Top 10 van 2005 (waarschijnlijk voor wijzigingen vatbaar, ik mis nog enkele albums):

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
3. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard
4. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
5. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
6. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
7. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
8. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
9. The Corrs - Home
10. Yevgueni - Kannibaal

Toch een goed jaar met 1 x 5*, 12 x 4,5* en 13 x 4* op een totaal van 35 albums. Tot mijn verbazing enkele anciens in die lijst, maar dit jaar ook sterke debuten (o.a. Bloc Party en uit de top-10 vallende Kaiser Chiefs).

Toch maar weer eens overnieuw; aardig wat nieuwe dingen die erin kunnen en wat flinke wijzigingen.

1. (_) Jamie Saft Trio - Astaroth: Book of Angels Vol. 1
2. (4) Kiyoshi Mizutani - Scenery of the Border: Environment and Folklore of the Tanzawa Mountains
3. (_) Torturing Nurse - NanaNanaNanaNanaNanaNana
4. (2) Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
5. (_) Modern Life Is War - Witness
6. (_) Masada String Trio - Azazel: Book of Angels Vol. 2
7. (7) Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
8. (6) UA - Breathe
9. (1) Angels of Light & Akron/Family - Akron/Family & Angels of Light
10. (10) Machinefabriek - Manchester

Héérlijk jaar! Ook de platen die nu het veld hebben moeten ruimen blijven fantastisch.

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
3. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
4. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
5. Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
6. Gorillaz - Demon Days
7. Wilco - Kicking Television
8. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
9. Kanye West - Late Registration
10. Wir Sind Helden - Von Hier an Blind

1- Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
2- Ayreon - The Human Equation
3- Arena - Pepper's Ghost
4- Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Life Begins Again
5- Dredg - Catch Without Arms
6- Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
7- Kino - Picture
8- Sigur Rós - Takk...
9- Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
10- Dream Theater - Octavarium

1. Dwele - Some Kinda...
2. Alice Russell - My Favourite Letters
3. Anthony Hamilton - Soulife
4. Leela James - A Change Is Gonna Come
5. Pete Philly & Perquisite - Mindstate
6. Blackalicious - The Craft
7. Mary J. Blige - The Breakthrough
8. Common - Be
9. CYNE - Evolution Fight
10. Raul Midón - State of Mind

1. The National - Alligator
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
3. Sigur Rós - Takk...
4. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
5. Common - Be
6. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
7. Editors - The Back Room
8. Doves - Some Cities
9. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
10. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem

1. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
2. Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent, Jens
3. The Field - Things Keep Falling Down EP
4. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
5. Nicolas Makelberge - South America EP
6. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - The Days of Mars
7. British Sea Power - Open Season
8. Markus Guentner - 1981
9. Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
10. Hood - Outside Closer

1. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
2. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
3. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
4. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
5. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
6. The Editors - The Back Room
7. Spinvis - Dagen van Gras, Dagen van Stro
8. System of a Down - Mezmerize
9. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
10. The Game - The Documentary

1.Arcade Fire - Funeral
2.Venetian Snares - Rossz Cillag Allat Szuletett
3.Meshuggah - Catch 33
4.Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
5.Kanye West - Late Registration
6.Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
7.M.I.A. - Arular
8.System Of A Down - Mezmerize
9.Oceansize - Everyone Into Position
10.Chimaira - Chimaira
11.Bright Eyes - I´m Wide Awake It´s Morning
12.Dalek - Absence
13.Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
14....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Worlds Apart
15.LCD Soundystem - LCD Soundystem
16.The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
17.dEUS - Pocket Revolution
18.Millionaire - Paradisiac
19.Strapping Young Lad - Alien
20.Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger

Funeral van Arcade Fire is van 2004...

Absence ook.

NL release in 2005 toch? Maar jullie hebben natuurlijk gelijk....Zag toevallig net dat Days Of Mars van Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom wel uit 2005 is, die moet er nog bij.

