AOTY '67-'17 Picks - [Aiwaz Edition]
This was a lot harder than it seemed, especially when you have to do it twice. Here it is, enjoy! |
| 1 |  | The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Are You Experienced
1967
Honorable Mentions:
The Doors - The Doors
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as love
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
| 2 |  | TOUCH
Touch
1968
Honorable Mentions:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful Of Secrets |
| 3 |  | King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King
1969
Honorable Mentions:
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa |
| 4 |  | Peter Green
The End of the Game
1970
Honorable Mentions:
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Black Sabbath - Paranoid |
| 5 |  | Egg
The Polite Force
1971
Honorable Mentions:
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame |
| 6 |  | Yes
Close to the Edge
1972
Honorable Mentions:
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick |
| 7 |  | Mahavishnu Orchestra
Birds of Fire
1973
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Catch a Fire
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound |
| 8 |  | Tangerine Dream
Phaedra
1974
Honorable Mentions:
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Yes - Relayer |
| 9 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
1975
Honorable Mentions:
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Grateful Dead - Blues for Allah |
| 10 |  | Scorpions
Virgin Killer
1976
Honorable Mentions:
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Rush - 2112 |
| 11 |  | Pink Floyd
Animals
1977
Honorable Mentions:
Wire - Pink Flag
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Steely Dan - Aja |
| 12 |  | Van Halen
Van Halen
1978
Honorable Mentions:
Molly Hatchet - Molly Hatchet
AC/DC - Powerage |
| 13 |  | AC/DC
Highway To Hell
1979
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door |
| 14 |  | Diamond Head
Lightning to the Nations
1980
Honorable Mentions:
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel |
| 15 |  | Venom
Welcome to Hell
1981
Honorable Mentions:
Triumph - Allied Forces
King Crimson - Discipline
Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman |
| 16 |  | Michael Jackson
Thriller
1982
Honorable Mentions:
Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast |
| 17 |  | Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
1983
Honorable Mentions:
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies
Mercyful Fate - Melissa |
| 18 |  | Stevie Ray Vaughan
Couldn't Stand the Weather
1984
Honorable Mentions:
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Iron Maiden - Powerslave |
| 19 |  | Slayer
Hell Awaits
1985
Honorable Mentions:
Heart - Heart
Exodus - Bonded by Blood
Megadeth - Killing is My Business...and Business is Good |
| 20 |  | Metallica
Master of Puppets
1986
Honorable Mentions:
Megadeth - Peace Sells...but Who's Buying
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Slayer - Reign in Blood |
| 21 |  | Heart
Bad Animals
1987
Honorable Mentions:
Testament - The Legacy
Michael Jackson - Bad
The Cult - Electric |
| 22 |  | Jane's Addiction
Nothing's Shocking
1988
Honorable Mentions:
Slayer - South of Heaven
Kylie Minogue - Kylie
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son |
| 23 |  | The Cult
Sonic Temple
1989
Honorable Mentions:
Skid Row - Skid Row
Sepultura - Beneath The Remains
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine |
| 24 |  | Mother Love Bone
Apple
1990
Honorable Mentions:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Ween - GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell |
| 25 |  | Ozzy Osbourne
No More Tears
1991
Honorable Mentions:
Type O Negative - Slow, Deep and Hard
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
Death - Human |
| 26 |  | Faith No More
Angel Dust
1992
Honorable Mentions:
