Albums You've Heard (New and Old) in 2005 That Might Make Your Top 100 of All Time

Jah, mahn. I'm all of deez tings.

That's wild, because everything on your list is way up there on mine, too (except for Future Days, but only because I haven't heard it yet, I'm sure--waiting for the re-issue in May). I grew up listening to In a Silent Way with my dad (although he makes a point that he never bought another Miles album post-it), so that's in my top 20 of all time. Fear of Music is my fave Talking Heads album (and therefore way up there) and Discovery is one of, like, five albums in my collection I can claim to have cherished before I knew it was cool (along with Wu-Tang, The Boy with the Arab Strap and various Stereolab albums). In fact, I thought that Daft Punk was a guilty pleasure until I found ILM haha...

Did you vote in the 70s poll? We should swap lists or post them after the results.

Reckless Kelly, "Wicked Twisted Road" (2005, one of the finest post-alt-rock/blooze-country records I've ever heard, lyrically close to brilliant, very very calibrated and intellectual, actually, and somehow reminds me of another one I've been listening to I'll add below)--

Manfred Mann's Earth Band, eponymous album, '72, one of the greatest of all '70s albums, brilliant from start/finish, incredible covers of "Captain Bobby Stout," "Please Mrs. Henry" (Dylan), Dr. John, Randy Newman.

individual track--Elvis Presley's "Hurt," from '76, one of his most punked-out, crazed, despairing performances, of the Timi Yuro/Roy Hamilton song. Completely essential!

Believe or not, I had never listened to the Mekons' "Fear and Whiskey" all the way through until this year. Fantastic.

Solomon Burke, "King Solomon," one of the best soul records ever.

And getting into the new 2-CD set of Roky Erickson, very good.

Old: Harry Nilsson - The Point!, Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/ Pretty Ballerina; Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity & (related) Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven

BTW, I think my top 100 is going to have to be 1000

...should also be added to by top 100.

The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Spoon - Kill The Moonlight

However, I do always go back to my favorites:

The Knack: Get the Knack
Yum Yum: Dan Loves Patti
Adam Ant: Friend or Foe
Richard Barone: Cool Blue Halo
Blondie: Parallel Lines
The Ophelias: The Big O
The Dukes of Stratosphear: Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
The Hal Lovejoy Circus: American Made
Helium: The Dirt of Luck
Tommy Keene: Songs from the Film
Donovan: Barabajagal
King Missile: Mystical Shit
Marcy Playground: Marcy Playground
Bongwater: The Power of Pussy
The Mission U.K.: God's Own Medicine
Negativland: Escape from Noise
Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
The Pale Saints: In Ribbons
Pop Will Eat Itself: This is the Day, This is the Hour, This is This
Big Audio Dynamite: This is Big Audio Dynamite
The English Beat: Special Beat Service
The Three O'Clock: Ever After

not counting the great compilations I have ...

Edd, What format is that in? I have it on vinyl and would dearly love to update it.

Edd, What format is that in? I have it on vinyl and would dearly love to update it.

I have it on Polydor vinyl, too, and it's a lousy mastering job, at least on my copy, which seems to be a reissue? The level goes down perceptibly on "Captain Bobby Stout," on my copy. But I believe I've seen it listed on amazon as a CD reissue w/ extra tracks.

I was a bit enthusiastic about D.I. Go Pop and it went straight to my top 10, heh.

These recent discoveries / recent releases all made my last top 50:
Erlend Øye - DJ Kicks
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
Ariel Pink - The Doldrums

The Mahogany album cracks top 50 on a good day. Probably T.Rex too with The Slider or Electric Warrior

and i'll add (Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit) to my top 50.

Chameleons - Strange Times

top100:

Suicide - Suicide

haven't heard anything *new* thats made any particular impression yet.

np: Verve - A Northern Soul

I have three Gorky's Zygotic Mynci albums on their way to me (hopefully). I suspect one or two will enter my Top 100, at least.

New:
the International Telepaths - Sealed For Your Protection