Favorite Albums By Year
Below is a changing list of my favorite album from each year. The goal of the list was to have only one pick for each year, but that was difficult… so there are a few years with honorable mentions (The favorite is in bold). Some years really had a toss up between two or three options, so I flipped a coin and the loser of the coin flip could be my favorite tomorrow. That’s the beauty of music, having taste and preference change, and finding new stuff. I think the list does a good job showing my musical tastes, but certainly doesn’t encapsulate it all. There are certain artists I love that are not on the list. This could be due to having their best songs spaced out through many albums or the fact that I listened to compilations instead of album by album. Some of those artists include Talking Heads, James Taylor, and Queen. Take a look and see if you have any similarities, and maybe you’ll even discover some new music you like! Lastly, I’ve made a playlist that includes 1 song from every album on this list.
2025-Getting Killed (Geese) From the Pyre (The Last Dinner Party)
2024-Prelude to Ecstasy (The Last Dinner Party) Only God Was Above Us (Vampire Weekend) Dr. Dog (Dr. Dog)
2023-Norm (Andy Shauf) Everything Harmony (The Lemon Twigs)
2022-Misadventures of Doomscroller (Dawes) Things Are Great (Band of Horses) Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (Big Thief)
2021-I Know I’m Funny haha (Faye Webster)
2020-The New Abnormal (The Strokes) Neon Skyline (Andy Shauf) Saint Cloud (Waxahatchee)
2019-Father of the Bride (Vampire Weekend)
2018-Mt. Joy (Mt. Joy) Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino (Arctic Monkeys)
2017-Damn (Kendrick Lamar)
2016-Do Hollywood (The Lemon Twigs) Light Upon the Lake (Whitney) Emotions and Math (Margaret Glaspy)
2015-I Love You, Honeybear (Father John Misty) Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit (Courtney Barnett)
2014-Hozier (Hozier)
2013-We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic (Foxygen) AM (Arctic Monkeys) Modern Vampires of the City (Vampire Weekend)
2012-Some Nights (Fun.) good kid, m.A.A.d city (Kendrick Lamar) The Carpenter (The Avett Brothers)
2011-Middle Brother (Middle Brother) The King is Dead (The Decemberists) The Head and the Heart (The Head and the Heart)
2010-Brothers (The Black Keys)
2009-I and Love and You (The Avett Brothers)
2008-Vampire Weekend (Vampire Weekend) Fleet Foxes (Fleet Foxes)
2007-Emotionalism (The Avett Brothers) Sky Blue Sky (Wilco) Favorite Worst Nightmare (Arctic Monkeys)
2006-Everything All The Time (Band of Horses) First Impressions of Earth (The Strokes)
2005-Z (My Morning Jacket) Guero-Beck
2004-Hot Fuss (The Killers) O.C.M.S. (Old Crow Medicine Show)
2003-Chutes Too Narrow (The Shins) Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right…but Three Do (Relient K)
2002-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco) Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Flaming Lips)
2001-Is This It (The Strokes) Toxicity (System of a Down)
2000-Parachutes (Coldplay)
1999-Summerteeth (Wilco)
1998-In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
1997-Whatever and Ever Amen (Ben Folds)
1996-Fashion Nugget (Cake)
1995-(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (Oasis)
1994-MTV Unplugged in NY (Nirvana)
1993-August and Everything After (Counting Crows)
1992—–Taking Suggestions…..
1991-Nevermind (Nirvana), Ten (Pearl Jam)
1990—–Taking Suggestions…..
1989-Doolittle (Pixies)
1988-The Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 (Traveling Wilburys)
1987—–Taking Suggestions…..
1986-Graceland (Paul Simon) The Way It Is (Bruce Hornsby)
1985-Songs From The Big Chair (Tears For Fears)
1984—–Taking Suggestions…..
1983-Violent Femmes (Violent Femmes) Synchronicity (The Police)
1982-Too Rye Ay (Dexys Midnight Runners) Thriller (Michael Jackson)
1981-Jumpin’ Jive (Joe Jackson)
1980-I Just Can’t Stop It (English Beat)
1979-Breakfast In America (Supertramp)
1978-This Year’s Model (Elvis Costello)
1977-Out of the Blue (ELO) Running On Empty (Jackson Browne) Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)
1976-Aja (Steely Dan) Breezin’ (George Benson)
1975-Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
1974-Late For The Sky (Jackson Browne)
1973-The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
1972-Can’t Buy A Thrill (Steely Dan)
1971-Ram (Paul McCartney) Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
1970-Tea For The Tillerman (Cat Stevens) Let It Be (Beatles) Cold Fact (Rodriguez)
1960s-THE BEATLES
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