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Tehz:
This took me well over three hours to finish (bye bye, afternoon). At the same time, I felt it was a good exercise, and I had a lot of fun doing it. My entries start off kind of bare bones, then get much longer as I move further into the furture; I started to get really into it after a little while. I hope you guys read and enjoy!

1992: Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement

My favorite Pavement album, so I'd say it definitely deserves its spot here. Its songs may not be as catchy as Crooked Rain's, and Jesus Christ is the recording a sloppy mess, but it's things like this that give the album a special kind of charm. Gary Young, where art thou?

1993: Icky Mettle - Archers of Loaf

This album is kind of like the drunk, unemployed cousin of Slanted and Enchanted; it sounds somewhat similar, but the lyrics are angrier and Eric Bachmann's vocals are gruffer and meaner than Malkmus'. Regardless of the overall malcontented tone, so many of the songs are so damn catchy that you just can't help but love it. I dare you to not sing along with the chanting "all I ever wanted, all I ever wanted" part of "Web in Front", I fucking dare you. You will lose.

1994: There's Nothing Wrong With Love - Built to Spill

This is my favorite album by Built to Spill, but it isn't their best; this is a theme that will continue throughout this list. Once again, the songs are catchy as all hell, probably amongst the catchiest I've ever heard. While Doug Martsch's mastery of the electric guitar isn't as evident as it is on later albums, he still manages to melt collective listener face with tracks like "Some" and "Distopian Dream Girl". And c'mon, who doesn't like "Car"? I know guys who listen to nothing but death metal and ska who like "Car", and that is no lie.

1995: The Bends - Radiohead

For years after I first bought this album, I considered it my favorite of all time. While I'm not so sure I can give it the overall top spot anymore, it's still definitely up there, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. Without The Bends, I would not be the person I am today. During a period of time where I listened to almost nothing but radio-friendly pop-punk and psuedo-emo (I was thirteen, shut up), this album was like nothing I'd ever heard, and my horizons were drastically broadened because of it. Becoming a Radiohead fan indirectly led to me becoming a Flaming Lips fan and a Modest Mouse fan, and becoming a fan of those two led to me becoming a fan of other bands...almost entirely indirectly, but regardless, it all started with this album. For that reason (and because it's a fucking incredible album, one I can still listen to from beginning to end on a regular basis), my copy will never leave my collection.

1996: Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin

As a guy who doesn't listen to very much electronica at all, I have no idea why I love this CD so much. Regardless, Richard James' self-titled album is one of the highlights of my library, one I truly can say that I'm very proud to own. The story behind how I came to buy it is kind of a strange one; my friends and I loved the David Firth animated music video for "Milkman" (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/190638), and when I actually found the album that had the song on it, I had to buy it. I did so kind of as a joke, just to show it to my friends as "the album with that Milkman song on it", but after getting it home and listening to it, my mind was blown; the fact that I really had no idea what to expect when I first popped it in just added to how amazing most of the songs sounded to me. Plus, it has the best fuckin' album art I've ever seen.



C'mon, that's just awesome.

1997: The Fury of the Aquabats! - The Aquabats!

Just like the Aphex Twin album I just went over, The Fury of the Aquabats! might seem kind of out of place amongst all these alternative rock and indie rock albums, but just the fact that I really don't own too much else like it just makes it all the more lovable. For anyone not in the know, The Aquabats(!) are a ska/punk band (their sound is more new-wave influenced now, but I digress) who dress like superheros and write songs about being superheros, fighting villains and saving the day and whatnot. Besides having some of the funniest lyrics I've ever heard, the majority of the songs are so happy and bouncy that I actually have to make an effort not to stand up and dance whenever I listen to them. Furthermore, all the guys in the group are actually really talented musicians, and it shows with the ripping guitars, Travis Barker's complex drum lines (yep, he was in this band for a few years) and the old sci-fi movie-influenced synth. God damn, I love this album so much.

Also, this is completely irrelevant, but these guys put on the best live show ever, complete with fighting monsters onstage, concertgoers arriving dressed as heroes/villains for no good reason, and engaging in conversation with the audience in between songs. Seriously, you need to see these dudes live.

