40 Best Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2005-01)

~ Release group series

Release groups

#YearTitleArtistTypeRatingReleases
12003The College DropoutKanye WestAlbum4.218
22004American IdiotGreen DayAlbum3.928
32004Franz FerdinandFranz FerdinandAlbum4.221
42004Good News for People Who Love Bad NewsModest MouseAlbum4.1514
52004The Grey AlbumDanger MouseAlbum + Remix4.55
62004From a Basement on the HillElliott SmithAlbum45
72004A Grand Don't Come for FreeThe StreetsAlbum3.659
82004Van Lear RoseLoretta LynnAlbum34
92004AnticsInterpolAlbum4.4524
102004SMiLEBrian WilsonAlbum4.158
112004ShowtimeDizzee RascalAlbum4
122004Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty BabesTV on the RadioAlbum2.58
132004Tyrannosaurus HivesThe HivesAlbum48
142004DFA Compilation #2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation4
152004America’s SweetheartCourtney LoveAlbum5
162004Hot FussThe KillersAlbum3.827
172004MadvillainyMadvillainAlbum4.417
182004MusicologyPrinceAlbum316
192004MedúllaBjörkAlbum3.923
202004Shake the SheetsTed Leo + PharmacistsAlbum1
212004FuturesJimmy Eat WorldAlbum4.2521
222004This IslandLe TigreAlbum3.54
232003Final StrawSnow PatrolAlbum3.517
242004You Are the QuarryMorrisseyAlbum2.7511
252004Now Here Is NowhereSecret MachinesAlbum6
262004EncoreEminemAlbum3.1512
272004Real GoneTom WaitsAlbum4.359
282004Kompakt 100Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation1
292004How to Dismantle an Atomic BombU2Album3.9532
302004The LibertinesThe LibertinesAlbum313
312004Uh Huh HerPJ HarveyAlbum410
322004Wet From BirthThe FaintAlbum46
332004Blue CathedralComets on FireAlbum3
342004Three Cheers for Sweet RevengeMy Chemical RomanceAlbum3.7512
352004Talkie WalkieAirAlbum47
362004More AdventurousRilo KileyAlbum55
372004Since We Last SpokeRJD2Album4.257
382004A Ghost Is BornWilcoAlbum49
392004The Pretty Toney AlbumGhostface KillahAlbum2
402004The Milk‐Eyed MenderJoanna NewsomAlbum4.24

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