Testament - The Ritual
Kyuss - Blues For the Red Sun |
| 27 |  | Type O Negative
Bloody Kisses
1993
Honorable Mentions:
Tool - Undertow
Primus - Pork Soda
Cynic - Focus
Death - Individual Thought Patterns |
| 28 |  | Kyuss
Welcome to Sky Valley
1994
Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Nas - Illmatic
Prong - Cleansing |
| 29 |  | Cairo
Cairo
1995
Honorable Mentions:
Death - Symbolic
GZA - Liquid Swords
Opeth - Orchid
Fear Factory - Demanufacture |
| 30 |  | Neurosis
Through Silver in Blood
1996
Honorable Mentions:
2Pac - All Eyez On Me
Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Tool - Ænima
In Flames - The Jester Race |
| 31 |  | Ween
The Mollusk
1997
Honorable Mentions:
Oasis - Be Here Now
In Flames - Whoracle
Machine Head - The More Things Change
Deftones - Around the Fur |
| 32 |  | Opeth
My Arms, Your Hearse
1998
Honorable Mentions:
Cairo - Conflict and Dreams
Anathema - Alternative 4
Death - Sound of Perseverance |
| 33 |  | Agalloch
Pale Folklore
1999
Honorable Mentions:
Neurosis - Times of Grace
Dan Swano - Moontower
Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile |
| 34 |  | Lykathea Aflame
Elvenefris
2000
Honorable Mentions:
Ulver - Perdition City
Shadows Fall - Of One Blood
Soulfly - Primitive
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms |
| 35 |  | Tool
Lateralus
2001
Honorable Mentions:
***There are no contenders for this album this year*** |
| 36 |  | Green Carnation
Light of Day, Day of Darkness
2002
Honorable Mentions:
ISIS - Oceanic
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing |
| 37 |  | Opeth
Damnation
2003
Honorable Mentions:
Deftones - Deftones
Michelle Branch - Hotel Paper
Ween - Quebec |
| 38 |  | Disillusion
Back to Times of Splendor
2004
Honorable Mentions:
Twista - Kamikaze
Neurosis - The Eye of Every Storm
In Flames - The Soundtrack to Your Escape
ISIS - Panopticon |
| 39 |  | Red Sparowes
At The Soundless Dawn
2005
Honorable Mentions:
Kreator - Enemy of God
Strapping Young Lad - Alien
Pelican - The Fire in our Throats will Beckon the Thaw
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Sigur Ros - Takk... |
| 40 |  | Drudkh
Blood In Our Wells
2006
Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
ISIS - In The Absence of Truth
Slayer - Christ Illusion
Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes |
| 41 |  | Alcest
Souvenirs d'un autre monde
2007
Honorable Mentions:
Therion - Gothic Kabbalah
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Neurosis - Given to the Rising |
| 42 |  | Cynic
Traced in Air
2008
Honorable Mentions:
Opeth - Watershed
Into Eternity - The Incurable Tragedy
Eluveitie - Slania |
| 43 |  | Isis
Wavering Radiant
2009
Honorable Mentions:
Amorphis - Skyforger
Drudkh - Microcosmos
The 69 Eyes - Back in Blood |
| 44 |  | Alcest
Écailles de Lune
2010
Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - Marrow of the Spirit
Deftones - Diamond Eyes |
| 45 |  | Ulver
Wars of the Roses
2011
Honorable Mentions:
Origin - Entity
Opeth - Heritage |
| 46 |  | Alcest
Les Voyages de l'Âme
2012
Honorable Mentions:
Drudkh - Eternal Turn of the Wheel
Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage |
| 47 |  | Gorguts
Colored Sands
2013
Honorable Mentions:
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Ulver - Messe I.X-VI.X
Ulcerate - Vermis |
| 48 |  | Job for a Cowboy
Sun Eater
2014
Honorable Mentions:
Agalloch - The Serpent and the Sphere
Origin - Omnipresent
1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos |
| 49 |  | Julien Baker
Sprained Ankle
2015
Honorable Mentions:
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Arcturus - Arcturian |
| 50 |  | Katatonia
The Fall of Hearts
2016
Honorable Mentions:
Gojira - Magma
Deftones - Gore
Kayo Dot - Plastic House on Base of Sky |
| 51 |  | Mount Eerie
A Crow Looked At Me
2017
Honorable Mentions:
****TBA**** |
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