1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

Ok, I fucked up. I originally had a different album here, one that I wasn't too enthusiastic about writing about. I somehow managed to forget to mention this classic. I don't really feel like typing another paragraph right now, so I'll just say that this was one of my first indie rock purchases, and for that reason and that reason alone this album will remain an integral part of my collection forever.

1999: The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

Even though I vastly prefer their fuzz-heavy alternative rock sound to their more recent experimental work, The Soft Bulletin is still my favorite album by the Lips. While the lyrics are pretty much of the same variety as they were in the band's earlier albums (mostly about life, death, love, and drugs), they fit in much better with the symphonic, synth-heavy music. The album has this overall epic tone to it, deserving to be played loud. The songs offer a variety of things to the listener: hope ("Waitin' For A Superman", "Race for the Prize"), a pretty decent lovey-dovey kind of mood ("Buggin', "Slow Motion"), plus a number of other emotions. It really depends on how the listener interprets the songs' meanings; no two people with get the exact same effect from the album.

2000: The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse

Wow, where do I start with this one? I bought this one after months and months of procrastination; seeing it in the store but choosing something else over it (but always reassuring myself "I'll get it next time I see it"), having it recommended to me by people who already owned it, seeing the glowing reviews online and telling myself "Wow, I really should get that", but it took me until December 2006 before I finally got my hands on a copy.

Within the first day of owning it, I listened to it nearly four times over, and for the next few weeks, it was practically all I listened to.

What's my favorite thing about it? Isaac Brock's introspective lyrics? Maybe. Jeremiah Green's fucking masterful drumming? Could be. The fact that the whole album flows like water, leading seamlessly from one song into another for pretty much the whole thing? Perhaps. Even more difficult to decide is which song is my favorite. It could be “3rd Planet”, the song that convinced me to buy the album in the first place. It could be “The Stars are Projectors”, the 8 minute 47 second epic that bounces from one mood to another, finally ending with a mind-blowing orchestral meltdown that's both terrifying and uplifting at the same time. Maybe it's “Lives”, an acoustic track that uses a folky-sounding string section to rocket the already high emotional level of the song sky-high. I could debate what facet/song of the album is my favorite for hours and maybe even come to an eventual conclusion, but for now, I'll just leave it at this: The Moon and Antarctica is Modest Mouse's best album, the best album to come out during 2000, and one of my favorite albums of all time. It has so much to offer, ranging from chill-out songs to fuck-this-life-I'm-pissed songs. You simply must own it.

2001: Sad Sappy Sucker - Modest Mouse

Two Modest Mouse albums on the same list? Hell, in a row? Yes, and I have good reason to do so. While the album was released in '01, it was recorded in the early 90's, back when some of the members of the band were still in/fresh out of high school. Originally meant to be their first album, This is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing to Think About was chosen over it, and S.S.S. sat on a shelf collecting dust for years until K Records finally released it. Despite being shoddily recorded and having songs that rarely last more than two minutes or so, the album still somehow manages to be one of my favorite Mouse albums. Brock was still a pretty damn great lyricist even then, Jeremiah Green could still hold his own as a drummer, and Eric Judy...was nowhere to be seen on most of the songs, but John Wickhart was a pretty decent bassist. The majority of the songs are simple in structure and have nowhere near the emotional depth of their later work, but at the same time, the album has this overall despondent mood, one I can't really describe. It might have something to do with knowing the band's backstory, how Isaac was living in a shed outside his mother's trailer during most of the recording, but that's not important. The album sounds dirty and melancholy, a portrait of white trash culture recorded entirely in lo-fi. I wouldn't recommend it to a first-time Modest Mouse listener or even a second-time, but hardcore fans shouldn't ignore it for a minute.

2002: You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene

Ugh, goddammit. I'm literally having a hard time coming up with the right words to describe this. It's a waste of time just sitting here typing a few sentences, deciding that what I just typed doesn't do it justice and then starting over again, so I'll just keep it brief. This album is a masterpiece, one that you must hear for yourself. Its songs represent almost every kind of mood a song can represent (without going to extremes, of course). The whole thing has a lovelorn, almost dreamy kind of atmosphere to it, the kind of album you just put on and relax, and think. Still, I feel my words are inadequate for a record of such excellence; it defies description, at least based on my writing experience. It's not for everyone, but if you dig atmospheric, deeply layered baroque pop, this should be your next purchase.

