Staff Picks: Best of 2005
Our favorites of the past year

Brian Cosgrove
Program Director/ Host EHM Breakfast Show


Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Paul McCartney - Chaos & Creation In The Backyard
Kate Bush - Aerial
Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust & 30th Anniversary Born to Run Box
Graham Parker - Songs of No Consequence
Van Morrison - Magic Time
My Morning Jacket - Z
Brian Setzer - A Tribute to Sun Records
John Hiatt - Master of Disaster
The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang

Lauren Stone
Music Director/ Midday Host


Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Beck - Guero
Maria Taylor- 11:11
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors
Brendan Benson -Alternative to Love
Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
Little Barrie - We Are Little Barrie
Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
A Band of Bees - Free The Bees
Thievery Corporation- Cosmic Game
The Perishers - Let There Be Morning
Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
Buck 65 - This Right Here Is Buck 65
Sigur Ros -Takk
Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
Susan Tedeschi - Hope & Desire
Ben Lee - Awake Is The New Sleep
Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman's Woman
Nic Armstrong & the Thieves - The Greatest White Liar
Nouvelle Vague - Nouvelle Vague
Bettye Lavette - I Got My Own Hell to Raise
John Scofield-That's What I Say:Scofield Plays The
Music of Ray Charles

Joe
Afternoons


1 Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
2 Bruce Springsteen - Devils And Dust
3 BoDeans - Homebrewed Live From The Pabst
4 Cream - Royal Albert Hall: 2-3-5-6 2005 (Live)
5 BB King & Friends - 80
6 Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
7 Buddy Guy - Bring 'Em In
8 Bob Dylan - No Direction Home (Soundtrack)
9 Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
10 Bonnie Raitt - Souls Alike




Honorable Mention
Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Painted On
John Hiatt - Master Of Disaster




Top 10 Shows

1 Rodney Crowell - Stephen Talkhouse August 24, 2005
2 Bruce Springsteen - Patriot Center Fairfax,VA May 14, 2005
3 Shelby Lynne - Stephen Talkhouse July 14, 2005
4 Jon Bon Jovi - Stephen Talkhouse July 6, 2005
5 BB King Blues Fest And 80th Birthday Celebration 
Brookhaven Amphitheater September 4, 2005
6 Richard Thompson -Stephen Talkhouse August 4, 2005
7 Glen Tillbrook - Stephen Talkhouse October 28, 2005
8 Bruce Springsteen- Continental Airlines Arena 
East Rutherford, NJ November 16, 2005
9 Buddy Guy / Shemekia Copeland Westhampton Beach Performing 
Arts Center October 22, 2005
10 The Dare Ya Blues Band - The Viking January 15, 2005

Rebecca
EHM Sunday


1. Coldplay-x+y (one of the greatest albums ever)
2. Gary Allen-Tough All Over
3. The Darkness-One way ticket to hell...and back.
4. The Bravery-The Bravery
5. Death Cab for Cutie-Plans
6. Audio Slave-Out of Exile
7. Foo Fighters-In Your honor
8. Nine Inch Nails-With Teeth
9. Depeche Mode-Playing the Angel
10. Josh Kelley-Almost Honest

Allan Raible
Saturday Afternoons


1.BECK  "Guero/Guerolito"
2.FIONA APPLE  "Extraordinary Machine (both versions)
3.BLOC PARTY  "Silent Alarm/Silent Alarm Remixed"
4.IMOGEN HEAP  "Speak For Yourself"
5.DANGER DOOM  "The Mouse And The Mask"
6.MARIA TAYLOR  "11:11"
7.THE PERISHERS  "Let There Be Morning"
8.THE CAESARS  "Paper Tigers"
9.KAISER CHIEFS  "Employment"
10.LAURA VIERS  "Year Of Meteors"
11.BOARDS OF CANADA  "The Campfire Headfase"
12.LADYTRON  "Witching Hour"
13.REGINA SPEKTOR  "Soviet Kitsch"
14.THE RAVEONETTES  "Pretty In Black"
15.GORILLAZ  - "Demon Days"
16.EELS  "Blinking Lights And Other Revelations"
17.LIZ PHAIR  "Somebody,s Miracle"
18.PAUL McCARTNEY  "Chaos & Creation In The Back Yard"
19.STEVEN MALKMUS  "Face The Truth
20.KASABIAN  "Kasabian"
21.BROADCAST  "Tender Buttons"
22.BRENDAN BENSON  "Alternative To Love"
23.NADA SURF  "The Weight Is A Gift"
24.COLDPLAY  "X & Y"
25.THE BAD PLUS  "Suspicious Activity?"
26.DOVES  "Some Cities"
27.NEW ORDER  "Waiting For The Siren's Call"
28.JACK JOHNSON  "In Between Dreams"
29.SPOON  "Gimme Fiction"
30.THE WHITE STRIPES  "Get Behind Me, Satan"

Scott Wilson
Sunday Afternoons





1. Marc Broussard - Carencro
2. Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me
3. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
4. John Hiatt - Master of Disaster
5. KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope
6. Herbie Hancock - Possibilities
7. Van Morrison - Magic Time
8. Susan Tedschi - Hope & Desire
9. Eric Clapton - Back Home
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans

Walker Vreeland
Weekends, Holidays..whenever!





1. Brandi Carlile - Brandi Carlile
2. Coldplay - x & y
3. Lea Delaria - Double Standards
4. Martha Wainwright - Martha Wainwright
5. Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die
6. R. Kelly- TP.3 Reloaded
7. Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
8. Shelby Lynne - Suit Yourself
9. Tori Amos- The Beekeeper
10. Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic

Here's what we liked in 2004 , 2003 & 2002