 06.
cya then.
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Radiohead, MCR, Taking Back Sunday 2006 is gonna be a good year
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So waiting for new Radiohead and Flaming lips...
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Part 4
25.the White Stripes-Get Behind Me Satan
one of the best album titles of the year. though it's a slight disapointment coming off of "Elephant"(their second best album, behind "De Stijl"). They recorded the album in one week, and I think if some of these songs were given more time this would definitely be top 10.however, it's still great.
Best Songs:
1.The Denial Twist
2.Blue Orchid
3.Instinct Blues
24.Audioslave-Out Of Exile
I personaly think as a whole "Out Of Exile" is a better album than the debut(The beginning of the debut was amazing, but it really fell apart near the end with very forgetable songs). with"Out Of Exile", though they did pick the wrong first single(seriously, what the hell were they thinking when they picked "Be Yourself" over "Your Time Has Come"?) for it, it's not a good repsentation of the album.being more comfortable as a band made them play around with their sound, and it works.the best part though are Tom Morello solo's. they just sound like something you have never heard before.
Best Songs:
1.Your Time Has Come
2.Man Or Animal
3.Out Of Exile
23.the Mars Volta-Frances The Mute
Best Songs:
1.Cassandra Gemini
2.The Widow
3.L' Via l'Viaquez
22.Oasis-Don't Believe The Truth
people keep saying this is a comeback/return to form album, when their previous album, "Heathen Chemistry", was damn awesome.the album does however include the best song they have done since 97's"Be Here Now","The Importance Of Being Idle". so I guess it might be a return to form after all.
Best Songs:
1.The Importance Of Being Idle
2.Let There Be Love
3.Mucky Fingers
21.Dwight Yoakam-Blame The Vain
the curveball of the countdown. The best country album of the year, easily.Dwight has always been my favorite country singer since I can remember, due to him always releasing consistant album after consistant album, and he not caring what is happening in Nashville and just doing his own thing."Blame The Vain" is the first album without longtime producer/guitar player Pete Anderson, and it's some of the most fun material he has done since the early 90's. The title track is going to be a classic for him, and the other songs on here will fit in perfectly between "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere", and "Guitars, Cadillacs". If you like real honest country, than do yourself a great favor in checking this album out
Best Songs:
1.Blame The Vain
2.Intentional Heartache
3.She'll Remember
so now as we finally head into the top 20, here are some hints on what to expect for part 5:
-2 of the biggest indie rock albums of the year
-a guy who's album isn't like his first single(for the most part anyway)
-and a Potpourri(thank you Jeopardy) of others
before part 5 is posted i'll actually post this time my fav albums of 06 that have leaked already.
WOOSHA!
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oscar rules
so does oasis
but wtf is 21??!??!?!??!?!??!?!?!?1/?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?1??!
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Audio, Mars, and Oasis.
Wiccccked.
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ooh, mostly stuff I know! yay! but seriously, from what I can tell, awesome stuff ^_^ can't wait for more
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Best Albums of 2006 that have leaked already
haven't heard "Mr.Beast" by Mogwai yet, else that would possibly be on this list as well.
The Strokes-First Impressions Of Earth
Release Date:January 3rd
Best Songs:
1.You Only Live Once
2.Heart In A Cage
3.Juicebox
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins-Rabbit Fur Coat
Release Date:January 24th
Best Songs:
1.Big Guns
2.Handle With Care(Traveling Wilburys cover with Ben Gibbard, Conor Oberst, and M. Ward)
3.Rabbit Fur Coat
Belle and Sebastian-The Life Pursuit
Release Date:February 7th
will for sure be top 5 on next year's list. this is the best album they have done yet.all do yourselves a favor, and check this album out when it comes out next year. don't sleep on it!!
Best Songs:
1.The Blues Are Still Blue
2.White Collar Boy
3.For The Price Of A Cup Of Tea
so yeah definitely check out all those albums when they come out in 06, but especially check out the belle and sebastian album.
part 5 will be up soon
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Part 5
20.David Banner-Certified
don't judge this album on the first single, "Play"(which is a great song), and think this is album is full of sexual songs like it, cause it isn't.the best song on the album, "Crossroads", is about the farthest thing from it. The song is an actual positive full out rock song with a Sonny from P.O.D. soundalike on the hook, and bridge.I am sure if he released it to Active Rock radio it would go top 10.
Best Songs:
1.Crossroads feat. Grout
2.Lost Souls
3.2 Fingers
19.The Darkness-One Way Ticket to Hell... and Back
coolest album cover of the year.working with Roy Thomas Baker, the producer who did Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody", the Darkness have a very solid sophomore album. the first 4 songs are among their very best, but it starts to fizzle near the end. If you enjoyed "Permission To Land" you will most likely love this.
Best Songs:
1.Is It Just Me?
2.Dinner Lady Arms
3.Knockers
18.Queens Of The Stone Age-Lullabies To Paralyze
just read Ryan's review.
Best Songs:
1.Burn The Witch
2.Someone's In The Wolf
3.In My Head
17.Sufjan Stevens-Illinois
the second album of his 50 state album project is the most epic, and most critically acclaimed album of the year.it's just so different from anything else this year that it definitely deserves to be heard.it's an album that will grow on you after every listen, so don't judge it right away.
Best Songs:
1.Come On! Feel The Illinoise!: Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition/Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me In A Dream
2.The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders: Part I: The Great Frontier/Part II: Come To Me Only With Playthings Now
3.The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
16.Clap Your Hands Say Yeah-Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
the success story of the year. after selling the album online, and at their concerts(pressing it themselves I may add) it got the attention of many indie blogs.then Pitchfork discovered it then the entire indie rock world was buzzing about this Brooklyn five piece.but is the album really that good? you bet your ass it is. it reminds you a lot of the Talking Heads, and more recently, the Arcade Fire.the voice may be annoying at times, but it personaly doesn't take away from the music at all. Like Sufjan's "Illinois" don't judge this album right away, it'll grow on you a lot with every listen.
Best Songs:
1.The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
2.In This Home On Ice
3.Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away
part 6 should come before Christmas(ho ho ho), and before that will be my pick of Most Overlooked album of 2005.
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hell yes to the cover of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, haha, but music wise, awesome-ness continues with half stuff I know and half ???? looks forward
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Overlooked Album Of 2005
Petra Haden-Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out
you might not know who Petra Haden is. she was in the underrated band That Dog, and she guested on two of 2005's best albums In Your Honor by the Foo Fighters(playing Violin on "Miracle"), and Guero by Beck(doing the falalala's on "Rental Car").though you most likely didn't hear this album. this album is Petra remaking the classic Who album, except that it's acapella. everything you hear on the album is done by Petra's voice. to hear such Who classics like "I Can See For Miles" done completely acapella by someone with a beautiful voice like Petra, it's just truly great.
PART 6 IS COMING UP WOOF WOOF WOOF
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