This best of list was put together by the AbsolutePunk.net staff in 2005. It used an old system for ranking albums, but has been brought over to Chorus.fm for posterity.
- Thrice – Vheissu
- Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
- Minus the Bear – Menos El Oso
- Gatsby’s American Dream – Volcano
- Acceptance – Phantoms
- Death Cab For Cutie – Plans
- The Starting Line – Based On a True Story
- The Decemberists – Picaresque
- Copeland – In Motion
- Cartel – Chroma
- Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning
- Armor For Sleep – What to Do When You Are Dead
- Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV: Volume 1
- The Spill Canvas – One Fell Swoop
- Every Time I Die – Gutter Phenomenon
- Kanye West – Late Registration
- Anberlin – Never Take Friendship Personal
- The Receiving End of Sirens – Between the Heart and the Synapse
- Nightmare of You – Nightmare of You
- Panic! At the Disco – A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out
- Bayside – Bayside
- Jack’s Mannequin – Everything In Transit
- Sigur Ros – Takk
- Circa Survive – Juturna
- Mae – The Everglow
- A Wilhelm Scream – Ruiner
- Comeback Kid – Wake the Dead
- Propagandhi – Potemkin City Limits
- The Mars Volta – Frances The Mute
- The Junior Varsity – Wide Eyed
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