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Consumer Guide Index by Year: 2005

Listing for 381 records from 2005 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A+	Kanye West: *Late Registration* [Roc-A-Fella] *Motown Classics Gold* [Motown]
A	Johnny Cash: *The Legend* [Columbia/Legacy] Rosanne Cash: *The Very Best of Rosanne Cash* [Columbia/Legacy] John Fogerty: *The Long Road Home* [Fantasy] The Go-Betweens: *Oceans Apart* [Yep Roc] Gogol Bordello: *Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike* [Side One Dummy] The Mamas and the Papas: *Gold* [Geffen] Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman: *Song X: Twentieth Anniversary* [Nonesuch] M.I.A.: *Arular* [XL] Thelonious Monk: *The Very Best* [Blue Note] Thelonious Monk Quartet: *Thelonious Monk Quartet With John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall* [Blue Note] Lee Morgan: *The Very Best* [Blue Note] Nirvana: *Sliver: The Best of the Box* [Geffen] Astor Piazzolla: *The Rough Guide to Astor Piazzolla* [World Music Network] Amy Rigby: *Little Fugitive* [Signature Sounds] Horace Silver: *The Very Best* [Blue Note] Sleater-Kinney: *The Woods* [Sub Pop] Hank Williams: *The Essential Hank Williams Collection: Turn Back the Years* [Mercury] Wussy: *Funeral Dress* [Shake It] *Golden Afrique Vol. 1* [Network] *Our New Orleans 2005* [Nonesuch] *The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara* [World Music Network]
A-	Amadou & Mariam: *Dimanche à Bamako* [Nonesuch] Amadou & Mariam: *Je Pense à Toi: The Best of Amadou et Mariam* [Circular Moves/Universal Music Jazz] Fiona Apple: *Extraordinary Machine* [Clean Slate/Epic] Art Brut: *Bang Bang Rock & Roll* [Banana Recordings/Fierce Panda] Daby Balde: *Introducing Daby Balde* [World Music Network] Balkan Beat Box: *Balkan Beat Box* [JDub] Bell Orchestre: *Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light* [Rough Trade] Gaby Lita Bembo and Orchestre Stukas du Zaïre: *Kita Mata ABC* [RetroAfric] Blackalicious: *The Craft* [Anti-] Blueprint: *1988* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] The Books: *Lost and Safe* [Tomlab] Brakes: *Give Blood* [Rough Trade] Bright Eyes: *I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning* [Saddle Creek] Buck 65: *This Right Here Is Buck 65* [V2] Busdriver: *Fear of a Black Tangent* [Mush] Cantankerous: *Cantankerous* [Tommy Boy EP] James Carter Organ Trio: *Out of Nowhere* [Half Note] The Chemical Brothers: *Push the Button* [Astralwerks] Clap Your Hands Say Yeah: *Clap Your Hands Say Yeah* [clapyourhandssayyeah.com] Clem Snide: *End of Love* [SpinArt] John Coltrane: *One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note* [Impulse] Comet Gain: *City Fallen Leaves* [Kill Rock Stars] Danger Doom: *The Mouse and the Mask* [Epitaph] Missy Elliott: *The Cookbook* [Atlantic/Gold Mind] Fannypack: *See You Next Tuesday* [Tommy Boy] 50 Cent: *The Massacre* [Shady/Aftermath/Interscope] Fountains of Wayne: *Out-of-State Plates* [Virgin] Four Tet: *Everything Ecstatic* [Domino] Franz Ferdinand: *You Could Have It So Much Better* [Domino] Robbie Fulks: *Georgia Hard* [Yep Roc] Gogol Bordello: *East Infection* [Rubric EP] The Go! Team: *Thunder, Lightning, Strike* [Columbia] The Hold Steady: *Separation Sunday* [Frenchkiss] Linton Kwesi Johnson: *Live in Paris With the Dennis Bovell Dub Band* [Wrasse] Lady Sovereign: *Vertically Challenged* [Chocolate Industries] Jens Lekman: *Oh You're So Silent Jens* [Secretly Canadian] Jamie Lidell: *Multiply* [Warp] Living Things: *Ahead of the Lions* [Jive/Zomba] Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars: *Carnival Conspiracy* [Piranha] Love Is All: *Nine Times That Same Song* [What's Your Rupture?] Lyrics Born: *Same !