a very personal list of albums of the year
30-21

30.Love Home. Trico!
大抵是Four Tet "Pause"之後，又一卷將家居生活的田野錄音，與原音樂器及精細programming融合得如此悠然憩靜而妙趣盎然的音樂散記。

29.Handwriting. Khonnor
十九歲少年Khonnor，集結臥室音樂精神與folk-eletronica雛形，漾起無以名狀的感動。

28.Sentimental. Sanso-Xtro
Glitch是其素材，手法則是The Books式拆解拼貼，陳列出一具靈秀疏離的展品，定題Sentimental，而這位女藝術家的名號為，Sanso-Xtro。

27.Bang Bang Rock 'n Roll. Art Brut
搖滾樂能有多直截了當，多尖酸自嘲更甚Jarvis Cocker，多神經質好比Stephen Malkmus ，這個年頭裡，就是Art Brut。

26.Congotronics. Konono No.1
西非行路遙? Konono No.1以distorted piano穿透歌詠鼓擊，呈現非洲音樂叫人驚嘆的嶄新面貌。

25.Engineers. Engineers
這銀河中或許有500個樂團，同樣撥動著迷濛吉他聲響，還有用著破爛鼓機與古樸鍵琴音，來緬懷凝視鞋子的時光，但其中又有幾隊能像Engineers真正帶你重新感知，匿身於蒼茫吉他音牆中與世隔絕的那份悸動。

24.Stars of CCTV. Hard-Fi
今年的英倫次文化代言人終於不僅屬Grime流派。Hard-Fi拾起indie-dance快意，勾勒出當代英倫青年樂與怒。

23.Broken Social Scene. Broken Social Scene
越益恣意與鬆散的歌曲結構，實卻構建於更加豐腴的音樂層次編排，加拿大超級陣容音樂計畫又寫下一篇繽紛著作。

22.Multiply.Jamie Lidell
Funk Soul Brotha of the year!!! word up.

21.Little Things. Hanne Hukkelberg
這名挪威小妮子，有著神似後期Billie Holiday兼備Bjork質地的嗓音還不夠，得要在自己的首張大碟，信手拈來北歐爵士的愜意與華爾滋的漫妙，碎拍與華美弦樂更適時乍現，此番巧思教我們怎捨得離棄。

a very personal list of albums of the year
40-31

40.Based On A True Story.Fat Freddy's Drop
Jazzanova之柏林nu-jazz體系sonar kollektiv，又一精巧混融dub/jazz electronica/soul個體，催生出此張今年同類出品中層次最精鍊者。

39.The Understanding.Royksopp
著重人聲演繹、歌曲結構的改造與重拍變幻之暇，亦保留了昔日的如夢詩意。

38.This Was The Pace Of My Heart. In The Country
挪威另一當代爵士青年才俊Morten Qvenild，以囈語琴音率領In The Country此trio ，激盪出情緒感染力猶甚Keith Jarrett的奧斯陸樂章。

37.The Milk of Human Kindness.Caribou
更名後的出擊，延續了上回Up In Flames的有機性迷幻electronica，器樂的堆疊抑或兀自低迴皆更顯精采且出奇 。

36.Takk. Sigur Ros
天使回落凡塵，懷抱了人群，唯靈性依舊。

35.Yha Hamaraa.Paavoharju
倘若Fennesz到4AD底下擔綱製作，大抵就是這等芬蘭奇幻之音。

34.Ruby Blue. Rosin Murphy
絲綢嗓音碰上Matthew Herbert大佬調製有機爵士、電氣粒子，甚者 Tom Waits般古怪劇場感於一，Moloko主唱既性感又夠實驗的一回單飛。

33.Veneer.Jose Gonzalez
彷彿一回北歐青年的南美溯源之旅，沒有發動摩托車引擎的熱血沸騰，而是一把木吉他相隨的灑脫靜寂。

32.Supernature. Goldfrapp
脫胎換骨為冶艷絕代electro妖姬後，Alison Goldfrapp偕其幕後舵手Will Gregory，踏出了更明確的音樂方向，全力迸發synth繚繞而流竄glam-rock氣味的高壓節拍。

31.Extraordinary Machine(Jon Brion MP3 Version). Fiona Apple
最終我們都暗忖是誰妥協了。然而dear Ms. Apple，你曾無意妥協的那一面，我們尚有十一首集結起來竟比專輯正式版本更完臻的MP3為證。

遲來相當的2005總回顧。
首先記錄的是份大雜燴式的名單，些許閃過腦海的直覺般的picks。





5 Best tracks of the year:
-1 Thing. Amerie
-Apply Some Pressure. Maximo Park
-Bullets. The Editors
-Sow Into You. Rosin Murphy
-Tribulations. LCD Soundsystem

Label of the Year: Warp
(for the releases from Jamie Lidell, Jackson and His Computer Band, Maximo Park, Broadcast, BOC,Autechre, etc.)

Live Performance of the Year: The Killers @ Glastonbury 2005

Best Cover of an Album: Hey Let Loose Your Love. The Focus Group
(Designer: Julian House, who also designed the albums sleeves for Broadcast, Stereolab, Razorlight, Primal Scream)

Best Cover of a Magazine: URB, December 2005
(Kele Okereke + M.I.A. , they're hand-in-hand!)

Best "the first half of the album is nearly perfect" album:
Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna

Music Video of the Year: Triumph of a Heart. Bjork (Director: Spike Jonze)

Book of the Year: Die Liebehaberinnen. Elfred Jelinek. (originally published in 1975)

Film of the Year: Vera Drake. Mike Leigh
(I did miss lots of great films this year. Thus, only the No.1 so far is listed here.)

Remarkable Leading Performances in a film:
-Dana Ivgy (Or), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), 陳湘琪 (天邊一朵雲), 鞏俐(Hands from Eros), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi(5x2), Paul Giamatti (Sideways), Gael Garcia Bernal (La mala educacion), Roman Durais(De battre mon coeur s'est arrete), 尾形一成 (Solnze)