Top 77 Albums of 2005

  ARTIST ALBUM LABEL
1 Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene Arts & Crafts
2 Low The Great Destroyer Sub Pop
3 Gorillaz Demon Days Virgin
4 Sufjan Stevens Illinois Asthmatic Kitty
5 M.I.A. Arular XL
6 LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem EMI
7 Bloc Party Silent Alarm Vice
8 Sigur Ros TakkŠ Geffen
9 Sleater-Kinney The Woods Sub Pop
10 M83 Before the Dawn Heals Us Mute
11 The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan V2
12 Stnnng Dignified Sissy Modern Radio
13 Black Mountain Black Mountain Jagjaguwar
14 Wolf Parade Apologies to the Queen Mary Sub Pop
15 Deerhoof The Runners Four Kill Rock Stars
16 The New Pornographers Twin Cinema Matador
17 The Hold Steady Separation Sunday Frenchkiss
18 The Go! Team Thunder, Lightning, Strike Columbia
19 Iron & Wine / Calexico In the Reins Overcoat
20 Belles of Skin City Ha-Ha Boardroom Think Tank Tantrums TGNP
21 The Decemberists Picaresque Kill Rock Stars
22 Spoon Gimme Fiction Merge
23 Seu Jorge Cru Wrasse
24 Devendra Banhart Cripple Crow XL
25 Dosh Powder Horn Self-Released
26 Stars Set Yourself on Fire Arts & Crafts
27 Out Hud Let Us Never Speak of it Again Kranky
28 Caribou The Milk of Human Kindness Domino
29 The Blind Shake Rizzograph Learning Curve
30 Annie Anniemal Big Beat
31 Atmosphere You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having Rhymesayers
32 The Soviettes LP III Fat Wreck Chords
33 Danger Doom The Mouse and the Mask Epitaph
34 Four Tet Everything Ecstatic Domino
35 Kanser Self Titled Interlock
36 Ladytron The Witching Hour Ryko
37 Big Business Head for the Shallow Hydra Head
38   The Black Angels EP Light in the Attic
39 Kill the Vultures Kill the Vultures Locust
40 Chariots Congratulations Troubleman
41 Metric Live it Out Last Gang
42 Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning Saddle Creek
43 Digitata Sexually Transmitted Emotion TGNP
44 Architecture in Helsinki In Case We Die Bar/None
45 Of Montreal The Sunlandic Twins Polyvinyl
46 The Fall Fall Heads Roll Narnack
47 Death Cab for Cutie Plans Atlantic
48 Death From Above 1979 Romance Bloody Romance Vice
49 Goldfrapp Number 1 Mute
50 Animal Collective Feels Fatcat
51  [no idea what the band name is here] Dungen Ta Det Lungt Kemado
52 Falcon Crest Taste the Thunder Raise the Flag Not Bad
53 Blood on the Wall Awesomer Social Registry
54 The Mars Volta Frances the Mute GSL/Universal
55 Adult Gimmie Troube Thrill Jockey
56 The Midnight Evils Breakin' it Down Estrus
57 The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree 4AD
58 Spaghetti Western String Co. Quiet Mob EP Self-Released
59 Sims Lights Out Paris Doomtree
60 Fischerspooner Odyssey Capitol/EMI
61 The Quantic Soul Orchestra Pushin' On Ubiquity
62   Gay Beast EP Self-Released
63 Halloween Alaska, Too Tall to Hide East Side Digital
64 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Naturally aptone
65   The Fiery Furnaces EP Rough Trade
66 Sicbay Suspicious Icons 54 '40 or Fight
67 Lemon Jelly 64-'95 XL
68 Hockey Night Keep Guessin' Lookout
69 Andrew Bird The Mysterious Productions of Eggs Righteous Babe
70 Cloud Cult Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus Earthology
71 400 Blows Angel's Trumpets and Devil's Trombones GSL
72 Ohmega Watts The Find Ubiquity
73 Xiu Xiu La Foret 5RC
74 The Raveonettes Pretty in Black Columbia
75 Broadcast Tender Buttons Warp
76 The Most Serene Republic Underwater Cinematographer Arts & Crafts
77 Fog 10th Avenue Freakout Lex