A Nutsack's Top 10 Albums of 2005
Everyone else is publishing their Top 10 lists of the year, so without further ado, The Thank God I'm A Nutsack Top 10 Albums of 2005.
#1My Morning Jacket - Z
This album is strong from beginning to end. When you hear Jim James screaming during "Wordless Chorus" you can tell that this album is going to be epic. MMJ delivers with reverb lyrics and catchy guitar licks. I was lucky enough to catch these guys live a few months back and they bring the energy on the road. I love this album!
#2Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Some albums are overproduced in a bad way, this album is overworked and overproduced but it just makes it a cut above the rest. BSS don't want to have top radio hits, they just want to make great music that no one else is doing. "Shoreline(7/4)" must be one of the best oddly time signature songs written and Feist's vocals make it heavenly. Some people think it's a step down from YFIIP but I think that 10 plus members of the Social Scene sound complete with they're self titled release.
#3Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Sure it's trendy and hip to like these guys, but I like it. The whiney screaming vocals and dancy guitars coming from CYHSY are refreshing and fun. Several stand out tracks for me include, "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth", "Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood", and "Heavy Metal". Sure I can't understand what the hell they are saying most of the time, but I can still shake my head and dance to it.
#4Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
I knew I was going to like this album when I got the 10:1EP this summer. Rogue Wave catch you with dreamy pop melodies. Zach Rogue's lazy deliver catches you and doesn't want to let you go. The build of "Are You on My Side" is worth the album alone especially when Zach delivers his best Doo-Da-Loo rooster impression at the songs zenith. The two iTunes demo's are definitely worth the download and gratify your need for just a little Rogue Wave dessert.
#5Animal Collective - Feels
The strangely addictive sound of Animal Collective comes in at number 3. Some people may not get these guys and I'll give it to you they are out there but they make unpredictably extraordinary music. They fill their songs with sound of all kinds and make you want to dance a little bit here and there. If you haven't heard this album listen to "Grass", and "Purple Bottle".
#6Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Definitely the loudest album on my list and people will call you posers for liking it more than Franz Ferdinand and I guess it makes me a poser. The first five tracks of this album make me want to strum my air guitar and thrash around my room. You can't help but want to dance to the fast paced guitars and driving drums. The catchy British lyrics compliment the nonstop guitar force that makes this album my number 6 of 2005.
#7Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
This one was a sleeper for me. I got it back in April but didn't really get into it until September. This album reminds me a lot of Beck during "Sea Change" but not quite as depressing. Lots of whistling and twitching make this album fun and easy to listen to. Try "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left", and "The Naming of Things". This album provided the soundtrack to my Thanksgiving.
#8Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
This album makes the list because I probably listened to it a hundred times while I was in Alaska this summer. The album opens with the lyrics, "If I could open my arms and span the length of the isle of Manhattan" just made me think of New York every time I heard it. "Summer Skin" defined my ferry ride at the end of the summer from Haines to Juneau and songs like "Different Names for the Same Place" pegged how I felt this summer. Ben Gibbard achieved perfection with one of the most beautiful love ballads ever written, "I Follow You Into the Dark". There are haters, but I'm not one of them and that's why this album is number 8.
#9The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Another summer album for me that had Glockenspiel(sp?) and piano hooks running through my head every time I rowed down the river. I probably spent three weeks with "My Doorbell" stuck in my head singing the hook every 10 seconds, my friends hated me. Meg White simplifies music to simple beats and Jack makes melodic dreams come true with every song.
#10Kanye West - Late Registration
Kanye does it again with the catchiest hooks and best dance beats of the year. Sure he is one cocky son-of-a-bitch, but he backs it up with great music. Sign your pre-nubs and throw up your diamonds, because Kanye's throwin' a party.
#1My Morning Jacket - Z
This album is strong from beginning to end. When you hear Jim James screaming during "Wordless Chorus" you can tell that this album is going to be epic. MMJ delivers with reverb lyrics and catchy guitar licks. I was lucky enough to catch these guys live a few months back and they bring the energy on the road. I love this album!
#2Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Some albums are overproduced in a bad way, this album is overworked and overproduced but it just makes it a cut above the rest. BSS don't want to have top radio hits, they just want to make great music that no one else is doing. "Shoreline(7/4)" must be one of the best oddly time signature songs written and Feist's vocals make it heavenly. Some people think it's a step down from YFIIP but I think that 10 plus members of the Social Scene sound complete with they're self titled release.
#3Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Sure it's trendy and hip to like these guys, but I like it. The whiney screaming vocals and dancy guitars coming from CYHSY are refreshing and fun. Several stand out tracks for me include, "The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth", "Upon this Tidal Wave of Young Blood", and "Heavy Metal". Sure I can't understand what the hell they are saying most of the time, but I can still shake my head and dance to it.
#4Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures
I knew I was going to like this album when I got the 10:1EP this summer. Rogue Wave catch you with dreamy pop melodies. Zach Rogue's lazy deliver catches you and doesn't want to let you go. The build of "Are You on My Side" is worth the album alone especially when Zach delivers his best Doo-Da-Loo rooster impression at the songs zenith. The two iTunes demo's are definitely worth the download and gratify your need for just a little Rogue Wave dessert.
#5Animal Collective - Feels
The strangely addictive sound of Animal Collective comes in at number 3. Some people may not get these guys and I'll give it to you they are out there but they make unpredictably extraordinary music. They fill their songs with sound of all kinds and make you want to dance a little bit here and there. If you haven't heard this album listen to "Grass", and "Purple Bottle".
#6Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Definitely the loudest album on my list and people will call you posers for liking it more than Franz Ferdinand and I guess it makes me a poser. The first five tracks of this album make me want to strum my air guitar and thrash around my room. You can't help but want to dance to the fast paced guitars and driving drums. The catchy British lyrics compliment the nonstop guitar force that makes this album my number 6 of 2005.
#7Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs
This one was a sleeper for me. I got it back in April but didn't really get into it until September. This album reminds me a lot of Beck during "Sea Change" but not quite as depressing. Lots of whistling and twitching make this album fun and easy to listen to. Try "A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left", and "The Naming of Things". This album provided the soundtrack to my Thanksgiving.
#8Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
This album makes the list because I probably listened to it a hundred times while I was in Alaska this summer. The album opens with the lyrics, "If I could open my arms and span the length of the isle of Manhattan" just made me think of New York every time I heard it. "Summer Skin" defined my ferry ride at the end of the summer from Haines to Juneau and songs like "Different Names for the Same Place" pegged how I felt this summer. Ben Gibbard achieved perfection with one of the most beautiful love ballads ever written, "I Follow You Into the Dark". There are haters, but I'm not one of them and that's why this album is number 8.
#9The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Another summer album for me that had Glockenspiel(sp?) and piano hooks running through my head every time I rowed down the river. I probably spent three weeks with "My Doorbell" stuck in my head singing the hook every 10 seconds, my friends hated me. Meg White simplifies music to simple beats and Jack makes melodic dreams come true with every song.
#10Kanye West - Late Registration
Kanye does it again with the catchiest hooks and best dance beats of the year. Sure he is one cocky son-of-a-bitch, but he backs it up with great music. Sign your pre-nubs and throw up your diamonds, because Kanye's throwin' a party.
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