Top 50 from 2005
 

Just finished my top 50 from 2005... thought you all would like to see/mock it ;)

1 - Hood - Outside Closer
2 - LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
3 - Low - Great Destroyers
4 - Spoon - Gimme Fiction
5 - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
6 - Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
7 - Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
8 - sigur ros - takk
9 - Ladytron - Witching Hour
10 - Autolux - Future Perfect
11 - Joy Zipper - The Heartlight Set
12 - Broken Social Scene: - Broken Social Scene:
13 - Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
14 - Editors - The Back Room
15 - 13 & God - 13 & God
16 - Fischerspooner - Odyssey
17 - Architecture In Helsinki: - In Case We Die
18 - Boards of Canada: - The Campfire Headphase
19 - Vitalic - OK Cowboy
20 - M83:Before the Dawn Heals Us
21 - Of Montreal: - The Sunlandic Twins
22 - Bright Eyes - Digital Ash InA Digital Urn
23 - Wilco - Kicking Television (Live in Chicago)
24 - Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love
25 - 2 Many DJ's - 50,000,000 Soulwax Fans Can't Be Wrong
26 - The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightening, Strike
27 - Kraftwerk: Minimum - Maximum
28 - The Duke Spirit - Cut Across The Land
29 - Engineers - Engineers
30 - Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
31 - Brakes - Give Blood
32 - We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor
33 - The Fall - Fall Heads Roll
34 - The Books: - Lost and Safe
35 - The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
36 - British Sea Power - Open Season
37 - Animal Collective: Feels
38 - Soulwax - Nite Versions
39 - Sufjan Stevens: - Illinoise
40 - Daft Punk - Human After All
41 - The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
42 - Colder - Heat
43 - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah:
44 - Six Organs of Admittance - School of the Flower
45 - Magnet - The Tourniquet
46 - Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
47 - The Decemberists - Picaresqe
48 - The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
49 - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
50 - The Raveonettes - Pretty In Black

*Arcade Fire - Funeral and Ambulance Ltd. - S/T I consder 2004 as that's when I got them...

Why everybody putting Bloc Party so high.

It`s averageness from start to finish , good list otherwise though

couldn't agree more

hmm... i don't listen to the album anymore so kinda know what you are saying... however, I still enjoy the live and remixed stuff of theirs I have. It's a good album, but not great. The reason I rated it so high is the truly inspired drumming.

...surely there's more to say about this list than critisizing 1 of my choices? what's your top albums? :)

It's not bad. Some albums (like Illinoise, Picaresque, CYHSY s/t, Everything Ecstatic) I would have rated a littler higher. I would have added a couple in there as well

Antony and the Johnsons- I Am A Bird Now
The Evens- s/t
New Pornographers- Twin Cinema
Deerhoof- The Runners Four
Erin Mckeown- We Will Become Like Birds
The Boy Least Likely To- The Best Party Ever
Bonnie Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney- Superwolf

I've been trying to rank my top 50 for the longest time now, but eventually I just gave up. I decided to make a much more managable top 25 instead. Hopefully this will be my definitive list and I won't feel the need to make any others...

25. The Light Footwork - One State Two State
24. Xiu Xiu - La Foret
23. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
22. The American Analog Set - Set Free
21. The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human
20. The Most Serene Republic - Underwater Cinematographer
19. Nedelle - From the Lion's Mouth
18. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
17. Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
16. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Broom
15. Various Artists - DFA Holiday Mix 2005
14. The Spinto Band - Nice and Nicely Done
13. Red Sparowes - At the Soundless Dawn
12. Thunderbirds Are Now! - Justamustache
11. Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
10. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll
9. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
8. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
7. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
6. The Decemberists - Picaresque
5. The National - Alligator
4. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
3. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
1. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois: Sufjan Stevens Invites You To Come One Feel the Illinois!

Your list is very good (forgot to mention that), except for the low rank of mars volta :)

Here are some of my favourites

The Mars Volta - Frances the mute
Mew - and the glass handed kites
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Arcade Fire - Funeral (listened to it in 2005)
Sigur Rós - Takk...
Madrugada - The deep end
Turbonegro - Party Animals (Oh yeah!)

Illinoise - I admit I'm in the minority here... I think i 'missed the point' of this somewhat as only really liked 2 songs from the album... fair play to making it, as it's certainly not BAD - I just don't think it's as great as most everyone else does...

Everything Ecstatic - Pause and Rounds are both top 5 of their respective years for me.... Everything Ecstatic I simply didn't like that much... Seen him more than any other band in the last 3 years too (about 7 times I think). Sadly, his live performances have slowly gotten worse and I doubt i'll bother again... last time I saw him 2/3 of the audience had left before he was done (he headlined locally with Explosioins in the Sky)

Various Artists - DFA Holiday Mix 2005 - I thought this was quite boring... big disapointment for me... DFA mix 2 is great of course.

The Juan Maclean - Less Than Human - Another album I expected a lot more from. I'll put on LCD Soundsystem 99% instead of this album.

The American Analog Set - Set Free - DAMN YOU! I forgot to put this on my list!! doh!

39 - Sufjan Stevens: - Illinoise

such a great album. im really hooked on this guy

Here's my list in no particular order:

1. Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
2. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
3. Animal Collective - Feels
4. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
6. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
7. Kate Bush - Aerial
8. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
9. Oranger - New Comes And Goes
10. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
11. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
12. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
13. Tom Vek - We Have Sound
14. Great Lakes Myth Society - Great Lakes Myth Society
15. Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
16. Dream Theater - Octavarium
17. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
18. British Sea Power - Open Season
19. Echo & The Bunnymen - Siberia
20. Wolf Parade - Apologies To The Queen Mary
21. Portastatic - Bright Ideas
22. Supergrass - Road To Rouen
23. Matt Pond PA - Several Arrows Later
24. Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
25. Low - The Great Destroyer
26. Doves - Some Cities
27. Mercury Rev - The Secret Migration
28. Kings of Leon - Aha Shake Heartbreak
29. White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
30. Metric - Live It Out
31. Dandy Warhols - Odditorium or Warlords of Mars
32. Nada Surf - The Weight Is A Gift
33. Kinski - Alpine Static
34. Ok Go - Oh No
35. Architecture In Helsinki - In Case We Die
36. The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s
37. Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts
38. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
39. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
40. Gang of Four - Return The Gift
41. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
42. Gratitude - Gratitude
43. Eels - Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
44. Electrelane - If Not Now, When?
45. Beck - Guero
46. Thievery Corporation - Cosmic Game
47. The Earlies - These Were The Earlies
48. The Clientele - Strange Geometry
49. Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
50. The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts