Nella classifica di fine anno di Mojo trionfa “I Am A Bird Now”
Non c’è unanimità di vedute quest’anno tra le principali testate musicali di oltremanica. Se “Funeral”, “Silent Alarm” e “X&Y” sono stati votati migliori album del 2005 rispettivamente da UNCUT, NME e Q, la redazione dell”autorevolissimo mensile Mojo ha propeso per “I Am A Bird Now” di Antony & The Jonhnsons, a cui peraltro all’epoca dell’uscita diede 5 stelle decretandolo un “instant Mojo Classic”.
La classifica dei migliori 50 album del 2005 come pubblicata sull’ultimo numero di Mojo (a ritroso):
50/ Employment – The Kaiser Chiefs
49/ Why Should The Fire Die? – Nickel Creek
48/ School of The Flower – Six Organs Of Admittance
47/ You’re A Women, I’m A Machine – Death From Above 1979
46/ Awfully Deep – Roots Manuva
45/ A River Ain’t Too Much To Love – Smog
44/ The Heartlight Set – Joy Zipper
43/ Get Lifted – John Legend
42/ Shishimumu – Phantom Buffalo
41/ A Time To Love – Stevie Wonder
40/ Road To Rouen – Supergrass
39/ Frances The Mute – The Mars Volta
38/ The Weight Is A Gift – Nada Surf
37/ X&Y – Coldplay
36/ Everything’s OK – The Rev. Al Green
35/ Supernature – Goldfrapp
34/ Silent Alarm – Bloc Party
33/ Lookaftering – Vashti Bunyan
32/ As Is Now – Paul Weller
31/ Praire Wind – Neil Young
30/ In The Heart Of The World – Ali Farka & Touré Diabetté
29/ Arular – M.I.A.
28/ Cripple Crow – Devendra Bandhart
27/ Takk – Sigur Ros
26/ Want Two – Rufus Wainwright
25/ Don’t Belive The Truth – Oasis
24/ Illnoise – Sufjan Stevens
23/ The Lick Of A Tip Of An Envelope Yet To Be Sent – Circulus
22/ Congotronics – Konono No.1
21/ Man-Made – Teenage Fanclub
20/ Everything Ecstatic – Four Tet
19/ Mighty Rearranger – Robert Plant and The Strange Sensation
18/ Demon Days – Gorillaz
17/ How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb – U2
16/ Black Mountain – Black Mountain
15/ Oceans Apart – The Go Betweens
14/ Get Behind Me Satan – The White Stripes
13/ I’m Wide Awake I’s Morning – Bright Eyes
12/ The Woods – Sleater Kinney
11/ You Could Have It So Much Better – Franz Ferdinand
10/ Coles Corner – Richard Hawley
9/ Dimanche A Bamko – Amadou & Mariam
8/ Into The Woods – Malcolm Middleton
7/ The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
6/ Chavez Rivine – Ry Cooder
5/ Z – My Morning Jacket
4/ Devils and Dust – Brice Springsteen
3/ Aerial – Kate Bush
2/ Funeral – Arcade Fire
1/ I Am A Bird Now – Antony and The Johnsons
