Best albums of 2005, A to Z

[Tron]

A - American Idiot by Green Day
B - Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
C - Ciara, Goodies
D - Destiny Fulfilled by Destiny's Child
E - Encore by Eminem
F - 50 Cent, The Massacre
G - The Game, The Documentary
H - Honkytonk University by Toby Keith
I - In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson
J - John Mayer, Heavier Things
K - The Killers, Hot Fuss
L - Ludacris, The Red Light District
M - Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi
N - Nelly, Suit
O - Out of Exile by Audioslave
P - Powerballin' by Chingy
Q - ???
R - R. Kelly, TP.3 Reloaded
S - Snoop Dogg, R&G
T - Tim McGraw, Live Like You Were Dying
U - Urban Legend by T.I.
V - Velvet Revolver, Contraband
W - Who Is Mike Jones? by Mike Jones
X - X&Y by Coldplay
Y - Young Jeezy, Thug Motivation 101
Z - ???

[uw_madtown]

A LOT of those are 2004. I've heard 17 of them, and most weren't that great. Of those that were:

American Idiot - 2004. It'd make the list from that year though.

Encore - 2004. Too many missteps to make a list, but it some tracks were solid.

The Documentary - 2005. I almost put this on instead of The Go! Team. It's solid (and 50's better on this than he is on his own album)

In Between Dreams - Reviewed this, and actually liked it a lot. JJ is enjoyable to listen to. That said, the clog at S meant Sufjan took over the I spot, since that was pretty empty.

Hot Fuss - 2004. And weren't The Killers considered "indie" until "Mr. Brightside" hit the Top 40 radio? I'm not sure, I didn't follow them too closely.

X & Y - Probably could put this on my list in the X spot, although as with U2, not sure it really deserves it. I thought it was a very disappointing effort, and I hear Coldplay has as much as admitted that pressure to put out albums has diluted their work.

Lastly, mainstream country sucks more ass than mainstream pop and rock. :-D

[Tron]

Yeah, the "WTF SUPER-MAINSTREAM EDITION" consists solely of albums and artists lodged firmly in the Top 200 selling albums of 2005. I think I own 3 or 4 of them.

[IndieMatty]

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A LOT of those are 2004. I've heard 17 of them, and most weren't that great. Of those that were:

American Idiot - 2004. It'd make the list from that year though.

Encore - 2004. Too many missteps to make a list, but it some tracks were solid.

The Documentary - 2005. I almost put this on instead of The Go! Team. It's solid (and 50's better on this than he is on his own album)

In Between Dreams - Reviewed this, and actually liked it a lot. JJ is enjoyable to listen to. That said, the clog at S meant Sufjan took over the I spot, since that was pretty empty.

Hot Fuss - 2004. And weren't The Killers considered "indie" until "Mr. Brightside" hit the Top 40 radio? I'm not sure, I didn't follow them too closely.

X & Y - Probably could put this on my list in the X spot, although as with U2, not sure it really deserves it. I thought it was a very disappointing effort, and I hear Coldplay has as much as admitted that pressure to put out albums has diluted their work.

Lastly, mainstream country sucks more ass than mainstream pop and rock. :-D

[/ QUOTE ]

Yes, Killers was 2004 and in early 2004 they were Indie and Hipster and all things made fun of...great album however you want to label it.