You could have it so much better.....with the ILM albums of 2005

100 Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World Unite
96 Mannie Fresh - The mind of…
96 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter
96 Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Days Of Mars
70 Outrageous Cherry - Our love will change the world
64 Fannypack - See you next Tuesday

Billy are you sure you didn't forget to add up the votes for Boards of Canada ;-)

TWO VOTES? jesus! o well.

and i was cripplingly wrong about the arcade fire. [blushes]

Glaring omissions!: Superwolf, Jan Jelinek, Six Organs of Admittance.

Here's hoping ILM catches up with DIRTY PROJECTORS in 2014!

Martian, are you being ironic? I can't tell.

even comparing say that late 90s on usenet alt.music.alternative to 2005 - there has been massive changes in the way people find out about music - more music forums, more webzines, blogs, mp3 websites, download culture, internet radio stations, bbc listen again, more sophisticated record label and artist websites.

1. Isolée - WeAreMonster

2. Audion - Suckfish
I'm not really surprised this didn't show up in the top 100. But one of the most common complaints I read about album-length dance-music releases is how they're spoiled by attempts to provide relief/contrast. Suckfish is full-on and relentless and it still manages to hold my interest from start to finish. I have a feeling the jokey track titles prevented some folks from taking it seriously.

3. Richard Davis - Details

4. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

5. Deerhoof - The Runners Four

6. Vitalic - OK Cowboy

7. My Morning Jacket - Z
I'm ashamed to have voted for this. I think the band are great performers, individually and as a unit. I gambled that it would grow on me but instead I've completely lost interest.

8. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

9. Alog - Miniatures
Today I wouldn't rate this quite so high. The best tracks kick ass but it's uneven.

10. Autechre - Untilted

11. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois

12. M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Today I would rate this a little higher; turns out it's foreground music.

13. The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human

14. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself

15. Animal Collective - Feels

16. Coloma - Dovetail

17. The Clientele - Strange Geometry

18. Spoon - Gimme Fiction

19. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

20. Jan Jelinek - Kosmischer Pitch

can't believe this only got four votes...who was the other one who voted it #1?

Still pretty surprised Ellen Allien made the cut, stoked for the Kate Bush placing, very shocked Modeselektor placed at all given how late that was released in the year and how little action their thread gets.

Albums
1. Royksopp - The Understanding
2. Chelonis R. Jones - Dislocated Genius
3. Animal Collective - Feels
4. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
5. Arthur Russell - World Of Echo
6. M.A.N.D.Y. - Body Language
7. Richard Davis - Details
8. DJ Mark Marcelo - Ignant Mix
9. Lindstrom & Prins Thomas -Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
10. Statik - Connected
11. Konono no. 1 - Congotronics
12. Wighnomy Bros. - Remikks Potpourri
13. Murcof - Remembranza
14. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - Days Of Mars
15. DJ Naughty - One Night In Berlin
16. Major Swellings - Major Swellings
17. Vladislav Delay - The Four Quarters
18.Jan Jelinek - Kosmischer
19. Ennio Morricone - Crime And Dissonance
20. Jay Jay Johanson - Rush

Tracks
1. Amerie - 1 Thing
2. Shola Ama-With U
3. M83 -Teen Agst (Luciano Mix)
4. Kode9 & Space Ape - Kingstown
5. DJ Shadow ft. Turf Talk & Keak Da Sneak - 3 Freaks
6. Geiger - Cocain-e
7. Annie - Heartbeat (Alan Braxe Mix)
8. Lindstrom - I Feel Space
9. Young Jeezy - Go Crazy
10. The Juan Maclean - Dance With Me
11. Magda - 48 Hour Crack In Your Bass
12.Rammstein - Keine Lust (Blackstrobe Mix)
13. Royksopp - Only This Moment
14.Ruff Sqwad - Underground
15. Skream - Request Line
16. Clyde Carson - Soul Glo
17. Nathan Fake - Coheed (Michael Mayer mix)
18. Black Dice - Smiling Off (Luomo Mix)
19. Fred Everything - Friday (Trentemoller mix)
20. Roll Deep - When I'm Ere

also THANKS, BILLY DODS.

xp - no, I cheated. it was december 2004. but such a good track.

