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Not a bad year?


http://www.thenewtons.co.uk/charts/top40/2005.htm


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  1. Amsterdam / Ricky The Journey / Stop Knocking The Walls Down 32 Beat Crazy
  2. Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) 19 Rough Trade
  3. Arcade Fire Wake Up 29 Rough Trade
  4. Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 1 Domino Recordings
  5. Babyshambles F*** Forever 4 Rough Trade
  6. Babyshambles Albion 8 Rough Trade
  7. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Ain't No Easy Way 21 Echo
  8. Bloc Party Banquet 13 Wichita Recordings
  9. Bloc Party So Here We Are / Positive Tension 5 V2
  10. Bloc Party The Pioneers 18 Wichita Recordings
  11. Bloc Party Two More Years 7 Wichita Recordings
  12. British Whale This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us 6 Atlantic
  13. Caesars Jerk It Out 8 Virgin
  14. Client Pornography 22 Toast Hawaii
  15. Coldplay Fix You 4 Parlophone
  16. Coldplay Speed Of Sound 2 Parlophone
  17. Coldplay Talk 10 Parlophone
  18. Coral In The Morning 6 Deltasonic
  19. Dead 60s Riot Radio 30 Deltasonic
  20. Dogs She's Gotta Reason
  21. Doves Black And White Town 6 Heavenly
  22. Doves Snowden 17 Heavenly
  23. Editors Blood 18 Kitchenware
  24. Editors Bullet 27 Kitchenware
  25. Editors Munich 22 Kitchenware
  26. Embrace Looking As You Are 11 Independiente
  27. Eminem Like Toy Soldiers 1 Interscope
  28. Foo Fighters Best Of You 4 RCA
  29. Foo Fighters DOA 25 RCA
  30. Franz Ferdinand Do You Want To 4 Domino Recordings
  31. Franz Ferdinand Walk Away 13 Domino Recordings
  32. Funeral For A Friend History 21 Atlantic
  33. Funeral For A Friend Monsters 36 Atlantic
  34. Futureheads Area 18 679 Recordings
  35. Futureheads Decent Days And Nights 26 679 Recordings
  36. Futureheads Hounds Of Love 8 679
  37. Garbage Why Do You Love Me 7 A & E
  38. Girls Aloud Long Hot Summer 7 Polydor
  39. Goldfrapp Number 1 9 Mute
  40. Goldie Lookin Chain Your Missus Is A Nutter 14 Atlantic
  41. Gorillaz dare 1 Parlophone
  42. Gorillaz Dirty Harry 6 Parlophone
  43. Gorillaz Feel Good Inc 2 Parlophone
  44. Green Day Holiday
  45. Green Day Jesus Of Suburbia 17 Reprise
  46. Green Day Wake Me Up When September Ends 8 Reprise
  47. Hard-Fi Hard To Beat 9 Necessary
  48. Hard-Fi Tied Up Too Tight 15 Necessary
  49. Hot Hot Heat Goodnight Goodnight 36 Sire
  50. Interpol C'mere 19 Matador
  51. Interpol Evil 18 Matador
  52. Jet Get Me Outta Here 37 Elektra
  53. Kaiser Chiefs Everyday I Love You less And Less 10 B Unique/Polydor
  54. Kaiser Chiefs I Predict A Riot / Sink That Ship 9 B Unique/Polydor
  55. Kaiser Chiefs Modern Way 11 B Unique/Polydo
  56. Kaiser Chiefs Oh My God 6 B-Unique
  57. Kasabian Club Foot 21 RCA
  58. Kasabian Cutt Off 8 Arista
  59. Killers Smile Like You Mean It 11 Lizard King
  60. Kings Of Leon Four Kicks 24 Handmedown
  61. Longview Further 24 14th Floor
  62. Madonna Hung Up 1 Warner Bros
  63. Manic Street Preachers Empty Souls 2 Sony
  64. Maximo Park Apply Some Pressure 17 Warp
  65. Maximo Park Going Missing 20 Warp
  66. Maximo Park Graffiti 15 Warp
  67. Morrissey There Is A Light That Never Goes Out / Redondo 11 Attack
  68. Mylo Destroy Rock 'n' Roll 15 Breastfed
  69. Nizlopi The JCB Song 1 FDM
  70. Oasis Let There Be Love 2 Big Brother
  71. Oasis Lyla 1 Big Brother
  72. Others William 29 Poptones
  73. Paddingtons 50 To A Pound 32 Poptones
  74. Paddingtons Panic Attack 25 Poptones
  75. Pogues Fairytale Of New York 3 Warner Bros
  76. Rakes 22 Grand Job 39 V2
  77. Rakes Retreat 24 Moshi Moshi
  78. Rakes Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep) 28 V2
  79. Razorlight Somewhere Else 2 Vertigo
  80. Scissor Sisters Filthy / Gorgeous 5 Polydor
  81. Starsailor In The Crossfire 22 EMI
  82. Stereophonics Dakota 1 V2
  83. Subways No Goodbyes 27 Infectious
  84. Subways Rock & Roll Queen 22 Infectious
  85. Subways With You 29 Infectious
  86. Super Furry Animals Lazer Beam 28 Epic
  87. Tears Lovers 24 Independiente
  88. Tears Refugees 9 Independiente
  89. The Darkness One Way Ticket 8 Atlantic
  90. The Killers Somebody Told Me 3 Lizard King
  91. The Mooney Suzuki Alive & Amplified 38 Columbia
  92. The Others Lackey 21 Vertigo
  93. The Strokes Juicebox 5 Rough Trade
  94. The Subways Oh Yeah 25 WEA
  95. Towers Of London How Rude She Was 30 TVT
  96. Various Artists Ever Fallen In Love With Someone You 28 EMI
  97. We Are Scientists The Great Escape 37 Virgin
  98. White Stripes Blue Orchid 9 XL Recordings
  99. White Stripes My Doorbell 10 XL Recordings
  100. White Stripes The Denial Twist 10 XL Recordings


