(annotated list here)
1. Hood "The Negatives..." (Domino)
2. Ant "Midnight Black" (Max side) (Maximum Minimum)
3. Ant and Rackitt "Surge" (Powertools)
4. Lethal Bizzle featuring Fire Camp "No" (V2)
5. Forest Giants "Beards" (from "UFO Stories" CD-EP on Breaking Down)
6. Salvo featuring Conspicuous "Dead Moths" (from "Cooking The Books" 12" on Last Minute)
7. Manage "Rise Up" (Defcon)
8. Dynasty Crew "Bare Faced Dynasty" (from "Run The Road 2" CD album on 679)
9. Pale Sunday "The White Tambourine" (from "Summertime ?" CD album on Matinee Recordings)
10. No Lay "Unorthodox Chick" (from "Run The Road 2" CD album on 679)
11. The Wedding Present "I'm From Further North Than You" (Scopitones)
12. Ant "Homemade Discord" (Powertools)
13. Math and Physics Club "Movie Ending Romance" (Matinee Recordings)
14. Lethal Bizzle "Backwards" (white label)
15. Lovejoy "Sid Vicious" (from "Everybody Hates Lovejoy" CD album on Matinee Recordings)
16. Napalm Death "Losers" (from "The Code Is Red... Long Live The Code" CD album on Century Media)
17. Half Man Half Biscuit "We Built This Village on A Trad. Arr Tune" (from "Achtung Bono" CD album on Probe Plus)
18. Cee-Rock 'The Fury' "Anderson Iz Nice" (from "Bringin You Da Yowza" 12" on Wolftown)
19. The Lucksmiths "The Music Next Door" (from "Warmer Corners" CD album on Matinee Recordings)
20. Bolt Thrower "The KillChain" (from "Those Once Loyal" LP on Metal Blade)
21. Martyn Hare "Emetic XI" (B side of 12" on Emetic)
22. Ant "The Tempest" (Powertools)
23. Lethal Bizzle "Fuck You!" (from "Against All Oddz" album on V2)
24. Ant and Mark Verso "Limehouse Green" (Max side) (Maximum Minimum)
25. The Fall "What About Us ? (from "Fall Heads Roll" LP on Slogan)
26. Salvo "1,000 Possibilities" (from "Cooking The Books" 12" on Last Minute)
27. Ant "Squarewave Rebel" (Superconductor)
28. Lady Sovereign "Random (Menta Remix featuring Riko)" (from "Random" CD single on Casual)
29. Raging Speedhorn "A Different Shade Of Shit..." (from "How The Great Have Fallen" CD on Steamhammer)
30. Ant and Lenny Dee "The Powertool" (Powertools)
31. Lovejoy "Everybody Hates Us And We Don't Care" (from "Everybody Hates Lovejoy" CD album on Matinee Recordings)
32. Half Man Half Biscuit "Asparagus Next Left" (from "Achtung Bono" CD album on Probe Plus)
33. Napalm Death "Silence Is Deafening" (from "The Code Is Red... Long Live The Code" CD album on Century Media)
34. Flyblown "Never Forget To Fight" (from "Genocide-Genocide" LP on On The Verge)
35. J Gambles "Good Morning" (from "Channel U Presents Underground 2" CD)
36. Lady Sovereign featuring Skepta, Jammer, Ears and Baby Blue "Hoodie (Mizz Beats remix)" (from "Hoodie" CD single on Island)