11 Lawrence - The Night Will Last Forever (Novamute)
12 Es - Sateenkaarisuudelma (Kraak)
13 Endless Boogie - White (Mound Duel)
14 Gang Gang Dance - God's Money (Social Registry)
15 Hum of the Druid - Societal (SNSE)
16 Teotihuacán tape (New Age)
17 4G - Cloud (Erstwhile)
18 Mouthus - Slow Globes (Troubleman Unlimited)
19 Andrew Chalk - The River That Flows Into The Sands (Faraway Press)
20 Dandy Jack - Los Siete Cstigos (Perlon)

SINGLES:

1 Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl (Get Physical)
2 Lindstrom - I Feel Space (Playhouse)
3 Skream - Request Line (Tempa)
4 Amerie - One Thing (Major Label)
5 Ricardo Villalobos - Sieso (Cadenza)
6 Luciano - Octogonal (Cadenza)
7 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (Major Label)
8 Sleep Archive - Research (Sleeparchive)
9 Andre Kraml - Safarai [James Holden Remix] (Crosstown Rebels)
10 Triola - Leuchtturm [Wighnomy's Polarzipper Remix] (Kompakt)

11 Cassy - Night To Remember (Perlon)
12 Wighnomy Bros - Pele Bloss (Freude Am Tanzen)
13 Daso - Daybreak (My Best Friend)
14 Argy - Love Dose [Luciano Remix] (Soma)
15 Stefan Goldmann - Phraselab (Perlon)
16 Nathan Fake - Dinamo (Traum)
17 My My - Serpentine (Playhouse)
18 Magda - 48 Hour Crack In My Bass (Minus)
19 Break 3000 - Flash A (My Best Friend)
20 Mathew Jonson - Marionette [Live Edit] (Wagon Repair)

kate bush should have been higher, up, up, up on the roof.

so i really was the only person to care about lil kim this year :(

can't believe i haven't heard the modeselektor album yet!

1. Robyn - Robyn
2. Sugababes - Taller In More Ways
3. Girls Aloud - Chemistry
4. Tatu - Dangerous And Moving
5. GZA vs. DJ Muggs - Grand Masters
6. Afrirampo - Kore Ga Mayaku Da
7. Vitalic - OK Cowboy
8. Ghostface Killah & Trife - Put It On The Line
9. Missy Elliott - The Cookbook
10. Cowboy Troy - Loco Motive
11. Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It
12. Daft Punk - Human After All
13. MIA - Arular
14. Doc Brown - The Document
15. Pussycat Dolls - PCD
16. John Legend - Get Lifted
17. Chemical Brothers - Push The Button
18. Fannypack - See You Next Tuesday
19. Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
20. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now

Songs:

1. Kelis - Get Along With You (Fake ID Mix)
2. Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
3. Girls Aloud - Biology
4. Robyn - Be Mine
5. Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha
6. Tatu - All About Us
7. Vitalic - My Friend Dario
8. Sugababes - Push The Button
9. Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches
10. Sugababes - 2 Hearts
11. GZA vs DJ Muggs ftr Raekwon - Destruction of a Guard
12. Rachel Stevens - Nothing Good About This Goodbye
13. Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Rex The Dog Remix)
14. Cowboy Troy - I Play Chicken (With The Train)
15. GZA vs DJ Muggs - Smothered Mate
16. Lady Sovereign - Chi Ching
17. Annie - Heartbeat (Alan Braxe Remix)
18. John Legend - Ordinary People
19. Roots Manuva - Colossal Insight
20. Rex the Dog - Frequency

ALBUMS

01 Vitalic - OK Cowboy
02 Kate Bush - Aerial
03 Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It
04 MANDY - Body Language Vol 1
05 Lil Kim - The Naked Truth
06 Kanye West - Late Registration
07 Ellen Allien - Thrills
08 MIA - Arular
09 Girls Aloud - Chemistry
10 Chelonis R Jones - Dislocated Genius
11 DJ Bossman - Street Anthems Vol 2
12 Brooke Valentine - Chain Letter
13 Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor
14 Sugababes - Taller In More Ways
15 Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
16 Ruff Sqwad - Guns'N'Roses Vol 1
17 Saul Williams - Saul Williams
18 Diplo - FabricLive24
19 The Glimmers - DJ Kicks
20 Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep

