The good albums of 2005

[Tyler]

Check out Ferenc - fraximal on kompakt for some pretty neat kompakt-y techno-house. Some neat acid bits in there too.

[jeek]

NIN
Sigur Ros
Mars Volta
Autechre
Wedding Present
System Of A Down

[purlieu]

The Amorphous Androgynous - Alice In Ultraland
Supergrass - Road To Rouen

[dubman]

in rough but not exact order

jamie lidell - multiply
autechre - untilted
sigur ros - takk
sufjan stevens - illinois
boards of canada - the campfire headphase
MIA - arular
lcd soundsystem - s/t (double disc release)
silver mt zion - horses in the sky
gorillaz - demon days
animal collective - feels
white stripes - get behind me satan
m83 - before the dawn heals us
prefuse 73 - surrounded by silence
out hud - let us never speak of it again
the books - lost and safe
annie - anniemal
beck - guero
kraftwerk - minimummaximum
death in vegas - satans circus (US release)
caribou - milk of human kindness
four tet - everything ecstatic
amina - aminamina
daft punk - human after all
isolee - we are monster
kano - home sweet home
nin - with teeth
vitalic - ok cowboy
misc - crunch time

[patrick]

gorillaz - demon days
out hud - let us never speak of it again
annie - anniemal
caribou - milk of human kindness
bloc party - silent alarm!!!!!!!
vitalic - ok cowboy
sweatshop union- united we fall!!! (this is awesome)
brian eno -= another day on earth

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[Cadevil]

Chemical Brothers- Push the Button
Bloc Party- Silent Alarm
Gorillaz- Demon Days
Fischerspooner- Odyssey
Coldplay- X&Y
Oasis- Don't Believe the Truth (a couple really solid tracks on there)
James Blunt- Back to Bedlam
Hard-Fi- Stars of CCTV (this may be the album of the year when all is said and done)

[IsiliRunite]

Duran Duran-Astronaut

[Animal Boything]

Common - Be A great laid-back, soulful hip-hop record, just long enough to have some variety without getting tired. "The Corner" is an instant classic.

[entropy]

it blows

as does late registration

[GforGroove]

I think i'll go for We are Monster by Isolee
followed closely by Let us Never speak again by OutHud