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Top 50 Countdown (2005) - Albums


#50
Danielia Cotton
Small White Town
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#49
John Prine
Fair and Square
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#48
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better
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#47
Paul McCartney
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
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#46
John Hiatt
Master of Disaster
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#45
Blue Merle
Burning in the Sun


#44
Trey Anastasio
Shine

#43
Jason Mraz
Mr. A-Z

#42
Thievery Corporation
Cosmic Game


#41
Ben Lee
Awake is the New Asleep

#40
Dar Williams
My Better Self

#39
Ben Folds
Songs For Silverman


#38
Robert Plant
Mighty Rearranger


#37
Son Volt
Okemah and the Melody of Riot

#36
Susan Tedeschi
Hope and Desire

#35
Nickel Creek
Why Should The Dire Die?

#34
Bob Dylan
No Direction Home


#33
Kanye West
Late Registration


#32
Shemekia Copeland
The Soul Truth

#31
New Pornographers
Twin Cinema


#30
Aimee Mann
The Forgotten Arm

#29
Tori Amos
The Beekeeper

#28
Kate Bush
Aerial

#27
Jamie Cullum
Catching Tales

#26
Rodney Crowell
The Outsider

#25
Arcade Fire
Funeral


#24
Matisyahu
Live at Stubbs

#23
Wilco
Kicking Television

#22
Chris Whitley
Soft Dangerous Shores

#21
Jack Johnson
In Between Dreams

#20
Rolling Stones
A Bigger Bang


#19
Feist
Let It Die

#18
Fiona Apple
Extraordinary Machine

#17
The Decemberists
Picaresque


#16
Spoon
Gimme Fiction

#15
Kathleen Edwards
Back To Me
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#14
Mike Doughty
Haughty Melodic


#13
Neil Young
Prarie Wind


#12
John Butler Trio
Sunrise Over Sea

#11
Bright Eyes
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

#10
Bruce Springsteen
Devils and Dust

#9
White Stripes
Get Behind Me, Satan


#8
Ryan Adams
Cold Roses


#7
David Gray
Life in Slow Motion

#6
Amos Lee
Amos Lee


#5
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans

#4
Sufjan Stevens
Illinois


#3
Beck
Guero


#2
My Morning Jacket
Z


#1
Coldplay
X&Y
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