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[Aegir]

I hate it when I'm older than people. It's weird.

1987: Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording - Andrew Lloyd Webber (1987 sucked pretty bad)
1988: Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
1989: Still Cruisin' - The Beach Boys
1990: Danzig II - Lucifuge - Danzig
1991: Spiderland - Slint
1992: Harvest Moon - Neil Young (Fuck, 1992 was so good. I had to think awhile about this one.)
1993: Unplugged - Neil Young
1994: Smash - Offspring
1995: Excelsis: A Dark Noel - Various Artists
1996: The Unplugged Collection - John Denver
1997: American Psycho - The Misfits
1998: Keasbey Nights - Catch 22
1999: Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000: Rabbit Songs - Hem
2001: Excelsis 3: A Prelude - Various Artists
2002: Vera Causa - Faith and the Muse
2003: Sing the Sorrow - AFI
2004: Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
2005: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
2006: Keasbey Nights - Streetlight Manifesto, but that's cheap so I'll say Despite Our Differences - Indigo Girls
2007: Cassadaga - Bright Eyes
2008: That Lucky Old Sun - Brian Wilson

[Melody]

First post after a long time lurking!

1988 Iva Bittova & Pavel Fajt - Svatba

1989 Steve Reich: Different Trains - Kronos Quartet; Electric Counterpoint - Pat Metheny

1990 Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet

1991 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

1992 Naked City - Grand Guignol

1993 Cynic - Focus

1994 The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!

1995 Bjork - Post

1996 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

1997 Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come

1998 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a#oo

1999 Opeth - Still Life, Brad Mehldau - Elegiac Cycle, Don Ross - Passion Session

2000 Radiohead - Kid A

2001 maudlin of the Well - Bath

2002 Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow

2003 Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues

2004 John Adams - Road Movies

2005 Dafnis Prieto - About The Monks

2006 As The Poets Affirm - Awake

2007 The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain, Tomahawk - Anonymous

2008 Tagaq - AUK/BLOOD

[Thrillho]

First post after a long time lurking!

1990 Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet

1994 The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!

1996 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

1997 Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come

1998 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a#oo

2000 Radiohead - Kid A

2007 Tomahawk - Anonymous

You and I are going to get along just fine. Although The Shape Of Punk To Come, as virtually flawless as it may be, came out in 1998.

[Melody]

You and I are going to get along just fine. Although The Shape Of Punk To Come, as virtually flawless as it may be, came out in 1998.

Blast!  The whole point of looking up the album covers was so I could double-check all of the dates of release in my iTunes library, but looks like I failed.  Thanks for pointing that out.

[SilentJ]

1990: Honestly, I couldn't find one.  If I were willing to use Greatest Hits albums, I would've used The Best of Van Morrison, because it's not only great, but it was one of the first three CDs I ever owned, so it's got a special place in my heart.  Since I'm not, the de facto winner has to be Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. 'Cause, y'know.

1991: At this point I'm ashamed of myself for how few of these albums I've listened to the whole way through.
Winner: The Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite, because my dad's played it on road trips since I was a kid.
Runners-up: c'mon. Pearl Jam and Nirvana.

1992: Finally, an easy one!
Winner: Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine. Fucking epic.
no runner-up.

1993: Winner: Billy Joel- River of Dreams
no runner-up.

1994: Winner: Dave Matthews Band- Under the Table and Dreaming
Runners-up: Green Day- Dookie, Weezer- The Blue Album

1995: Winner: Michael Jackson- HIStory, but I'm not using compilation/Greatest Hits albums, so Oasis- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? instead.
runner-up: Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

1996: Winner: Sublime- Sublime. The essence of the mid-90s in my eyes.
runner-up: Dave Matthews Band- Crash

1997: Little did I realize, '97 was a fantastic year for music.
Winner: Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind. Definitely in my top 5 albums all time, with a pretty strong case for #1.
runners-up: Daft Punk- Homework, The Prodigy- The Fat of the Land, Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape

