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How the FUCK is The Woods not even mentioned?

2/8/2006 11:55:18 PM

it's a good album

2/8/2006 11:56:29 PM

frances the mute being #1. meh.

2/8/2006 11:57:14 PM

^o-ver-rated, clap clap clap clap clap

2/9/2006 12:00:30 AM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=386178

2/9/2006 12:02:59 AM

That list is complete shit for the most part.

2/9/2006 12:04:11 AM

frances the mute sucked balls

the woods was definitely top 10 material

but who listens to technician

2/9/2006 12:04:30 AM

yeah i dont really agree with that list at all

2/9/2006 12:05:27 AM

frances the mute was great. but by no means the #1 of the year ha

2/9/2006 12:06:26 AM

RawWulf did you come up with that list yourself, or was it collaborative?

Don't get me wrong Silent Alarm fucking blew me away, and I really dug Illinois and Guero

but it boggles my mind that The Woods got overlooked like that

2/9/2006 12:09:56 AM

this list sucks a fat nut. Full of emo, trendy, and amelodic crap.

The only two records I even like out of the entire list are M83 and New Pornographers.

2/9/2006 12:25:23 AM

snap, i cant wait to hear M83

-ZiP!-

2/9/2006 12:26:01 AM

good to see some love for the books and okkervil river

2/9/2006 12:28:57 AM

Quote :

"this list sucks a fat nut. Full of emo, trendy, and amelodic crap."

first i would love to hear your definition of 'emo' and what bands on that list fall under that category and i would also like to see your list of the top 30 albums from last year

2/9/2006 12:53:20 AM

no metal? what a fucking pussy

2/9/2006 1:12:09 AM

The list came from boxes of CDs sitting in my office, and I asked people's opinions and considered those when I came up with the final list. I could have easily substituted Damian Marley with Sleater-Kinney, Stars, LCD Soundsystem or Animal Collective. It was a tough call, but I stand by my choices.

I can say this year is significantly different from last year's list. Last year I damn near predicted the Grammys, but it just so happened the best albums, in my opinion, were also popular albums. This list mirrors more the 2003 albums -- on which The Mars Volta came in second.

Thanks for the props ZiP and others who have contacted me over IM, phone, e-mail and PM.

2/9/2006 1:18:37 AM

wilso, Katie said you'd petition for Okkervil River to be higher.

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 1:19 AM. Reason : ]

2/9/2006 1:19:34 AM

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"This list mirrors more the 2003 albums -- on which The Mars Volta came in second. "

Yeah, but De-loused is actually good.

2/9/2006 1:27:29 AM

I fell in love with Frances the Mute the second I heard it. I was awestruck by its flow and the level of (successful) experimentation they took it. I mean, there were some strange toying around that went down this year (ie. The Fiery Furnaces), but this took the cake. It was a tough battle between Illinois and that though; and it could still be contended they are interchangeable. It's pretty obvious the top five albums are each pretty unique and all stand very strong.

2/9/2006 1:32:42 AM

I'd probably like Frances The Mute more if the average track time wasn't like 15 minutes.

Weeding through all the pretentious artsy shit gets old after a while.

2/9/2006 1:39:53 AM

not having broken social scene's s/t is pretty ridiculous as well

2/9/2006 1:41:25 AM

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"the pretentious artsy shit"

That's what I'm into, man. But really, it's all well worth every minute of the 72 minutes.

2/9/2006 1:44:34 AM

The list doesn't mean every album after 30 sucks. I have dozens of albums that are stellar, they just didn't make the top 30.

I don't think any single person would agree with anyone's list. Somebody will always want to move something up, down, in or out. But I can guarantee there are hundreds of students of this campus who haven't heard The New Pornographers' Twin Cinema; and if my list encouraged them to buy it, burn it, download it or borrow from a friend, then I'm more than thrilled.

2/9/2006 1:50:45 AM

I can't believe they didn't put all of my favorite bands on there!

what a bunch of losers!

2/9/2006 4:29:02 AM

They left off The Woods AND Thunder, Lightning, Strike

kthx try again

2/9/2006 7:48:23 AM

How can you ever have a "top list" w/ music?

It's music. Which is pretty much 100% opinion. It's not possible for someone to compile a top list of music because it's 100% dependent on THEIR OWN opinions. Why even try.

2/9/2006 7:49:33 AM

Quote :

"Nobody likes audiophiles, especially other audiophiles"

2/9/2006 7:57:13 AM

frances the mute >>>>> de-loused


...but i dont think it was the best album of the year.

