Back to 2005 (Re-Ranking the Best of Lists) • Page 2

Woah Augustana too - didn’t know lifehouse s/t was that late

 

Great read, so happy you're doing this. Lots of great memories here. I don't think I joined AP.net until 2006. I'd started really obsessing over music around 2004 but couldn't afford to buy much until 2006 which is when I got right into wanting actual albums.
Looking at my collection now, my favourite 'scene' album of that year, at the time, would be In the Wake of Determination by Story of the Year.
My top three albums would be:
1. The Hold Steady -- Separation Sunday
2. Jack's Mannequin -- Everything in Transit
3. The National -- Alligator

 

Gatsbys and Acceptance are two bands that should have absolutely blown up over those albums. So many amazing one's there though. Thanks for this! Do more!

 

I was obsessed with volcano but I’m
Not sure it is something that holds up? Maybe?

 

Gatsby absolutely holds up, that band was truly something special

 

“Feeling a Moment” from that Feeder album is one of my favorite songs ever. So, so great.

Haven’t listened to the Athlete record in awhile, but I was super into it that fall.

 

I think it's high time i check out a wilhelm scream

 

Not sure about an order, and I was like 12 or so, so a lot of this is a little retrospective as I think the only bands I listened to then was Green Day and Blink, but these are the main albums that popped into my mind from that year.

Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity
All-American Rejects - Move Along
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
Bayside - S/T
City And Colour - Sometimes
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Funeral For A Friend - Hours
Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit (i discovered this album last year due to this website but it counts)
Kanye West - Late Registration
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory
Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Paramore - All We Know Is Falling
Silverstein - Discovering The Waterfront

 

I listened to very few "albums" in 2005 (i was 14). But I grew to love a lot of these albums after the fact (i think starting in like 2007) so here's how I'd rank them today

1. Thrice - Vheissu
2. Silverstein - Discovering the Waterfront
3. City and Colour - Sometimes
4. Circa Survive - Juturna
5. Silversun Pickups - Pikul
6. Funeral for a Friend - Hours
7. Kanye West - Late Registration
8. Gatsby's American Dream - Volcano
9. Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso
10. The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse
11. The National - Alligator
12. Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
13. Acceptance - Phantoms
14. dredg - Catch Without Arms

 

1. Mae - The Everglow
2. Jimmy Eat World - Stay On My Side Tonight
3. Rocket Summer - Hello Good Friend
4. Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
5. Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
6. Over It - Silverstrand
7. Juliana Theory - Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat
8. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
9. Gratitude - Gratitude
10. Rufio - The Comfort Of Home

11. 7 Seconds - Take It Back, Take It On, Take It Over
12. House Of Heroes - House Of Heroes
13. Cartel - Chroma
14. Get Up Kids - Live At The Granada Theater
15. Bottom Line - Eloquence
16. Number One Gun - Promises For The Imperfect
17. Let Go - Let Go
18. Lagwagon - Resolve
19. Waking Ashland - Composure
20. No Use For A Name - Keep Them Confused

 

That rocket summer cd is the tits and I always loved those number one gun records

 

Idk if it’s his voice or the mix on it but it *felt* harder to listen to than other records I profess my love for.

NEED MORE DAYS AWAY LOVE.

did Branson drop a record in 05?

 

An absolute incredible year for music. Tons of records I go back to to this day.

Gotta add in Mae - the Everglow. Now that is an ALBUM.

 

I have a hard time coming up with a better pair of singles from one album than "Feeling a Moment" and "Pushing the Senses." Don't know how that album didn't get huge.

 

It’s a total “shoot your shot” album: write massive, anthemic songs; bring in Gil Norton to produce. It deserved more attention than it got, just like so many rock albums from this era that flew under the radar.

 

I didn’t realize all these releases were so close together, helps me calibrate and pinpoint pretty precisely that this was the year I got into the scene. These bands don’t feel like bands that are selling out; for me this was the baseline.

favorites would be anberlin, Silverstein, armor for sleep, circa, city & colour, alk3

 

I wasn't making lists in 2005 but if I were to make one today Sufjan Steven's Illinois would by far be my number one.

 

I def think I return to CTTM the most? That or Phantoms. I’d say chroma but I actually like the later albums from Cartel more now.

 

I didn't make lists back then but at the time my top 3 of the year would have been
1. FOB - From Under the Cork Tree
2. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
3. Motion City Soundtrack - Commit this to Memory

Now
1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
4. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
5. Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift

 

"Cutting Circa Survive and Coheed is ridiculous"

Couldn't agree more!

 

Back in 2005:

1. Aiden - Nightmare Anatomy
2. System of a Down - Hypnotize/Mesmerize
3. Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
4. Chiodos - All's Well That Ends Well
5. Between the Buried and Me - Alaska

Now:

1. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree
4. Lil Wayne - The Dedication
5. Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory
6. Kanye West - Late Registration
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. Thrice - Vheissu
8. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter II
9. Minus the Bear - Menos El Oso
10. Bayside - Bayside
11. Sigur Ros - Takk...
12. Styles P - Ghost in the Machine
13. System of a Down - Hypnotize/Mesmerize
14. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
15. Circa Survive - Juturna

Literally just going by gut feeling and not thinking too much about the order.

 

Damn, Hypnotize came out in 2005 too? I'm so bad with years cause I never did lists

Crazy their last release is that long ago.

 

In my mind, I always picture Hypnotize coming out in 2002. Weirdly, 2005 seems wrong

 

This was a lot of fun to read, Jason. It’s amazing how many of my favorite albums were released in 2005...I never noticed it before, but totally makes sense based on where I was in my life at that time. Really cool to look back on...thanks for taking the time to do this. It brought back some great memories. Hope you do it for each of the EOTY lists you found!

 

This is one of my favorite years for music of all-time. All of these records mean so much to me:

1. Thrice - Vheissu

2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

3. Andrew Peterson - The Far Country

4. As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest

5. Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites

6. Mae - The Everglow

7. Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die?

8. Switchfoot - Nothing is Sound

9. Sigur Ros - Takk...

10. Flyleaf - Flyleaf

11. Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal

12. Emery - The Question

13. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans

14. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself

15. Copeland - In Motion