2003: The Ugly Organ – Cursive

I'm a generally happy guy, and a pretty decent amount of the music I listen to is light-hearted; good-mood music, so to speak. However, when I'm feeling depressed, angry, and in some cases, suicidal (okay okay, it never really gets that bad), I turn to Cursive. Tim Kasher's frenzied screams are the perfect prescription for such a mood, and while not my favorite album by them (that would be 2000's Domestica, but The Moon and Antarctica deserves the “best of” honor for that year), The Ugly Organ is still pretty terrific regardless. New member Gretta Cohn's weeping cello adds a whole new dimension to Cursive's already desperate sound, using it almost like a third guitar in some songs, weaving crooked and harsh noises in with the chaos surrounding them. While it doesn't seem as personal an album as Domestica (The Ugly Organ is a concept album following a fictional character with songs about (I'm assuming to be) fictional events, where as Domestica was a concept album following events based on Kasher's real life), it still can fill even the most cheerful a listener with despair. The final track, “Staying Alive”, lifts that emotional weight, filling you with hope as a chorus chants “The worst is over”. The worst may be over for the time being, but let's hope it doesn't stay that way for Kasher for too long (that sounds just horrible to say, doesn't it?); otherwise, we may never hear a great Cursive album ever again.

2004: I'm drawing a blank here. Don't get me wrong, I own albums released in 2004; hell, I even like the majority of them. But none of them seem good enough to talk about here. None of them left a big impression on me, none of them changed the way I look at life of introduced me to a slew of other similar artists who later became some of my favorites. Nope, nothing along those lines here. This may be cheating, as I'm certain I could easily write about one of the albums I own released during that year, but it'd be like lying; I could praise it as much as I want, but they'd be nothing but empty compliments. Sorry, everyone. I let you down.

2005: Silent Alarm - Bloc Party

Silent Alarm is without a doubt one of my favorite albums ever. I'd rank it within my top ten, easily. Between Kele's super unique vocals and heartfelt  lyrics, Russell's sharp, biting solos, Matt's complex and fast-paced drumming and Gordon's simple yet fitting basslines, the album just works. The members of the band all have fantastic chemistry, and it completely shows on Silent Alarm. One thing the album especially excels at is variety; it features your standard love song fare (“This Modern Love”, “So Here We Are”...Jesus, referring to these songs as “standard' just seems wrong), moody dance-punk (“Banquet”, “Luno”), and some truly breathtaking atmospheric ambient tracks as well (“Plans”, “Compliments”). Although only appearing on some versions, hidden track “Every Time is the Last Time” is so fucking incredible it's worth mentioning even though the chances that your copy has it are pretty bad. If your copy doesn't include it, download it somewhere and put it on repeat. It's one of those songs where no matter what kind of mood you're in, it just makes everything feel right. Those kind of songs are hard to come by these days.

2006: Fuck me. Once again, I don't feel any of the albums I own that came out in '06 are worth talking about. I'm ashamed.

2007: Spirit If... - Kevin Drew

Although not a particularly important album to me, it's still definitely worth mentioning. Les Savy Fav's Let's Stay Friends came so close to taking this year, but Kevin Drew's “solo” album (that term has to be used loosely, as Kevin is nowhere near the only musician present on the album) is not only a really really good listen, oh no; at least not to me. I had known about Broken Social Scene for some time when I finally got around to getting Spirit If..., but I never really felt motivated to run out and get one of their albums. After listening to Drew's album way too many times, I finally felt that motivation; I figured that his full band must sound like this, only better. That was indeed the case, and then some.

