Best CDs of 2005


1. Damian Rice "O"
2. Mark Weigle "Soulsex" ("Wrestling The Angel"/"Versitile")
3. The Decemberists "Picaresque"
4. Alan Parsons "A Valid Path"
5. The New Pornographers "Twin Cinema"
6. Antony And The Johnsons "I Am A Bird Now"
7. The Arcade Fire "Funeral"
8. Kasabian "Kasabian"
9. Andrew Bird "The Mysterious Production Of Eggs"
10. System Of A Down "Hypnotize"/"Mezmerize"
Richard Thompson "Grizzly Man"
Richard Thompson "Front Porch Ballads"
The Go! Team "Thunder, Lightning, Strike"
Bob Mould "Body Of Song"
Low "The Great Destroyer"
The White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan"
Apollo Sunshine "Apollo Sunshine"
The Magic Numbers "The Magic Numbers"
Spoon "Gimme Fiction"
The Dresden Dolls "The Dresden Dolls"
The Hold Steady "Separation Sunday"
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
The Bad Plus "Suspicious Activity?"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Death Cab For Cute "Plans"
Sufjan Stevens "Come On Bring The Illinoise"
Sigus R�s "Takk�"
Wheatus "Suck Fony"
Iron & Wine/ Calexico "In The Reins"
Fannypack "See You Next Tuesday"
Dressy Bessy "Electrified"
Gwen Stefani "Love, Angel, Music, Baby"
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists "Shake The Sheets"
Bruce Springsteen "Devils And Dust"
Kings Of Leon "Aha Shake Heartbreak"
Eels "Blinking Lights And Other Revelations"
Four Tet "Everything Ecstatic"
Kaiser Chiefs "Employment"
Gogol Bordello "Gypsy Punk"
Gorillaz "Demon Days"
My Morning Jacket "Z"
Destroyer "Your Blues"
Matt Pond PA "Emblems"
Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah "Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah"
Broken Social Scene "Broken Social Scene"
Wolf Parade "Apologies To The Queen Mary"
Rogue Wave "Descended Like Vultures"
The Mars Volta "Frances The Mute"
Doves "Some Cities"
Ladytron "Witching Hour"
Ivy "In the Clear"
Devendra Banhart "Cripple Crow"
Foo Fighters "In Your Honor"
Stars "Set Yourself On Fire"
Xiu Xiu "Fabulous Muscles"

Best Techno CDs of 2005


M.I.A. "Arular"
LCD Soundsystem "LCD Soundsystem"

Best CD Reissues of 2005


Kirsty MacColl "From Croydon To Cuba� And Anthology"

Worst CDs of 2005


1. Chemical Brothers "Push The Button"
2. Audioslave "Out Of Exile"
3. Adult "Gimme Trouble"

Best CD Cover of 2005


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Worst CD Cover of 2005


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Best Movies of 2005


1. American Astronaut
2. Oldboy
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. Sin City
5. Primer
6. Fever Pitch
7. Me And You And Everyone We Know
8. The Jacket
9. Capote
10. Murderball
The Family Stone
Nine Lives
The Aristocrats
March Of The Penguins
Transamerica
Lord Of War
Wallace And Grommit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
In Her Shoes
The Ice Harvest
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
Howl�s Moving Castle
Corpse Bride
Broken Flowers
Last Holiday
Junebug
Good Night, And Good Luck
North Country
Vera Drake
Palindromes
In the Realms of the Unreal
Cinderella Man
11:14
Happy Endings
Unleashed
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Hotel Rwanda
Crash
After the Sunset
Eating Out
Bad Education
Birth
The Sea Inside
Being Julia
Embedded
In Good Company
Wimbledon
Spanglish
Kinsey
The Woodsman
The Final Cut

Worst Movies of 2005


1. House Of Wax
2. White Noise
3. The Pacifier
4. Hide And Seek
5. Kicking And Screaming
6. Gigli
7. The Ring Two
8. War Of The Worlds
9. High Tension
10. Red Eye/ Flightplan
Mondovino
Constantine
Crash
Saw II
Walk The Line
Transporter 2
Chicken Little
Cach�
Boogeyman
Team America: World Police
National Treasure
Ocean's Twelve
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Darkness

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