Your Albums of the Year Over Time

[jingle.boy]

Interesting rankings for me:

Floyd - 5
Rush - 4 (+1 honorable mention)
Ayreon/Star One - 4 (+1 HM)
Zeppelin - 3 (+1 HM)
Dream Theater - 3
Transatlantic - 2
Symphony X - 2 (+ 2 HM)
Queensryche - 2
Iron Maiden - 2

[twosuitsluke]

I'm going to update mine up until 2005 shortly. I've always said 2005 was the greatest year in music for me, so I'm going to list all the amazing albums that were in the running for the top spot. I'll finish the list of next week.

[ariich]

Interesting rankings for me:

Floyd - 5
Rush - 4 (+1 honorable mention)
Ayreon/Star One - 4 (+1 HM)
Zeppelin - 3 (+1 HM)
Dream Theater - 3
Transatlantic - 2
Symphony X - 2 (+ 2 HM)
Queensryche - 2
Iron Maiden - 2

Cool idea.

Here's mine:

6
Pink Floyd

4
Queen

3
The Beatles
The Dear Hunter
Haken
Metallica
Miles Davis

2
Anathema
Dream Theater
John Coltrane
King Crimson
Oscar Peterson
Pain of Salvation

1
The Alan Parsons Project
Arcane Roots
Bruce Dickinson
BT
The Buddy Rich Big Band
The Cat Empire
Danny Elfman
Depeche Mode
Dizzy Gillespie
Frank Turner
In Flames
Insomnium
Iron Maiden
Jeff Buckley
Loreena McKennitt
Muse
The Offspring
Porcupine Tree
The River Empires
Rush
Shpongle
Soen
Stevie Wonder
The Who
Thrice
Tom Waits
Wishbone Ash

[twosuitsluke]

I'm going to update mine up until 2005 shortly. I've always said 2005 was the greatest year in music for me, so I'm going to list all the amazing albums that were in the running for the top spot. I'll finish the list of next week.

Updated to 2005.


1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: Cream - Wheels of Fire
1969: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
1970: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1971: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1972: Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
1973: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1974: Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness First Finale
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
1977: John Williams - Star Wars A New Hope OST
1978: Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
1979: AC/DC - Highway to Hell
1980: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
1981: Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
1982: John Williams - E.T The Extra Terrestrial OST
1983: Metallica - Kill 'em All
1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985: Slayer - Hell Awaits
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: King Diamond - Abigail
1988: Metallica - ...and Justice for All
1989: Operation Ivy - Energy
1990: Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1991: Metallica - The Black Album
1992: Pantera - A Vulgar Display of Power
1993: Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
1994: Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
1995: Rancid - ...and Out Come the Wolves
1996: Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
1997: NOFX - So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
1998: Metallica - Garage Inc.
1999: Metallica - S&M
2000: Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
2001: Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
2002: Bad Religion - The Process of Belief
2003: Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
2004: DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm
2005: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

So yea, 2005 was a ridiculously good year! All the below albums were serious contenders for the top spot. I wonder if those of my generation (I'm about to turn 38) consider this such a strong year!? There were so many other amazing albums as well,but these were the cream of the crop.

Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison
Children of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
Chimaira - Chimaira
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
System of a Down - Mezmerize/Hypnotize
Trivium - Ascendancy

[Dedalus]

2000-2020

2000 - V (Spock's Beard)
2001 - Lateralus (Tool)
2002 - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Dream Theater)
2003 - Testimony (Neal Morse)
2004 - BE (Pain of Salvation)
2005 - Deadwing (Porcupine Tree)
2006 - Paradox Hotel (The Flower Kings)
2007 - Fear of a Blank Planet (Porcupine Tree)
2008 - Insurgentes (Steven Wilson)
2009 - The Whirlwind (Transatlantic)
2010 - Opus Eponymous (Ghost)
2011 - A Dramatic Turn of Events (Dream Theater)
2012 - Cloackwork Angels (Rush)
2013 - Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
2014 - The Satanist (Behemoth)
2015 - Hand. Cannot. Erase. (Steven Wilson)
2016 - Blackstar (David Bowie)
2017 - Return to Ommadawn (Mike Oldfield)
2018 - Heaven and Earth (Kamasi Washington)
2019 - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Lana Del Rey)
2020 - Human. :II: Nature. (Nightwish)

