Year by Year Favourite Albums

[LoathedVermin72]

2015: Jazz Cartier - Marauding in Paradise
2014: Babymetal - Babymetal
2013: Kanye West - Yeezus
2012: Die Antwoord - TEN$ION
2011: Septicflesh - The Great Mass
2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2009: Eyedea & Abilities - By the Throat
2008: Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
2007: Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
2006: Raw Radar War - ==
2005: Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
2004: Fantomas - Delirium Cordia
2003: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
2002: Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
2001: Life without Buildings - Any Other City
2000: At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
1999: Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
1998: The Dillinger Escape Plan - Under the Running Board (This was an insanely difficult decision.)
1997: Strapping Young Lad - City
1996: Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
1995: Pyogenesis - Twinaleblood
1994: Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
1993: Pearl Jam - Vs.
1992: Melvins - Lysol
1991: Pearl Jam - Ten
1990: Danzig - Danzig II: Lucifuge
1989: Pixies - Doolittle
1988: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
1987: The Exploited - Death Before Dishonour
1986: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1984: Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
1983: The Exploited - Let's Start a War...Said Maggie One Day
1982: The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
1981: Au Pairs - Playing with a Different Sex
1980: David Bowie - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1978: X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents
1977: Pink Floyd - Animals
1976: Led Zeppelin - Presence
1975: Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
1974: David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
1973: The Stooges - Raw Power
1972: David Bowie - The Rise of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1971: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1970: The Velvet Underground - Loaded
1969: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
1968: Dr. John - Gris-Gris
1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

Since I went with MBDTF for 2010, here are the runners-up: Interpol - Interpol, Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight to the World, Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder, Mike Patton - Mondo cane, Daughters - Daughters

Man, 2010 was a good year. There were tons of other good albums even beyond those.

[i got bugs]

I almost feel like I gotta limit my fav bands to 2 albums a piece

[BurtReynolds]

Is there some kinda program or list somewhere that has this info, or do you guys just remember when shit came out?

[i got bugs]

Google n got this to refresh memory on some years

http://www.besteveralbums.com/yearstats ... esc&page=4

[LoathedVermin72]

Is there some kinda program or list somewhere that has this info, or do you guys just remember when shit came out?

I use rateyourmusic.com, so I can just look through all my ratings by year.

[BurtReynolds]

outstanding

[Mike]

Since I went with MBDTF for 2010, here are the runners-up: Interpol - Interpol, Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight to the World, Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder, Mike Patton - Mondo cane, Daughters - Daughters

I love the first the Interpol records but thought that one was a letdown after a few listens and never revisited it again. Maybe I should give it another go.

Is there some kinda program or list somewhere that has this info, or do you guys just remember when shit came out?

I listen to pretty much all of my music on my computer where every album has a year tag so I could sort by year with foobar.
I also used RateYourMusic yearly charts.
Are you active on RYM, LV? Give me your account

[LoathedVermin72]

Since I went with MBDTF for 2010, here are the runners-up: Interpol - Interpol, Dax Riggs - Say Goodnight to the World, Melvins - The Bride Screamed Murder, Mike Patton - Mondo cane, Daughters - Daughters

I love the first the Interpol records but thought that one was a letdown after a few listens and never revisited it again. Maybe I should give it another go.

Is there some kinda program or list somewhere that has this info, or do you guys just remember when shit came out?

I listen to pretty much all of my music on my computer where every album has a year tag so I could sort by year with foobar.
I also used RateYourMusic yearly charts.
Are you active on RYM, LV? Give me your account

Oh yeah, very active. RYM has sorta been my internet home for years. https://rateyourmusic.com/~LoathedVermin72

Who are you on there?

[Mike]

https://rateyourmusic.com/~mofffomoff
I really love the site but I didn't really start actively rating stuff. Every time I try to start I think way too much about my ratings and then stop. I'll give it another try.

[Kevin Davis]

Is there some kinda program or list somewhere that has this info, or do you guys just remember when shit came out?

For the most part I just remember

[Birds in Hell]

1960: Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
1961: Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
1962: Bill Evans and Jim Hall - Undercurrent
1963: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and Sinner Lady
1964: Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Doors - The Doors
1968: The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
1969: King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
1970: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1971: Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1973: Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
1974: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
1975: Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976: Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
1977: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978: Ramones - Road to Ruin
1979: Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
1980: The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
1981: The Cure - Faith
1982: Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
1983: Wipers - Over The Edge
1984: Harold Budd - Abandoned Cities
1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1986: Sonic Youth - EVOL
1987: Sonic Youth - Sister
1988: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989: The Necks - Sex
1990: David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks OST
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind

It seems as though my interest in music drops off markedly right around the time I started engaging with it contemporaneously which makes me kind of uncomfortable but it's not entirely untrue - a sort of "don't care to belong to any club that would have me as a member" type of thing, perhaps. I think it's simply in my nature to be somewhat suspicious of things that I enjoy (or suspicious of that enjoyment, more accurately) which is amplified in circumstances where I can't easily place something in a historical context. That isn't to say that some of my favourite music hasn't been made in recent years, of course - it absolutely has, however I'd struggle to pick one album per year that I feel as strongly about as those above (it's particularly hard for my teens/early 20s, that's pretty much where I threw in the towel in drafting my list).

