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This is an ordered list of No Ripcord's highest rated albums of 2005. Check out
No Ripcord's Year End List
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1
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Love As Laughter - Laughter's Fifth
April 26, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
100
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2
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Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
September 13, 2005
Folk
Score
100
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Music
Spotify
3
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The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
May 3, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
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Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires
February 2, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Crooked Fingers - Dignity and Shame
February 22, 2005
Score
90
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
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Tunng - This is... Tunng (Mother's Daughter and Other Songs)
January 10, 2005
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
7
.
Robyn - Robyn
April 27, 2005
Electropop
,
Synthpop
,
Dance-Pop
,
Europop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
September 12, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
,
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
June 28, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Stephen Malkmus - Face the Truth
May 23, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
ANOHNI and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
February 1, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
British Sea Power - Open Season
April 4, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Xiu Xiu - La Forêt
July 12, 2005
Art Pop
,
Avant-Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
February 15, 2005
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
March 22, 2005
Post-Punk Revival
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
January 25, 2005
Indie Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Caribou - The Milk of Human Kindness
April 18, 2005
Indietronica
,
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
September 27, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Low - The Great Destroyer
January 25, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Zu - The Way of the Animal Powers
October 8, 2005
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
November 8, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
The Most Serene Republic - Underwater Cinematographer
July 12, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Sons and Daughters - The Repulsion Box
August 9, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Hood - Outside Closer
January 17, 2005
Post-Rock
,
Slowcore
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings No Ripcord awarded albums throughout 2005.
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