So I wasn't gonna make any year end lists, but Trevor insisted that I tell him my favorite songs of 2005, and once I'd made the list it wasn't really that much work to publish it. I know it's a bit late for 2005 lists, but who cares.
Basically, the reason I decided to make two lists for each half of the year was that I didn't want Spoon's I Summmon You and Wolf Parade's Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts to be forced to go head to head in a colossal battle of titanic juggernauts for the number one spot. That could result in thunder, explosions, fire, and much gnashing of teeth (and possibly the destruction of the known universe); we're all better off this way.
Also, I got The Go! Team's Thunder, Lightning, Strike late last year, but since it was rereleased in America in October and they added this track to the American version, I figured it counted.
Well, that's pretty much it. In case you want to refresh your memory, the first list can be found right here. Click below to see the new list.
array (
'artist' => 'Wolf Parade',
'title' => 'Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts',
'album' => 'Apologies to the Queen Mary
',
'label' => 'SubPop',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.subpop.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.myspace.com/wolfparade',
),
1 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Ladytron',
'title' => 'Destroy Everything You Touch',
'album' => 'Witching Hour
',
'label' => 'Rykodisc',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.rykodisc.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.ladytron.com',
),
2 =>
array (
'artist' => 'NAHPI',
'title' => 'Do They Know It\'s Halloween?',
'album' => 'Do They Know It\'s Halloween?
',
'label' => 'Vice',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.vice-recordings.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.vice-recordings.com/halloween/',
),
3 =>
array (
'artist' => 'The Go! Team',
'title' => 'We Just Won\'t Be Defeated',
'album' => 'Thunder, Lightning, Strike
',
'label' => 'Sony',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.sonymusic.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.thegoteam.co.uk',
),
4 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Tom Vek',
'title' => 'CC (You Set the Fire In Me)',
'album' => 'We Have Sound
',
'label' => 'Startime International',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.startimerecords.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.tomvek.tv/',
),
5 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Field Music',
'title' => 'You Can Decide',
'album' => 'Field Music
',
'label' => 'Memphis Industries',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.memphis-industries.com/',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.field-music.co.uk/',
),
6 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Hockey Night',
'title' => 'Get Real',
'album' => 'Keep Guessin\'
',
'label' => 'Lookout!',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.lookoutrecords.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.hockeynightmusic.com',
),
7 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Dangerdoom',
'title' => 'Sofa King',
'album' => 'The Mouse and the Mask
',
'label' => 'Epitaph',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.epitaph.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.dangerdoom.com',
),
8 =>
array (
'artist' => 'The Bats',
'title' => 'Bells',
'album' => 'At the National Grid
',
'label' => 'Magic Marker',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.magicmarkerrecords.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/thebats/',
),
9 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Jens Lekman',
'title' => 'Black Cab',
'album' => 'Oh You\'re So Silent Jens
',
'label' => 'Secretly Canadian',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.secretlycanadian.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.jenslekman.com',
),
11 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Beanie Sigel',
'title' => 'Feel It In the Air',
'album' => 'The B-Coming
',
'label' => 'Damon Dash',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.dashmusicgroup.com/',
'artisturl' => false,
),
12 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Broken Social Scene',
'title' => 'Swimmers',
'album' => 'Broken Social Scene
',
'label' => 'Arts & Crafts',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.arts-crafts.ca',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.arts-crafts.ca/bss/',
),
13 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Blackalicious',
'title' => 'Black Diamonds and Pearls with Larry Saunders and Ledisi',
'album' => 'The Craft
',
'label' => 'Anti Records',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.anti.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.blackalicious.com',
),
14 =>
array (
'artist' => 'The Clientele',
'title' => 'Since K Got Over Me',
'album' => 'Strange Geometry
',
'label' => 'Merge',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.mergerecords.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.theclientele.co.uk',
),
15 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Silver Jews',
'title' => 'Punks In the Beerlight',
'album' => 'Tanglewood Numbers
',
'label' => 'Drag City',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.dragcity.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.silverjews.net',
),
16 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Deerhoof',
'title' => 'Spirit Ditties of No Tone',
'album' => 'The Runners Four
',
'label' => 'Kill Rock Stars',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.killrockstars.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://deerhoof.killrockstars.com',
),
17 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Aesop Rock and Del Tha Funky Homosapien',
'title' => 'Preservation',
'album' => 'Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture
',
'label' => 'Babygrande',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.babygrande.com',
'artisturl' => false,
),
18 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Broadcast',
'title' => 'Tears In the Typing Pool',
'album' => 'Tender Buttons
',
'label' => 'Warp',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.warprecords.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.broadcast.uk.net',
),
19 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Rogue Wave',
'title' => 'Medicine Ball',
'album' => 'Descended Like Vultures
',
'label' => 'SubPop',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.subpop.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.roguewavemusic.com',
),
10 =>
array (
'artist' => 'Talib Kweli',
'title' => 'Ms. Hill',
'album' => 'Right About Now
',
'label' => 'Koch Records',
'labelurl' => 'http://www.kochentertainment.com',
'artisturl' => 'http://www.talibkweli.com',
),
);
$top20 = array_reverse($top20);
$i = 0;
while ($i < count($top20)) {
$dispcount = count($top20) - $i ;
echo<<
#$dispcount
{$top20[$i]['album']}
END_OF_HTML;
$i++;
}
?>