End Of 2005... Albums now
 

1. L'arc en Ciel - AWAKE
2. Crystal Kay - Crystal Style
3. M-flo - Beat Space 9
4. Orange Range - Natural
5. Rie Fu - 1st album
6. T.M. Revolution - Under Cover
7. ZARD - Kimi to no Distance
8. Porno Graffitti - THUMPx
9. Ketsumeishi - Ketsu no Police 4
10. Koda Kumi - Secret

I don't think I can have a top 15, since the albums I listed were the ones that caught my atention, meaning that I can't remember others XD

I don't have a Top 15. Not even a Top 5!

I loved Ayu's "(miss)understood" and Ai's "LOVE COOK". Kuu's "BEST ~first things~" was good. Still waiting for hitomi's next album...

Hmm.. well here they are in no particular order:

Ami Suzuki - AROUND THE WORLD, Ai Otsuka - LOVE COOK, Hitomi Shimatani - Heart & Symphony, Ayumi Hamasaki - MY STORY, Koda Kumi - Best First Things.

1. Ketsumeishi - Ketsu no police 4
2. Mr. Children - I Love You
3. B'z - THE CIRCLE
4. Southern All Stars - Killer Street
5. Ayumi Hamasaki - MY STORY CLASSICAL
6. Namie Amuro - Queen of Hip-Pop
7. globe - globe2 pop/rock
8. Def Tech - Def Tech
9. Hitomi Yaida - Here today-gone tomorrow
10. Kiyoharu - MELLOW

I think Ketsu no police 4 is probably Ketsu's best album yet, all the songs would have made great singles, and all sound so different. Couldn't stop listening to it. A MUST HAVE.

Best songs:

• Kimi ni BUMP
• Tokyo
• Negai
• Drive
• Sakura
• Aga Iru

'I <3 U' is also a great album. Better than Shifuku no Oto IMO.

Best songs:

• and I love you
• Door
• Sign
• MONSTER
• Mirai

'THE CIRCLE' seemed to have been a very underrated album this year. B'z still rock hard, no denying it.

Best songs:

• Shiroi Hibana
• Ai no Bakudan
• X
• Aquablue
• Sanctuary

And of course (miss) understood would be on there, but it's technically an '06 release. Great album as well. I hope 2006 will bring some great new releases.

There were a lot of good albums this year.

Tommy Heavenly6 - Tommy Heavenly6
Hitomi Yaida - Here Today-Gone Tomorrow
Hitomi Shimatani - Love and Symphony
globe - globe2 pop/rock
Mika Nakashima - MUSIC
aiko - Yume no naka no massuguna michi
Mai Kuraki - Fuse of Love
L'Arc en Ciel - AWAKE
Every Little Thing - Acoustic Latte
Janne Da Arc - JOKER

1.Queen of Hip-Pop ~ Namie Amuro
2.Mic-a-Holic ~ AI
3.ROSE ~ Miliyah
4.Super Star ~ Heartsdales
5.Beat Space Nine ~ m-flo
6.Back to my base ~ Yoko Blaqustone
7.Me II You ~ HI-D
8.Standing Strong ~ JAMOSA
9.Crystal Style ~ Crystal Kay
10.A Life Trip ~ B@by Soul
11.made in love ~ ahhco

That's all I can think of now.

Ooh tricky...now to try and remember...

In no particular order:

-Namie Amuro - Queen of Hip-Pop
-Ami Suzuki - AROUND THE WORLD
-Mika Nakashima - MUSIC
-Ai Otsuka - LOVE COOK
-globe - globe 2 pop/rock
-Kumi Koda - secret
-RURUTIA - Meme
-KOTOKO - Glass no Nabikaze
-Gackt - Diabolos
-Maaya Sakamoto - Yuungai LOOP
-Tsukiko Amano - A MOON CHILD IN THE SKY
-Ayumi Hamasaki - MY STORY Classical
-Eiko Shimamiya - Ulysses (Mini-album)
-Nanase Aikawa - R.U.O.K.? (Mini-album)
-Hitomi Shimatani - Love & Symphony

Wow I listened to more albums this year than I thought :laugh

1 - BEST ~first things~
2 - Secret
3 - Queen of Hip Pop
4 - Awake
5 - Heart & Symphony

No particular order:

- SOUTHERN ALL STARS - Killer Street
- Mika Nakashima - Music
- BONNIE PINK - Golden Tears
- Tsukiko Amano - A MOON CHILD IN THE SKY
- Ayaka Hirahara - from to...
- Rie fu - Rie Fu

The list stops there, can't think of anymore overall impressive ones.

