Favorite albums from 2005!

[GrooveWarrior]

What were some of your favorite albums that came out in 2005?

Here are some of mine:
Soulive - Steady Groovin
Robert Walter - Super Heavy Organ
Raul Midon - State of Mind (I've just started digging this album)
Marcus Miller - Silver Rain
Maceo Parker - School's In (Rodney Curtis plays some great stuff)
Lee Ritnour - Overtime (If you have to choose between the CD & DVD, get the DVD. Amazing)
Josua Redman Elastic Band - Momentum (Me'Shell and Flea trading bass duties, it's good)
John Mayer Trio - Try (what can I say, I love Pino)
Coldplay - X&Y (no, I'm not gay, I just love the sound of a P Bass through an SVT!)

[tvolkmann80]

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Chimaira - Chimaira
Tool - ...Oh wait, still nothing...Grrrr

[rulyøngo]

MMM I gotta say:

OPETH: "Ghost Reveries"

Chick Corea & Touchstone: " Rhumba Flamenco"

ATHEIST: All three cd reissues: "Piece of time", Unquestionable Presence", "Elements".

HIROMI: "Brain" ( don't know if it came out in 2005 but that's when I discovered it)

Wayne Shorter Quartet: "Beyond the Sound Barrier"

That's all I can remember now...

[nowontonsforme]

michael manring - soliloquy
victor wooten - soul circus
jay terrien - all the dolls in the same place
marcus miller - silver rain

non-bass:
between the buried and me - alaska
opeth - ghost reveries
dredg - catch without arms

[BassJunkie730]

Get Behind Me Satan - White Stripes

With Teeth- NIN (that's got some of the coolest "miced bass amp in a room" sounds I've heard - nice production)

Crimson - Alkaline Trio

In the "Not that Bad" category

Attack - KMFDM

Those are my pics.

Oh and everyone keep your ears pealed for Rye Coalition's dave Grohl produced new album in 06. Ahh Jersey City 70s rock.

~M

[bigtexashonk]

From the 5 - Stephen Bruton
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney

[Petary791]

Dream Theater - Octavarium

[dannoman]

Originally Posted by Petary791

Dream Theater - Octavarium

+1

[GrooveWarrior]

Originally Posted by bigtexashonk

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard - Paul McCartney

I haven't checked that one out yet, but I have heard good things about it. TapeOp did a nice write-up on it.

[Mark Jacobs]

Another vote for Victor's "Soul Circus." Been listening to a lot of Stereolab too.

[GrooveWarrior]

Originally Posted by Mark Jacobs

Another vote for Victor's "Soul Circus." Been listening to a lot of Stereolab too.

I just couldn't get into Soul Circus. It has a couple of good tunes, but I can't listen to it all the way through.

I also can't get down with Opeth. I mean, I get it, I used to play in a metal band. We opened for Death, Testament, Crowbar, Machine Head, etc. I just don't hear Opeth as being that original. The whole thing seems contrived to me. I don't know. Maybe I will have to give another listen.

[clayton]

U2- how to Dismantle An Atomic Band

[etnops]

Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
Broken Social Scene - Self Titled
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyze
Beck - Guero
Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
Life And Times - Suburban Hymns
Sir Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard


Biggest Letdown (Worst) Album of 2005:

Foo Fighters - In Your Honor

[BassGod]

Thrice - Vhessiu

[Dave Siff]

Son Volt's "Okemah and the Melody of Riot" was my favorite CD of 2005 (and best concert) although Coheed and Cambria's "Dear Apollo..." put up a strong challenge at the end.

[ArtisFallen]

Good Apollo i'm a Burning blah blah blah something else....

Seriously. it's like we're finally seeing a new-age return to progressive rock. between them and the Mars Volta, we may start to see the modern edge of what Rush, Genisis, and Yes started way back when.

[Sean Baumann]

Jamiroquai - Dynamite

Yeah, that's right, I said it... I actually liked it.

[SnakeAnthony]

Originally Posted by ArtisFallen

Good Apollo i'm a Burning blah blah blah something else....

Seriously. it's like we're finally seeing a new-age return to progressive rock. between them and the Mars Volta, we may start to see the modern edge of what Rush, Genisis, and Yes started way back when.

+1000......

Loved this album. (Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness). This is the return of Prog rock that I have waited for since first hearing YES, through my girlfriends dad a few years back (I've noticed, much like history, music repeats itself). The bass on the album is amazing, but not nessicarily something I would play, with lots of Slap/Pop grooves.

Also, Demon Days, by the Gorillaz. Very funky bass, and a great album overall.

[jrthebassguy]

Boys Night Out - Trainwreck

Melee - Everyday Behaviour

[GrooveWarrior]

Originally Posted by SnakeAnthony

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness

I hadn't heard this album. I just went and listened to some samples on iTunes, and I must say, it sounds pretty awesome! Very unusual, and it sounded very meticulous. I think I might have to pick it up.