best albums of 2005

1. Piano Magic – Disaffected (Green Ufos)

               

2. Sigur Rós – Takk… (Emi)

                   

3. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)

                               4. Matt Elliott – Drinking Songs (Acuarela)

           

5. Yellow 6 – Melt Inside (Make Mine Music)

              6. Hood – Outside Closer (Domino)

                  

7. Amandine – This Is Where Our Hearts Collide (Fat Cat)

        

8. Espers – The Weed Tree (Locust Music)

  

9. The Montgolfier Brothers – All My Bad Thoughts (Vespertine & Son) 
 

10. Port-Royal – Flares (Resonant)

  

11. The Clientele – Strange Geometry (Pointy)

  

12. Squares On Both Sides – Dunaj (Hausmusik)

  

13. José González – Veneer (A Hidden Agenda)

 

14. Stuart A. Staples – Lucky Dog Recordings (Beggars Banquet)

  

15. Mi And L’au – Mi And L’au (Young God)

  

16. Marconi Union – [Distance] (All Saints)

 

17. The Remote Viewer – Let Your Heart Draw A Line (City Centre Offices)

  

18. Yann Tiersen – Les Retrouvailles (Ici D’ailleurs)

 

19. Early Day Miners – All Harm Ends Here (Secretly Canadian)

 

20. Murcof – Remembranza (Leaf)
     

21. Damien Jurado – On My Way To Absence (Secretly Canadian)

22. A Silver Mt. Zion – Horses In The Sky (Constellation)

23. Colleen – The Golden Morning Breaks (Leaf)

24. Mansfield. TYA – June (Téona Wagram)

25. Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love (Drag City)

26. Boduf Songs – Boduf Songs (Kranky)

27. Reigns – We Lowered A Microphone Into The Ground (Jonson Family)

28. Savoy Grand – People And What They Want (Glitterhouse)

29. The Strugglers – You Win (Acuarela)

30. Songs Of Green Pheasant – Songs Of Green Pheasant (Fat Cat)

31. Lorna – Static Patterns And Souvenirs (Words On Music)

32. Goldmund – Corduroy Road (Type)

33. Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright – Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright (Ici D’ailleurs)

34. Holopaw – Quit +/Or Fight (Sub Pop)

35. Emiliana Torrini – Fisherman’s Woman (Rough Trade)

36. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)

37. Maximilian Hecker – Lady Sleep (Kitty-Yo)

38. Tunng – Mother’s Daughter And Other Songs (Static Caravan)

39. Laura Veirs – Year Of Meteor (Nonesuch)

40. Great Lake Swimmers – Bodies And Minds (Fargo)

41. Chuzzlewit – An Experimental Index Of The Heart (Low Voltage)

42. Kepler – Attic Salt (Troubleman Unlimited)

43. Saw – The Yellow Light (80h)

44. My Education – Italian (Thirty Ghosts)

45. Okkervil River – Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar)

46. Tape – Rideau (Häpna)

47. Delaney – Delaney (Pehr)

48. Jr – La Jr (Acuarela)

49. Norfolk & Western – If You Were Born Overseas (Self Released)

50. Low – The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop)

51. Damon & Naomi – The Earth Is Blue (Acuarela)

52. Andrew Bird – The Mysterious Production Of Eggs (Fargo)

53. Deaf Center – Pale Ravine (Type)

54. Akron/Family – Akron/Family (Young God)

55. Whip – Atheist Lovesong To God (Resonant)

56. Below The Sea – Blame It On The Past (Where Are My Records)

57. Desormais – Dead Letters To Lost Friends (Intr_Version)

58. Library Tapes – Alone In The Bright Lights Of A Shattered Life (Resonant)

59. Portal – Waves & Echoes (Make Mine Music)

60. Calla – Collisions (Beggars Banquet)

61. American Analog Set – Set Free (Arts & Crafts)

62. The Zephyrs – Bright Yellow Flowers On A Dark Double Bed (Acuarela)

63. George – A Week Of Kindness (Pickled Egg)

64. Gravenhurst – Fires In Distant Buildings (Warp)

65. Thee More Shallows – More Deep Cuts (Monotreme)

66. Nine Horses – Snow Borne Sorrow (Samadhisound)

67. Half Asleep – (We Are Now) Seated In Profile (Unique Records)

68. Blindfold – Blindfold (Resonant)

69. Ezekiel Honig & Morgan Packard – Early Morning Migration (Microcosm)

70. Rothko & Caroline Ross – A Place Between (Lo Recordings)

71. Lampshade – Because Trees Can Fly (Glitterhouse)

72. Death Cab For Cutie – Plans (Atlantic)

73. Midaircondo – Shopping For Images (Type)

74. Windsor For The Derby – Giving Up The Ghosts (Secretly Canadian)

75. Silencio – Grunezeit (Carte Postale)

76. Montag – Alone Not Alone (Carpak)

77. The Decemberists – Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)

78. The Prayers And Tears Of Arthur Digby Sellers – The Mother Of Love Emulates The Shape Of Cynthia (Bu Hanan)

79. Hitchcockgohome! – Yes, You’re Dead! (Drunk Dog)

80. Sir – Trapped In A World Of Make Believe (Unstable Ape)