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« Reply #40 on: July 20, 2005, 12:46:54 AM »

LOL I have no hook up. Sad I should hit the Library and listen to some CDS then. Or download an entire album illegally. hehe
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« Reply #41 on: July 20, 2005, 12:11:46 PM »

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« Reply #42 on: July 20, 2005, 12:19:16 PM »

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« Reply #43 on: July 27, 2005, 04:50:12 AM »

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Harry Connick, Jr.-- Occasion... A-  (Not in the Top 10 just because I have no idea how to rank or compare it to these others.)
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« Reply #44 on: August 18, 2005, 11:26:47 AM »

I'm dumping the following into my "Looking Ahead to 2006" list since it doesn't look like we'll see them before December 31. If anyone's bored, feel free to correct me on these.

Evanescence
Iona
Iron & Wine
Linkin Park
Macrosick
Maroon5
MuteMath
Radiohead

I believe there's still a chance that we might hear from Tool before the year is out... but then again, their albums take forever, so who knows?
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« Reply #45 on: August 18, 2005, 11:46:12 AM »

Iron and Wine has another EP releasing this fall-- a joint project with another band. I've got the title and release date in my music journal.
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« Reply #46 on: August 30, 2005, 09:52:45 AM »

Joy Electric's new baby releases today.   Here's my take on it if anyone's curious about The Ministry of Archers.
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« Reply #47 on: September 09, 2005, 05:09:27 PM »

OK, question. I'm already listening to the new Plumb album, and I found out that it's been pushed back to February 2006! (Bastards.)

So, which Music Journal do I list it on?

NP: "Jekyll & Hyde", Plumb
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« Reply #48 on: September 09, 2005, 08:16:49 PM »

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OK, question. I'm already listening to the new Plumb album, and I found out that it's been pushed back to February 2006! (Bastards.)

So, which Music Journal do I list it on?

NP: "Jekyll & Hyde", Plumb
I generally place albums in my Top 10 list for the year in which they release to the public-- thus, 2006 for the Plumb disc-- but you might also list it in your 2005 journal with a note that it's just a demo and/or leaked version of the disc.
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« Reply #49 on: November 22, 2005, 08:11:36 PM »

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« Reply #50 on: December 06, 2005, 02:01:23 PM »

Just going back through the list, and noting how very nearly everyone who listened to Illinois is listing it in their Top 3, with at least 5 of us putting it at #1.

NP: "Atmosphere", Toby Mac feat. Kevin Max & Michael Tait
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« Reply #51 on: December 06, 2005, 02:05:28 PM »

Now that I've finally reviewed them all, here's my top three for albums released this year:

1.  Project 86--And the Rest Will Follow
2.  Becoming the Archetype--Terminate Damnation
3.  Dream Theater--Octavarium

There's my tiny list.  haha.
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« Reply #52 on: December 28, 2005, 12:18:36 PM »

Well, I have removed PRO*PAIN by Mars ILL from my music journal since it obviously is not releasing in 2005.  Hopefully it will in 2006!  So, by default, Sufjan Stevens wins the crown!  

Unbelieveably, a REMIX ALBUM is my #2.  Backwaterprophets by Mars ILL is a completely re-worked version of Backbreakanomics.  Apart from the lyrics, it sounds nothing like its predecessor...NOTHING like it.  It does what a remix album should do...it improves on the original.  I can't believe I'm saying it, but this is actually better than the original as a whole, which is saying a lot.  Backbreakanomics was already nearly a masterpiece.
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« Reply #53 on: December 28, 2005, 12:31:14 PM »

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Well, I have removed PRO*PAIN by Mars ILL from my music journal since it obviously is not releasing in 2005.  Hopefully it will in 2006!  So, by default, Sufjan Stevens wins the crown!
I'm currently debating whether to disqualify Plumb from my 2005 list. I think it hinges on whether the final release in February 2006 is better, worse, or the same as the pre-release. Either way, I won't put her on both lists (except maybe as a footnote on one).

Disqualifying her would give me room to put David Crowder in my Top 10... an omission which some folks have griped about.

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« Reply #54 on: December 28, 2005, 12:37:35 PM »

Plumb better than Crowder?  Surely you jest.
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« Reply #55 on: December 28, 2005, 01:49:31 PM »

1. David Crowder Band--A Collision
2. Mae--The Everglow
3. Copeland--In Motion
4. Andrew Peterson--The Far Country
5. Jars of Clay--Redemption Songs
6. Coldplay--X & Y
7. Eisley--Room Noises
8. Sufjan Stevens--Illinois
9. Blindside--The Great Depression
10. Delirious--The Mission Bell
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« Reply #56 on: December 31, 2005, 06:23:16 PM »

Here's my year-end recap article detailing my Bests and Worsts of Music in 2005:

http://www.epinions.com/content_4620132484

(It might not be readable until some Epinions members rate it. Just FYI in case the link doesn't work.)
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« Reply #57 on: December 31, 2005, 07:25:15 PM »

