The following albums get my “album of the year” vote, from 1960 to the present.
1960 – Etta James – At Last!
1961 – Bobby “Blue” Bland – Two Steps From The Blues
1962 – Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf
1963 – Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
1964 – The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
1965 – Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
1966 – The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
1967 – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
1968 – Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
1969 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
1970 – Black Sabbath – Paranoid
1971 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
1972 – David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
1973 – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
1974 – King Crimson – Red
1975 – Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
1976 – Boston – Boston
1977 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
1978 – Van Halen – Van Halen I
1979 – Pink Floyd – The Wall
1980 – Talking Heads – Remain In Light
1981 – Rush – Moving Pictures
1982 – Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
1983 – R.E.M. – Murmur
1984 – Metallica – Ride The Lightning
1985 – The Replacements – Tim
1986 – Metallica – Master Of Puppets
1987 – U2 – The Joshua Tree
1988 – Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
1989 – The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
1990 – Megadeth – Rust In Peace
1991 – Pearl Jam – Ten
1992 – Alice In Chains – Dirt
1993 – Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
1994 – Jeff Buckley – Grace
1995 – Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996 – Wilco – Being There
1997 – Radiohead – OK Computer
1998 – Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999 – Sigur Ros – Ágætis Byrjun
2000 – Radiohead – Kid A
2001 – The Strokes – Is This It
2002 – Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003 – The White Stripes – Elephant
2004 – Arcade Fire – Funeral
2005 – My Morning Jacket – Z
2006 – Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
2007 – Radiohead – In Rainbows
2008 – Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
2009 – Mastodon – Crack The Skye
2010 – Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
2011 – The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions
2012 – Tame Impala – Lonerism
2013 – Jason Isbell – Southeastern
2014 – The War on Drugs – Lost In The Dream
2015 – Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
2016 – David Bowie – Blackstar
2017 – Alvvays – Antisocialites
2018 – Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy (Face to Face)
2019 – Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
2020 – The Strokes – The New Abnormal
2021 – Low – Hey What
2022 – Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
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