In no order:

• Lynn, Loretta – Van Lear Rose
• Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2
• Various Artists – No New York
• Kaskade – San Francisco Sessions (Volume 04?): Soundtrack to the Soul
• Diplo and MIA – Piracy Funds Terrorism, Volume 1

Notes: Listening to pre-2005 albums contributed to such a good music year for me. Outside of these five albums are a number of artists I either came across for the first time this year or became much more familiar with their work. They include: Fiery Furnaces, Rilo Kiley, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Can, Nitin Sawhney, Charles Mingus, and Hang on the Box.