Favorite album of the past 5 years

[PunksNotDead!]

I would have to say Kezia by Protest the Hero or City if Evil by Avenged Sevenfod. I'm probably gonna get my balls busted for the latter

[steviestare]

In before the lock(?)

Pretty sure we have like 5000 of these "favorite album" threads.

[Kbm600]

lols at the A7X.

[Burn That Shit]

I think I've heard about 2 songs from Avenged whatever and they were both quite distasteful.

Edit: inb4tehlock.

Edit: Selling this space, $5 a month.

[TheOtherAndrew]

http://www.fatwreck.com/release/record_cover/160/large/668.jpg

[TheOtherAndrew]

Let's save the "in before the locks" for the shitty threads, guys.

[Rodeo]

too many punk albums to name, really.


Here are some that will be classics:

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
The White Stripes - Icky Thump

[11:11]

Fall Out Boy's Take This To Your Grave
Gatsby's American Dream's Volcano

Depends on my mood.

[Stephen Chamberlain]

Battles - Mirrored

[circatbs]

LP - Either Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount or Blink's Untitled
EP - Dance Gavin Dance - Whatever I Say Is Royal Ocean

p.s. in before da lock

[Regards]

http://blzjames.powweb.com/mwycover.jpg

[Chris M.]

Toss up between Funeral and Boys and Girls in America

[ShimmerAndSpill]

Beloved - Failure On

[Rodeo]

http://blzjames.powweb.com/mwycover.jpg


This is a great one.

[circatbs]

http://blzjames.powweb.com/mwycover.jpg

What album is that?

[Rodeo]

What album is that?


mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister

[circatbs]

mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister

Thanks

[Rodeo]

no prob!

[chipdip18]

Probably I'm Wide Awake It's Morning, but other notable albums would include:

The Format - Dog Problems
The National - Boxer
Crime In Stereo - ...Is Dead
Gatsbys American Dream - Volcano
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog or Woman King Ep

[tfar06]

FBTMOF- The Always Open Mouth

[ShimmerAndSpill]

Also

Northstar - Pollyanna
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones/self-titled
Blink-182 - Enema of the State/Take off Your Pants and Jacket

[ThePartialGlow]

Some of you need to check your math.

[kearn1tm]

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Joanna Newsom - Ys
King Khan and the Shrines -- What Is?!
Liars - Drums Not Dead
Marissa Nadler - Songs III: Bird on the Water
Vijay Iyer and Rudresh Mahanthappa - Raw Materials

One of those six.

[Rodeo]

Funeral is soooo good.

[kearn1tm]

Some of you need to check your math.

Anything from January 2004 to January 2009 is open game.

[xJesusFreakx]

http://tinymixtapes.com/IMG/jpg/article-2006-covers-04.jpg

[Circa1628]

Anything from January 2004 to January 2009 is open game.

I think they were referring to Enema of the State/Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, Jimmy Eat World, and New Found Glory

[kearn1tm]

I think they were referring to Enema of the State/Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, Jimmy Eat World, and New Found Glory

I'm just establishing the "Five year rule" and what it would be.

[ThePartialGlow]

Anything from January 2004 to January 2009 is open game.

Enema of the State? Take This to Your Grave? Bleed American?

[Circa1628]

I'm just establishing the "Five year rule" and what it would be.

well then, carry on

[kearn1tm]

Enema of the State? Take This to Your Grave? Bleed American?

Calm down, slugger.

[oddwithoutend]

http://tinymixtapes.com/IMG/jpg/article-2006-covers-04.jpg

yup

[IWasaCamera]

Today I'd say Boxer.

[ShimmerAndSpill]

I was under the impression that it was any album that you had been listening to for the last 5 years. Oh well.

[c_rob2700]

City of Evil.

Deathbatz represent!

[steviestare]

Also

Northstar - Pollyanna
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones/self-titled
Blink-182 - Enema of the State/Take off Your Pants and Jacket

Futures is JEWs best, by far.

[c_rob2700]

Clarity IMO

[theguy77]

fock i cant say deja entendu or transatlanticism anymore this year. /i'm typical

probably illinoise by the sufjan.

[Circa1628]

Bleed American, S/T

imo

[theguy77]

Futures is JEWs best, by far.

this. best production, best composition, i cant say best lyrics cause JEW's lyrics really arent ever impressive but no doubt their most well-written music and im my opinion their catchiest and most emotionally engaging material. the atmosphere in the mixing and mastering is a real key component and that makes it probably one of the only radio-polished albums where i can say the production stood out and i really loved it. otherwise i tend to prefer mixing/mastering jobs that are between hi-fi and low-fi, and break a few rules and make up some original rules.

[Regards]

Today I'd say Boxer.
No longer For Emma?

[theguy77]

Probably I'm Wide Awake It's Morning, but other notable albums would include:

The Format - Dog Problems
The National - Boxer
Crime In Stereo - ...Is Dead
Gatsbys American Dream - Volcano
Iron & Wine - The Shepherd's Dog or Woman King Ep

man i just have to disagree IWAIM is good but cassadaga easily tops it for me, that is a good folk rock record.

