BEST ALBUMS OF 2005
#
 Artist Album Label
1
 Low The Great Destroyer Sub Pop
2
 Bright Eyes I’m Awake It’s Morning Saddle Creek
3
 Spinto Band Nice & Nicely Done Bar/None
4
 Rogue Wave Descended Like Vultures Sub Pop
5
 New Pornographers Twin Cinema Matador
6
 Doves Some Cities Capitol
7
 Spoon Gimme Fiction Merge
8
 Out Hud Let Us Never Speak Of It Again Kranky
9
 Animal Collective Feels Fat Cat
10
 Matt Pond PA Several Arrows Later Altitude
11
 Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy Jagjaguwar
12
 Laura Viers Year Of Meteors Nonesuch
13
 Aimee Mann The Forgotten Arm Superego
14
 Sleater Kinney The Woods Sub Pop
15
 Andrew Bird The Mysterious Production Of Eggs Righteous Babe
16
 The Magic Numbers The Magic Numbers Capitol
17
 Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree 4AD
18
 Bloc Party Silent Alarm Vice
19
 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! S/R
20
 Death Cab For Cutie Plans Atlantic