I'm not saying that the only reason I regard this album so highly is because it was my gateway to Broken Social Scene; trust me, it's still fantastic. Like I said before, very few of the songs feature Kevin and only Kevin; in fact, I don't think any of them do. Not only do bandmates from B.S.S. make appearances, but a number of other musicians also drop by to say hello in certain tracks; most prominent is Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis, who provides some pretty fucking excellent guitar work on “Backed Out On The...”, making it one of the album's strongest tracks. Overall, Spirit If... sounds kind of like a stripped down Broken Social Scene album, except minus the “stripped down” part; only a handful of songs feature anything less than say, five or six individual musicians at a time. Even still, it's hard to fault this one; Broken Social Scene fans, and indie rock fans in general, owe it to themselves to pick this one up.

2008: Saturdays = Youth – M83

Anthony Gonzalez's latest release is my favorite album of 2008, thus far at least. It combines what I like about their older albums – intense, multi-layered electronic chaos – with a number of elements straight out of 1980's dream pop. Heavy (and cheesy, but that's not really a bad thing here) synth, angelic female vocals, and piano-driven ballads are all commonplace here. It's a bizarre move on Gonzalez's part, but it ends up working much better than one might think. It literally sounds like it could've been released during the 80's; if I didn't know any better, I'd probably think it was. Almost any of the tracks could easily fit in the soundtrack of a classic John Hughes movie. While not M83's best, it has a unique sound that I doubt too many other bands could match nowadays. I'm not sure if I'd want them to make more albums like this, but if they do, then so be it. I'll buy a copy and listen avidly just the same.

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: Lamrock on 01 Sep 2008, 16:41 ---1999: Blur - 13
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Wrong.

The fact that you were born in 1993 and have such Britpoppy music taste scares the shit out of me.

Lunk:
This was harder than I expected, which probably means I was forgetting some obvious choices.  I went for a mix of stuff that I really liked at the time or that held some sort of significance, and things I started enjoying more recently.  The early 90s were the hardest for me, probably because it was before I started actively listening to music at the time, and after most of the stuff I've gone back to listen to since, hence duplicate artists (which I tried to avoid for the sake of variety), reissues, etc.

1987: Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Wanted to get some Pixies in here and 87 was open.  I got my copy of it at a very cool record store in Pittsburgh while I was waiting for my order at the burger joint across the street when I went to visit my brother last Thanksgiving.

1988: The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
A great album, and it's become somewhat of a family tradition to listen to it while putting up the Christmas tree.

1989: New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
Saw them on tour this spring, best show I've ever been to (admittedly out of a fairly limited selection).

1990: New Model Army - Impurity
See above.

1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
No real reason or story, it's just good.

1992: Emmylou Harris - Light of the Stable
Yeah, it's originally from 79 and this is a reissue and I'm probably cheating.  But it's THE definitive family Christmas album that always got played on the ride home from my grandmother's Christmas Eve parties.  It's not my fault I'm too young for the original!

1993: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Live Seeds
I recently spent what otherwise would have been a miserable, sleepless night listening to this and watching a thunder storm.  So good.

1994: Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George
I had known "A Girl Like You" for a while (probably because VH1 used to run Empire Records constantly) but never gave it much thought one way or the other until someone told me to listen to "The Campaign for Real Rock." Such a great track.

1995: Power Rangers soundtrack
Hey!  Why's everyone laughing at me? :(  First CD I ever owned.  I went on about a 3 year Van Halen binge after hearing "Dreams."  Choice possibly influenced by having just finished reading an article about VH being pissed at McCain for using their stuff.

1996: Dave Matthews Band - Crash
I was a huge DMB fan when I was younger.  I don't dislike them now so much as I just never feel the urge to listen to them.

1997: Portishead - Portishead
No real reason or story, it's just good.

1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Dear West Wing: Thank you for introducing me to Massive Attack.  And Dire Straits.

1999: Low & Dirty Three - In the Fishtank
No real reason or story, it's just good.

2000: Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack
I know a lot of it is fairly cringe-worthy, but at the time I was basically listening to 3 bands: Pink Floyd, Queen, and Foo Fighters.  Hence, putting a Foo Fighters and Brian May cover of "Have a Cigar" on an album was a good way to get my money.  Shortly after getting it we took a family vacation and I forgot my CD wallet, so I just had my discman and the disc that was in it at the time - this.  Listening to it now brings back fond memories of sitting on the front deck of my uncle's beach house reading The Golden Compass while listening to it over and over.  Memories associated with the movie itself are decidedly less good, including a hospital visit.