[Burn That Shit]

City of Evil.

Deathbatz represent!

They've got the best lyrics about bats in town!

[redsoxguy676]

http://blzjames.powweb.com/mwycover.jpg

http://tinymixtapes.com/IMG/jpg/article-2006-covers-04.jpg


i second these

[chipdip18]

man i just have to disagree IWAIM is good but cassadaga easily tops it for me, that is a good folk rock record.


I like the flow of I'm Wide Awake much better than Cassadaga though. And the songs, and most the lyrics. I just like it better overall.

[theguy77]

flow and lyrics maybe, but i think the music on cassadaga is better. teho.

(to each his own. yeah you like that shit)

[funployee]

Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

simple as that

[chipdip18]

Haha i say "to each his own" to everybody pretty much. The music is complex and much more full, but the simple music in IWAIM comes off in a more meaningful and powerful way to me.

[airik625]

very original thread.

[circatbs]

very original thread.

lol sarcasm hahahahahahahahaha i get it...

[ShimmerAndSpill]

Futures is JEWs best, by far.

I could never get into it, not sure why, I'm sure I would like it if I gave it another chance, but Bleed American has lots of nostalgia for me.

[IWasaCamera]

No longer For Emma?
It's a tossup every day between those two.

[bowl of oranges]

Probably Funeral or Takk...

[Jumpoff]

Potemkin City Limits.

[3eb23]

http://blzjames.powweb.com/mwycover.jpg

I gave this an honest listen awhile back and did not get into it.

[funkel]

http://www.musikansich.de/ausgaben/0405/reviews/images/gq_65daysofstatic.jpg

[FeynmanWannabe]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/iammormonxcore/BlackSheepBoy.jpg
for me.

[cscwell107]

Say Anything- Is a Real Boy...

[theguy77]

Haha i say "to each his own" to everybody pretty much. The music is complex and much more full, but the simple music in IWAIM comes off in a more meaningful and powerful way to me.

yeah well i tend to turn to iron & wine or nick drake when i want that really simplistic folk sound

[bradsonemanband]

Blink 182 - Untitled
Owen - At Home With Owen

[El_Jeffe]

can't decide between these:

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/o1912732.jpg

http://image.maniadb.com/images/album/167/167373_1_f.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516KSKHSV4L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

but regardless, it's going to involve one or both of the finn brothers

[Esrb99]

lol, finn bros are amazing!

for me though,

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3249/2485692672_0e8fe4323a.jpg

[El_Jeffe]

lol, finn bros are amazing!

really? fans are too few & far between on here. what albums, from their various bands & projects, are you into mate?

[fadedmemories]

Almost Here

[Chris Fallon]

Futures.

[SpiritFilledRev]

Futures.


yeah! Futures kicks ass.
shit I'm gonna play it right now just because of that. brings back old memories.

Another album that's benn spinning for the last 5yrs : Shelter - Mantra

[Ryzenfall]

Phantoms - Acceptance
For Emma - Bon Iver
SSHH - Dear and the Headlights
Continuum - John Mayer
Jimmy Eat World
Over the Rhine
ESR - Copeland
Keep No Score - Sleeping At Last

[Paulb-182]

http://www.danceinmyblood.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/brand-new-the-devil-and-god-raging-inside-of-me-cover-album-art.jpg

probably been posted, but it is for me..

Coming Home by new found coming in a close 2nd, and Futures by Jimmy in 3rd

[joss d.]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i62/iammormonxcore/BlackSheepBoy.jpg
for me.

yes

[Regards]

I gave this an honest listen awhile back and did not get into it.
Took me a while to get into the band as a whole :shrug:

[MADSTA]

Illinois.

[ThePartialGlow]

Calm down, slugger.

Perfectly calm here, sport.

[matchbox202006]

Can't Love, Can't Hurt-Augustana. They sit well in the roots sound.

[boxingwithstars]

Futures
Everything In Transit
For Emma, Forever Ago
The Dust Of Retreat
The Devil And God... (although it's already been named i'm sure)

my lists are always so predictable.

[kearn1tm]

Perfectly calm here, sport.

"Sport?"

Well, you are my elder.

[kearn1tm]

I see a lot of Bon Iver intermingled with Brand New, Say Anything and Jack's Mannequin album picks. Is he the new Elliot Smith/Conor Oberst of the scenesterisa crowd? If so, it's a step up (Oberst and Smith are capable, but nothing more).

EDIT - Well, when he's being jocked by Myspace, I suppose this is a silly thing to ask. Ha.

[Jumpoff]

I'd say Oberst tops Bon Iver when it comes to best album but that's just my opinion. I think IWAIM is a lot better than For Emma, though For Emma tops the rest of his discog for me.

[IWasaCamera]

For Emma actually warrants the hype.

[Rodeo]

I'd say Oberst tops Bon Iver when it comes to best album but that's just my opinion. I think IWAIM is a lot better than For Emma, though For Emma tops the rest of his discog for me.


:hitself:


At least Cinnebon Iver isn't a fucking asshole like Conor. Seriously... explain to me how some one can be both self-loathing AND self-absorbed.

