metacritics.com 1 Illinois by Sufjan Stevens 2005 90 2 Z by My Morning Jacket 2005 89 3 Wearemonster by Isolee 2005 89 4 I Am A Bird Now by Antony And The Johnsons 2005 88 5 Hypermagic Mountain by Lightning Bolt 2005 88 6 The Woods by Sleater-Kinney 2005 87 7 Arular by M.I.A. 2005 87 8 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2005 86 9 Minimum-Maximum [Live] by Kraftwerk 2005 85 10 Thunder, Lightning, Strike by The Go! Team 2005 85
01. Sufjan Stevens / Illinois [SSW] 02. M.I.A. / Arular [Alternative] 03. The New Pornographers / Twin Cinema [Rock] 04. My Morning Jacket / Z [Rock] 05. Amaou & Mariam / Dimanche a Bamako [World] 06. Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane / Carnegie Hall [Jazz] 07. Antony and Johnsons / I am a Bird now [Folk] 08. Bob Dylan / No Direction Home [Rock] 09. Beck / Guero [Alternative] 10. Fiona Apple / Extraordinary Machine [SSW] 11. Bloc Party / Silent Alarm [Rock] 12. Kanye West / Late Registration [Hip-Hop] 13. Feist / Let It Die [Rock] 14. Okkervil River / Black Sheep Boy [Rock] 15. The Hold Steady / Separation Sunday [Rock]
USA TODAY's album of the year 1. Kanye West, Late Registration 2. Caesars, Paper Tigers 3. John Legend, Get Lifted 4. Nada Surf, The Weight Is a Gift 5. Gary Allan, Tough All Over 6. Rogue Wave, Descended Like Vultures 7. Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better 8. Neil Young, Prairie Wind 9. Lizz Wright, Dreaming Wide Awake 10. Anthony Hamilton, Ain't Nobody Worryin'
Gorillaz / Demon Days Super Furry Animals / Love Kraft Caesars / Paper Tigers Kanye West / Late Registration System Of A Down / Mezmerize Hot Hot Heat / Elevator
Entertainment Weekly "EW's David Browne names 2005's 10 best CDs" 1. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine 2. Beck - Guero 3. Kanye West - Late Registration 4. Kathleen Edwards - Back to Me 5. Caesars - Paper Tigers 6. Neil Diamond - 12 Songs 7. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods 8. M.I.A. - Arular 9. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart 10. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now ttp://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1142632_4||1141710|1_0_,00.html
"EW's Chris Willman names 2005's 10 best CDs" 1. Sufjan Stevens - llinois 2. Robbie Fulks - Georgia Hard 3. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust 4. Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell to Raise 5. Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine 6. Rodney Crowell - The Outsider 7. Kanye West - Late Registration 8. Lee Ann Womack - There's More Where That Came From / Martina McBride - Timeless 9. Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel 10. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem ttp://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1142730_4||1141710|1_0_,00.html