X&Y Hits LiveDaily Top 2005 Albums List

Thirteen liveDaily critics were asked to list their 10 favorite albums of 2005, and six placed “Z” on their list, as close to a consensus as we got this year. Coldplay's “X&Y” appears on five lists, making it a clean sweep for the last three letters of the alphabet.

Overall rankings were determined by first grouping albums by the number of ballots on which they appeared. Ties were then broken by weighting votes based on where albums ranked on individual lists.

Critics Picks: liveDaily’s top albums of 2005

1. My Morning Jacket, “Z” (ATO)

2. Coldplay, “X&Y” (Capitol)

3. Kanye West, “Late Registration” (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)

4. The White Stripes, “Get Behind Me Satan” (V2)

5. Beck, “Guero” (Geffen)

6. Bright Eyes, “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” (Saddle Creek)

7. Queens of the Stone Age, “Lullabies to Paralyze” (Interscope)

8. Shelby Lynne, “Suit Yourself” (Capitol)

9. Spoon, “Gimme Fiction” (Merge)

10. M.I.A., “Arular” (XL/Interscope)

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