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The Mendoza Line

The 50 Best Albums of 2005
Music/Featured: Top of Home Page/Features/Lists/PopMatters Picks/The Best Music of 2005

The 50 Best Albums of 2005

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 27 March 2025

Journey back 20 years, listen to the best albums of 2005, and hear the state of the art. It was an era of brilliant veterans and bold, new innovators.

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Across the Great Divides One Last Time: An Interview with the Mendoza Line

By
Jon Langmead
/ 19 December 2007
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The Mendoza Line: 30 Year Low & Final Remarks of the Legendary Malcontent

By
Matthew Fiander
/ 22 August 2007
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The Mendoza Line: Full of Light and Full of Fire

By
Michael Franco
/ 22 November 2005
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Interview with Pete Hoffman of the Mendoza Line

By
Matt Gonzales
/ 27 January 2005
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The Mendoza Line: Fortune

By
Michael Metivier
/ 6 October 2004
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The Mendoza Line

By
Matt Gonzales
/ 17 June 2004
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The Mendoza Line: Lost in Revelry

By
Jeremy Schneyer
/ 18 February 2002

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