Best Albums of 2005

Best Albums of 2005

ACTUAL ALBUMS OF THE YEAR:

* Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
* Son Volt - Okemah and the Melody of Riot
* My Morning Jacket - Z

HYPOTHETICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR:

* Ryan Adams - My Favorite Tracks from his three 2005 CDs

ALBUMS PRODUCED BY PRODUCER-OF-THE-YEAR JOE HENRY:

* Allan Toussaint, Mavis Staples, Ann Peebles, Billy Preston - I Believe to My Soul
* Susan Tedeschi - Hope & Desire
* Betty LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell to Raise

THE REST:

NMAS - Electric Blue Watermelon
Greenhornes - Gun For You
Gorillaz - Demon Days
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Duo - Best Reason to Buy the Sun
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
A Band of Bees - Free the Bees
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Wilco - Kicking Television
John Hiatt - Master of Disaster
Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die
Sharon Jones - Naturally
Sara Lee Guthrie / Johnny Irion - Exploration
White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan