Top Five for 2005

I thought 2005 was a slow year for new releases and ended up buying mostly older music. That said:

1 EELS - Blinking Lights. (Easily the best I heard this year.)
2 Richard Thompson - Front Parlour Ballads
3 Bright Eyes - Wide Awake
4 Brendan Benson - Alternative To Love
5 Fire Marshals of Bethlehem - Songs for Housework (The return of John Coslin, formerly of The Reivers)

Also: Bill LLoyd & Jamie Hoover, Bonnie Raitt, Green Day, U2, Bob Mould, White Stripes,John Legend, Jim Boggia, Jackson Browne

Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane- At Carnegie Hall

Richard Thompson- Front Parlour Ballads

John Hiatt- Master of Disaster

Antony and the Johnsons-I am a bird now

Lucinda Williams- Live at the Fillmore

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl
Foo Fighters: In Your Honor
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cold Roses
Mike Doughty: Haughty Melodic
Social Distortion: Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll

Teajay-

Finally got a copy Kenny Barron's "Perfect Set" live at Bradley's. Great call. Thanks. - Dan

Chris Squire/Nardelli' Syndestructibles

Maia Sharp's Upstanding Citizen

Judith Owen's last release (cant remember the name)

Richard Thompson's Front Parlour Ballads (at least I bought it 2005)

I cant think of a 5th one.sorry