TRACKS

01 Ciara ft Ludacris - Oh
02 Daddy Yankee ft Pitbull, NORE & Lil Jon - Gasolina (rmx)
03 Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
04 Vitalic - My Friend Dario
05 Tomas Andersson - Washing Up (Tiga's Na Na Na Na rmx)
06 Röyksopp - What Else Is There? (Trentemöller rmx)
07 MIA - 10 Dollar
08 Girls Aloud - Swinging London Town
09 MANDY vs Booka Shade - Body Language
10 Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
11 Amerie ft TI - Touch (rmx)
12 Destra Garcia - Independent Ladies
13 Missy Elliott ft Ciara - Lose Control (Jacques Lu Cont rmx)
14 Rachel Stevens - Negotiate With Love
15 Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl
16 LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations (Lindstrom rmx)
17 tATu - All About Us
18 Petey Pablo ft Rasheeda - Vibrate
19 Ce'Cile ft KC Jockey - Gwaan Hype
20 Baxendale - I Built This City (Michael Mayer rmx)

It was me.

This made the 2004 poll, low down, Martin.

Confession time: I haven't heard Arular.

I LOVED the m.i.a. mixtape. I think it ruined the album for me a bit
This is why I haven't bothered with Arular up to now. I nearly voted for the mixtape actually, since I only got to hear it in 2005.

Interesting that Barima's thread title for his Shortwave Set thread has now become the official ILM title for the album!! I do hope this confusion is not responsible for its low-ish chart position, if you see what I mean. :P

I forgot to vote for the Broadcast album. It would have gone up a couple of places if I had, but #9 is a fair position so I'm not that bothered about it now.

My votes:

Songs (not ranked)
Sugababes - Push the Button
Sugababes - Red Dress
Kanye West feat, Cam'ron and Consequence - Gone
Kate Bush - King of the Mountain
Kate Bush - Nocturn
Amerie - 1 Thing
Isolée - Schrapnell
Missy Elliott - Can't Stop
Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
Stereolab - Interlock
Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony
Daft Punk - Robot Rock
Lindstrøm - I Feel Space
Fannypack - 718
Jammer feat. Wiley, D Double E, Kano And Goodz - Destruction VIP
Girls Aloud - Biology
Girls Aloud - See The Day
Lady Sovereign - Random
Vitalic - Repair Machines
Gorillaz feat. Sean Ryder - DARE

LPs
1. Kate Bush - Aerial
2. Girls Aloud - Chemistry
3. Señor Coconut - Coconut FM: Legendary Latin Club Tunes
4. Vitalic - OK Cowboy
5. Kevin Blechdom - Eat My Heart Out
6. Isolée - We Are Monster
7. Missy Elliott - The Cookbook
8. Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House/ Up the Wooden Hills EP
9. Daft Punk - Human After All
10. Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom - The Days Of Mars
11. Sugababes - Taller In More Ways
12. 50 Foot Wave - Golden Ocean
13. Princess Superstar - My Machine
14. Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
15. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
16. Various - Run The Road
17. Murcof - Remembranza
18. Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It
19. The Shortwave Set - The Debt Collection
20. The Mitchell Brothers - A Breath of Fresh Attire

Albums:

Kate Bush: Aerial
Miguel “Anga” Diaz: Echu Mingua
Mohammad Iskandar: Hakini
Jon Hassell: Maarifa Sreet
Gilberto Santa Rosa/El Gran Combo: Asi es Nuestra Navidad
Yousef Shamoun: Taneh wu Raneh
Fiona Apple: Incredible Machine
Various: Choubi Choubi! Folk & Pop Music from Iraq [Sublime Frequencies]
Mayito Rivera: Llego La Hora
Calle 13: Calle 13

Singles/Songs:

Daddy Yankee: Gasolina
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
Cesar Pedroso: Del Trabajo A La Casa
Kate Bush: King of the Mountain
Voltio with Calle 13: Ojalai
N’Klabe: I Love Salsa
Kronos Quartet/Asha Bhosle - Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke)
Calle 13: Se Vale To-To
Mayito Rivera - Negrito Bailador
Vico C - Tu Corazon Ya No Aguanta Pela

I did wonder, but I couldn't see any way of determining a real year for it, so I thought I'd include it.

