Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
Worst Albums
Reviews
Lists
Perfect Scores
Paste
Follow
www.pastemagazine.com
@
PasteMagazine
Highest Rated Albums of 2005
Year
2005
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
All Time
Genre
All
All
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Chamber Pop
Experimental
Folk
Folk Pop
Folk Rock
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Folk
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Latin Alternative
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Rock
Progressive Rock
Psychedelic
Psychedelic Rock
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Stoner Rock
1.
Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30, 2005
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Chamber Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3.
Coldplay - X&Y
June 7, 2005
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4.
Apollo Sunshine - Apollo Sunshine
September 13, 2005
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
5.
Holopaw - Quit +/or Fight
August 9, 2005
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6.
Ry Cooder - Chávez Ravine
June 7, 2005
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7.
Low - The Great Destroyer
January 25, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8.
Dirty Three - Cinder
October 11, 2005
Post-Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9.
The Standard - Albatross
October 4, 2005
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10.
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
October 4, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11.
Neil Young - Prairie Wind
September 27, 2005
Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12.
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
September 27, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13.
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
May 24, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14.
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
May 3, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15.
Faith Evans - The First Lady
April 5, 2005
R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16.
The Decemberists - Picaresque
March 22, 2005
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17.
Solomon Burke - Make Do With What You Got
March 1, 2005
Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18.
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
March 1, 2005
Progressive Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19.
Ben Lee - Awake Is the New Sleep
February 22, 2005
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20.
Black Mountain - Black Mountain
January 18, 2005
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21.
Animal Collective - Feels
October 18, 2005
Experimental
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22.
Deerhoof - The Runners Four
October 11, 2005
Experimental
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23.
Nada Surf - The Weight Is a Gift
September 20, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24.
Dar Williams - My Better Self
September 13, 2005
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25.
Rosie Thomas - If Songs Could Be Held
September 13, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2005.
Next
PASTE'S HIGHEST RATED ALBUMS OF ...
2019
2018
2006
You May Also Like
Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2005
NME's Highest Rated Albums of 2005
A.V. Club's Highest Rated Albums of 2005
Drowned in Sound's Highest Rated Albums of 2005
AllMusic's Highest Rated Albums of 2005
Connect with AOTY
Like Us
Follow Us
All Publications
A.V. Club
AllMusic
Alternative Press
Coke Machine Glow
DIY
Drowned in Sound
Entertainment Weekly
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Resident Advisor
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spin
Sputnikmusic
The Guardian
The Observer
The Skinny
Tiny Mix Tapes
Under The Radar
Newsworthy
Submit a Link
Listen to Lizzo’s New Song “Cuz I Love You”
1 point
/
Comment
First Listen: Julia Jacklin, 'Crushing'
1 point
/
Comment
Ryan Adams Dangled Success. Women Say They Paid a Price.
6 Comments
Carly Rae Jepsen Previews New Song “Now That I Found You” In Queer Eye Trailer
1 point
/
Comment
21 Savage Released From ICE Detainment on Bond
1 point
/
1 Comment
New Album Releases
73
Czarface & Ghostface Killah
Czarface Meets Ghostface
57
Avril Lavigne
Head Above Water
70
Ladytron
Ladytron
67
HOMESHAKE
Helium
87
Various Artists
環境音楽 Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980–1990
69
Methyl Ethel
Triage
68
RY X
Unfurl
71
Piroshka
Brickbat
77
Broken Social Scene
Let's Try the After - Vol. 1
80
Betty Who
Betty
More Releases