Favourite album from each year since you were born

[bout to crash]

Love me some TOP!

And as Rich said, awwwww at all the youngns. I'm kind of jealous of the fogeys getting to include such awesome years/albums in their lists.

[ariich]

Love me some TOP!

TOP (the album) made my list.

[Big Hath]

I'm very fond of the two longer instrumentals - Cruise Control and South of the Boulevard.

And the three songs that became TOP classics are each awesome.

[King Postwhore]

That tour was unreal and I was so mad wen Tom Bowes left the band.  Took my then 19 year old brother to see them and we were right in front of Carmen Grillo, the guitarist.  I took the taped set list after the show ended and gave it to my brother.

[Calvin6s]

I'm kind of jealous of the fogeys getting to include such awesome years/albums in their lists.

The idea gave a nice way to get the ball rolling, but it looks like the thread is winding down.  Have some fun and pick some pre-birth year best albums.  Maybe we could just say all pre-birth albums should be in a certain color text.  I did nearly a decade pre-birth years because they included some of my favorite albums.

[CrimsonSunrise]

This was a very interesting exercise, as well as a nice walk down memory lane!  It's funny how as I get older, the less "New" music exposure I seem to have....  Kinda sucks   Maybe I have to fix that.  As expected, certain years were  VERY tough!  71', 76', 91' and a few others.


1963 - The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A.
1964 - The Animals - S/T
1965 - The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up
1966 - Cream - Fresh Cream
1967 - The Doors - S/T
1968 - Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple
1969 - Led Zeppelin - S/T


1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971 - Led Zeppelin - LZ IV
1972 - Deep Purple - Machine Head
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1974 - Rush - Rush
1975 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1976 - Rush - 2112
1977 - Rainbow - On Stage
1978 - Styx - Pieces of Eight
1979 - Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East


1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures
1982 - Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
1983 - Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
1984 - Queensryche - The Warning
1985 - Iron Maiden - Live After Death
1986 - Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1987 - Anthrax - Among the Living
1988 - Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
1989 - The Cult - Sonic Temple


1990 - Death Angel - Act III
1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten
1992 - Dream Theater - Images and Words
1993 - Pearl Jam - Vs.
1994 - Dream Theater - Awake
1995 - Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons
1996 - Soundgarden - Down on the Upside
1997 - Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
1998 - Liquid Tension Experiment - S/T
1999 - Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory


2000 - Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, part I
2001 - Dream Theater - Live scenes from New York
2002 - Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
2003 - Dream Theater - Train of Thought
2004 - Nightwish - Once
2005 - Kamelot - The Black Halo
2006 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
2007 - Sixx AM - The Heroin Diaries
2008 - **Nothing**
2009 - Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings


2010 - **Nothing**
2011 - Nightwish - Imaginearum
2012 - Rush - Clockwork Angels
2013 - Dream Theater - S/T
2014 - **Nothing**

[sneakyblueberry]

1989: The B52's -  Cosmic Thing
1990: Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1991: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
1992: Dream Theater - Images and Words
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang
1994: Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995: Iron Maiden - The X Factor
1996: Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
1997: Fleetwood Mac - The Dance
1998: Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
1999: Mr Bungle - California
2000: Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2001: maudlin of the Well - Bath/Leaving Your Body Map
2002: Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series Vol 5: Live 1975 The Rolling Thunder Revue
2003: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
2004: Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
2005: The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
2006: Joanna Newsom - Ys
2007: The New Caledonia - Lotus
2008: Underoath - Lost in the Sound of Separation
2009: Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011: Kimbra - Vows
2012: Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
2013: J. Cole - Born Sinner
2014: Either Kimbra - The Golden Echo or Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

That was fun.