2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
I was trying to come up with something else for some variety since this has already been named a few times, but couldn't.  Similar to Squawk, for some reason the "One More Time" video really stuck with me the first time I saw it.  I rarely reach for music in this vein, but when I do, it's almost always Discovery.

2002: Dropkick Murphys - Live on St. Patrick's Day
This was a present from my brother as he was leaving home.  Played often in answer to my dad's more traditional Irish music.

2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
I got this and a foosball table for my birthday.  My dad was helping me put the table together and almost dropped something very heavy on himself when he started laughing at "Little Acorns."

2004: William Shatner - Has Been
Captain James Tiberius Kirk requires no justification.

2005: New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
My introduction to the band.  Listening to it always makes me smile.

2006: Jesu - Silver
No real reason or story, it's just good.

2007: Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
Soundtrack to an excellent end of summer road trip.

2008: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
"We Call Upon the Author" always reminds me of Ex-PFC Wintergreen: "Prolix! Prolix! Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!"

[edit]: Naturally I've come up with about 5 albums that I can't believe I forgot since posting.  Oh well.

carrotosaurus:
I feel like I'm the oldest one on the forum. Anyway, here's a list of favorites for the the years 1984 - 2008. This list is horribly subject to change, but this is how I feel at the moment... This took me 6 billion hours! Ok, so more like 3. Still, it was really hard to pick anything once I got to 2000 and beyond.

1984 - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
This live album is the culmination of the brilliance behind the Talking Heads... you know it's going to be brilliant right from the first moments of the boombox drumbeat.

1985 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
When I first heard it I wasn't really sure what to think of it. Now I can't really get enough of it. There's really not anything like it out there. I'll give Mekons' Fear and Whiskey an honorable mention because it's a great album chock full of raw energy and weird instrumentation.

1986 - Sun City Girls - Grotto of Miracles
This one wasn't hard, because it's a great album and everyone should listen to it. But, special shoutout goes to XTC's Skylarking, because I love Andy Partridge's bending vocals, and this is probably my favorite XTC album. Holy shit I almost forgot Licensed to Ill came out this year too.

1987 - Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
It's a great album, despite some moments of technical difficulties where Mascis can't seem to figure out what pedal he just stomped on and the horrible final track Poledo. You can't listen to Raisans and not want to rock out.

1988 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
I know this one is stereotypical and everyone loves it, but hey, come on, it's Daydream Nation.

1989 - Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Yeah, in case you haven't noticed I'm a shoegaze freak. You just can't go wrong with Galaxie 500. Also, I have to say that The 2 Live Crew's As Nasty As They Wanna Be was a big seller for me growing up so this should at least be mentioned.

1990 - They Might Be Giants - Flood
This was a tough year to pick anything from, there's so many great albums, but I end up listening to Flood more than any other TMBG album, so I have to throw it on here. I'm a huge nerd.

1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Because it's the absolute shit. Of all the great albums that came out in 1991, this is the most important.

1992 - Lilys - In the Prescense of Nothing
If you haven't heard this album yet, you should. It's goddamn brilliant.

1993 - Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
I dare you to find a better opening track than Hang on.

1994 - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
I can't get over Bee Thousand. It's one of my favorites and I just can't stop listening to it.

1995 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Well this was tough, it was between this and Wilco's A.M. but since I listened to the Pumpkins more growing up I'll give it to them. This was a real awesome album when I was in school and I still have the tapes to this day.

1996 - Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Yeah 1996 was a great year for music, Songs for a Blue Guitar came out in 96, and so did Emperor Tomato Ketchup and Fuzzy Logic. But even so If You're Feeling Sinister is the better album here.

1997 - M. Ward - Duet for Guitars #2
This one's a real winner. M. Ward's best in my eyes. OK Computer would be a cool choice here too, but I'm way past my Radiohead phase.

1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
I can't believe how awesome 1998 was for music, but out of all the choices I'm going to have to go with the crowd and pick this classic.

