An ongoing ranking and rating of my favorite albums of 2005. Items in bold are part of my personal CD collection.
THE TOP TEN
1. Scott Grimes ~ Living On The Run (10.2)
2. Coldplay ~ X&Y (8.9)
3. Trapt ~ Someone In Control (8.5)
4. Judas Priest ~ Angel Of Retribution (8)
5. Dream Theater ~ Octavarium (8)
6. Volbeat ~ The Strength / The Sound / The Songs (8)
7. Buckcherry ~ 15 (7.5)
8. Nickelback ~ All The Right Reasons (7.5)
9. Journey ~ Generations (7)
10. Shinedown ~ Us And Them (7)
THE REST: ALPHABETICAL BY RATING
Alice Cooper ~ Dirty Diamonds (7)
Stephen Lynch ~ The Craig Machine (7)
3 Doors Down ~ Seventeen Days (6)
Black Label Society ~ Mafia (6)
Circle II Circle ~ The Middle Of Nowhere (6)
Fozzy ~ All That Remains (6)
Breaking Point ~ Beautiful Disorder (5)
Trust Company ~ True Parallels (5)
CURRENTLY UNRANKED
10 Years ~ The Autumn Effect
Akira Kajiyama + Joe Lynn Turner ~ Fire Without Flame
Allen-Lande ~ The Battle
Anberlin ~ Never Take Friendship Personally
Annihilator ~ Schizo Deluxe
Audioslave ~ Out Of Exile
Augustana ~ All The Stars And Boulevards
Avenged Sevenfold ~ City Of Evil
Averi ~ Drawn To Revolving Doors
Billy Idol ~ Devil’s Playground
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ~ Howl
Blanc Faces ~ Blanc Faces
Bon Jovi ~ Have A Nice Day
Brandi Carlile ~ Brandi Carlile
Bruce Dickinson ~ Tyranny Of Souls
Bruce Springsteen ~ Devils & Dust
Candlemass ~ Candlemass
Circus Maxmimus ~ The 1st Chapter
Clutch ~ Robot Hive/Exodus
Coheed And Cambria ~ Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV | Volume One: From Hear Through The Eyes Of Madness
The Darkness ~ One Way Ticket To Hell …And Back
Death Cab For Cutie ~ Plans
The Decemberists ~ Picaresque
Deep Purple ~ Rapture Of The Deep
Demons & Wizards ~ Touched By The Crimson King
Diamond Head ~ All Will Be Revealed
Dropkick Murphys ~ Warrior’s Code
Exodus ~ Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Flotsam And Jetsam ~ Dreams Of Death
Flyleaf ~ Flyleaf
Foo Fighters ~ In Your Honor
Frameshift ~ An Absence Of Empathy
The Fray ~ How To Save A Life
Glenn Hughes ~ Soul Mover
HammerFall ~ Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken
Hanoi Rocks ~ Another Hostile Takeover
Hardcore Superstar ~ Hardcore Superstar
Harem Scarem ~ Overload
Helloween ~ Keeper Of The Seven Keys: The Legacy
Hinder ~ Extreme Behaviour
Iommi ~ Fused
Jack Johnson ~ In Between Dreams
Joe Lynn Turner ~ The Usual Suspects
Joe Perry ~ Joe Perry
King’s X ~ Ogre Tones
L.A. Guns ~ Tales From The Strip
Masterplan ~ Aeronautics
The Michael Schenker Group ~ Heavy Hitters
Nada Surf ~ The Weight Is A Gift
Neil Young ~ Prairie Wind
Nevermore ~ This Godless Endeavor
Over Kill ~ ReliXIV
Ozzy Osbourne ~ Under Cover [covers]
Paramore ~ All We Know Is Falling
Place Vendome ~ Place Vendome
Powerwolf ~ Return In Bloodred
Primal Fear ~ Seven Seals
Rick Springfield ~ The Day After Yesterday
Rob Thomas ~ Something To Be
Robert Plant & Strange Sensation ~ Mighty ReArranger
The Rolling Stones ~ A Bigger Bang
Royal Hunt ~ Paper Blood
Running Wild ~ Rogues In Vogue
Russell Allen’s Atomic Soul ~ Russell Allen’s Atomic Soul
Schenker-Pattinson Summit ~ The Endless Jam Continues
Seether ~ Karma And Effect
Staind ~ Chapter V
Status Quo ~ The Party Ain’t Over Yet
Stryper ~ Reborn
Styx ~ Big Bang Theory
Switchfoot ~ Nothing Is Sound
System Of A Down ~ Hypnotize
System Of A Down ~ Mesmerize
Terra Nova ~ Escape
Theory Of A Deadman ~ Gasoline
Thirty Seconds To Mars ~ A Beautiful Lie
TNT ~ All The Way To The Sun
The Trews ~ Den Of Thieves
Waltham ~ Waltham
The White Stripes ~ Get Behind Me Satan
Witchcraft ~ Firewood
Wolfmother ~ Wolfmother
Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force ~ Unleash The Fury
[Last updated: 2021.01.01]
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