The Best of 2005

1	Come On! Feel The Illinoise!	Sufjan Stevens	USA	472	20	(1)
2	Soul Meets Body	Death Cab For Cutie	USA	420	18	(1)
3	Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)	The Arcade Fire	CAN	398	20	(1)
4	Wake Up	The Arcade Fire	CAN	377	16	(1)
5	Goodnight, Goodnight	Hot Hot Heat	CAN	368	18	(1)
6	Neighborhood #2 (Laika)	The Arcade Fire	CAN	368	17	(1)
7	When The Night Feels My Song	Bedouin Soundclash	CAN	355	14	(1)
8	Across Yer Ocean	Mercury Rev	USA	338	18	(2)
9	Evil	Interpol	USA	331	14	(1)
10	Black Cadillacs	Modest Mouse	USA	324	18	(1)
11	Cold Wind	The Arcade Fire	CAN	301	16	(1)
12	Abominable Snow	Islands	CAN	311	19	(1)
13	Love In Fear	The Constantines	CAN	298	18	(1)
14	You Can't Steal My Love	Mando Diao	SWE	295	19	(1)
15	Superconnected	Broken Social Scene	CAN	273	14	(1)
16	Jezebel	Iron & Wine	USA	268	14	(1)
17	I Summon You	Spoon	USA	263	14	(1)
18	Boulevard of Broken Dreams	Green Day	USA	261	10	(1)
19	The Hardest Part	Ryan Adams & the Cardinals	USA	260	13	(2)
20	Never Win	Fischerspooner	USA	251	13	(2)
21	Landed	Ben Folds	USA	246	13	(1)
22	Juicebox	The Strokes	USA	245	14	(3)
23	Chicago	Sufjan Stevens	USA	242	12	(1)
24	Monster Hospital	Metric	CAN	241	14	(3)
25	Us	Regina Spektor	RUS/USA	226	15	(2)
26	Go On	The Elected	USA	218	13	(3)
27	Road To Joy	Bright Eyes	USA	209	14	(2)
28	Forever Lost	The Magic Numbers	GBR	208	13	(3)
29	I Predict A Riot	Kaiser Chiefs	GBR	207	13	(2)
30	Requiem For O.M.M.2	Of Montreal	USA	207	19	(4)
31	Girl Anachronism	Dresden Dolls	USA	203	14	(3)
32	Can't Exist	Joseph Arthur	USA	201	10	(3)
33	Fortress	Pinback	USA	200	13	(2)
34	The Rescuer	P:ano	CAN	198	14	(2)
35	An Honest Mistake	The Bravery	USA	197	15	(2)
36	Coin-Operated Boy	Dresden Dolls	USA	193	8	(1)
37	The One You Love	Rufus Wainwright	CAN	191	9	(3)
38	Let It Ride	Ryan Adams & the Cardinals	USA	191	14	(4)
39	Shine A Light	Wolf Parade	CAN	189	15	(5)
40	BMFA	Martha Wainwright	CAN	184	16	(4)
41	God Killed The Queen	Louis XIV	USA	181	14	(3)
42	Only This Moment	Röyksopp	NOR	177	14	(4)
43	Over and Over Again (Lost and Found)	Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!	USA	175	11	(1)
44	Hounds of Love (remix)	The Futureheads	GBR	172	13	(4)
45	The Akhian Press	Frog Eyes	CAN	172	12	(5)
46	When The Day Is Short	Martha Wainwright	CAN	169	14	(5)
47	The Hand That Feeds	Nine Inch Nails	USA	168	13	(3)
48	Mushaboom	Feist	CAN	168	10	(4)
49	Apply Some Pressure	Maximo Park	GBR	167	14	(4)
50	I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes	Tom Vek	GBR	164	13	(4)
51	Feel Good Inc.	Gorillaz	GBR/USA	161	12	(3)
52	Take It Easy (Love Nothing)	Bright Eyes	USA	159	8	(2)
53	Future	Cut Copy	AUS	154	11	(3)
54	Lua	Bright Eyes	USA	152	11	(3)
55	Galang	M.I.A.	GBR/SRI	152	12	(4)
56	Just Let Go	Fischerspooner	USA	152	14	(4)
57	Sixteen Military Wives	The Decemberists	USA	151	13	(5)
58	Here Comes The Summer	The Fiery Furnaces	USA	150	13	(5)
59	Girl	Beck	USA	148	15	(8)
60	The Sweat Descends	Les Savy Fav	USA	147	13	(4)
61	Bohemian Rhapsody	The Flaming Lips	USA	146	13	(4)
62	Danse Macabre	Wintersleep	CAN	145	12	(5)
63	Druganaut	Black Mountain	CAN	144	15	(7)
64	Sunny road	Emiliana Torrini	ITA/ICE	143	15	(6)
65	Back To Me	Kathleen Edwards	CAN	142	12	(5)