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http://www.xfm.co.uk/home.asp


With my choices highlighted!


Best Single
 
Arctic Monkeys ‘I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor’
Athlete ‘Half Light’ 
Athlete '‘Wires’
Beck ‘Girl’ 
Bloc Party ‘Two More Years’ 
Coldplay ‘Speed Of Sound’ 
Doves ‘Black And White Town’ 
Editors ‘Bullets’
Embrace ‘Ashes’
Foo Fighters ‘Best Of You’ 
Foo Fighters ‘DOA’
Franz Ferdinand ‘Do You Want To’ 
Gorillaz ‘Dare’
Gorillaz ‘Feel Good Inc’
Green Day ‘Holiday’ 
Green Day ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’ 
Hard-Fi ‘Hard To Beat’
Hard-Fi ‘Living For The Weekend’ 
Hot Hot Heat ‘Middle Of Nowhere’
Jack Johnson ‘Good People’
Kaiser Chiefs ‘Everyday I Love You Less And Less’
Kaiser Chiefs ‘I Predict A Riot’
Kaiser Chiefs ‘Oh My God’ 
Kasabian ‘Cutt Off’
Maximo Park ‘Apply Some Pressure’ 
Maximo Park ‘Going Missing’
Oasis ‘Lyla’ 
Oasis ‘The Importance Of Being Idle’
Razorlight ‘Somewhere Else’
The Bravery ‘An Honest Mistake’
The Coral ‘In The Morning’ 
The Futureheads ‘Hounds Of Love’ 
The Killers ‘Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine’ 
The Killers ‘Smile Like You Mean It’
The Killers ‘Somebody Told Me’ 
The Magic Numbers ’Forever Lost’ 
The Magic Numbers ‘Love Me Like You’ 
The Stereophonics ‘Dakota’
The White Stripes ‘My Doorbell’


