Zzz Records' Best Sellers of 2005

(Local artists noted in red print)

DECEMBER 2005

  1. Calexico/ Iron & Wine "In the Reins"
  2. The Decemberists "Picaresque"
  3. Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine"
  4. Ryan Adams "29"
  5. Sufjan Stevens "Illinois"
  6. The Arcade Fire "Funeral"
  7. Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
  8. Sufjan Stevens "Michigan"
  9. William E. Whitmore "Ashes to Dust"
  10. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah"

NOVEMBER 2005

  1. Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine"
  2. Silver Jews "Tanglewood Numbers"
  3. Animal Collective "Feels"
  4. Lightning Bolt "Hypermagic Mountain"
  5. Franz Ferdinand "You Could Have It So Much Better"
  6. Bonnie Prince Billy "Summer in the Southeast"
  7. Sun Kil Moon "Tiny Cities"
  8. Iron & Wine "The Creek Drank the Cradle"
  9. The Adicts "Clockwork Punks"
  10. Wolf Parade "Apologies to the Queen"

OCTOBER 2005

  1. Franz Ferdinand "You Could Have It So Much Better"
  2. Danger Doom "The Mouse & the Mask"
  3. Broken Social Scene "Broken Social Scene"
  4. The Clientele "Strange Geometry"
  5. Calexico / Iron & Wine "In the Reins"
  6. My Morning Jacket "Z"
  7. Animal Collective "Feels"
  8. Atmosphere "You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having"
  9. Fiona Apple "Extraordinary Machine"
  10. The Go! Team "Thunder, Lightning, Strike"

SEPTEMBER 2005

  1. Death Cab For Cutie "Plans"
  2. Sigur Ros "Takk"
  3. Calexico / Iron & Wine "In the Reins"
  4. The New Pornographers "Twin Cinema"
  5. Devendra Banhart "Cripple Crow"
  6. CocoRosie "Noah's Ark"
  7. KMFDM "Hau Ruck"
  8. Nada Surf "The Weight is a Gift"
  9. Wolf Parade "Apologies to the Queen"
  10. Black Dice "Broken Ear Record"

AUGUST 2005

  1. The New Pornographers "Twin Cinema"
  2. Sufjan Stevens "Illinois"
  3. Cursive "The Difference Between Houses & Homes"
  4. Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
  5. Gravy Train!!! "Are You Wigglin?"
  6. Chad VanGaalen "Infiniheart"
  7. Gary Higgins "Red Hash"
  8. John Vanderslice "Pixel Revolt"
  9. The Arcade Fire "Funeral"
  10. Dungen "Ta Det Lugnt"

JULY 2005

  1. Sufjan Stevens "Illinois"
  2. Gorillaz "Demon Days"
  3. The Arcade Fire "The Arcade Fire (EP)"
  4. Gang of Four "Entertainment!"
  5. Belle & Sebastian "Push Barman to Open Old Wounds"
  6. Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
  7. The Arcade Fire "Funeral"
  8. Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
  9. The Decemberists "Picaresque"
  10. Sleater-Kinney "The Woods"

JUNE 2005

  1. Coldplay "X & Y"
  2. The White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan"
  3. Gorillaz "Demon Days"
  4. Ben Folds "Songs For Silverman"
  5. Nine Inch Nails "With Teeth"
  6. Foo Fighters "In Your Honor"
  7. Belle & Sebastian "Push Barman to Open Old Wounds"
  8. Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
  9. Secret Machines "The Road Leads Where It's Led"
  10. Pernice Brothers "Discover a Livelier You"

MAY 2005

  1. Nine Inch Nails "With Teeth"
  2. Sleater-Kinney "The Woods"
  3. Spoon "Gimme Fiction"
  4. Weezer "Make Believe"
  5. Stereolab "Oscillions From the Anti-Sun"
  6. Gang of Four "Entertainment!"
  7. Stephen Malkmus "Face the Truth"
  8. Of Montreal "The Sunlandic Twins"
  9. Mercury Rev "The Secret Migration"
  10. Black Market Fetus "Midwest Meltdown"

APRIL 2005

  1. Of Montreal "The Sunlandic Twins"
  2. A Silver Mt. Zion "Horses in the Sky"
  3. Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
  4. Beck "Guero"
  5. Hot Hot Heat "Elevator"
  6. The Mountain Goats "Sunset Tree"
  7. The Decemberists "Picaresque"
  8. Iron & Wine "Woman King"
  9. The National "Alligator"
  10. Magnolia Electric Co. "What Comes After the Blues"

MARCH 2005

  1. The Mars Volta "Frances the Mute"
  2. The Decemberists "Picaresque"
  3. LCD Soundsystem "LCD Soundsystem"
  4. Beck "Guero"
  5. Bright Eyes "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn"
  6. Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
  7. Iron & Wine "Woman King"
  8. Mogwai "Government Commissions"
  9. Moby "Hotel"
  10. Bright Eyes "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"

FEBRUARY 2005

  1. Bright Eyes "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
  2. Bright Eyes "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn"
  3. William Whitmore "Ashes to Dust"
  4. Low "The Great Destroyer"
  5. The Arcade Fire "Funeral"
  6. LCD Soundsystem "LCD Soundsystem"
  7. Iron & Wine "Woman King"
  8. The Frames "Burn the Maps"
  9. Franz Ferdinand "Franz Ferdinand"
  10. The Postal Service "We Will Become Silhouettes"

JANUARY 2005

  1. Low "The Great Destroyer"
  2. The Arcade Fire "Funeral"
  3. Bright Eyes "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning"
  4. Bright Eyes "Digital Ash For a Digital Urn"
  5. The Postal Service "Give Up"
  6. Joanna Newsom "The Milk-Eyed Mender"
  7. Dntel "Life is Full of Possibilities"
  8. The Shins "Oh, Inverted World"
  9. Lou Barlow "Emoh"
  10. The Thermals "More Parts Per Million"