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Highest Rated Albums of 2005

Decade
Source
Genre
2000s
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

1.

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
May 24, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
94
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2.

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
July 5, 2005
Chamber Pop
Score
94
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3.

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
September 27, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
92
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4.

Tiger Bear Wolf - Tiger Bear Wolf
April 26, 2005
Score
91
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5.

Spoon - Gimme Fiction
May 10, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
91
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6.

The Decemberists - Picaresque
March 22, 2005
Folk Rock
Score
90
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7.

The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
June 7, 2005
Garage Rock
Score
90
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8.

Ryan Adams - 29
December 19, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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9.

The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
April 26, 2005
Indie Folk
Score
89
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10.

Deerhoof - The Runners Four
October 11, 2005
Experimental
Score
89
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11.

DJ Muggs vs GZA - Grandmasters
October 25, 2005
Hip Hop
Score
87
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12.

Pläns Pläns - Plays Herman Melville's Moby Dick
January 1, 2005
Score
87
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13.

Iron & Wine - Woman King
February 22, 2005
Singer-Songwriter
Score
86
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14.

Darren Hanlon - Little Chills
April 5, 2005
Score
86
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15.

Wilderness - Wilderness
July 5, 2005
Score
86
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16.

Castanets - First Light's Freeze
October 11, 2005
Folk
Score
86
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17.

Broadcast - Tender Buttons
August 19, 2005
Electronic
Score
86
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18.

Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers
October 18, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
86
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19.

M.I.A. - Arular
March 22, 2005
Electropop
Score
86
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20.

The National - Alligator
April 12, 2005
Indie Rock
Score
86
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21.

Animal Collective - Feels
October 18, 2005
Experimental
Score
86
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22.

Devin Davis - Lonely People of the World, Unite!
March 15, 2005
Score
85
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23.

Eluvium - Talk Amongst the Trees
March 1, 2005
Ambient
Score
85
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24.

Sin Ropas - Fire Prizes
October 5, 2005
Score
85
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25.

The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
August 23, 2005
Power Pop
Score
85
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Coke Machine Glow awarded albums throughout 2005.
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