66	Secret For A Song	Mercury Rev	USA	141	9	(5)
67	King of the Mountain	Kate Bush	GBR	140	13	(7)
68	All u Can Eat	Ben Folds	USA	137	11	(4)
69	Black History Month	Death From Above 1979	CAN	137	14	(5)
70	So Begins Our Alabee	Of Montreal	USA	133	16	(6)
71	Trusted	Ben Folds	USA	129	13	(6)
72	The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine	Spoon	USA	129	13	(7)
73	Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?	North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative	CAN/USA	127	9	(1)
74	Ghost Mountain	The Unicorns	CAN	127	14	(8)
75	The Dog Song	Nellie McKay	USA	125	10	(6)
76	The Engine Driver	The Decemberists	USA	121	10	(4)
77	Fake Palindromes	Andrew Bird	USA	119	14	(8)
78	Riot Radio	The Dead 60s	GBR	115	12	(6)
79	Cold Hands (Warm Heart)	Brendan Benson	USA	113	14	(7)
80	Middle of Nowhere	Hot Hot Heat	CAN	114	11	(6)
81	The Sporting Life	The Decemberists	USA	112	13	(7)
82	We Can Make It	The Marble Index	CAN	112	14	(8)
83	Off The Record	My Morning Jacket	USA	111	12	(8)
84	E-Pro	Beck	USA	108	13	(8)
85	Twin Cinema	The New Pornographers	CAN	107	13	(8)
86	Speedbumps	Luna	USA	106	11	(9)
87	Brighter Than Sunshine	Aqualung	GBR	104	13	(10)
88	Use It	The New Pornographers	CAN	101	13	(10)
89	Little Sister	Queens of the Stone Age	USA	100	11	(8)
90	Tuff Ghost	The Unicorns	CAN	100	12	(9)
91	The Oscillator's Hum	Frog Eyes	CAN	98	7	(3)
92	Ageless Beauty	Stars	CAN	96	6	(4)
93	Somedays	Regina Spektor	RUS/USA	94	12	(9)
94	Only	Nine Inch Nails	USA	93	12	(9)
95	Tuned To A Different Station	Dogs	GBR	91	11	(9)
96	C'mere	Interpol	USA	88	10	(8)
97	Fishing For A Dream	Turin Brakes	GBR	85	13	(11)
98	One Life To Leave	Out Hud	USA	84	10	(9)
99	Greetings In Braille	The Elected	USA	80	14	(11)
100	Love + Pain	Clor	GBR	79	12	(12)
101	Heartbeat	Annie	NOR	78	12	(11)
102	No Threat	The Tragically Hip	CAN	77	9	(9)
103	No Hits	Black Mountain	CAN	75	11	(10)
104	Meantime	The Futureheads	GBR	72	5	(6)
105	Primitive (The Way I Treat You)	Ambulance Ltd	USA	74	10	(9)
106	Next Monroe	Rockfour	ISR	71	6	(10)
107	hey Man (Now You're Really Living)	Eels	USA	71	11	(11)
108	Hope There's Someone	Antony and the Johnsons	USA	70	11	(12)
109	The Greatest	Cat Power	USA	69	5	(3)
110	Spit It Out	Brendan Benson	USA	67	10	(11)
111	Mr. Ambulance Driver	The Flaming Lips	USA	66	8	(10)
112	The Ballad of Poor John Henry	Cuff The Duke	CAN	65	8	(7)
113	My So-Called Celibate Life	The Pernice Brothers	USA	65	10	(11)
114	Don't Forget To Breathe	Beulah	USA	64	11	(12)
115	Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine	The Killers	USA	63	8	(10)
116	Sheltered Life (rmx)/Fine Night	Erlend Øye	NOR	61	8	(11)
117	Pressure Point	The Zutons	GBR	61	11	(13)
118	Volcanoes	Islands	CAN	60	4	(4)
119	Modern Music	Black Mountain	CAN	59	13	(13)
120	He Lays In The Reins	Iron & Wine/Calexico ft. Salvador Duran	USA	59	12	(13)
121	Fuel For Fire	M. Ward	USA	56	11	(12)
122	Parting Gift	Fiona Apple	USA	56	10	(14)
123	First Day of My Life	Bright Eyes	USA	55	10	(14)
124	Walking With A Ghost	Tegan and Sara	CAN	55	11	(14)
125	Munich	Editors	GBR	54	9	(12)
126	Faster Gun	The Wrens	USA	54	10	(14)
127	Kennedy Killed The Hat	Buck 65	CAN	54	11	(15)
128	Nothing To Lose	Billy Talent	CAN	54	10	(15)
