Album of The Year - Endgame

i could easily do a top 50, possibly a top 100 of this year it was that strong and diverse in terms of music released

here's a top 20 tho to keep it clean

OrderArtistAlbum
1​
The Flaming LipsSoft Bulletin
2​
Sigur RósAgætis byrjun
3​
Fiona AppleWhen the Pawn…
4​
WilcoSummerteeth
5​
The Dismemberment PlanEmergency & I
6​
Blur13
7​
Nine Inch NailsThe Fragile
8​
The RootsThings Fall Apart
9​
Bluebottle KissPatient
10​
Beth OrtonCentral Reservation
11​
Bonnie 'Prince' BillyI See a Darkness
12​
Augie MarchWaltz (EP)
13​
MogwaiCome On Die Young
14​
Super Furry AnimalsGuerilla
15​
Not From ThereSand On Seven
16​
Sleater-KinneyThe Hot Rock
17​
BeckMidnite Vultures
18​
PnauSambanova
19​
Jimmy Eat WorldClarity
20​
Art of FightingEmpty Nights (EP)
 
whatwhatsaywhat said:
i could easily do a top 50, possibly a top 100 of this year it was that strong and diverse in terms of music released

here's a top 20 tho to keep it clean

OrderArtistAlbum
1​
The Flaming LipsSoft Bulletin
2​
Sigur RósAgætis byrjun
3​
Fiona AppleWhen the Pawn…
4​
WilcoSummerteeth
5​
The Dismemberment PlanEmergency & I
6​
Blur13
7​
Nine Inch NailsThe Fragile
8​
The RootsThings Fall Apart
9​
Bluebottle KissPatient
10​
Beth OrtonCentral Reservation
11​
Bonnie 'Prince' BillyI See a Darkness
12​
Augie MarchWaltz (EP)
13​
MogwaiCome On Die Young
14​
Super Furry AnimalsGuerilla
15​
Not From ThereSand On Seven
16​
Sleater-KinneyThe Hot Rock
17​
BeckMidnite Vultures
18​
PnauSambanova
19​
Jimmy Eat WorldClarity
20​
Art of FightingEmpty Nights (EP)
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Man, Samuel L Jackson skipping on Mos Def ;).
 
Definitely wasn't listening to much beyond the radio at this point in my life... super limited scope. Looking forward to educating myself with the lists from this year.

1. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californiacation
3. Rage Against The Machine – The Battle Of Los Angeles
4. Nine Inch Nails – The Fragile
5. Muse - Showbiz
6. Dream Theater – Metropolis Pt. 2
7. Moby – Play
8. Beck – Midnite Vultures
9. Kashmir – The Good Life
10. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
 
1) Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote
2) Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
3) Missy Elliott - Da Real World
4) DOOM - Operation Doomsday
5) The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
6) Pharoahe Monch - Internal Affairs
7) Destiny´s Child - The Writings on the Wall
8) Method Man & Redman - Blackout!
9) The Roots - Things Fall Apart
10) The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
 
This is what middle school me was listening to. The top 5 still get revisited often, the others, not as much:

1.Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
2.Blink-182 - Enema of the State
3.Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
4.Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
5.Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
6.Limp Bizkit - Significant Other
7.Incubus - Make Yourself
8.Nas - I Am…
9.Jimmie’s Chicken Shack - Bring Your Own Stereo
10.Dr. Dre - 2001
 
  1. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
  2. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
  3. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
  4. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
  5. Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
  6. Wilco - Summerteeth
  7. Moby - Play
  8. Rage Against the Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
  9. Beck - Midnite Vultures
  10. Pinback - Pinback
Honorable Mention: Roots - Things Fall Apart

Edited to add the DBT.
 
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1. Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel?
2. Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break
3. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
4. Old 97's - Fight Songs
5. Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway
6. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
7. XTC - Apple Venus, Vol. 1
8. The Deathray Davies - Drink with the Grown-Ups and Listen to the Jazz
9. The Promise Ring - Very Emergency
10. Elf Power - A Dream in Sound

Honorable Mention:
The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie
Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Drive-By Truckers - Pizza Deliverance
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Man or Astro-man? - EEVIAC
The Ocean Blue - Davy Jones' Locker
Pavement - Terror Twilight
Stereolab - Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night
The White Stripes - The White Stripes
Wilco - Summer Teeth
 
1999:

1. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
2. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
3. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
4. White Stripes - White Stripes
5. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
6. The Roots - The Roots Come Alive (Live album)
7. Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
8. Moby - Play
9. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
10. Fiona Apple -When the Pawn...

Special mentions to:
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
Dr Dre - 2001
MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday
 
So there are a few good albums at the start but this is the weakest list I’ve put forward and I couldn’t, in good conscience, put forward something that deserved a point from the remaining options available...

1. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
3. Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
4. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
5. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
6. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Callifornication
7. Supergrass
8. The White Stripes
9. Blur - 13
 
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1. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
2. Arvo Pärt - Alina
3. Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
4. Travis - The Man Who
5. Moby - Play
6. The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion
7. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
8. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender
9. Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

HMs:

Tori Amos - To Venus and Back
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn...
The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Muse - Showbiz
Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork

bonus track:

 
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