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Highest Rated Albums of 2005
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This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2005. Check out
NME's Year End List
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1
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Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep
January 28, 2005
Hip Hop
,
UK Hip Hop
Score
90
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2
.
Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
January 25, 2005
Indietronica
,
Indie Pop
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Vitalic - OK Cowboy
April 4, 2005
Electroclash
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
October 18, 2005
Noise Rock
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
November 9, 2005
Dance-Pop
,
Nu-Disco
Score
90
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World
September 12, 2005
Art Rock
,
Indie Rock
,
Post-Britpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Engineers - Engineers
March 7, 2005
Dream Pop
,
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Hard-Fi - Stars of CCTV
July 4, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Dance-Punk
,
Britpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
The Rakes - Capture/Release
August 15, 2005
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
March 7, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
March 22, 2005
Post-Punk Revival
,
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
October 3, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Coldplay - X&Y
June 6, 2005
Pop Rock
,
Post-Britpop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
My Morning Jacket - Z
October 4, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Nine Black Alps - Everything Is
June 13, 2005
Alternative Rock
,
Post-Grunge
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Lemon Jelly - '64-'95
January 31, 2005
Plunderphonics
,
Downtempo
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Magnolia Electric Co. - What Comes After The Blues
April 5, 2005
Folk Rock
,
Alt-Country
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Dirty Three - Cinder
October 11, 2005
Contemporary Folk
,
Post-Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Field Music - Field Music
August 8, 2005
Indie Pop
Score
80
Amazon
Spotify
20
.
of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
April 12, 2005
Indie Pop
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Amazon
Spotify
21
.
John Cale - Black Acetate
October 18, 2005
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
British Sea Power - Open Season
April 4, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Beanie Sigel - The B. Coming
March 29, 2005
Hip Hop
Score
80
Amazon
Music
24
.
System of a Down - Mezmerize
May 17, 2005
Alternative Metal
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
October 4, 2005
Indie Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
80
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2005.
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