1. Nedelle
2. M.I.A.
3. Malk
4. Aoki Takamasa + Tujiko Noriko
5. Dead Machines
5. Billy Corgan
6. Why?
7. Excepter
8. Fiery Furnaces “Rehearsing My Choir”
10. Animal Collective
11. Sleater-Kinney
12. Cam’ron
13. Mary Timony
14. Wooden Wand
15. Metalux
16. The Silver Jews
17. Non Nous Plus
18. Deerhoof

Plus some other stuff I can’t remember now

1 - Amerie - 1 thing
2 - Girls Alouyd - Biology
3 - Three 6 Mafia ft. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG - Stay Fly
4 - Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
5 - Art Brut – Emily Kane
6 - Kelly Clarkson – Since U Been Gone
7 - Tori Alamaze - Don't Cha
8 - Rachel Stevens – Negotiate With Love
9 - Ying Yang Twins - Wait (The Whisper Song)
10 - M.I.A. – Bucky Done Gun
11 - Jackson - Rock On
12 - Lady Sovereign - "Random"
13 - Mike Jones - Still Tippin'
14 - Art Brut - Good Weekend
15 - Rachel Stevens - I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)
16 - Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
17 - Kanye West – Gold Digger
18 - Guillemots – I Saw Such Things In My Sleep EP
19 - Lady Sovereign - Hoodie
20 - !!! "Take Ecstasy With Me"
21 - TTC - "Dans le club"
22 - Gwen Stefani – Hollaback Girl
23 - Goldfrapp – Ooh La La
24 - Rachel Stevens - So Good
25 - Pipettes - Dirty Mind
26 - Basement Jaxx - Oh My Gosh
27 - Gorillaz feat. De La Soul – Feel Good, Inc
28 - Mariah Carey – We Belong Together
29 - Architecture in Helsinki - Do the Whirlwind
30 - Robyn - Be Mine
31 - M83 – Don’t Save Us from the Flames
32 - Royksopp - What Else Is There? (Thin White Duke Remix)
33 - Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
34 - The MFA "The Difference It Makes" / "The Difference It Makes (Superpitcher Remix)"
35 - Junior Senior feat. Bertha Barbee & Johanna Fateman – Itch U Can’t Scratch
36 - Gorillaz - Dare
37 - Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek
38 - Girls ALoud - Long Hot Summer
39 - Vitalic - My Friend Dario
40 - LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
41 - The Coral - In the morning
42 - Fourtet - Smile around my face
43 - Rihanna - Pon de Replay
44 - LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
45 - Spank Rock - Put that Pussy on me
46 - Doves - Black and white town
47 - Jem - They
48 - Andre Kraml - Safari
49 - Antony And The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
50 - R. Kelly - Trapped in the closet

2005 TOP 40 Albums

01 - M.I.A. - Arular
02 - Girls Aloud - Chemistry
03 - Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
04 - Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
05 - Isolee - Wearemonsters
06 - Fiery Furnaces - Ep
07 - Vitalic - Ok Cowboy
08 - Rachel Stevens – Come and Get It
09 - Ladytron - The Witching Hour
10 - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
11 - Goldfrapp - Supernature
12 - Kanye West - Late Registration
13 - Susumu Yokota - Symbol
14 - Paul McCartney, Chaos & Creation in the Backyard
15 - Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
16 - Raveonnettes - Pretty in Black
17 - Depeche Mode, Playing the Angel
18 - Kompakt - Total 6
19 - Lady Sovereign - Vertically Challenged
20 - Clor - Clor
21 - Various Artists: Total 6
22 - Fischerspooner: Odyssey
23 - Gorillaz - Demon Days
24 - Jóhann Jóhannsson: Dís
25 - New Order, Waiting For The Sirens' Call
26 - Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
27 - Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
28 - TTC - Batards sensibles
29 - Fannypack - See You Next Tuesday
30 - Kano: Home Sweet Home
31 - M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
32 - Antony And The Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
33 - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
34 - Lcd Soundsystem
35 - Superpitcher - Today
36 - Sigur Ros - Takk
37 - Serena Maneesh - Serena Maneesh
38 - LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem
39 - Annie - DJ-Kicks
40 - Various Artists - Run the Road

