Favorite CDs of 2005 in genres

Interesting and/or significant this year:

1. the use of string-samples in IDM: Venetian Snares, Murcof, Marsen Jules, Deaf Center, Kattoo, ...
2. new folk genre with breathtaking releases: Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart, Animal Collective – releases that probably stand the test of time (... well, who can say? ...)
3. folktronica genre now with own distinguished musical language

Rock (old mates)

Kate Bush: Aerial
Paul McCartney: Chaos & Creation in the Backyard
Ry Cooder: Chavez Ravine
New Order: Waiting for the Siren's Call
Bruce Springsteen: Devil & Dust
Rolling Stones: A Bigger Blast

Contemporary Pop

Midaircondo: Shopping for Images
M. I. A.: Arular
Gravenhurst: Fires in distant buildings
Patrick Wolf: Wind in the wires
Nicolette: Life loves us
Rhythm & Sound: See Mi Yah
LCD Soundsystem: LCD Soundsystem
James Blunt: Back to Bedlam
Mugison: Mugimama is this monkey music?
Jamie Lidell: Multiply
Xiu Xiu: La Foret

Post Rock

alphabetical order!

13 & God (Notwist & Themselves): 13 & God
Arden: Conceal
Efterklang: Springer
Four Tet: Everything Ecstatic
L'Altra: Different Days
Mice Parade: Bem-Vinda Vontade
Sam Prekop: Who's your new professor
Taylor Deupree (Eisi): Every Still Day
The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-la-la: Horses in the sky

New Folk, Avant Rock

Cocorosie: Noah's Ark
Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow
Richard Youngs: The Naive Shaman
Animal Collective: Feels
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Matt Sweeney: Superwolf
Ariel Pink's Haunted Gravity: Worn Copy
Paavoharju: Yhä Hämärää
Anthony & The Johnsons: I am a bird now
Black Dice: Broken Ear Record
Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering
Matt Valentine & Erika Elders: Uranian Ray

Electronica, Improvisation, Electroacoustic

Lappetites: Before the Libretto
C-Schulz: 5. Flicker Tunes
Oren Ambarchi: Triste
Supersilent: 7
Minamo: Shining
Alog: Miniatures
DACM: St&eaigu;r&eaigu;otypie
The Dolls: The Dolls
Negativland: No Business
Michel Waisvisz: In Tune
MEV & AMM: Apogee
Tod Dockstader: Aerial 1 & 2
V. A.: Archives GRM

Ambient

Marc Leclair: musique pour trois femmes enceintes
Markus Güntner: 1981
Christopher Bissonette: Periphery
Julian Neto: Le fumeur du ciel

Folktronica, Lo-Fi

alphabetical order!

Anderegg: Falling air
Fenton: Pup
FilFla: Frame
Keith Fullerton Whitman: Multiples
Keith Fullerton Whitman & Greg Davis: Yearlong
Mountains: Mountains
Piana: Ephemeral
Sawako: Hum
Sebastien Roux: Pillow
Sebastien Roux & Greg Davis: Paquet Surprise
TG Mauss: Mechanical Eye
The Books: Lost and Safe
V. A. (Staubgold): Childish Music

Techno, Minimaltechno, Techhouse, microhouse

Herbert: Plat du jour
Metope: Kobol
Atom TM: iMix
Portable: Versions
Fenin: Grounded
Richie Hawtin: DE9: Transitions
Dapayk & Padberg: Close up

IDM

Murcof: Remembranza
Venetian Snares: Rossz csillag allat szulettet
Bibio: Fi
Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase
Mitchell Akyama: Small Explosions thtat are yours to keep
Ignatius: Gosamer
Frog Pocket: Gonglot
Kevin Blechdom: Eat my heart out
Deaf Center: Pale Ravine
Sanso-Xtro: Sentimentalist
Marsen Jules: Herbstlaub
V. A. Pulseprogramming
Hood: Outside Closer
Autechre: Untitled
Orb: Okie Dokie, it's the Orb on Kompakt
Static: Talking about memories
Orb: Orbsessions, Vol. 1

Glitch, Clicks & Cuts

Alva Noto & R. Sakamoto: Insen
Alva Noto: Transall Cycle Parts 1–3 (transrapid, transvision, transspray)
Blir: Untitled (Raster Post Edits)
Folie: Eyepennies

note: i will have to work on this list

Other lists

Metalists
DJ Martian's Blog
Lists
Themilkfactory: Best of 2005
Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2005
Metacritic.com: best Albums of 2005
Other music Year End Recap
thelastbeat.com: Rückblick 2005 (Feature)
Liquidgeneration's Music Blog
Billboard: Top 200 Albums sold in 2005
disquiet.com: best of 2005 (Ambient / Electronica)
Jahrescharts 2005
NPR 10 Best CDs of 2005
Woxy.com: The 97 Best Of 2005
boomkat.com: Top Albums for 2005