129	All Ablaze	Ian Brown	GBR	53	9	(13)
130	AFK	Pinback	USA	51	10	(13)
131	Glitter and Trauma	Biffy Clyro	GBR	50	6	(14)
132	Nobody Move, Nobody Gets Hurt	We Are Scientists	USA	49	9	(13)
133	They're Building Walls Around Us	Moneybrother	SWE	49	9	(15)
134	Rebellion (Lies)	The Arcade Fire	CAN	48	4	(10)
135	Stay Where You Are	Ambulance Ltd	USA	48	10	(15)
136	Any Minute Now	Soulwax	BEL	46	5	(14)
137	Love and Death	The Stills	CAN	45	10	(15)
138	Ocean Breathes Salty	Modest Mouse	USA	44	4	(8)
139	C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)	Tom Vek	GBR	44	7	(9)
140	Blood On Our Hands	Death From Above 1979	CAN	44	9	(15)
141	I Have Forgiven Jesus	Morrissey	GBR	44	9	(15)
142	The Road Leads Where It's Led	The Secret Machines	USA	42	10	(16)
143	Oh My God	Kaiser Chiefs	GBR	42	9	(17)
144	Chewing Gum	Annie	NOR	42	11	(18)
145	Montreal Calling	Mobile	CAN	40	11	(16)
146	Reunion	Stars	CAN	40	10	(17)
147	Even Tho	Joseph Arthur	USA	40	11	(18)
148	Yeti	Caribou	CAN	37	10	(19)
149	Easy/Lucky/Free	Bright Eyes	USA	35	10	(18)
150	It's A Curse	Wolf Parade	CAN	34	6	(11)
151	Your Ex-Lover Is Dead	Stars	CAN	34	10	(18)
152	I Turn My Camera On	Spoon	USA	33	10	(20)
153	Radio	Pitty Sing	USA	32	9	(19)
154	Fearless	The Bravery	USA	32	12	(22)
155	Cherry Tree	Grand National	GBR	31	3	(9)
156	Leave It All Behind	The Features	USA	31	10	(21)
157	Content Was Always My Favourite Colour	The Most Serene Republic	CAN	30	8	(18)
158	In A Funny Way	Mercury Rev	USA	30	10	(20)
159	Another Morning	American Music Club	USA	28	5	(16)
160	The Widow	The Mars Volta	USA	28	7	(18)
161	Look What You've Done	Jet	AUS	28	8	(21)
162	Funny Little Frog	Belle & Sebastian	GBR	27	5	(13)
163	Woman King	Iron & Wine	USA	26	9	(21)
164	Supermarket One	P:ano	CAN	26	8	(18)
165	Crown Of Love	The Arcade Fire	CAN	25	6	(14)
166	Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games	Of Montreal	USA	21	6	(17)
167	I Feel Like A Child	Devendra Banhart	USA	21	7	(20)
168	This Fffire	Franz Ferdinand	GBR	21	7	(23)
169	I Believe	The Marble Index	CAN	20	3	(12)
170	The Price	Wax Mannequin	CAN	20	8	(24)
171	The Good Ones	The Kills	GBR	19	7	(21)
172	Don't Even Know Her Name	Ryan Adams	USA	19	5	(22)
173	Trouble With Dreams	Eels	USA	19	8	(23)
174	Something Beautiful	Tracy Bonham	USA	19	8	(23)
175	Fire	Jason Collett	CAN	19	7	(24)
176	Finding Out True Love Is Blind	Louis XIV	USA	18	8	(23)
177	All The Dark Horses	Trashcan Sinatras	GBR	18	7	(23)
178	This Year	The Mountain Goats	USA	18	8	(25)
179	Paper Snowflakes	Son, Ambulance	USA	17	4	(21)
180	And The Rest Will Follow	Trail of Dead	USA	17	7	(22)
181	Portions For Foxes	Rilo Kiley	USA	17	7	(22)
182	Dance Me In	Sons and Daughters	GBR	17	7	(23)
183	Saturdays	Cut Copy	AUS	16	6	(22)
184	I'm Not Okay (I Promise)	My Chemical Romance	USA	16	6	(23)
185	Shine	Andy Stochansky	CAN	16	7	(24)
186	The Suffering	Coheed and Cambria	USA	16	7	(26)
187	Do The Whirlwind	Architecture In Helsinki	AUS	16	7	(26)
188	Halloween	Matt Pond PA	USA	15	5	(19)
189	Sweet Troubled Soul	stellastarr^*	USA	15	8	(25)
190	NY Excuse	Soulwax	BEL	15	7	(26)
191	The Tarleks	Rheostatics	CAN	14	3	(16)
192	Last Exit	Junior Boys	CAN	14	6	(24)
193	Beautiful	Moby	USA	14	6	(25)
194	LSF (Lost Souls Forever)	Kasabian	GBR	14	7	(27)
