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Here's a list of the record reviews we wrote in 2005. For links to reviews we wrote before that point, see our older features page.

December

Chuck Brodsky, The Baseball Ballads
Deep Purple, Rapture Of The Deep
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better
The Gap Band, IV
The Gap Band, Strike A Groove
The Steve Hall Quintet
Rev Run, Distortion
A Total Experience Christmas
Charlie Wilson, You Turn My Life Around
Charlie Wilson, Charlie, Last Name Wilson

November

Miri Ben-Ari, The Hip-Hop Violinist
Buckethead, Funnel Weaver
Buckethead & Friends, Enter The Chicken
Tracy Chapman, Where You Live
Death Cube K, Tunnel
Grupo Azul, Contraste
Devin McKinney, Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History (book)
MD.45, The Craving
Praxis, Warszawa
Santana, Live At The Fillmore 1968
Santana, Sacred Fire: Live In South America
Santana, All That I Am
Stevie Wonder, A Time 2 Love

October

Wilson's Latest Rant - Y'all Gon' Make Me Check My Messages Up In Here
Ray Charles, Genius & Friends
Matt Criscuolo, Lotus Blossom
Earth, Wind & Fire, Illumination
Gene Ess, Sandbox & Sanctum
Herbie Hancock, Secrets
Herbie Hancock, Feets Don't Fail Me Now
Herbie Hancock, Possibilities
Shonen Knife, Heavy Songs
Shonen Knife, Genki Shock
Neil Young, Prairie Wind

September

Emmylou Harris, Santa Barbara, 27 September 2005 (concert)
Paul McCartney, Chaos And Creation In The Backyard
The Rolling Stones, A Bigger Bang
Sonny Rollins, Here's To The People
Kanye West, Late Registration
Cassandra Wilson, Dance To The Drums Again

August

10th Anniversary Logo Design Contest
Babyface, Face 2 Face
Babyface, Christmas With Babyface
Babyface, Grown & Sexy
The Deele, Street Beat
The Deele, Eyes Of A Stranger
David Hines, Nebula
Carole King, Welcome Home
Carole King, One To One
Carole King, The Living Room Tour
Eddie Palmieri, Listen Here!

July

Not a second time: Plagiarism and the Beatles (feature)
Wilson & Alroy's Council On Fitness (feature)
Beck, Santa Barbara, 19 July 2005 (concert)
Juan Carlos Alfonso Y Su Dan Den, Son Cubano A Lo Dan Den
Juan Carlos Alfonso Y Su Dan Den, Mecánica Guapa
Juan Carlos Alfonso Y Su Dan Den, Dale Campana
Missy Elliott, The Cookbook
Lauren Ellis, Feels Like Family
Chris Greene and New Perspective, Jazz
Fleetwood Mac, The Dance
Fleetwood Mac, Say You Will
Patti LaBelle, Classic Moments
Jill Sobule, Underdog Victorious
James Taylor, October Road

June

Perry Conticchio, Speak Your Truth
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J, Phenomenon
LL Cool J, G.O.A.T.: Greatest Of All Time
LL Cool J, 10
LL Cool J, The DEFinition
René & Àngela, Rise
Brenda Russell, Between The Sun And The Moon
Herb Silverstein & Friends, Beach Walker
SixToEight Mathematics, Drive
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Across 110th Street
Cris Williamson, Montclair, NJ, 27 May 2005 (concert)

May

New page - A Taste Of Honey
Chuck Berry, St. Louis To Liverpool
Chuck Berry, Bio
Charo, Olé Olé
Hollies (1974)
Phyllis Hyman
Richard Lloyd, The Cover Doesn't Matter
The Posies, In Case You Didn't Feel Like Plugging In
Sintesis, En Busca De Una Nueva Flor
Sintesis, Habana A Flor De Piel
Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
McCoy Tyner, Looking Out
McCoy Tyner And The Latin All-Stars

April

New page - The B-52's
Bizzy Bone, Heaven'z Movie
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Creepin' On Ah Come Up
Mariah Carey, The Emancipation Of Mimi
Chantelle, Cada Vez Con Más Clase
Chantelle, ¡Que Bién!
Pray Along With Little Richard
The Explosive Little Richard
MC Lyte Is Lytro, Da Undaground Heat Vol. 1
Mo Thugs, Family Scriptures
The RZA, The Wu-Tang Manual (book)
Minnie Riperton, Come To My Garden
Minnie Riperton, Love Lives Forever
Rotary Connection, Aladdin
Rotary Connection, Songs
Rotary Connection, Dinner Music
Rotary Connection, Hey Love
Olga Tañón, Una Nueva Mujer
Tweet, It's Me Again
II Tru, A New Breed Of Female
DJ U-Neek, Ghetto Street Pharmacist
Wing, Dancing Queen By Wing

March

New page - Nelly/St. Lunatics
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, She Put The Wammee On Me
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Black Music For White People
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Somethin' Funny Goin' On
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, At Last
Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Live: Olympia, Paris 1998
Elton John And Tim Rice's Aida
Elton John, Peachtree Road
Masta Killa, No Said Date
Silvio Rodríguez, Descartes
Silvio Rodríguez, Cita Con Ángeles
Shonen Knife, Burning Farm
Shonen Knife, Yama-no Atthan
Cris Williamson, Real Deal

February

Wilson & Alroy On High Fantasy Novels (feature)
Bootsy Collins, Play With Bootsy
Fountains Of Wayne, Utopia Parkway
The Unseen Guest, Out There
XTC, Wasp Star: Apple Venus Volume Two

January

New feature - Year In Review: 2004
Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Santa Barbara, 10 January 2005 (concert)
Larry Coryell, Tricycles
Eric Frazier, Find Yourself (Then Find Me)
Daniela Mercury, Carnaval Eletrônico
Queen Latifah, The Dana Owens Album
Martha Reeves, Home To You
Shawnna, Worth Tha Weight
Tweet, Southern Hummingbird
Dionne Warwick, My Favorite Time Of The Year
Mary Wells, Keeping My Mind On Love

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