Steve Edge's Top Albums
Favourite new releases of 2005
| # | Artist | Album | label |
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| 1 | Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys | Dominos | Rounder |
| 2 | Afro Celt Sound System | Anatomic | Realworld |
| 3 | John Spillane | Hey, Dreamer | EMI |
| 4 | Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate | In The Heart of the Moon | World Circuit |
| 5 | Souad Massi | Mesk Elil | Wrasse |
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| 6 | Salif Keita | M'Bemba | Universal |
| 7 | Karen Savoca | In The Dirt | Alcove |
| 8 | Harry Manx | Mantras for Madmen | Dog My Cat |
| 9 | Liz Carroll & John Doyle | In Play | Compass |
| 10 | Le Vent du Nord | Les Amants du St. Laurent | Borealis |
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| 11 | Sharon Shannon & co. | Tunes | Compass |
| 12 | Maria de Barros | Danca Ma Mi | Narada |
| 13 | Ferron | Turning Into Beautiful | Festival Distribution |
| 14 | Eivor Palsdottir | Eivor | 12 Tonar |
| 15 | Dar Williams | My Better Self | Razor & Tie |
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| 16 | Eliza Gilkyson | Paradise Hotel | Red House |
| 17 | Thione Seck | Orientation | Stern's |
| 18 | Solas | Waiting for an Echo | Shanachie |
| 19 | Genticorum | Malins Plaisirs | Indie |
| 20 | Danu | When All Is Said & Done | Shanachie |
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| 21 | Niall Vallely etc. | Buille | indie |
| 22 | Steve Dawson | We Belong to the Gold Coast | KOCH |
| 23 | Karan Casey | Chasing the Sun | Shanachie |
| 24 | The Paperboys | Road to Ellenside | indie |
| 25 | Hot Club of Mars | Gypsy Fire | indie |
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| 26 | Paul Gitlitz | To Have & To Hold | indie |
| 27 | Slowdrag | Slow Fidelity | Corvus |
| 28 | Various | Rough Guide To Zydeco | Rough Guide |
| 29 | Riccardo Tesi & Banditaliana | Lune | Felmay |
| 30 | Dobet Gnahore | Ano Neko | Contre Jour |
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| 31 | Amos Lee | Amos Lee | Blue Note |
| 32 | Tracy Grammer | Flower of Avalon | True North |
| 33 | Boubacar Traore | Kongo Magni | Marabi |
| 34 | Kate Rusby | The Girl Who Couldn't Fly | Compass |
| 35 | Marc Atkinson Trio | M.A.T.3. | Warner |
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| 36 | Lissa Scheckenburger | Lissa Scheckenburger | Footprint |
| 37 | Maria Muldaur | Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul | Stony Plain |
| 38 | Richard Thompson | Front Parlour Ballads | Cooking Vinyl |
| 39 | Mariza | Transparente | Time Square |
| 40 | Mkutano | Taj Mahal & Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar | Tradition & Modern |
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| 41 | Celso Machado | Capivara | Festival Distribtution |
| 42 | Swamperella | Black Cat Boogie | Cattail |
| 43 | As My Heart Is | Julie Fowlis | MacMeanmna |
| 44 | Mary Jane Lamond | Storas | Turtlemusik |
| 45 | Mary Gauthier | Mercy Now | Lost Highway |
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| 46 | Alison Brown | Stolen Moments | Compass |
| 47 | Warsaw Village Band | Uprooting | World Village |
| 48 | Ian Robb | Jiig | Fallen Angle |
| 49 | Uncle Earl | She Waits For Night | Rounder |
| 50 | Foghorn Stringband | Weiser Sunrise | Nettwerk |