1998: Almost as great as '97 was, but not quite.  Still, the late '90s were fucking excellent where music was concerned.
Winner: Goo Goo Dolls- Dizzy Up the Girl
runners-up: Dave Matthews Band- Before These Crowded Streets, Trans-Siberian Orchestra- The Christmas Attic

1999: holy shit you guys britney spears was making music ten years ago, back when the now albums were up to #42 in the UK
Winner: Rage Against the Machine- The Battle of Los Angeles
runners-up: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication, Santana- Supernatural, Dr. Dre- 2001

2000: oh man, remember Billy Gilman?
Winner: Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory. Just like every other elementary/middle-schooler of the time.
runners-up: Limp Bizkit- Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. i was ten years old you fuckers

2001: In 2001, Clear Channel made a list of songs it deemed inappropriate for the air after the 9/11 attacks. This included "all songs by Rage Against the Machine."
Winner: Daft Punk- Discovery
runners-up: John Mayer- Room for Squares, Tenacious D- Tenacious D

2002: some rather excellent live albums; substantially less studio albums. also Jam Master Jay died. RIP.
Winner: Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff
runners-up: all live albums, and therefore disqualified from my rankings

2003: Pete Townshend was under investigation for child pornography?
Winner: OAR- In Between Now and Then
runners-up: Switchfoot- The Beautiful Letdown, Linkin Park- Meteora, Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue

2004: The year Dave Matthews Band dumped 800 pounds of shit on a tour boat.
Winner: Lostprophets- Start Something; also member of my personal top 5.
runners-up: Breaking Benjamin- We Are Not Alone, Pillar- Where Do We Go From Here

2005: Disappointing year, this.
Winner: Switchfoot- Nothing is Sound
runner-up: Daft Punk- Human After All, Jack's Mannequin- Everything in Transit

2006: my brother just called me out for my picks from this year.
Winner: Lostprophets- Liberation Transmission; yet another top 5.
runners-up: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium, Breaking Benjamin- Phobia, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Don't You Fake It

2007: In which I alter my answers to maintain respect around here
Winner: Daft Punk- Alive 2007; the one live album I listen to in which the material is different enough to merit inclusion in my list
runners-up: MIKA- Life In Cartoon Motion, Wyclef Jean- Carnival Vol. 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant

2008: the year RATM did Killing in the Name a capella to protest the Republican National Convention
Winner: Girl Talk- Feed the Animals
no runner-up.

[Alex C]

You and I are going to get along just fine. Although The Shape Of Punk To Come, as virtually flawless as it may be, came out in 1998.

I forgot about that album. I realize nobody cares, but seriously, can we all just pretend I said Shape of Punk to Come?

[eddie]

1989 Bad Brains - Quickness
1990 The Pogues - Hells Ditch
(Runners up Fugazi Repeater + 3 Songs, Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff)
1991 Drive Like Jehu S/T
(Runner Up Nirvana - Nevermind)
1992 Danzig - How Gods Kill
(Runners up Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power, Bad Religion - Generator, RATM - S/T)
1993 - Nirvana - In Utero
1994 - The Offspring - Smash
1995 - The Oblivians - Soul Food
(Runner up Rancid - And out come the wolves)
1996 - Scared of Chaka - Masonic Youth
(Runner up The Queers - Don't back Down)
1997 World Inferno Friendship Society - True Story of the bridge water astral league
1998 System of a Down - S/T
1999 The Queers - Later Days and better Lays
2000 QOTSA - Rated R
2001 Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
2002 Against Me! is reinventing Axl Rose
2003 Streetligh Manifesto - Everything goes numb
2004 Ghost Mice - The debt of the dead
2006 Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
2006 Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
2007 Bomb the Music Industry - Get Warmer
2008 Copter - Can't Help It

[Snail of Doom]

Some of you may laugh at my choices. Some of you may be EXTREMELY PRETENTIOUS.

