top music picks

well folks.. here they are.. velkr0’s 2005 top music lists.. andrew was the first person to remind me of the need to prepare such lists.. a few weeks back.. and well.. here’s a link to his.. we followed a slightly different format, mainly kuz i find it extremely difficult to weigh the quality and significance of an album or track.. but anyways.. i gave it a shot.. so here are my ‘top’ 30 albums.. ‘best’ 10 albums and 10 most played tracks (by unique artists)… check them out.. if you have not already.. enjoy…

velkr0’s top 30 albums of 2005 (alphabetical order)

• American Analog Set – Set Free
• Architecture In Helsinki – In Case We Die
• Black Mountain – Black Mountain
• Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
• Blood On The Wall – Awesomer
• Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
• Boom Bip – Blue Eyed in the Red Room
• Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Matt Sweeney – Superwolf
• The Boy Least Likely To – The Best Party Ever
• The Books – Lost and Safe
• Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
• Calla – Collisions
• Caribou – The Milk of Human Kindness
• The Fiery Furnaces – EP
• Four Tet – Everything Ecstatic
• Hood – Outside Closer
• Immaculate Machine – Ones and Zeroes
• LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
• Mike Doughty – Haughty Melodic
• The National – Alligator
• Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth
• The Robot Ate Me – Carousel Waltz
• Say Hi to Your Mom – Ferocious Mopes
• Scout Niblett – Kidnapped by Neptune
• Sons And Daughters – The Repulsion Box
• Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
• Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
• Sybris – Sybris
• The Warlocks – Surgery
• Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary

velkr0’s 10 most important albums of 2005 (alphabetical order)

• Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
• Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
• The Books – Lost and Safe
• Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene
• Calla – Collisions
• Caribou – The Milk of Human Kindness
• Four Tet – Everything Ecstatic
• Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
• The Robot Ate Me – Carousel Waltz
• Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary

velkr0’s 10 most listened to tracks

1. Bloc Party – This Modern Love
2. Black Mountain – Faulty Times
3. Wolf Parade – Modern World
4. Team Sleep – Tomb of Liegia
5. Blood On The Wall – Reunite on Ice
6. Broken Social Scene – Our Faces Split the Coast in Half
7. Nine Inch Nails – Right Where it Belongs
8. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing at My House
9. Sufjan Stevens – Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Il
10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! – The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth