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Sound Directions - The Funky Side of Life
October 7, 2005
Jazz-Funk
Score
100
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2
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Iron & Wine - Woman King
February 22, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
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Indie Folk
Score
100
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Hair Police - Constantly Terrified
April 26, 2005
Score
100
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4
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Thighpaulsandra - Double Vulgar II
March 0, 2005
Rock
Score
100
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5
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The Robot Ate Me - On Vacation
March 22, 2005
Score
100
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Amazon
6
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Destroyer - Notorious Lightning & Other Works
January 25, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
100
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7
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The Residents - Animal Lover
April 5, 2005
Experimental
Score
100
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8
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Boom Bip - Blue Eyed in the Red Room
March 8, 2005
Indietronica
Score
100
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9
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Mount Eerie - "No Flashlight": Songs of the Fulfilled Night
August 16, 2005
Psychedelic Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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10
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Islaja - Palaa Aurinkoon
January 20, 2005
Score
100
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11
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The Fiery Furnaces - EP
January 11, 2005
Art Pop
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
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12
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Vashti Bunyan - Lookaftering
October 17, 2005
Chamber Folk
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Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
100
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13
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Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt szuletett
March 15, 2005
Breakcore
,
Modern Classical
,
Drill and Bass
Score
100
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14
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Sunn O))) - Black One
October 18, 2005
Drone Metal
,
Dark Ambient
,
Drone
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
15
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Jamie Lidell - Multiply
June 28, 2005
Blue-Eyed Soul
,
Pop Soul
Score
100
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16
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The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir
October 25, 2005
Progressive Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
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17
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The Decemberists - Picaresque
March 22, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
October 18, 2005
Noise Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Deerhoof - The Runners Four
October 11, 2005
Experimental Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Spoon - Gimme Fiction
May 10, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
February 15, 2005
Dance-Punk
,
Indietronica
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
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ANOHNI and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
February 1, 2005
Chamber Pop
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Four Tet - Everything Ecstatic
May 31, 2005
Electronic
,
Glitch Hop
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24
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Tarwater - The Needle Was Travelling
March 22, 2005
Score
90
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Amazon
25
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Unstable Ensemble - Embers
August 16, 2005
Score
90
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Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Tiny Mix Tapes awarded albums throughout 2005.
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