- Music
- 10 Jan 06
The Soundtrack of our lives 2005
Annual article: The critics' personal highlights of 2005.
- Peter Murphy
The Electric Picnic showed all-comers what a proper music festival should be about. - Kim Porcelli
If you looked hard enough, there was no shortage of things to fall in love with, especially the Electric Picnic. - Stuart Clark
He waited for several years, but Stuart Clark lived to see music get good again. And England beat one of their myriad old enemies. - John Walshe
A prog-rock revival, a genuinely great music festival, and the small matter of the Champions’ League... - Niall Crumlish
Arcade Fire’s astonishing Funeral defined, illuminated and soundtracked the whole year. - Ed Power
Rufus Wainwright released the best album of the year – so why didn’t you buy it? - Tanya Sweeney
As you’ll all privately admit to yourselves, the Pussycat Dolls’ single towered over all else in 2005. - Shilpa Ganatra
Bob Mould resurrected Husker Du and Sugar tracks. Shilpa Ganatra can die happy. - Colin Carberry
On May 25th, the world changed completely. It’s true: Liverpool won the Champions League.
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