Media Favorite Albums By Year

[alex]

i suck at being decisive enough to pick one album/year + im too lazy to actually spend time searching thru each year so this is more like random choices from top 5-10 or w/e

2011 so far: Braids - Native Speaker and the new Pains of Being Pure at Heart album in March is gonna fuckin own so listen to that shit
2010: No Joy - Ghost Blonde, Tame Impala - Innerspeaker (Beach House and the Black Keys runnin up, Titus Andronicus and the Walkmen runnin around with them)
2009: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than the Stars EP, Woods - Songs of Shame (runner up the xx - xx)
2008: uhh kinda shit year, Portishead - Third or Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave maybe
2007: Radiohead - In Rainbows (maybe runner up Alcest - Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde)
2006: Soil & Pimp Sessions - Pimp of the Year, Estradasphere - Palace of Mirrors
2005: Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs (#2 the National - Alligator / Porcupine Tree - Deadwing)
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral (Madvillain - Madvillainy close runner up)
2003: Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place (Mars Volta and the Shins also good)
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (runner up Porcupine Tree - In Absentia)
2001: The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 (Radiohead and Daft Punk shoutouts)
2000: Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain, Radiohead - Kid A
1999: Wilco - Summerteeth, Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine (Boards of Canada, Elliott Smith solid too)
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer (really good year though, Elliott Smith, GY!BE, Yo La Tengo, Old 97's)
1996: Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (DJ Shadow second)
1995: Radiohead - The Bends probably
1994: Portishead - Dummy (Nas and Pavement close behind)
1993: Slowdive - Souvlaki (nostalgia shoutout to Siamese Dream, badass shoutout to Cranes - Forever)
1992: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 / Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1990: umm Cocteau Twins or Pixies or something
1989: Pixies - Doolittle (the Cure close second, Galaxie 500 too)
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1987: Sonic Youth - Sister
1986: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs / the Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1984: Cocteau Twins - Treasure (also the Smiths)
1983: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1982: The Cure - Pornography
1981: uhh I dunno the Cure - Faith or Glenn Branca or something, boring year
1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light (also Dead Kennedys)
1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (tough, the Clash and Talking Heads too)
1978: Klaus Schulze - X
1977: Television - Marquee Moon
1976: Ramones - Ramones
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1974: Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night
1973: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
1971: Barclay James Harvest - Once Again
1970: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1968: Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen
1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1966: Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

 

[Wikey]

I'm gonna start with the year after I was born since it's also the first year I have multiple legitimate albums to choose from. Let's get some shitty punk rock in this piece.

1989: Operation Ivy - Energy
1990: ---
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
1993: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How to Party
1994: NOFX - Punk in Drublic (HM: Weezer - Blue Album)
1995: Less Than Jake - Pezcore
1996: The Suicide Machines - Destruction by Definition (HM: At the Drive-In - Acrobatic Tenement / Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails / Soul Coughing - Irresistible Bliss)
1997: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Let's Face It (HM: Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape)
1998: Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights (even though the SM version is 1000x better.)
1999: Anti-Flag - A New Kind of Army (HM: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication)
2000: Mason Jennings - Birds Flying Away (meh, not much in my library for this year)
2001: Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (HM: Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon)
2002: Sage Francis - Personal Journals
2003: Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb (HM: Brand New - Deja Entendu /The Postal Service - Give Up/Thrice - Artist in the Ambulance/Less Than Jake - Anthem/Mindnumbingly hard year. Among my favorite albums ever.)
2004: Chronic Future - Lines in My Face (HM: Jimmy Eat World - Futures / DangerMouse - The Grey Album/ Killers - Hot Fuss)
2005: Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust (HM: DangerDoom - The Mouse and the Mask)
2006: Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (HM: Anti-Flag - For Blood And Empire/Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor/Streetlight Manifesto - Keasbey Nights/The Killers - Sam's Town/Chiodos - All's Well That Ends Well/Another hard year to pick with FBAE, F&L, and KN being among my favorite albums ever.)
2007: Streetlight Manifesto - Somewhere in the Between (HM: Big D and the Kids Table - Strictly Rude, Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light)
2008: Thrice - The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV
2009: Thrice - Beggars (HM: Brand New - Daisy)
2010: Broken Bells - Broken Bells (HM: B.o.B - The Adventures of Bobby Ray / Jimmy Eat World - Invented / Streetlight Manifesto - 99 Songs of Revolution Vol. 1 / Too early to call, we'll see whether BB or TAOBR stands up to the test of time better. JEW albums are growers so that may become my favorite over time.)

