#1 Favourite Albums For Every Year Since I Was Born
via A.V. Club:
This was next to fucking impossible. That's why for some years there are a few close favourites in brackets. :)
1977: The Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks
1978: Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Scream
1979: The Clash - London Calling
1980: Joy Division - Closer
1981: OMD - Architecture & Morality
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983: Culture Club - Colour By Numbers
1984: The Smiths - The Smiths
1985: a-ha - Hunting High And Low
[The Cure - Head On The Door]
1986: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
[The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy]
1987: Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
[George Michael - Faith; INXS - Kick]
1988: The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
[The Cure - Disintegration; NIN - Pretty Hate Machine]
1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
[Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas; Ride - Nowhere]
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
[Primal Scream - Screamadelica; Slint - Spiderland]
1992: PJ Harvey - Dry
[Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted; R.E.M. - Automatic For The People]
1993: Slowdive - Souvlaki
1994: Jeff Buckley - Grace
[Blur - Parklife; Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible]
1995: Radiohead - The Bends
[Pulp - A Different Class; Spiritualized - Pure Phase]
1996: Fiona Apple - Tidal
[DJ Shadow - Endtroducing]
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
[Daft Punk - Homework; The Verve - Urban Hymns]
1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine
[Elliott Smith - XO; Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children]
1999: Wilco: Summer Teeth
[Beck - Midnite Vultures; Blur - 13]
2000: Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
[Radiohead - Kid A; Coldplay - Parachutes]
2001: Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
[GY!BE - Lift Your Skinny Fists...; Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World]
2002: Beck - Sea Change
[Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head; Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport]
2003: Muse - Absolution
[Elbow - Cast Of Thousands; The Wrens - Meadowlands]
2004: Junior Boys - Last Exit
[Air - Talkie Walkie; The Arcade Fire - Funeral]
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
[M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us; The Knife - Silent Shout]
2006: Lily Allen - Alright, Still
[Hot Chip - The Warning; Burial - Burial]
2007: The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
[Radiohead - In Rainbows; Panda Bear - Person Pitch]
2008: Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
[Santogold - Santogold; M83 - Saturdays = Youth]
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1982: The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
1983: Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex
1984: Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets 2
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: Slayer - Reign in Blood
1987: Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988: Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Session
1989: The Cure - Disintegration
1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Current 93/Nurse with Wound - Thunder Perfect Mind
1993: Nirvana - In Utero
1994: Guided By Voices – Bee Thousand
1995: Oval - 94 Diskont
1996: Aphex Twin - Richard D. James
1997: Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
1999: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - I See a Darkness
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
2002: Beck - Sea Change
2003: Cat Power: You are Free
2004: William Basinski – The Disintegration Loops
2005: Sunn O))) - Black One
2006: The Knife - Silent Shout
2007: Bloody Panda - Pheromone
2008: The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride