Best Albums of 2005

Listed below are the best albums of 2005 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
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2005 year summaryThe best artists of 2005 were Sufjan Stevens, Gorillaz, Kanye West, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Sigur Rós, The National, Coldplay, System Of A Down and Animal Collective.
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"Barely saved from the doom of oblivion thanks to the band's international name and its singles, this album is horribly weak for me. I am not able to listen to the whole Juicebox song without hating myself and the bassist of this band. However, Razorblade is an amazingly fun song, and YOLO is... w..."  [+]  Reply
- Radioscope | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"no they don't suck, you think they sound dated when they came out b/c it's just standard hard rock. and? that's an awesome genre, let me help you with this: step 1: THROW YOUR S*&^%* EARBUDS AND IPHONE IN THE GARBAGE. step 2: BUY TOWER SPEAKERS, A MIXER, AND A RECORD PLAYER. step 3: TURN THE VOLU..."  [+]  Reply
- jackbrown8786 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (13 helpful | 1 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Shakes head. Why do I now appreciate Kanye productions? Why have I "slept on" Common for all these years, knowing full well how great his voice and style is? No idea but I do know that (apart from the odd dodgy lyric, it's rap music after all) this is a fine record. Possibly better than resurrect..."  [+]  Reply
- Graeme2 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Radiohead makes a very original album just to experiment with new sounds and people say it's groundbreaking, but when M.I.A. does it, she's trying too hard and it's originality for the sake of originality. Well, I liked Arular. It displayed a completely fresh sound, and I congratulate M.I.A. for ..."  [+]  Reply
- 9999 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Not as strong as Rated R or Songs for the Deaf, but still a good rocker. Heavy foundation, searing guitar, and the coolest lead-singer of the 2000s... Geez, it sounds like I'm talking about an 80s metal band."  Reply
- junodog4 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"John Darnielle of the mountain goats is the preacher before the dawn, telling intricate, interesting tales of characters giving abandon to hope and hope to hopelessness. As he said in a recent interview (paraphrased), his characters are like a good friend who's also a chronic liar. "The Sunset Tr..."  [+]  Reply
- paladisiac | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"There's no one song that is on the level of Where It's At on this album, but all the songs are solid. A Beck album can always be hit or miss (even Odelay) but this seems to be his most complete album. The variety is very good, going from rockers like E-Pro to poppy hits like Girl to more soulful ..."  [+]  Reply
- ShaneSpear | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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