Favorite album from each year since you were born

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Postby ska » 2015.01.01 (07:44)

I have imposed these two rules on my list:
1: No compilation albums (probably axiomatic)
2: No repeated artists (I have just selected one album from an artist where I might otherwise have selected more, mainly to maintain balance and eliminate excessive bias.)

Note: This list is 100% subject to change... there a few albums that you guys have mentioned which I will need to check out (as well as general top of the year lists). I look forward to it!

1990: [need to listen to some albums from my birth year!]
1991: Nirvana – Nevermind
1992: R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1993: Silverchair - Frogstomp
1994: Green Day - Dookie
1995: Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
1996: Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Santana - Supernatural
2000: Coldplay - Parachutes
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery (Incredible year for music, with Blink-182, Jamiroquai, The Strokes, Incubus, Train and Radiohead all releasing great albums.)
2002: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
2003: Linkin Park - Meteora
2004: James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
2005: Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
2006: Evermore - Real Life
2007: Kanye West - Graduation
2008: Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
2009: Muse - The Resistance
2010: The Naked And Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
2011: The Strokes - Angles
2012: Passion Pit - Gossamer
2013: Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
2014: deadmau5 - while (1<2)

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Postby Universezero » 2015.01.03 (11:49)

ska wrote:1990: [need to listen to some albums from my birth year!]
1991: Nirvana – Nevermind
1992: R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1993: Silverchair - Frogstomp
1994: Green Day - Dookie
1995: Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
1996: Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Santana - Supernatural
2000: Coldplay - Parachutes
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery (Incredible year for music, with Blink-182, Jamiroquai, The Strokes, Incubus, Train and Radiohead all releasing great albums.)
2002: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
2003: Linkin Park - Meteora
2004: James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
2005: Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
2006: Evermore - Real Life
2007: Kanye West - Graduation
2008: Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
2009: Muse - The Resistance
2010: The Naked And Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
2011: The Strokes - Angles
2012: Passion Pit - Gossamer
2013: Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
2014: deadmau5 - while (1<2)
Very good list, if not a tad generic. Although I can hardly speak since a lot of my list is too.
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Postby ska » 2015.01.03 (13:01)

Universezero wrote:
ska wrote:1990: [need to listen to some albums from my birth year!]
1991: Nirvana – Nevermind
1992: R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1993: Silverchair - Frogstomp
1994: Green Day - Dookie
1995: Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
1996: Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Santana - Supernatural
2000: Coldplay - Parachutes
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery (Incredible year for music, with Blink-182, Jamiroquai, The Strokes, Incubus, Train and Radiohead all releasing great albums.)
2002: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
2003: Linkin Park - Meteora
2004: James Blunt - Back To Bedlam
2005: Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
2006: Evermore - Real Life
2007: Kanye West - Graduation
2008: Spiritualized - Songs in A&E
2009: Muse - The Resistance
2010: The Naked And Famous - Passive Me, Aggressive You
2011: The Strokes - Angles
2012: Passion Pit - Gossamer
2013: Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe
2014: deadmau5 - while (1<2)
Very good list, if not a tad generic. Although I can hardly speak since a lot of my list is too.
Thanks -- I am also aware that most of my selections are mainstream picks, but you also have to be aware that I didn't start listening to alternative radio until 2010. I think I found out about In The Aeroplane Over the Sea from an episode of an Australian comedy podcast that poked fun of hipsters raving about how it's the best album of all time (perhaps implying that said fans were being pretentious). I downloaded the album and it was unlike anything I'd ever heard before, and it blew my mind. I just wasn't expecting it... and at risk of being labelled as one of the aforementioned hipsters, I objectively think it is one of the best albums on different levels.

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Postby Cheez » 2015.01.12 (02:07)

this sounds fun

1996: Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
1997: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: American Football - American Football
2000: Boris - Flood
2001: Björk - Vespertine
2002: Sonic Youth - Murray Street
2003: Boris - Boris at Last -Feedbacker-
2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
2005: Animal Collective - Feels
2006: Joanna Newsom - Ys
2007: Between the Buried and Me - Colors
2008: Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
2009: St. Vincent - Actor
2010: The Brave Little Abacus - Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright
2011: Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
2012: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
2013: Deafheaven - Sunbather
2014: Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All actually probably Kairon; IRSE! - Ujubasajuba

