2014年 Sep 21日 Sunday, 13:43
So the last time I did this was back in 2010 and the first time was in 2008. Since then I've gotten into a lot of new music and I figured I might as well update this. As before I skip years where I don't own any albums from and some years end up being a case of "WTF, why is that his top album for 198_" because I might only have one album released that year. I've really gotten into a lot of older music over the past two years but I'm not going to include any best of compilations on this list, only proper albums.
1969: Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
1970: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1971: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1975: Kraftwerk - Radio-Aktivitat
1978: Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
1979: Pink Floyd - The Wall
1981: Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
1983: Einstürzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
1984: Skinny Puppy - Remission
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
1987: Skinny Puppy - Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate
1988: Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
1989: Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
~~the bulk of my music collection starts here~~
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Nine Inch Nails - Broken
1993: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995: The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996: Type O Negative - October Rust
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine
1999: Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
2000: Einstürzende Neubauten - Silence is Sexy
2001: Aphex Twin - Drukqs
2002: Matthew Good Band - Audio of Being
2003: The Postal Service - Give Up
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: Gorillaz - Demon Days
2006: Thom Yorke - The Eraser
2007: The National - Boxer
2008: Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
2009: Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low
2010: The National - High Violet
2011: Björk - Biophilia
2012: Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (III)
2013: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
2014: deadmau5 - while(1<2)
I realize that I'm being a bit premature saying that while(1<2) is going to be my favourite album of 2014 but in all honesty I can't imagine anything being released this year that I'll enjoy more. A few years were really hard to call (namely 1994, 1996, 2001, and 2010) because there was so much fantastic music released that year.
Thanks for reading.