Boy Omega's favorite records from the year 2005 (No ricketti-ranking).

 

 

ELUVIUM - TALK AMONGST THE TREES

M. WARD - TRANSISTOR RADIO

CROOKED FINGERS - DIGNITY AND SHAME

BRIAN MCBRIDE - WHEN THE DETAIL LOST ITS FREEDOM

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - S/T

BUCK 65 - SECRET HOUSE AGAINST THE WORLD

COLLEEN - THE GOLDEN MORNING BREAKS

M83 - BEFORE THE DAWN HEALS US

TENDER FOREVER - THE SOFT AND THE HARDCORE

LONEY, DEAR - LONEY, NOIR

LONEY, DEAR - SOLOGNE

CHRISTOPHER BISSONNETTE - PERIPHERY

TAPE - RIDEAU

ROBIN GUTHRIE & HAROLD BUDD - MYSTERIOUS SKIN

SAGE FRANCIS - A HEALTHY DISTRUST

MOUNT EERIE - NO FLASHLIGHT

MOUNT EERIE - SINGERS

XIU XIU - LA FORET

XXL - CIAUTISTICO!

SMOG - A RIVER AIN'T TOO MUCH TO LOVE

BRETSCHNEIDER & STEINBRUCHEL - STATUS

HÅKAN HELLSTRÖM - ETT KOLIKBARNS BEKÄNNELSER

CALEXICO & IRON & WINE - IN THE REINS

DOMOTIC - ASK FOR TIGER

KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF - ABSENCEN

THE DECEMBERISTS - PICARESQUE

SANSO-XTRO - SENTIMENTALIST

DIRTY THREE - CINDER

SUFJAN STEVENS - ILLINOISE

EDAN - THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAT

AKRON/FAMILY - S/T

DEAF CENTER - PALE RAVINE

THE BOATS - WE MADE IT FOR YOU

LOW - THE GREAT DESTROYER

UNSANE - BLOOD RUN

ALOG - MINIATURES

SPOON - GIMME FICTION

THE MAGIC NUMBERS - S/T

JOSH ROUSE - NASHVILLE

BURST - ORIGO

FINAL FANTASY - HAS A GOOD HOME

THE BOOKS - LOST AND SAFE

HANNE HUKKELBERG - LITTLE THINGS

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO - WHAT COMES AFTER THE BLUES

LASSUS - STOP & START, SEVERED HEART

SHIPPING NEWS - FLIES THE FIELDS

ANDREW BIRD - THE MYSTERIOUS PRODUCTION OF EGGS

BELL ORCHESTRE - RECORDING A TAPE THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT

BICHI - NOTWITHSTANDING

 


 

 

 

 

GUSTAV - RETTET DI WALE

SIGUR RÓS - TAKK...

ALVA NOTO & RYUICHI SAKAMOTO - INSEN

JULIEN NETO - LE FUMEUR DE CIEL

ALASDAIR ROBERTS - NO EARTHLY MAN

MURCOF - REMEMBRANZA

MARKUS GUENTNER - 1981

MOUNTAINS - S/T

MY MORNING JACKET - Z

ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - I AM A BIRD NOW

IN THE COUNTRY - THIS WAS THE PACE OF MY HEARTBEAT

ISOLÉE - WE ARE MONSTER

THE BEAR QUARTET - SATURDAY NIGHT

MARIA TAYLOR - 11:11

PIANA - EPHEMERAL

EZEKIEL HONIG & MORGAN PACKARD - EARLY MORNING MIGRATION

RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS - COLD ROSES

RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS - JACKSONVILLE CITY NIGHTS

RYAN ADAMS - 29

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI - IN CASE WE DIE

MARSEN JULES - HERBSTLAUB

IRON & WINE - WOMAN KING

VASHTI BUNYAN - LOOKAFTERING

MONEYBROTHER - TO DIE ALONE

WINDY & CARL - THE DREAM HOUSE

BJÖRK - DRAWING RESTRAINT 9

KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN - MULTIPLES

ARAB STRAP - THE LAST ROMANCE

BRIGHT EYES - I'M WIDE AWAKE IT'S MORNING

BRIGHT EYES - DIGITAL ASH IN A DIGITAL URN

WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND - THE LIE LAY LAND

KRISTOFER ÅSTRÖM & HIDDEN TRUCK - SO MUCH FOR STAYING ALIVE

TEENAGE FANCLUB - MAN-MADE

DEPECHE MODE - PLAYING THE ANGEL

LAAKSO - MY GODS

ARCHETTI / WIGET: LOW TIDE DIGITALS II

GREG DAVIS & SEBASTIEN ROUX - PAQUET SURPRISE

SAM PREKOP - WHO'S YOUR NEW PROFESSOR

OKKERVIL RIVER - BLACK SHEEP BOY

LOGH - A SUNSET PANORAMA

ALARMA MAN - S/T

BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY & MATT SWEENEY - SUPERWOLF

COCOROSIE - NOAH'S ARK

RICHARD SWIFT - THE RICHARD SWIFT COLLECTION VOL 1

NINE HORSES - SNOW BORNE SORROW

JASON ANDERSON - THE WREATH

MIDAIRCONDO - SHOPPING FOR IMAGES

STARS - SET YOURSELF ON FIRE

SUPERSILENT - 7

 
Note: I don't believe all these records are masterpieces or anything (though I do think some of them are), but each and everyone of them include something (may it be songs/structures/lyrics/instrumentation/an overall feeling or whatever) that has moved me in one way or another. I might have forgotten some album along the way, but anyway... I'm gonna put this monster to rest now. Let's just say it was a pretty damn good year in music!