2005 Top 10 Music Survey!

[Kkun]

I did something like this last year for your top 5 favorite albums of 2004. Well, this year, I'm going to do it a little differently. Rather than just do the top 5, I'm going to do your top 10 albums of 2005, plus a few extra questions.

1. Name your top 10 favorite CDs of 2005.
2. What CDs did you buy this year? (optional, as this list may be huge for some people)
3. What are your favorite CDs you bought this year that did not come out in 2005?
4. Favorite new artist of 2005 (new artist meaning that they have only had one debut album on a major label. EPs do not count against this.)
5. Favorite sophomore album of 2005?
6. Biggest disappointment of 2005?
7. CD you wanted to hear the most but did not get around to buying?
8. Band You Listened To The Most in 2005?


Okay...so, here's my list.

1. Top 10 Favorite CDs of 2005:

10. Eisley - Room Noises
9. Bleach - Farewell, Old Friends
8. Chiodos - All's Well That Ends Well
7. The Chariot - Unsung EP
6. Blindside - The Great Depression
5. As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest
4. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - Self-titled
3. David Crowder Band - A Collision (or 3+4=7)
2. Sufjan Stevens - Sufjan Stevens Invites You To Come On! Feel the Illinoise!

And my number 1 pick for album of the year...
1. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One - From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

2. What CDs Did You Buy This Year?
Relient K - Apathetic EP
Starflyer 59 - Talking Voice Vs Singing Voice/I Am the Portuguese Blues/Old
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
Norma Jean - O' God, The Aftermath
Norma Jean - Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Bleach - Farewell, Old Friends
Bleach - Astronomy
Mortal - Fathom
Further Seems Forever - Hide Nothing
Coheed and Cambria - Live At the Starland Ballroom
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3
Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Interpol - Antics
Spoken - Last Chance To Breathe
Eisley - Room Noises
Grits - Dichotomy A
Soul Embraced - Immune
Symphony In Peril - Lost Memoirs and Faded Pictures
The Awkward Romance - To Breathe Is To Compromise EP
Sleeping At Last - Ghosts
Extol - The Blueprint Dives
Mae - Destination B-sides
Gorillaz - Demon Days
John Reuben - The Boy vs The Cynic
Living Sacrifice - In Memoriam
Becoming the Archetype - Terminate Damnation
Blindside - The Great Depression
Blindside - Self-titled re-release
Blindside - A Thought Crushed My Mind re-release
The Chariot - Unsung EP
Fear Before the March of Flames - Art Damage
Fear Before the March of Flames - Odd How People Shake
Kids In the Way - Apparitions of Melody
Zao - The Funeral of God
August Burns Red - Thrill Seeker
Emery - The Question
Chiodos - All's Well That Ends Well
Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster - self-titled
David Crowder Band - A Collision (Or, 3+4=7)
Anberlin - Never Take Friendship Personal
As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest
Project 86 - And The Rest Will Follow
Weezer - Make Believe
Weezer - Maladroit
Weezer - The Blue Album
Defining Moment - self-titled EP
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die?

3. What Are Your Favorite CDs You Bought This Year That Did Not Come Out In 2005?
Zao - The Funeral of God
Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Fear Before the March of Flames - Art Damage
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3

4. Favorite New Artist of 2005?
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

5. Favorite Sophomore Album of 2005?
The Chariot - Unsung EP

6. Biggest Disappointment of 2005?
Extol - The Blueprint Dives...it had so much potential.

7. CD You Wanted To Hear But Did Not Get Around To Buying?
Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound

8. Band You Listened To Most In 2005?
Early 2005 was still spillover from 2004 with the new mewithoutYou and Showbread albums but by May, I was completely and thoroughly hooked on Coheed and Cambria and have listened to them quite a bit since around May, so Coheed and Cambria wins this category hands down. Between buying all three of their studio albums plus their live DVD/CD set, they could have probably been considered my "favorite band" of 2005.