[LoathedVermin72]

Being suspicious of things you enjoy sounds exhausting.

[Kaius]

I'm pretty sure I know exactly what he means.

[Mike]

Can you elaborate on what being suspicious of things you enjoy means? Are you not sure if something you enjoy is truly great?

[Kevin Davis]

1960: Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
1961: Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
1962: Bill Evans and Jim Hall - Undercurrent
1963: Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and Sinner Lady
1964: Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Doors - The Doors
1968: The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
1969: King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
1970: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1971: Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1973: Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
1974: Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
1975: Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976: Klaus Schulze - Moondawn
1977: AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978: Ramones - Road to Ruin
1979: Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
1980: The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
1981: The Cure - Faith
1982: Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
1983: Wipers - Over The Edge
1984: Harold Budd - Abandoned Cities
1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1986: Sonic Youth - EVOL
1987: Sonic Youth - Sister
1988: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989: The Necks - Sex
1990: David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti - Twin Peaks OST
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind

It seems as though my interest in music drops off markedly right around the time I started engaging with it contemporaneously which makes me kind of uncomfortable but it's not entirely untrue - a sort of "don't care to belong to any club that would have me as a member" type of thing, perhaps. I think it's simply in my nature to be somewhat suspicious of things that I enjoy (or suspicious of that enjoyment, more accurately) which is amplified in circumstances where I can't easily place something in a historical context. That isn't to say that some of my favourite music hasn't been made in recent years, of course - it absolutely has, however I'd struggle to pick one album per year that I feel as strongly about as those above (it's particularly hard for my teens/early 20s, that's pretty much where I threw in the towel in drafting my list).

These are great selections; had I gone back past '64 they are almost certainly the exact records I'd have chosen, though for '61 I probably would have picked Coltrane at the Village Vanguard.

I would almost claim the opposite of your second paragraph, though -- I find there's a fair amount of personal significance behind my rating of music from years where I was actively engaged with it, as I feel like I have a distinct connection with how I processed those records against other music that came out at the time. Last year, I remember "Lost in the Dream" really standing out among other music that was coming out at the same time, and identifying with it against that backdrop. I don't have that same connection with stuff that came out in the '60's, say -- at that point it's just picking a favorite album from a pile of CD's that share a copyright date. Our cutoffs are about the same, though -- once I hit the early '90's, the nature of the process begins to change...

[bada]

Can you elaborate on what being suspicious of things you enjoy means? Are you not sure if something you enjoy is truly great?

I can't think of a way to speculate on what he means without sounding like a dick.

[epilogue]

2015: Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
2014: St. Vincent - St. Vincent
2013: Iron and Wine - Ghost on Ghost
2012: The Mynabirds - Generals
2011: St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
2010: The Mynabirds - What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
2009: St. Vincent - Actor
2008: The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
2007: Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
2006: The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
2005: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
2004: Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
2003: The Decemberists - Her Majesty the Decemberists
2002: Pearl Jam - Riot Act
2001: Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
2000: Elliott Smith - Figure 8
1999: Tom Waits - Mule Variations
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1996: Pearl Jam - No Code
1995: Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
1994: Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
1993: Nirvana - In Utero
1992: Tom Waits - Bone Machine
1991: Pearl Jam - Ten
1990: The La's - The La's
1989: The Beautiful South - Welcome to the Beautiful South
1988: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1987: Michael Jackson - Bad
1986: R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1984: The Replacements - Let It Be
1983: The Violent Femmes - The Violent Femmes
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller
1981: N/A
1980: Tom Waits - Heartattack and Vine
1979: The Clash - London Calling
1978: Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
1977: Pink Floyd - Animals
1976: Bob Dylan - Desire
1975: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1974: Big Star - Radio City
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
1970: Led Zeppelin - III
1969: Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
1968: The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
1967: The Beatles - Magical Myster Tour
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1964: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1963: Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1962: N/A
1961: Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth
1960: Django Reinhardt - The Best of Django Reinhardt (Compliation)
1959: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
1958: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
1957: Sam Cooke - Sam Cooke
1956: Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues
1955: Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
1954: N/A
1953: Tom Lehrer - Songs by Tom Lehrer
1952: Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose
1951: George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess
1950: Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Gershwin

Man, that was tough. And there are a few years where I just don't have a favorite album. Wow.

It's staggering how many years I could have put four or five other records and been okay with it.

[Mike]

Great list. We both have nothing for 81. Someone should recommend us some great 81 albums.

The Replacements - Let It Bleed

[epilogue]

Great list. We both have nothing for 81. Someone should recommend us some great 81 albums.

The Replacements - Let It Bleed

Sorry errybody. Fixed.

[epilogue]

This was a fun exercise. Thanks for starting the thread.

I can't believe how many hours I've spent listening to music. It's just astounding.