2005 in music

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Albums Released

• Osirus - Ol' Dirty Bastard - (January 4) - LP (his final album after passing)
• Punk Singles Collection 77-80 - Sham 69 - (January 4) - Compilation
• Live at CBGB's - Living Colour - (January 11) - LP
• Live! Thirty Days Ago - Phoenix - (January 11 - UK release date) - Live
• All I Want...Live in Santa Barbara 9/30/92 - Toad the Wet Sprocket - (January 11) - Live
• Black Mountain - Black Mountain - (January 18) - LP
• Honeysuckle Sweet - Jessi Alexander - (January 25) - LP
• Nightbird - Erasure - (January 25) - LP
• The Way Up - Pat Metheny Group - (January 25) - LP
• Worlds Apart - ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - (January 25) - LP
• Side One - Adrian Belew - (January 25) - LP
• Digital Ash in a Digital Urn - Bright Eyes - (January 25) - LP
• I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes - (January 25) - LP
• Push the Button - The Chemical Brothers - (January 25) - LP
• Happiness in Magazines - Graham Coxon - (January 25 - US release date) - LP
• Life Begins Again - Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - (January 25) - LP
• Heart & Soul - Joe Cocker - (January 25) - LP
• Knuckledown - Ani DiFranco - (January 25) - LP
• Curtains - John Frusciante (guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers) - (January 25) - LP
• Soul Mover - Glenn Hughes - (January 25) - LP
• This Woman - LeAnn Rimes - (January 25) - LP
• Ready 2 Die - 2Pac - (January 31) - LP
• Octane - Spock's Beard - (January 31) - LP
• Ultimate Kylie - Kylie Minogue - (February 1 - US release date) - Compilation
• Red, White and Crüe - Mötley Crüe - (February 1) - Compilation
• Here's to the Mourning - Unwritten Law - (February 1) - LP
• Seventeen Days - 3 Doors Down - (February 8) - LP
• The Golden Republic - The Golden Republic - (February 8) - LP
• Disconnection Notice - Goldfinger - (February 15) - LP
• Here Come the ABCs - They Might Be Giants - (February 15) - LP
• Some Cities - Doves - (February 21) - LP
• The Beekeeper - Tori Amos - (February 22) - LP
• Elevated - Earth, Wind & Fire - (February 22) - LP
• Solarized - Ian Brown, singer of the Stone Roses - (February 22 - US release date) - LP
• 1984 - Roger Miret and the Disasters - (February 22) - LP
• Live! Thirty Days Ago - Phoenix - (February 22 - US release date) - Live
• ' - Steve Vai - (February 22) - LP
• In Between Dreams - Jack Johnson - (March 1) - LP
• Angel of Retribution - Judas Priest - (March 1) - LP
• Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta - (March 1) - LP
• Rebirth - Jennifer Lopez - (March 1) - LP
• The Unquestionable Truth Part 1 - Limp Bizkit - (March 3) - EP
• The Massacre - 50 Cent - (March 3 - internet leakage) - LP
• Meltdown - Ash - (March 8 - US release date) - LP
• MAFIA - Black Label Society - (March 8) - LP
• Warts & All, Vol. 4 - Moe. - (March 8) - LP
• Withering to death. - Dir en grey - (March 9) - LP
• Everything's OK - Al Green - (March 15) - LP
• Origin Volume 1 - The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - (March 15) - LP
• Language. Sex. Violence. Other? - Stereophonics - (March 15) - LP
• Hearts on Parade - American Hi-Fi - (March 22) - LP
• Human After All - Daft Punk - (March 22) - LP
• Devil's Playground - Billy Idol - (March 22) - LP
• The Best Little Secrets Are Kept - Louis XIV - (March 22) - LP
• Hotel - Moby - (March 22) - LP
• Prince of Darkness - Ozzy Osbourne - (March 22) - Box
• Lullabies to Paralyze - Queens of the Stone Age - (March 22) - LP
