# Best Pazz & Jop Crtics Poll Album 2005

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 14, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847 "2015-01-14T20:36:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/1 "2015-01-14T20:36:32Z")

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A tough choice for me this year - could have gone with the New Pornographers, Sleater-Kinney, even Kanye, but I think it’s going to be LCD Soundsystem for me.

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/2 "2015-01-15T01:27:03Z")

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Had not heard these so I could not give an objective view. So went White Stripes.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/3 "2015-01-15T02:57:13Z")

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I am in the mood for Spanish techno, so New Pornographers it is.

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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/4 "2015-01-15T03:03:55Z")

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A very difficult choice for me between _The Woods_ and _Twin Cinema_, but I think I’m going to have to give it to the New Pornographers this time around.

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**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/5 "2015-01-15T03:11:12Z")

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Had to go with Sufjan. _Illinois_ is outstanding.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/6 "2015-01-16T11:08:52Z")

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I’m surprised that this list contains almost nothing I’ve heard (other than the ghosts of Monk and Coltrane). I find M.I.A.'s “music” horrific, by the way.

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-pazz-jop-crtics-poll-album-2005/709847/7 "2015-01-16T11:14:59Z")

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I just now realized that some Kanye West tracks I do like are on _Late Registration_, so I voted for that – not his best work in terms of clever wordplay (usually what I like best about him), but maybe his best in terms of samples, sounds, and grooves.