Best records of 2005

Sir, you're not wrong, the year is 2007. However my list belongs to 2005, the time that many amazing record was released. Let's remember some cool stuff in alphabetic order.

Best eclectic record
Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production Of Eggs

Most melancholic record
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now

Best Indie rock record of the year
Arcade Fire - Funeral

Best alternative record
Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

Best female singer-songwriter
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine

Best live record/performance
Morrissey - Live at Earls Court

Best experimental stuff
Sigur Rós - Takk...

Best male singer/ songwriter
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers

Most striking record
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

Best new talent
Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires

Some great mp3 songs from 2005:
1. Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone
2. Eels - I'm Going to Stop Pretending that I Didn't Break Your Heart
3. Andrew Bird - Nervous tic motion of the head to the left
4. Arcade Fire - Laika

Patti Smith - Twelve

After Bryan Ferry's Dylanesque, the years' second major cover album comes as "Twelve" which is Patti Smith's first album of new studio recordings since Trampin' in 2004. This is included with some hit songs from rock artists such as Paul Simon, Nirvana, Jefferson Airplane, Neil Young, the Allman Brothers Band, Bob Dylan, Tears for Fears.

Definitely the songs love to be in Patti's hands, but songs don't deliver something very good or very bad. Mostly Patti's admirable sing style rescues herself from being at dull moments expect cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". This Nirvana cover has one of most dull moments in "Twelve", adding slow tempo to original energic rock song with a boring banjo. And Twelwe's best cover song is absolutely a classic by Jefferson Airplane, White Rabit. Plus "Pastime Paradise" which is originally by Stevie Wonder has been a great closing song. Album Available on April 24
MM picks: White Rabbit, Pastime Paradise
mp3: Patti Smith - White Rabbit

Tangerine Dream - Madcap's Flaming Duty

Rating: 8.4/10
Modern Music Review
The new Tangerine Dream release has gotten my attention for two weeks. A kind of music that you only relax and you're free to lie which position you wish. A Light and electronic wind, completely for blowing you up. This sneaky, speculative music can make your eyes widely open at times. On "Shape My Sin", music lies through natural world, creates a magical mood. Following with amazing instrumental "A Dream Of Death" proves that Tangerine Dream is always there as an instrumental band using just high-end modern technology. This is again Tangerine Dream, but it's more melodic and with the form of light arrangements. Chris Hausl's ethereal vocal performance is worth listening on "A Dream Of Death" ,it can't be much better. It's imposible not feeling Pink Floyd emotion and touch on the record. So "Madcap's Flaming Duty" is already dedicated to fabulous Syd Barrett.

The lyrics for each of the songs on the new album are adapted from English and American poets from 17th and 18th century literature by Bianca F. Acquaye. Call this as a mirrored view of human feelings on beats, synths, and instruments which have their own personality.
MM picks: A Dream Of Death, Hear The Voice, Mad Song
mp3: Tangerine Dream - Hear The Voice

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Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Tangerine Dream - Nebulous Dawn

Visage

They say Visage is Pioneers of the New Romantic movement, and i don't like classify music but they're truly romantic in somehow. "Fade to Grey: The Singles Collection" was released in 1994, and a great example of Visage's the most successful pieces and romantic alive and kicking music. Don't let the romantic disco music make you grey! Specially, there is an emotional cover song of Zager & Evans' "In the Year 2525" and a GREAT horizontally moving of bass Guitars along with sax, YEAH it's "Tar". Notably, Visage is one of the great founds in 80S. Now, New Wave time!
mp3: Visage - In the Year 2525 (originally by Zager & Evans)
mp3: Visage - Tar