 

[Arch]

I ...love...this....topic. Instead of runners up I decided to have ties.



1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Perfect
1966: Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Perfect
1967: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Perfect
1968: The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Perfect
1969: TIE! The Beatles - Abbey Road / The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
Double Perfect


1970: John Lennon - John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
1971: TIE! David Bowie - Hunky Dory / John Lennon - Imagine
1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
1973: David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
1974: Supertramp - Crime of the Century
1975: TIE! Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks
1976: Bob Dylan - Desire
1977: The Clash - The Clash
1978: Marvin Gaye - Here My Dear
1979: TIE! The Clash - London Calling / Joy Division Unknown Pleasures


1980: Joy Division - Closer
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: The Cure - Pornography
1983: U2 - War
1984: The Smiths - The Smiths
1985: New Order - Low-Life
1986: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987: TIE! Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me / Prince - Sign O' the Times
1988: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1989: Pixies - Doolittle


1990: Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Tom Waits - Bone Machine
1993: PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
1994: Johnny Cash - American Recordings
1995: Radiohead - The Bends
1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: OutKast - Aquemini
1999: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin


2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: The Strokes - Is This It?
2002: TIE! Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around / The Libertines - Up The Bracket
2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: The National - Alligator
2006: Joanna Newsom - Ys
2007: EXTREME TIE! Arcade Fire - Neon Bible / Radiohead - In Rainbows
2008: Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
2009: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

2010: Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
2011: Dunno yet.

 

[CaptKirby]

Here you guys go, the manliest list.

Jerry Lee Lewis - 1964 - Live at the Star Club, Hamburg (best pure rock 'n' roll)
Sir Georg Solti & The Wiener Philharmoniker - 1965 - Der Ring des Nibelungen (best 15 hours of classical/opera)
Ennio Morricone - 1966 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (best movie soundtrack)
Jimi Hendrix - 1967 - Are You Experienced? (best ugly hard rock)
1968 - no pick, terrible year (I could pick Jimi again but whatever)
Chicago - 1969 - Chicago Transit Authority (a little over processed, but hard rock + blues sign me up)
Black Sabbath - 1970 - Paranoid (only album to ever have three songs I would rate 9/10+)
Comus - 1971 - First Utterance (an overload of great sounds)
Jethro Tull - 1972 - Thick As a Brick (the best 40 minute song in history)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - 1973 - (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) (fuck yeah hick rock)
Queen - 1974 - Sheer Heart Attack (II has the best two songs, this is the better album; my favorite band)
Queen - 1975 - A Night at the Opera (the best album by my favorite band)
Queen - 1976 - A Day at the Races (the second best album by my favorite band)
Meat Loaf - 1977 - Bat Out of Hell (the best cheesy rock in history)
Scorpions - 1978 - Taken by Force (the best cheesy German rock in history)
Supertramp - 1979 - Breakfast in America (the best cheesy British rock in history)
Iron Maiden - 1980 - Iron Maiden (the best punk metal in history)
Electric Light Orchestra - 1981 - Time (the best cheesy pure pop in history)
Iron Maiden - 1982 - The Number of the Beast (the best power metal song in history, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
Merycful Fate - 1983 - Melissa (some inventive instrumentals, not too strong a year)
Hüsker Dü - 1984 - Zen Arcade (best real punk (not post-punk) from Kennedys to the punk revival around 1989)
Metal Church - 1985 - Metal Church
Metallica - 1986 - Master of Puppets (great metal)
Guns N' Roses - 1987 - Appetite for Destruction (arrogant as fuck, awesome as fuck)
Helloween - 1988 - Keeper of the Seven Keys (it is one complete album, the record companies forced a split; anyway one of the best power metal albums)
Faith No More - 1989 - The Real Thing (best rock since the '70s)
Megadeth - 1990 - Rust in Peace (some of the best metal)
Primus - 1991 - Sailing the Seas of Cheese (best bassy hick rock in history)
Kyuss - 1992 - Blues for the Red Sun (some good thudding for once)
Anacrusis - 1993 - Screams and Whispers (weak year, album I like the most from it)
YUP - 1994 - Homo Sapiens (sweetest fucking album ever, like nonstop progressive lullabies)
Blind Guardian - 1995 - Imaginations from the Other Side (my favorite album ever)
Neurosis - 1996 - Through Silver in Blood (has my faoviret song in a terribly weak year)
Emperor - 1997 - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk (sick instrumentals)
Ayreon - 1998 - Into the Electric Castle (ridiculous power metal at its best)
Dream Theater - 1999 - Scenes from a Memory (ridiculous power metal at its best)
Calibretto 13 - 2000 - Enter the Danger Brigade (Christian pop punk with a singer; my first concert, my first kiss, first favorite band, first favorite album)
Converge - 2001 - Jane Doe (only good hardcore album in history)
Symphony X - 2002 - The Odyssey (close second is Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors...but I have to admit I still like the balls in a vice power metal more honestly)
Mars Volta, The - 2003 - Son et Lumiere (best pretentious music in history)
Disillusion - 2004 - Back to Times of Splendor (a little too straight laced, but still awesome)
Mars Volta, The - 2005 - Frances the Mute (the only album I like the whole year)
Negură Bunget - 2006 - Om (pretty tame pick, but nice enough music)
Suspyre - 2007 - A Great Divide (so much good metal this year, really hard choice, but this is the cleanest and most coherent)
Deathspell Omega - 2008 - Mass Grave Aesthetics (sick music)
Heavenly - 2009 - Carpe Diem (ridiculous power metal, weak year so this will do!)
2010 - no pick, only listened to three albums

