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I had a hard time narrowing my choices down to 5, and I'm not even going to try to put them in any order.
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief - Radiohead had started to lose me with Kid A and Amnesiac. Those albums were too 'minimal electronica' for my likes. Hail to the Thief brought back the Radiohead that I was introduced to with The Bends and began to idolize with OK Computer, I got a fever, and the only cure is more guitar.
The Darkness - Permission to Land - 70's - 80's hair-metal revival. I still haven't decided whether these guys are serious or not, but that doesn't stop me from rocking my face off every time I listen to this album.
The Strokes - Room On Fire - For the past 2 years, I've been wondering if The Strokes were more than a one-album wonder. They haven't changed thier sound much on Room On Fire, it just sounds cleaner and tighter. They show a little more versatility on this album as well.
Outkast - Andre 3000 - The Love Below - I chose Andre's half of the 2 disc set, but not Big Boi's Speakerboxxx, which I enjoyed, but Outkast's most appealing aspect to me has always been Andre's eccentricity and flamboyance. This album is funny, happy, uplifting, sexy and eclectic. I've never heard anything quite like The Love Below, and I probably won't hear anything even close to it until the next Outkast album.
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - Very brooding, melancholy, yet beautiful album that's almost the opposite of what you would expect it to be based on Mer De Noms, or any of Maynards work with Tool. (Yes, I know APC's not just Maynard's band). I was expecting a much harder album, but I was very pleased with this.
Honourable Mentions :
Kenna - New Sacred Cow
Buck 65 - Talkin Honky Blues
Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won (I didn't really consider this since it was a live album of 30 year old material, but they're still the greatest band ever)
Outkast - Big Boi - Speakerboxxx (I liked it, just not as much as The Love Below)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
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