@#$ Different Day* [Quannum Projects] Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley: *Welcome to Jamrock* [Tuff Gong/Universal] James McMurtry: *Childish Things* [Compadre] Kinito Méndez: *Éxitos de Kinito Méndez* [J & N] Mighty Sparrow: *First Flight* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Monguito El Unico and Laba Sosseh: *Salsa Africana--Monguito El Unico and Laba Sosseh in U.S.A.* [Sacodisc] Odyssey the Band: *Back in Time* [Pi] The Pernice Brothers: *Discover a Lovelier You* [Ashmont] The Ponys: *Celebration Castle* [In the Red] The Rolling Stones: *A Bigger Bang* [Virgin] Cheb I Sabbah: *La Kahena* [Six Degrees] Thione Seck: *Orientation* [Sterns Africa] Shukar Collective: *Urban Gypsy* [Riverboat] Bruce Springsteen: *Devils and Dust* [Columbia] Sufjan Stevens: *Illinois* [Asthmatic Kitty] Ion Petre Stoican: *Sounds From a Bygone Age: Vol. 1* [Asphalt Tango] Rachid Taha: *Tékitoi* [Wrasse] Loudon Wainwright III: *Here Come the Choppers!* [Sovereign Artists] The David S. Ware Quartets: *Live in the World* [Thirsty Ear] The White Stripes: *Get Behind Me Satan* [V2] The Willowz: *Talk in Circles* [Sympathy for the Record Industry] Stevie Wonder: *A Time to Love* [Motown] Neil Young: *Prairie Wind* [Reprise] *Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya* [Milan] *Classic Rock Gold* [Hip-O] *Crunk Hits* [TVT] *Global Hip Hop* [Manteca] *Golden Afrique Vol. 2* [Network] *The Rough Guide to Boogaloo* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to Dub* [World Music Network] *The Rough Guide to the Music of the Balkan Gypsies* [World Music Network] *Run the Road* [Vice/Atlantic] *World Psychedelic Classics 3: Love's a Real Thing* [Luaka Bop]
B+	Mahmoud Ahmed: *Alèmyé* [Buda Musique] Asylum Street Spankers: *Mercurial* [Spanks-a-Lot] Atmosphere: *Headshots: Se7en* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Bettie Serveert: *Attagirl* [Palomine/Minty Fresh] Buck 65: *Secret House Against the World* [WEA] George Clinton & the P-Funk All Stars: *How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?* [The C Kunspyruhzy] Stace England: *Greetings From Cairo, Illinois* [Gnashville Sounds] Kings of Leon: *Aha Shake Heartbreak* [RCA] Lil Wayne: *Tha Carter II* [Cash Money/Universal] Madonna: *Confessions on a Dance Floor* [Warner Bros.] Stephen Malkmus: *Face the Truth* [Matador] Jamie O'Neal: *Brave* [Capitol] Sonny Rollins: *Without a Song: The 9/11 Concert* [Milestone] Silver Jews: *Tanglewood Numbers* [Drag City] Patti Smith: *Horses/Horses* [Columbia/Legacy] Spoon: *Gimme Fiction* [Merge] *Does Anybody Know I'm Here?: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1962-1972* [Kent] *Think Differently Music: Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture* [Babygrande]