1991: Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
Fun times. From the wiki article I found out I was born the year Miles Davis and Freddie Mercury died.
Runner Up: None

1992:  s/t - Rage Against the Machine
I was hoping to only pick albums of which I own the whole record, but I couldn't find any for this year
Runner Up: Us - Peter Gabriel

1993: Pork Soda - Primus
Again, only picking whole albums I own. Otherwise this would be different
Runner Up: None

1994: Weezer ("Blue Album") - Weezer
Hells yeah.
Runners Up: Smash - The Offspring, Dookie - Green Day

1995: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
Don't judge me.
Runner Up: s/t - The Presidents of the United States of America

1996: Fashion Nugget - Cake
Mmmm... Cake
Runners Up: Bad Hair Day - "Weird Al" Yankovic, Odelay - Beck, Pinkerton - Weezer, s/t - Fountains of Wayne

1997: Homework - Daft Punk
No contest.
Runners Up: The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters, Brown Album - Primus (I'm not a Primus junkie I swear >_>)

1998: You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim
FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS...
Runners Up: Americana - The Offspring, Feels Like Breakin' Shit - Self

1999: Breakfast With Girls - Self
Self speaks to my SOUL.
Runners Up: Enema of the State - Blink-182, The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine, The White Stripes - The White Stripes
Aside from the latest album, I have a recording of every White Stripes song EVER. (As far as I know) I can hook people up with rarities.

2000: Swagger - Flogging Molly
MOLLEH!
Runners Up: Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age, De Stijl - The White Stripes

2001: Discovery - Daft Punk
Call me a fanboy if you must.
Runners Up: Gizmodgery (Japan Edition) - Self, Weezer (The Green Album) - Weezer, Take off Your Pants and Jacket - Blink-182, White Blood Cells - The White Stripes, Comfort Eagle - Cake, Toxicity - System of a Down

2002: Maladroit - Weezer
I liked it, many didn't.
Runners Up: Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly, Blazing Arrow - Blackalicious

2003: s/t - Ima Robot
God this year was a tough choice. Consider all of these albums equal.
Runners Up: Elephant - The White Stripes, Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta, s/t - stellastarr*

2004: Shakespeare's Palpable Hits - Dog Legs & Feet
Shakespeare songs FTW. (Plus the lead singer is my drama teacher/director.)
Runners Up: Hot Fuss - The Killers, A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup (SHUTUP.), Antics - Interpol, Palookaville - Fatboy Slim

2005: Demon Days - Gorillaz
Tough choice for this year.
Runners Up: Daft Punk - Human After All, s/t - Sheboygan, Make Believe - Weezer, Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes, The Grand Pecking Order - Oysterhead, Oh No - Ok Go, Nerdcore Rising - MC Frontalot, Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta, s/t - LCD Soundsystem, Sweet Weaponry - Cruiserweight

2006: Little Minds - Count Zero
Excruciatingly tough choice between this and St. Elsewhere.
Runners Up: St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley, Search & Destroy EP - Ima Robot, Monument to the Masses - Ima Robot, Amplivate - Kid Beyond, Sam's Town - The Killers, Black Holes and Revelations - Muse, Break Out the Battle Tapes - Wired All Wrong

2007: Alive 2007 - Daft Punk
I'm surprised more people didn't pick this.
Runners Up: Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem, Secrets from the Future - MC Frontalot, Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika

2008: Angles - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Awesome UK Hip-Hop/Electronica.
Runner Up: The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
(The new MC Frontalot album has yet to be factored in to the equation.)

That oughta do it. (Note: This list does not accurately reflect my music taste.) (Note on note: I lied, it does.)

[Alex C]

Some of you may be EXTREMELY PRETENTIOUS.

No, you just have really bad taste.


I didn't actually read the rest of your post.

[Snail of Doom]

No, you just have really bad taste.


(tiny text) I didn't actually read the rest of your post.

I see whut you did thar

[David_Dovey]

If you have to get so defensive about your taste in music maybe you should reconsider it?