Best Album
 
Antony And The Johnsons ‘I Am A Bird Now’
Athlete ‘Tourist’ 
Arcade Fire 'Funeral'
Babyshambles ‘Down In Albion’
Beck ‘Guero’ 
Ben Folds ‘Songs For Silverman’ 
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ‘Howl’
Bloc Party ‘Silent Alarm’ 
Chemical Brothers ‘Push The Button’
Coldplay ‘X&Y’ 
Coral ‘The Invisible Invasion
Dandy Warhols ‘Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars’ 
Doves ‘Some Cities’
Duke Spirit ‘Cuts Across This Land’
Editors ‘The Back Room’
Elbow ‘Leaders Of The Free World’
Embrace ‘Out Of Nothing’
Feeder ‘Pushing The Senses’ 
Foo Fighters ‘In Your Honour’
Franz Ferdinand ‘You Could Have It So Much Better’
Goldfrapp ‘Supernature’
Gorillaz ‘Demon Days’
Green Day ‘American Idiot’ 
Hard-Fi ‘Stars Of CCTV’
Ian Brown ‘Solarized’ 
Interpol ‘Antics’ 
Kaiser Chiefs ‘Employment’
Kings Of Leon ‘Aha Shake Heartbreak’
Maximo Park ‘A Certain Trigger’
Oasis ‘Don’t Belive The Truth’ 
Paul Weller ‘As Is Now’
R.E.M. ‘Around The Sun’
Stereophonics ‘Language Sex Violence Other’
Supergrass Road To Rouen
The Bravery ‘The Bravery’
The Coral ‘The Invisible Invasion’ 
The Darkness ‘One Way Ticket To Hell… And Back’
The Magic Numbers ‘The Magic Numbers’
The White Stripes ‘Get Behind Me Satan’
U2 ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’


 Best Live Band
 
Arcade Fire 
Babyshambles 
Bloc Party 
Chemical Brothers 
Coldplay 
Doves 
Editors 
Feeder 
Foo Fighters 
Franz Ferdinand 
Goldfrapp 
Gorillaz 
Green Day 
Hard-Fi
Kaiser Chiefs 
Kasabian 
Kings Of Leon 
LCD Soundsystem 
Maximo Park 
Oasis 
Paul Weller 
R.E.M. 
Stereophonics 
The Futureheads 
The Killers 
The Magic Numbers 
The Rakes 
The Streets 
The White Stripes 
U2 


Best Live Event
 
Gorillaz at Manchester Opera House 
Reading Festival
Live 8
Don't Look Back concert season
Xfm's Winter Wonderland
Arcade Fire (playing live anywhere)
Glastonbury Festival
Wireless Festival
Bestival Festival
The Strokes at ULU
Coldplay at KOKO
Leeds Festival
T in the Park
Green Day at Milton Keyes
Isle of Wight Festival
Franz Ferdinand at Ally Pally
The Download Festival
Kasier Chiefs at Ally Pally
Chemical Brothers at Brixton Academy
The Sommerset House Sessions
Pete Doherty (generally)


Best Band Of The Year
  
Arcade Fire 
Babyshambles 
Bloc Party 
Chemical Brothers 
Coldplay 
Doves 
Editors 
Feeder 
Foo Fighters 
Franz Ferdinand 
Goldfrapp 
Gorillaz 
Green Day 
Hard-Fi
Kaiser Chiefs 
Kasabian 
Kings Of Leon 
LCD Soundsystem 
Maximo Park 
Oasis 
Paul Weller 
R.E.M. 
Stereophonics 
The Darkness
The Futureheads 
The Killers 
The Magic Numbers 
The Rakes 
The Streets 
The White Stripes 
U2 


Best Film (NOTE: Only saw THREE of these, all the kid's ones!)
 
9 Songs
A History of Violence 
Alexanda
Batman Begins 
Billion Dollar Baby 
Broken Flowers 
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory 
Closer 
Corpse Bride 
Crash 
Dig 
Downfall 
Elizabethtown 
Fantastic Four 
Harry F**king Potter 
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy 
Howl's Moving Castle 
Imaginary Heroes 
King Kong 
Kinsey 
Last Days 
League Of Gentleman's Apocalypse 
Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe 
March of The Penguins 
Me and You And Everyone We Know 
Mysterious Skin 
Oldboy 
Pride & Prejudice 
Ray 
Sideways 
Sin City 
Star Wars Episode 3 
Team America - World Police 
The 40 Year Old Virgin 
The Constant Gardener 
Thumbsucker 
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 
War Of The Worlds 
Wolf Creek 


Best Television Show
 
24 
Bleak House 
Catherine Tate 
CD:UK (with Xfm's Lauren Laverne) 
Coronation Street 
Creature Comforts 
Curb Your Enthusiasm 
Desperate Housewives 
Doctor Who 
Eastenders 
Extras 
Family Guy 
Ghost Squad 
I'm A Celebrity F**king Idiot 
Life In The Undergrowth 
Little Britain 
Lost 
Nathan Barley 
Nighty Night 
Peep Show 
Popworld (with Xfm's Simon Amstell)
Rome
Six Feet Under 
Space Cadets 
The Mighty Boosh 
The OC 
Top Gear 
Weeds 
West Wing 
X Factor  
 


And for some reason they give the percentages on these! Lot of Muse fans. They didn't even make a record last year!


