idolator sez

List your favorite album from each year since you were born. So I'll play.

1985 - The Velvet Underground - VU
1986 - The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
1987 - Paul Simon - Graceland
1988 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989 - Aerosmith - Pump
1990 - The Chills - Submarine Bells
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt
1993 - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville / PJ Harvey - Rid of Me (tie)
1994 - Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
1995 - Tricky - Maxinquaye / Luna - Penthouse (tie)
1996 - DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...DJ Shadow
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves / Sunny Day Real Estate - How it Feels to be Something On (tie)
1999 - The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs / The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (tie)
2000 - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2001 - Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
2002 - The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
2003 - Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
2004 - Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me
2005 - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
2006 - Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
2007 - The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
2008 (so far anyway) - Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward

edit: ten bonus years just for the hell of it

1975 - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1976 - Brian Eno - Another Green World
1977 - Television - Marquee Moon
1978 - Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
1979 - Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
1980 - Jon Hassell/Brian Eno - Fourth World Vol. 1: Possible Musics
1981 - X - Wild Gift
1982 - Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
1983 - R.E.M. - Murmur
1984 - The Replacements - Let it Be