Best Albums Of Each Year

Best Album Each Year 1965 - 2013



1965
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1966
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
Revolver - The Beatles
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

1967
Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground
The Doors - The Doors
Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

1968
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
White Album - The Beatles
White Light White Heat - Velvet Underground

1969
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

1970
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
After The Goldrush - Neil Young

1971
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
LA Woman - The Doors
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones

1972
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones

1973
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
Berlin - Lou Reed

1974
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
New Skin For The Old Ceremony - Leonard Cohen
On The Beach - Neil Young

1975
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Horses - Patti Smith

1976
Station To Station - David Bowie
Small Change - Tom Waits
The Ramones - The Ramones

1977
The Clash - The Clash
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
Heroes - David Bowie

1978
Give Em Enough Rope The Clash
Blue Valentine - Tom Waits
Street Hassle - Lou Reed

1979
London Calling - The Clash
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
The Wall - Pink Floyd

1980
Closer - Joy Division
Sandinista - The Clash
Heartattack And Vine - Tom Waits

1981
Slates - The Fall
Tattoo You - Rolling Stones
October - U2

1982
Hex Enducation Hour - The Fall
Combat Rock - The Clash
Room To Live - The Fall

1983
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
Perverted By Language - The Fall
Murmur - REM

1984
The Smiths - The Smiths
Wonderful & Frightening World Of The Fall - The Fall
Unforgettable Fire - U2

1985
Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
This Nations Saving Grace - The Fall

1986
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Bend Sinister - The Fall
Lifes Rich Pageant - REM

1987
Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits
Joshua Tree - U2

1988
Viva Hate - Morrissey
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
Green - REM

1989
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Doolittle - Pixies
New York - Lou Reed

1990
Reading, Writing & Arithmatic - The Sundays
Songs For Drella - Lou Reed & John Cale
Violator - Depeche Mode

1991
Kill Uncle - Morrissey
Nevermind - Nirvana
Out Of Time - REM

1992
Your Arsenal - Morrissey
Bone Machine - Tom Waits
Automatic For The People - REM

1993
In Utero - Nirvana
The Black Rider - Tom Waits
Dusk - The The

1994
Vauxhall & I - Morrissey
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Grace - Jeff Buckley

1995
Southpaw Grammar - Morrissey
Morning Glory - Oasis
The Bends - Radiohead

1996
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
Tigermilk - Belle & Sebastian
New Adventures In Hi Fi - REM

1997
Maladjusted - Morrissey
OK Computer - Radiohead
The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse

1998
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
Yield - Pearl Jam

1999
Mule Variations - Tom Waits
Rock Art And The X-Ray Style - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
The Marshall Suite - The Fall

2000
The Moon And Antarctica - Modest Mouse
Kid A - Radiohead
Fold Your Hands Child - Belle & Sebastian

2001
Is This It - The Strokes
Global A Go Go - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Amnesiac - Radiohead

2002
Alice - Tom Waits
Blood Money - Tom Waits
Up The Bracket - The Libertines

2003
Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian
Streetcore - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
The Real New Fall LP - The Fall

2004
You Are The Quarry - Morrissey
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Real Gone - Tom Waits

2005
I'm Wide Awake, Its Morning - Bright Eyes
The New Fellas - The Cribs
Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis

2006
Ringleader Of The Tormentors - Morrissey
The Life Pursuit - Belle & Sebastian
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

2007
In Rainbows - Radiohead
We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire

2008
St Jude - The Courteeners
Imperial Wax Solvent - The Fall
Viva La Vida - Coldplay

2009
Years Of Refusal - Morrissey
No Line On The Horizon - U2
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Kasabian

2010
Your Future Our Clutter - The Fall
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Write About Love - Belle & Sebastian

2011
Bad As Me - Tom Waits
King Of Limbs - Radiohead
Velociraptor - Kasabian

2012
Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
Old Ideas - Leonard Cohen
Tempest - Bob Dylan

2013
Shangri La - Jake Bugg
The Next Day - David Bowie
Reflektor - Arcade Fire

2014
World Peace Is None Of Your Business - Morrissey
Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen
Concrete Love - The Courteeners