THE TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2005

 1. ART BRUT - Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Banana Recordings/Fierce Panda UK import)
 2. FIONA APPLE - Extraordinary Machine (Epic/Clean Slate)
 3. AMADOU & MARIAM - Dimanche A Bamako (Nonesuch)
 4. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - I Am A Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
 5. THE GO-BETWEENS - Oceans Apart (Yep Roc)
 6. SILVER JEWS - Tanglewood Numbers (Drag City)
 7. DEERHOOF - The Runners Four (Kill Rock Stars)
 8. MAXIMO PARK - A Certain Trigger (Warp)
 9. BABYSHAMBLES - Down In Albion (Rough Trade UK import)
10. VARIOUS ARTISTS - Run The Road (679 UK/Vice/Atlantic)
11. LOW - The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop)
12. ROBBIE FULKS - Georgia Hard (Yep Roc)
13. CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (clapyourhandssayyeah.com)
14. FRANZ FERDINAND - You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino)
15. KANYE WEST - Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)
16. SPOON - Gimme Fiction (Merge)
17. M.I.A. - Arular (XL)
18. NEW MODEL ARMY - Carnival (Attack Attack)
19. COMET GAIN - City Fallen Leaves (Kill Rock Stars)
20. GOGOL BORDELLO - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike (Side One Dummy)
21. SLEATER-KINNEY - The Woods (Sub Pop)
22. STEPHEN MALKMUS - Face The Truth (Matador)
23. MY MORNING JACKET - Z (ATO/RCA)
24. PERNICE BROTHERS - Discover A Lovelier You (Ashmont)
25. SUFJAN STEVENS - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
26. SMOG - A River Ain't Too Much To Love (Drag City)
27. THE HOLD STEADY - Separation Sunday (Frenchkiss)
28. MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO - What Comes After The Blues (Secretly Canadian)
29. BRIGHT EYES - Digital Ash In A Digital Urn (Saddle Creek)
30. DANGER DOOM - The Mouse And The Mask (Epitaph)
31. THE CLIENTELE - Strange Geometry (Merge)
32. CHOCOLATE GENIUS INC - Black Yankee Rock (Commotion)
33. JENS LEKMAN - Oh You're So Silent Jens (Service Sweden/Secretly Canadian)
34. SONS AND DAUGHTERS - The Repulsion Box (Domino)
35. VIC CHESNUTT - Ghetto Bells (New West)
36. CALLA - Collisions (Beggars Banquet)
37. MALCOLM MIDDLETON - Into The Woods (Chemikal Underground)
38. LOVE AS LAUGHTER - Laughter's Fifth (Sub Pop)
39. STARS - Set Yourself On Fire (Arts & Crafts Canada '04)
40. SHOUT OUT LOUDS - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Bud Fox Sweden/Capitol)

    ~~ David Rawson ~~