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not what I expected your #1 for 2005 to be

 

Short version: I declared it early, and that album meant a lot to me that year (graduated college), and then Thrice did that, and I decided to stick with my original call because I was stubborn af.

 

If I’m being honest, I didn’t hear EIT until 2006, so I’m just being a hypocritical asshole.

 

oh I remember that

I have to thank Thrice, your review, and Ryan Mills lack of judgment for giving me a reviewer position in October 2005

 

lol all of mine are saved on my rate your music page

 

My recollection is it came out end of August, and I don't think I really went IN on it until 2006 either. It's by far the biggest wtf moment for me though. And FUCT should be higher. And Panic! should be on my list. I was trying to be too cool cause FOB blew up and everyone liked it and I was aware/afraid of the mob backlash over it (ditto for Panic! - which I think was an honorable mention). (Even though I totally was like fuck it SPILL CANVAS #1 at the same time.)

FOB, Panic, MCS, Academy Is, Acceptance, Jack's Mannequin, Armor For Sleep, Cartel ...

What a ridiculous year.

 

I never had one of those. Clearly a stupid backup strategy was having no backup strategy.

 

I think EIT came out the same week as ETID's Gutter Phenomenon so I was obsessed with ETID but my girlfriend at the time adore EIT so we basically listened to it every day until the end of time.

 

here's my best of 2005

https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/the_best_of_2005/


remember Latterman? what a great band

 

See BLAME DREW TOO @Craig Manning

 

I will take all of the credit without any of the blame

 

Lack of Paramore on my lists is shockingly apparent now too.

And Gaslight Anthem's '59 Sound not being #1 is just stupid. It's arguably one of my favorite albums ever. Like, I like that Astronautalis album and that Lydia album is there best one ... but ... still. Oof.

One day I'll need to do a re-ranking of everything.

 

Yeah, tail end of August. I was just getting into SoCo in the fall/winter of 2005 and didn't realize Jack's was the same guy until early 2006. I ended up getting a used copy of the CD like the day school got out in 2006 and proceeded to play it at least 300 times that summer, so I think it was a blessing in disguise that I missed it when it came out. It became THE summer album for me by virtue of me having a whole summer with it right when I was falling in love with it.

Oh, I do.

Were you not a Butch fan in these days/did you not like Sycamore Meadows. I was surprised that wasn't on your 2008 list.

 

2006: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/the_best_of_2006__final_/
2007: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/best_of_2007/
2008: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/best_of_2008/
2009: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/best_of_2009/
2010: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/best_of_2010/
2011: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/best_of_2011/
2012: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/2012_top_ten/
2013: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/2013_albums/
2014: missing
2015: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DrewBeringer/best_of_2015/

 

I was disappointed it wasn't another Letters. Took me a long time to come around to it iirc. Probably was a honorable mention.

 

yeah that would be a fun project

 

Managed to dig a few up. I apparently had written them down in old notebooks that I somehow still have?

2005

1. The Wallflowers – Rebel, Sweetheart
2. Better Than Ezra – Before the Robots
3. Switchfoot – Nothing is Sound
4. Foo Fighters – In Your Honor
5. O.A.R. – Stories of a Stranger
6. Jamie Cullum – Catching Tales
7. Weezer – Make Believe
8. Nada Surf – The Weight is a Gift
9. Rob Thomas – Something to Be
10. Lifehouse – Lifehouse

2006

1. Butch Walker – The Rise & Fall
2. Mat Kearney – Nothing Left to Lose
3. John Mayer – Continuum
4. The Killers – Sam’s Town
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium
6. Sister Hazel – Absolutely
7. Dashboard Confessional – Dusk & Summer
8. Snow Patrol – Eyes Open
9. Keane – Under the Iron Sea
10. Boys Like Girls – Boys Like Girls

2007

1. Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
2. Emerson Hart – Cigarettes & Gasoline
3. Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope
4. The Swell Season – Once OST
5. Moses Mayfield – The Inside
6. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
7. Black Lab – Passion Leaves a Trace
8. Jackson Waters – Come Undone
9. Jon McLaughlin – Indiana
10. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog

2008

1. Butch Walker – Sycamore Meadows
2. Jack’s Mannequin – The Glass Passenger
3. Augustana – Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
4. City & Colour – Bring Me Your Love
5. Safetysuit – Life Left to Go
6. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
7. Counting Crows – Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
8. The New Frontiers – Mending
9. Fleet Foxes – s/t
10. Jason Mraz – We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

2009

1. The Dangerous Summer – Reach For the Sun
2. Mat Kearney – City of Black & White
3. Will Hoge – The Wreckage
4. Michael McDermott – Hey la Hey
5. John Mayer – Battle Studies
6. Dashboard Confessional – Alter the Ending
7. The Damnwells – One Last Century
8. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
9. Third Eye Blind – Ursa Major
10. fun. – Aim and Ignite

I can't believe I ever liked Make Believe that much.

 

I always do 10-year re-ranks for my end-of-the-year posts. I already would change some things about a few of these. Continuum should be number 1 for 2006, and I'd definitely insert a few albums that are missing (like Boxer for 2007).

