ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2005 - RESULTS
December 30th, 2005 by rui
Here are the Top 40 Albums of 2005 as voted for by visitors to this website.
There were many more nominations compared to previous years, which split the votes and resulted in many albums getting the same number of votes - hence lots of joint positions.
1 Gorillaz - Demon Days (Parlophone)
2 Boards of Canada - Campfire Headphase (Warp)
3 Antony & the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
4 Kate Bush - Aerial (Sony)
5 Fat Freddys Drop - Based on a True Story (Kartel)
6 Sigur Ros - Takk (EMI)
=7 LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem (Capitol)
=7 Global Communication - 76 14 (Discoteque)
=7 Roots Manuva- Awfully Deep (Big Dada)
10 Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game (ESL)
11 Quantic Soul Orchestra - Pushin On (Tru - Thoughts)
=12 Sufjan Stevens- Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
=12 The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers (EMI)
14 Talking Heads - Rare 12″ Remixes (n/a)
15 The Arcade Fire - Funeral (Merge)
=16 Alice Russell - My Favourite Letters (Tru-Thoughts)
=16 Fourtet - Everything’s Ecstatic (Domino)
=16 MIA - Arular (XL Beggars)
=16 Toy - Toy (Smalltown Supersound)
=16 Tunng - This Is Tunng (Static Caravan)
=21 Boozoo Bajou, - Dust My Broom (!K7)
=21 Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue (echo)
=23 Beck- Guerro (Geffen)
=23 Plantlife - The Return of Jack Splash (Gut)
=25 Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman’s Woman (Rough Trade)
=25 Royksopp - The Understanding (Wall of Sound)
=27 Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (Ryko)
=27 Damian Marley - Welcome to Jamrock (Tuff Gong)
=27 Nitin Sawhney - Philtre (V2)
=27 RSL - Every Preston Guild (Players)
=27 Tosca - JAC (!K7)
=32 AGK - The Liking of Things (Big Chill Recordings)
=32 Boom Bip - Blue Eyed in the Red Room (Lex)
=32 Coldplay - X & Y (EMI)
=32 Solus - Lights in the Valley (Upstairs)
=32 Efterklang - Tripper (Leaf)
=32 Jaga Jazzist - What We Must (Ninja Tune)
=32 Jose Gonzalez- Veneer (Agenda)
=32 Kanye West - Late Registration (Roc-a-fella)
=32 Recloose - Haitus on the Horizon (Peace Frog)
Are these the best 40 albums of last year? Agree or disagree with the voters using the comments area at the foot of this page!
