Perfect Sounds: 2005

Albums

2005-11-17T03:45:00.000-08:00

The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
M.I.A.: Arular
DangerDoom: The Mouse and the Mask
Sleater Kinney: The Woods
The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree
FME: Cuts
Kanye West: Late Registration
Spoon: Gimme Fiction
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Go-Betweens: Oceans Apart
William Parker: Sound Unity
The Constantines: Tournament of Hearts
Amadou & Mariam: Dimanche à Bamako
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Naturally
The Perceptionists: Black Dialogue
Lightning Bolt: Hypermagic Mountain
The David S. Ware Quartets: Live in the World
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
A Frames: Black Forest
Clem Snide: The End of Love
Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock & Roll
Our New Orleans 2005
The Ponys: Celebration Castle
Sirone Bang Ensemble: Configuration
Against Me!: Searching for a Former Clarity (Fat Wreck Chrods)
Blueprint: 1988
Blackalicious: The Craft
Robbie Fulks: Georgia Hard
The Willowz: Talk in Circles
The Brakes: Give Blood
Run the Road
Comet Gain: City Fallen Leaves
Billy Bang: Vietnam: Reflections
Edan: Beauty and the Beat
Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity
The Rough Guide to the Music of Sahara
David S. Ware: Live in the World
Robyn: Robyn
The Books: Lost and Safe
Buck 65: This Right Here is Buck 65
Amy Rigby: Little Fugitive
Lady Sovereign: Vertically Challenged
James Carter/Cyrus Chestnut/Reginald Veal/Ali Jackson: Gold Sounds
The Fall: Fall Heads Roll
Scott Hamilton: Back in New York
Jamie Lidell: Multiply
The Pernice Brothers: Discover a Lovelier You
Wide Right: Sleeping on the Coach

Outside Top (alphabetically):

Annie: Annimal
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning
Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent
Count Base-D: Begborrowsteal
Fannypack: See You Next Tuesday
Fieldwork: Simulated Progress
Gogol Bordello: Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike
Al Green: Everything's OK
Kano: Home Sweet Home
LCD Soundsystem
Steven Malkmus: Face the Truth
MC Hawking: A Brief History of Rhyme
The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
William Parker: Luc's Lantern
Bobby Pinson: Man Like Me
Qasimoto: The Further Adventures of...
The Rolling Stones: A Bigger Bang
Shakira: Oral Fixation Vol. 2
Sonny Rollins: Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert
Thunderbirds are Now: Justamustache
The Thing: Live at Blå
Loudon Wainwright III: Here Come the Choppers
White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
Stevie Wonder: A Time to Love

Close:

Antony & the Johnnsons: I Am a Bird Now
Babyshambles: Down in Albion
Block Party: Silent Alarm
Blood on the Wall: Awesomer
Mariah Carey: The Emancipation of Mimi
Ry Cooder: Chavez Ravine
Death Cab for Cutie: Plans
Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have it So Much Better
Gorillaz: Demon Days
Kings of Leon: Aha Shake Heartbreak
Love as Laughter: Laughter's Fifth
Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor
Out Hud: Let Us Never Speak of it Again
Liz Phair: Somebody's Miracle
John Prine: Fair and Square
Richard Thompson: Front Parlour Ballads
Martha Wainwright: Martha Wainwright
Wilderness: Wilderness

Indifferent:

Ryan Adams: Jacksonville City Nights
Animal Collective : Feels
Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die
The Darkness: One Way Ticket to Hell . . . and Back
Devendra Banhrt: Cripple Crow
Beck: Guero
Big Star: In Space
Black Mountain: Black Mountain
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl
Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene
Kate Bush: Aerial
Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering
The Clientele: Strange Geometry
Cobra Verde: Copycat Killers
Common: Be
The Decemberists: Picaresque
Deerhof: Runners Four
The Doves: Some Cities
Kathleen Edwards: Back to Me
Missy Elliott: The Cookbook
Feist: Let It Die
50 Cent: The Massacre
Leela James: A Change Is Gonna Come
Kaiser Chiefs: Employment
Ladytron: Witching Hour
Lil' Wayne: Tha Carter 2
Little Brother: The Minstrel Show
Living Things: Ahead of the Lions
Low: The Great Destroyer
Maximo Park: A Certain Trigger
Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard
Nada Surf: The Weight Is a Gift
The National: Alligator
New Order: Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Nils Petter Molvær: ER
Platinum Pied Pipers: Triple P
The Posies: Every Kind of Light
Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze
Ricochets: Isolation
Josh Rouse: Nashville
Bruce Springsteen: Devils and Dust
System of a Down: Hypnotize
System of a Down: Mezmerize
Teenage Fanclub: Man Made
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
Neil Young: Prairie Wind

Get away from me!:

Ryan Adams: Cold Roses
Ryan Adams: 29
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Worlds Apart
BigBang: Poetic Terrorism
Black Eyes Peas: Monkey Business
James Blunt: Back to Bedlam
Bon Jovi: Have a Nice Day
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf
Jamie Cullum: Catching Tales
Cast Zoobon: Problembarn
Coldplay: X&Y
Daft Punk: Human After All
Gavin DeGraw: Chariot
Neil Diamond: 12 Songs
Dungen: Ta Det Lungt
Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
The Game: The Documentary
David Gray: Life in Slow Motion
Kent: Du &amp;amp;amp; jag & döden
Lil' Kim: The Naked Truth
Madrugada: The Deep End
The Magic Numbers: The Magic Numbers
Magnet: The Tourniquet
The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute
My Morning Jacket: Z
Necro: The Sexorcist
Nine Inch Nails: With Teeth
Silje Nergård: Be Still My Heart - The Essential
Röyksopp: The Understanding
Sigur Ros: Takk . . .
Saint Thomas: Children of the New Brigade
Turboneger: Party Animals

Undecided:

Balkan Beat Box: Balkan Beat Box
Broadcast: Tender Buttons
Rodney Crowell: The Outsider
Gang Gang Dance: God's Money
Various Artists: Golden Afrique 1
Isolee: We Are Monster
Konono No. 1: Congotronics
Marah: If You Didn't Laugh You'd Cry
Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley: Welcome to Jamrock
James McMurtry: Childish Things
Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy
Pelican: The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
Rogue Wave: Descended Like Vultures
Silver Jews: Tanglewood Numbers
Stars: Set Yourself on Fire
Sunn O))): The Black One
Young Jeezy: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
Why?: Elephant Eyelash

2004-albums not entered:

The Arcade Fire: Funeral
The Go! Team: Thunder, Lightning, Strike

(Entries in red means the addition was made after the list was deemed "frozen")

Reissues/compilations/vault music

2005-11-17T03:40:00.001-08:00

Reissues:

1. Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity
2. Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson
3. The Insect Trust: Hoboken Saturday Night
4. Pat Metheny / Ornette Coleman: Song X: Twentieth Anniversary
5. The Pogues: Rum Sodomy & the Lash
6. Rank and File: Long Gone Dead
7. Rank and File: Sundown
8. Art Ensemble of Chicago: Phase One
9. Lee Dorsey: Yes We Can / Night People
10. Raspberries: Starting Over
11. Andrew Hill: Andrew!!!

Compilations/vault music:

1. Public Enemy: Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits
2. Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall
3. Nat King Cole: The World of Nat King Cole
4. Bud Powell: The Very Best
5. Richard Hell: Spurts: The Richard Hell Story
6. 20 #1 Hits of the '20s
7. Destiny's Child: #1's
8. O'Jays: The Essential O'Jays
9. Sloan: A Sides Win: Singles 1992-2005
10. Yellow Pills: Prefill
11. 30 #1 Hits of the '30s

Still Concidering:

Louis Armstrong: Jazz Moods: Hot (Columbia/Legacy, 1926-29)
Johnny Cash: The Legend (Columbia/Legacy 4CD, 1955-2002)
Dizzy Gillespie: Career 1937-1992 (Shout! Factory 2CD)
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music
Thelonious Monk: The Very Best (Blue Note, 1947-52)
Horace Silver: The Very Best (Blue Note, 1954-66)

Songs/singles

2005-11-17T03:40:00.000-08:00

Hold Steady: "Stevie Nix"
Kelly Clarkson "Since u Been Gone"
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings: "How do I Let a Good Man Down"
Amerie: "1 Thing"
The Mountain Goats: "This Year"
Spoon: "I Summon You"
Hold Steady: "Your Little Hoodrat Friend"
M.I.A.: "Sunshowers"
The Constantines: "Soon Enough"
Kanye West feat. Jay-Z: "Diamonds from Sierra Leone"
Sleater-Kinney: "Jumpers"
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: "Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood"
DangerDoom: "Sofa King"
Kanye West Featuring Lupe Fiasco: "Touch the Sky"
Spoon: "Sister Jack"
The Game Featuring 50 Cent: "Hate It or Love It"
The Mountain Goats: "Dance Music"
Brad Paisley: "Alcohol"
Art Brut: "My Little Brother"
Pussycat Dolls: "Don't Cha"
The Mountain Goats: "This Year"
The Go-Betweens: "Born to a Family"
M.I.A.: "10"
The Ponys: "I'm with You"
R. Kelly: "Trapped in the Closet, Chapter 1-5"
Arctic Monkeys: I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"
Robyn: "Be Mine"
Sleater-Kinney: "Entertain"
Lightning Bolt "Birdy"
A Frames: "Eva Braun"
The Constantines. "Love in Fear"
Sufjan Stevens: "Chicago"
Blackalicious: "Powers"
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings: "My Man is a Mean Man"
The Perceptionists: "Lets Move!!"
The Cardigans: "I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need to be Nicer"
Devendra Banhart: "Chinese Children"
Amy Rigby: "The Trouble with Jeanie"
Blueprint: "Where's Your Girlfriend At?"
Gwen Stefani "Hollaback Girl"
The New Pornographers: "Use It"
The Willows: "Cons & Tricks"
The Perceptionists feat. Humty Hump: "Career Finders"
Edan: "Fumbeling Over Words that Rhyme"
The Hold Steady: "Chicago Seemed Tired Last Night"
Thunderbirds are Now: "Eat This City"
Martha Wainwright: "Bloody Motherfucking Asshole"
The Legendary K.O.: "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People"
LCD Soundsystem: "Daft Punk is Palying at my House"
Robbie Fulks: "Each Night I Try"
T.I. "Bring 'em Out"
Sugababes: "Push the Button"
Lightning Bolt: "Captain Caveman"
The Boy least Likely To: "Hugging My Grudge"
Babyshambles: "Fuck Forever"
The White Stripes: "My Doorbell"
FannyPack: "Pump That"
Cobra Verde: "I Feel Love"
Necro: "Who's Ya Daddy"
Marion Raven: "Break You"
James Carter/Cyrus Chestnut/Reginald Veal/Ali Jackson: "Stereo"