| Top 100 of 2005 |
| The Rough Trade Shops Top 100 Albums for 2005 - Based on shop sales and staff votes. |
| 1 |
brakes give blood |
A truly great album and one that got more number 1 staff votes than any other in recent years - 28 minutes of sheer country / punk delight! |
| 2 |
black mountain black mountain |
This also picked up a huge amount of staff votes and is probably the big surprise in the top ten - an album of remarkable variation. |
| 3 |
stevens, sufjan illinoise |
3 consecutive albums in our annual top 20 and amazingly still not a number one (Michigan was number 3 in 2004 and Seven Swans number 17 last year)... |
| 4 |
m.i.a. arular |
There's so much going on here (ragga, hip-hop, bhangra, reggae, '80s electro, and even punk rock) that it ought not to work, but it does! |
| 5 |
lcd soundsystem lcd soundsystem |
James Murphy's (one half of dfa) debut album is everything it promised to be... |
| 6 |
antony and the johnsons i am a bird now |
Little needs to be said about the enigmatic mercury prize winner, except that we told you first! |
| 7 |
king creosote kc rules ok |
He certainly does...Two albums in the top 50! |
| 8 |
the boy least likely to the best party ever |
We first recommended this brilliant indie pop album in January...If they are not globally huge by the end of 2006 there is no justice! |
| 9 |
swift, richard the novelist / walking without effort |
Amazingly high in the chart for an album that has only just come out..We guarantee you, you will hear more of him in 2006! |
| 10 |
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Since providing the music to the Sony Bravia TV advert (multi-coloured super balls in San Francisco), this album is set to be enormous and deservedly so. |
| 11 |
russell, tom hotwalker: charles bukowski and a ballad for gone america |
A tribute to some of the great literary and musical figures of Americana and a brilliant album - Nigel's number 1 (and mine for what it's worth). |
| 12 |
the rakes capture / release |
Long awaited and well worth it! Quintessentially English. |
| 13 |
two gallants the throes |
This year they were the hit at sxsw...Next year the world! |
| 14 |
vek, tom we have sound |
Recorded entirely in his Dad's garage!...A genuine new talent... |
| 15 |
banhart, devendra cripple crow |
Unquestionably the master of the experimental acoustic style he pioneered. |
| 16 |
low the great destroyer |
Their eighth album would you believe? This is the one you want though... |
| 17 |
arcade fire funeral |
Would prabably have been much higher if it wasn't for the fact that it made number 39 in last years chart on import! Essential. |
| 18 |
wolf parade apologies to the queen mary |
Last year we told you about Arcade Fire...Well this is Montreal's next big thing! |
| 19 |
boards of canada the campfire headphase |
Long awaited third album doesn't disappoint. |
| 20 |
the fall fall heads roll |
Praise be to Mark E Smith. What would a Rough Trade Shop chart be without a Fall album in it? |
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hawley, richard coles corner |
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kuvezin, albert and yat kha re-covers |
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cocorosie noah's ark |
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| 25 |
the magic numbers the magic numbers |
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| 26 |
gorillaz demon days |
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clap your hands say yeah clap your hands say yeah |
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| 28 |
the shortwave set the debt collection |
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spinto band nice and nicely done |
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| 30 |
edan beauty and the beat |
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| 31 |
broadcast tender buttons |
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bunyan, vashti lookaftering |
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king creosote rocket diy |
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the white stripes get behind me satan |
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cagedbaby will see you now |
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franz ferdinand you could have it so much better |
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eno, brian another day on earth |
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| 38 |
bloc party silent alarm |
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| 39 |
bright eyes i'm wide awake, its morning |
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| 40 |
lemon jelly 64 - 95 |
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maximo park a certain trigger |
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sons and daughters the repulsion box |
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cary, caitlin and cockrell, thad begonias |
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| 44 |
babyshambles down in albion |
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coil ...and the ambulance died in his arms |
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british sea power open season |
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the national alligator |
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| 49 |
beck guero |
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clor clor |
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m ward transistor radio |
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iron and wine / calexico in the reins |
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kaiser chiefs employment |
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hinson, micah p the baby and the satellite |
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psapp tiger, my friend |
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tellier, sebastien politics |
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mercury rev the secret migration |
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tunstall, kt eye to the telescope |
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the go betweens oceans apart |
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rilo kiley more adventurous |
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torrini, emiliana fisherman's woman |
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the kills no wow |
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the clientele strange geometry |
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murphy, roisin ruby blue |
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the chemical brothers push the button |
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young, neil prairie wind |
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serena maneesh serena maneesh |
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wainwright, rufus want two |
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barlow, lou emoh |
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sweeney, matt and bonnie prince billy superwolf |
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| 72 |
taylor, chip and rodriguez, carrie red dog tracks |
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| 73 |
gang of four return the gift |
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the broken family band welcome home, loser |
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rose, jack kensington blues |
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the mountain goats the sunset tree |
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nadler, marissa the saga of mayflower may |
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espers the weed tree |
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lidell, jamie multiply |
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architecture in helsinki in case we die |
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part chimp i am come |
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sleater kinney the woods |
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silva, ana da the lighthouse |
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test-icicles for screening purposes only |
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joyzipper the heartlight set |
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isolee we are monster |
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smog a river ain't too much to love |
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four tet everything ecstatic |
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son volt okemah and the melody of riot |
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magnolia electric co. what comes after the blues |
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dangerdoom the mouse and the mask |
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dury, baxter floor show |
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broken social scene feel good lost |
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dungen ta det lungt |
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konono no 1 congotronics |
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jones, edgar 'jones' soothing music for stray cats |
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saint etienne tales from turnpike house |
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