2005: [Personal] Best Albums

Submitted by M.Sturm on Sun, 11/27/2005 - 06:20
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  1. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
  2. Gorillaz - Demon Days
  3. Common - Be
  4. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
  5. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Self Titled
  6. Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
  7. System of a Down - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
  8. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
  9. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
  10. Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
  11. Why? - Elephant Eyelash
  12. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
  13. Kanye West - Late Registration
  14. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
  15. The Decemberists - Picaresque
  16. M.I.A. - Arular
  17. The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
  18. Damien "Jr. Gong" Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
  19. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
  20. Sigur Ros - Takk...
  21. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
  22. Atmosphere - You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
  23. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
  24. Anglo-Saxon - Unplug
  25. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
  26. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
  27. Block Party - Silent Alarm
  28. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
  29. DangerDoom - The Mouse and the Mask
  30. My Morning Jacket - Z
Author Comments: 

Didn't include Gomez "Out West", which I believe to be the best album released this year since it is a live album. List is limited to albums I have in my collection and have listened to numorous times.

Honorable Mentions are as follows:

Beck - Guero
The Magic Numbers - Self Titled
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
The Hold Steady - Seperation Sunday
Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
Iron and Wine/Calexico - In the Reins
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
Blueprint - 1988
Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives
Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman
Edan - The Beauty and the Beat
LCD Soundsystem - Self Titled
Fountains of Wayne - Out of State Plates
Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock 'n' Roll
Coldplay - XY
M83 - Before the Dawn Heals Us
Little Brother - The Minstrel Show

Obviously, there are still numorous albums I need to give a listen to as the year winds down. That, however, is another list.

AAA12/15/2005

Not a bad list, but I'm sad to see Iron & Wine in the honorable mentions.