• True Parallels - Trust Company - (March 22) - LP
• Strange and Beautiful - Aqualung - (March 22) - LP
• Waiting for the Sirens' Call - New Order - (March 28 - UK, April 26 - US) - LP
• Guero - Beck - (March 29) - LP
• The Bravery - The Bravery - (March 29) - LP
• Pushing The Senses - Feeder - (March 29) - LP
• Lifehouse - Lifehouse - (March 29) - LP
• Counting Down the Days - Natalie Imbruglia - (March 29) - LP
• Lost and Found - Mudvayne - (March 29) - LP
• Joe Perry - Joe Perry (guitarist of Aerosmith) - (March 29) - LP
• Songs Not to Get Married To - Reggie and the Full Effect - (March 29) - LP
• If We Could Only See Us Now - Thrice - (March 29) - LP
• Elements of Persuasion - James LaBrie - (March 29) - LP
• Open Season - British Sea Power - (April 5) - LP
• In the Arms of God - Corrosion of Conformity - (April 5) - LP
• Suspended Animation - Fantômas - (April 5) - LP
• Elevator - Hot Hot Heat - (April 5) - LP
• Odyssey - Fischerspooner - (April 5) - LP
• We're Not Happy 'Till You're Not Happy - Reel Big Fish - (April 5) - LP
• The Apprenticeship of 2Pac - 2Pac - (April 12) - DVD
• Bleed Like Me - Garbage - (April 12) - LP
• The Emancipation of Mimi - Mariah Carey - (April 12) - LP
• Kingwood - Millencolin - (April 12) - LP
• Silver Rain - Marcus Miller - (April 12) - LP
• Safety Second, Body Last - The Locust - (April 12) - CDEP
• Lost and Found - Mudvayne - (April 12) - LP
• Before the Robots - Better Than Ezra - (April 12) - LP
• 22-20s - 22-20s - (April 19) - LP
• Untilted - Autechre - (April 19) - LP
• The Milk of Human Kindness - Caribou - (April 19) - LP
• Cold Roses - Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - (April 19) - LP (2-Disc)
• Ohmwork - Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath bassist) - (April 19) - LP
• Wreck of the Day - Anna Nalick - (April 19) - LP
• Complicated - Nivea - (April 19) - LP
• Mighty Rearranger - Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation - (April 25) - LP
• Atomic Soul - Russell Allen - (April 26) - LP
• Paper Tigers - Caesars - (April 26) - LP
• Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - Eels (April 26) - LP
• Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds - (April 26) - LP
• ' - Screaming Trees - (April 26) - Compilation
• Devils & Dust - Bruce Springsteen - (April 26) - LP
• Dust Off and Dance - Tiffany - (May) - LP
• Lichtgestalt- Lacrimosa - (May 2) - LP
• Perception - Blessid Union of Souls - (May 3) - LP
• From Under the Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy - (May 3) - LP
• The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1) - Limp Bizkit - (May 3) - LP
• The Forgotten Arm - Aimee Mann - (May 3) - LP
• With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails - (May 3) - LP
• Rock Of Ages...Hymns and Faith - Amy Grant - (May 3) - LP
• Pretty In Black - The Raveonettes - (May 3) - LP
• ' - Sloan - (May 3) - LP/DVD
• ' - Soundtrack, John Williams - (May 3) - LP
• ' - The Flaming Lips - (May 10) - LP
• Gimme Fiction - Spoon - (May 10) - LP
• Big Bang Theory - Styx - (May 10) - LP
• State of Discontent - The Unseen - (May 10) - LP
• Make Believe - Weezer - (May 10) - LP
• The Calm - Insane Clown Posse - (May 17) - EP
• Magic Time - Van Morrison (May 17) - LP
• Mezmerize - System of a Down - (May 17) - LP
• A Tyranny of Souls - Bruce Dickinson - (May 23) - LP
• Demon Days - Gorillaz - (May 23) - LP
• A Retrospective 1995-2000 - Son Volt - (May 24) - CD
• Out of Exile - Audioslave - (May 24) - LP
• Crimson - Alkaline Trio - (May 24) - LP
• Twenty - Robert Cray - (May 24) - LP
