Best Ever Albums

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Norman Bates — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:30:56 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 11/15/2016 19:30

I have probably already posted here some time, too lazy to check or to countercheck if there are any differences now. Anyway.

1956: Charles Mingus, Pithecantropus Erectus
1957: John Coltrane, Blue Train
1958: Cannonball Adderley, Somethin' Else
1959: Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come
1960: John Coltrane, Giant Steps

1961: Ornette Coleman, Free Jazz
1962: John Coltrane, Live at the Village Vanguard
1963: Charles Mingus, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1964: John Coltrane, Crescent
1965: John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
1966: The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
1967: The Velvet Underground, & Nico
1968: The Velvet Underground, White Light / White Heat
1969: Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left
1970: Nick Drake, Bryter Layter

1971: Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
1972: Nick Drake, Pink Moon
1973: Faust, Faust IV
1974: Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom
1975: Neu!, Neu! 75
1976: The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers
1977: Suicide, Suicide
1978: Wire, Chairs Missing
1979: Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures
1980: The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms

1981: Meredith Monk, Dolmen Music
1982: Television Personalities, They Could Have Been Bigger than the Beatles
1983: The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
1984: Manuel Göttsching, E2-E4
1985: The Apartments, The Evening Visits... and Stays for Years
1986: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead
1987: Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full
1988: Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989: De la Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising
1990: EPMD, Business as Usual

1991: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
1992: Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted
1993: Palace Brothers, There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You
1994: Swell, 41
1995: Tricky, Maxinquaye
1996: Cat Power, What Would the Community Think
1997: Smog, Red Apple Falls
1998: Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis
1999: Mos Def, Black on Both Sides
2000: Leila, Courtesy of Choice

2001: Baaba Maal, Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
2002: The Streets, Original Pirate Material
2003: Cat Power, You Are Free
2004: Programme, Bogue
2005: Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté, In the Heart of the Moon
2006: J Dilla, Donuts
2007: M.I.A., Kala
2008: Juana Molina, Un dia
2009: Bill Callahan, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
2010: Gonjasufi, A Sufi and a Killer

2011: PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
2012: Actress, R.I.P.
2013: Odd Nosdam, T R I S H
2014: Vashti Bunyan, Heartleap
2015: Matana Roberts, Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee
2016 (so far): 1. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree; 2. Danny Brown, Atrocity Exhibition; 3. Delroy Edwards, Hangin' at the Beach

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Mercury — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:32:19 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 11/15/2016 16:32

Mercury wrote:

2016 - sadly nothing has blown me away yet. Maybe I'll name the most recent one I love (Winter's Gate).
2015 - To Pimp A Butterfly
2014 - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2013 - Southeastern
2012 - Good Kid, Maad City
2011 - Ravedeath, 1972 (cloooose with Helplessness Blues)
2010 - The Wild Hunt
2009 - Fever Ray
2008 - You & Me
2007 - Untrue
2006 - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2005 - Late Registration
2004 - Funeral
2003 - Transatlanticism
2002 - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2001 - Is This It
2000 - Heartbreaker

That's all for now...

1999 - Mule Variations
1998 - Car Wheels On a Gravel Road
1997 - OK Computer
1996 - Pinkerton
1995 - Liquid Swords
1994 - Illmatic
1993 - Heartwork
1992 - Slanted and Enchanted
1991 - Nevermind
1990 - Seasons In The Abyss
1989 - Doolittle
1988 - Spirit of Eden
1987 - Sign O The Times
1986 - Reign In Blood
1985 - Hounds of Love
1984 - Purple Rain
1983 - Kill 'em All
1982 - Thriller
1981 - Fire of Love
1980 - Dirty Mind
1979 - London Calling
1978 - So Alone
1977 - Pink Flag
1976 - Songs In The Key of Life
1975 - Blood On The Tracks
1974 - Get Up With It
1973 - Lets Get It On
1972 - Pink Moon
1971 - Journey In Satchindananda
1970 - After The Goldrush
1969 - Songs From A Room
1968- Astral Weeks
1967 - Are You Experienced
1966 - Pet Sounds
1965 - Highway 61 Revisited
1964 - The Times They Are A-Changin'
1963 - Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1962 - Bob Dylan
1961 - My Favorite Things
1960 - Sketches of Spain
1959 - Kind of Blue
1958 - Porgy And Bess
1957 - Blue Train
1956 - Elvis Presley
1955 - In The Wee Small Hours
1954 - Walkin'

I'll stop there.

