My Top 25 Albums of 2005

As integral to the festive season as carols and mince pies, the Best of Year list is a godsend for geeks like me, making an otherwise derisory activity (almost) socially acceptable for a few short weeks.

After much deliberation and a couple of near fist fights, I have arrived at my Top 25 Albums of 2005 (listed below). The only criteria is that they must have been released in the UK in 2005 and Greatest Hits and re-releases aren't eligible. I'm obviously banking on no gems coming out in the last few weeks of the year although, aside from Ryan Adams' third (and reportedly best) album of 2005, the release schedule is looking pretty uninspiring for the rest of December.

Of course, the beauty of blogging is that I can reorder my list next week when I realise that Girls Aloud's Chemistry is the true musical masterpiece of 2005...

My Top 25 Albums of 2005


1






Songs For Silverman

Ben Folds




2






Leaders Of The Free World

Elbow




3






The Secret Migration

Mercury Rev




4






Funeral

The Arcade Fire




5






Blinking Lights And Other Revelations

Eels




6






Z

My Morning Jacket




7






Disappear Here

Silver Sun




8






X&Y

Coldplay




9






The Magic Numbers

The Magic Numbers




10






Hal

Hal




11






Back To Bedlam

James Blunt




12






Guero

Beck




13






Supernature

Goldfrapp




14






Kasier Chiefs

Employment




15






The Alternative To Love

Brendan Benson




16






(Come On Feel The) Illinoise

Sufjan Stevens




17






Silent Alarm

Bloc Party




18






The Back Room

Editors




19






Get Behind Me Satan

White Stripes




20






You Could Have It So Much Better

Franz Ferdinand




21






Eye To The Telescope

KT Tunstall




22






In Between Dreams

Jack Johnson




23






Extraordinary Machine

Fiona Apple




24






Horse Fabulous

The Stands




25






Want Two

Rufus Wainwright