January 18, 2006

My Top 10 Albums 2005 & 10 more

2006 was an interesting year with a good mix of releases across genres lots of comebacks and indie finally breaking thru into the mainstream .

So here are my favourite 10 records released in the year gone by

1 Plans # Death Cab for Cutie
Moving to a major label didnt effect the quality of the music , a captivating album from start to finish. The record hopefully will be released officially in India sometime.

Track picks 'What Sarah Said' & 'Brothers on a Hotel Bed'

2 Life in Slow Motion # David Gray
Just when you thought you couldnt get more dark and forlorn after his previous two masterpieces David Gray delivers another classic . A wonderful lyrical journey from perhaps one of the best songwriters of our generation.

Track picks ' The One I Love' & 'Aint No Love'

3 Devils and Dust # Bruce Springsteen
The Boss was back with just he and his dusty acoustic guitar. Very much on the Nebraska and Ghost of TD lines tackling strong themes and subjects , the boss was back to his very best.

Track picks 'Devils and Dust' & 'Jesus was the only Son'

4 Illonise # Sufjan Stevens
5 Extraordinary Machine # Fiona Apple
6 The Picarasque # The Decemberists
7 Get Behind Me Satan # The White Stripes
8 In Between Dreams # Jack Johnson
9 I am a Bird Now # Antony and the Johnsons
10 I am wide awake its Morning # Bright Eyes

The other 10

11 Songs for Silverman # Ben Folds
12 Back to Bedlam # James Blunt
13 Blinking lights and other revelations # Eels
14 Amos Lee # Amos Lee
15 Howl # Black Rebel Motorcyle Band
16 State of Mind #Raul Middon
17 Haughty Melodic # Mike Doughty
18 Late Registration # Kanye West
19 You Could Have it so much better # Franz Ferdinand
20 Mesmerize/Hypnotize # System of a Down

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