Albums Of The Years (1990-Present)
AOTY for me from 1990 to 2021. I give my personal rating and some honorable mentions. Originally, I was going to include reasoning for each, but they either felt too vague or not well-written. Will probably just do a sound off for each album later. I don't do pre-1990 because I don't really listen to a whole lot of 60s, 70s, and 80s music. |
| 1 |  | Depeche Mode
Violator
1990
Rating: 9.25/10
Honorable Mentions:
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas |
| 2 |  | Nirvana
Nevermind
1991
Rating: 8.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger |
| 3 |  | The Gits
Frenching the Bully
1992
Rating: 9.25/10
Honorable Mentions:
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Alice in Chains - Dirt |
| 4 |  | The Cranberries
Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
1993
Rating: 8/10
Honorable Mentions:
Nirvana - In Utero |
| 5 |  | Soundgarden
Superunknown
1994
Rating: 9.25/10
Honorable Mentions:
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Failure - Magnified
Jeff Buckley - Grace |
| 6 |  | Radiohead
The Bends
1995
Rating: 8.75/10
Honorable Mentions:
N/A |
| 7 |  | Failure
Fantastic Planet
1996
Rating: 11/10 (not a typo)
Honorable Mentions:
lol no Failure steals the year |
| 8 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
1997
Rating: 9.25/10
Honorable Mentions:
Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. |
| 9 |  | The Cardigans
Gran Turismo
1998
Rating: 8.75/10
Honorable Mentions:
System of a Down - System of a Down |
| 10 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication
1999
Rating: 9/10
Honorable Mentions:
Sigur Ros - Agætis byrjun |
| 11 |  | Shiner
Starless
2000
Rating: 9/10
Honorable Mentions:
Radiohead - Kid A
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Deftones - White Pony
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 |
| 12 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
2001
Rating: 9.25/10
System of a Down - Toxicity
Honorable Mentions:
Muse - Origin of Symmetry |
| 13 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers
By the Way
2002
Rating: 9.75/10
Honorable Mentions:
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
dredg - El Cielo |
| 14 |  | Anathema
A Natural Disaster
2003
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
Linkin Park - Meteora
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance |
| 15 |  | Chevelle
This Type Of Thinking (Could Do Us In)
2004
Rating: 9/10
Honorable Mentions:
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Within Temptation - The Silent Force |
| 16 |  | The Receiving End of Sirens
Between the Heart and the Synapse
2005
Rating: 11/10
Honorable Mentions:
10 Years - The Autumn Effect
Thrice - Vheissu |
| 17 |  | The Outline
You Smash It, We'll Build Around It
2006
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations
Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
Saosin - Saosin |
| 18 |  | The Receiving End of Sirens
The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
2007
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
Circa Survive - On Letting Go |
| 19 |  | The Reign of Kindo
Rhythm, Chord & Melody
2008
Rating: 8.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
10 Years - Division |
| 20 |  | Chevelle
Sci-Fi Crimes
2009
If you think you are getting triple vision, you're not. 2009 is a unique year for me, one where an incomparable amount of my favorite music was inexplicably released. This random year has enough near 10/10 albums for a whole decade. I had to NARROW it down to three.
Rating: 10/10 |
| 21 |  | Nothing More
The Few Not Fleeting
2009 (again)
Rating:
9.5/10 |
| 22 |  | Tides of Man
Empire Theory
2009 (again, again)
Rating: 9.75/10
Honorable Mentions:
Jezabels - The Man is Dead (would be a 4th AOTW but it's an EP)
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Children of Nova - The Complexity of Light
The Life and Times - Tragic Boogie |
| 23 |  | Deftones
Diamond Eyes
2010
Double again sorry... last time I promise.
Rating: 9.5/10 |
| 24 |  | Envy On The Coast
Lowcountry
2010 (again)
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
Jezabels - Dark Storm |
| 25 |  | The Jezabels
Prisoner
2011
Rating: 9.75/10
Honorable Mentions:
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum (9 EP collection version)
Chevelle - Hats off to the Bull
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving
Fair to Midland - Arrows and Anchors |
| 26 |  | Anathema
Weather Systems
2012
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
Motorpsycho - The Death Defying Unicorn |
| 27 |  | Queens of the Stone Age
...Like Clockwork
2013
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
CHVRCHES - The Bones of What You Believe
Alter Bridge - Fortress |
| 28 |  | Nothing More
Nothing More
2014
Rating: 10/10
Honorable Mentions:
Marmozets - The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets |
| 29 |  | Failure
The Heart Is a Monster
2015
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
Too Close to Touch - Nerve Endings |
| 30 |  | Too Close to Touch
Haven't Been Myself
2016
Rating: 9/10
Honorable Mentions:
The Jezabels - Synthia |
| 31 |  | Paramore
After Laughter
2017
Rating: 9/10
Honorable Mentions:
Palisades - Palisades
Artificial Language - The Observer |
| 32 |  | Metric
Art of Doubt
2018
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
The Voidz - Virtue
Failure - In The Future Your Body Will Be The Furthest Thing From Your Mind |
| 33 |  | glass beach
The First Glass Beach Album
2019
Rating: 8.25/10
Honorable Mentions:
Thank You Scientist - Terraforner
Harry Styles - Fine Line
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Aside: This year is kinda bad tbh |
| 34 |  | Nothing
The Great Dismal
2020
Rating: 9.5/10
Honorable Mentions:
The Strokes - The New Abnormal |
| 35 |  | Failure
Wild Type Droid
2021
Rating: 9/10
Honorable Mentions:
Chevelle - NIRATIAS
CHVRCHES - Screen Violence
Ice Nine Kills - The Silver Scream 2 |
| 36 |  | The Warning
Error
2022
Rating: 9/10 |
| 37 |  | Hail the Sun
Divine Inner Tension
2023
Rating: 9/10 |
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