Update:

1. (-) The Flashbulb - Kirlian Selections 5*
2. (-) Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született 4,5*
3. (3) Kate Bush - Aerial
4. (-) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
5. (2) God Is An Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright
6. (-) Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary 4*
7. (-) Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
8. (1) Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
9. (-) Daft Punk - Human After All
10. (-) This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain

1. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Statan
2. Sigur Rós – Takk
3. Echo & The Bunnymen – Siberia
4. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
5. Editors – The Back Room
6. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals – Cold Roses
7. Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
8. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
9. De Brassers – Slijk
10. Green Day – Bullet In A Bible

Update:

1. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now
2. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
3. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
4. dEUS - The Pocket Revolution
5. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
6. Wolfmother - Wolfmother
7. Spinvis - Dagen Van Gras, Dagen Van Stro
8. Sigur Rós - Takk...
9. Editors - The Back Room
10. Common - Be

De rest is willekeurig :
- Neil Young - Prairie Wind
- Gorillaz - Demon Days
- System of A Down - Mezmerize
- Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
- The Game - The Documentary
- Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
- Kanye West - Late Registration
- Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
- Oasis - Don't Believe The Truth
- Aphex Twin - Analord 10
- The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
- Bruce Spingsteen - Devil's And Dust
- DANGERDOOM - The Mouse And The Mask
- Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
- Jack Johnson - In Between Days

01. (01) The Decemberists - Picaresque
02. (***) Raduza - V Hore
03. (02) My Morning Jacket - Z
04. (03) Marissa Nadler - The Saga of Mayflower May
05. (***) Coil - The Ape of Naples
06. (06) Deaf Center - Pale Ravine
07. (***) Qntal - Qntal III
08. (***) Smog - A River Ain't too Much Love
09. (07) Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
10. (***) Animal Collective - Feels

1. God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright
2. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
3. The Frames - Burn the Maps
4. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs
5. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
6. Damien Jurado - On My Way to Obsence
7. Shit and Shine - Ladybird
8. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much to Love
9. Malcolm Middleton - Into the Woods
10. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Even 12, want die onderste 2 hoger er gewoon bij

01. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs
02. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
03. Madrugada - The Deep End
04. The Coral Sea - Volcano and Heart
05. Dan Mangan - Postcards And Daydreaming
06. Bell X1 - Flock
07. Peter Adams - The Spiral Eyes
08. Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
09. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
10. Loney, Dear - Loney, Noir
11. The National - Alligator
12. Maxïmo Park - A Certain Trigger

Nr 4 t/m 7 heb ik nog niet eerder gezien in deze lijstjes, dus het zijn wellicht goede tips

1. Bright Eyes,"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
2. Sufjan Stevens,"Illinoise"
3. Zita Swoon,"A Band in a Box"
4. Ryan Adams,"29"
5. Death Cab for Cutie,"Plans"
6. Kathleen Edwards,"Back to Me"
7. The Decemberists,"Picaresque"
8. Antony and the Johnsons,"I Am a Bird Now"
9. dEUS,"Pocket Revolution"
10. Bloc Party,"Silent Alarm"

De top 4 heeft bij mij 5*!
In de jaren '00 had tot nu toe slechts 1 cd die "eer". De nummer 1 van het vorige jaar had "gewoon" 4,5*. En 2004 was al een topjaar wat mij betreft.
Buiten de top tien vallen nog toppers als LCD Soundsystem, Spinvis en Mary Gauthier....

Update:

01. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having 4,5*
02. Breakestra - Hit the Floor
03. Nujabes - Modal Soul 4*
04. Shad - When This Is Over
05. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
06. DANGERDOOM - The Mouse and the Mask
07. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
08. Blackalicious - The Craft
09. Cool Calm Pete - Lost
10. Common - Be

1. Six Ft Ditch – Unlicensed Cemetary
2. Born from Pain – In Love with the End
3. Sean Price – Monkey Barz
4. Knuckledust – Unbreakable
5. Crowbar – Lifesblood for the Downtrodden
6. Death Before Dishonor – Friends Family Forever
7. Shattered Realm – From the Dead End Blocks Where Life Means Nothing
8. Parkway Drive – Killing with a Smile
9. DANGERDOOM – The Mouse and the Mask
10. Despised Icon – The Healing Process