 

[Phiddlesticks]

1990: LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
1991: Cannibal Corpse - Butchered at Birth
1992: The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
1993: Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity
1994: Nas - Illmatic
1995: David Wise - Donkey Kong Country 2 OST
1996: Eilert Pilarm - Greatest Hits
1997: Hoobastank - Muffins
1998: New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
1999: Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
2000: Prozzak - Saturday People
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
2002: The Streets - Original Pirate Material
2003: Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol.2
2004: JoJo - JoJo
2005: Classified - Boy-Cott-In The Industry
2006: Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
2007: Shad - The Old Prince
2008: Ben Folds - Way to Normal
2009: Team Teamwork - Ocarina of Rhyme
2010: Alex Kresovich - Gold N' Fly 007

 

[makiri]

Just going back to my birth year:

2011 Nothing yet, only looking forward to 倖田 來未 - Dejavu
2010 B.o.B - B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
2009 浜崎 あゆみ - Next Level
2008 Atmosphere - When Life gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
2007 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
2006 Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
2005 DANGER DOOM - The Mouse and the Mask
2004 Madvillian - Madvilliany
2003 OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2002 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2001 Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future
2000 Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
1999 Jay-Z - Vol. 3...Life and Times of S. Carter
1998 Duran Duran - Greatest
1997 The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
1996 Beck - Odelay
1995 Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
1994 Nas - Illmatic
1993 Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1992 Phish - A Picture of Nectar
1991 Del tha Funkee Homosapien - I Wish My Brother George Was Here
1990 Megadeth - Rust In Piece
1989 Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
1988 N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

 

[JimBob]

JimBob Metal Church is 1984, otherwise it was going to be my 1985 pick!

whoops, I was just going off of the dates that are listed on my computer (apparently wrong)

 

[Max Fightmaster]

1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
1969: King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (Best album of all time in my opinion)
1970: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
1971: Gila - Gila (Best krautrock album I've heard)
1972: David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spider from Mars
1973: Sun Ra - Space Is The Place
1974: Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: David Bowie - Station To Station
1977: Television - Marquee Moon
1978: Wire - Chairs Missing
1979: Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
1980: Talking Heads - Remain In Light
1981: Glenn Branca - The Ascension
1982: Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land (Not even my favorite Ambient album by him but this year sucked)
1983: The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
1984: Husker Du - Zen Arcade
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987: Sonic Youth - Sister
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (third best album ever)
1989: Pixies - Doolittle
1990: Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (2nd best album ever)
1992: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang
1994: Not even sure lol, it keeps coming down to Base of Fiction by Jyoji Sawada, Illmatic by Nas, Lifeforms by The Future Sound of London and Dummy by Portishead for me
1995: GZA - Liquid Swords
1996: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing....
1997: Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
2000: Radiohead - Kid A (Godspeed You comes amazingly close though)
2001: Ulver - Perdition City
2002: Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
2003: Boris - Boris At Last -Feedbacker- or Kayo Dot - Choirs For The Eye
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: Edan - Beauty & The Beat
2006: Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain (Venetian Snares comes really close too)
2007: Battles - Mirrored
2008: No Age - Nouns
2009: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2010: I'm largely undecided about this year as of now, Cosmogramma, Seven Idiots & MBDTF are always in the back of my mind but as of now I'd give it to Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
2011 (So far): I'm loving James Blake's s/t right now but I can't say I've listened to much of anything

