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Song of the Day #5,934: ‘Feel Good Inc.’ – Gorillaz

Continuing my look at the albums of 2005…

Yesterday I wrote about an album that just isn’t for me. Today’s album falls into another category: one that may well be for me, but I don’t see myself ever taking the time to find out.

As I get older and have more albums to hear from the artists I already love, I find it increasingly harder to add new finds to the mix. That goes for current releases but especially for releases from years past. I’ve finally come to peace with the idea that I’ll die having not heard plenty of great music.

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Song of the Day #5,933: ‘Daft Punk is Playing at My House’ – LCD Soundsystem

Continuing my look at the albums of 2005…

Pretty much every one of these Decades series serves up an album that is definitively not for me. For 2005, it’s LCD Soundsystem’s self-titled debut.

This indie electronica record received rave reviews and landed two Grammy nominations. Critics praised it for throwing a bunch of genres into a blender and mixing them all up to a sick dance beat.

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Song of the Day #5,932: ‘First Day of My Life’ – Bright Eyes

Continuing my look at the albums of 2005…

My somewhat back-handed compliment for Bright Eyes’ sixth album, I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning, is that it’s perfect mixtape fodder. Just about any one of its 10 songs would be a standout track on a lovingly curated compilation.

The catch is that I’m never in the mood to hear all of those songs in a row. After awhile, there’s a sameness in composition and delivery that wears on me.

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Song of the Day #5,931: ‘Handle Me’ – Robyn

Continuing my look at the albums of 2005…

This album was released in 2005 in Sweden but didn’t make it to the U.S. until three years later. I’m considering it a 2005 release for the sake of this installment of Decades.

Robyn started her career as a teenage pop artist in her native Sweden, releasing a trio of lightweight dance albums influenced heavily by her label. After a three year break, she left to start her own label and make the music she wanted to make.

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Song of the Day #5,928: ‘Chicago’ – Sufjan Stevens

Continuing my look at the albums of 2005…

I had to include this album in my 2005 rundown because it is one of the most critically-acclaimed releases of that year. However, Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois (or Come On Feel the Illinoise!) is a record I’ve just never been able to embrace.

I want to like it. It’s an ambitious indie folk opus by an artist who has a knack for the kind of melancholy music I’m usually drawn to. But it’s way too artsy-fartsy for my taste.

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