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Highest Rated Albums of 2005

Decade
Source
Genre
2000s
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

1.

Coldplay - X&Y
June 7, 2005
Pop Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30, 2005
Hip Hop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Chamber Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Ry Cooder - Chávez Ravine
June 7, 2005
Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Holopaw - Quit +/or Fight
August 9, 2005
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Apollo Sunshine - Apollo Sunshine
September 13, 2005
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

7.

Low - The Great Destroyer
January 25, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

The Standard - Albatross
October 4, 2005
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Faith Evans - The First Lady
April 5, 2005
R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Dirty Three - Cinder
October 11, 2005
Post-Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Black Mountain - Black Mountain
January 18, 2005
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
May 3, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Solomon Burke - Make Do With What You Got
March 1, 2005
Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Ben Lee - Awake Is the New Sleep
February 22, 2005
Indie Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Neil Young - Prairie Wind
September 27, 2005
Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
March 1, 2005
Progressive Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

The Decemberists - Picaresque
March 22, 2005
Folk Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
September 27, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
October 4, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
May 24, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Dolly Parton - Those Were The Days
October 11, 2005
Score
70
Source →
Amazon

22.

Patty Loveless - Dreamin’ My Dreams
September 13, 2005
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Spotify

23.

Rosie Thomas - If Songs Could Be Held
September 13, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Dar Williams - My Better Self
September 13, 2005
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Lou Barlow - Emoh
January 24, 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.
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