The 52 Greatest Albums of 2005
— My Morning Jacket Z ATO
— Antony & the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now Secretly Canadian
— Sleater-Kinney The Woods Sub Pop
— The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Matador
— M. Ward Transistor Radio Merge
— Sufjan Stevens Illinois (Come on Feel the Illinoise) Asthmatic Kitty
— M.I.A. Arular XL
— Bright Eyes I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning Saddle Creek
— Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary Sub Pop
— White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan V2
— Beck Guero Geffen
— Mary Gauthier Mercy Now Lost Highway
— Bright Eyes Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Saddle Creek
— Mars Volta Frances the Mute Universal
— Kathleen Edwards Back to Me Zoe/Rounder
— Devendra Banhart Cripple Crow XL
— Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine Epic
— Amadou & Mariam Dimanche a Bamako Nonesuch Originally billed as
— Son Volt Okemeh and the Melody of Riot Transmit Sounds/Legacy
— The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree 4AD
— Dungen Ta Det Lugnt Subliminal
— Spoon Gimme Fiction Merge
— Neil Young Prairie Wind Reprise
— Kanye West Late Registration Roc-a-Fella
— Sigur Ros Takk… Geffen
— Ryan Adams Cold Roses Lost Highway
— Martha Wainwright Martha Wainwright Zoe
— Silver Jews Tanglewood Numbers Drag City
— Edith Frost It’s a Game Drag City
— Franz Ferdinand You Could Have It So Much Better Domino
— Black Mountain Black Mountain Jagjaguwar
— Bruce Springsteen Devils & Dust Columbia
— Common Be Geffen
— Decemberists Picaresque Kill Rock Stars
— Iron & Wine/Calexico In the Reins Overcoat
— Vashti Bunyan Lookaftering DiCristina
— John Prine Fair & Square Oh Boy
— Pernice Brothers Discover A Lovelier You Ashmont
— Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy Jagjaguwar
— Death Cab for Cutie Plans Atlantic
— Magic Numbers Magic Numbers Capitol
— Paul McCartney Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Capitol
— Bettye LaVette I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise Anti
— Nada Surf This Weight Is a Gift Barsuk
— Shelby Lynne Suit Yourself Capitol
— Low The Great Destroyer Sub Pop
— Amy Rigby Little Fugitive Signature Sounds
— Sage Francis A Healthy Distrust Epitaph
— Bobby Bare The Moon Was Blue Dualtone
— Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Howl RCA
— Gorillaz Demon Days Virgin
— Ry Cooder Chavez Ravine Nonesuch
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