37. Guy McAffer / Eddie Santini "RAW 28" (A) (RAW)
38. Ant "Sawtooth's Revenge" (from "Squarewave Rebel" 12" on Superconductor)
39. Diversion Tactics featuring Blade "Live To London" (Boot)
40. Half Man Half Biscuit "Joy Division Oven Gloves" (from "Achtung Bono" CD album on Probe Plus)
41. Hood "Any Hopeful Thoughts Arrive" (from "Outside Closer" LP on Domino)
42. Napalm Death "Sold Short" (from "The Code Is Red... Long Live The Code" CD album on Century Media)
43. The Remote Viewer "They're Closing Down The Shop" (from "Let Your Heart Draw A Line" on City Centre Offices)
44. Styly Cee featuring Cappo "The Test Match" (Son)
45. Comet Gain "If You Ever Walk Out Of My Life" (from "More Soul Than Wigan Casino" CD-EP on Fortuna Pop!)
46. Tender Trap "Talking Backwards" (from "Language Lessons" CD-EP on Matinee Recordings)
47. Cappo "I Know" (from "I.D.S.T." 12" on Zebra Traffic)
48. The Snowdrops "Sleepydust" (Matinee Recordings)
49. Kicker "Since You Left" (from "More Soul Than Wigan Casino" CD-EP on Fortuna Pop!)
50. Milky Wimpshake "I'm Saving Myself For You" (from "Popshaped" CD album on Fortuna Pop!)
51. Ant vs D.D.R. "Kryptonite" (Yolk)
52. The Mitchell Brothers featuring Sway "Harvey Nicks" (679)
53. Dirty Diggers "For The Haters" (from "Diggers Don't Get Days Off" 12" on Zebra Traffic)
54. E Z Riders "Black Box Theory" (Cluster)
55. Manage featuring Syanide "Riot!" (Konshus)
56. The Happy Couple "The Pop Kid" (from "Fools In Love" CD EP on Matinee Recordings)
57. Napalm Death featuring Jello Biafra "The Great And The Good" (from "The Code Is Red... Long Live The Code" CD album on Century Media)
58. Lovejoy "Petrol Stars" (from "Everybody Hates Lovejoy" CD album on Matinee Recordings)
59. Flyblown "Strength To Conquer All" (from "Genocide-Genocide" LP on On The Verge)
60. The Go-Betweens "Darlinghurst Nights" (from "Oceans Apart" CD on Lo-max)
61. Flyblown "Smell The Apathy" (from "Genocide-Genocide" LP on On The Verge)
62. Bolt Thrower "Granite Wall" (from "Those Once Loyal" LP on Metal Blade)
63. Flyblown "Liberty And Deceit" (from "Genocide-Genocide" LP on On The Verge)
64. Roll Deep Crew "Poltergeist (Remix)" (from "In At The Deep End" CD)
65. Trembling Blue Stars "This Is Bliss" (from "Bathed In Blue" CD-EP on Elefant)
66. Hood "The Sad Decline Of Home" (from "The Negatives..." CD single on Domino)
67. Flyblown "The Doves Do Not Fly Here Any More" (from "Genocide-Genocide" LP on On The Verge)
68. Million Dead "Bread & Circuses" (from "Harmony No Harmony" LP on Xtra Mile)
69. Jamie Ball / Julian Liberator "4x4x25 - Clanking" (from "The Machinist" 12" on 4x4)
70. The Lucksmiths "Sunlight In A Jar" (from "Warmer Corners" CD album on Matinee Recordings)
71. P Brothers featuring Smiley da Ghetto Child "Scriptures" (Heavy Bronx)
72. Lethal Bizzle "Uh-Oh" ( V2)
73. Flyblown "Torn From The Land" (from "Genocide-Genocide" LP on On The Verge)
74. Hood "Still Rain Fell" (from "Outside Closer" LP on Domino)
75. Klashnekoff "No Games" (from "Focus Mode" CD mixtape on Altered Ego)
76. Bolt Thrower "At First Light" (from "Those Once Loyal" LP on Metal Blade)
77. Public Enemy "Bring That Beat Back" (from "New Whirl Odor" LP on SlamJamz)
78. Styly Cee featuring Midnyte "No Pills, No Thrills" (Son)
79. Helen Love "Debbie Loves Joey" (from "The Bubblegum Killers EP" on Sympathy for the Record Industry)
80. Jamie Ball / Julian Liberator "4x4x25 - Funky" (from "The Machinist" 12" on 4x4)
