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2.

Kanye West - Late Registration
August 30, 2005
Pop Rap
USER SCORE
90
31,706 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

3.

Common - Be
May 24, 2005
Conscious Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
8,934 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

4.

Nujabes - Modal Soul
November 11, 2005
Jazz Rap, Instrumental Hip Hop
USER SCORE
89
7,415 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

6.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries
August 29, 2005
Progressive Metal
USER SCORE
88
1,894 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

10.

Boris - Pink
November 18, 2005
Noise Rock, Stoner Metal
USER SCORE
87
4,541 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

11.

Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
July 18, 2005
Indietronica, Art Pop
USER SCORE
86
4,887 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

12.

Gorillaz - Demon Days
May 11, 2005
Art Pop, Alternative Rock, Trip Hop
USER SCORE
86
17,508 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

13.

Sigur Rós - Takk...
September 13, 2005
Post-Rock
USER SCORE
86
1,989 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

14.

Smarki Smark - Najebawszy
April 2005
Boom Bap, Jazz Rap
USER SCORE
86
70 ratings
Amazon

15.

System of a Down - Mezmerize
May 17, 2005
Alternative Metal
USER SCORE
86
6,700 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

18.

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
November 14, 2005
Death Metal
USER SCORE
85
718 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

22.

kent - Du & jag döden
March 8, 2005
Alternative Rock
USER SCORE
84
230 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

23.

Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
November 9, 2005
Dance-Pop, Nu-Disco
USER SCORE
84
3,964 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

24.

Animal Collective - Feels
October 18, 2005
Neo-Psychedelia
USER SCORE
84
2,518 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify

25.

Noyz Narcos - Non Dormire
July 21, 2005
Horrorcore
USER SCORE
84
119 ratings
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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