[theguy77]

Illinois.

:highfive:

[kearn1tm]

For Emma is better than anything either Smith or Oberst has done in album form. Though, if you combined bits and pieces of Fevers and Mirrors, LIFTED, and A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997, you have a viable collection of songs from Oberst (Smith is good, but never released something transcendent of "good." Oberst has released wildly uneven albums that amount of something good if combined, Iver released a nearly-great album).

[kearn1tm]

:hitself:
explain to me how some one can be both self-loathing AND self-absorbed.

Usually goes hand-in-hand. Narcissistic Personality Disorder dictates that one essentially loathes themselves or has virtually no sense of self-worth, so they have to supplement it by constantly talking about nothing themselves in hopes of getting feedback so that they can gauge who they are in relation to how others perceive them.

Some of the most self-loathing of artists are typically the most introspective and self-indulgent; relating the world through their limited sense of personal ideologies.

[JimGray]

I'm going to go ahead and say One Of The Boys - Katy Pare

[wesgemm08]

Gospel- The Moon is a dead World
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
Buried Inside- Chronoclast
Sed Non Satiata- Le Ciel de notre enfance
Darkest Hour- Undoing Ruin

[JimGray]

Gospel- The Moon is a dead World
The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
Buried Inside- Chronoclast
Sed Non Satiata- Le Ciel de notre enfance
Darkest Hour- Undoing Ruin

I'm going to say that is mad legit, except I hate the opening track of Undoing Ruin, with a passion.

Not my list, but all the albums have had heavy rotation in my itunes.

Edit: Except Sed Non Satiata, I have yet to hear of them.

[MADSTA]

:highfive:
Let's be best friends.

[theguy77]

good call for good taste. we both like men who can put an orchestra of like 15 instruments on top of a folk song so that's a start.

[Divinehand]

Usually goes hand-in-hand. Narcissistic Personality Disorder dictates that one essentially loathes themselves or has virtually no sense of self-worth, so they have to supplement it by constantly talking about nothing themselves in hopes of getting feedback so that they can gauge who they are in relation to how others perceive them.

Some of the most self-loathing of artists are typically the most introspective and self-indulgent; relating the world through their limited sense of personal ideologies.
This man took a good psyche clas.
I'm alot like that. :/

On another note, goddamn I haven't listened to Futures in forever. I lost my freakin copy. I was listening to it before I could really compare albums, so I'll have to listen to it again to compare it to Clarity.
Clarity was good as hell, though.


uhmm

Aggression-Verse
Futures-JEW
IWAIM-Bright Eyes
The Earth is Not a Cold, Dead Place-Explosions in the Sky
Alaska-Between the Buried and Me
Brother, Sister-mewithoutYou

[Divinehand]

I refuse to be a threadkiller.

[helikesit]

ratatat -s/t.
the arcade fire - funeral.

[theguy77]

you like funeral better than neon bible?

[IWasaCamera]

I would hope so.

[3eb23]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Foodliquor.jpg

[Rodeo]

Usually goes hand-in-hand. Narcissistic Personality Disorder dictates that one essentially loathes themselves or has virtually no sense of self-worth, so they have to supplement it by constantly talking about nothing themselves in hopes of getting feedback so that they can gauge who they are in relation to how others perceive them.

Some of the most self-loathing of artists are typically the most introspective and self-indulgent; relating the world through their limited sense of personal ideologies.


hmmm... good points throughout.

[Rodeo]

you like funeral better than neon bible?

I like Funeral better than Neon Bible.

[Dre Okorley]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/49/Foodliquor.jpg

Good stuff.

[ThePartialGlow]

"Sport?"

Well, you are my elder.

No offense, it was just in response to your slugger comment.

[funkel]

Lack of instrumental love is upsetting.

[Jumpoff]

Lack of instrumental love is upsetting.

Mono's Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined was pretty awesome..

[funkel]

65daysofstatic, The Mercury Program, The World On Higher Downs, Samuel Jackson Five, Olafur Arnalds, Sgt., Neil On Impression, This Is Your Captain Speaking, Hammock, Helios, Caspian, Yndi Halda all have released albums within the last five years that have been excellent and above.

[Drew3030]

Cold roses- ryan adams
brother,sister- mewithoutyou
in rainbows-radiohead
all three of these were phenomanal

[Stephen Chamberlain]

The Mercury Program, Caspian
Absolutely, especially tMP. A Data Learn the Language is my favorite record of all time; I just forgot it hasn't been more than five years since it came out. Speaking of which, I can't believe we'll finally get a new album in a matter of months.:-)

[funkel]

Absolutely, especially tMP. A Data Learn the Language is my favorite record of all time; I just forgot it hasn't been more than five years since it came out. Speaking of which, I can't believe we'll finally get a new album in a matter of months.:-)
That is an excellent album to have as your favorite.

And yeah, it's a pretty exciting year to look forward to with just the knowledge of TMP and 65dos records coming out.

[makeasound]

Autopilot Off - Make a Sound

....big shock, I know...

[Ben09]

Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous