2005

Pazz & Jop 10's:

1. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree - 4AD
2. Busdriver - Fear of a Black Tangent - Mush
3. Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike - USA Side 1 Dummy
4. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - Naturally - Daptone
5. Ashlee Simpson - I Am Me - Geffen
6. The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday - Frenchkiss
7. Jamie Lidell - Multiply - Warp
8. MIA - Arular - XL
9. Datarock - Datarock Datarock - Young Aspiring Professionals
10. Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir - Rough Trade

1. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone - RCA
2. Ashlee Simpson - Boyfriend - Geffen
3. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl - Interscope
4. Lindsay Lohan - First - Universal
5. Skye Sweetnam - Part of Your World - Disney
6. Crazy Frog - Axel F - Universal
7. The Killers - Mr. Brightside - Universal
8. Robyn - Be Mine - Konichiwa
9. Art Brut - Good Weekend - Fierce Panda
10. Bratz - So Good - Universal


(updated 11/4)

20 Cigars:
Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock n’ Roll
Busdriver: Fear of a Black Tangent
Datarock: Datarock Datarock
Deerhoof: The Runners Four
Fiery Furnaces: Rehearsing My Choir
Gogol Bordello: Gypsy Punks Underdog World Strike
Gorillaz: Demon Days
Gustav: Rettet Die Wale
The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Naturally
LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem
Jamie Lidell: Multiply
MIA: Arular
The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree
Polysics: Polysics or Die!!!
Robyn: Robyn
Silver Jews: Tanglewood Numbers
Ashlee Simpson: I Am Me
Spoon: Gimme Fiction
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois

20 Cigarettes (note: released singles only)
Art Brut: Good Weekend
Backstreet Boys: Just Want You to Know
Kelly Clarkson: Since U Been Gone
Crazy Frog: Axel F
Datarock: Fa-Fa-Fa [possibly "Computer Camp Love"]
Hilary Duff: Wake Up
Missy Elliott: Lose Control
Gorillaz: Feel Good Inc.
The Killers: Mr. Brightside
Ashlee Simpson: Boyfriend [possibly "La La" (didn't realize this was '05!), "L.O.V.E."]
LCD Soundsystem: Tribulations
Jamie Lidell: When I Come Back Around
Lindsay Lohan: First
MIA: Pull Up the People
Kylie Minogue: Giving You Up
Gwen Stefani: Hollaback Girl
Robyn: Be Mine
Spoon: I Turn My Camera On
Skye Sweetnam: Part of Your World
Ying Yang Twins: Wait

Limboed:

Amerie: 1 Thing
Explanation - not feelin' it at the moment
Daft Punk: Robot Rock
Explanation - the Soulwax remix doesn't redeem the original
Hold Steady: Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Explanation - this isn't actually a "single" is it? Otherwise it's on the list
Bratz: Rock Angelz and "So Good"
Explanation - where can I comfortably snuggle this one on my lists? Hmmmm...

Not Counting for Sanity Purposes
Alan Braxe and Friends: The Upper Cuts
Dirtbombs: If You Don’t Already Have a Look
Kraftwerk: Minimum-Maximum (live)
Optimo: How to Kill the DJ Vol. 2
Various Artists: Run the Road

Close but No Cigars (bold = cigar consideration)
13 + God: 13 + God
Angels of Light: Sing “Other People”
Animal Collective and Vashti Bunyan: Prospect Hummer EP
Animal Collective: Feels
Annie: DJ Kicks
Beanie Sigel: The B. Coming
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf
The Books: Lost and Safe
Caribou: The Milk of Human Kindness
Choo Choo La Rouge: I’ll Be Out All Night
DJ Target: Aim High Vol. 2
Missy Elliott: The Cookbook
Final Fantasy: Has a Good Home
Hood: Outside Closer
Iron and Wine: Woman King EP
Isolee: Wearemonster
The Juan Maclean: Less Than Human
Justus Kohncke: Doppelleben
Lemon Jelly: ’65-‘95
Low: The Great Destroyer
Stephen Malkmus: Face the Truth
M83: Before the Dawn Heals Us
Mice Parade: Bem-Vinda Vontade
Montag: Alone, Not Alone
New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
Of Montreal: The Sunlandic Twins
Shining: In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster
Skeletons and the Girl-Faced Boys: Git
We vs. the Shark: Ruin Everything!
Kanye West: Late Registration
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary

No Cigars:
Aly and AJ: Into the Rush
Paul Anka: Rock Swings
Architecture in Helsinki: In Case We Die
Beck: Guero
Black Mountain: Black Mountain
Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Constantines: Tournament of Hearts
Daft Punk: Human After All
Decemberists: Picaresque
DangerDoom: The Mouse and the Mask
Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow
Eels: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
Aimee Mann: The Forgotten Arm
Fiery Furnaces: EP
Fischerspooner: Odyssey
Russian Futurists: Our Thickness

Processing:
Broken Social Scene: Broken Social Scene
Junior Senior: Hey Hey My My Yo Yo
Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy
Fannypack: See You Next Tuesday
Common: Be

Haven’t Heard:
Akron/Family: Akron/Family
Antony and the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now
Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine
Andrew Bird: And the Mysterious Production of Eggs
The Evens: The Evens
Kano: Home Sweet Home
The Kills: No Wow
The National: Alligator
Pinetop Seven: The Night’s Bloom
Sleater-Kinney: The Woods
Sigur Ros: Takk
Super Furry Animals: Love Kraft
Venetian Snares: Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett
White Stripes: Get Behind Me Satan
Xiu Xiu: La Foret

Head-Smack Overlooked of 2004:
American Music Club: Love Songs for Patriots
Air: Talkie Walkie
Camper Van Beethoven: New Roman Times
Diplo: Florida
dj /Rupture: Special Gunpowder
Jeff Hanson: Jeff Hanson
Kings of Convenience: Riot on an Empty Street
Lindsay Lohan: Speak
Mylo: Destroy Rock and Roll
Skye Sweetnam: Noise from the Basement

Movies:
The Aristocrats
Batman Begins
Broken Flowers
Good Night, and Good Luck
Grizzly Man
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
Kings of the Sky (2004)
Last Days
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Palindromes
The Sea Inside (2004)
Sin City
Undertow (2004)
Walking the Line