Favorite Album by Year

[ManPerson]

Doing 2010- for now
2010: The Social Network - Soundtrack
2011: The Smile Sessions - The Beach Boys
2012: Good Kid m.A.A.d. City - Kendrick Lamar
2013: Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
2014: Black Messiah - D'angelo & the Vanguard
2015: To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
2016: The Glowing Man - Swans
2017: Mouth Moods - Neil Cicierega
2018: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides - SOPHIE
2019: Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey
2020: What's Your Pleasure? - Jessie Ware
2021: Country Tropics - Old Saw
2022: The Forever Story - JID
2023: That! Feels! Good! - Jessie Ware
2024: The New Sound - Geordie Greep

[Ryan]

1955: Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
1956: Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport
1957: Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
1958: Thelonious Monk - Misterioso
1959: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
1960: Babatunde Olatunji - Drums of Passion
1961: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - A Night in Tunisia
1962: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
1963: James Brown - Live at the Apollo
1964: Nina Simone - Nina Simone in Concert
1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967: Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1968: The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
1969: Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
1970: Miles Davis - Bitches' Brew
1971: Joni Mitchell - Blue
1972: Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
1973: King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
1974: Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
1975: Herbie Hancock - Flood
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
1977: Steely Dan - Aja
1978: Wire - Chairs Missing
1979: The B-52's - The B-52's
1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1981: King Crimson - Discipline
1982: Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
1983: R.E.M. - Murmur
1984: The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
1985: Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1986: Game Theory - The Big Shot Chronicles
1987: Prince - Sign O the Times
1988: Throwing Muses - House Tornado
1989: The Cure - Disintegration
1990: The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
1991: De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
1992: The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
1993: Slowdive - Souvlaki
1994: Blur - Parklife
1995: Phish - A Live One
1996: Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1997: Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle
1998: Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1999: Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock
2000: Broadcast - The Noise Made By People
2001: Phish - Live Phish Vol. 4
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
2004: MF DOOM - MM..FOOD
2005: Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
2006: SIlversun Pickups - Carnavas
2007: Daft Punk - Alive 2007
2008: Los Campesinos! - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
2009: Florence + The Machine - Lungs
2010: Los Campesinos! - Romance is Boring
2011: TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
2012: Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
2013: Paramore - Paramore
2014: Alvvays - Alvvays
2015: Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
2016: David Bowie - Blackstar
2017: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Flying Microtonal Banana
2018: Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer
2019: Black Midi - Schlagenheim
2020: Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
2021: Squid - Bright Green Field
2022: Alvvays - Blue Rev
2023: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Live in Chicago '23
2024: Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk

[ZeiGezunt]

I didn't listen to a single new album in 2024. Did I miss anythnig? I don't care what genre, what was good?

[Sherick]

My AOTY was Les Chants de l'Aurore by Alcest, which is really melodic and powerful post-metal type stuff

[notaladiesman]

I didn't listen to a single new album in 2024. Did I miss anythnig? I don't care what genre, what was good?

MJ Lenderman's Manning Firworks (Neil Young inspired drunken country rock), Good Looks' Lived Here for a While (simple boring heartland rock), Goat ST (riff heavy psych rock), Ducks Ltd's Harm's Way (jangles with additional jangles), KGLW's Flight b741 (bluesy rock with a lot of harmonica), Jack White's No Name (Jack White), GROOP's This Place Is the Space (I don't know what this is)

[ManPerson]

Expanding my list to 1956-
1956: Songs for Swingin' Lovers - Frank Sinatra
1957: West Side Story - Broadway Cast Recording
1958: Blue Train - John Coltrane
1959: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
1960: Giant Steps - John Coltrane
1961: West Side Story - Soundtrack
1962: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music - Ray Charles
1963: Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
1964: Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & Joao Gilerto
1965: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
1966: Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
1967: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
1968: At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
1969: Abbey Road - Beatles
1970: Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
1971: There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
1972: Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
1973: Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1974: Peace and Love - Dadawah
1975: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
1976: Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
1977: Aja - Steely Dan
1978: Music for 18 Musicians - Steve Reich
1979: Breakfast in America - Supertramp
1980: Remain in Light - Talking Heads
1981: Computer World - Kraftwerk
1982: Pornography - The Cure
1983: Soul Mining - The The
1984: Purple Rain - Prince & the Revolution
1985: Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
1986: Master of Puppets - Metallica
1987: The Joshua Tree - U2
1988: Introspective - Pet Shop Boys
1989: Disintegration - The Cure
1990: Violator - Depeche Mode
1991: The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
1992: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin
1993: Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
1994: Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
1995: Liquid Swords - GZA
1996: Feed Me Weird Things - Squarepusher
1997: OK Computer - Radiohead
1998: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
1999: When the Pawn... - Fiona Apple
2000: Like Water for Chocolate - Common
2001: Discover - Daft Punk
2002: The Fire This Time - Various Artists
2003: Elephant - The White Stripes
2004: The College Dropout - Kanye West
2005: Late Registration - Kanye West
2006: Hell Hath No Fury - Clipse
2007: Blackout - Britney Spears
2008: 808s & Heartbreak - Kanye West
2009: The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga
2010: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2011: The Smile Sessions - Beach Boys
2012: Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City - Kendrick Lamar
2013: Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
2014: Black Messiah - D'Angelo
2015: To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
2016: Blonde - Frank Ocean
2017: Mouth Moods - Neil Cicierega
2018: Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides - SOPHIE
2019: Norman Fucking Rockwell! - Lana Del Rey
2020: What's Your Pleasure - Jessie Ware
2021: Country Tropics - Old Saw
2022: The Steppers Tour - Live from Paris - Kendrick Lamar
2023: That! Feels Good! - Jessie Ware
2024: The New Sound - Geordie Greep
2025: Magic, Alive! - McKinley Dixon
2026: Don't Be Dumb - A$AP Rocky