1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
One of the most perfect albums ever made. It's pure bliss from start to finish. If I could ignore it ever existed, I would put The Gerbils - Are You Sleepy? in this slot but I can't. Also, The Avalanches released Since I Left You this year, which is in my top ten albums of all time, so it was a really tough choice.

2000 - Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came
His best. You can all go to hell if you don't agree. Anyway, Kid A also came out this year and that was a big part of my life for a long time. There's a lot of great albums that came out in 2000 actually... No one's mentioned Tarantel's Fear of Bridges which is great, or Six Organs of Admittance's Dust and Chimes which is a materpiece. Sadly, neither are as good in my book as A Sun Came.

2001 - My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
This was a really hard choice! I think At Dawn is totally brilliant. Runners up include Discovery, The Glow, pt. 2 and Oh, Inverted World.

2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Fuck you, 2002! I can't believe so many great albums came out this year. Kill the Moonlight, YHF, American: IV, and You Forgot it in People! Wow this was a tough choice. Ultimately, YHF won out, but not after a brutal battle in my head. I bought YHF the day it came out and it has been one of my top listens ever since. Although, the same story applies to Kill the Moonlight...

2003 - Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
The folk songs are really amazing and the fuzz tones on the electric guitars are totally spot on. Kozelek's best.

2004 - The Bees - Free the Bees
A bunch of great songs meant to sound like 50s and 60s motown and rock hits. It's awesome. No runners up, crucify me if you want, Funeral was a good album, but it wasn't THAT good.

2005 - Matt Sweeny & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Superwolf
This was a really really tough year to chose from. While I love Howl and DynamiteKid hit that nail right on the head, there's a ton of others out there. I really like BSS's self-titled album. I think The Clientele's Strange Geometry has a sort of retro charm that really speaks to me. Plus, reverbed out guitars make me cream. Kudos also go to M. Ward's Transistor Radio and Magnolia Electric Co.'s What Comes after the Blues? for being awesome albums. But honestly, Superwolf has been a huge influence on what kind of music I listen to as well as my guitar playing, so I have to say it's the best from 2005.

2006 - Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
Nothing else from 2006 really stood out as much as this one. It's one hell of an album, though.

2007 - Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
I must've overlooked this one in 2007 because I only found out about it recently, and it's quickly becoming one of my most-played albums.

2008 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Why wouldn't this be the best album of 2008? It's amazing.

ashashash:
1987 - Dinosaur Jr., You're Living All Over Me
Well ... this is an excellent album.

1988 - Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

1989 - Pixies, Doolittle
Absolutely my favorite Pixies album, and it's definitely one of my favorite albums ever.

1990 - The Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas

1991 - My Bloody Valentine, Loveless

1992 - Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
This is kind of a cop out.  I don't listen to that much Pavement, but this is the only thing I could find that I do listen to from time to time.

1993 - Radiohead, Pablo Honey

1994 - Built to Spill, There's Nothing Wrong with Love
This is the only Built to Spill album I can get really into.  I like their other stuff too, but this is the only one I go back to often.

1995 - Nope.  I really don't know.  Maybe I'll remember something later, but probably not.

1996 - Modest Mouse, This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Neutral Milk Hotel's On Avery Island would beat this if I didn't want to put In the Aeroplane Over the Sea on later.  And Cake's Fashion Nugget and Belle and Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister are close, too.

1997 - Elliott Smith, Either/Or

1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
I guess everyone has to put this album or something.
But Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children also came out and it deserves a mention, too.

1999 - The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs

2000 -  Radiohead, Kid A
I didn't want to put Radiohead on here twice, but I was sort of lacking other options.

2001 - The Microphones, The Glow Pt. 2
I love me some Phil Elv(e)rum.

2002 - The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts
But also, Broken Social Scene's You Forgot it in People and The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.

2003 - Belle and Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress

2004 - Devendra Banhart, Nino Rojo
Devendra Banhart is a hilarious person.

2005 - Andrew Bird's The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Boards of Canada's The Campfire Headphase and Deerhoof's The Runners Four all came out this year and I can't possibly choose just one.

2006 - Camera Obscura, Let's Get Out of this Country

2007 - Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dandelion Gum

2008 - Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes

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