Editors - Munich Stereophonics - Dakota Interpol - C'mere The Tears - Refugees Gorillaz - whatever its called, the new one

stopped buying albums?.... how?.... why?....

Why ? Because the modern album contains, at most if it is any good, between 1 - 3 good songs and for that I have to pay € 17 - € 25 ? I think not, when I can log onto i-tunes and buy those songs for €0.99 a piece ? The album is dead and buried, long live the jukebox.

ah no... if a respectable fan like yourself has ditched the album, what chance do we have? music can often be about 40 minute movements, not just 4 minute hits

im not 100% sure if it came out in 2005, close enough id say The Secret Machines "Road leads where its led" have a listen at www.thesecretmachines.com Turn it up and blow all the mo fo kids away Also the last song on the new Gorillaz album, dont know the name Also, Galvanised by the Chemical brothers made its way to dancefloors all around the world

While I respect your opinion on so many filler songs on albums nowadays, I have to disagree with ya Rev and say that the album is far from dead. I'll always prefer albums. Even if I only know one tune by a band, I'll still buy the album.

I'm not trying to bring down anyone's day here, I'm just saying that, in trying to work out my album of the year for the poll, I realised that I hadn't bought any and felt I should post up what I thought were the best songs I had listened to instead.

Understandable. But for me, I've spent this afternoon trying to think of specific songs to add to this thread. I came up with one's like 'I Burn Today' by Frank Black. But then realised that I liked his 'Honeycomb' album as a whole. By the way - good choice by J.J.

My faves this year have been: Adult. - Bad Ideas LCD soundsystem - Tribulations LCD soundsystem - Daft Punk is playing at my House Ladytron - Destroy Everything you touch Daft Punk - Robot Rock The Chemical Brothers - Believe Sons and Daughters - Dance Me in Tomas Anderson - Happy Happy (12") Ellen Allien - The Brain is Lost Saint Etienne - Stars Above us Armand Van Helden - When the Lights Go Down (yeah, I know it's cheesy, none too clever, and not incredibly original, but I liked it)

My top song of 2005 is quite simply, DARE. Still cant get enough of it...Shaun ryder singing it live on friday night was just quality!!!!

My 2 cents.. Mr.November - The National Bad Timing - dEUS also "Nothing Really Ends" but I know it's old so prob.doesnt count. Clap Hands - Beck Lazer Beam - SFA Sigur Ros - Takk track 6 I think (cant think of name) the one that starts quiet and gets loud at the end. ;) Little Ghost - White Stripes

abel by the national. deserves to be number one forever

Vitalic - U and I Cut Copy - Going Nowhere The Concretes - Seems Fine Ladytron - International Dateline LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations Chemical Bros - Surface to Air The Wedding Present - Perfect Blue Seelenluft - Wonderwheel (2004) Mekon - Please Stay Manhead - BSWD (2004 The GO!TEAM - Feel good by numbers Autolux - Here comes everybody The Editors - Munich Stereo Total - Do The Bambi Cane 141 Zero Gravity Year 81 ; 33/45 Couse and the Impossible - Into You M83 - Don't Save Us From The Flames

anyway, top songs: clap your hands say yeah - the skin of my yellow country teeth bonnie billy and matt sweeney - blood embrace martin finke - smash and grab

Nah, regardless of how many "good" songs are on an album, it's the album as a whole you remember. I never know any particular songs from particular albums, but always know details of the effect of the album, which is why when it comes to naming top songs: don't have the foggiest. Rarely even put a couple of albums on shuffle. I could see the death of the album coming with iTunes etc etc. Sad. Good call with Honeycomb Gar, haven't listened to that in ages. Love that shrimp song.

The whole James Blunt album, Push the button- the sugababes you raise me up-westlife the best song of the years