2005 A Good Year for Music

So, I was thinking back on the year so far, being half-way done, and I realized 2005 was a good year for big CD releases. Big bands, releasing quality material. In no particular order, but by category :

Releases I actually cared about :
White Stripes; Foo Fighters (double album, high concept); Queens of the Stone Age; Audioslave; Gorillaz; Nine Inch Nails; Garbage; Beck

Poppier, but ones I still like :
Coldplay; Oasis; Ben Folds; Dave Matthews Band; Jamiroquai; U2; BruceSpringsteen

Indie acts that made it big(ger) :
Louis the 14th; Decemberists; Sleater-Kinney

Hip-hop :
Quasimoto; Busta Rhymes; Black Eyed Peas

Metal :
Corrosion of Conformity; Fantomas; Hot Hot Heat; Mudvayne (actually touring NZ) ;System of a Down; Slipknot

The HolyCrapTheseGuysReleasedANewAlbum category :
Fripp/Eno; Robert Plant; Ten Years After