favorite albums 2005

2005 was a great music year for me. you may notice that no rap albums made the list. it's not that i don't like rap, i just don't like black people (tongue affixed firmly in cheek).

1. new pornographers - twin cinema
2. sufjan stevens - illinois
3. the decemberists - picaresque
4. ladytron - the witching hour
5. stars - set yourself on fire
6. broken social scene - broken social scene
7. sleater-kinney - the woods
8. joy zipper - american whip
9. morning after girls - s/t
10. bloc party - silent alarm
11. stephen malkmus - face the truth
12. the kills - no wow
13. kaiser chiefs - employment
14. fiona apple - extraordinary machine
15. joy zipper - the heartlight set
16. eisley - room noises
17. single frame - body end basement
18. imogen heap - speak for yourself
19. love is all - nine times that same song
20. rogue wave - descended like vultures
21. woody whatever - the great pop
22. spoon - gimme fiction
23. m.i.a. - arular
24. new order - waiting for the siren's call
25. the fiery furnaces - ep (ep)
26. maximo park - a certain trigger
27. magnapop - mouthfeel
28. the rosebuds - birds make good neighbors
29. russian futurists - our thickness
30. the cyanide valentine - let it rot
31. serena maneesh - serena maneesh
32. sons and daughters - the repulsion box
33. clor - clor
34. beck - guero
35. the white stripes - get behind me satan
36. bob mould - body of song
37. tom vek - we have sound
38. feist - let it die
39. dengue fever - escape from dragon house
40. clap your hands say yeah - clap your hands say yeah
41. morningwood - morningwood
42. nine inch nails - with teeth
43. giant drag - hearts and unicorns
44. hail social - hail social
45. juliana hatfield - made in china
46. oasis - don't believe the truth
47. the like - are you thinking what i'm thinking
48. and you will know us by the trail of dead - worlds apart
49. fischerspooner - odyssey
50. black rebel motorcycle club - howl

not top-50, but good all the same. not in order:

super furry animals - love kraft

acid house kings - sing along with the acid house kings

greg dulli - amber headlights

my morning jacket - z

jason forrest - shemelessly exciting

kiss me deadly - misty medley

goldfrapp - supernature

the most serene republic - underwater cinematographer

the subways- young for eternity

clue to kalo - one way it's every way

you say party! we say die! - hit the floor!

junior senior - hey hey my my yo yo

metric - live it out

idlewild - warnings/promises

ivy - in the clear

brendan benson - alternative to love

hoy - forever endeavour

nada surf - the weight is a gift

50 foot wave - golden ocean

the 101 - green street

lce soundsystem - lcd soundsystem

gibby haynes and his problem - s/t

rockit girl - bright lights

dandy warhols - odditorium or warlords of mars

weezer - make believe

gruff rhys - yr atal genhedlaeth

the organ - grab that gun

queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze

garbage - bleed like me

ash - meltdown

del cielo - us vs. them

cloud cult - advice from the happy hippopotamus

black lipstick - sincerely, black lipstick

cruiserweight - sweet weaponry

the sugarplastic - will

the peels - the peels

sunshine - moonshower and razorblades

the duke spirit - cuts across the land

teenage fanclub - man-made

magneta lane - the constant lover

marbles - expo

bellafea - familty tree

paatos - kallocain

shout out louds - howl howl gaff gaff

abandoned pools - the reverb (ep)

billy corgan - the future embrace

the raveonettes - pretty in black

astropop 3 - eclipsing binary star

the caesars - paper tigers

mobius band - the loving sounds of static

controller.controller - x-amounts

wolf parade - apologies to the queen mary

the spinto band - nice and nicely done

architecture in helsinki - in case we die

the capes - taste ep

the dead science - submariner

bearsuit - cat spectacular!