• All or Nothing - Fat Joe - (May 24) - LP
• Warriors of the Rainbow Bridge - Molly Hatchet - (May 24) - LP
• Karma and Effect - Seether - (May 24) - LP
• Rebel, Sweetheart - The Wallflowers - (May 24) - LP
• Don't Believe the Truth - Oasis - (May 30) - LP
• The Dead 60s - The Dead 60s - (May 31) - LP
• Everything Ecstatic - Four Tet - (May 31) - LP
• X&Y - Coldplay - (June 6) - LP
• Tales From Turnpike House - Saint Etienne - (June 6) - LP
• Here Come The Tears - The Tears - (June 6) - LP
• Passion - Geri Halliwell - (June 6, Europe/Canada only) - LP
• Anastacia - Anastacia - (June 7 - US release date)
• Octavarium - Dream Theater - (June 7) - LP
• Death for Life - Death By Stereo - (June 7) - LP
• Say Hello to Sunshine - Finch - (June 7) - LP
• Panic - MxPx - (June 7) - LP
• Sleeping in the Nothing - Kelly Osbourne (daughter of Ozzy Osbourne) - (June 7) - LP
• Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas - (June 7) - LP
• That's What I Say - John Scofield - (June 7) - LP
• Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes - (June 7) - LP
• Dirty Words - The Departure - (June 13) - LP
• Never Gone - Backstreet Boys - (June 14) - LP
• Twelve Year Silence - Dark New Day - (June 14) - LP
• Another Day on Earth - Brian Eno - (June 14) - LP
• In Your Honor - Foo Fighters - (June 14) - LP (2-Disc)
• Hours - Funeral for a Friend - (June 14) - LP
• Bloom - Eric Johnson - (June 14) - LP
• Broken Valley - Life of Agony - (June 14) - LP
• Start a War - Static-X - (June 14) - LP
• Who You Waiting For? - UB40 - (June 14) - LP
• Blink the Brightest - Tracy Bonham - (June 21) - LP
• The Future Embrace - Billy Corgan (singer/guitarist of the Smashing Pumpkins) - (June 21) - solo debut
• The Warrior's Code - Dropkick Murphys - (June 21) - LP
• Greatest Hits - The Offspring - (June 21) - Compilation
• Haunted Cities - The Transplants - (June 21) - LP
• Robot Hive/Exodus - Clutch - (June 21) - LP
• De Nova - The Redwalls - (June 21) - LP
• Chronicles - Aerosmith - (June 21) - LP (Compilation)
• Look At All the Love We Found - A Tribute to Sublime - (June 21) - Tribute
• Teen Dance Ordinance - A - (June 27) - LP
• Wanted - Bow Wow - (June 28)
• An Answer Can Be Found - CKY - (June 28) - LP
• Somewhere Down in Texas - George Strait - (June 28) - LP
• Undoing Ruin - Darkest Hour - (June 28) - LP
• Every Kind of Light - The Posies - (June 28) - LP
• Man's Myth, Vol. 1 - Twiztid - (June 28) - LP
• Geronimo - Shannon McNally - (June 28) - LP
• Chicago/Earth, Wind & Fire - Live at the Greek Theatre - Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire - (June 28) - concert DVD
• The Essential Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden - (July 4) - Compilation
• Calling Your Name - Azure Flame - (July 5) - EP
• Okemah and the Melody of Riot - Son Volt - (July 12) - DualDisc (CD/DVD) format
• Move Along - The All-American Rejects - (July 12) - LP
• Side Two - Adrian Belew - (July 12) - LP
• Fused - Tony Iommi - (July 12) - LP
• ' - The Violent Femmes - (July 12) - Compilation
• Honeycomb - Frank Black - (July 19) - LP
• Drawing Restraint 9 - Björk - (July 25) - LP
• Before the Blackout Allister - (July 26) - LP
• Layourbattleaxedown - The Concretes - (July 26) - Compilation
• Body of Song - Bob Mould - (July 26) - LP
• Mutant, Vol. 2 - Twiztid - (July 26) - LP
• Angels & Vampires - Volume I - Sananda Maitreya - (July 29) - Only available through
• Roc-A-Fella Presents..Teairra Mari - Teairra Mari - (August 2) - LP
• Dirty Diamonds - Alice Cooper - (August 2) - LP
• Fireflies - Faith Hill - (August 2) - LP
