Going Back In Time

1953: Peggy Lee - Black Coffee
1956: The Four Freshmen - Four Freshmen and Five Trorabones
1957: Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
1958: Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me or Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
1959: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
1960: Billy Fury - The Sound of Fury
1961: Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Self titled
1963: Sam Cookie - Night Beat
1964: The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: The Association - And Then...Along Came
1967: Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
1968: Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
1969: Beatles - Abbey Road
1970: Stooges - Fun House or Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1973: The Who - Quadrophenia
1974: Sparks - Kimono My House
1975: Queen - A Night at the Opera
1976: Ramones - Ramones
1977: Talking HeaRAB - 77 or Iggy Pop - Lust for Life or The Jam - In the City
1978: Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts
1979: AC/DC - Highway to Hell
1980: Joy Division - Closer
1981: The Adolescents - The Adolescents
1982: The Cure - Pornography or Michael Jackson - Thriller or Kate Bush - The Dreaming or Waitresses - Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?
1983: New Order - Power, Corruption, and Lies
1984: The Smiths - The Smiths
1985: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
1986: XTC - Skylarking
1987: Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight
1988: Siouxsioux and the Banshees - Peepshow
1989: Pixies - Doolittle
1990: The La's - The La's or Depeche Mode - Violator
1991: Massive Attack - Blue Lines
1992: PJ Harvey - Dry
1993: The Breeders - Last Splash
1994: Oasis - Definitely Maybe
1995: Radiohead - The BenRAB or Alanis Morrissette - Jagged Little Pill
1996: Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
1997: Chris Butler - I Feel a Bit Normal Today
1998: Beck - Mutations
1999: XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1 or Tin Huey - Disinformation
2000: Macy Gray - On How Life Is
2001: Shins - Oh, The Inverted World
2002: Chris Butler - The Museum of Me
2003: The Knife - Deep Cuts or Holly Beth Vincent - Demos Federico
2004: Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Ultimate Collection Live or Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mender
2005: White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
2006: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Butcher's Ballroom or Sparks - Hello Young Lovers or Persephone's Bees - Notes from the Underworld
2007: Feist - The Reminder
2008: Sam Phillips - Don't Do Anything
2009: Regina Spektor - Far

Well, that's mostly off the top of my head. I'm sure I missed a few that I like more than the ones I listed.
 
2005 The Kings of Leon- Aha Shake Heartbreak
2004 The Libertines- The Libertines
2003 The White Stripes- Elephant
2002 The Vines- Highly Evolved
2001 The Strokes- Is This It
2000 Radiohead- Kid A
1999 Rage Against the Machine- The Battle of Los Angeles
1998 Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1997 Radiohead- OK Computer
1996 Weezer- Pinkerton
1995 Morphine- Yes
1994 Beck- Mellow Gold
1993 Nirvana- In Utero
1992 R.E.M.- Automatic for the People
1991 Nirvana- Nevermind
1990 Jane's Addiction- Ritual De Lo Habitual
1989 The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses
1988 Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
1987 Faith No More- Introduce Yourself
1986 The Beastie Boys- Licensed to Ill
1985 Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
1984 Husker Du- Zen Arcade
1983 War- U2
1982 Duran Duran- Rio
1981 Black Flag- Damaged
1980 The Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
1979 Pink Floyd- The Wall
1978 An American Prayer- The Doors
1977 The Sex Pistols- Nevermind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
1976 The Ramones- The Ramones
1975 Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
1974 Kraftwerk- Autobahn
1973 Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
1972 David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
1971 John Lennon- Imagine
1970 Syd Barrett- The Madcap Laughs
1969 The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground
1968 The Beatles- The Beatles
1967 The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground and Nico
1966 Bob Dylan- Blonde On Blonde
1965 The ByrRAB- Turn! Turn! Turn!
1964 Bob Dylan- The Times They Are A-Changing
1963 Johnny Cash- Ring Of Fire


I hard trouble making a decision for some years though....
I had a few ties.

2004 Velvet Revolver- Contraband
1997 Morphine- Like Swimming
1985 Rites of Spring- Rites of Spring
1976 Rush-2112
1967 The Doors- The Doors


Yeah, this was quite a thread.
It took a while to respond, lol.
 
I'm going as far back as 65.

1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966 - The Beatles - Revolver
1967 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
1968 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
1969 - Led Zeppelin - s/t
1970 - Black Sabbath - s/t
1971 - Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
1972 - Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
1973 - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
1974 - Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla
1975 - Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976 - Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
1977 - Foreigner - s/t
1978 - Judas Priest - Stained Class
1979 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
1980 - Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
1981 - Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
1982 - Iron Maiden - The Nuraber of the Beast
1983 - Metallica - Kill Em All
1984 - Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985 - Exodus - Bonded By Blood
1986 - Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
1987 - Guns & Roses- Appetite For Destruction
1988 - Pantera - Power Metal
1989 - WASP - The Headless Children
1990 - Artillery - By Inheritance
1991 - Heathen - Victims of Deception
1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt
1993 - Atheist - Elements
1994 - Paul Van Dyk - 45 RPM
1995 - White Zorabie - Astro Creep 2000
1996 - Sublime - s/t
1997 - The Crystal Method - Vegas
1998 - Rob Zorabie - Hellbilly Deluxe
1999 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californiacation
2000 - Darude - Before the Storm
2001 - Daft Punk - Discovery
2002 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
2003 - Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild
2004 - Benassi Bros. - Punphonia
2005 - Armin Van Buuren - Shivers
2006 - Dieselboy - Human Resource Mix
2007 - Justice - Cross
2008 - Deadmau5 - Random Album Title
2009 - Heathen - The Evolution of Chaos
2010 (so far) - White Wizzard - Over the Top
 
1964 The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
1965 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966 The Beach Boys - Pet SounRAB
1967 Something Else By The Kinks
1968 The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
1969 The Band - The Band
1970 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
1971 Paul McCartney - Ram
1972 Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
1974 Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
1975 Brian Eno - Another Green World
1976 Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
1977 Television - Marquee Moon
1978 Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model
1979 Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants
1980 The Specials - More Specials
1981 The Clash - Sandinista!
1982 XTC - English Settlement
1983 R.E.M - Murmur
1984 ?
1985 Kate Bush - HounRAB of Love
1986 XTC - Skylarking
1987 The Go-Betweens - Tallulah
1988 Crowded House - Temple Of Low Men
1989 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
1990 Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs For Drella
1991 Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
1993 Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
1994 ?
1995 ?
1996 Pulp - Different Class
1997 Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
1998 ?
1999 Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2000 GoRABpeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists…
2002 Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
2003 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
2004 Brian Wilson - SMiLE
2005 Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2006 ?
2007 The Shins - Wincing The Night Away
2008 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2009 Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
 
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