2005 has been really disappointing IMO. Almost all of the major acts that released an album this year were pretty bland and uninspiring.
Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Doves, Foo Fighters, NIN, Queens of the Stone Age, and Tori Amos were all pretty lousy, especially compared to thier previous work.👎
Bloc Party, British Sea Power, The Raveonettes, New Order, and The White Stripes were all decent, but nothing really too great either. Some people liked the Kaiser Cheifs and Kings of Leon, but they didn't do anything for me at all.
The only really goood albums I've heard so far this year are Beck's "Guero" (his best album ever IMO, and I never even liked Beck at all), and the new Spoon album "Gimmie Fiction", although not as good as "Kill the Moonlight", was still really solid. So there's two nominations so far.
Yo La Tengo's Greatest Hits package "Prisoners of Love 1985-2003" is also very good, but it doesn't really count in this poll.
So that's one smug music snobs opinion.
