Ryan Osborne

This is a list of favorite songs from Ryan Osborne, who is much more into singles than albums. Ryan has even added notation to accompany his list:

Tired of Being Sorry -- Ringside
-- under-rated, clap, clap, clap-clap-clap...

Trapped in the Closet -- R Kelly
-- how we all feel sometimes, surely

These Words (I Love You, I Love You) -- Natasha Bedingfield
-- makes me want to get up and dance. literally, dance.

Unplayed Piano -- Damien Rice
-- not sure if this came out this year, but I listened to it a lot

Beast and Dragon, Adored -- Spoon
-- reminds me why I still make rock music

Hollaback Girl, Cool -- Gwen Stefani
-- this my shhhh, this my shhhh

Oh Mandy -- The Spinto Band
-- i was on this tip at least a month before the commercial

Rick Sieber

This list is from Rick Sieber, perhaps the inspiration for this blog. His care in listmaking is second to none, and his knowledge of music almost the same.

Top 10 Albums

Blinking Lights & Other Revelations – The Eels
Twin Cinema – The New Pornographers
Gimme Fiction – Spoon
Oceans Apart – The Go-Betweens
The Woods – Sleater-Kinney
Guero – Beck
At the National Grid – The Bats
Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
Man Made – Teenage Fanclub
Come On, Feel the Illinoise! – Sufjan Stevens

Top 10 Songs

“Use It” – The New Pornographers
“Maureen” – Fountains of Wayne
“Darlinghurst Nights” – The Go-Betweens
“Heard ‘Em Say” – Kanye West
“Chicago” – Sufjan Stevens
“16 Military Wives” – The Decemberists
“Feel Good Inc.” – Gorillaz
“1 Thing” – Amerie
“Your Little Hoodrat Friend” – The Hold Steady
“Since K Got Over Me” – The Clientele

Vinay Kini

Our third submission is from Vinay Kini. Vinay is currently a Med School Student at Temple University. As a former DJ during his undergrad years, Vinay has formulated an extensive backlog of musical tastes. Here are his lists:

albums, in no particular order:
MIA - Arular
Common - Be
Kanye West - Late Registration
LCD Soundsystem - s/t
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
The Go Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
Ladytron - Witching Hour
Various - Run the Road
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock and Roll
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us

singles, no order:
The Game - Hate it or Love it
Kanye - Heard 'Em Say
Common - Be
MIA - Galang
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin of My Yellow
Country Teeth
Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations
Mike Jones feat. Paul Wall - Still Tippin'
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch

D. Lucas Swartzendruber Landis

Here's my music lists:

Album List:

1. M.I.A. – Arular
2. Sufjan Stevens – (Come on Feel the) Illinois
3. Wolf Parade – Apologies to the Queen Mary
4. Spoon – Gimmie Fiction
5. The Eels – Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
6. The Gorillaz – Demon Days
7. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightening, Strike
8. Isolee – We Are Monster
9. Coldplay – X&Y
10. Ladytron – Witching Hour


Honorable Mention: Elbow – Leaders of the Free World, Madonna – Confessions on a Dance Floor, Depeche Mode – Playing the Angel.

Songs List:

1. Hung Up – Madonna
2. Galang – M.I.A.
3. Galvanize – Chemical Brothers
4. Feel Good, Inc. – The Gorillaz
5. A Pain That I’m Used To – Depeche Mode
6. Grounds For Divorce – Wolf Parade
7. Hollaback Girl – Gwen Stefani
8. Speed of Sound - Coldplay
9. John Wayne Gacy – Sufjan Stevens
10. I summon you – Spoon

P. Michael Freed

Starting things off is a submission from Mike Freed. Mike resides in Atlanta, GA where he is currently wrapping up a stint in law school. Mike prides himself on his eclectic musical tastes that range from the latest release from Dr. Dre to the earliest release from Guns n' Roses.

Here's Mike's 2005 year end music list:

The Top 10 Albums
1. Twin Cinema, The New Pornographers
2. Picaresque, The Decemberists
3. Broken Social Scene, Broken Social Scene
4. Apologies to the Queen Mary, Wolf Parade
5. Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah
6. Illiniose, Sufjan Stevens
7. Taak, Sigur Ros
8. Gimme Fiction, Spoon
9. Cripple Crow, Devendra Banhard
10 (tie). Guero, Beck
10 (tie). Woman King, Iron & Wine (it's an ep. if it were a full length album it would be worthy of top 5 consideration)

Honorable Mentioned (in no particular order)
Black Sheep Boy, Okkervil River; Silent Alarm, Bloc Party;The Craft, Blackalicious; Playing the Angel, Depeche Mode; Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes; The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers

Other Releases of Worthy of Mention
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (Bootleg Series, Vol. 7), Bob Dylan; Kicking Television: Live in Chicago, Wilco

Best Live Performance (out of the handful I saw) - The Decemberists

My Favorite Songs
1. Use It, The New Pornographers
2. Que Onda Guero, Beck
3. Jezabel, Iron & Wine
4. The Mariner's Revenge, The Decemberists
5. Hotel, Broken Social Scene

Penny for your thoughts

So, Here's the 2005 Year End lists blog I created to help you discover what our circle of friends have determined to be their favorites at the end of the year. To have your lists posted, just email them to me and I'll get them up as quickly as possible.