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Saturday, December 17. 2005

if i want your opinion, i'll beat it outta you

top 10 albums of 2005, with the highly personal obligatory comments, of course:


  • the mars volta - frances the mute. nothing, i tell you, can beat the appalling music of the mars volta. and that is why this album is at the top of this list. sometime during this god-forsaken year, i was getting tired of listening to the same crap over and over, namely progressive house, trance and hip-hop. i happen to get to know this band by chance, and they're are just so refreshing. this is one of the most mindbending albums of all time.


  • sonic youth - goo (original recording remastered) (deluxe edition). back in the late nineties (yes, goo was a 1990 release) i was too young (or too naive) to appreciate sonic youth. instead, i tuned my ears to nirvana, stone temple pilots, the stone roses, and soundgarden. what a waste it was when there are gems like sonic youth and pixies. i wish that i've really listened to sonic youth back then, else i don't have to wait for too long for this album.


  • various artists - solesides greatest bump this is all about hip-hop, baybeh!


  • fiona apple - extraordinary machine i've wrote about fiona, and how she's one of my favorite female artists. but no, she's not in this list by virtue of being that, it is just a coincidence that this long awaited album was released this year, and my, what a great album it is.


  • deep dish - george is on. after gu toronto i thought that deep dish (one of my favorite progressive house acts) is pretty much, you know, dead and incapable of producing original stuff. i have to listen to george is on over and over again to realize how wrong i was.


  • dj shadow - funky skunk. again, this is all about hip-hop. and no, this is not really a official studio album release, but it warrants itself in my top 10 list simply because no matter what dj shadow has been producing (endtroducing, private press, in tune and in time, UNKLE collaboration) he has been able to produce the finest hip-hop using the most influential tunes around.


  • clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah. they remind me so much of violent femmes. nevertheless, one of the best sounds from the highly-tiring indie scene (considering that i'm no big fan of indie pop/rock/whatever).


  • the white stripes - get behind me satan. don't underestimate the minimalistic sound of the white stripes, that is all i can say.


  • massive attack - danny the dog. this is not unlike any massive attack's previous studio release. first of all, it is the soundtrack to unleashed, yanno, the one with jet li (which is quite a brilliant movie i must say), and second, it probably mark a new path for massive attack in which they completely abandon the sounds and styles that make mezzanine and 100th window a success. in other words, as a massive attack fan i should be dissappointed with this album. but why is it on my list? i want to remember how they sound liked before they finally "decided" on how they are going to sound like in their next studio release.


  • wilco - kicking television - live in chicago. it seems like i've been listening to wilco for all my life. the truth is that i've been listening to them since 1996 while i was in college. the first album that captivated me was of course being there. however, i've been having an on-off "relationship" with wilco: there were times i thought that they were too country, times when they were too folksy, and times when they really kick ass and just rock and roll. this album reminds me of those times, and it's kinda kick ass.



listening to: morcheeba - simply everyone takes cocaine





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Hmm, I checked out a few tracks from Mars Volta's Deloused in the Comatorium previously, but it didn't really appeal to me. Oh well, I'll forgive them because of At the Drive-In.

Oh, and I saw Massive Attack's 100th Window going for RM9.90.

Eee... don't get me started on Wilco. I feel like I should get a T-shirt from their online store already.
#1 Strizzt (Homepage) on 2005-12-17 10:04 (Reply)
Ok list la, but no local stuff? shy le...check this other list out, i like it quite alot:

http://www.think.com.my/article.cfm?art_ID=65
#2 Steve on 2006-01-03 14:36 (Reply)

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