 

[Gouki]

a list

1956: Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
1957: Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder
1958: Igor Stravinsky - Le Sacre du Printemps (NY Philharmonic/Bernstein)
1959: Dorival Caymmi - Caymmi e seu Violão
1960: John Coltrane - Giant Steps
1961: Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
1962: Eric Dolphy - Far Cry
1963: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1964: Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
1965: Charles Ives - Symphony No. 4 (American Symphony Orchestra/Stokowski)
1966: John Coltrane - Ascension
1967: Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
1968: Philip Cohran and the Artistic Heritage Ensemble - On the Beach
1969: Gal Costa - Gal Costa
1970: Paulinho da Viola - Foi Um Rio que Passou em Minha Vida
1971: Françoise Hardy - La Question
1972: Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight
1973: Can - Future Days
1973: John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
1974: Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda
1974: Dadawah - Peace and Love
1975: Gyedu Blay Ambolley - Simigwa
1976: Chico Buarque - Meus Caros Amigos
1977: Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown
1978: Louis Moholo - Spirits Rejoice!
1979: Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (Yordanoff; Tetard; Desurmont; Barenboim)
1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1981: Glenn Branca - The Ascension
1982: The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
1983: Franz Schubert - Quintett C-dur (Alban Berg Quartett/Schiff)
1984: Het - Let's Het
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: Sonic Youth - EVOL
1987: Kahondo Style - Green Tea & Crocodiles
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: Giacinto Scelsi - Quattro pezzi per orchestra; Anahit; Uaxuctum (Orchestre et Chœur de la Radio-Télévision Polonaise de Cracovie/Wyttenbach; Fournier; Murail)
1990: Arthur Honegger - Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique" / Symphony No. 2 (Berliner Philharmoniker, Karajan)
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Underground Resistance - Revolution for Change
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994: Arnold Schoenberg - Streichquartette I-IV (Arditti String Quartet / Upshaw)
1995: DJ Screw - Bigtyme Recordz Volume II: All Screwed Up
1996: Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
1997: Morton Feldman - For Philip Guston (The California EAR Unit)
1998: London Jazz Composers Orchestra - Double Trouble Twohttp://rateyourmusic.com/artist/london_jazz_composers_orchestra
1999: Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
2000: Gaiteiros de Lisboa - Dançachamas
2001: Barry Guy, Marilyn Crispell & Paul Lytton - Odyssey
2002: Rocket From the Tombs - The Day the Earth Met the Rocket From the Tombs
2003: Boris - Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
2004: Sofia Gubaidulina - Oleg Kagan Plays Gubaidulina [Kagan; Gutman; USSR Ministry of Culture SO/Rozhdestvensky]

2005: Tom Zé - Estudando o Pagode (Na Opereta Segregamulher e Amor)​

2006: Joanna Newsom - Ys
2007: Big Blood - Sew Your Wild Days Tour Vol. II
2008: Big Blood & the Bleedin' Hearts - Big Blood & the Bleedin' Hearts
2009: Joris Voorn - Balance 014
2010: Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me
2011: Grouper - A I A

 

[Glen]

so happy vision creation newsun made your list!!!!!!!!!!

 

[evan]

