ASH #18 on Rolling Stone mag

[csolis]

for the 50 best records of 2005!!!!!!


i think that s pretty damn good!!!!!!!!!!

heres what it says:
Like the King's 1st album Aha Shake Heartbreak did not quite match the 3-D rampage of this family-affair quartet's live shows. For all of their taut Southern garage-blues fire and runaway-sinners bravado, the Kings seem to have a pathological fear of overdubs and studio echo. But based on the twistes-riff invention of "Razz" and "Taper Jean Girl" and the way the bands brawling guitars and drums part for daybreak harmonies in "The Bucket", the Kings are only one album and a bucket of reverb away away from fists-of-fuzz perfection.

[katietill]

oh snap!! that is sweeeeeet!

[The Morning Seed]

Damn up top!

[mystery girl]

that's so awesome. i'm glad someone gave them the awesome recognition they deserve

[cornflake]

Awsome! Thank you for the clip

Speaking of the top 50 albums, do you happen to have a link to where I can find the list?

[sianlouisa]

god that is so much better than the nme ones. thanks for sharing csolis

[lmd88]

THey should have been higher I think, but 18 out of 50 is pretty fantastic WOOT WOOT YAY

[telluah]

that makes me happy because i remember looking for their cd and not seeing it and being really upset. cool.

[Sanguine]

That's awesome. I'm curious what other albums were on that list

[daveb]

Wait, Aha Shake Heartbreak came out in 2004 didn't it?

[Sanguine]

I'm pretty sure it came out in 2005 here in America, I could be wrong though

[sianlouisa]

it came out in feb in america. in the uk it came out in nov.

[csolis]

sorry i havent posted the entire list, but my brother took it to work cause its his

but i do remember that #1 is Kanye West,i dont know the name of the album, but its his

and the White Stripes album is in the top 10

and Franz Ferdinand is #29, followed by Foo Fighters at #30

and Kaiser Chiefs is #49 or #50 i think

and Bright Eyes was in the top 20 im sure

and thats about all i remember, but ill post the entire list as soon as i can!

[AccuratePassion]

I was excited to see it up there. Even though I kinda had a feeling it would be on the list. I actually didn't expect it to be that high on the list.

[caroline, maybe]

1. Kanye West, Late Registration
2. The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang
3. White Stripes, Get Behind Me Satan
4. Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine
5. Bruce Springsteen, Devils and Dust
6. My Morning Jacket, Z
7. Beck, Guero
8. Bright Eyes, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
9. Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
10. 50 Cent, The Massacre
11. M.I.A., Arular
12. Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
13. Various Artists, Run the Road
14. Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane, At Carnegie Hall
15. Gorillaz, Demon Days
16. John Legend, Get Lifted
17. Van Morrison, Magic Time
18. Kings of Leon, Aha Shake Heartbreak
19. The Magic Numbers, The Magic Numbers
20. System of a Down, Mezmerize/Hypnotize
21. Common, Be
22. Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor
23. Paul McCartney, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
24. The Mars Volta, Frances the Mute
25. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
26. Queens of the Stone Age, Lullabies to Paralyze
27. Stevie Wonder, A Time to Love
28. The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday
29. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better
30. Foo Fighters, In Your Honor
31. Amadou and Mariam, Dimanche a Bamako
32. The Go! Team, Thunder, Lightening, Strike
33. Antony and the Johnsons, I Am a Bird Now
34. Paul Wall, The Peoples Champ
35. LCD Soundsystem, LCD Soundsystem
36. The Perceptionists, Black Dialogue
37. Missy Elliott, The Cookbook
38. Dungen, Ta Det Lugnt
39. Annie, Anniemal
40. Neil Young, Prairie Wind
41. Keyshia Cole, The Way It Is
42. Living Things, Ahead of the Lions
43. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi
44. Daddy Yankee, Barrio Fino
45. The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara
46. The Willowz, Talk In Circles
47. Wide Right, Sleeping on the Couch
48. Kaiser Chiefs, Employment
49. Damian Marley, Welcome to Jamrock
50. Stars, Set Yourself on Fire

there's the full list, you guys. I'm actually kind of impressed, there's definitely a larger indie contingent than I would have predicted. still not how I would have had things, though.

[cornflake]

Whoo hoo, Fiona Apple got #4. And Neil Young is there too. Awsome.

That is amazing that KOL are #18. I am so proud of them...aw.

[The Morning Seed]

Damian Marley should not be #49. I fucking love welcome to jamrock.

[AccuratePassion]

Yeah, but the list makes sense. I am proud they beat out a lot of other bands too!

[cornflake]

wait, I didn't realize, but where is NIN? Boooooo....

It's funny with these lists, because you think "hey thy missed so-and-so" or "why is that band so low on the list". But at least they got KOL on the list, and they are pretty high up there.

[Sanguine]

cornflake said:

wait, I didn't realize, but where is NIN? Boooooo....

It's funny with these lists, because you think "hey thy missed so-and-so" or "why is that band so low on the list". But at least they got KOL on the list, and they are pretty high up there.

I know, no NIN?! I think it's a great album, oh well, you're right, at least KOL got high on that list

Beck is at 7 and the White Stripes are 3. Sweet, there's some other really great albums up there.