Interesting. Miles and Dylan and Prince dominate their respective eras. And as I got into the early sixties and 50s it became essentially a redundant lovefest for Dylan and Miles. That was somehwta fun. And at least 2 of the number 1s are new due to Metal discoveries the last 2 weeks (Heartwork and a nice re-listen to Seasons In The Abyss).

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

RoundTheBend — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 10:55:51 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/15/2016 15:55

I'm not sure I even agree with this anymore (mostly the post 2008 period), but it's a start:

1950 The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert Benny Goodman
1951 Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 Thelonious Monk
1952 Igor Stravinsky: Rite Of Spring Igor Markevitch / Vienna Philharmonic
1953 Ellington Uptown Duke Ellington
1954 Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt / Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
1955 Ramblin' Man Hank Williams
1956 Elvis Presley Elvis Presley
1957 Here's Little Richard Little Richard
1958 Little Richard Little Richard
1959 What'd I Say Ray Charles

1960 Joan Baez Joan Baez
1961 King Of The Delta Blues Singers Robert Johnson
1962 Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Ray Charles
1963 Live At The Apollo James Brown
1964 The Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan
1965 Rubber Soul The Beatles
1966 Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon And Garfunkel
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles
1968 Bookends Simon And Garfunkel
1969 Abbey Road The Beatles

1970 Greatest Hits Sly and the Family Stone
1971 Hot Rocks 1964-1971 The Rolling Stones
1972 On The Corner Miles Davis
1973 The Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
1974 Greatest Hits Elton John
1975 Mothership Connection Parliament
1976 Chronicle - The 20 Greatest Hits Creedence Clearwater Revival
1977 Exodus Bob Marley And The Wailers
1978 Some Girls The Rolling Stones
1979 London Calling The Clash

1980 Boy U2
1981 October U2
1982 Thriller Michael Jackson
1983 War U2
1984 Legend Bob Marley And The Wailers
1985 Fables Of The Reconstruction R.E.M.
1986 Graceland Paul Simon
1987 The Joshua Tree U2
1988 Green R.E.M.
1989 Welcome To The Beautiful South The Beautiful South

1990 Violator Depeche Mode
1991 Achtung Baby U2
1992 Automatic For The People R.E.M.
1993 Zooropa U2
1994 MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana
1995 The Bends Radiohead
1996 Odelay Beck
1997 OK Computer Radiohead
1998 Mutations Beck
1999 Agaentis Byrjun Sigur Ros

2000 Kid A Radiohead
2001 Weezer (The Green Album) Weezer
2002 Sea Change Beck
2003 Give Up The Postal Service
2004 Funeral Arcade Fire
2005 Guero Beck
2006 Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers
2007 In Rainbows Radiohead
2008 Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends Coldplay
2009 The Empyrean John Frusciante

2010 Brothers The Black Keys
2011 The King Of Limbs Radiohead
2012 The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do Fiona Apple
2013 Amok Atoms For Peace
2014 Everything Will Be Alright In The End Weezer
2015 Drones Muse
2016 A Moon Shaped Pool Radiohead

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

badseed — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 03:03:38 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 11/15/2016 08:03

badseed wrote:

Fun idea. My year charts definitely need to be updated so I'm just gonna make a guess...

2016: Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2015: Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens
2014: Black Messiah - D'Angelo and the Vanguard
2013: Acid Rap - Chance the Rapper
2012: Good Kid, mAAd city - Kendrick Lamar
2011: Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
2010: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2009: Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
2008: Third - Portishead
2007: Untrue - Burial
2006: Pet Grief - The Radio Dept.
2005: Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
2004: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2003: Velocity: Design: Comfort - Sweet Trip
2002: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
2001: No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2000: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

I'm gonna stop there for now but I'll come back for more.

