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Albums First Released in 2005

Online discovery accelerated in 2005, while indie rock, hip hop and dance pop crossed between specialist and mainstream audiences. Key releases from 2005 include Illinois by Sufjan Stevens, Late Registration by Kanye West, Confessions on a Dance Floor by Madonna and In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson.

Sufjan Stevens joined folk songs with orchestral arrangements and local history, Kanye West broadened his production, Madonna returned to club music and Jack Johnson showed the continued appeal of simple acoustic songwriting.

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Our Pick of the Year: Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

Illinois joins folk songs with strings, brass, choirs and stories drawn from places, people and local history. Chicago, Casimir Pulaski Day and The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! move between public subjects and private memory. The dense arrangements never hide Sufjan Stevens's plainspoken writing.

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