the socially constructed tendency to organize

here they are, my favorite albums of 2005:

10. Spoon, Gimme Fiction
9. Hot Hot Heat, Elevator
8. Ryan Adams, 29
7. Gorillaz, Demon Days
6. Brendan Benson, The Alternative to Love
5. The Sun, Blame It on the Youth
4. Son Volt, Okemah and the Melody of Riot
3. System of a Down, Mezmerize
2. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Worlds Apart
1. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Cold Roses

honorable mentions: Beck, Guero; Orange Drink, The Widowmaker; The Darkness, One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back; and, of course, Ben Kennedy, Plaid Flag.
biggest disappointments of the year: Better Than Ezra, Before the Robots; Billy Corgan, TheFutureEmbrace; Coldplay, X & Y; Ben Folds, Songs For Silverman; Our Lady Peace, Healthy In Paranoid Times.

five songs i really really liked that aren't on the aforementioned 10-best:
5. Doris Henson, "Sidestepping"
4. Fans of Kate, "Tape 23"
3. My Name is Rossmer, "Everybody Knows a Girl Who Went to William and Mary"
2. Brian Byrne, "Jen's Song"
1. Kelly Clarkson, "Since U Been Gone"

Please, comment. Let's discuss.