14. Kanye West - Late Registration
13. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it So Much Better
12. Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
11. Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
10. Anthony & the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now
9. Shout Out Louds - Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
8. Low - the Great Destroyer
7. Augustana - All the Stars & Boulevards
6. M83 - Don't Save Us From the Flames
5. Coldplay - X&Y
The british band has yet to produce a bad album. It's intriguing to see where their songwriting has taken them. Most of the album's tracks have an epic feel to them such as "Fix You" or "Swallowed by the Sea."
4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Theme based album detailing the history of my great homestate ranging from outright adventurous songs like "Chicago" to the haunting "John Wayne Gacy."
Ryan returned with his first of 3 new albums in 2005. Cold Roses was a double disc designed to remember the feeling of having 2 sides to a record.
2. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Best Export from the UK since Franz Ferdinand... who they also toured with. The album begins harshly with "Like Eating Glass" and slowly throughout the album reveals its heart in "Here We Are" and "This Modern Love"
1. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, it's Morning
If there is an album in recent times that has made me feel and made me choke, this is the one. Conor can put how we all feel inside, into poetry that we all can connect with.
The album has intense emotions dealing with love, life, and loss.
My favorite lyrics on the album are also possibly the most romantic lyrics ever written "this is the first day of my life, i'm glad i didn't die before i met you"