1999: Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
1997: The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1996: Murder Ballads - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1995: Liquid Swords - GZA
1994: Bee Thousand - Guided By Voices
1993: Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
1992: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin
1991: Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
1990: Nowhere - Ride
1989: Doolittle - Pixies
1988: Tender Prey - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1987: You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
1986: Your Funeral... My Trial - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
1985: Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
1984: Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
1983: Violent Femmes
1982: Junkyard - The Birthday Party
1981: Fire of Love - The Gun Club
1980: Closer - Joy Division
1979: Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
1978: Here, My Dear - Marvin Gaye
1977: Marquee Moon - Television
1976: Small Change - Tom Waits
1975: Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
1974: Fear - John Cale
1973: Raw Power - The Stooges
1972: Clube Da Esquina - Milton Nascimento
1971: Blue - Joni Mitchell
1970: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1969: Stand! - Sly and the Family Stone
1968: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico
1966: Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
1965: Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
1964: Nina Simone in Concert
1963: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
1962: Howlin' Wolf
1961: King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson
1960: Giant Steps - John Coltrane
1959: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
1958: Little Girl Blue - Nina Simone
1957: Blue Train - John Coltrane
1956: Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
1955: In the Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

Unfortunately I haven't heard anything from '54 so I guess now's a good time to stop.

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Mercury — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 01:04:41 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 11/15/2016 06:04

2016 - sadly nothing has blown me away yet. Maybe I'll name the most recent one I love (Winter's Gate).
2015 - To Pimp A Butterfly
2014 - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2013 - Southeastern
2012 - Good Kid, Maad City
2011 - Ravedeath, 1972 (cloooose with Helplessness Blues)
2010 - The Wild Hunt
2009 - Fever Ray
2008 - You & Me
2007 - Untrue
2006 - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
2005 - Late Registration
2004 - Funeral
2003 - Transatlanticism
2002 - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2001 - Is This It
2000 - Heartbreaker

That's all for now...

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Mercury — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:47:30 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 11/15/2016 05:47

Matt-R wrote:

I haven't listened to much after 1967, so here's a list from then til the 80's

1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
1968: Child Is Father To The Man - Blood, Sweat And Tears
1969: In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
1970: Let It Be - The Beatles
1971: Hunky Dory - David Bowie
1972: Foxtrot - Genesis
1973: Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
1974: Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
1975: The Tubes - The Tubes
1976: Paranoid - Black Sabbath
1977: Aja - Steely Dan
1978: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
1979: Fear Of Music - Talking Heads

Cool stuff. But Paranoid is '70. 🙁 sorry to be the "well actually..." guy.

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

AfterHours — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:23:13 GMT

Author: AfterHours

Posted: 11/15/2016 05:23

I'll start with 1960. Seems like a good starting point, even though the 50s has its share of amazing jazz albums. Also, I'm going by recording date, not the folly of using release dates that BEA unfortunately chooses. Not including Classical, just Rock and Jazz albums:

1960: Free Jazz - Ornette Coleman
1961: Impressions - John Coltrane
1962: Epitaph - Charles Mingus
1963: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
1964: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
1965: Ascension - John Coltrane
1966: Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor
1967: The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
1968: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
1969: Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
1970: Lorca - Tim Buckley (or Desershore - Nico)
1971: Escalator Over the Hill - Carla Bley (or Faust - Faust)
1972: Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze
1973: Streams - Sam Rivers
1974: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
1975: The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett
1976: The Survivor's Suite - Kieth Jarrett
1977: Suicide - Suicide
1978: The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
1979: Y - The Pop Group
1980: Lady of the Mirrors - Anthony Davis
1981: Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk (arguably "Classical/Avant-Garde Vocal" but whatever...)
1982: Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis
1983: Barbed Wire Maggots - Borbetomagus
1984: Husker Du - Zen Arcade
1985: Nail - Foetus
1986: Cobra - John Zorn
1987: Children of God - Swans
1988: Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach
1989: Passion - Peter Gabriel
1990: Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux
1991: Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
1992: Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters
1993: Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents
1994: Geek the Girl - Lisa Germano
1995: Mundus Subterraneous - Lightwave
1996: Seeds, Visions and Counterpoint - Ivo Perelman
1997: Well-Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo
1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: 2 - Black Heart Procession
2000: Disappeared - Spring Heel Jack
2001: Fluxations - Denman Maroney
2002: The Long View - Marty Ehrlich
2003: Fear Death by Water - Franz Koglmann
2004: Joy Shapes - Charlambides
2005: Frances the Mute - Mars Volta
2006: Ys - Joanna Newsom
2007: Operator Dead... Post Abadoned - Burning Star Core
2008: Era of Diversion - Evol Intent
2009: Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts Til The Earth Shall Reek With Midnight Massacre - Gnaw Their Tongues
2010: Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom
2011: Tragedy - Julia Holter
2012: Ceremony - Anna Von Hausswolff
2013: Drifters/Love is the Devil - Dirty Beaches
2014: Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon
2015: Croce - Father Murphy

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

badseed — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:21 GMT

Author: badseed

Posted: 11/15/2016 05:00

Fun idea. My year charts definitely need to be updated so I'm just gonna make a guess...

2016: Skeleton Tree - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2015: Carrie & Lowell - Sufjan Stevens
2014: Black Messiah - D'Angelo and the Vanguard
2013: Acid Rap - Chance the Rapper
2012: Good Kid, mAAd city - Kendrick Lamar
2011: Let England Shake - PJ Harvey
2010: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2009: Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
2008: Third - Portishead
2007: Untrue - Burial
2006: Pet Grief - The Radio Dept.
2005: Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
2004: Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2003: Velocity: Design: Comfort - Sweet Trip
2002: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
2001: No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
2000: Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor

I'm gonna stop there for now but I'll come back for more.

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

RoundTheBend — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 22:50:38 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 11/15/2016 03:50

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Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Blazerazor0 — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:07:06 GMT

Author: Blazerazor0

Posted: 11/14/2016 19:07

1969: Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
1970: Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
1971- Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin III
1986: Slayer- Reign In Blood
1982: Iron Maiden- The Number Of The Beast
1983: Metallica- Kill Em All
1984: Metallica- Ride The Lightning
1988: Metallica- ...And Justice For All
1989: Sepultura- Beneath The Remains
1990: Slayer- Seasons In The Abyss
1991: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1992: Rage Against The Machine- Self Titled
1993: Nirvana- In Utero
1994: Green Day- Dookie
1995: Deftones- Adrenaline
1996: Rage Against The Machine- Evil Empire
1997: Deftones- Around The Fur
1998- Death- The Sound Of Perseverance
1999: Slipknot-Slipknot
2000: Deftones- White Pony
2001: Opeth- Blackwater Park
2002: Queens Of The Stone Age- Songs For The Deaf
2003: Blink-182- Blink-182
2004: Green Day- American Idiot
2005: Avenged Sevenfold- City Of Evil
2006: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium
2007: Avenged Sevenfold- Avenged Sevenfold
2009: A Day To Remember- Homesick
2010: Ghost- Opus Eponymous
2010: Deftones- Koi No Yokan
2013: Arctic Monkeys- AM
2014: Slipknot- .5 The Gray Chapter
2015: Slayer- Repentless
2016: Ghost- Meliora

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Antonio-Pedro — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:16:06 GMT

Author: Antonio-Pedro

Posted: 11/14/2016 13:16

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Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Matt-R — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 21:44:33 GMT

Author: Matt-R

Posted: 11/14/2016 02:44

I haven't listened to much after 1967, so here's a list from then til the 80's

1967: The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
1968: Child Is Father To The Man - Blood, Sweat And Tears
1969: In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
1970: Let It Be - The Beatles
1971: Hunky Dory - David Bowie
1972: Foxtrot - Genesis
1973: Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
1974: Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
1975: The Tubes - The Tubes
1976: Paranoid - Black Sabbath
1977: Aja - Steely Dan
1978: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
1979: Fear Of Music - Talking Heads