1. Namie Amuro - Queen Of Hop Pop(Know Alot of people are shocked kumi is not number 1 for me)
2.L`Arc~en~Ciel - Awake
3.Koda Kumi - Secret
4.Mika Nakashima - Music
5.Ami Suzuki - Around The World
6.Bonnie Pink - Golden Tears
67Crystal Kay - Crystal Style
8.Sweets - 5 elements.
9.KOTOKO - Glass no Nabikaze
10.AI - Mic-A-Holic A.I
11.Chihiro Onitsuka - SINGLES 2000-2003
12.Tommy Heavenly 6 - Tommy Heavenly 6
13.M-flo - Best Space Nine
14.BoA - Best Of Soul
15.Hitomi Shimatani - Heart & Symphony

**edited the name

My Top 5 (In Order)

01.Ai Otsuka - LOVE COOK
02.aiko - Yume no naka no massuguna michi
03.Mika Nakashima - MUSIC
04.Hitomi Shimatani - crossover
05.Tommy Heavenly6 - Tommy Heavenly6

I can't think of any others.
These are the only ones I thought were really the best.

Why are people calling Heart & Symphony Love & Symphony?
I guess you can say either one, even though it's officially 'Heart'.

its really hard...let me thinking first

Mika Nakashima - MUSIC
Ayumi Hamasaki - MY STORY Classical
Mika Nakashima - BEST
Hirai Ken - SENTIMENTALovers
Hirai Ken - Utabaka
BoA - BEST OF SOUL
Do As Infinity - Do the a-side
CHEMISTRY - fo(u)r
L'Arc - AWAKE
Hitomi Shimatani - Heart & Symphony
Ayu's (miss)understood if it counts since it was released a few days early...

Let's see what I can think of...

01. Dir en grey - Withering to death.
02. MUCC - Hoyoku
03. Kagrra, - San
Now, in no order:
Buck-Tick - 13kai wa Gekkou
AnCafe - Shikisai Moment
globe - globe2 pop/rock
alice nine - Kasou Musoushi

- Nakashima Mika - MUSIC
- BENNIE K - Japana-rhythm
- Hamasaki Ayumi - MY STORY Classical
- Rie fu - Rie fu
- w-inds. - ageha
- Namie Amuro - Queen of Hip Pop
- Koda Kumi - secret
- Def Tech - Lokahi Lani

Those are the only Japanese albums I can really think of that I truely enjoyed from start to finish. I have yet to hear Shimatani's "Heart & Symphony", Hirahara's "From to", Otsuka's "LOVE COOK", or Kuu's "Best ~first things~". If I did I'm pretty sure they'd be up there too.

m-flo's album was decent as well but it lacked something overall, I've always felt that m-flo albums lacked something and this is no different.

Well I did mine by the most played albums on my computer for this year.

1) Ai Otsuka - LOVE COOK (what did you expect? :P)
2) aiko - Yume no naka no massugu na michi
3) Kumi Koda - Best ~first things~
4) Ayumi Hamasaki - (miss)understood
5) Maki Goto - Premium Best 1
6) Biyuuden - Suite Room Number 1
7) Every Little Thing - ACOUSTIC: LATTE
8) Ken Hirai - blablabla~ 95-05 single collection
9) Younha - Go! Younha
10) Mika Nakashima - MUSIC

Then Namie's QoHP and Maki's 3rd Station :)

01. Gackt - Diablos
02. Ayumi Hamasaki - Mystory
03. Mika Nakashima - Best
04. BoA - Best of Soul
05. Laruku - Awake

Oh yeah, that's true. "(miss)understood" is more considered as a 2006 release.