2005

1. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
2. City and Colour - Sometimes
3. The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart
4. Better Than Ezra - Before the Robots
5. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
6. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
7. Switchfoot - Nothing is Sound
8. Nada Surf - The Weight is a Gift
9. Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory
10. Black Lab - See the Sun

2006

1. Butch Walker – The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites!
2. John Mayer – Continuum
3. Dashboard Confessional – Dusk and Summer
4. Mat Kearney – Nothing Left to Lose
5. The Killers – Sam’s Town
6. The Hold Steady – Boys & Girls in America
7. Sister Hazel – Absolutely
8. The Dixie Chicks – Taking the Long Way Around
9. Boys Like Girls – Boys Like Girls
10. The Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium

2007

1. Matt Nathanson – Some Mad Hope
2. Jimmy Eat World – Chase This Light
3. Will Hoge – Draw the Curtains
4. Cary Brothers – Who You Are
5. Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova – Once
6. Jon McLaughlin – Indiana
7. Motion City Soundtrack – Even If It Kills Me
8. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
9. Moses Mayfield – The Inside
10. Emerson Hart – Cigarettes & Gasoline

HM: Jesse Malin - Glitter in the Gutter


2008

1. Butch Walker – Sycamore Meadows
2. The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound
3. Jack’s Mannequin – The Glass Passenger
4. Augustana – Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
5. Safetysuit – Life Left to Go
6. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago*
7. Chad Perrone – Wake
8. Valencia – We All Need a Reason to Believe
9. Taylor Swift – Fearless
10. The Promise of Redemption – When the Flowers Bloom
11. The New Frontiers – Mending
12. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
13. Death Cab for Cutie – Narrow Stairs
14. Counting Crows – Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
15. Lydia – Illuminate
16. Coldplay – Viva La Vida
17. The Killers – Day & Age
18. R.E.M. – Accelerate
19. Nada Surf – Lucky
20. Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns

2009

1. The Dangerous Summer – Reach for the Sun
2. Will Hoge – The Wreckage
3. Dashboard Confessional – Alter the Ending
4. Mat Kearney – City of Black and White
5. John Mayer – Battle Studies
6. Boys Like Girls – Love Drunk
7. The Damnwells – One Last Century
8. Relient K – Forget and Not Slow Down
9. Michael McDermott – Hey La Hey
10. U2 – No Line on the Horizon
11. Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
12. Third Eye Blind – Ursa Major
13. Dawes – North Hills
14. All Time Low – Nothing Personal
15. Ingrid Michaelson – Everybody
16. Switchfoot – Hello Hurricane
17. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
18. fun. – Aim and Ignite
19. Miranda Lambert – Revolution
20. The Fray – The Fray

 

I'm going based off memory of what I had on repeat the most at the time -

2006
1. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
2. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
3. Atreyu - A Death-Grip on Yesterday
4. AFI - Decemberunderground
5. Anti-Flag - For Blood and Empire
6. Alexisonfire - Crisis
7. Rise Against - The Suffer & The Witness
8. Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings
9. All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals
10. Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies

2007
1. Between the Buried and Me - Colors
2. Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Four Year Strong - Rise or Die Trying
5. A Day to Remember - For Those Who Have Heart
6. Enter Shikari - Take to the Skies
7. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
8. Circa Survive - On Letting Go
9. Alesana - On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax
10. The Used - Lies For the Liars

2008
1. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
2. Bring Me the Horizon - Suicide Season
3. Mindless Self Indulgence - If
4. The Fall of Troy - Manipulator
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
6. Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
7. Less Than Jake - Gnv Fla
8. Suicide Silence - The Cleansing
9. Bullet For My Valentine - Scream Aim Fire
10. Fall Out Boy - Folie a Duex

2009
1. A Day to Remember - Homesick
2. Set Your Goals - This Will Be the Death of Us
3. Enter Shikari - Common Dreads
4. Eminem - Relapse
5. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
6. Brand New - Daisy
7. Lil Wayne - No Ceilings
8. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Days
9. Between the Buried and Me - The Great Misdirect
10. The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below

2010
1. Four Year Strong - Enemy of the World
2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
3. Eminem - Recovery
4. Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
5. A Day to Remember - What Separates Me From You
6. Drake - Thank Me Later
7. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
8. Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
9. Wiz Khalifa - Kush & OJ
10. Minus the Bear - Omni

 

And now the re-rank with 2020 eyes:

2006
1. Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
2. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
3. J Dilla - Donuts
4. As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions
5. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
6. Lil Wayne - Dedication 2
7. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - Three Cheers For Disappointment
8. John Mayer - Continuum
9. New Found Glory - Coming Home
10. Alexisonfire - Crisis

2007
1. Radiohead - In Rainbows
2. Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between
3. Between the Buried and Me - Colors
4. Lil Wayne - Da Drought 3
5. A Day to Remember - For Those Who Have Heart
6. Kanye West - Graduation
7. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
8. Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
9. Motion City Soundtrack - Even if it Kills Me
10. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank

2008
1. The Gaslight Anthem - The 59' Sound
2. Lydia - Illuminate
3. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
4. Fall Out Boy - Folie a Deux
5. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
6. The Reign of Kindo - Rhythm, Chord & Melody
7. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8. Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
9. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
10. Bayside - Shudder

2009
1. A Day to Remember - Homesick
2. Brand New - Daisy
3. Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of Days
4. Bomb the Music Industry! - SCRAMBLES
5. Portugal. The Man - The Satanic Satanist
6. Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
7. Taking Back Sunday - New Again
8. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
9. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Linx 2
10. Drake - So Far Gone

2010
1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
4. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
5. Minus the Bear - Omni
6. Deftones - Diamond Eyes
7. A Day to Remember - What Separates Me From You
8. The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang
9. Wiz Khalifa - Kush & OJ
10. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life

 

Nothing gets my chestnuts more toasty than an AP.NET thread

 

Lol I was shocked when I saw In Defense of the Genre was your number 1 that one year

 

2005 - Comeback Kid and Sufjan. What a year.

 

Bless this thread.

And Anberlin’s ‘Never Take Friendship Personal’ in 2005.

 

not sure I’d say better but I love Leighton's voice and I’ve enjoyed most of their records except Liquor. I wish they didn’t break up during the Assailants album cycle. I would’ve loved to hear a whole record from them in that style