A&E Staff Picks: Best Albums of 2005

Adèle Barclay

1. Sigur Rós – Takk

2. Metric – Live it Out

3. Ani DiFranco – Knuckledown

4. The Mars Volta – s The Mute

5. Martha Wainwright – Martha Wainwright

Jordon Beenen

1. Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth

2. Nile – Annihilation of the Wicked

3. Red Sparowes – At The Soundless Dawn

4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

5. Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now

Desmond Carter

1. The Bravery – The Bravery

2. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm

3. Kanye West – Late Registration

4. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans

5. Jack’s Mannequin – Everything in Transit

Meghan Harrison

1. Page – Hello, Dear Wind

2. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene

3. Wintersleep – Wintersleep

4. Ryan Adams – Cold Roses (Disc One)

5. The Radical Dudez – The Radical Dudez

Angela Hickman

1. Joel Plaskett – La De Da

2. Foo Fighters – In Your Honor

3. Coldplay – X & Y

4. Matt Mays – Matt Mays and El Torpedo

5. Dierks Bentley – Modern Day Drifter

Jon Marck

1. Gorillaz – Demon Days

2. Stars – Set Yourself On Fire

3. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan

4. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois

5. Wolf Parade – Apologies to Queen Mary

Lauren Raham

1.The Boy Least Likely To – The Best Party Ever

2. Animal Collective – Feels

3. Danger Doom – The Mouse and the Mask

4. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene

5. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods

Tricia Summers

1. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine

2. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – At Carnegie Hall

3. The Decemberists – Picaresque

4. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm

5. Ben Folds – Songs for Silverman

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