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| ⇦ 2004 | 2006 ⇨ |
The Best Music of 2005
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2005. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2005, check out this list.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
| 30 Seconds to Mars | A Beautiful Lie | ☆ |
| 50 Cent | The Massacre | ☆ |
| Animal Collective | Feels | ☆ |
| Antony and The Johnsons | I Am a Bird Now | ☆ |
| Avenged Sevenfold | City of Evil | ☆ |
| Beck | Guero | ☆ |
| Bloc Party | Silent Alarm | ☆ |
| Bright Eyes | I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning | ☆ |
| Carrie Underwood | Some Hearts | ☆ |
| Coheed and Cambria | Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of | ☆ |
| Coldplay | X&Y | ☆ |
| Common | Be | ☆ |
| Dave Matthews Band | Stand Up | ☆ |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Plans | ☆ |
| Depeche Mode | Playing the Angel | ☆ |
| Dream Theater | Octavarium | ☆ |
| Dropkick Murphys | The Warrior's Code | ☆ |
| Fall Out Boy | From Under the Cork Tree | ☆ |
| Fiona Apple | Extraordinary Machine | ☆ |
| Foo Fighters | In Your Honor | ☆ |
| Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better | ☆ |
| Garbage | Bleed Like Me | ☆ |
| George Strait | Somewhere Down In Texas | ☆ |
| Gorillaz | Demon Days | ☆ |
| Imogen Heap | Speak for Yourself | ☆ |
| Jack Johnson | In Between Dreams | ☆ |
| Judas Priest | Angel of Retribution | ☆ |
| Kanye West | Late Registration | ☆ |
| LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem | ☆ |
| Lil Wayne | Tha Carter II | ☆ |
| M.I.A. | Arular | ☆ |
| Madonna | Confessions On A Dance Floor | ☆ |
| Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi | ☆ |
| Mary J. Blige | The Breakthrough | ☆ |
| Miranda Lambert | Kerosene | ☆ |
| Missy Elliott | The Cookbook | ☆ |
| My Morning Jacket | Z | ☆ |
| New Order | Waiting for the Sirens' Call | ☆ |
| New Pornographers | Twin Cinema | ☆ |
| Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | ☆ |
| Oasis | Don't Believe the Truth | ☆ |
| OK Go | Oh No | ☆ |
| Panic! at the Disco | A Fever You Can't Sweat Out | ☆ |
| Paul McCartney | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | ☆ |
| Porcupine Tree | Deadwing | ☆ |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Lullabies to Paralyze | ☆ |
| Robyn | Robyn | ☆ |
| Ryan Adams & The Cardinals | Cold Roses | ☆ |
| Shakira | Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 | ☆ |
| Sigur Ros | Takk | ☆ |
| Sleater-Kinney | The Woods | ☆ |
| Spoon | Gimme Fiction | ☆ |
| Sufjan Stevens | Illinois | ☆ |
| System of a Down | Mesmerize | ☆ |
| System of a Down | Hypnotize | ☆ |
| The All-American Rejects | Move Along | ☆ |
| The Chemical Brothers | Push the Button | ☆ |
| The Decemberists | Picaresque | ☆ |
| The Mars Volta | Frances the Mute | ☆ |
| The Strokes | First Impressions of Earth | ☆ |
| The White Stripes | Get Behind Me Satan | ☆ |
| Weezer | Make Believe | ☆ |
| Wolfmother | Wolfmother | ☆ |
| ⇦ 2004 | 2006 ⇨ |