Album of The Year

Complete Music Ratings of 2005

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AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

1

92

Antony and the Johnsons
I Am a Bird Now

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

86

n/a

n/a

100

2

90

Sleater-Kinney
The Woods

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

90

n/a

90

3

90

Sufjan Stevens
Illinoise

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

92

90

n/a

90

4

90

Sunn O)))
Black One

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

89

80

n/a

100

5

89

Wolf Parade
Apologies to the Queen Mary

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

92

90

n/a

80

6

88

Art Brut
Bang Bang Rock & Roll

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

89

70

n/a

90

7

87

Animal Collective
Feels

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

80

n/a

90

8

87

Deerhoof
The Runners Four

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

70

n/a

100

9

87

Kanye West
Late Registration

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

80

n/a

100

95

70

n/a

70

10

86

LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

82

90

n/a

100

11

85

My Morning Jacket
Z

100

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

80

n/a

76

70

n/a

80

12

84

Bloc Party
Silent Alarm

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

89

70

n/a

n/a

13

84

Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

85

90

n/a

80

14

84

Spoon
Gimme Fiction

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

79

90

n/a

100

15

84

Andrew Bird
The Mysterious Production of Eggs

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

83

80

n/a

80

16

84

Stars
Set Yourself on Fire

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

84

70

n/a

n/a

17

83

The New Pornographers
Twin Cinema

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

70

n/a

90

90

n/a

90

18

83

Super Furry Animals
Love Kraft

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

85

70

n/a

n/a

19

83

M. Ward
Transistor Radio

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

82

70

n/a

80

20

82

Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

87

80

n/a

70

21

82

The Decemberists
Picaresque

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

83

90

n/a

100

22

82

Konono N�1
Congotronics

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

79

80

n/a

80

23

82

M83
Before the Dawn Heals Us

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

80

80

n/a

86

70

n/a

90

24

81

Caribou
The Milk of Human Kindness

n/a

60

n/a

82

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

85

80

n/a

80

25

81

Eels
Blinking Lights And Other Revelations

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

65

90

n/a

n/a

AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

26

81

Doves
Some Cities

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

78

70

n/a

n/a

27

81

Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

84

50

n/a

80

28

80

The Hold Steady
Separation Sunday

n/a

80

n/a

67

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

87

70

n/a

n/a

29

80

Jamie Lidell
Multiply

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

85

60

n/a

100

30

79

Smog
A River Ain't Too Much To Love

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

77

80

n/a

80

31

79

The National
Alligator

n/a

80

n/a

86

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

79

70

n/a

n/a

32

79

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

87

n/a

n/a

40

33

79

Xiu Xiu
La Foret

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

79

70

n/a

80

34

78

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

60

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

70

n/a

90

35

78

Autechre
Untitled

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

74

80

n/a

90

36

78

Rogue Wave
Descended Like Vultures

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

78

60

n/a

n/a

37

78

The Mountain Goats
The Sunset Tree

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

72

80

n/a

80

38

78

The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

73

60

n/a

90

39

77

Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

74

80

n/a

100

40

76

Gorillaz
Demon Days

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

69

90

n/a

n/a

41

76

The Kills
No Wow

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

60

50

83

80

n/a

70

42

75

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Howl

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

43

75

Damien Jurado
On My Way to Absence

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

75

60

n/a

n/a

44

74

Low
The Great Destroyer

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

n/a

80

90

n/a

55

90

n/a

50

45

74

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

66

70

n/a

80

46

73

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Jacksonville City Nights

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

70

77

60

n/a

70

47

73

Son Volt
Okemah and the Melody of Riot

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

68

70

n/a

n/a

48

72

Kate Bush
Aerial

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

90

70

n/a

n/a

64

70

n/a

n/a

49

72

Kathleen Edwards
Back to Me

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

77

70

n/a

n/a

50

71

Paul Weller
As Is Now

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

60

72

70

n/a

n/a

AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

51

71

of Montreal
The Sunlandic Twins

n/a

80

n/a

82

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

64

n/a

n/a

70

52

71

Magnolia Electric Co.
What Comes After The Blues

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

64

70

n/a

90

53

70

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Cold Roses

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

70

n/a

60

72

40

n/a

n/a

54

70

Tom Vek
We Have Sound

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

70

n/a

n/a

76

70

n/a

n/a

55

70

Queens of the Stone Age
Lullabies to Paralyze

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

75

60

n/a

80

56

68

Cass McCombs
PREfection

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

74

n/a

n/a

70

57

68

Pernice Brothers
Discover a Lovelier You

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

58

60

n/a

80

58

67

Minus the Bear
Menos el Oso

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

71

60

n/a

30

59

66

75

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

68

50

n/a

n/a

60

65

Bright Eyes
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

72

60

n/a

60

61

64

Death Cab For Cutie
Plans

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

40

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

65

70

n/a

70

62

64

Jack Johnson
In Between Dreams

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

63

64

The Raveonettes
Pretty in Black

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

40

n/a

80

100

n/a

68

70

n/a

n/a

64

64

50 Cent
The Massacre

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

80

n/a

20

65

63

Foo Fighters
In Your Honor

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

40

70

70

n/a

n/a

68

60

n/a

n/a

66

63

Beck
Guerolito

n/a

50

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

62

60

n/a

70

67

61

Coldplay
X&Y

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

60

90

n/a

n/a

49

70

n/a

40

68

59

The Mars Volta
Frances The Mute

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

100

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

20

60

n/a

n/a

69

55

Oasis
Don't Believe The Truth

n/a

90

n/a

n/a

n/a

30

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

47

60

n/a

70

70

54

Daft Punk
Human After All

n/a

60

n/a

44

n/a

n/a

n/a

70

50

n/a

49

70

n/a

40

71

54

Kings of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

60

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

49

70

n/a

20

72

52

The Fiery Furnaces
Rehearsing My Choir

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

40

20

n/a

100

73

50

Kasabian
Kasabian

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

30

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

52

60

n/a

n/a

74

41

The Mars Volta
Scab Dates

n/a

70

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

35

60

n/a

10

75

34

Weezer
Make Believe

n/a

80

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

50

n/a

60

4

n/a

n/a

30

AoTY

Band / Album

A.V.

AMG

BPM

CMG

CoS

DiS

OMH

NME

NoRip

Paste

P4K

PM

Spin

TMT

76

34

n/a

40

n/a

n/a

n/a

30

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

24

60

n/a

n/a

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