John ColtraneThe 70's killed me! Sorry about that... I really just couldn't choose for a lot of these, sorry...
2009 - Still undecided... ( Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind, maudlin of the Well - Part the Second, Mastodon - Crack the Skye... ?)
2008 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale / Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP
2007 - Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum <- This year was about as good as the 70's but DSO came out on top. Special mention for Ulver...
2006 - Negură Bunget - Om / Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain / [artistThe Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure
2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries / Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP
2004 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
2003 - Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye / Opeth - Damnation
2002 - Sigur Rós - ( ) / Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors / Agalloch - The Mantle / Porcupine Tree - In Absentia <- Another great year!
2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park / maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap / Bath
2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! / Weakling - Dead As Dreams / Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun / Ulver - Perdition City
1999 - Opeth - Still Life
1998 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1997 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk / Radiohead - OK Computer / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood / Burzum - Filosofem / Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
1995 - Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways / Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve / Ulver - Kelvdssanger
1994 - Ulver - Bergatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler / Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse / Jeff Buckley - Grace / Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1993 - Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss / Cynic - Focus / Slowdive - Souvlaki
1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt / Änglagård - Hybris
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless / Atheist - Unquestionable Presence / Death - Human
1990 - Naked City - Naked City / Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace / Atheist - A Piece of Time / Lustmord - Heresy
1989 - The Cure - Disintegration / Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness / Voivod - Nothingface
1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All
1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1984 - Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa / Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim
1982 - King Crimson - Beat / Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast / Rush - Signals <- Pretty freaking bad year.
1981 - King Crimson - Discipline
1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall
1978 - Rush - Hemispheres (I can't believe I had to give Rush that year... Shows how mediocre the year was)
1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals
1976 - Rainbow - Rising / Camel - Moonmadness / Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1974 - King Crimson - Red
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge
1971 - To hard to choose just 1... see below.
1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid / Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road
1968 - The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
1967 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (but also Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, etc.)
1966 - The Beatles - Revolver (special mention to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa)
1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul / John Coltrane - A Love Supreme / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1964 - The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (only because it's the only album I've ever heard from this year. It's a pretty mediocre album...)
1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1962 - John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
1961 - Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
So hard to choose for some of those!!! Look at the amazingness the 70's produced!
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff / Queen - A Night at the Opera / Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All / Camel - The Snow Goose / Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ... And more.
1974 - King Crimson - Red / Yes - Relayer / Camel - Mirage / Magma - Köhntarkösz / Focus - Hamburger Concerto ... and way more!
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic / Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / The Who - Quadrophenia / Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire / Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ... and so many more!!!
1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick / David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / Nick Drake - Pink Moon / Deep Purple - Machine Head / Genesis - Foxtrot / Wishbone Ash - Argus / Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico / etc ... Ugh, another insanely amazing year!!!
1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV / Pink Floyd - Meddle / Yes - Fragile / Jethro Tull - Aqualung / John Lennon - Imagine / Comus - First Utterance / Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts / The Who - Who's Next / Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink / Yes - The Yes Album / Genesis - Nursery Crime ... AMAZING YEAR!!!
1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road / Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Led Zeppelin - I & II / Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ... etc.
Jake
2009 - Still undecided... ( Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind, maudlin of the Well - Part the Second, Mastodon - Crack the Skye... ?)
2008 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale / Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP
2007 - Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum <- This year was about as good as the 70's but DSO came out on top. Special mention for Ulver...
2006 - Negură Bunget - Om / Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain / [artistThe Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure
2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries / Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP
2004 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice
2003 - Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye / Opeth - Damnation
2002 - Sigur Rós - ( ) / Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors / Agalloch - The Mantle / Porcupine Tree - In Absentia <- Another great year!
2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park / maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap / Bath
2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! / Weakling - Dead As Dreams / Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun / Ulver - Perdition City
1999 - Opeth - Still Life
1998 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
1997 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk / Radiohead - OK Computer / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood / Burzum - Filosofem / Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
1995 - Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways / Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve / Ulver - Kelvdssanger
1994 - Ulver - Bergatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler / Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse / Jeff Buckley - Grace / Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
1993 - Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss / Cynic - Focus / Slowdive - Souvlaki
1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt / Änglagård - Hybris
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless / Atheist - Unquestionable Presence / Death - Human
1990 - Naked City - Naked City / Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace / Atheist - A Piece of Time / Lustmord - Heresy
1989 - The Cure - Disintegration / Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness / Voivod - Nothingface
1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All
1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun
1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1984 - Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa / Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim
1982 - King Crimson - Beat / Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast / Rush - Signals <- Pretty freaking bad year.
1981 - King Crimson - Discipline
1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall
1978 - Rush - Hemispheres (I can't believe I had to give Rush that year... Shows how mediocre the year was)
1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals
1976 - Rainbow - Rising / Camel - Moonmadness / Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1974 - King Crimson - Red
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge
1971 - To hard to choose just 1... see below.
1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid / Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road
1968 - The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
1967 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (but also Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, etc.)
1966 - The Beatles - Revolver (special mention to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa)
1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul / John Coltrane - A Love Supreme / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1964 - The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (only because it's the only album I've ever heard from this year. It's a pretty mediocre album...)
1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1962 - John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
1961 - Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds
1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
So hard to choose for some of those!!! Look at the amazingness the 70's produced!
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff / Queen - A Night at the Opera / Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All / Camel - The Snow Goose / Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ... And more.
1974 - King Crimson - Red / Yes - Relayer / Camel - Mirage / Magma - Köhntarkösz / Focus - Hamburger Concerto ... and way more!
1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic / Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / The Who - Quadrophenia / Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire / Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ... and so many more!!!
1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick / David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / Nick Drake - Pink Moon / Deep Purple - Machine Head / Genesis - Foxtrot / Wishbone Ash - Argus / Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico / etc ... Ugh, another insanely amazing year!!!
1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV / Pink Floyd - Meddle / Yes - Fragile / Jethro Tull - Aqualung / John Lennon - Imagine / Comus - First Utterance / Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts / The Who - Who's Next / Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink / Yes - The Yes Album / Genesis - Nursery Crime ... AMAZING YEAR!!!
1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road / Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Led Zeppelin - I & II / Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ... etc.
Jake