[Snail of Doom]

I'm not actually that defensive. Most of that was for humorous effect, 'cause I know people will disagree with me. I don't actually think most of the people here are pretentious. In fact, I consider a lot of you to be pretty objective and informed.

[Skibas_clavicle]

I love this thread. Like, a lot. But do you know how hard I tried not to repeat?! It was too hard somethings. Fuck you, everyone who took Built to Spill's 1994 place from me. You are fuckers!

1987 The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
(my favourite The Cure album, and from my experience, a rare choice for Cure fans.)
1988 Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
1989 Pixies Doolittle
1990 The Best of The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around!
1991 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
1992 Jawbreaker - Bivouac
1993 Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994 Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
1995  Elliott Smith - S/T
1996 Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
1997 The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
1998 Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit TOED WITH Black Star - S/T
1999 Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something TOTALLY TIED WITH, BECAUSE NO WAY AM I CHOOSING Wilco - Summerteeth (Man, 1999 was one of the best years in music as far as I am concerned, I could probably rattle off another 5 albums that make my own personal favourites list).
2000 Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
2001 Four Tet - Pause
2002 Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
2003 The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
2004 CocoRosie - La Maison de Mon Reve TIED WITH Les Savy Fav - Inches
2005 M.I.A. - Arular
2006 MSTRKRFT - The Looks
2007 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
2008 - Noah & The Whale EP OR Kidz in the Hall - The In Crowd

WILL FINISH WHEN LAPTOP IS NOT RUNNING OUT OF BATTERY! <3

[michaelicious]

2008 - Parts & Labor - Receivers
2007 - Future of the Left - Curses
2006 - Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2005 - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
2004 - Mirah - C'mon Miracle
2003 - Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You're In the Best of Hands...
2002 - Low - Trust
2001 - Moneen - Theory of Harmonial Value (or maybe Constantines' or Owls' self-titled albums)
2000 - Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
1999 - Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
1998 - Braid - Frame & Canvas
1997 - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
1996 - Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (or Beheaded by Bedhead)
1995 - Fugazi - Red Medicine (or maybe Vee Vee by Archers of Loaf)
1994 - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime (or maybe For Your Own Special Sweetheart by Jawbox)
1993 - Yo La Tengo - Painful
1992 - The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines
1991 - Talulah Gosh - They've Scoffed the Lot
1990 -
1989 - Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo
1988 - Beat Happening - Jamboree
1987 - Sonic Youth - Sister

I can't think of anything for 1990 or 1992. I guess I could fill them in with the appropriate Sonic Youth releases but that would mean three Sonic Youth albums and three Yo La Tengo albums. I guess I am pretty repetitive.

Edit: I got one for 1992, even though it's a compilation thingy.

[Faker]

Man this was hard, so I tried not to over think this, with the result that I'll no doubt return to this thread in a few days time and curse my own choices.

Think the hardest part was the fact that there were some outstanding years, and some piss poor ones. If I had to pick my 26 favorite albums of all time, I'm not sure how much crossover there would be with the below. Also apparently I'm one of the older posters! Who knew? Depressed by how much more eloquent you young whipper-snappers are than me!


1982   Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
1983   Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
1984   Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap
1985   Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
1986   Crowded House – Crowded House
1987   U2 – The Joshua Tree
1988   Pixies – Surfer Rosa
1989   The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
1990   The Las- The Las
1991   U2 – Achtung Baby
1992   REM – Automatic for the People
1993   Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
1994   Weezer- Weezer (The Blue Album)
1995   Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine
1996   Ash – 1977
1997   Radiohead – OK Computer
1998   Gomez – Bring It On
1999   The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
2000   Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
2001   The Frames – For The Birds
2002   The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003   Josh Ritter – Hello Starling
2004   Arcade Fire – Funeral
2005   Sigur Rσs – Takk...
2006   Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LovesSounds
2007   Kings of Leon - Because of the times
2008   Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling (Provisionally)
   

[SilentJ]

1998: You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim
FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS...

Dude, don't show this to anybody.

[Snail of Doom]

Yes, I know, you don't normally do this.

(DUDE WE ARE SO COOL.)