[wolfking]

This is pretty rushed but;

1984: Iron Maiden - Powerslave
1985: Gary Moore - Run For Cover
1986: Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
1987: King Diamond - Abigail
1988: Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
1989: Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
1990: Black Sabbath - TYR
1991: Savatage - Streets
1992: Dream Theater - Images and Words
1993: WASP - The Crimson Idol
1994: Dream Theater - Awake
1995: Iron Maiden - The X Factor
1996: Tool - Aenima
1997: Judas Priest - Jugulator
1998: Bruce Dickinson - Chemical Wedding
1999: Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
2000: King Diamond - House of God
2001: Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
2002: Last Tribe - Witch's Dance
2003: Dream Theater - Train of Thought
2004: Mastodon - Leviathan
2005: Allen/Lande - The Battle
2006: In Flames - Come Clarity
2007: Alen/Lande - The Revenge
2008: Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
2009: W.E.T. - W.E.T.
2010: James Labrie - Static Impulse
2011: Tony Hitchcock - Mercury's Down
2012: Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power
2013: Dream Theater - Dream Theater
2014: Primal Fear - Delivering the Black

[Fluffy Lothario]

If another album is close by in my reckoning, I'll post multiple.

1987: Anthrax – Among the Living
1988: Metallica - …And Justice for All
1989: Pixies – Doolittle
1990: Megadeth – Rust in Peace
1991: Massive Attack – Blue Lines
1992: Keith Jarrett – Vienna Concert
1993: Counting Crows – August and Everything After
1994: Soundgarden – Superunknown; Jeff Buckley – Grace; Machine Head – Burn My Eyes
1995: Oasis – What’s the Story (Morning Glory); The Verve – A Northern Soul
1996: Tori Amos – Boys for Pele; Tool - Aenima
1997: Hariprasad Chaurasia, Shivkumar Sharma – Rasdhara; Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind
1998: Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets; Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Liquid Tension Experiment – LTE2; Dream Theater – Scenes from a Memory
2000: John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess – An Evening With
2001: Tool – Lateralus
2002: Sigur Ros – ( )
2003: Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
2004: John Butler Trio – Sunrise Over Sea
2005: Sigur Ros – Takk…; Mars Volta – Frances the Mute
2006: Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
2007: Iron and Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog (this one is a maybe; heard this album recently and thought it was very cool)
2008: Mars Volta – Bedlam in Goliath
2009: Fat Freddy’s Drop – Dr Boondigga and the Big BW; Florence and the Machine – Lungs
2010: Tallest Man on Earth – The Wild Hunt
2011: Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
2012: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!; Swans – The Seer; Sigur Ros – Valtari
2013: Fire! Orchestra - Exit
2014: Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were; Fire! Orchestra - Enter

- Years in italics are years where no god-tier "defines my life" album came to mind and I had to go looking.

- I cannot believe I was four years old when Blue Lines came out, that album seems quite modern still today.

1995: THE WORST YEAR IN MUSIC IN THE LAST 22 YEARS

Not into Britpop then, I take it?

[Podaar]

This was a very interesting exercise, as well as a nice walk down memory lane!  It's funny how as I get older, the less "New" music exposure I seem to have....  Kinda sucks   Maybe I have to fix that.  As expected, certain years were  VERY tough!  71', 76', 91' and a few others.

*snip*

I approve of this list. 

[snowdog]

1976: Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
1977: Pink Floyd - Animals
1978: Rush - Hemispheres
1979: Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
1980: Rush - Permanent Waves.  Honorable Mentions: Genesis - Duke, Yes - Drama
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Peter Gabriel - Security
1983: The Police - Synchronicity
1984: Rush - Grace Under Pressure
1985: Rush - Power Windows.  Honorable Mention: Marrillion - Misplaced Childhood
1986: Queensryche - Rage for Order
1987: Marillion - Clutching At Straws
1988: Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
1989: Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
1990: Queensryche - Empire (Honestly I don't rate this album this high but I don't have much else from 1990 that I would rate higher)
1991: Mr. Bungle - S/T
1992: Dream Theater - Images and Words.  Honorable Mention: Anglagard - Hybris
1993: Rush - Counterparts
1994: Dream Theater - Awake.  Honorable Mention: Anglagard - Epilog
1995: King Crimson - Thrak.  Honorable Mention: Braindance - Fear Itself
1996: Porcupine Tree - Signify
1997: Pat Metheny Group - Imaginary Day
1998: Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1999: Dream Theater - SFAM
2000: Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element
2001: Opeth - Blackwater Park.  Honorable Mention: Tool - Lateralus
2002: Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane. Honorable Mentions: Opeth - Deliverance, Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2003: OSI - S/T
2004: Wastefall - Soulrain 21
2005: Opeth - Ghost Reveries Honorable Mentions: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo Part 1, Riverside - Second Life Syndrome  (All 3 of these are REALLY good IMO)
2006: Wastefall - Self Exile (I really like this disc but honestly there isn't much else I have in my collection from this year.  The 3 I listed from 2005 destroy this album).
2007: Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
2008: Opeth - Watershed (Again not much in my collection from this year.)
2009: Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition.  Honorable Mention: OSI - Blood
2010: Orphaned Land - The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR.  Honorable Mention: Haken - Aquarius
2011: Haken - Visions
2012: Rush - Clockwork Angels.  Honorable Mentions: DT - ADTOE, Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman, Muse - The 2nd Law, Storm Corrosion - S/T (What a year.  Those are some strong discs)
2013: Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing (For me this is hands down the best album in the last couple of decades)
2014: Braindance - Master of Disguise

