Top 1000 Albums of the Year

That's right, 1000. Thanks to Dustin, I checked out Rate Your Music's Top 1000 albums of 2005 based on user recommendations (electric_s, you have 900 albums to go!). I'm not surprised at all that Illinois came in #1; it is such a good album. There are some surprises in the top-ranked ones, but as with any list of 1000, pretty much every release is included. They must have had trouble even coming up with 1000 albums. For example, Kelly Osbourne came in at #890, The Cardigans were #980, and Limp Bizkit was #776 (you mean there were 224 albums ranked worse than that one?). The top 100 are pretty solid, though. So check out this list and think about your top 1000 albums of the year.