Năm 2005 có nhiều đĩa đánh dấu sự trở lại sau một quãng thời gian lười vào studio của mấy band/nghệ sĩ, nhưng cá nhân tôi kết nhất chính là:
1. Gorillaz - Demon Days (trip hop/pop/hip hop) 2. Fort Minor - The Rising Tied (hip hop) 3. Audioslave - Out Of Exile (alternative metal) 4. System Of A Down - Mezmerize (alternative metal) 5. System Of A Down - Hypnotize (alternative metal) 6. Kanye West - Late Registration (hip hop) 7. Dream Theater - Octavarium (progressive metal) 8. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much (indie rock) 9. Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys: The Legacy (power metal) 10. Madonna - Confessions On A Dance Floor (dance/electronica) 11. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution (heavy metal) 12. Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth (industrial rock) 13. The Game - The Documentary (hip hop) 14. Eric Johnson - Bloom (rock) 15. Coldplay - X&Y (britpop) 16. Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections (instrumental rock) 17. Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel (synth pop) 18. t.A.T.u - Dangerous And Moving (electronic/pop rock) 19. The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute (progressive rock) 20. Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (alternative rock) 21. Buckethead - Enter The Chicken (experimental metal) 22. Spoon - Gimme Fiction (indie rock) 23. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (garage rock) 24. Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - Guilty Pleasure (pop/soul) 25. Jamiroquai - Dynamite (nu funk/acid jazz) 26. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (progressive metal) 27. Tori Amos - The Beekeeper (soul/baroque pop) 28. The National - Alligator (indie rock) 29. Oasis - Don’t Believe The Truth (alternative rock) 30. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze (alternative rock) 31. Stevie Wonder - A Time 2 Love (r&b) 32. Wolfmother - Wolfmother (hard rock/heavy metal) 33. The Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business (hip hop) 34. Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z (pop rock)
Hết rồi đó ạ. Hẹn gặp lại năm 1977.