| City Folk Live 8 | Various Artists | CD | 19 | | | | |
| Chinese Ancient Music: High Mountains and Flowing Water | Various Artists | Digital Media | 11 | | 中国唱片 | | |
| Cambodian Rocks, Volume II | Various Artists | CD | 17 | | Khmer Rocks | | |
| Country Legends: Kiss an Angel Good Morning | Various Artists | Digital Media | 16 | | | | |
| Country Legends: Cowboy Boots | Various Artists | Digital Media | 16 | | | | |
| Colorado College Orchestra: Fall, 2005 | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | | | |
| Chị đi tìm em | Various Artists | CD | 11 | | Thúy Nga | | |
| Decapolis Sampler | Various Artists | (unknown) | 5 | | | | |
| Dark Duck Records' Drone Download Project, Year 3: 2005 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 30 | | | | |
| Drew's Famous Fright Flicks: The Sequel | Various Artists | (unknown) | 17 | | | | |
| Deadwood: Music From the HBO Original Series | Various Artists | CD | 23 | | | | |
| Does Anybody Know I'm Here?: Vietnam Through the Eyes of Black America 1962-1972 | Various Artists | CD | 23 | | | | |
| Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats (bonus disc) | Various Artists | CD | 12 | | Shout! Factory | | |
| Decompositions: A Retrospective Body of Work | Various Artists | CD-R | 15 | | Underground, Inc. | | |
| Drive-Thru/Rushmore Records Spring 2005 Sampler | Various Artists | (unknown) | 20 | | Drive‐Thru Records, Rushmore Records | | |
| Down in the Valley | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | ATO Records | | |
| Down and Derby Volume 1 | Various Artists | CD-R | 14 | | Bruised Wax | | |
| Drum Corps International 2005 World Championships | Various Artists | 4×CD | 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 | | | | |
| Death Comes Ripping (Deathwish Sampler 2005) | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | Deathwish | | |
| DCI Summer Music Games 2005 | Various Artists | 4×CD | 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 | | | | |
| Ear Snacks, Volume 7 | Various Artists | CD | 14 | | Aware Records | | |
| Explosive Hi-Fidelity Sounds | Various Artists | (unknown) | 16 | | | | |
| Ear Snacks, Volume 6 | Various Artists | CD | 13 | | Aware Records | | |
| Equal Vision Records Presents New Sounds, Volume 2 | Various Artists | CD | 8 | | Equal Vision Records | | |
| Equal Vision Records: Spring Sampler 2005 | Various Artists | Enhanced CD | 9 | | Equal Vision Records | | |
| Full Cycle 10304 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 24 | | | | |
| Fusion for Miles: A Guitar Tribute | Various Artists | (unknown) | 10 | | | | |
| Free Sampler CD! | Various Artists | CD-R | 8 | | Microindie Records | | |
| Ferret Music Winter 2005 Sampler | Various Artists | (unknown) | 11 | | | | |
| First Prize | Various Artists | (unknown) | 15 | | VP Records | | |
| Fueled by Ramen Spring 05 Sampler | Various Artists | (unknown) | 9 | | | | |
| Favorite Stories: Classic Stories from Beloved LDS Speakers | Various Artists | CD | 13 | | Covenant Communications, Inc. | | |
| Farther Down the Road, Volume 60 | Various Artists | Enhanced CD | 10 | | | | |
| Free for All Tour Demo | Various Artists | CD | 17 | | | | |
| Fearless Records Summer Sampler 05' | Various Artists | CD | 9 | | Fearless Records | | |
| Galactic Soul | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | | | |
| Greensleeves Rhythm Album #68: Fowl Fight | Various Artists | (unknown) | 18 | | Greensleeves Records | | |
| Greensleeves Rhythm Album #69: Sunblock | Various Artists | CD | 18 | | Greensleeves Records | | |
| Greensleeves Rhythm Album #70: Grimey | Various Artists | (unknown) | 20 | | Greensleeves Records | | |
| Greensleeves Rhythm Album #78: Jump Off | Various Artists | (unknown) | 20 | | Greensleeves Records | | |
| Give. Listen. Help. For American Red Cross Hurricane Relief | Various Artists | 2×CD | 15 + 15 | | Filter Magazine, Urban Outfitters | | |
| Hot 97, Volume 45 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 22 | | | | |
| Hot 97: Reggaeton, Volume 5 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 24 | | | | |
| Holiday Jazz | Various Artists | (unknown) | 12 | | | | |
| Holy Hardcore | Various Artists | (unknown) | 8 | | | | |
| Hearts of Stone, Volume 3: 60's Brasilian Beat & Garage | Various Artists | (unknown) | 16 | | | | |
| High Mayhem Festival 2005 Remixed | Various Artists | CD | 5 | | High Mayhem | | |
| Heights | Various Artists | CD | 19 | | Tommy Boy Entertainment | | |
