This mix has a representative track from each of my Top 20 Albums of 2005.

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1. Stephen Malkmus “I’ve Hardly Been” Face the Truth (Matador)
2. Bright Eyes “First Day of My Life” I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Saddle Creek)
3. Fiona Apple “Extraordinary Machine” Extraordinary Machine (Epic)
4. John Legend (featuring Snoop Dogg) “I Can Change” Get Lifted (Sony Urban Music)
5. M.I.A. “Amazon” Arular (XL Recordings)
6. The Decemberists “The Infanta” Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)
7. The Mars Volta “Cygnus…Vismund Cygnus” Frances the Mute (Universal)
8. The White Stripes “My Doorbell” Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
9. Damian “Junior Gong” Marley “Hey Girl” Welcome to Jamrock (Universal)
10. Perceptionists “Memorial Day” Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux)
11. Annie “Chewing Gum” Anniemal (Big Beat)
12. Beck “Que Onda Guero” Guero (Interscope)
13. Turin Brakes “Over and Over” Jackinabox (Astralwerks)
14. Criteria “Prevent the World” When We Break (Saddle Creek)
15. Shout Out Louds “100 Degrees” Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Capitol)
16. The Mountain Goats “This Year” The Sunset Tree (4AD)
17. Danger Doom “Sofa King” The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph/ADA)
18. Fannypack “Feet and Hands” See You Next Tuesday (Tommy Boy)
19. Common “Testify” Be (Geffen)
20. Cage “Peeranoia” Hell’s Winter (Definitive Jux)