Best Music 2005 - Pete Limbrick

Here's my top 10:

Konono No. 1--Congotronics.

Fela Kuti--Shuffering and Shmiling/No Agreement

Fela Kuti-- Confusion/Gentleman

Fela Kuti-- Stalemate/Fear Not Man

Fela Kuti--Yellow Fever

[Okay I know that's four albums but I bought one of this series of reissues and went right back for another 3, and now I can't stop listening to them!]

Stereolab--Oscillations from the Anti-Sun

Dengue Fever--Escape from Dragon House

Mulatu Astatke--Ethiopiques Vol. 4

Galaxie 500--This is Our Music

Go-Betweens--Tallulah (reissue)

Beck--Guero

Best Music 2004 - Pete Limbrick

Here's my 2004 top 10.3 acquired this year, in more or less no order, except the Bonnie Prince Billy probably is my hands down favorite from the year...

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy--Master and Everyone Blond Redhead--Misery is a Butterfly Magnetic Fields - i Future Bible Heroes - Eternal Youth David Bowie - Low Mekons - Punk Rock Mekons--Me The Clean--Anthology The Go-Betweens--Bright Yellow Bright Orange Yeah Yeah Yeahs--Fever to Tell

and just sneaking in over the holidays...
The Hotel Alexis--The Shining Example is Lying on the Floor The Coctails--Popcorn Woven Hand--Woven Hand