Best Singer 
 
Matt Bellamy (Muse)  
 31%
Liam Gallagher (Oasis)  
 13%
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)  
 7%
Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys)  
 4%
Chris Martin (Coldplay)  
 4%
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)  
 4%
Morrissey  
 4%
Julian Casblancas (The Strokes) 
 3%
Kele Okereke (Bloc Party) 
 3%
Paul Smith (Maximo Park)  
 3%
Pete Doherty (Babyshambles)  
 3%
Ricky Wilson (Kaiser Chiefs)  
 3%
Alison Goldfrapp (Goldpfrapp) 
 2%
Caral Barat (Dirty Pretty Things)  
 2%
Frank Black (Pixies)  
 2%
Johnny Borrel (Razorlight)    (the new Geldof!)
 2%
Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)  
 2%
Shirley Manson (Garbage)  
 2%
2D (Gorillaz) 
 1%
Kelly Jones (Sterephonics)  
 1%
Michael Stipe (R.E.M)  
 1%
Richard Archer (Hard Fi)  
 1%
Ross Millard (Futureheads)  
 1% 
 
Best Guitarist 
 
 
Matt Bellamy (Muse)  
 38%
Noel Gallagher (Oasis)  
 13%
Jack White (White Stripes)  
 12%
Graham Coxon 
 9%
Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead)  
 7%
Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand) 
 4%
Russell Lissack (Bloc Party) 
 4%
Albert Hammond Jr (The Strokes) 
 3%
Chris Urbanowicz (Editors) 
 3%
Joey Santiago (Pixies)  
 3%
Nick Valensi (The Strokes) 
 3%
Johnny Buckland (Coldplay)  
 2%
 



Best Bassist 
  
Chris Wolstenholme (Muse)  
 41%
Andy Bell (Oasis)  
 15%
Hooky (Joy Division / New Order)  
 10%
Kim Deal (Pixies)  
 8%
Mani (Primal Scream)  
 8%
Nick Oliveri (QOTSA / Mondo Generator)  
 8%
Mickey Quinn (Supergrass) 
 6%
Michele Stodart (Magic Numbers)  
 4% 
 
Best Drummer 
  
Dom Howard (Muse)  
 32%
Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters)  
 16%
Zak Starkey (Oasis)  
 13%
Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) 
 8%
Meg White (The White Stripes)  
 8%
Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chiefs) 
 7%
Phil Selway (Radiohead)  
 5%
Adam Ficek (Babyshambles)  
 3%
Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)  
 3%
Danny Goffey (Supergrass)  
 3%
Geoff Holroyde (Big Linda) 
 0% 

 
Worst Band Of The Year
 
Arcade Fire 
Babyshambles 
Bloc Party 
Chemical Brothers 
Coldplay 
Doves 
Editors 
Feeder 
Foo Fighters 
Franz Ferdinand 
Goldfrapp 
Gorillaz 
Green Day 
Hard-Fi
Kaiser Chiefs 
Kasabian 
Kings Of Leon 
LCD Soundsystem 
Maximo Park 
Oasis 
Paul Weller 
R.E.M. 
Stereophonics 
The Darkness
The Futureheads 
The Killers 
The Magic Numbers 
The Rakes 
The Streets 
The White Stripes 
U2  (Who else? - OK, a bit harsh, but they didn't list West****e)
 



 


 
 



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how did bloc party get on best and worst band of the year?they are dead good tho especially two more years.and as for razorlight ... excellent, not sure about the new geldof although they look alike