• Tommy Lee Presents...TommyLand - The Ride - Tommy Lee - (August 9) - LP
• Looking for Lucky - Hootie & the Blowfish - (August 9) - LP
• The Fuse - Pennywise - (August 9) - LP
• ' - A Tribute to Queen - (August 9) - LP
• Chapter V - Staind - (August 9) - LP
• War Profiteering Is Killing Us All - The Suicide Machines - (August 9) - LP
• Road to Rouen - Supergrass - (August 15) - LP
• A Beautiful Lie - 30 Seconds To Mars - (August 16) - LP
• Blue-Sky Research - Taproot - (August 16) - LP
• Don't Tread on Me - 311 - (August 16) - LP
• Most Wanted - Hilary Duff - (August 16) - LP
• Into the Rush - Aly & A.J. - (August 16) - LP
• Supernature - Goldfrapp - (August 22, UK/Europe only) - LP
• Bayside - Bayside - (August 23)
• Transgression - Fear Factory - (August 23) - LP
• Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers - (August 23) - LP
• Rebirth of a Nation - Public Enemy - (August 23) - LP
• Peace, Love & Truth - John Lennon - (August 29) - LP
• Wonderland- McFly- (August 29, UK Only)- LP, also available as limited edition
• Music Of The Sun - Rihanna - (August 30) - LP Debut
• Late Registration - Kanye West - (August 30) LP
• Back Home - Eric Clapton - (August 30) - LP
• Plans (album) - Death Cab for Cutie - (August 30) - LP
• Healthy In Paranoid Times - Our Lady Peace - (August 30) - LP
• A Different Kind of Pain - Cold - (August 30) - LP
• Ghetto Extraordinary - Killer Mike - (August 30) - LP
• Sisters of the Red Death - Vendetta Red - (August 30) - LP
• Ghost Reveries - Opeth - (August 30) - LP
• Have a Nice Day - Bon Jovi - (September 6) - LP
• A Bigger Bang - The Rolling Stones - (September 6) - LP
• Where You Live - Tracy Chapman - (September 13) - LP
• Distort Yourself - Institute - (September 13) - LP
• The Naked Truth - Lil' Kim - (September 13) - LP
• Souls Alike - Bonnie Raitt - (September 13) - LP
• Takk... - Sigur Rós - (September 13) - LP
• Dark Ages - Soulfly - (September 13) - LP
• Nothing is Sound - Switchfoot - (September 13) - LP
• Someone in Control - Trapt - (September 13) - LP
• What The Game's Been Missing - Juelz Santana - (September 13) - LP
• Jasper County - Trisha Yearwood - (September 13) - LP
• Real Live Thing - Kingston Wall - (September 14) - LP
• Tender Buttons - Broadcast - (September 19) - LP
• Safe As Fuck - Goldie Lookin' Chain - (September 19) - LP
• Have a Nice Day - Bon Jovi - (September 20) - LP
• Hefty Fine - Bloodhound Gang - (September 20) - LP
• You Stand Watching - Ryan Cabrera - (September 20) - LP
• ' - Coheed and Cambria - (September 20) - LP
• Ten Thousand Fists - Disturbed - (September 20) - LP
• Filter - Filter - (September 20) - LP
• Bring 'Em In - Buddy Guy - (September 20) - LP
• Piece by Piece - Katie Melua - (September 26, UK release date) - LP
• Telegraph - Drake Bell - (September 27) - LP
• In Space - Big Star - (September 27) - LP
• Wildflower - Sheryl Crow - (September 27) - LP
• Dark Light - HIM - (September 27) - LP
• Nexterday - Ric Ocasek - (September 27) - LP
• Ça Ira - Roger Waters - (September 27) - LP
• Prairie Wind - Neil Young - (September 27) - LP
• Relentless- Jo O'Meara (ex-S Club)- (October 3) - LP
• Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene - (October 4) - LP
• You Could Have It So Much Better... With Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - (October 4) - LP
• Generations - Journey - (October 4) - LP
• ' - John Lennon - (October 4) - Compilation
• All the Right Reasons - Nickelback - (October 4) - LP
• Under Covers - Ozzy Osbourne - (October 4) - LP
• Somebody's Miracle - Liz Phair - (October 4) - LP