195	Will You Come and Fetch Me?	Of Montreal	USA	13	3	(20)
196	My Doorbell	The White Stripes	USA	13	6	(24)
197	Club Foot	Kasabian	GBR	13	4	(24)
198	Men of Station (mp3)	13 & God	GER/USA	13	7	(27)
199	I Gave You	Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ft. Matt Sweeney	USA	13	6	(27)
200	Bodies and Minds	Great Lake Swimmers	CAN	13	7	(28)
201	The End of Part One	Violet Archers	CAN	12	6	(29)
202	The Denial Twist	The White Stripes	USA	11	4	(21)
203	Love Me Like You	The Magic Numbers	GBR	11	6	(28)
204	Pretty Life	Jakalope	CAN	11	6	(28)
205	Ladyflash	The Go! Team	GBR	10	3	(21)
206	Dragging The Harbour	Tangiers	CAN	10	5	(28)
207	Max 500	Kent	SWE	10	6	(30)
208	Medicating	Boys Night Out	CAN	10	6	(31)
209	Love Steals Us From Loneliness	Idlewild	GBR	9	6	(28)
210	California	Low	USA	9	6	(29)
211	Heartstopper	Emiliana Torrini	ITA/ICE	9	5	(29)
212	Tell All Your Friends	Projet Orange	CAN	9	4	(29)
213	Black and White Town	Doves	GBR	9	5	(29)
214	In State	Kathleen Edwards	CAN	9	6	(30)
215	Not So Bright	The Marble Index	CAN	9	6	(30)
216	Ain't No Easy Way	Black Rebel Motorcycle Club	USA	9	6	(30)
217	Decent Days and Nights	The Futureheads	GBR	9	6	(32)
218	Always Love	Nada Surf	USA	8	4	(24)
219	Phone Number	Immaculate Machine	CAN	8	4	(26)
220	Girls of Valour	The Delgados	GBR	8	6	(31)
221	E-Talking	Soulwax	BEL	8	5	(31)
222	Helicopter	Bloc Party	GBR	8	5	(31)
223	Don't Save Us From The Flames	M83	FRA	8	5	(32)
224	Ultimatum	The Long Winters	USA	7	4	(30)
225	Electrified	Dressy Bessy	USA	7	6	(34)
226	Narc	Interpol	USA	7	5	(34)
227	7/4 (Shoreline)	Broken Social Scene	CAN	6	3	(29)
228	Sovay	Andrew Bird	USA	6	4	(34)
229	Manhole	Ani DiFranco	USA	6	4	(34)
230	Blue Orchid	The White Stripes	USA	6	6	(36)
231	I Luv The Valley OH!	Xiu Xiu	USA	5	2	(26)
232	What To Do With Michael	The Candy Butchers	USA	5	5	(36)
233	Hide and Seek	Imogen Heap	GBR	4	3	(31)
234	It Ended On An Oily Stage	British Sea Power	GBR	4	3	(32)
235	Here Comes Everybody	Autolux	USA	4	4	(36)
236	Breaking The Broken	Sparta	USA	3	1	(29)
237	Wonderful People	Q and Not U	USA	3	1	(30)
238	Since K Got Over Me	The Clientele	GBR	3	2	(32)
239	I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor	The Arctic Monkeys	GBR	3	2	(34)
240	Gore Veil	The Deadly Snakes	CAN	3	2	(35)
241	Good Clean Fun	Clearlake	GBR	3	3	(36)
242	Shake	Neil Leyton	CAN	3	3	(38)
243	Better Sorry Than Safe	Two Hours Traffic	CAN	3	3	(39)
244	Somebody Hurt You	A Girl Called Eddy	USA	3	3	(39)
245	Heading For A Breakdown	The Soundtrack Of Our Lives	SWE	3	3	(42)
246	The Bucket	Kings of Leon	USA	2	1	(32)
247	I Believe In The Good of Life	The Hidden Cameras	CAN	2	1	(35)
248	Reason Is Treason	Kasabian	GBR	2	2	(38)
249	Supermodel	Paul James Berry	GBR	2	2	(39)
250	Sad and Lonely	The Secret Machines	USA	2	2	(41)
251	Sound Scientist	Bill	USA	2	2	(42)
252	The Bleeding Heart Show	The New Pornographers	CAN	1	1	(39)
253	My Friend Dario	Vitalic	FRA	1	1	(40)
254	Grass	Animal Collective	USA	1	1	(43)
255	Sister Jack	Spoon	USA	1	1	(44)
256	3000 Flowers	Destroyer	CAN	1	1	(45)

Points	40	36	33	30	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19-20	21	22-23	24-26	27-30	31-35	36-40

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