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

craola — Fri, 4 Nov 2016 13:15:55 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 11/04/2016 17:15

........ - music didn't exist
1981 - music didn't exist
1982 - music didn't exist
1983 - music didn't exist
1984 - music didn't exist
1985 - music didn't exist
1986 - On A Friday: On A Friday
1987 - this was a bad year for music
1988 - On A Friday: Happy Song
1989 - Various Artists: The Hometown Atrocities (feat. Thom Yorke's Headless Chickens)
1990 - Shindig: The Greatest Shindig
1991 - On A Friday: First Tapes
1992 - Radiohead: Drill
1993 - Radiohead: Pablo Honey
1994 - Radiohead: My Iron Lung
1995 - Radiohead: The Bends
1996 - Radiohead: Live EP
1997 - Radiohead: OK Computer
1998 - Radiohead: Airbag / How Am I Driving?
1999 - this was a bad year for music
2000 - Radiohead: Kid A
2001 - Radiohead: Amnesiac
2002 - Radiohead: Towering Above the Rest
2003 - Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (The Gloaming)
2004 - Radiohead: Com Lag: 2plus2isfive
2005 - Radiohead: Me & This Army (Radiohead Remixes)
2006 - Thom Yorke: The Eraser
2007 - Radiohead: In Rainbows
2008 - Radiohead: Rocks Germany 2001
2009 - Radiohead: In Rainbows Disk 2
2010 - Radiohead: Me & This Army (Radiohead Remixes)
2011 - Radiohead: The King of Limbs
2012 - Jonny Greenwood: The Master (OST)
2013 - Atoms For Peace: Amok
2014 - Philip Selway: Weatherhouse
2015 - Radiohead: Spectre
2016 - Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

MarcioLG — Fri, 4 Nov 2016 08:47:43 GMT

Author: MarcioLG

Posted: 11/04/2016 12:47

It was very difficult to make that list.
These are not the best, but the ones I've heard the most over the years.

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1979 The B-52's [Selftitled]
1980 Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine

1981 The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
1982 Violent Femmes [Selftitled]
1983 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
1984 Cocteau Twins - Treasure
1985 Talking Heads - Little Creatures
1986 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987 Midnight Oil - Diesel And Dust
1988 Tracy Chapman - [Selftitled]
1989 The Cure - Disintegration
1990 Pixies - Bossanova

1991 Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1992 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
1993 Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way
1994 Beck - Mellow Gold
1995 The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
1996 The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse
1997 Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
1998 Elliott Smith - XO
1999 Everything But The Girl - Temperamental
2000 Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain

2001 Cake - Comfort Eagle
2002 Moby - 18
2003 Grandaddy - Sunday
2004 Keane - Hopes And Fears
2005 MGMT - Time To Pretend
2006 Peter Bjorn And John - Writer's Block
2007 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
2008 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
2009 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
2010 Foals - Total Life Forever

2011 Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2012 Jake Bugg - [Selftitled]
2013 Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
2014 Coldplay - Ghost Stories
2015 Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
2016 Whitney - Light Upon The Lake

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Daydreamer — Wed, 2 Nov 2016 15:23:35 GMT

Author: Daydreamer

Posted: 11/02/2016 19:23

2016 - David Bowie - Blackstar
2015 - Tame Impala - Currents
2014 - The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
2013 - Arctic Monkeys - AM
2012 - Tame Impala - Lonerism
2010 - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

Still not settled on 2011.
2000's coming up next.

