Twenty for 2005

Favourite Records of 2005
(in no particular order)

1. Perry Blake - The Crying Room
2. Jay-Jay Johanson - Rush
3. Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
4. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
5. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
6. El Perro Del Mar - Look! it's El Perro Del Mar
7. Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow
8. Moneybrother - To Die Alone
9. Robyn - Robyn
10. Jenny Wilson - Love and Youth
11. Laleh - Laleh
12. The Posies - Every Kind of Light
13. Momus - Otto Spooky
14. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity
15. Cousteau - Nova Scotia
16. Stuart Staples - Lucky Dog Recordings
17. Alan Braxe & Friends - The Upper Cuts
18. Ladytron - The Witching Hour
19. Franz Ferdinand - You could have it so much better with....
20. Kate Bush - Aerial

I would have added the Kent album, but I must deduct one million points for the hideous cover. Another bad year for exploring new music since I have become a member of the working zombies. Mental Note: (Work Less/Listen More)

An old blog stored my favourite records from previous years.

Favourite Records of 2004
(in no particular order)

1. The Go! Team - Thunfer, Lightning, Strike
2. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Dungen - Ta det lugnt
4. Annie - Anniemal
5. Morrissey - You are the Quarry
6. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
7. Kings of Convenience - Riot on an empty street
8. Blonde Redhead - Misery is a Butterfly
9. Jens Lekman - When i said I wanted to be your dog
10. Erland Oye - DJ Kicks
11. Brian Wilson - Smile
12. Fennesz - Venice
13. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In the Hands
14. Iron & Wine - Our Endless, Numbered Days
15. Electrelane - The Power Out
16. Stereolab- Margerine Eclipse
17. Ratatat - Ratatat
18. Bjork - Medulla
19. Patrick Wolf - Lycanthropy
20. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus

Favourite Records of 2003
(in no particular order)

1. April March - Triggers
2. The Knife - Deep Cuts
3. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
4. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
5. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
6. Outkast - Speakerboxx/Love Below
7. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
8. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
9. Perry Blake - Song for Someone
10. David Sylvian - Blemish
11. Ennio Morricone - Mondo Morricone Revisited
12. Kylie - Body Language
13. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
14. Relaxed Muscle - A Heavy Night With..
15. Air - Talkie Walkie
16. Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
17. Broadcast - HaHa Sound
18. Benjamin Biolay - Negatif
19. Keren Ann - Not Going Anywhere
20. Matmos - The Civil War

Favourite Records of 2002
(in no particular order)

1. The Black Heart Procession - Amore Del Tropico
2. Beck - Sea Change
3. MC Paul Barman - Paullelujah!
4. Ken Stringfellow - Touched
5. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
6. Beth Gibbons - Out of Season
7. Gonzales - Presidential Suite
8. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the pink robots
9. Sonic Youth - Murray Street
10. Montgolfier Brothers - The World is Flat
11. Ladytron - Light and Magic
12. Mum - Finally We Are No-one
13. Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport
14. And you will know us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
15. Tarwater - Dwellers on the Threshold
16. Perry Blake - California
17. Okkervil River - Stars too small for use
18. Benjamin Biolay - Rose Kennedy
19. Keren Ann - Disparation
20. Kent - Vapen and Ammunition