Quote :

"I'd probably like Frances The Mute more if the average track time wasn't like 15 minutes. Weeding through all the pretentious artsy shit gets old after a while."

theres enough 3-4 minute crap out there. turn on the radio and you will be happy.
ps. music IS art....well, good music is.



[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 8:12 AM. Reason : df]

2/9/2006 8:00:55 AM

That is definitely the worst top albums list of 2005 that I have seen.

2/9/2006 9:53:38 AM

I don't get the hype over the Dangerdoom album. I thought it was boring. The Craft isn't doing it for me, either, though. I heard "Powers" in the gym yesterday and it reminded me why I hadn't gotten the CD out in so long.

2/9/2006 10:03:09 AM

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"theres enough 3-4 minute crap out there. turn on the radio and you will be happy."

It's not that I think the length is affecting the quality. What I mean is that on De-Loused I really liked "Drunkship of Lanters". I think it's a great song and when I want to listen to it, I can jump right to track 5. The entire album flows, but it's all split into 5-7 minute segments.

If I just want to listen to a certain part if Frances, I have to wade through either a 12 or 32 minute track and that's really just dumb considering they already proved they could make a flowing, track split CD before.

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 10:23 AM. Reason : .]

2/9/2006 10:22:55 AM

frances is split up.

miranda the ghost is split up into 4 parts

cassandra geminni is split up intl 5 parts

2/9/2006 10:30:09 AM

In that case, I retract my statement.

Rhapsody doesn't have them split at all, so Cassandra Gemini is just one 32 minute, unseparated track.

2/9/2006 10:48:56 AM

word.

...from what i have been told (i have no way to back it up though) is that they had to split up the tracks because the record company told them they would only pay them for an EP (much less money) if they only have 5 tracks on the album (even if it was 75 minutes). they had to split up the tracks to get the full amount "album" amount of money.

2/9/2006 10:52:07 AM

hello inferior thread about this list--
one point needs to be made: frances the mute is a god damned disaster, no matter how the tracks are divided.

i'm going to go cum on geddy lee.

2/9/2006 1:29:10 PM

i've only heard of 12 of them...
and i could probably only recognize a song by about 6 of them

2/9/2006 1:31:20 PM

im not gonna talk shit about this list and everyone talking shit should post their favorite cds of 2005 so we all can talk shit about it. But i guess we like to bitch.

and in all honesty only one or two of these cds would be on my top of the year.