[PuffyPat]

1995: THE WORST YEAR IN MUSIC IN THE LAST 22 YEARS

Not into Britpop then, I take it?

To be honest, I couldn't think of or find an album that I knew well enough to call my favorite.

[Calvin6s]

1995: THE WORST YEAR IN MUSIC IN THE LAST 22 YEARS

Not into Britpop then, I take it?

To be honest, I couldn't think of or find an album that I knew well enough to call my favorite.

Going out on a limb here.  Give this a try

[Calvin6s]

And King Crimson - Thrak is pretty awesome also:
Dinosaur video

[bl5150]

Does he look like much impresses him?   

[BlobVanDam]

1985 - surprisingly, I can't think of anything
1986 - Van Halen - 5150
1987 - GNR - Appetite For Destruction / Whitesnake's 1987
1988 - Survivor - Too Hot to Sleep (Metallica - AJFA would be a contender if the production wasn't total ass)
1989 - Skid Row - S/T
1990 - Nelson - After the Rain / Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
1991 - Such a damn good year for music, so I'll try to cut my choices to the best of the best-
         Metallica - The Black Album
         Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
         Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
         Europe - Prisoners in Paradise
1992 - Dream Theater - Images and Words / Steelheart - Tangled in Reins (honorable mention to KISS - Revenge)
1993 - Shortino & Northrup - Back on Track (honorable mention to Coverdale / Page)
1994 - um I don't know. Megadeth Youthanasia maybe? Not a good year for music.
1995 - Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
1996 - Steelheart - Wait / Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
1997 - Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity / Whitesnake - Restless Heart
1998 - The Snakes - Once Bittin / David Lee Roth - DLR Band
1999 - Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
2000 - Pantera - Reinventing the Steel
2001 - Ozzy Osbourne - Down to Earth
2002 - Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2003 - Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion / Dream Theater - Train of Thought
2004 - can't think of any
2005 - James LaBrie - Elements of Persuasion / Dream Theater - Octavarium
2006 - none that stand out
2007 - Stan Bush - In This Life
2008 - Journey - Revelation / Whitesnake - Good to be Bad
2009 - Steel Panther  - Feel the Steel (honorable mention KISS - Sonic Boom)
2010 - Nelson - Lightning Strikes Twice / Crazy Lixx - New Religion
2011 - Rhapsody of Fire - From Chaos to Eternity / Whitesnake - Forevermore
2012 - Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
2013 - James LaBrie - Impermanent Resonance / Fergie Frederiksen - Any Given Moment
2014 - Crazy Lixx - S/T / Stan Bush - The Ultimate (I have a lot more music to explore from 2014)

[Calvin6s]

Does he look like much impresses him?   

It's definitely a challenge 

[bl5150]

Nice lists - from my point of view there's plenty I can agree with in the lists of Blob, wolfking and Calvin.   Nice to see Back on Track get a mention Blob..............all good actually up to about 1995 , after which our tastes diverge a bit 

Presumably you didn't like anything in my 1985 metal/hard rock list ,so how about some AOR?

JLT: Rescue You
MAgnum: OAST
Heart: Heart
Night Ranger : 7 Wishes
Honeymoon Suite: The Big Prize
Shooting Star: Silent Scream
Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms
Michael Bolton: Everybody's Crazy
Stage Dolls: Soldier's Gun......................plenty of decent AOR in there.