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Best 90 Songs of 2005



  1. Ben Lee - "Catch My Disease"
  2. Dar Williams - "Echoes"
  3. The White Stripes - "My Doorbell"
  4. David Gray - "The One I Love"
  5. The Kennedys - "Half a Million Miles"
  6. Tracy Chapman - "Change"
  7. Amos Lee - "In The Arms Of A Woman"
  8. Beck - "Que Onda Guero"
  9. John Hiatt - "Master of Disaster"
  10. Death Cab for Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
  11. Bruce Springsteen - "Devils & Dust"
  12. Ryan Adams - "Let It Ride"
  13. Coldplay - "Fix You"
  14. Kathleen Edwards - "Back to Me"
  15. Mary Gauthier - "Mercy Now"
  16. Beck - "Girl"
  17. Ben Folds - "Landed"
  18. Paul McCartney - "Jenny Wren"
  19. Feist - "Mushaboom"
  20. Bonnie Raitt - "I Will Not Be Broken"
  21. Aqualung - "Brighter Than Sunshine"
  22. Ray Davies - "Thanksgiving Day"
  23. Jack Johnson - "Banana Pancakes"
  24. Paul Weller - "From the Floorboards Up"
  25. Jack Johnson - "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"
  26. John Prine - "Taking a Walk"
  27. Bruce Springsteen - "All I'm Thinkin' About"
  28. Trey Anastasio - "Shine"
  29. Ryan Adams - "The Hardest Part"
  30. The Magic Numbers - "Forever Lost"
  31. Paul McCartney - "Fine Line "
  32. The Decemberists - "16 Military Wives"
  33. My Morning Jacket - "Off The Record"
  34. Robert Earl Keen - "What I Really Mean"
  35. Tori Amos - "Sleeps with Butterflies"
  36. Mike Doughty - "Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well"
  37. The Decemberists - "We Both Go Down Together"
  38. Kathleen Edwards - "In State"
  39. Jackie Greene - "Honey, IÕve Been Thinking About You"
  40. Frank Black - "I Burn Today"
  41. Fiona Apple - "OÕ Sailor "
  42. Josh Rose - "Carolina"
  43. The Decemberists - "The Engine Driver"
  44. Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc."
  45. Eliza Gilkyson - "Is It Like Today?"
  46. Spoon - "I Summon You"
  47. Sinead O'Connor - "Downpressor Man"
  48. The Rolling Stones - "Rough Justice"
  49. Rodney Crowell - "Say You Love Me"
  50. Ringo Starr - "Choose Love"
  51. The Redwalls - "Thank You"
  52. Neil Young - "The Painter"
  53. Matisyahu - "King Without a Crown"
  54. Maia Sharp - "Red Dress"
  55. Kathleen Edwards - "Copied Keys"
  56. Kate Bush - "King of the Mountain"
  57. John Prine - "Crazy as a Loon"
  58. Jack Johnson - "Better Together"
  59. Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
  60. Calexico/Iron and Wine - "A History of Lovers"
  61. Bruce Springsteen - "Maria's Bed"
  62. Beck - "E-Pro"
  63. Ani DiFranco - "Studying Stones"
  64. Aimee Mann - "I Can't Get My Head Around It"
  65. Son Volt - "Afterglow 61"
  66. Sia - "Breathe Me"
  67. Nickel Creek - "When in Rome "
  68. Ryan Adams - "Magnolia Mountain"
  69. The New Pornographers - "Use It"
  70. Neil Diamond - "Oh Mary"
  71. My Morning Jacket - "Wordless Chorus"
  72. Aimee Mann - "Going Through the Motions"
  73. Josh Rouse - "It's The Nighttime"
  74. The White Stripes - "Little Ghost"
  75. John Prine - "Glory of True Love"
  76. Moby - "Beautiful"
  77. Ryan Adams - "Easy Plateau"
  78. Amos Lee - "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight"
  79. Neil Diamond - "Create Me"
  80. My Morning Jacket - "Knot Comes Loose"
  81. Mary Gauthier - "I Drink"
  82. Josh Rouse - "Winter In The Hamptons"
  83. Coldplay - "Speed of Sound"
  84. Bettye Lavette - "Joy"
  85. Beck - "Scarecrow"
  86. Shannon McNally - "Miracle Mile"
  87. Amos Lee - "Colors"
  88. The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid"
  89. Brandi Carlile - "Throw it All Away "
  90. Solomon Burke - "I Need Your Love in My Life"


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