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1 Helicopter - Bloc Party
2 Pull Up The People - MIA
3 Dinamo (dominik eulberg remix) - nathan fake
4 Dare (dfa remix) - Gorillaz
5 O Green World - Gorillaz
6 Make Love - Daft Punk
7 Blood (Tiefschwarz Remix) - Lopazz
8 Yeahdancetomyrecordbitch - 1 UP
9 I Aint Saying My Goodbyes - Tom Vek
10 She's Hearing Voices - Bloc Party
11 Shake Break Bounce - The Chemical Brothers
12 Like Eating Glass - Bloc Party
13 Marvo Ging - The Chemical Brothers
14 C-C (You Set The Fire In Me) - Tom Vek
15 Human After All - Daft Punk
16 Kids With Guns - Gorillaz
17 Drive Slow - Kanye West
18 Shuffle your Feet - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
19 Gold Digger (Feat. Jamie Foxx) - Kanye West
20 If You Want - Tom Vek

I've lost my albums list, but I think I only voted for about four.

I should probably change my screen name, I hardly recognize it as "me"...

This list, compiled by scanning my shelves for recent favorites, almost certainly includes releases from 2004 (and possibly earlier); it's not easy to pick up a lot of this stuff the year of its official release. I'm tempted to include Arthur Kreiger - Meeting Places (Troy 609), which has remained a year-round favorite, but I know for a fact I've had it since mid-2004.

8. Harrison Birtwistle - The Axe Manual (Metronome 1074)
7. Elliott Carter - The Music of E.C. Vol 7 (Bridge 9184)
6. Furt - dead or alive (psi 04.09) [I guess the "04" part locates this in the wrong year, never mind, carry on)
5. Jason Eckardt - Out of Chaos (Mode 137)
4. Chris Dench - ik(s)land[s] (NMC D089)
3. Brian Ferneyhough - Chamber Music (Stradivarius STR 33694)
2. Curtis Roads - Point Line Cloud (Asphodel ASP 3000)
1. Bernard Parmegiani - l'oeil ecoute (ina 275922)

1 Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
2 Low - The Great Destroyer
3 50 Cent - The Massacre
4 Dr Dog - Easy Beat
5 Mannie Fresh - The Mind of Mannie Fresh
6 MIA - Arular
7 My Morning Jacket - Z
8 Young Jeezy - Let's Get it: Thug Motivation 101
9 Animal Collective - Feels
10 The Mendoza Line - Full Of Light And Full Of Fire
11 Konono No1 - Congotronics
12 The Clipse - We Got it for Cheap Vol. 2
13 Kanye West - Late Registration
14 Spoon - Gimme Fiction
15 The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
16 The Howling Hex - You Can't Beat Tomorrow
17 R. Kelly - Trapped in the Closet
18 The Game - The Documentary
19 Missy Elliot - The Cookbook
20 Frank Black - Honeycomb

1 Welcome to Jamrock - Damien Marley
2 Hate it or Love it - The Game
3 1 Thing - Amerie
4 Still Tippin - Mike Jones
5 There It Go (The Whistle Song) - Juelz Santana
6 3 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
7 Trapped in the Closet - R. Kelly
8 Wait (The Whisper Song) - The Yin Yang Twins
9 Play - David Banner
10 Pon De Replay - Rihanna
11 Bucky Done Gone - MIA
12 Golddigger - Kanye West
13 Hollaback Girl - Gwen Stefani
14 Candy Shop - 50 Cent
15 Lose My Breath - Destiny's Child
16 The Strokes - Juice Box
17 Missy Elliot – Lose Control
18 Lighters Up - Lil Kim
19 Young Jeezy – My Hood
20 White Stripes - My Doorbell