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Jim DeRo's Top Ten (and the Next 30) of 2005
Jim's Midyear List
1. Common, "Be" (Good Music/Geffen)
2. LCD Soundsystem, "LCD Soundsystem" (DFA/Capitol)
3. Kanye West, "Late Registration" (Roc-A-Fella)
4. The Go! Team, "Thunder Lightning Strike" (Columbia)
5. Moby, "Hotel" (V2)
6. Ladytron, "Witching Hour" (Ryko)
7. Coldplay, "X&Y" (Capitol)
8. The White Stripes, "Get Behind Me Satan" (V2)
9. System of a Down, "Mezmerize"/"Hypnotize" [MY compilation of the two!] (Sony)
10. The New Pornographers, "Twin Cinema" (Matador)
11. The Warlocks, "Surgery" (Mute)
12. Leela James, "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Warner Bros.)
13. Gorillaz, "Demon Days" (Virgin)
14. Louis XIV, "The Best Little Secrets Are Kept" (Atlantic)
15. Damon & Naomi, "The Earth Is Blue" (20/20/20)
16. Low, "The Great Destroyer" (Sub Pop)
17. Spoon, "Gimme Fiction" (Merge)
18. The Black Eyed Peas, "Monkey Business" (A&M)
19. Chris Mills, "The Wall to Wall Sessions" (Ernest Jenning)
20. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Howl" (RCA)
21. The Decemberists, "Picaresque" (Kill Rock Stars)
22. The Redwalls, "De Nova" (Capitol)
23. Sigur Ros, "Takk" (Geffen)
24. Opeth, "Ghost Reveries" (Roadrunner)
25. Billy Corgan, "The Future Embrace" (Warner Bros.)
26. Four Tet, "Everything Ecstatic" (Domino)
27. Kaiser Chiefs, "Employment" (Universal)
28. High on Fire, "Blessed Black Wings" (Relapse)
29. L'Altra, "Different Days" (Hefty)
30. Marianne Faithfull, "Before the Poison" (Anti-)
31. Neil Young, "Prairie Wind" (Reprise)
32. The Detroit Cobras, "Baby" (Bloodshot)
33. Sinead O'Connor, "Throw Down Your Arms" (That's Why There's Chocolate and Vanilla)
34. Bob Mould, "Body of Song" (Yep Roc)
35. Fall Out Boy, "From Under the Cork Tree" (Island)
36. Danger Doom, "The Mouse and the Mask" (Epitaph)
37. .And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, "Worlds Apart" (Interscope)
38. Head of Femur, "Hysterical Stars" (Spin Art)
39. Pelican, "The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw" (Hydrahead)
40. (tie) Brian Eno, "Another Day on Earth" (Opal/Rykodisc) and
40. John Cale, "Black Acetate" (Astralwerks)
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What Jim said Midyear 2005:
1. Common, "Be" (GOOD/Geffen): It ain't homerism, it's simply one of the strongest, most inventive and most honest hip-hop discs I've ever heard.
2. Coldplay, "X&Y" (Capitol): The backlash is well under way (the New York Times called it "insufferable"), but it's a mystery how anyone can resist pop music this accessible that draws from underground influences (Brian Eno, Kraftwerk) this cool.
3. LCD Soundsystem, "LCD Soundsystem" (DFA/Capitol): Cutting-edge dance grooves paired with vintage art-punk energy and invention. Irresistible.
4. The Black Eyed Peas, "Monkey Business": Hands-down the good-time, party groove disc of the summer.
5. Moby, "Hotel" (V2): The lovable chrome dome has been the subject of the second most vitriolic backlash of the summer (serves him right for doing all those commercials), but he has produced another pop gem.
6. The White Stripes, "Get Behind Me Satan" (V2): No one else in rock consistently does so much with so little.
7. Spoon, "Gimme Fiction" (Merge): Another art-punk classic, less dance-oriented, but with rhythms that are just as hard to deny.
8. Gorillaz, "Demon Days" (Virgin): A darker, trippier effort than their debut, but it holds up even better under repeated listenings.
9. Billy Corgan, "The Future Embrace" (Warner Bros.): No, it's not more homerism, nor is it evidence of a special love for bald guys -- just an impressive, heartfelt collection of electronic songs about the desire to be loved.
10. Damon & Naomi, "The Earth Is Blue" (20/20/20): Heartbreakingly beautiful psychedelic folk-rock from the veteran rhythm section of Galaxie 500.
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