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

souplipton — Wed, 2 Nov 2016 15:22:39 GMT

Author: souplipton

Posted: 11/02/2016 19:22

1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: The Beatles - The Beatles
1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970: Van Morrison - Moondance
1971: Pink Floyd - Meddle
1972: Yes - Close to the Edge
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1974: Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: David Bowie - Station to Station
1977: Pink Floyd - Animals
1978: Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980: Joy Division - Closer
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983: U2 - War
1984: The Smiths - The Smiths
1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1986: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
1987: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1989: Nine Inch Nail - Pretty Hate Machine
1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
1993: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995: Radiohead - The Bends
1996: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
2002: Out Hud - S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
2003: Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
2006: Tool - 10,000 Days
2007: Radiohead - In Rainbows
2008: The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
2009: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011: Radiohead - The King of Limbs
2012: Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
2013: Arcade Fire - Reflektor
2014: deadmau5 - while(1<2)
2015: Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
2016: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Thad — Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:48:53 GMT

Author: Thad

Posted: 11/02/2016 16:48

1965: A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
1966: Revolver, The Beatles
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
1968: Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
1969: Abbey Road, The Beatles
1970: After the Gold Rush, Neil Young
1971: Tago Mago, Can
1972: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie
1973: The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
1974: Here Come the Warm Jets, Brian Eno
1975: Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
1976: Station to Station, David Bowie
1977: Pink Flag, Wire
1978: The Man-Machine, Kraftwerk
1979: Entertainment!, Gang of Four
1980: Remain in Light, Talking Heads
1981: Computer World, Kraftwerk
1982: Pornography, The Cure
1983: Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
1984: Let It Be, The Replacements
1985: Tim, The Replacements
1986: Graceland, Paul Simon
1987: You're Living All Over Me, Dinosaur Jr.
1988: Daydream Nation, Sonic Youth
1989: Doolittle, Pixies
1990: Repeater, Fugazi
1991: Loveless, My Bloody Valentine
1992: Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Aphex Twin
1993: Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins
1994: There's Nothing Wrong With Love, Built to Spill
1995: The Bends, Radiohead
1996: If You're Feeling Sinister, Belle & Sebastian
1997: OK Computer, Radiohead
1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: Emergency & I, The Dismemberment Plan
2000: Kid A, Radiohead
2001: Amnesiac, Radiohead
2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
2003: Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?, The Unicorns
2004: Funeral, Arcade Fire
2005: The Sunset Tree, The Mountain Goats
2006: The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, Brand New
2007: In Rainbows, Radiohead
2008: The Seldom Seen Kid, Elbow
2009: Merriweather Post Pavillion, Animal Collective
2010: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kanye West
2011: Knife Man, Andrew Jackson Jihad
2012: Channel Orange, Frank Ocean
2013: Yeezus, Kanye West
2014: You're Dead!, Flying Lotus
2015: To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar
2016: Malibu, Anderson .Paak

I know this list is really standard. Oh well.

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Giant2015 — Wed, 2 Nov 2016 00:51:55 GMT

Author: Giant2015

Posted: 11/02/2016 04:51

1965: The Beatles-Rubber Soul
1966: The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
1967: The Beatles-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: The Zombies-Odessey and Oracle
1969: Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin II
1970: Neil Young-After the Gold Rush
1971: Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin IV
1972: David Bowie-The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973: Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
1974: Supertramp-Crime of the Century
1975: Queen-A Night at the Opera
1976: Al Stewart-Year of the Cat
1977: Steely Dan-Aja
1978: The Cars-The Cars
1979: The Clash-London Calling
1980: Alan Parsons Project-The Turn of a Friendly Card
1981: The Police-Ghost in the Machine
1982: Michael Jackson-Thriller
1983: U2-War
1984: The Replacements-Let It Be
1985: The Smiths-Meat is Murder
1986: The Smiths-The Queen is Dead
1987: U2-The Joshua Tree
1988: Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman
1989: The Stone Roses-The Stone Roses or Doolittle-The Pixies
1990: Fugazi-Repeater
1991: The Smashing Pumpkins-Gish
1992: The Tragically Hip-Fully Completely
1993: The Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream
1994: Weezer-Weezer (The Blue Album)
1995: Radiohead-The Bends
1996: Belle and Sebastian-If You're Feeling Sinister
1997: Radiohead-OK Computer or Godspeed You! Black Emperor-F♯A♯∞
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Wilco-Summerteeth or American Football-American Football
2000: Radiohead-Kid A
2001: Radiohead-Amnesiac
2002: Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: Explosions in the Sky-The Earth Is Not a Cold, Dead Place
2004: Arcade Fire-Funeral
2005: Sufjan Stevens-Illinois or Bright Eyes-I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
2006: Joanna Newsom-Ys or Brand New-The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
2007: Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago
2008: Hey Rosetta!-Into Your Lungs
2009: The Antlers-Hospice
2010: Arcade Fire-The Suburbs or Kanye West-My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011: Hey Rosetta!-Seeds
2012: Kendrick Lamar-Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City
2013: Agnes Obel-Aventine
2014: Flying Lotus-You're Dead!
2015: Steven Wilson-Hand. Cannot. Erase.
2016: Car Seat Headrest-Teens of Denial