1. Gorillaz - Demon Days
2. Kashmir - No Balance Palace
3. World's End Girlfriend - The Lie Lay Land
4. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
5. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
6. Spinvis - Dagen van Gras, Dagen van Stro
7. The Decemberists - Picaresque
8. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
9. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
10. M.I.A. - Arular

01 Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
02 Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
03 Phideaux - 313
04 Gazpacho - Firebird
05 Karnivool - Themata
06 Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
07 Kino - Picture
08 Stencil Forest - The Abyss
09 Credo - Rhetoric
10 Death Cab for Cutie - Plans

Eerste update sinds 10 maart 2008:

1. (5). Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született
2. (2). System of a Down - Hypnotize
3. (--). Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
4. (4). System of a Down - Mezmerize
5. (10). Wolfmother - Wolfmother
6. (--). Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
7. (--). Mew - Mew and the Glass Handed Kites
8. (1). Editors - The Back Room
9. (--). Sons and Daughters - The Repulsion Box
10. (9). Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

1. Napalm Death - The Code is Red...Long Live the New Code
2. Golden Earring - Naked III
3. Kate Bush - Aerial
4. Nuclear Assault - Third World Genocide
5. Koos Alberts - Net Als Vroeger
6 Spinvis - Dagen van Gras, Dagen van Stro
7. Black Label Society - Mafia
8. Iommi - Fused
9. Status Quo - The Party ain't over Yet
10. Kaz Lux - Ghostriding Between Love and Confusion

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
3. The National - Alligator
4. Brian Houston - Jesus and Justice
5. The Decemberists - Picaresque
6. Sigur Rós - Takk
7. Coldplay - X&Y
8. My Morning Jacket - Z
9. Editors - The Back Room
9. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams

1.Venetian Snares - Rossz Cillag Alat Szuletett
2.Meshuggah - Catch Thirtythree
3.Kanye West - Late Registration
4.Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
5.System Of A Down - Mezmerize
6.Brght Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
7.Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked
8.Malcolm Middleton - Into The Woods
9.Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
10.Richie Hawtin - DE9 - Transitions

1. Flyleaf - Flyleaf
2. Anggun - Luminescence
3. Plain White T's - All That We Needed
4. Daniel Powter - Daniel Powter
5. Garbage - Bleed Like Me
6. Rihanna - Music of the Sun
7. Coldplay - X & Y
8. Sugababes - Taller in More Ways
9. Faith Evans - The First Lady
10. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust

118 albums bestemd waarvan 50* met 4* of meer. En zelfs 20 met 4,5* of meer. Derhalve het beste jaar van de 00s tot dan toe (want tot nu toe waren dat er steeds 10 ongeveer).

1. Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again (4,5*)
2. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - The Days of Mars
3. Jens Lekman - Oh You're So Silent, Jens
4. Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires
5. Vitalic - OK Cowboy
6. Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
7. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
8. Low - The Great Destroyer
9. Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
10. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
11. Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
12. Bell Orchestre - Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
13. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
14. Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Yah
15. Doves - Some Cities
16. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
18. Jackson and His Computer Band - Smash
19. The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band - Horses in the Sky
20. Deaf Center - Pale Ravine

Top 20 van 2005 (is sterk gewijzigd):

1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois 5*
2. Absynthe Minded - New Day
3. Opeth - Ghost Reveries 4,5*
4. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
5. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
6. Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard
7. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
8. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9. My Morning Jacket - Z
10. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust

11. dEUS - Pocket Revolution
12. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
13. Yevgueni - Kannibaal
14. Kate Bush - Aerial
15. Tracy Chapman - Where You Live
16. The Corrs - Home
17. Luka Bloom - Innocence
18. Arno - Live in Brussels
19. Zornik - Alien Sweetheart
20. Stef Bos - Ruimtevaarder 4*

Vind ik ook het beste jaar van de 00's met 41 albums met 4* of meer van 76. De oudjes deden het opmerkelijk goed.