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Review of 2005: Singles

Herewith, musicOMH's best 32 singles of 2005, as chosen by the editorial staff in low-tech, highly democratic fashion...

		1. Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) It's furious, ecstatic, frustrated, yearning, beautiful and uniquely brilliant. All at once.

		2. Richard Hawley - The Ocean The first single from Coles Corner is a rather splendid piece of lush romanticism.

		3. Arcade Fire - Wake Up Wake Up is melancholic, inspiring and, for a band preoccupied with death, gloriously uplifting.

		= K.T. Tunstall - Black Horse And The Cherry Tree Loops, a sampler and an acoustic guitar help construct a very fine song.

		= Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle A three-minute blitz of corrupting bass, incendiary guitars and screams in all the right places.

		= The Rakes - Retreat Makes the relentless monotony of routine sound like an excuse to dance like an epileptic child watching Japanese cartoons by strobe light.

		= Fightstar - Palahniuk's Laughter Quite simply, Fightstar rock. Yes, really.

		= Richard Hawley - Coles Corner As anyone who hasn't yet been soothed by Richard Hawley's velvety-rich baritone won't know, this is not music to rush by.

		= Franz Ferdinand - Walk Away Out goes irreverent animation and overtly 80s haircuts, in comes vintage Americana principles and film noir stylistics.

		10. iLiKETRAiNS - A Rook House For Bobby It is unlikely that you will find a more graceful song released this year.

		= Girls Aloud - Biology Never mind the X-Factor, it's got the 'what the hell' factor written all over it. Surrender to the pop majesty of Girls Aloud.

		= Guillemots - Trains To Brazil A song of jaw dropping brilliance.

		= Eighteen Visions - I Let Go Massive, punchy, metallic riffs piledriving the verses before a surprisingly poppy chorus enters the fray.

		= The White Stripes - Blue Orchid As mighty as you'd expect from one of the best bands in the world.

15. The Rakes - Work Work Work (Pub Club Sleep) = The Subways - Oh Yeah = Madonna - Hung Up = My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise) = Gorillaz - Dare = The Bravery - An Honest Mistake = The Departure - All Mapped Out 22. White Rose Movement - Alsatian = Switchfoot - Dare You To Move = Beck - E-Pro = Depeche Mode - Precious = Five O'Clock Heroes - Head Games 27. The Futureheads - Hounds Of Love = Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To = Antony And The Johnsons - Hope There's Someone = Now It's Overhead - Wait In A Line = Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor = Katie Melua - 9 Million Bicycles - David Welsh, 12/2005

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