this was hard to do etc etc

1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
1967: The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
1969: Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room
1970: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
1971: Can - Tago Mago
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1973: Lou Reed - Berlin
1974: Neil Young - On the Beach
1975: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1976: Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
1977: Wire - Pink Flag
1978: Big Star - 3rd
1979: Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1981: This Heat - Deceit
1982: X - Under the Big Black Sun
1983: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984: The Replacements - Let it Be
1985: Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1986: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
1987: Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (but seriously, Beat Happening - Jamboree, Galaxie 500 - Today, Surfer Rose, Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden, Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man, Public Enemy, N.W.A., Isn't Anything, this year was on steroids)
1989: Pixies - Doolittle (but Galaxie 500 - On Fire just behind it and De La Soul - 3 Ft and Rising)
1990: Fugazi - Repeater
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Beat Happening - You Turn Me On (just ahead of Slanted and Enchanted)
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994: Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995: Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
1996: Bell & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
1997: Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (oh god 1997 so much good music)
1998: Elliott Smith - XO
1999: The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I
2000: The Avalanches - Since I Left You
2001: The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
2002: The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
2003: The Wrens - The Meadowlands
2004: Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
2005: Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
2006: J Dilla - Donuts
2007: The National - Boxer
2008: Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna
2009: Mount Eerie - Wind's Poem
2010: Menomena - Mines
2011: ???????????????????????????????????????

 

[Amukamara]

brother

 

[vonFiedler]

My lists are strongest in the 70s-80s, though there are some bangers outside of those ranges

1964 - A Hard Day's Night, The Beatles
1965 - Help!, The Beatles
1966 - Sounds of Silence, Simon & Garfunkel
1967 - Days of Future Passed, The Moody Blues
1968 - White Album, The Beatles
1969 - Abbey Road, The Beatles

1970 - Pendulum, Creedence Clearwater Revival
1971 - Hunky Dory, David Bowie
1972 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie
1973 - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player, Elton John
1974 - Verities & Balderdash - Harry Chapin
1975 - Portrait Gallery - Harry Chapin
1976 - Boston, Boston
1977 - Out of the Blue, ELO
1978 - Jazz, Queen
1979 - The Long Run, Eagles

1980 - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), David Bowie
1981 - Time, ELO
1982 - Select, Kim Wilde
1983 - She's so Unusual, Cyndi Lauper
1984 - Purple Rain, Prince
1985 - Hounds of Love, Kate Bush
1986 - Labyrinth, David Bowie & Trevor Jones
1987 - The Circus, Erasure
1988 - The Innocents, Erasure
1989 - A Night to Remember, Cyndi Lauper

1990 - Violator, Depeche Mode
1991 - Chorus, Erasure
1992 - Keep the Faith, Bon Jovi
1993 - Cyberpunk, Billy Idol
1994 - Emmerdale, The Cardigans
1995 - The Gold Experience, Prince
1996 - Spice, Spice Girls
1997 - Savage Garden, Savage Garden
1998 - Prolonging the Magic, Cake
1999 - No Angel, Dido

2000 - Minor Earth Major Sky, a-ha
2001 - Vespertine, Bjork
2002 - American IV: The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash
2003 - Frank, Amy Winehouse
2005 - Demon Days, Gorillaz
2006 - The Sweet Escape, Gwen Stefani
2007 - Volta, Bjork
2008 - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay
2009 - The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga

2010 - Lights, Ellie Goulding
2011 - Born This Way, Lady Gaga
2012 - Unorthodox Jukebox, Bruno Mars
2013 - Random Access Memories, Daft Punk
2015 - Emotion, Carly Rae Jepsen
2016 - 24K Magic, Bruno Mars
2017 - After Laughter, Paramore
2018 - Little Dark Age, MGMT
2020 - SAWAYAMA, Rina Sawayama

 

[vonFiedler]

Oh damn this thread was hella necro'd.

I thought it was suspicious for a cong thread to have two pages of activity.

 

[Zantropez]

