theqissilent's "25 Best Albums of 2005"

Note: There were about forty really good albums I heard this year, but a virtual dearth of current/future masterworks and total failures. Therefore, there are probably no immediate classics in the bunch (though the top 3 or 4 could eventually make that claim with the passage of time), but there were a lot I had to leave off to coincide with the "25 theme" I’ve stuck with. Some of the closest misses include:

Gorillaz – "Demon Days"
Akron/Family – s/t
LCD Soundsystem – s/t
Kaiser Chiefs – "Employment"
Bruce Springsteen – "Devils & Dust"
The Mountain Goats – "The Sunset Tree"
Death Cab For Cutie – "Plans"
Hard-Fi – "Stars of CCTV"
Kasabian – s/t

Also, I lump both Bright Eyes albums together to count as one (the better of the two, "I’m Wide Awake…," gets credited) the same as I would for GNR’s "Use Your Illusion" albums and the pair of intertwined System of a Down records (which also just barely missed the cut this year).

Send to Printer theqissilent's "25 Best Albums of 2005" Note: There were about forty really good albums I heard this year, but a virtual dearth of current/future masterworks and total failures. Therefore, there are probably no immediate classics in the bunch (though the top 3 or 4 could eventually make that claim with the passage of time), but there were a lot I had to leave off to coincide with the "25 theme" I’ve stuck with. Some of the closest misses include: Gorillaz – "Demon Days" Akron/Family – s/t LCD Soundsystem – s/t Kaiser Chiefs – "Employment" Bruce Springsteen – "Devils & Dust" The Mountain Goats – "The Sunset Tree" Death Cab For Cutie – "Plans" Hard-Fi – "Stars of CCTV" Kasabian – s/t Also, I lump both Bright Eyes albums together to count as one (the better of the two, "I’m Wide Awake…," gets credited) the same as I would for GNR’s "Use Your Illusion" albums and the pair of intertwined System of a Down records (which also just barely missed the cut this year).
	1.	Gimme Fiction by Spoon
	2.	Lullabies to Paralyze by Queens of the Stone Age
	3.	Apologies to the Queen Mary by Wolf Parade
	4.	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
	5.	Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens
	6.	The Runners Four by Deerhoof
	7.	The Woods by Sleater-Kinney
	8.	Picaresque by The Decemberists
	9.	Twin Cinema by The New Pornographers
	10.	I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning by Bright Eyes
	11.	With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails
	12.	Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta
	13.	Guero by Beck
	14.	Z by My Morning Jacket
	15.	Open Season by British Sea Power
	16.	I am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
	17.	Get Behind Me Satan by The White Stripes
	18.	Let It Die by Feist
	19.	Broken Social Scene by Broken Social Scene
	20.	Tanglewood Numbers by Silver Jews
	21.	In Your Honor by Foo Fighters
	22.	You Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand
	23.	Fall Heads Roll by The Fall
	24.	Before the Dawn Heals Us by M83
	25.	Silent Alarm by Bloc Party
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