2005 ALEX AWARD WINNERS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jim Ladwig, AGI

BEST CD BOXED SET
First Place: Miles Davis: Seven Steps Complete (Sony Music and Shorewood Packaging)
Second Place: Charlie Poole: You Ain't Talkin' to Me (SonyBMG Music Entertainment)
Third Place: Motown Singles Vol. 2: Various (Universal Music)

BEST CD PACKAGE, ILLUSTRATED COVER
Aimee Mann: The Forgotten Arm (Gail Marowitz)

BEST CD PACKAGE, PHOTO COVER
The Secret Machines: Now Here is Nowhere (Warner Bros. Records)

BEST CD PACKAGE, CLASSICAL
Michael Torke/Baltimore Symphony: One (Digital Force)

BEST CD PACKAGE, JAZZ
First Place: Muddy Waters: Complete vol. 2 (Universal Music)
Second Place: Chet Baker: Career 1952-2026 (Shout Factory)

BEST DISC DECORATION, REPLICATED DISC
Appleseed: Special Edition (Geneon)

BEST DVD PACKAGE, SINGLE DISC
First Place: Saw (Lion's Gate)
Second Place: Lemon Jelly: '64-'95 DVD (Airside)

BEST ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL MARKETING MATERIALS
The Incredibles Half-Stack Merchandiser (Corner Stone Display)

BEST PROMOTIONAL CD/DVD, ENTERTAINMENT
CSI Las Vegas: Emmy Nomination (Bert-Co)

BEST PROMOTIONAL CD/DVD, MARKETING
Mercedes-Benz (Shape CD)

BEST ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE PACKAGE
Halo 2 (Microsoft)

BEST VINYL PACKAGE
Brian Wilson: Smile (Warner Strategic Marketing/Rhino)

BEST VINYL PACKAGE, BOXED SET
Lemon Jelly: '64-'95... (Airside)

BEST CD PACKAGE, ALTERNATIVE DESIGN
Foo Fighters: In Your Honor (AGI Media)

BEST LIMITED EDITION DVD
First Place: I, Robot Collectable Head (AGI Media)
Second Place: The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner Home Video)

BEST DVD PACKAGING, MULTI-DISC
First Place: Carnivale, Season 1 (HBO and Ivy Hill-Cinram)
Second Place: The Marx Brothers: Silver Screen (30sixty Design)
Third Place: The Simpsons Season 5 (Fox Home Entertainment)

BEST DVD GIMMICK
The Apprentice (AGI Media)