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Anonymous — Tue, 1 Nov 2016 17:41:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/01/2016 21:41

think I might actually do this seriously now

starting with...

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1950:

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Sones Of Mexico by Trio Aguilillas

seriously invigorating Mexican folk music with a kind of lyrical delivery that sounds practically improvisational in its excitement. Production quality is non-existent, which really just kinda adds to the charm.

1951:

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Cantorials by David Kusevitsky

Gorgeous cantillation recordings. This kind of religious music is enough to make me truly want to believe in whatever it is that can inspire this kind of magic to erupt from this man's voice

1952:

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City Of Glass by Stan Kenton

one of the absolute greatest big band albums. Maddening, chaotic, and explosive but never straying too far from a central melody. It's like the most beautiful car crash.

1953:

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Sound Patterns by Various Artists

early experiments in field recordings and tape manipulation. What at first appears to be simple nature recordings eventually twists and contorts into increasingly warped iterations thereof. Cricket chirping at 1/8 speed followed by eskimo heartbeats? Yes please.

1954:

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New York 19 by Tony Schwartz

another work of early field recording, but this one focuses almost entirely on urban New York, brilliantly capturing the hustle and bustle of the city alongside the natural music found therein in the form of street musicians and the like. It's a really creative juxtaposition of "conventional" street music recorded alongside the music that can naturally arise from the ambient noises of an active city.

1955:

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Radio Programme No.1: Henry Jacobs' "Music & Folklore" by Henry Jacobs

one of the earliest musique concrete recordings, and also possible the most bizarre album of the 50s. A fair portion of this is radio play interviews with experimental artist Henry Jacobs as he talks a little bit about his work but mostly about totally unrelated shit, and then a huge chunk of this is wacky sound collages that sound at least 30 years ahead of their time. Towards the end of this album the interviews and sound experiments collide, and it's like the interviewer and interviewee both dropped acid and just kinda continued the interview and managed to record the whole thing from their perspective. Awesome shit if you have the patience and if you're the same kind of crazy as me.

1956:

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Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus

because lol it's Mingus duh 🥰

1957:

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Amalia À L'Olympia by Amália Rodrigues

the Queen of fado in her most legendary performance. In none of her recorded or live work (or indeed, in most anyone's) did she hit quite the level of just pure vocal passion found here. I can't speak a word of Portuguese and yet I still manage to get hit full force with all the longing and lament in every syllable. One of those records I want to take with me to the afterlife.

1958:

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Electronic Ballet Music "Cain And Abel" by H. Badings

a relatively early experiment in classical music heavily augmented with electronics. What makes this interesting compared to some of the more challenging works by John Cage and friends, this one almost embraces pop-sensibility in its electronic implementation. Whereas most early electronic classical at this period was relentlessly abstract, this shit is downright catchy, which honestly is just as hard to pull off if not harder given the limitations of the technology of the time. As cool as that all is in principle, the music itself just sounds damn good too. Technically it's an EP so it's quite short, but in a lot of ways this predicts electronic music's slow creep into mainstream consciousness, (which makes even more sense when you realize that this guy, despite being born and living his early life in Indonesia, is part of the Dutch collective The Institute of Sonology, whom you may know as that collective with that one guy who made an effing acid house track in 1957. I'm convinced that the entirety of The Netherlands is a country of space magicians from the future)

