Schmollocks' Top 10 Albums of 2005

10) Goldfrapp - Supernature
She should be too old to do sexy, but Oh... My... God. Hubba-hubba.

9) Editors - The Back Room
So many Indie Guitar albums fade after the first three or four tracks - this doesn't.

8) Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Belting - best opening track of any album this year.

7) Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
On first listen, more Indie Guitar Pop - on second listen, "Hey. This is actually dead good!"

6) Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock & Roll Didn't know what hit me when I first heard this - it's just... great. It shouldn't be, but it just is.

5) Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
She, too, is gettin' on, and Sheryl & Lance is just a big bowl of wrong on the name front. This, however, is her best yet.

4) dEUS - Pocket Revolution
Stumbled across it by total accident, but remains solidly good from beginning to end. Mansun are alive and well, and living in... Belgium, it seems.

3) Idlewild - Warnings/Promises
They could have gone either way with this one - they went the right way.

2) Coldplay - X&Y
Yeah, well, the second half's a bit crap, isn't it? But WHAT a first half.

1) The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
This is almost too much fun - on the iPod, walking down the streets of London - perfect.

Floating outside the 10: Bruce Springsteen, Hard-Fi, David Gray, Eels, Elbow, Feeder, Antony & The Johnsons, Hot Hot Heat, Josh Rouse, Nine Inch Nails, Ryan Adams (Cold Roses), Starsailor.