Best Albums of 2005
Listed below are the best albums of 2005 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
"A worthy debut for the discography that followed." Reply
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Vatsal | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I thought this album, like many Kent's, would be played out of my mind, as I played it manymany times and for specific reasons, not there now. But no, it stays, it's not broken, forgotten or disliked. I still care." Reply
"It's Iron Maiden meets Guns 'n Roses meets Skid Row, Motley Crue and Metallica. This is A7X's breakthrough album, and with good reason. The juxtaposition of each track is such that the whole album fits together in a very deliberate way. Once heard, songs like 'Beast and the Harlot,' 'Trashed and ..." [+] Reply
"Bright Eyes's "digital ash in a digital urn" is Conor's take on electronica. There seemed to be a bunch of these indie-songwriter-meets-IDM after the success of the postal service. Conor's lyrical style doesn't mesh 100% with the musical style, which keeps this from flowing as well as his other 2..." [+] Reply
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paladisiac | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This album is worth a listen. Moody, melacholic and beautiful. Hide and Seek could be on the best produced songs of all time." Reply
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silverwing | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I didn't know what I was missing out on. Why was I never told about this album? Why do I have to stumble onto things like this via the internet?" Reply
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craola | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Although I really enjoy the other albums, I feel more personally attached to this one. It has had more influence than people expected (look at Justice, Gesaffelstein, and the electro punk of M.I.A. and Death Grips), and it was hated basically because they didn’t do what people expected them to do..." [+] Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2005
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"If you wish to experience a moment of helpless joy, this is where you should be. And there was much wiggling. Amen." Reply
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SquishypuffDave | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The only problem with this album is that it is only half and hour long. I have literally listened to this album everyday for the last few months, no exaggeration. Every song from this album has over a hundred plays on my iTunes." Reply
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Best Albums of 2005 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Bright Eyes | 3 | 0% | |
| System Of A Down | 2 | 0% | |
| Animal Collective | 2 | 0% | |
| Richard Thompson | 2 | 0% | |
| The Sugarplastic | 2 | 0% | |
| Journey | 2 | 0% | |
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448 | 45% | |
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184 | 18% | |
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50 | 5% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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