[BlobVanDam]

Nice lists - from my point of view there's plenty I can agree with in the lists of Blob, wolfking and Calvin.   Nice to see Back on Track get a mention Blob..............all good actually up to about 1995 , after which our tastes diverge a bit 

Presumably you didn't like anything in my 1985 metal/hard rock list ,so how about some AOR?

I think it's just a matter of a lot of the music for '85 falling through the cracks and not having listened to them. I'm not familiar with any of those (I'd have to recheck your metal/rock list). There's really no reason I shouldn't enjoy something from smack bang in the middle of my favourite decade!

Shortino Northrup - Back on Track was a great album released far too late for that style of music. Which is exactly why it didn't have much competition for that year.

[Anguyen92]

Holy cow.  This list is hard.  Most of the years before 2000 was really hard for me to think of an album that I had listened to in full.  Here's the list though.

1992 - DT's Images and Words
1993 - Rush - Counterparts
1994 - Soundgarden - Superunknown
1995 - Don't have one, but I'm sure I'm bound to like Slash's Snakepit - It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
1996 - Rush - Test For Echo
1997 - Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
1998 - Don't have one yet, but I'm going to listen to Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding, eventually, and I will like it, because well, it's Bruce Dickinson.
1999 - Creed - Human Clay
2000 - Iron Maiden - Brave New World
2001 - Mayfield Four - Second Skin
2002 - Trust Company - The Lonely Position of Neutral
2003 - Shinedown - Leave A Whisper
2004 - Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
2005 - Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
2006 - Skillet - Comatose
2007 - Alter Bridge - Blackbird
2008 - Black Stone Cherry - Folklore and Superstition
2009 - Daughtry - Leave This Town
2010 - Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
2011 - Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
2012 - Mark Tremonti - All I Was
2013 - Alter Bridge - Fortress
2014 - Sevendust - Time Travelers' and Bonfires

[PuffyPat]

1993: Sepultura – Chaos A.D.
1994: Weezer – Weezer
1995: THE WORST YEAR IN MUSIC IN THE LAST 22 YEARS
1996: Karate - Karate
1997: Karate – In Place of Real Insight
1998: Karate – The Bed is in the Ocean
1999: Radiohead – OK Computer
2000: Karate - Unsolved
2001: At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
2002: Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
2003: Brand New – Deja Entendu
2004: Say Anything - …Is a Real Boy
2005: Motion City Soundtrack – Commit This to Memory
2006: The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
2006: Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
2007: Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2008: The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
2009: Brand New - Daisy
2010: Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
2011: Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain in the Cloud
2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
2013: Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
2014: Bear Hands - Distraction


I don't know if you can tell, but Karate is my favorite band...

Changing 2006.

[sneakyblueberry]

1998 - Don't have one yet, but I'm going to listen to Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding, eventually, and I will like it, because well, it's Bruce Dickinson.

Dude.  Do it.  Its SO freaking good.

1993: Sepultura – Chaos A.D.
1994: Weezer – Weezer
1995: THE WORST YEAR IN MUSIC IN THE LAST 22 YEARS
1996: Karate - Karate
1997: Karate – In Place of Real Insight
1998: Karate – The Bed is in the Ocean
1999: Radiohead – OK Computer
2000: Karate - Unsolved
2001: At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
2002: Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
2003: Brand New – Deja Entendu
2004: Say Anything - …Is a Real Boy
2005: Motion City Soundtrack – Commit This to Memory
2006: The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
2006: Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy
2007: Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2008: The Mars Volta – The Bedlam in Goliath
2009: Brand New - Daisy
2010: Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
2011: Portugal. The Man – In the Mountain in the Cloud
2012: Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
2013: Queens of the Stone Age - …Like Clockwork
2014: Bear Hands - Distraction


I don't know if you can tell, but Karate is my favorite band...

Changing 2006.

To?  Broken Boy Soldiers is a great album. 

[PuffyPat]

1998 - Don't have one yet, but I'm going to listen to Bruce Dickinson's The Chemical Wedding, eventually, and I will like it, because well, it's Bruce Dickinson.

Dude.  Do it.  Its SO freaking good.

2006: The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers
2006: Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy

Changing 2006.

