Listmania!
Best of 2005
With Love and SqualorWith Love and Squalor by We Are Scientists
Buy new: £5.76 / Used from: £2.87
Gets better and better with every listen
Stars Of CCTVStars Of CCTV by Hard-Fi
Buy new: £4.47 / Used from: £0.36
They are even better live. Buy tickets for them now!
Clap Your Hands Say YeahClap Your Hands Say Yeah by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.43
This was available in 2005. Get over the awful intro track and then marvel at their greatness!
IllinoiseIllinoise by Sufjan Stevens
Buy new: £6.79 / Used from: £6.80
Sufjan moves up a gear from the wonderful Michigan to produce his greatest so far
Waiting For The Sirens' CallWaiting For The Sirens' Call by New Order
Buy new: £1.00 / Used from: £0.63
A wonderful return to form. An album to be happy to.
A Certain TriggerA Certain Trigger by Maximo Park
Buy new: £7.22 / Used from: £2.77
Infectious indie guitar pop.
The Back RoomThe Back Room by Editors
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.99
Finally getting the recognition they deserve.
You Could Have It So Much BetterYou Could Have It So Much Better by Franz Ferdinand
Buy new: £0.93 / Used from: £0.74
Accused of being cold; however it worked well for me. Again, great live.
Down In AlbionDown In Albion by Babyshambles
Buy new: £6.97 / Used from: £2.25
Better than The Libertines...
Open SeasonOpen Season by British Sea Power
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.74
For some reason it took me ages to warm up to this....however now I am sold.
Cripple CrowCripple Crow by Devendra Banhart
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £3.99
perfect album for relaxing on a sunday morning. Its also mental.
ElevatorElevator by Hot Hot Heat
Buy new: £7.74 / Used from: £1.24
Sod the Kaiser chiefs.... this is how pop should be
ShotsShots by Damien Dempsey
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.89
Not as good as his previous albums but still great. Most underrated of the year?
Demon DaysDemon Days by Gorillaz
Buy new: £17.43 / Used from: £2.00
Interesting how Albarn can produce stunning albums with gorrilaz and awful albums with blur. Blur should become the side project...
AerialAerial by Kate Bush
Buy new: £7.60 / Used from: £3.40
Washing machine, washing machine.....barking.
The Best Little Secrets Are Kept: Parental AdvisoryThe Best Little Secrets Are Kept: Parental Advisory by Louis XIV
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £2.40
Feel a right sexist pig listening to this but its good enough to get past that...
FuneralFuneral by Arcade Fire
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £3.98
Kitchens of Distinction for the twenty hundreds
I Am a Bird NowI Am a Bird Now by Antony & The Johnsons
Buy new: £7.64 / Used from: £4.82
The Mercury got it right for once.
The Magic NumbersThe Magic Numbers by The Magic Numbers
Buy used from: £0.50
Heavenly!
Get Behind Me SatanGet Behind Me Satan by White Stripes
Buy new: £7.29 / Used from: £2.05
They just go from strength to strength. More please...
Young for EternityYoung for Eternity by Subways
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £3.82
Why are they not massive?