Any of you guys realized how great the year 2000 was for music? Kid A, Lift Your Skinny Fists, The Moon and Antarctica, Relationship of Command, etc.
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Postby 乳头的早餐谷物 » 2015.01.12 (04:27)

CONCORD VII

1989 – 1990
N/A

1991
MY BLOODY VALENTINE Loveless [2 votes: mintnut/palemoon]
NIRVANA Nevermind [2 votes: aidiera/ska]

1992
PAVEMENT Slanted & Enchanted [3 votes: yahoozy/flag/oughts]

1993
N/A

1994
WEEZER Weezer (Blue Album) [2 votes: flag/seneschal]

1995
RADIOHEAD The Bends [3 votes: oughts/seneschal/trance]
OASIS (What's the Story?) Morning Glory [2 votes: flag/ska]

1996
WEEZER Pinkerton [2 votes: flag/oughts]

1997
RADIOHEAD OK Computer [3 votes: oughts/scootastic/ska]

1998
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL In The Aeroplane Over The Sea [6 votes: flag/southpaw/oughts/mintnut/ska/cheez]
SUTCLIFFE JÜGEND When Pornography Is No Longer Enough [2 votes: gloomp/tunco]
MASSIVE ATTACK Mezzanine [2 votes: universezero/palemoon]

1999
THE NECKS Hanging Garden [4 votes: yahoozy/gloomp/rose/losttortuga]
THE FLAMING LIPS The Soft Bulletin [2 votes: flag/seneschal]
DR. DRE 2001 [2 votes: southpaw/universezero]

2000
RADIOHEAD Kid A [3 votes: flag/trance/losttortuga]
EMINEM The Marshall Mathers LP [2 votes: southpaw/universezero]
COLDPLAY Parachutes [2 votes: aidiera/ska]

2001
DAFT PUNK Discovery [4 votes: universezero/aidiera/palemoon/ska]
THE STROKES Is This It [3 votes: flag/southpaw/seneschal]

2002
GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Yanqui U.X.O. [3 votes: yahoozy/tunco/trance]
THE FLAMING LIPS - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots [2 votes: flag/southpaw]

2003
BORIS Boris at Last -Feedbacker- [4 votes: yahoozy/gloomp/tunco/cheez]
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Transatlanticism [3 votes: flag/southpaw/oughts]

2004
ARCADE FIRE Funeral [3 votes: southpaw/oughts/mintnut]

2005
DREAM THEATER Octavarium [2 votes: vyacheslav/scootastic]
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Feels [2 votes: southpaw/cheez]

2006
Joanna Newsom Ys [2 votes: southpaw/cheez]

2007
N/A

2008
FLEET FOXES Fleet Foxes [3 votes: southpaw/seneschal/aidiera]

2009
MEW No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories The World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away [2 votes: seneschal/oughts]

2010
THE NAKED AND FAMOUS Passive Me, Aggresive You [2 votes: trance/ska]

2011
TIM HECKER Ravedeath, 1972 [3 votes: sidke/palemoon/cheez]

2012
KENDRICK LAMAR good kid, m.A.A.d city [2 votes: seneschal/cheez]

2013
VAMPIRE WEEKEND Modern Vampires of the City [2 votes: mintnut/aidiera]

2014
N/A

Personal compatibilities

AIDIERA ska(3) southpaw seneschal universezero palemoon
CHEEZ southpaw(3) flag oughts mintnut ska yahoozy gloomp tunco sidke palemoon seneschal
FLAG oughts(4) southpaw(4) seneschal(3) ska(2) yahoozy mintnut trance losttortuga cheez
GLOOMP tunco(2) yahoozy(2) rose losttortuga cheez
LOSTTORTUGA yahoozy gloomp rose flag trance
MINTNUT southpaw(2) oughts(2) flag palemoon ska cheez
OUGHTS flag(4) southpaw(3) seneschal(2) mintnut(2) ska(2) yahoozy trance scootastic cheez
PALEMOON universezero(2) mintnut aidiera ska sidke cheez
ROSE yahoozy gloomp losttortuga
SCOOTASTIC oughts vyacheslav ska
SENESCHAL flag(3) oughts(2) southpaw(2) trance aidiera cheez
SIDKE palemoon cheez
SKA aidiera(3) flag(2) oughts(2) scootastic southpaw mintnut cheez universezero palemoon trance
SOUTHPAW flag(4) oughts(3) cheez(3) universezero(2) seneschal(2) mintnut(2) aidiera ska
TRANCE oughts seneschal flag losttortuga yahoozy tunco ska
TUNCO gloomp(2) yahoozy(2) trance cheez
UNIVERSEZERO southpaw(2) palemoon(2) aidiera ska
VYACHESLAV scootastic
YAHOOZY gloomp(2) tunco(2) flag oughts rose losttortuga trance cheez
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Postby lifdoff » 2015.01.12 (23:29)

I love discussing music, so here goes.