2/9/2006 1:40:57 PM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=336494

2/9/2006 1:52:52 PM

since i'm talking shit: 1. Sunn 0))), Black One
2. Antony & The Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now
3. Animal Collective, Feels
4. The Game, The Documentary
5. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday
6. Dalek, Absence
7. M.I.A., Arular
8. Sage Francis, A Healthy Distrust
9. The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers, The Mother of Love Emulates the Shapes of Cynthia
10. Daniel Menche, Sirocoo
11. John Vanderslice, Pixel Revolt
12. Menomena, Under an Hour
13. The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree
14. Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band, Horses in the Sky
15. Thelonius Monk Quartet with John Coltrane, Live at Carnegie Hall
16. KONONO N°1, Congotronics
17. Akron/Family & Angels of Light, Akron/Family & Angels of Light
18. Ryan Adams, Jacksonville City Nights
19. OM, Variations on a Theme
20. Deerhoof, The Runners Four
21. Stars, Set Yourself on Fire
22. The Perceptionists, Black Dialogue
23. M83, Before the Dawn Heals Us
24. Boredoms, Seadrum/House of Sun
25. Little Brother, The Minstrel Show
26. Iron & Wine, Woman King EP
27. Sigur Ros, Takk…
28. The Rosebuds, Birds Make Good Neighbors
29. The White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan
30. The Clientele, Strange Geometry
31. Bright Eyes, Digitial Ash in a Digital Urn
32. Chris Mills, Wall to Wall Sessions
33. Phosphorescent, Aw Come Aw Wry
34. Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy
35. Steve Reid Ensemble, Spirit Walk
36. Derek Bailey, Carpal Tunnel
37. 13 & God, 13 & God
38. My Morning Jacket, Z
39. Wilco, Kicking Television
40. Amina, AminaminA
41. Kanye West, Late Registration
42. Architecture in Helsinki, In Case We Die
43. Lightning Bolt, Hypermagic Mountain
44. Danger Doom, The Mouse and The Mask
45. Big Bear, Big Bear
46. Akron/Family, Akron/Family
47. Smog, A River Ain’t Too Much to Love
48. Ume, Urgent Sea
49. Stillhouse, Through the Winter
50. Six Organs of Admittance, School of the Flower
51. Jens Lekman, Oh You’re So Silent Jens
52. Work Clothes, These are the Shoes We Wear
53. Chatham County Line, Route 23
54. Devendra Banhart, Cripple Crow
55. Vashti Bunyan, Lookaftering
56. Mi and L’au, Mi and L’au
57. Cage, Hell’s Winter
58. The Joggers, With a Cape and a Cane
59. Ryan Adams, Cold Roses
60. Spoon, Gimme Fiction
61. Growing, His Return
62. Ticonderoga, The Heilig-Levine LP
63. Eluvium, Talk Amongst the Trees
64. Laura Cantrell, Humming by the Flowered Vine
65. Slum Village, Slum Village
66. Gang Gang Dance, God’s Money
67. Keith Jarrett, Radiance
68. Black Mountain, Black Mountain
69. Deyarmond Edison, Silent Signs
70. Amadou & Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako
71. Sufjan stevens, Illinoise
72. Bloc Party, Silent Alarm
73. Low, The Great Destroyer
74. Constantines, Tournament of Hearts
75. Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene
76. Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, Begonias
77. Feist, Let it Die
78. Tussle, Kling Klang
79. Mahjongg, Raydoncong
80. Blood on the Wall, Awesomer
81. The National, Alligator
82. Johann Johannson, Dis
83. Portastatic, Bright Ideas
84. Bell Orchestre, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
85. Scout Niblett, Kidnapped by Neptune
86. Nine Black Alps, Nine Black Alps
87. John Wilkes Booze, The Heliocentric Views of John Wilkes Booze
88. Xiu Xiu, La Foret
89. Cale/Conrad/Maclise/Young/Zazeela, Inside the Dream Syndicate: Volume 1: Day of Niagara
90. Boom Bip, Blue Eyed in the Red Room
91. Boduf Songs, Boduf Songs
92. Earthless, Sonic Prayer
93. Boris with Merzbow, Sun Baked Snow Cave
94. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
95. Bright Eyes, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
96. Marissa Nadler, The Saga of Mayflower May
97. Betty LaVette, I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise
98. Pelican, The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
99. Howe Gelb, Arizona, Amp and Alternator
100. Xiu Xiu Larsen, XXL
101. Sam Prekop, Your New Professor
102. Burning Star Core, The Very Heart of the World
103. Richard Swift, The Novelist & Walking Without Effort
104. The Strugglers, You Win
105. Solomon Burke, Make Do with What You Got
106. Missy Elliott, The Cookbook
107. The Robot Ate Me, Carousel Waltz
108. Mice Parade, Bem-Vinda Vontade
109. Meredith Bragg & The Terminals, Vol. 1
110. Supergrass, Road to Rouen
111. Nada Surf, The Weight is the Gift

2/9/2006 1:56:06 PM

that top 30 was like a backpackers dream

2/9/2006 1:57:53 PM

94?!?!!??!?

Goddamn you.

2/9/2006 1:59:56 PM

looks liek you just took all of the reviews from pitchfork and copy and pasted

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 2:04 PM. Reason : !!!!!]

2/9/2006 2:01:55 PM

(in no particular order)

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Common - Be
Broken Social Scene - S/T
Clay Your Hands Say Yeah - S/T
Beck - Guero
Kanye West - Late Registration
The Evens - S/T
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
Animal Collective - Feels
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Final Fantasy - Has a good home
Metric - Live It Out
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Sigur Ros - Takk
The Decemberists - Picturesque
Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen

2/9/2006 2:02:48 PM

im gonna lie i dont even think i bought 10 new cds this year but Big Bear and 400 Blows new cd are on there somewhere.

2/9/2006 2:08:53 PM

yeah, that's exactly what i did, especially since 4 out of my first 10 weren't even on their list.
and sorry, hova, but i don't have time to be a backpacker.

94. hehe.

[Edited on February 9, 2006 at 2:23 PM. Reason : .]

2/9/2006 2:22:19 PM

Here's my review of Sunn 0))))))


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2/9/2006 2:26:47 PM

what's the best way to piss off an indie rock snob?

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2/9/2006 2:34:07 PM

what's your review of exxon's?

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2/9/2006 2:45:22 PM