Date created: Nov 24, 2024 #musicAOTY, 1970 - 2024
I got really bored and I love making lists sorry if your favourite obscure album from 1983 isn't on here, I'm not too deep into the old ass stuff. If you want to hear how I feel about each album specifically check out my my music review page though many of the albums may not be there yet (especially older stuff) as I have still not gotten around to getting through my backlog and writing shit about them.
1970
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
1971
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
1972
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
1974
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
1975
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976
David Bowie - Station to Station
1977
David Bowie - Low
Pretty hard pick, 1977 was a great year for music.
1978
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
1979
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
1980
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Really close between this and Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising.
1981
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
This album kind of won by process of elimination, like it's good but also it might be the only album from 1981 I've heard.
1982
Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983
Anri - Timely!!
1984
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
1985
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
1986
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987
Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
1988
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
1989
The Cure - Disintegration
1990
Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Sorry Depeche Mode...
1991
my bloody valentine - loveless
1992
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Pretty mid album but I haven't heard that much from 1992
1993
Nirvana - In Utero
1994
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995
Death - Symbolic
1996
フィッシュマンズ - 空中キャンプ
1997
フィッシュマンズ - 宇宙 日本 世田谷
Kind of close between this and The Mollusk, yes I know OK Computer was released the same year.
1998
Duster - Stratosphere
1999
フィッシュマンズ - 98.12.28 男達の別れ
2000
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
2001
System of a Down - Toxicity
2002
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003
JAY-Z - The Black Album
2004
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Another really hard pick, absolutely stacked year.
2005
Kanye West - Late Registration
2006
Lupe Fiasco - Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
2007
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2008
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
2009
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
Easy ass pick nothing dropped in 2009 wtf.
2010
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011
Death Grips - Exmilitary
Sorry Minecraft but you shouldn't have released the same year as Death Grips
2012
Death Grips - The Money Store
2013
C418 - Minecraft Volume Beta
Snubbed Yeezus, The Next Day and Ceres & Calypso mb mb.
2014
Igorrr & Ruby My Dear - Maigre
2015
Nujabes & Shing02 - Luv(sic) Hexalogy
Sorry The Powers That B, Rodeo and To Pimp a Butterfly but the best rap album released in 2015 was made by a Japanese man in like 2010.
2016
David Bowie - ★
Couldn't not put my goat here despite this being another stacked year, Spirit Phone, Atrocity Exhibition, Bottomless Pit and The Life of Pablo is a crazy line-up.
2017
Tyler, The Creator - Flower Boy
2018
Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place
2019
Tyler, The Creator - IGOR
2020
万能青年旅店 - 冀西南林路行
2021
Lil Ugly Mane - VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN
Another stacked year, LP!, CMIYGL, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, By the Time I Get to Phoenix all in one year is crazy.
2022
The Forever Story [Extended Version] - JID
2007 lets JID pull just past Kendrick, Denzel and BKNR.
2023
femtanyl - CHASER
2024
Geordie Greep - The New Sound
I know I'm making this list still during 2024 but there is a 0% chance anything's going to beat Greep.
