Uncut's Top 50 of 2005

Got this from the forums of Hipinion. Uncut is that UK music magazine, thus you'll find Arcade Fire on their 2005 list. Seems a bit early to be releasing a year end list in the first week of November...

50. M.I.A. - Arular
49. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner
48. Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
47. CocoRosie - Noah's Ark
46. Paul Weller - As is now
45. Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
44. Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
43. Smog - A River ain't Too Much to Love
42. Richmond Fontaine - The Fitzgerald
41. Robert Plant - Mighty Rearranger
40. Vic Chesnutt - Ghetto Bells
39. The Go-Betweens - Oceans apart
38. Hal - Hal
37. Beck - Guero
36. The Pernice Brothers - Discover a lovelier you
35. Vitalic - OK Cowboy
34. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake it's Morning
33. Espers - Espers
32. John Cale - blackAcetate
31. The Magic Numbers - The Magic Numbers
30. Big Star - In Space
29. Josh Rouse - Nashville
28. Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love
27. Bruce Springsteen - Devils & Dust
26. My Morning Jacket - Z

25. Gorillaz - Demon Days
24. Animal Collective - Feels
23. Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
22. Antony & the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
21. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
20. Elbow - Leaders of the Free World
19. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Worn Copy
18. Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
17. Neil Young - Prairie Wind
16. Annie - Anniemal
15. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals - Cold Roses
14. Kanye West - Late Registration
13. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
12. Super Furry Animals - Love Kraft
11. Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine
10. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
9. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
8. The White Stripes - Get Behind me Satan
7. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
6. The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
5. The National - Alligator
4. Black Mountain - Black Mountain
3. Bob Dylan - No Direction Home: The soundtrack - The Bootleg Series vol. 7
2. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
1. Arcade Fire - Funeral

And the top 20 reissues:

20. Simply Saucer - Cyborgs Revisited
19. The Cure - Pornography Deluxe Edition
18. The Associates - The Affectionate Punch 25th Anniversary Remaster
17. Comus - Song to Comus: The Complete Collection
16. The 101'ers - Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Revisited)
15. Free - Chronicles
14. Judee Sill - Dreams Come True
13. The Fall - The Complete Peel Sessions 1978 - 2004
12. Ray Charles - Pure Genius: The Complete Atalantic Recordings (1952 - 1959)
11. Sonic Youth - Goo
10. Scritti Polliti - Early
9. Screaming Trees - Ocean of Confusion: Songs of Screaming Trees 1989 - 1996
8. Johnny Cash - The Legend
7. Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
6. Can - Future Days
5. Various Artists - Hearing is Believing: The Jack Nitzsche Story 1962 - 1979
4. Bill Fay - Bill Fay
3. The Band - A Musical History
2. The Stooges - Fun House: Deluxe Edition
1. Orange Juice - The Glasgow School