A while back I made a list of my favorite albums of each year from 1960-2022, and during my “hiatus” from blogging over this past month, I figured it’d be fun to try to expand that list to THREE albums per year (yes, you read that right). I was able to make it as far back as 1963 before my brain broke…
Welp, here you are:
1963
GOLD: The Beatles - Please Please Me
SILVER: The Beatles - With the Beatles
BRONZE: Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
1964
GOLD: The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
SILVER: The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
BRONZE: The Rolling Stones - England’s Newest Hit Makers
1965
GOLD: The Beatles - Help!
SILVER: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
BRONZE: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966
GOLD: The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (preferably the US version)
SILVER: The Beatles - Revolver
BRONZE: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967
GOLD: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (preferably the US version)
SILVER: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
BRONZE: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
1968
GOLD: Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
SILVER: The Beatles - The White Album
BRONZE: The Rolling Stones - Beggar’s Banquet
1969
GOLD: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
SILVER: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
BRONZE: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970
GOLD: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
SILVER: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
BRONZE: Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
1971
GOLD: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
SILVER: Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
BRONZE: Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
1972
GOLD: Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
SILVER: Deep Purple - Machine Head
BRONZE: Neil Young - Harvest
1973
GOLD: Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
SILVER: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
BRONZE: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
1974
GOLD: Kiss - Hotter than Hell
SILVER: Kiss - Kiss
BRONZE: Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
1975
GOLD: Kiss - Dressed to Kill
SILVER: Black Sabbath - Sabotage
BRONZE: Kiss - Alive
1976
GOLD: Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
SILVER: Kiss - Destroyer
BRONZE: Aerosmith - Rocks
1977
GOLD: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
SILVER: Kiss - Love Gun
BRONZE: Kiss - Alive II
1978
GOLD: Van Halen - Van Halen
SILVER: Ace Frehley - Ace Frehley
BRONZE: Paul Stanley - Paul Stanley
1979
GOLD: Pink Floyd - The Wall
SILVER: Kiss - Dynasty
BRONZE: Van Halen - Van Halen II
1980
GOLD: Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
SILVER: ACDC - Back in Black
BRONZE: Kiss - Unmasked
1981
GOLD: Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman
SILVER: Van Halen - Fair Warning
BRONZE: Kiss - Music from “The Elder”
1982
GOLD: Kiss - Creatures of the Night
SILVER: Michael Jackson - Thriller
BRONZE: Van Halen - Diver Down
1983
GOLD: Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
SILVER: Kiss - Lick It Up
BRONZE: Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
1984
GOLD: Metallica - Ride the Lightning
SILVER: The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
BRONZE: Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
1985
GOLD: Tears For Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
SILVER: Faith No More - We Care a Lot
BRONZE: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Freaky Styley
1986
GOLD: Metallica - Master of Puppets
SILVER: Van Halen - 5150
BRONZE: Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
1987
GOLD: Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction
SILVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
BRONZE: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988
GOLD: Metallica - And Justice for All
SILVER: Guns N’ Roses - G N’ R Lies
BRONZE: Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
1989
GOLD: Faith No More - The Real Thing
SILVER: Nirvana - Bleach
BRONZE: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother’s Milk
1990
GOLD: Alice in Chains - Facelift
SILVER: Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
BRONZE: Megadeth - Rust in Peace
1991
GOLD: Pearl Jam - Ten
SILVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
BRONZE: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992
GOLD: Faith No More - Angel Dust
SILVER: Alice in Chains - Dirt
BRONZE: Stone Temple Pilots - Core
1993
GOLD: The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
SILVER: Nirvana - In Utero
BRONZE: Tool - Undertow
1994
GOLD: Soundgarden - Superunknown
SILVER: Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
BRONZE: Weezer - The Blue Album
1995
GOLD: Oasis - What’s the Story (Morning Glory)?
SILVER: White Zombie - Astro-Creep: 2000
BRONZE The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
1996
GOLD: Outkast - ATLiens
SILVER: Alice in Chains - Unplugged
BRONZE: Metallica - Load
1997
GOLD: Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
SILVER: Kiss - Carnival of Souls
BRONZE: Faith No More - Album of the Year
1998
GOLD: Outkast - Aquemini
SILVER: Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
BRONZE: Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
1999
GOLD: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
SILVER: Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
BRONZE: Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
2000
GOLD: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
SILVER: The White Stripes - De Stijl
BRONZE: Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
2001
GOLD: John Frusciante - To Record Only Water for Ten Days
SILVER: Michael Jackson - Invincible
BRONZE: The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2002
GOLD: Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
SILVER: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
BRONZE: Audioslave - Audioslave
2003
GOLD: The White Stripes - Elephant
SILVER: Linkin Park - Meteora
BRONZE: System of a Down - Steal This Album!
2004
GOLD: Green Day - American Idiot
SILVER: Velvet Revolver - Contraband
BRONZE: Keane - Hopes and Fears
2005
GOLD: Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
SILVER: System of a Down - Hypnotize
BRONZE: System of a Down - Mezmerize
2006
GOLD: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
SILVER: John Mayer - Continuum
BRONZE: The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
2007
GOLD: The White Stripes - Icky Thump
SILVER: Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare
BRONZE: Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
2008
GOLD: Guns N’ Roses - Chinese Democracy
SILVER: Metallica - Death Magnetic
BRONZE: Weezer - The Red Album
2009
GOLD: Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue
SILVER: The Dead Weather - Horehound
BRONZE: Silversun Pickups - Swoon
2010
GOLD: The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
SILVER: Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
BRONZE: Slash - Slash
2011
GOLD: Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
SILVER: Adele - 21
BRONZE: Red Hot Chili Peppers - I’m With You
2012
GOLD: Jack White - Blunderbuss
SILVER: Slash - Apocalyptic Love
BRONZE: The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
2013
GOLD: Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
SILVER: My Bloody Valentine - m b v
BRONZE: Red Hot Chili Peppers - I’m Beside You
2014
GOLD: Royal Blood - Royal Blood
SILVER: The Orwells - Disgraceland
BRONZE: The Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy
2015
GOLD: Hamilton - Hamilton
SILVER: Faith No More - Sol Invictus
BRONZE: Darlia - Petals
2016
GOLD: Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Getaway
SILVER: Metallica - Hardwired to Self-Destruct
BRONZE: Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
2017
GOLD: Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark?
SILVER: Greta Van Fleet - From the Fires
BRONZE: The Orwells - Terrible Human Beings
2018
GOLD: Alice in Chains - Rainier Fog
SILVER: The Smashing Pumpkins - Shiny and Oh-So Bright
GOLD: Greta Van Fleet - Anthem of the Peaceful Army
2019
GOLD: Slipknot - We Are Not Your Kind
SILVER: Tool - Fear Inoculum
BRONZE: Weezer - The Teal Album
2020
GOLD: Run the Jewels - RTJ4
SILVER: ACDC - Power Up
BRONZE: The Strokes - The New Abnormal
2021
GOLD: Royal Blood - Typhoons
SILVER: Greta Van Fleet - The Battle at Garden’s Gate
BRONZE: Weezer - OK Human
2022
GOLD: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love
SILVER: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Return of the Dream Canteen
BRONZE: Slash - 4
2023
GOLD: Metallica - 72 Seasons
SILVER: Foo Fighters - But Here We Are
BRONZE: The Orwells - Friendly Fire
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