2005 in Music | My Media Log

Music

Below are all of the albums I have listened to and logged, along with my ratings and reviews.

	Score	Artist	Title	Year	Genre	Review
	10	My Morning Jacket	Z	2005	Rock	For my money the best MMJ album. The epic vocal performance of "Wordless Chorus" alone probably stands at the top of things to love about the band and this album, but the entire thing works so well. The MVP for me is "Dondante," an absolutely searing slow burn of a track that encapsulates so many great things about their live show at the time: Jim James just going ham on the vocals, top tier blues rock jamming, incredible energy, all in support of a brilliantly-written track. Throw in songs like "It Beats 4 U," "Gideon," "Off the Record", "Anytime," and "Lay Low"... come on. A classic. Reviewed on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, 10:56am.	My Morning Jacket - Z - Rock - 2005 - For my money the best MMJ album. The epic vocal performance of "Wordless Chorus" alone probably stands at the top of things to love about the band and this album, but the entire thing works so well. The MVP for me is "Dondante," an absolutely searing slow burn of a track that encapsulates so many great things about their live show at the time: Jim James just going ham on the vocals, top tier blues rock jamming, incredible energy, all in support of a brilliantly-written track. Throw in songs like "It Beats 4 U," "Gideon," "Off the Record", "Anytime," and "Lay Low"... come on. A classic.
	10	The Mars Volta	*Frances the Mute*	2005	Rock	It's still one of the funniest things to me that the band couldn't spare a single second of the ambient noise, bug sounds, etc to make room for the title track to their album. Despite how ridiculous that is, the principle behind that decision is really what makes Frances the Mute so great in the first place, with how meticulous and considered every single second of the album's sprawling runtime is. "Cassandra Gemini" is maybe the greatest prog rock song of all time. Frusciante rips "L'Via L'Viaquez" to pieces and in a weird way the song helped open me up to latin music more than prior. "Cygnus Vismund Cygnus" is absolutely destructive. There's not much I can say about this other than just how important it is to me. I still remember going to Best Buy in Snellville and buying the CD. I wore the CD out for years. I still remember putting that CD into the iMac in the Music Tech lab at Brookwood High School and rocking out to it. The teacher, Mr. Simpson, came over all upset I was listening to music and put the headphones on to see just what was so important, and "Cassandra Gemini" blasting into his ears. Even he couldn't maintain his anger at me, practically screaming "Oh my god! They are so tight!" over the din. Yes, they are, Mr. Simpson. Yes, they are. Reviewed on Thursday, January 12th, 2023, 9:20am.	The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute - Rock - 2005 - It's still one of the funniest things to me that the band couldn't spare a single second of the ambient noise, bug sounds, etc to make room for the title track to their album. Despite how ridiculous that is, the principle behind that decision is really what makes Frances the Mute so great in the first place, with how meticulous and considered every single second of the album's sprawling runtime is. "Cassandra Gemini" is maybe the greatest prog rock song of all time. Frusciante rips "L'Via L'Viaquez" to pieces and in a weird way the song helped open me up to latin music more than prior. "Cygnus Vismund Cygnus" is absolutely destructive. There's not much I can say about this other than just how important it is to me. I still remember going to Best Buy in Snellville and buying the CD. I wore the CD out for years. I still remember putting that CD into the iMac in the Music Tech lab at Brookwood High School and rocking out to it. The teacher, Mr. Simpson, came over all upset I was listening to music and put the headphones on to see just what was so important, and "Cassandra Gemini" blasting into his ears. Even he couldn't maintain his anger at me, practically screaming "Oh my god! They are so tight!" over the din. Yes, they are, Mr. Simpson. Yes, they are.

Score

Artist

Title

Year

Genre

Review

My Morning Jacket

2005

Rock

For my money the best MMJ album. The epic vocal performance of "Wordless Chorus" alone probably stands at the top of things to love about the band and this album, but the entire thing works so well. The MVP for me is "Dondante," an absolutely searing slow burn of a track that encapsulates so many great things about their live show at the time: Jim James just going ham on the vocals, top tier blues rock jamming, incredible energy, all in support of a brilliantly-written track. Throw in songs like "It Beats 4 U," "Gideon," "Off the Record", "Anytime," and "Lay Low"... come on. A classic.

Reviewed on Tuesday, January 17th, 2023, 10:56am.

My Morning Jacket - Z - Rock - 2005 - For my money the best MMJ album. The epic vocal performance of "Wordless Chorus" alone probably stands at the top of things to love about the band and this album, but the entire thing works so well. The MVP for me is "Dondante," an absolutely searing slow burn of a track that encapsulates so many great things about their live show at the time: Jim James just going ham on the vocals, top tier blues rock jamming, incredible energy, all in support of a brilliantly-written track. Throw in songs like "It Beats 4 U," "Gideon," "Off the Record", "Anytime," and "Lay Low"... come on. A classic.

The Mars Volta

Frances the Mute

2005

Rock

It's still one of the funniest things to me that the band couldn't spare a single second of the ambient noise, bug sounds, etc to make room for the title track to their album. Despite how ridiculous that is, the principle behind that decision is really what makes Frances the Mute so great in the first place, with how meticulous and considered every single second of the album's sprawling runtime is. "Cassandra Gemini" is maybe the greatest prog rock song of all time. Frusciante rips "L'Via L'Viaquez" to pieces and in a weird way the song helped open me up to latin music more than prior. "Cygnus Vismund Cygnus" is absolutely destructive. There's not much I can say about this other than just how important it is to me. I still remember going to Best Buy in Snellville and buying the CD. I wore the CD out for years. I still remember putting that CD into the iMac in the Music Tech lab at Brookwood High School and rocking out to it. The teacher, Mr. Simpson, came over all upset I was listening to music and put the headphones on to see just what was so important, and "Cassandra Gemini" blasting into his ears. Even he couldn't maintain his anger at me, practically screaming "Oh my god! They are so tight!" over the din. Yes, they are, Mr. Simpson. Yes, they are.

Reviewed on Thursday, January 12th, 2023, 9:20am.

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute - Rock - 2005 - It's still one of the funniest things to me that the band couldn't spare a single second of the ambient noise, bug sounds, etc to make room for the title track to their album. Despite how ridiculous that is, the principle behind that decision is really what makes Frances the Mute so great in the first place, with how meticulous and considered every single second of the album's sprawling runtime is. "Cassandra Gemini" is maybe the greatest prog rock song of all time. Frusciante rips "L'Via L'Viaquez" to pieces and in a weird way the song helped open me up to latin music more than prior. "Cygnus Vismund Cygnus" is absolutely destructive. There's not much I can say about this other than just how important it is to me. I still remember going to Best Buy in Snellville and buying the CD. I wore the CD out for years. I still remember putting that CD into the iMac in the Music Tech lab at Brookwood High School and rocking out to it. The teacher, Mr. Simpson, came over all upset I was listening to music and put the headphones on to see just what was so important, and "Cassandra Gemini" blasting into his ears. Even he couldn't maintain his anger at me, practically screaming "Oh my god! They are so tight!" over the din. Yes, they are, Mr. Simpson. Yes, they are.

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