81. Guy McAffer "Nelly And Roy" (from "Ave Some Of That You Wankers!" CD on RAW)
82. Rachel Stevens "Negotiate With Love" (Polydor)
83. Hood "Squint In The First Light Of Day" (from "The Negatives..." CD single on Domino)
84. Ant & Nick Grater "Nitrous Oxide" (Cluster)
85. Ant & Chris Liberator "Bandsaw" (Powertools)
86. The Lucksmiths "The Chapter In Your Life Entitled San Francisco" (Matinee Recordings)
87. Ant & Chris Liberator "Sound Of Police" (Yolk)
88. Def Tex "Freaks" (single, I think, on Son: you can find it previewed on Son's '98-04 comp)
89. Chris Liberator and K.N. "Bullet Train" (Maximum Minimum)
90. P Brothers featuring Milano "Got It On Me" (Heavy Bronx)
91. Chris Liberator & Guy McAffer "Steel Grey" (Maximum Minimum)
92. Ant and K.N. "The LOUD Shit!" (Powertools)
93. Sway "Up Your Speed (Remix)" (Dcypha)
94. D.A.V.E. The Drummer and S.P. Groove "Hydraulix 29" (Hydraulix)
95. Obituary "Slow Death" (from "Frozen In Time" CD on Roadrunner)
96. Roll Deep Crew "When I'm 'Ere" (from "In At The Deep End" CD)
97. The Remote Viewer "I'm Sad Feeling!" (from "Let Your Heart Draw A Line" on City Centre Offices)
98. The Happy Couple "Hopeless Case" (from "Fools In Love" CD EP on Matinee Recordings)
99. The Fall "Assume" (from "Fall Heads Roll" LP on Slogan)
100. Ant & Chris Liberator "Spiritual War" (Yolk)
Probably singles, unless otherwise stated. The conceit this year was obviously rather different as it celebrated the best songs of the year, whether singles, B-sides, EP or LP or compilation tracks. This allowed opportunities for a number of acts to have multiple entries: techno genuis Ant Wilson dominated, clocking up no less than 14, many of which were in the higher echelons. (Six were solo: his collaborators on the others were Chris Liberator - twice - DDR, K.N., Mark Verso, Rackitt, Nick Grater and Lenny Dee).
While Ant's entries were all from 12"s, a number of albums dominated too. Flyblown had 6 tracks from one record, "Genocide-Genocide", an LP which we were happy even then to acknowledge as the album of 2005 (even though there was, alas, no list to "prove" it). Hood's "Outside Closer" and the single from it, "The Negatives" gave us 5 entries in total (album track "The Lost You" having already appeared in the 2004 singles list); Napalm Death's "The Code Is Red... Long LIve The Code" gave us 4; and Half Man Half Biscuit's marvellous "Achtung Bono", Bolt-Thrower's return to form "Those Most Loyal" and Lovejoy's sparkling "Everybody Hates... Lovejoy" gave us 3 each. It's fair to assume that those records would have dominated any 2005 album chart.
Things were still not markedly international. Only Brazil's Pale Sunday made the top ten from outside the UK, followed by Math and Physics Club (US), Cee-Rock (US), the Lucksmiths (Australia), the Happy Couple (Germany), the Go-Betweens (Australia), Public Enemy (US) and Obituary (US). Of the guest artists, Smiley da Ghetto Child, Milano and Lenny Dee represented the US: Nick Grater, South Africa; and K.N. got Japan into the list. A lot of male vocals again, the only exceptions coming courtesy of No Lay, Helen Love, Rachel Stevens (!), Tender Trap, Comet Gain, Lady Sovereign, Kicker and the Happy Couple.
Finally, Lethal Bizzle deserves a mention, with no less than four, economically-titled, entries: the undervalued singles "No" and "Uh-Oh", the "Backwards" re-working of '04's "Forward", and of course the subtle album track "Fuck You!"