1966: The Sounds of Silence (by Simon & Garfunkel)
1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico (by The Velvet Underground & Nico)
1968: At Folsom Prison (by Johnny Cash)
1969: In the Court of the Crimson King (by King Crimson)
1970: The Madcap Laughs (by Syd Barrett)
1971: Hunky Dory (by David Bowie)
1972: Close to the Edge (by Yes)
1973: Selling England by the Pound (by Genesis)
1974: Secret Treaties (by Blue Öyster Cult)
1975: Wish You Were Here (by Pink Floyd)
1976: Songs in the Key of Life (by Stevie Wonder)
1977: Marquee Moon (by Television)
1978: Die Mensch-Maschine (by Kraftwerk)
1979: Broken English (by Marianne Faithfull)
1980: Remain in Light (by Talking Heads)
1981: Moving Pictures (by Rush)
1982: Pornography (by The Cure)
1983: Holy Diver (by Dio)
1984: Powerslave (by Iron Maiden)
1985: Hounds of Love (by Kate Bush)
1986: Master of Puppets (by Metallica)
1987: Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1 (by Helloween)
1988: Lincoln (by They Might Be Giants)
1989: Beneath the Remains (by Sepultura)
1990: Heaven or Las Vegas (by Cocteau Twins)
1991: Innuendo (by Queen)
1992: Dirt (by Alice in Chains)
1993: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (by Wu-Tang Clan)
1994: The Downward Spiral (by Nine Inch Nails)
1995: Symbolic (by Death)
1996: October Rust (by Type O Negative)
1997: The Mollusk (by Ween)
1998: Hellbilly Deluxe (by Rob Zombie)
1999: Things Fall Apart (by The Roots)
2000: White Pony (by Deftones)
2001: Vespertine (by Björk)
2002: Songs for the Deaf (by Queens of the Stone Age)
2003: Thirteenth Step (by A Perfect Circle)
2004: Mm.. Food (by MF DOOM)
2005: Demon Days (by Gorillaz)
2006: Emissaries (by Melechesh)
2007: Acid Test (by Cosmosquad)
2008: The Fame (by Lady Gaga)
2009: Man on the Moon: The End of Day (by Kid Cudi)
2010: Cosmogramma (by Flying Lotus)
2011: Torches (by Foster the People)
2012: Seven Thunders Roar (by Stoned Jesus)
2013: Better Off Dead (by Flatbush Zombies)
2014: None of This is Real (by DJ Rozwell)
2015: To Pimp a Butterfly (by Kendrick Lamar)
2016: Atrocity Exhibition (by Danny Brown)
2017: Max & Match (by Loona Odd Eye Circle)
2018: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (by Sophie)
2019: Igor (by Tyler, the Creator)
2020: Because of a Flower (by Ana Roxanne)
2021: LP! (by JPEGMAFIA)

I'm kind of a normie music person but I thought it was worth sharing my personal list anyways. This list changes a lot over time

 

[Durant]

Gonna steal vonfielders idea and include the album covers as well

1960 - 1969:

1970 - 1979:

1980 - 1989:

1990 - 1999:

2000 - 2008:

Haven't listened to anything enough beyond 2008

 

[Rezzo]

Haven't made one of these in years!

1963: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1964: Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (performed by New York Philharmonic)
1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967: Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
1968: The Beatles (White Album)
1969: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (honourable mention to to Scott 4 by Scott Walker)

1970: Tim Buckley - Starsailor
1971: Can - Tago Mago
1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
1973: Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
1974: Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
1975: Parliament - Mothership Connection
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
1977: Television - Marquee Moon
1978: Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1981: Wipers - Youth of America
1982: Bad Brains
1983: Einsturzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
1984: The Pogues - Red Roses for Me
1985: Foetus - Nail
1986: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
1987: New Order - Substance (non-compilation? Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark, I guess, weird year for music overall)
1988: Pet Shop Boys - Introspective (honourable mention to Surfer Rosa by the Pixies)
1989: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

1990: Lustmord - Heresy
1991: Slint - Spiderland
1992: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (honourable mention to Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde)
1993: Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts with Announcements
1994: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (tough call, so many of my faves came out this year)
1995: Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
1996: Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer (another insane year for music)
1998: Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
1999: Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun

2000: Gas - Pop
2001: Aphex Twin - drukQs
2002: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003: James Holden - Balance 005
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: Moonsorrow - Verisäkeet (Dataplex by Ryoji Ikeda is also very cool)
2006: J Dilla - Donuts
2007: of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2008: Portishead - Third
2009: Sweet Trip - You Will Never Know Why

2010: Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz
2011: Danny Brown - XXX
2012: Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City
2013: Kanye West - Yeezus
2014: Machine Girl - Wlfgrl
2015: Lil Ugly Mane - Third Side of Tape (Aphex Twin's dump of 200+ songs to Soundcloud was my favourite thing to happen this year, but there was no album as such)
2016: Autechre - elseq 1-5
2017: MIKE - May God Bless Your Hustle
2018: Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
2019: Burial - Tunes 2011-2019 (non-compilation? JPEGMAFIA - All My Heroes Are Cornballs)

2020: The Avalances - We Will Always Love You
2021: Lil Ugly Mane - Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern
2022: Pain Daijing - Tissues (only 1 of 2 albums I've heard so far)

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Unfortunately it's little male-dominant for sure. Feel free to send me some recommendations if you're now feeling a "strong connection"