1995: Ulver - Bergtatt
1996: Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
1997: Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine: Biomech
1998: Buckethead - Colma
1999: Iced Earth - Alive in Athens (this is a live album, but it's too good to not include)
2000: Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. 1
2001: Devin Townsend - Terria
2002: Kalmah - They Will Return
2003: Swallow the Sun - The Morning Never Came
2004: Wintersun - Wintersun
2005: System of a Down - Hypnotize
2006: Dog Fashion Disco - Adultery
2007: Sigh - Hangman's Hymn
2008: Trivium - Shogun
2009: Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2010: Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising
2011: Grayceon - All We Destroy
2012: Sigh - In Somniphobia
2013: Caladan Brood - Echoes of Battle
2014: Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel
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Postby ska » 2015.01.13 (05:15)

Wow... I have only heard of System of a Down and Nevermore from the above list...

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Postby lifdoff » 2015.01.13 (08:44)

Looking over your list, you might enjoy Colma and... that's it, mainly, so given your apparent taste, your probably not missing out on much. :)
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Postby  yahoozy » 2015.01.13 (10:31)

Updated

1992 - Naked City - Leng Tch'e
1993 - Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
1994 - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
1995 - Fugazi - Red Medicine
1996 - Polvo - Exploded Drawing
1997 - Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
1998 - Boredoms - Super æ
1999 - Rachel's - Selenography
2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
2001 - Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives
2002 - John Zorn - Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide
2003 - Boris - Boris at Last: Feedbacker
2004 - Hot Snakes - Audit in Progress
2005 - Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
2006 - Tortoise - A Lazarus Taxon
2007 - Neurosis - Given to the Rising
2008 - Boris - Smile -Live at Wolf Creek-
2009 - Mouse on the Keys - An Anxious Object
2010 - Marco Benevento - Between the Needles and Nightfall
2011 - Royal Headache - Royal Headache
2012 - John Zorn - A Vision in Blakelight
2013 - Tera Melos - X'ed Out
2014 - Budos Band - Burnt Offering

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Postby 乳头的早餐谷物 » 2015.01.13 (10:56)

yuuzhu wrote:2009 - Mouse on the Keys - An Anxious Object
Nice pick.
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Postby Cheez » 2015.01.16 (03:14)

I'm going to go ahead and make a prediction which I'll revisit at the end of the year:

2015: Björk - Vulnicura

I'm not sure what all albums are even supposed to come out this year (or have yet to be announced), so I guess we'll see how Bork stands up.
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Postby  yahoozy » 2015.01.16 (14:59)

ℕipply ℙuffs® wrote:
yuuzhu wrote:2009 - Mouse on the Keys - An Anxious Object
Nice pick.
Yeah, and it was hard picking it over the Polvo album that came out that year. Just got into this album last year so we'll see how it stands up.

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Postby Universezero » 2015.04.16 (01:57)

1994: PINK FLOYD - The Division Bell
1995: CYPRESS HILL - III: Temples of Boom
1996: DAFT PUNK - Homework
1997: PORTISHEAD - Portishead
1998: MASSIVE ATTACK - Mezzanine
1999: DR. DRE - 2001
2000: EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP
2001: DAFT PUNK - Discovery
2002: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Justified
2003: JACK JOHNSON - On and On
2004: DJ KRUSH - Jaku
2005: GORILLAZ - Demon Days
2006: FAT FREDDY'S DROP - Based on a True Story
2007: MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
2008: PENDULUM - In Silico
2009: FAT FREDDY'S DROP - Dr. Boondigga & the Big BW
2010: GORILLAZ - Plastic Beach
2011: NAIBU - Habitat LP
2012: KENDRICK LAMAR - good kid, m.A.A.d city
2013: SETTLE - Disclosure
2014: CULPRATE - Deliverance
2015: KENDRICK LAMAR - To Pimp a Butterfly
2016: KENDRICK LAMAR - Untitled Unmastered

Deliverance is an absolute masterpiece.
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