Van Morrison - Moondance

If "Astral Weeks" was the best surprise of 1969, then Van Morrison’s new album is very probably the solidest rock achievement thus far in 1970. Gone is the Gypsy-like untogetherness of the rhythm section, which gave the earlier album so much of its charm and uniqueness, and in its place is a rather more solid band, borrowing from jazz and (especially) soul sources without being in any way unpleasantly eclectic. Morrison is now without the need to strive, he simply does, and what he does is precious without price. His voice now has the flexibility and variety
of an Aretha Franklin, rather like Georgie Fame with the fat stripped away, and on the title track particularly he uses his voice with such rhythmic beauty and exactness that it flickers to and fro like a steel spring. All the tracks are superb, and some (‘Glad Tidings’, ‘Brand New Day’, ‘Into The Mystic’, and ‘Moondance’) are considerably more than that. ‘...New Day’, for instance, uses the throaty humming of a black back-up choir in a completely un-clichéd way, and the alto sax solo by Jack Schrorer on ‘Moondance’ is something else, like a flashback to a Harlem ‘jump’ band of the ’40s. The beauty of Van Morrison is that he takes his influences and sublimates them so completely that the end product is entirely unique. He’s a rare talent, and this album will awaken a lot of people to him. review by Richard Williams
mp3: Van Morrison - Into The Mystic

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

Rating: 7/10
Modern Music Review
Time comes and goes fast, and people spend every kind of thing so fast. We now are part of a new trend, listen and throw music records in the name of mp3. This is the century of do your job and take your money!

"Cassadaga" is taking spot ratings which are mostly 80 out of 100, and i found new Bright Eyes completely influenced by country rock, i actually call this record obsessed between country-indie-alternative rock. Cassadaga offers numerous atmospheric love songs in front of fickle music. At times, it reaches high emotions overly, waiting for right moment to reach listeners. When this happens, i'm sure that you are going to spend most of your time with "Cassadaga", or else, it gets one of that ordinary records.

Conor Oberst, who is a young singer/songwriter from Nebraska, creates emotionally perfect ambition in some of the songs such as "No One Would Riot For Less", "Make A Plan To Love Me". And melodic side of "Cassadaga" is huge on careful music fellows. Most importantly, best new Bright Eyes song stays there, the name is "No One Would Riot For Less". It won't be wrong, if i compare this song with Bob Dylan's songs. Near to go, you'll feel the strong emotions running to your ears. Eventually, this is a nice record , for the most part. There is no need to overstate the things and no need to blemish.
MM picks: No One Would Riot For Less, If The Brakeman Turns My Way
mp3: Bright Eyes - No One Would Riot For Less
mp3: Birght Eyes - Four Winds
more mp3s:
Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh from FEVERS AND MIRRORS
From a Balance Beam - from LIFTED

New Singles

Singles
1. Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism
2. Bjork - Earth Intruders
3. The Fall – Reformation
4. Arctic Monkeys - Brainstorm
5. Muse – Invincible
6. Shins – Australia
7. Bloc Party – I Still Remember
8. Operahouse - The Man Next Door
9. Fortune Drive - Sparkle
10. The Dykeenies - New Ideas

Videos
Blonde Redhead Video 23
Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism

I had a chance to listen new NIN stuff, and Trent sounds cool again, he made a long God Given record. We'll see it's great or not. On the other hand, i don't like very much the new single by Bjork, it's somewhat very repetitive and she repeats Earth Intruders more than you want. As i said before new Bjork will sell well but won't satisfy listeners whose mind still on "Debut", "Homogenic". New Bjork and NIN are both weird, aren't they? Specially new NIN is a little gay.

Marianne Faithfull Live

Sundays are always great for live music, and it's been a great sunday for me. A live performance of Cully Jazz Festival (in Switzerland 29. March 2007) by Marianne Faithfull who is the main reason for this lovely Sunday. That voice!, telling beautiful stories together with nice rock music. Seldom do i listen live records, because i believe that live performance should stay live. You want to taste sensation, want to see how admirers getting crazy for a musician, and you realize that your heart's beating with them. There is no need to speak, now it's time for melody. Live melody!

mp3: Marianne Faithfull - Crazy Love
Written by Faithfull and Nick Cave, the song from her last effort "Poison".

mp3: Marianne Faithfull - Vagabond Ways
Haunting title song of Vagabond Ways recorded in 1998.

mp3: Marianne Faithfull - Why D'ya Do It
One of best songs that Marianne Faithfull has recorded.

mp3: Marianne Faithfull - Guilt