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Pazz & Jop 2005 Albums Ballot

01 | Sufjan Stevens Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
02 | Gang Gang Dance God's Money (The Social Registry)
03 | Antony and the Johnsons I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
04 | Easy Action Friends of Rock & Roll (Reptilian)
05 | Vashti Bunyan Lookaftering (Dicristina Stair/Fat Cat)
06 | Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy (Secretly Canadian)
07 | Animal Collective Feels (Fat Cat)
08 | Sleater-Kinney The Woods (Sub Pop)
09 | Low The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop)
10 | Orthrelm OV (Ipecac)

Pazz & Jop 2005 Singles Ballot

01 | Antony and the Johnsons - "Hope There's Someone" from I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
02 | Michael Penn - "Walter Reed" from Mr. Hollywood Jr., 1947 (Mimeograph/spinART)
03 | Devendra Banhart - "Heard Somebody Say" from Cripple Crow (XL)
04 | Sufjan Stevens - "Casimir Pulaski Day" from Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
05 | Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - "Sweet Illusions" from Cold Roses (Lost Highway)
06 | Low - "California" from The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop)
07 | The New Pornographers - "The Bleeding Heart Show" from Twin Cinema (Matador)
08 | Judd and Maggie - "One Year Past 20" from Subjects (RCA)
09 | American Analog Set - "Cool Kids Keep" from Set Free (Arts & Crafts)
10 | Laura Cantrell - "Bees" from Humming by the Flowered Vine (Matador)

Pitchfork 2005 Albums Ballot

01 | Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty)
02 | Gang Gang Dance: God's Money (The Social Registry)
03 | Antony & the Johnsons: I Am a Bird Now (Secretly Canadian)
04 | Easy Action: Friends of Rock & Roll (Reptilian)
05 | Vashti Bunyan: Lookaftering (Dicristina Stair/Fat Cat)
06 | Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy (Secretly Canadian)
07 | Animal Collective: Feels (Fat Cat)
08 | Sleater-Kinney: The Woods (Sub Pop)
09 | Low: The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop)
10 | Sir Richard Bishop: Improvika (Locust)
11 | The Fiery Furnaces: EP (Sanctuary)
12 | Orthrelm: OV (Ipecac)
13 | Dirty Three: Cinder (Touch & Go)
14 | Black Mountain: Black Mountain (Jagjaguwar)
15 | Spoon: Gimme Fiction (Merge)
16 | The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree (4AD)
17 | Lau Nau: Kuutarha (Locust)
18 | Smog: A River Ain't Too Much To Love (Drag City)
19 | Stars: Set Yourself on Fire (Arts & Crafts)
20 | Explosions in the Sky: The Rescue (Temporary Residence Travels in Constants Vol. 21)
21 | Earth: Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method (Southern Lord)
22 | Crooked Fingers: Dignity and Shame (Merge)
23 | Emiliana Torrini: Fisherman's Woman (Rough Trade)
24 | Double Leopards: Out of One, Through One and to One (Eclipse)
25 | Clientele: Strange Geometry (Merge)
26 | Tori Amos: The Beekeeper (Sony)
27 | Wilderness: Wilderness (Jagjaguwar)
28 | Devendra Banhart: Cripple Crow (XL)
29 | Robert Plant & the Strange Sensation: Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary)
30 | Green Milk from the Planet Orange: City Calls Revolution (Beta-lactam Ring Records)
31 | The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema (Matador)
32 | Art Brut: Bang Bang Rock and Roll (Fierce Panda)
33 | Shivaree: Who's Got Trouble (Zoe)
34 | Nickel Creek: Why Should the Fire Die (Sugarhill)
35 | Wolf Parade: Apologies To The Queen Mary (Sub Pop)
36 | Feist: Let It Die (Interscope)
37 | Beck: Guero (Geffen)
38 | CocoRosie: Noah's Ark (Touch & Go)
39 | The USA Is a Monster: Wohaw (Load)
40 | John Vanderslice: Pixel Revolt (Barsuk)

.: Pazz & Jop 2005