Death by Sexy, dawg.

To?  Broken Boy Soldiers is a great album.

[sneakyblueberry]

Oh lol missed that.  Can't say I ever gave EODM a fair go, always thought they were like a comedy band a'la Tenacious D.  Which is weird because I love The D. 

[PuffyPat]

Oh lol missed that.  Can't say I ever gave EODM a fair go, always thought they were like a comedy band a'la Tenacious D.  Which is weird because I love The D. 

They kind of are, but with more emphasis on the music than the comedy. The lyrics are pretty cheesy (to say the least), but the riffs are sick, and I love 'em.

[LordCost]

It took me one hour, but finally I managed to write down something from every year!
2001, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013 are really full of great albums that it's a shame many of them aren't included in my list, while strangely 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014 have only two or three good releases.
 
1993: -
1994: Soundgarden - Superunknown
1995: Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
1996: Tool - Aenima (again only one album to choose from)
1997: Pain Of Salvation - Entropia
1998: Anathema - Alternative 4
1999: Mr. Bungle - California
2000: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
2001: Tool - Lateralus
2002: Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
2003: Oceansize - Effloresce
2004: Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
2005: Thrice - Vheissu (too many excellent albums this year..)
2006: (..and nothing to choose the next year) Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
2007: Thumpermonkey - Bring Me Sun For Breakfast
2008: The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
2009: Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
2010: Haken - Aquarius
2011: Unexpect - Fables Of The Sleepless Empire
2012: The Tea Club - Quickly Quickly Quickly
2013: Haken - The Mountain
2014: Slipknot - 5:The Gray Chapter

[CharlesPL]

Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies  1994 meh.

[TexansDT]

What a cool idea.  This trip down memory lane will be fun!  Let's see what happens...

1972: Yes - Fragile
1973: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1974: Elton John - Greatest Hits (yes it's a compilation, but a great one -- and I haven't discovered Relayer yet  )
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Boston - Boston
1977: Yes - Going for the One
1978: Van Halen
1979: Van Halen II
1980: Bob Seger - Against the Wind
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures (H/M: Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry)
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller (H/M: Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast)
1983: Def Leppard - Pyromania (H/M: ZZ Top - Eliminator)
1984: Van Halen - 1984 (H/M: Prince - Purple Rain)
1985: Rush - Power Windows
1986: Van Halen - 5150 (H/M: Metallica - Master of Puppets)
1987: (utterly impossible to break this 3-way tie) Def Leppard - Hysteria; Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction; Whitesnake
1988: Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime (H/M: Metallica - ...And Justice For All)
1989: Tesla - The Great Radio Controversy (H/M: Badlands)
1990: Extreme - Pornograffiti (H/M: Warrant - Cherry Pie)
1991: Metallica (H/M: Pearl Jam - Ten; Mr. Big - Lean Into It; Skid Row - Slave to the Grind)
1992: Dream Theater - Images and Words (H/M: Stone Temple Pilots - Core; Tora Tora - Wild America)
1993: Candlebox (H/M: Winger - Pull)
1994: Dream Theater - Awake
1995: Dishwalla - Pet Your Friends (H/M: Ian Moore - Modernday Folklore)
1996: Storyville - A Piece of Your Soul (H/M: Def Leppard - Slang)
1997: Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity (H/M: Creed - My Own Prison)
1998: Brother Cane - Wishpool
1999: Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory (H/M: Creed - Human Clay; Incubus - Make Yourself)
2000: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
2001: Nickelback - Silver Side Up (H/M: Threshold - Hypothetical)
2002: Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (H/M: Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence)
2003: Dream Theater - Train of Thought (H/M: Nickelback - The Long Road)
2004: Green Day - American Idiot
2005: Oceansize - Everyone Into Position (H/M: Dredg - Catch Without Arms; John Petrucci - Suspended Animation; Opeth - Ghost Reveries)
2006: Tool - 10,000 Days
2007: Oceansize - Frames (H/M: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet)
2008: Metallica - Death Magnetic (H/M: Opeth - Watershed)
2009: Dredg - The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion
2010: Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
2011: Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto (H/M: Dream Theater - A Dramatic Turn of Events; Haken - Visions)
2012: Anathema - Weather Systems
2013: Haken - The Mountain (H/M: Dream Theater; Queensryche)
2014: Umphrey's McGee - Similar Skin (H/M: Evergrey - Hymns for the Broken; Hozier)

Y'all should know most of these... but there might be a couple oddballs in there.

