Best Of 2005
Jamie Kohns on December 30th, 2005
So it didn’t take that long to order the Best of 2005 list- I simply ordered the tracks by A) how much I liked the song, and B) how much I thought I had listened to it. What you see below is the result:
Top Tracks of 2005:
1 - Missy Higgins - Scar
2 - James Blunt - You’re Beautiful
3 - KT Tunstal - Other Side Of The World
4 - Missy Higgins - Ten Days
5 - Athlete - Wires
6 - James Blunt - High
7 - Jose Gonzales - Crosses
8 - KT Tunstall - Under The Weather
9 - Alex Lloyd - Never Meant To Fail
10 - Daniel Powter - Bad Day
11 - Stephen Fretwell - Emily
12 - Hard-Fi - Cash Machine
13 - Kanye West - Touch The Sky
14 - James Blunt - Wise Men
15 - Kano - Nite Nite
16 - Bedouin Soundclash - When The Night Feels My Song
17 - The Magic Numbers - Don’t Give Up The Light
18 - Alex Lloyd - Sometimes
19 - Ben Folds - Landed
20 - Mike Doughty - Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well
21 - Kanye West - Diamonds
22 - Embrace - Gravity
23 - Maximo Park - Apply Some Pressure
24 - Corinne Bailey Raye - Just Like A Star
25 - Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek
26 - Augustana - Stars And Boulevards
27 - Tristan Prettyman - Love Love Love
28 - Rise Against - Swing Life Away
29 - The Magic Numbers - Forever Lost
30 - Nizlopi - JCB
31 - Alex Lloyd - Brand New Day
32 - Switchfoot - Lonely Nation
33 - Kings Of Leon - The Bucket
34 - The Subways - Oh Yeah
35 - Jamiroquai - Feels Just Like It Should
36 - Alex Lloyd - Outside
37 - MIA - Galang
38 - The Go! Team - Bottle Rocket
(yeah, I don’t know how I ended up with 38 tracks, just go with it, okay?)
Top Albums of 2005:
1 Missy Higgins - The Sound Of White
2 James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
3 KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope
4 The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
5 Daniel Powter - Daniel Powter
I’m not going to do an official “Worst of 2005″ list, but rest assured that Antony and the Johnsons and Bright Eyes are at the top.