*******	Akon: *Trouble* [Universal] All Natural: *Vintage* [All Natural] Amadou & Mariam: *1990-1995: Le Meilleur des Années Maliennes* [Because] Babyface: *Grown & Sexy* [Arista] Bantu Feat. Ayuba: *Fuji Satisfaction* [Piranha] Beck: *Guero* [Interscope] Black Eyed Peas: *Monkey Business* [A&M] Broken Social Scene: *Broken Social Scene* [Arts & Crafts] The Brunettes: *Mars Loves Venus* [Lil' Chief] Vinicius Cantuaria: *Silva* [Hannibal] Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell: *Begonias* [Yep Roc] The Clipse & Re-Up Gang: *We Got It 4 Cheap Vol. 2* [mixunit.com] Common: Be [Geffen] The Robert Cray Band: *Twenty* [Sanctuary] Rodney Crowell: *The Outsider* [Columbia] Delta 5: *Singles & Sessions 1979-81* [Kill Rock Stars] Mary Gauthier: *Mercy Now* [Lost Highway] Gorillaz: *Demon Days* [Virgin] Buddy Guy: *Bring 'Em In* [Silvertone] Merle Haggard: *Chicago Wind* [Capitol] Jon Hassell: *Maarifa Street* [Nyen] Bettye Lavette: *I've Got My Own Hell to Raise* [Anti-] Shelby Lynne: *Suit Yourself* [Capitol] Kate & Anna McGarrigle: *The McGarrigle Christmas Hour* [Nonesuch] The Mountain Goats: *The Sunset Tree* [4AD] Orange Juice: *The Glasgow School* [Domino] Eddie Palmieri: *Listen Here!* [Concord] Liz Phair: *Somebody's Miracle* [Capitol] Pony Up!: *Pony Up!* [Ten Fingers/Dim Mak] John Prine: *Fair and Square* [Oh Boy] Amy Ray: *Prom* [Daemon] Rev Run: *Distortion* [RSMG] Stars: *Set Yourself on Fire* [Arts & Crafts] Tango Crash: *Tango Crash* [Justin Time] Thunderbirds Are Now!: *Justamustache* [Frenchkiss] Boubacar Traoré: *Kongo Magni* [World Village] Waco Brothers: *Freedom and Weep* [Bloodshot] We Are Wolves: *Non-Stop* [Fat Possum] Gretchen Wilson: *All Jacked Up* [Epic] *Bar Bhangra* [Escondida] *Good for What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows--1926-1937* [Old Hat] *Hustle and Flow* [Atlantic] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan* [World Music Network] *Son Cubano NYC* [Honest Jon's]
**	The Adolescents: *O.C. Confidential* [Finger] Afrissippi: *Fulani Journey* [Knockdown South] Animal Collective: *Feels* [Fat Cat] Atmosphere: *You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Brain Failure: *American Dreamer* [Thorp] Keyshia Cole: *The Way It Is* [A&M] DJ Dolores: *Aparelhagem* [Ziriguiboom/Crammed Discs] DJ Muggs Vs GZA the Genius: *Grandmasters* [Angeles] MF Doom: *Live From Planet X* [Nature Sounds] Mike Doughty: *Haughty Melodic* [ATO] Dramarama: *Everybody Dies* [33rd Street] Farm Fresh: *Time Is Running Out* [Peanuts and Corn] Al Green: *Everything's OK* [Blue Note] Corey Harris: *Break Bread* [Rounder] Johnny Hickman: *Palmhenge* [Campstove] Hot Hot Heat: *Elevator* [Sire] Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim: *Ceasefire* [Riverboat] Lil' Kim: *The Naked Truth* [Atlantic] Los Camperos de Valles: *El Ave de Mi Soñar* [Smithsonian/Folkways] Mahala Rai Banda: *Mahala Rai Banda* [Crammed Discs] Dean Martin: *Live From Las Vegas* [Capitol] Souad Massi: *Honeysuckle (Mesk Elil)* [Wrasse] Ladell McLin: *Stand Out* [Gigantic] Moby: *Hotel* [V2] My Morning Jacket: Z [ATO/RCA] Nada Surf: *The Weight Is a Gift* [Barsuk] The New Pornographers: *Twin Cinema* [Matador] North Mississippi All Stars: *Electric Blue Watermelon* [ATO] Nyboma: *Nyboma & Kamalé Dynamique* [Sterns Africa] Okkervil River: *Black Sheep Boy* [Jagjaguwar] Old 97's: *Alive & Wired* [New West] One Self: *Children of Possibility* [Ninja Tune] Public Enemy: *New Whirl Odor* [Guerrilla Funk] Compay Segundo: *El Compadre Again* [Escondida] Billy Joe Shaver: *The Real Deal* [Compadre] Will Smith: *Lost and Found* [Jake] Todd Snider: *That Was Me 1994-1998* [Hip-O] Regina Spektor: *Soviet Kitsch* [Sire] The Chris Stamey Experience: *A Question of Temperature* [Yep Roc] Transplants: *Haunted Cities* [La Salle/Atlantic] Jaguar Wright: *Divorcing Neo to Marry Soul* [Song/Artemis] Dwight Yoakam: *Blame the Vain* [New West] *Another World Is Possible* [Uncivilized World/UWe North America] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Central Asia* [World Music Network]
*	Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: *Cold Roses* [Lost Highway] Annie: *Anniemal* [Big Beat] Devendra Banhart: *Cripple Crow* [4AD] Natasha Bedingfield: *Unwritten* [Epic] Be Your Own Pet: *Damn Damn Leash* [XL EP] Bloc Party: *Silent Alarm* [Vice] Brazilian Girls: *Brazilian Girls* [Verve Forecast] Bright Eyes: *Digital Ash in a Digital Urn* [Saddle Creek] Richard Buckner & Jon Langford: *Sir Dark Invader vs. the Fanglord* [Buried Treasure] James Carter/Cyrus Chestnut/Ali Jackson/Reginald Veal: *Gold Sounds* [Brown Brothers] The Dandy Warhols: *Odditorium, or Warlords of Mars* [Capitol] The Decemberists: *The Decemberists Present Picaresque* [Kill Rock Stars] Doves: *Some Cities* [Capitol] Emperor X: *Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractal Dunes* [self-released] Feist: *Let It Die* [Interscope] Fire Engines: *Codex Teenage Premonition* [Domino] Go Betty Go: *Nothing Is More* [Side One Dummy] Anthony Hamilton: *Ain't Nobody Worryin'* [So So Def] Horace X: *Strategy* [Omnium] Mike Jones: *Who Is Mike Jones?* [Swishahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros.] Kaiser Chiefs: *Employment* [Universal] The Knitters: *The Modern Sounds of the Knitters* [Zoë] LCD Soundsystem: *LCD Soundsystem* [Capitol/DFA] Little Charlie and the Night Cats: *Nine Lives* [Alligator] The Magic Numbers: *The Magic Numbers* [Capitol] The Moaners: *Dark Snack* [Yep Roc] Nine Inch Nails: *With Teeth* [Nothing] Okkervil River: *Black Sheep Boy Appendix* [Jagjaguwar] The Pussycat Dolls: *PCD* [A&M] Rhymefest: *A Star Is Born* [All I Do] Billy Roy: *The Cape Fear Delta Sessions* [Billy Roy] The Scotch Greens: *Professional* [Brass Tack] Michelle Shocked: *Mexican Standoff* [Mighty Sound] Shooting at Unarmed Men: *Soon There Will Be Shooting at Unarmed Men* [Too Pure] Shout Out Louds: *Howl Howl Gaff Gaff* [Capitol] Rob Swift: *Wargames* [Coup de Grâce] System of a Down: *Mezmerize* [American/Columbia] Tail Dragger: *My Head Is Bald* [Delmark] Richard Thompson: *Front Parlour Ballads* [Cooking Vinyl] X: *Live in Los Angeles* [Shout! Factory] Yerba Buena: *Island Life* [Razor & Tie] *Italian Café* [Putumayo World Music] *Mehanata: New York Gypsymania* [Mehanata] *North African Groove* [Putumayo World Music] *Nouvelle Vague* [Luaka Bop] *The Rough Guide to the Music of Brazil: Rio de Janeiro* [World Music Network] *Sound of the World* [Wrasse] *Together Again: Legends of Bulgarian Wedding Music* [Traditional Crossroads]
	Aesop Rock: *Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives* [Definitive Jux] Amerie: *Touch* [Sony Urban Music/Columbia] Keith Anderson: *Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll* [Arista] Antigone Rising: *From the Ground Up* [Hear Music/Lava] Solomon Burke: *Make Do With What You Got* [Shout! Factory] Nikka Costa: *Can'tneverdidnothin'* [Virgin] Daddy Yankee: *Barrio Fino* [Universal] Death Cab for Cutie: *Plans* [Atlantic] Kathleen Edwards: *Back to Me* [Zoë] Sage Francis: *A Healthy Distrust* [Epitaph] Garbage: *Bleed Like Me* [Geffen] Adam Green: *Gemstones* [Rough Trade] The Incredible Casuals: *Nature Calls* [Iddy Biddy] R. Kelly: *TP.3 Reloaded* [Jive] Miranda Lambert: *Kerosene* [Epic] Cyndi Lauper: *The Body Acoustic* [Asphalt Tango] Christine Lavin: *Folk Zinger* [Appleseed] Mars Arizona: *All Over the Road* [Big Barn] Delbert McClinton: *Cost of Living* [New West] Van Morrison: *Magic Time* [Geffen/Exile/Polydor] Jason Mraz: *Mr. A-Z* [Atlantic] My So-Called Band: *Weapons of Mass Distortion* [SW] The National: *Alligator* [Beggars Banquet] Sinéad O'Connor: *Collaborations* [Capitol] Madeleine Peyroux: *Careless Love* [Rounder] Prefuse 73: *Surrounded by Silence* [Warp] Prince Paul: *Itstrumental* [Female Fun] The Rakes: *Retreat* [Dim Mak] Michelle Shocked: *Don't Ask Don't Tell* [Mighty Sound] George Strait: *Somewhere Down in Texas* [MCA Nashville] They Might Be Giants: *Here Come the ABCs* [Disney Sound] Richard Thompson: *1000 Years of Popular Music* [richardthompson-music.com] Carrie Underwood: *Some Hearts* [Arista Nashville] Martha Wainwright: *Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole* [Zoë EP] Wolf Parade: *Apologies to the Queen Mary* [Sub Pop] Young Jeezy: *Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101* [Def Jam]
B	Andrew Bird: *The Mysterious Production of Eggs* [Righteous Babe] Coldplay: *X&Y* [Capitol] Keren Ann: *Nolita* [Metro Blue]
B-	Antony and the Johnsons: *I Am a Bird Now* [Secretly Canadian] Seu Jorge: *Cru* [Wrasse] Matt Pond PA: *Several Arrows Later* [Altitude] Three 6 Mafia: *Most Known Unknown* [Hypnotize Minds/Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
C+	The Beta Band: *Music: The Best of the Beta Band* [Astralwerks] Bon Jovi: *Have a Nice Day* [Island] Fall Out Boy: *From Under the Cork Tree* [Island] Nickel Creek: *Why Should the Fire Die?* [Sugar Hill] Peter, Paul & Mary: *The Very Best of Peter Paul and Mary* [Warner Bros./Rhino] Röyksopp: *The Understanding* [Astralwerks]
C	Ryan Adams: 29 [Lost Highway] Trace Adkins: *Songs About Me* [Capitol] Backstreet Boys: *Never Gone* [Jive] Slim Thug: *Already Platinum* [Geffen] *Stellastarr: Harmonies for the Haunted** [RCA]
C-	Burt Bacharach: *At This Time* [Columbia] Barlow Girl: *Another Journal Entry* [Fervent/Curb] The Game: *The Documentary* [Aftermath/G Unit/Interscope]
D+	Boris With Merzbow: *Sun Baked Snow Cave* [Hydra Head] Queen + Paul Rodgers: *Return of the Champions* [Hollywood]
