Music 2005
(*) designates albums that I enjoyed. Your mileage may vary.
(**) designates extremely good albums
There are many things in the list that did not get stars, but are still solid recordings. Some are idosyncratic. Some are just famous. Some are good, but don't charm me that much.
In total, 80 items.
50 Foot Wave Golden Ocean
All Girl Summer Fun Band Summer of '98
Any Williams Dear Heart/The Shadow of Your Smile
Belinda Carlisle A Womand and a Man
Belinda Carlisle Belinda
Belinda Carlisle Real
Belinda Carlistle Heaven and Earth
Bettie Serveert Attagirl
*Black Box Recorder England Made Me
*Black Box Recorder Passionoia
*Black Box Recorder The Facts of Life
*Black Box Recorder The Facts of Life
Brazilian Girls Brazilian Girls
*Brian Setzer Orchestra Dig That Crazy Christmas
*Brighter Singles, 1989-1992
Buttersprites Buttersprites
*Cat Empire Days Like These
*Club 8 Strangely Beautiful
Collide Beneath the Skin
Concrete Blonde Mojave
Dressy Bessy Dressy Bessy
Eliza Carthy Rough Music
Elke Baker Variation in Light and Shade
Grateful Dead The Very Best Of
Great Big Sea The Hard and the Easy
*Heather Nova Redbird
Heliuim The Dirt of Luck
Ivy In the Clear
Ivy Lately
Kristin Hersh Sunny Border Blue
Ladytron Softcore
Le Tigre This Island
Le Tigre TKO
**Madeleine Peyroux Careless Love
Maria McKee Live in Hamburg
Maria McKee Peddlin Dreams
Maria McKee Ultimate Collection
*Mary Timony Ex Hex
**Michelle Shocked Threesome
*Ramones Anthology
*Reivers Saturday
*Reviers End of the Day
Sarah Dougher The Bluff
Shauna Burns Every Thought (promotion EP)
Sherman Casuals
Shonen Knife 712
Sleater-Kinney The Woods
Stereolab Dots and Loops
Stereolab Mars Audiac Quintet
*Stereolab The First of the Microbe Hunters
Stereolab Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
The Eyeliners No Apologies
The Field Mice Skywriting
The Field Mice Snowball
The Flatmates Potpourri (hits, mixes, and demos '85-89)
The Januaries The Januaries
The Muffs Really Really Happy
The Randies At the Friendship Motor Inn
Throwing Muses In a Doghouse
Throwing Muses The Real Ramona
*Would Be Goods Mondo
*Would Be Goods The Camera Loves Me
(film musical soundrack) Gigi
(film musical soundtrack) Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(film musical soundtrack) Kiss Me Kate
(film musical soundtrack) An American in Paris
(stage musical) Wicked
(stage musical) The Boys from Syracuse
*(stage musical) Spamalot
(stage musical) Pippin
(stage musical) Oliver
(stage musical) Man of La Mancha
(stage musical) Hairspray
(stage musical) Company
(stage musical) Camelot
*(stage musical) Avenue Q
(stage musical) A Little Night Music (stage musical)
(stage musical) A Funny Thing (stage musical)
(TV show soundtrack) The Backyardigans