My list is more or less finished and will be up tomorrow at Reveal. FWIW, we have just one album in common in our Top 10s, mur-- and it's the same one that pretty much EVERYONE's list is going to have in common.  
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« Reply #58 on: December 31, 2005, 07:31:58 PM »

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My list is more or less finished and will be up tomorrow at Reveal. FWIW, we have just one album in common in our Top 10s, mur-- and it's the same one that pretty much EVERYONE's list is going to have in common.
That's not at all a surprise, though to be fair, Drunkard's Prayer just barely missed making my list.
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« Reply #59 on: January 01, 2006, 10:58:05 AM »

The Reveal music page's year-end wrap-up, complete with my ten favorite recordings of 2005.
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« Reply #60 on: January 01, 2006, 02:20:50 PM »

I put mine up on my blog.
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« Reply #61 on: January 01, 2006, 08:34:54 PM »

Josh, I just have to say that the inclusion of We Will Become Like Birds really surprised me. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but I could have sworn I saw that album marked pretty low in your journal earlier this year. Personally, I loved it-- she had me from the Latin chorus in Aspera. I'm such a nerd for Latin...
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« Reply #62 on: January 02, 2006, 08:03:45 AM »

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Josh, I just have to say that the inclusion of We Will Become Like Birds really surprised me. Maybe I'm hallucinating, but I could have sworn I saw that album marked pretty low in your journal earlier this year. Personally, I loved it-- she had me from the Latin chorus in Aspera. I'm such a nerd for Latin...
I literally HATED that album the first time I heard it, but it's grown on me exponentially with every listen. Now I can't get enough of it-- it's such a beautiful pop album, distinctive and artful without every sacrificing its accessibility and its focus on melody, voice, and lyric. The production is just fantastic-- it's one of those albums that deserves to be played on a really BIG stereo.

So no, you're not hallucinating. The album was just a major grower for me.
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« Reply #63 on: January 02, 2006, 11:29:13 AM »

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I literally HATED that album the first time I heard it, but it's grown on me exponentially with every listen.
This is why I don't assign grades to stuff until I've listened at least three times. If I do, I might forget to go back and re-listen later. (Not that I don't still change grades after I have assigned them sometimes.)

The exceptions are things like FFH that are so cheesy and painful to listen to that I know they'll never grow on me. That one took a quick plummet to #2 on my Worst Albums of 2005 list after one listen. (It's only #2 because Kutless was tough to beat.)
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« Reply #64 on: January 02, 2006, 01:31:44 PM »

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The exceptions are things like FFH that are so cheesy and painful to listen to that I know they'll never grow on me. That one took a quick plummet to #2 on my Worst Albums of 2005 list after one listen. (It's only #2 because Kutless was tough to beat.)
But if it weren't for FFH, I might still be buying designer clothes to impress God.
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« Reply #65 on: January 02, 2006, 06:38:00 PM »

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But if it weren't for FFH, I might still be buying designer clothes to impress God.
Yes, that's true. Instead, I now know that I can impress God by wearing cheesy Christian T-shirts. I save a lot of money that way.
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« Reply #66 on: January 02, 2006, 07:42:58 PM »

Hey murlough, I just noticed a couple of interesting entries in your "Coming in 2006" list. Just out of curiosity, where do you get your information about the new Iona album, and of the possibility that Sufjan's next album will be Oregon?
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« Reply #67 on: January 03, 2006, 05:15:13 PM »

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Hey murlough, I just noticed a couple of interesting entries in your "Coming in 2006" list. Just out of curiosity, where do you get your information about the new Iona album, and of the possibility that Sufjan's next album will be Oregon?
The Iona album was mentioned on their mailing list, which hasn't been very active otherwise. There's also news about it on their website:

http://www.iona.uk.com/newindex/2004_pages/home.htm

Sufjan mentioned in an interview that he was working on Oregon... however, he was writing some of that stuff before he started Illinois, so it's pure speculation on my part as to whether that will be the next actual album.
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« Reply #68 on: January 04, 2006, 11:56:36 AM »

For what its worth, I've unstickied this thread-- I figure there'll be enough actual posting to keep it toward the top of the page for a while yet, and you can always bookmark it if you wanna look back on it.

The 2006 Music Journals thread has replaced this one at the top of the page, so... have at it!
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« Reply #69 on: January 12, 2006, 08:40:06 AM »

For anyone interested, I finally got a chance to finish my year-in-review column for 2005.  This is the first time I've done a formal write-up like this.  Here's the link:

http://www.epinions.com/content_4634812548
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« Reply #70 on: February 06, 2006, 02:19:33 PM »

I finally took time to fully digest Switchfoot's Nothing Is Sound a couple weeks back.  Sadly, this is the first Switchfoot album that I could not listen to all the way through.  The only songs I enjoyed were "Easier Than Love", "Politicians", and  "The Blues".   C+ (and thats being generous).  I felt no genuineness to the music for most of the album.  It sounded overproduced and some of the lyrics were just absolutely cheesy (cheesier than SF can be at times)
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