With the year drawing to a close, it's time to list our picks for the best of 2005:

1. Hayes Carll, Little Rock
2. Collin Herring, The Other Side of Kindness
3. Robyn Ludwick, For So Long
4. Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel
5. Jimmy LaFave, Blue Nightfall
6. Milton Mapes, The Blacklight Trap
7. Reckless Kelly, Wicked Twisted Road
8. South Austin Jug Band, Dark and Weary World
9. Brian Keane, I Ain't Even Lonely
10. The Greencards, Weather and Water

See why these made the top 10, as well as 10 more that just missed the list, at our Best of 2005 roundup.

Here's the readers' top 10, based on site traffic from January 1 through today:

1. Eli Young Band, Level
2. Cross Canadian Ragweed, Garage
3. Eliza Gilkyson, Paradise Hotel
4. Macon Greyson, Translate
5. Robyn Ludwick, For So Long
6. Cory Morrow, Nothing Left to Hide
7. Mando Saenz, Watertown
8. Deadman, In the Heart of Mankind
9. Reckless Kelly, Wicked Twisted Road
10. Pilotdrift, Watersphere