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My complete list:

1959 - Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
1960 - Sketches of Spain (Miles Davis)
1961 - My Favorite Things (John Coltrane)
1962 - Howlin' Wolf (Howlin' Wolf)
1963 - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
1964 - Getz/Gilberto (Stan Getz and João Gilberto)
1965 - Rubber Soul (The Beatles)
1966 - Revolver (The Beatles)
1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles)
1968 - The Beatles (The Beatles)
1969 - Tommy (The Who)
1970 - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
1971 - Fragile (Yes)
1972 - Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull)
1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
1974 - Burn (Deep Purple)
1975 - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
1976 - Virgin Killer (Scorpions)
1977 - Animals (Pink Floyd)
1978 - Hemispheres (Rush)
1979 - Joe's Garage (Frank Zappa)
1980 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
1981 - Moving Pictures (Rush)
1982 - Thriller (Michael Jackson)
1983 - 90125 (Yes)
1984 - Powerslave (Iron Maiden)
1985 - Misplaced Childhood (Marillion)
1986 - Master of Puppets (Metallica)
1987 - The Joshua Tree (U2)
1988 - Operation: Mindcrime (Queensrÿche)
1989 - Beneath The Remains (Sepultura)
1990 - Cowboys From Hell (Pantera)
1991 - Metallica (Metallica)
1992 - Images and Words (Dream Theater)
1993 - Chaos A.D. (Sepultura)
1994 - Awake (Dream Theater)
1995 - Draconian Times (Paradise Lost)
1996 - Holy Land (Angra)
1997 - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (Fates Warning)
1998 - Nightfall in Middle-Earth (Blind Guardian)
1999 - Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes from a Memory (Dream Theater)
2000 - V (Spock's Beard)
2001 - Lateralus (Tool)
2002 - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (Dream Theater)
2003 - Testimony (Neal Morse)
2004 - BE (Pain of Salvation)
2005 - Deadwing (Porcupine Tree)
2006 - Paradox Hotel (The Flower Kings)
2007 - Fear of a Blank Planet (Porcupine Tree)
2008 - Insurgentes (Steven Wilson)
2009 - The Whirlwind (Transatlantic)
2010 - Opus Eponymous (Ghost)
2011 - A Dramatic Turn of Events (Dream Theater)
2012 - Cloackwork Angels (Rush)
2013 - Random Access Memories (Daft Punk)
2014 - The Satanist (Behemoth)
2015 - Hand. Cannot. Erase. (Steven Wilson)
2016 - Blackstar (David Bowie)
2017 - Return to Ommadawn (Mike Oldfield)
2018 - Heaven and Earth (Kamasi Washington)
2019 - Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Lana Del Rey)
2020 - Human. :II: Nature. (Nightwish)

[twosuitsluke]

Final list:

1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: Cream - Wheels of Fire
1969: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
1970: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1971: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1972: Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
1973: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1974: Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness First Finale
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
1977: John Williams - Star Wars A New Hope OST
1978: Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!
1979: Pink Floyd - The Wall
1980: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
1981: Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
1982: John Williams - E.T The Extra Terrestrial OST
1983: Metallica - Kill 'em All
1984: Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985: Slayer - Hell Awaits
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: King Diamond - Abigail
1988: Metallica - ...and Justice for All
1989: Operation Ivy - Energy
1990: Megadeth - Rust In Peace
1991: Metallica - The Black Album
1992: Pantera - A Vulgar Display of Power
1993: Bad Religion - Recipe for Hate
1994: Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
1995: Rancid - ...and Out Come the Wolves
1996: Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
1997: NOFX - So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes
1998: Metallica - Garage Inc.
1999: Metallica - S&M
2000: Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
2001: Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
2002: Bad Religion - The Process of Belief
2003: Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
2004: DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm
2005: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
2006: NOFX - Wolves in Wolves Clothing
2007: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Vol 2: No World for Tomorrow
2008: The King Blues - Save the World, Get the Girl
2009: Mastodon - Crack the Skye
2010: Distant Worlds Orchestra - Distant Worlds II: More Music From Final Fantasy
2011: Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
2012: Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Ascension
2013: Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman: Descension
2014: RX Bandits - Gemini, Her Majesty
2015: The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
2016: The Dear Hunter - Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
2017: Leprous - Malina
2018: Ghost - Prequelle
2019: Rammstein - Rammstein
2020: Get Dead - Dancing with the Curse
2021: The Dirty Nil - Fuck Art (so far)


Band rankings -

Metallica - VII
Coheed and Cambria - v
The Beatles - III
Led Zeppelin - III
Pantera - III
Stevie Wonder - III
Bad Religion - II
The Dear Hunter - II
NOFX - II

[HOF]

Here were all of mine that got more than one AOTY:

Marillion 6
Genesis 5
Big Big Train 5
Rush 3
Simon & Garfunkel 2
King Crimson 2
Steve Hackett 2
Journey 2
Talk Talk 2
Spock’s Beard 2
Sweet Billy Pilgrim 2
Fernando Perdomo 2

Pretty good overview of my favorite bands and tastes. Simon & Garfunkel a bit overrepresented due to lack of competition in the 60s perhaps.

[SwedishGoose]

Mine that got more than 1 AOTY.
I guess this actually shows some of my most favorite band although for Marillion, it's the Fish years that matter to me.

3
Dream Theater
King Crimson
Marillion

2
Transatlantic
IQ
Tool
Pain of Salvation
Queensŕýche
Kate Bush
City Boy
Pink Floyd
Genesis

[Big Hath]

some of the years may be off, but this is how they are tagged in my library

1956: Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
1957: John Coltrane - Blue Train
1958: Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
1959: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
1960: Wes Montgomery - The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
1961: Oliver Nelson - The Blues and the Abstract Truth
1962: Dexter Gordon - Go!
1963: Horace Silver - Song For My Father
1964: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1965: Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967: The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: The Beatles - The Beatles
1969: Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
1970: Chicago - Chicago II
1971: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
1972: Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1974: Tower of Power - Back To Oakland
1975: Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1976: Boston - Boston
1977: Weather Report - Heavy Weather
1978: Van Halen - Van Halen
1979: Pink Floyd - The Wall
1980: Rush - Permanent Waves
1981: Rush - Moving Pictures
1982: Toto - Toto IV
1983: Journey - Frontiers
1984: Chicago - Chicago 17
1985: Rush - Power Windows
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Whitesnake - Whitesnake
1988: Toto - The Seventh One
1989: Giant - Last of the Runaways
1990: Extreme - Pornograffitti
1991: Metallica - Metallica
1992: Dream Theater - Images and Words
1993: Harem Scarem - Mood Swings
1994: Dream Theater - Awake
1995: Savatage - Dead Winter Dead
1996: Tool - Ænima
1997: Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
1998: Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
1999: Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
2000: Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
2001: Opeth - Blackwater Park
2002: Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2003: Opeth - Damnation
2004: Neal Morse - One
2005: Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006: Amorphis - Eclipse
2007: Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
2008: Ayreon - 01011001
2009: Mastodon - Crack The Skye
2010: Star One - Victims of the Modern Age
2011: Theocracy - As The World Bleeds
2012: Headspace - I Am Anonumous
2013: Alter Bridge - Fortress
2014: Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
2015: Symphony X - Underworld
2016: Fates Warning - Theories of Flight
2017: Mastodon - Emperor of Sand
2018: Amorphis - Queen of Time
2019: The Neal Morse Band - The Great Adventure
2020: Testament - Titans of Creation