Pitchforkmedia.com's Top 50 for 2005

[Jim Clark]

Did I just miss it or is there absolutely no mention of the Stars album?

For the love of jebus!~ What the L is on going on down at Pitchfork these days? I'm listening to Art Brut right now. Number 3? Wow, gimme the revivalists anyday.

jc

[Davey]

Did I just miss it or is there absolutely no mention of the Stars album?

For the love of jebus!~ What the L is on going on down at Pitchfork these days? I'm listening to Art Brut right now. Number 3? Wow, gimme the revivalists anyday.

jc

Hehehe, yeah, many of my favorites aren't on there either including my #1.

Davey's silly list ...
1. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
3. Micah P. Hinson And The Gospel Of Progress
4. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
5. Richmond Fontaine - The Fitzgerald
6. British Sea Power - Open Season
7. The National - Alligator
8. Decemberists - Picaresque
9. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
10. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree

Pitchfork's silly list ...
50 Orthelm, OV
49 The Fiery Furnaces, EP
48 Okkervil River, BLACK SHEEP BOY
47 The Boy Least Likely To, THE BEST PARTY EVER
46 Fiona Apple, EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE [Jon Brion version]
45 M83, BEFORE THE DAWN HEALS US
44 Vashti Bunyan, LOOKAFTERING
43 Spoon, GIMME FICTION
42 My Morning Jacket, Z
41 Roisin Murphy, RUBY BLUE
40 Young Jeezy, LET’S GET IT: THUG MOTIVATION 101
39 Robyn, s/t
38 Devendra Banhart, CRIPPLE CROW
37 Dominik Eulberg, KREUCHT & FLEUCHT
36 Keith Fullerton Whitman, MULTIPLES
35 The Game, THE DOCUMENTARY
34 Silver Jews, TANGLEWOOD NUMBERS
33 Bloc Party, SILENT ALARM
32 Beanie Sigel, THE B. COMING
31 Konono No.1, CONGOTRONICS
30 Franz Ferdinand, YOU COULD HAVE IT SO MUCH BETTER
29 Serena Maneesh, s/t
28 Sunn O))), BLACK ONE
27 Jamie Lidell, MULTIPLY
26 The Decemberists, PICARESQUE
25 Alan Braxe & Friends, THE UPPER CUTS
24 The Mountain Goats, THE SUNSET TREE
23 Ladytron, THE WITCHING HOUR
22 Broadcast, TENDER BUTTONS
21 Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney, SUPERWOLF
20 The Hold Steady, SEPARATION SUNDAY
19 Sleater-Kinney, THE WOODS
18 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, s/t
17 The Clientele, STRANGE GEOMETRY
16 Love is All, NINE TIMES THAT SAME SONG
15 Clipse, WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP, VOL. 2
14 Vitalic, OK COWBOY
13 Various Artists, RUN THE ROAD
12 The New Pornographers, TWIN CINEMA
11 Isolee, WE ARE MONSTER
10 Wolf Parade, APOLOGIES TO THE QUEEN MARY
9 Cam’ron, PURPLE HAZE
8 LCD Soundsystem, s/t
7 Animal Collective, FEELS
6 Deerhoof, THE RUNNERS FOUR
5 Antony and the Johnsons, I AM A BIRD NOW
4 M.I.A., ARULAR
3 Art Brut, BANG BANG ROCK & ROLL
2 Kanye West, LATE REGISTRATION
1 Sufjan Stevens, ILLINOIS