The Best Albums of 2005
In 2005, Cher ended her 3-year-long “Farewell Tour” which became the highest-grossing female and solo tour at that time. Madonna enjoyed success throughout the decade. Her albums Music (2000) and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) are among the best-selling of the decade. Both were universally acclaimed by critics. The first was also nominated for five Grammy Awards while the second won one. Madonna also had four highly successful tours in the 2000s. In 2005, the Checotah, Oklahoma native became the first American Idol winner to record primarily country music, instead of pop, rap or rhythm and blues. Here are all of the 2005 albums ranked.
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10. Plans (Death Cab For Cutie)
“Death Cab’s lyrics are poetry, and each poem is enhanced with complementary music. Summer Skin observes the end of a summer fling with the final peeling-off of sunburned skin. The natural changing of people over time in a romantic relationship can leave us feeling like we don’t know them anymore; the mix of feelings that come with this experience is like the aptly titled Brothers on a Hotel Bed. “
9. Feels (Animal Collective)
“A near-perfect album to me. Exploding with emotion that mimics an isolated screech into the void. A great premonition of what AnCo would do in the years to follow. Constantly juxtaposing arrangements akin to childlike exploration with cacophonous screeching, there are truly few albums as unique as this one, which is not unexpected for the group in question.”
8. X&Y (Coldplay)
“One of the best Coldplay albums ever made, possibly *the* best. Not a single bad song and certainly no filler, the deep cuts are just as good as the hits, which is really saying something. The nostalgia/Chris Martin vocals along with “Talk” and “Speed of Sound” makes this my album of the year for ’05”
See more: Coldplay Albums Ranked
7. Alligator (The National)
“Indie rockers The National has made a half-dozen albums that easily could have made my top 100 of all time list. That’s how consistently great they’ve been over the past twenty years. Alligator is their best, as it’s the album that best utilizes Matt Berninger’s smoky baritone and often ambiguous lyrical style. The album’s opener and best song, “Secret Meeting,” tells a quintessential introvert’s narrative of wanting to become invisible to avoid an awkward social encounter.”
6. I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Bright Eyes)
“I love the shadow singing of Harris with the shakey voice of Oberst on 3 of the tracks. But throughout, some of the best lyrics of the last 20 years. Maintains the high standard throughout more than any other of Oberst’s albums.”
5. Takk… (Sigur Rós)
“Takk is the best overall album Sigur Ros has put out so far. I wasn’t sure about that on the first listen, but after I’d gone through it three or four times I was persuaded. For me the most stunning track is # 7 (Milano), a 10-minute piece that I can’t quite find words to describe.”
4. Silent Alarm (Bloc Party)
“Pretty much a staple of the 00s hype machine: a band makes a very good first album with some attention-getting singles, gets hyped beyond all logical extremes and the following records fail to re-capture that excitement, cue un-necessary goat outcry from an overzealous fanbase.”
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3. Late Registration (Kanye West)
“The rich soul and depth of the lyrics, instrumentation, samples, and production. The catchy and impressive hooks and guest features. Even some of the skits are enjoyable. They contribute to the overarching theme of education, picking up where The College Dropout left off, and also add a lighthearted and comical break between some of the darker and more serious tracks”
2. Demon Days (Gorillaz)
“This album has so much depth and texture that it seems to get better each time you listen to it. I can’t help to compare the feel of this album to Future Sound of London’s ‘Dead Cities’. It has the same apocalyptical undertones with a dash of odd sensuality here and there. Danger Mouse was the perfect producer for this trip hop driven album.”
1. Illinois (Sufjan Stevens)
“Good album with good songs like the first song, John Wayne Gacy Jr. and Chicago and not quite so good Songs but overall a very well made album. Best song(s): “Jacksonville” “Casimir Pulaski Day” “The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts” “They Are Night Zombies”