| Home For The Holidays: The Ultimate Christmas Collection | Various Artists | CD | 14 | | Green Hill | | |
| I've Changed My Ways: The Mundane Sounds New Music Sampler, Volume Four | Various Artists | (unknown) | 15 | | | | |
| It’s a Funky Assed Christmas, Charlie Brown! | Various Artists | (unknown) | 17 | | | | |
| Island Love Jams | Various Artists | (unknown) | 16 | | | | |
| Indie Pop Rocks! | Various Artists | CD | 14 | | | | |
| Jaguar 2005, Volume 2 | Various Artists | 4×CD | 11 + 12 + 10 + 12 | | [no label] | | |
| Jazz Up The Beatles | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | Verve | | |
| Jaxon’s Local Shots, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | CD | 13 | | | | |
| KFOG's Local Scene 2 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 18 | | | | |
| Kajmere Sound Recordings and KSD Music Sampler: Fall 2005 | Various Artists | CD | 23 | | Kajmere Sound Recordings | | |
| KROQ: New Music 2005 | Various Artists | CD | 21 | | | | |
| KINK Live 8 | Various Artists | CD | 21 | | | | |
| Live From the River Lounge (WVRV), Volume 2 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 13 | | | | |
| Live From the Morning Alternative, Volume 2 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 18 | | | | |
| Loud Monkey Music: Present 2 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 22 | | | | |
| Laughter Is a Powerful Weapon, Volume 2 | Various Artists | CD | 29 | | | | |
| Live From the Morning Alternative, Volume 1: A Benefit for the Vera Project | Various Artists | (unknown) | 19 | | | | |
| Lifetime of Romance | Various Artists | 3×CD | 18 + 18 + 18 | | Time–Life Music | | |
| Lukoil Road Mix 1 | Various Artists | CD | 8 | | | | |
| Live At WMSE Volume 5: Loud Enough to Get Your Sound | Various Artists | CD | 14 | | | | |
| Live At WMSE Volume 6 | Various Artists | CD | 15 | | | | |
| mtvu’s Year in Your Ear Sampler | Various Artists | (unknown) | 17 | | | | |
| Melinda and Melinda | Various Artists | (unknown) | 12 | | | | |
| MC's Need a Haircut | Various Artists | (unknown) | 10 | | | | |
| Madagascar / Robots | Various Artists | (unknown) | 25 | | | | |
| Microindie Sampler | Various Artists | CD-R | 10 | | Microindie Records | | |
| Miami Resistance, Volume 1 | Various Artists | CD | 16 | | | | |
| Mother Goose Puppy Dog Tails Bitsy Board Book Travel Pack | Various Artists | CD | 12 | | | | |
| Magical Piano | Various Artists | CD | 7 | | | | |
| Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition: Original Soundtrack | Various Artists | Digital Media | 99 | | | | |
| New Music Sampler - Fall 2005 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 18 | | | | |
| New Music Sampler, Volume 4 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 12 | | | | |
| Now and Always: Songs of Hope and Praise | Various Artists | (unknown) | 8 | | | | |
| N.A.R.C. | Various Artists | 2×(unknown) | 5 + 10 | | | | |
| New, Unreleased and B‐Sides, Volume 2 | Various Artists | CD | 19 | | | | |
| New, Unreleased and B‐Sides, Volume 3 | Various Artists | CD | 18 | | Rhymesayers Entertainment | | |
| No Token Needed Volume 3 | Various Artists | CD | 15 | | Columbus Alive | | |
| Omnious Presents: Black Market Movement, Volume 1 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 20 | | | | |
| Ozzfest 2005 Sampler | Various Artists | CD | 15 | | Divine Recordings | | |
| Pure Spain: Flamenquito | Various Artists | (unknown) | 14 | | | | |
| Pop Culture Press: CD Sampler #23 (Fall & Winter 2005) | Various Artists | CD | 21 | | | | |
| Pure Praise | Various Artists | (unknown) | 10 | | | | |
| Primal River Valley: The Past by Way of the Future | Various Artists | 2×CD | 11 + 17 | | Latex Records | | |
| PDX Pop Now! 2005 | Various Artists | 2×CD | 20 + 21 | | PDX Pop Now! | | |
| Paddy Rock Radio, Volume 1 | Various Artists | (unknown) | 13 | | | | |
| Promo Only: Urban Radio, April 2005 | Various Artists | CD | 18 | | | | |
| Patriotic: American Music Legends | Various Artists | CD | 10 | | | | |
| Pazmanian Devil Mixtape Disc 1 | Various Artists | Digital Media | 15 | | Pazmanian Devil Music | | |
| Pazmanian Devil Mixtape Disc 2 | Various Artists | Digital Media | 14 | | Pazmanian Devil Music | | |
| Quasitropic Dexadreams | Various Artists | CD | 23 | | | | |
| Reggeton en la parada puertoriqueña, vol. 2 | Various Artists | CD | 11 | | | | |
| Reggaeton Platino | Various Artists | (unknown) | 21 | | | | |
