Best album of 2005

This is 2006, the year after 2005. Last year we had a terrible musical year. The charts kept pumping the dreadful corny mass marketed pseudo-rap and hip-hop. Rock died several times last year. From the angry pointless junk served as hot rock to the deadly empty void of artistry, we, music lovers, suffered yet another stupid year.

But, after cleaning the attic from the junk and corporate rhythms you notice a diamond laying around and its name is "Rebel, Sweetheart".

The most overlooked band of all times proves once again that getting no airplay, no sales and no distribution in Portugal is actually a good thing. I am a proud owner of a US copy someone sent me (and a gratitude I cannot hope to properly express).

This is the best album of 2005, no questions about it. It is also the best Wallflowers album which, itself, says a lot.

If you live in Portugal, good luck trying to get hold of it. If you live anywhere else and don't own it yet you are either stupid or deaf.