Now the question is.... what did I obviously forget??

[BlobVanDam]

I don't know what you forgot, but I like a lot of what you included.

[bosk1]

I tried doing this once and gave up because it was taking me too long. 

Suffice to say, I was born smack dab in between the releases of Black Sabbath (s/t) and Hey Jude, which ain't bad at all.  If I had to pick a favorite album from that year, it would probably be one of those or Paranoid. 

[TexansDT]

I don't know what you forgot, but I like a lot of what you included.

Ha! Cheers Blob. Appreciate it. So far I think it's just Purple Rain, but even that was just an honorable mention as nothing could beat the greatness of VH that year.

I tried doing this once and gave up because it was taking me too long. 

Suffice to say, I was born smack dab in between the releases of Black Sabbath (s/t) and Hey Jude, which ain't bad at all.  If I had to pick a favorite album from that year, it would probably be one of those or Paranoid. 

Actually Bosk, for me part of the fun was how long it took. Great memories!

[Accelerando]

Ok, here goes!

1987: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988: Public Enemy - It Take A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
1989: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique

1990: Alice In Chains - Facelift
1991: Michael Jackson - Dangerous
1992: Dream Theater - Images and Words
1993: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994: Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995: The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
1996: Sublime - Sublime
1997: Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
1998: Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1999: P.O.D. - The Fundamental Elements of Southtown

2000: Outkast - Stankonia
2001: The Mayfield Four - Second Skin
2002: Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
2003: A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
2004: Alter Bridge - One Day Remains
2005: Kamelot - The Black Halo
2006: Explosions In The Sky - All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone
2007: Alter Bridge - Blackbird
2008: Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
2009: Mastodon - Crack The Skye

2010: Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011: Childish Gambino - Camp
2012: Tremonti - All I Was
2013: Alter Bridge - Fortress
2014: Back Morning Phase

[Kwyjibo]

I very much like this idea but I just can't do it. I've tried hard, but I can't narrow it down to one (or maybe two) in most of the years.

The seventies would be easy, I would begin with Led Zeppelin III to give you my age, and follow it with some obvious classics like Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis. But come 1978 I just have to list the three debut albums of some of my favorite bands (Van Halen, Toto, Dire Straits) and from then on I could do a top ten for each year but not narrow it down to one or two.

[RedKlouD72]

yaiyeee. Some of you are yuuuunnng.

haha

1987: The Joshua Tree ~ U2
1988: ...And Justice For All ~ Metallica
1989: When Dream And Day unite ~ Dream Theater
1990: Cowboys From Hell ~ Pantera
1991: Ten ~ Pearl Jam
1992: Images and Words ~ Dream Theater
1993: Undertow ~ Tool
1994: Awake ~ Dream Theater
1995: The Edges Of Twilight ~ The Tea Party
1996: Ζnima ~ Tool
1997: Stardust We Are ~ The Flower Kings
1998: Nightfall On Middle-Earth ~ Blind Guardian
1999: Scenes From A Memory ~ Dream Theater
2000: Blender ~ Collective Soul
2001: Terria ~ Devin Townsend
2002: Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence ~ Dream Theater
2003: The Music That Died Alone ~ The Tangent
2004: Temple Of Shadows ~ Angra
2005: ? ~ Neal Morse
2006: Black Holes And Revelations ~ Muse
2007: Fables From A Mayfly ~ Fair To Midland
2008: Such Fun ~ Annuals
2009: Addicted ~ Devin Townsend
2010: Road Salt One ~ Pain Of Salvation
2011: A Dramatic Turn Of Events ~ Dream Theater
2012: Shrine Of New Generation Slaves ~ Riverside
2013: The Raven That Refused To Sing ~ Steven Wilson
2014: Sky Blue ~ Devin Townsend


 

[ariich]

yaiyeee. Some of you are yuuuunnng.

Says you, Mr. "I'm Still In My 20s"!