1959:

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Street And Gangland Rhythms: Beats And ...In Trouble

recordings of a bunch of 11-13 year olds in inner-city Baltimore just doing their thing with drums and words, and it's really incredible for a lot of reasons that I wont go into just yet because after Skinny does his Wu-Tang thread I'm doing one for this so ima save the good stuff for that. Stay tuned 😉

Re: Favorite Album of Each Year

Fischman — Tue, 1 Nov 2016 16:09:37 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 11/01/2016 20:09

2016 Ballads and Blues -- Brad Mehldau Trio
2015 Sco-Mule -- Gov't Mule with John Scofield
2014 The Art of Conversation -- Kenny Barron and Dave Holland
2013 Prism -- Dave Holland
2012 Clockwork Angels -- Rush
2011 Ghost on the Canvas -- Glen Campbell
2010 54 -- John Scofield
2009 Quartet Live -- Burton/Metheny/Swallow/Sanchez
2008 Bringing Back the Funk -- Brian Culbertson
2007 A Tale of God's Will -- Terence Blanchard
2006 Karmacode -- Lacuna Coil
2005 Octavarium -- Dream Theater
2004 Atlantis -- David Arkenstone
2003 Fear and Trembling -- Lord Only
2002 Speaking of Now -- Pat Metheny
2001 Bridge Across Forever -- Transatlantic
2000 Somewhere to Elsewhere -- Kansas
1999 Out of the Blue Jeff Golub
1998 Like Minds Gary Burton and -- Chick Corea
1997 The Book of Secrets -- Loreena McKennitt
1996 Stressfest -- The Steve Morse Band
1995 Tales From the Acoustic Planet -- Bela Fleck
1994 The Benoit Freeman Project -- David Benoit and Russ Freeman
1993 Skywatching -- Michael Gettel
1992 Images and Words -- Dream Theater
1991 Parallels -- Fates Warning
1990 Natives -- Peter Kater and R. Carlos Nakai
1989 High Tension Wires -- Steve Morse
1988 Riverdogs -- Riverdogs
1987 Wishes -- Jon Butcher
1986 3.V -- Zebra
1985 Silent Scream -- Shooting Star
1984 Thunder Seven -- Triumph
1983 Piece of Mind -- Iron Maiden
1982 December -- George Winston
1981 Moving Pictures -- Rush
1980 Heaven and Hell -- Black Sabbath
1979 Strikes -- Blackfoot
1978 Hemispheres -- Rush
1977 Nether Lands -- Dan Fogelberg
1976 Leftoverture -- Kansas
1975 Outlaws -- Outlaws
1974 Bridge of Sighs -- Robin Trower
1973 Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath -- Black Sabbath
1972 Thick as a Brick -- Jethro Tull
1971 Who's Next -- The Who
1970 Abraxas -- Santana
1969 To Our Children's Children's Children -- Moody Blues
1968 The Village Green Preservation Society -- Kinks
1967 Days of Future Passed -- Moody Blues
1966 Street of Dreams -- Grant Green
1965 Smokin' at the Half Note -- Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio
1964 Free For All -- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
1963 The Sidewinder -- Lee Morgan
1962 Full House -- Wes Montgomery
1961 Whistle Stop -- Kenny Dorham
1960 The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery -- Wes Montgomery
1959 A Night at the Vanguard -- Kenny Burrell
1958 Moanin' -- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
1957 Blue Train -- John Coltrane
1956 Study in Brown -- Clifford Brown and Max Roach
1955 Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers -- Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers
1954 Visits Paris -- Jimmy Raney
1953 Ellington --Ellington Uptown
1952 Moonlight in Vermont -- Johnny Smith
1951 New Faces - New Sounds -- Lou Donaldson
1950 B1rd and Diz -- Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie