Top fifty of 2005 part two (25-01)

The wait is (finally?) over. Here are my favorite albums of 2005. My wife expected much more “challenging” or “dissonant” music. Yeah, but I’m a sucker for a catchy melody and there are plenty of those here.

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25. The Joggers – With A Cape And A Cane (Startime)
MP3 | Since You’re Already Up

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24. The Decemberists – Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
MP3 | 16 Military Wives

23. Hammock – Kenotic (Hammock Music)
MP3 | The Air Between Us

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22. Gratitude – S/T (Atlantic)
MP3 | Feel Alright

21. The Small Knives – Rain On Tin (Candle)
MP3 | Flashlight

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20. My Morning Jacket – Z (ATO)
MP3 | Off The Record

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19. Shining – In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (Rune Grammofon)
MP3 | Aleister Explains Everything

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18. Clor – S/T (EMI)
MP3 | Stuck In A Tight Spot

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17. Sufjan Stevens – Come On Feel The Illinoise (Asthmatic Kitty)
MP3 | The Predatory Wasp

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16. Wolf Parade – Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
MP3 | It’s A Curse

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15. Minus The Bear – Menos El Oso (Suicide Squeeze)
MP3 | Drilling

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14. Paul Duncan – Be Careful Where You Call Home (Hometapes)
MP3 | Oil In The Fields

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13. The Heavenly States – Black Comet (Baria)
MP3 | Look And Listen

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12. Four Tet – Everything Ecstatic (Domino)
MP3 | Four Tet – Sun, Drums, And Soil

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11. Architecture In Helsinki – In Case We Die (Bar None)
MP3 | What’s In Store

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10. The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree (4AD)
MP3 | This Year

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09. Rogue Wave – Descended Like Vultures (Sub Pop)
MP3 | Publish My Love

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08. Black Dice – Broken Ear Record (Astralwerks)
MP3 | Smiling Off

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07. Page France – Hello, Dear Wind (Fall Records)
MP3 | Dogs

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06. Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar)
MP3 | Black

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05. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – S/T (Self Released)
MP3 | The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth

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04. Phosphorescent – Aw Come Aw Wry (Misra)
MP3 | Not A Heel

03. Serena Maneesh – S/T (Honeymilk)
MP3 | Selina’s Melodie Fountain

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02. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Sony)
MP3 | Get It Together

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01. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm / Silent Alarm Remixed (Vice)
MP3 | Like Eating Glass
MP3 | Helicopter (Whitey Version)

*I know it’s cheating to have two #1 albums, but it’s the same songs (albeit different versions) by the same band on both albums.