	A.R.E. Weapons: *Free in the Streets* [Defend] Audioslave: *Out of Exile* [Interscope/Epic] Barbez: *Insignificance* [Important] Bobby Bare: *The Moon Was Blue* [Dualtone] Brendan Benson: *The Alternative to Love* [V2] Dierks Bentley: *Modern Day Drifter* [Capitol] Bering Strait: *Pages* [Universal South] Big Star: *In Space* [Ryko] The Bravery: *The Bravery* [Island] Bright Eyes/Neva Dinova: *One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels* [Crank!] British Sea Power: *Open Season* [Rough Trade] Kate Bush: *Aerial* [Columbia] Ray Charles: *Genius & Friends* [Rhino/Atlantic] Chocolate Genius Inc.: *Black Yankee Rock* [Commotion] The Clientele: *Strange Geometry* [Merge] CocoRosie: *Noah's Ark* [Touch and Go] Billy Corgan: *The Future Embrace* [Reprise] Cowboy Troy: *Loco Motive* [Warner Bros./Raybaw] Sheryl Crow: *Wildflower* [A&M] Daft Punk: *Human After All* [Virgin] D4L: *Down for Life* [Demoney/Asylum] Neil Diamond: *12 Songs* [Columbia] Dungen: *Ta Det Lugnt* [Kemado] Embrace: *Out of Nothing* [Lava] Brian Eno: *Another Day on Earth* [Hannibal/Ryko] Marianne Faithfull: *Before the Poison* [Anti-] Jamie Foxx: *Unpredictable* [J] The Game: *West Coast Resurrection* [Getlow] José Gonzáles: *Veneer* [Hidden Agenda] Rubén González: *Momentos* [Escondida] A Hawk and a Hacksaw: *Darkness at Noon* [Leaf] Idlewild: *Warnings/Promises* [Capitol] Ivy: *In the Clear* [Nettwerk] Shooter Jennings: *Put the O Back in Country* [Universal South] Matson Jones: *Matson Jones* [Sympathy for the Record Industry] Junior Boys: *Last Exit* [Domino] Toby Keith: *Honkytonk University* [DreamWorks] Khaled & Friends: *Ya-Rayi* [Wrasse] Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha: *Stoned* [Hacktone] Ladysmith Black Mambazo With the English Chamber Orchestra: *No Boundaries* [Heads Up] Amos Lee: *Amos Lee* [Blue Note] Bukky Leo & Black Egypt: *Afrobeat Visions* [Mr Bongo] Liars: *Drum's Not Dead* [Mute] Little Brother: *The Minstrel Show* [Atlantic] Lene Lovich: *Shadows and Dust* [The Stereo Society] Low: *The Great Destroyer* [Sub Pop] Remy Ma: *There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story* [SRC/Universal] Magnolia Electric Company: *Hard to Love a Man* [Secretly Canadian] Matisyahu: *Live at Stubb's* [Sony] Paul McCartney: *Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard* [Capitol] M83: *Before the Dawn Heals Us* [Mute] Mercury Rev: *The Secret Migration* [V2] New Order: *Waiting for the Sirens' Call* [Warner Bros.] Stina Nordenstam: *The World Is Saved* [V2] Of Montreal: *The Sunlandic Twins* [Polyvinyl] Pedestrian: *Volume One: unIndian songs* [Stray] Linda Perry: *In Flight* [Custard/Kill Rock Stars] Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation: *Mighty Rearranger* [Sanctuary] Queens of the Stone Age: *Lullabies to Paralyze* [Interscope] Rihanna: *Music of the Sun* [Def Jam] Michelle Shocked: *Got No Strings* [Mighty Sound] Sigur Ròs: *Takk . . .* [Geffen] Snoop Dogg: *R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece* [Doggy Style/Geffen/Star Trak] Story of the Year: *In the Wake of Determination* [Maverick] Thrice: *Vheissu* [Island] James Blood Ulmer: *Birthright* [Hyena] The Wannadies: *Before and After* [Hidden Agenda] Wreckless Eric: *Bungalow Hi* [Southern Domestic] Xiu Xiu: *La Forêt* [5RC] Young Buck: *Straight Outta Ca$hville* [G Unit/Interscope] *Big Boi Presents . . . Got Purp? Vol. II* [Virgin] *Mali* [Putumayo World Music]

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