[Updated: 12/2022]
One of the things you should know about me is that I love music. Here is a list of some of my favorite music over the past few decades.
2022 Top 5 Albums
- Jackson Bybee, evergreen
- Phosphorescent, The Full Moon Project
- Jackson Dean, Greenbroke
- Michael McDermott, St. Paul’s Boulevard
- First Aid Kit, Palomino
2021 Top 5 Albums
- The War on Drugs, I Don’t Live Here Anymore
- Lord Huron, Long Lost
- Bleachers, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
- Jackson Bybee, Galactic Voyage
- Adele, 30
2020 Top 5 Albums
- Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Letter to You
- Chris Stapleton, Starting Over
- Taylor Swift, folklore
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Reunions
- The Strokes, The New Abnormal
2019 Top 5 Albums
- Bon Iver, i, i
- Daniel Norgren, Wooh Dang
- Pedro the Lion, Phoenix
- Michael McDermott, Orphans
- Dylan LeBlanc, Renegade
2018 Top 5 Albums
- Khruangbin, Con Todo El Mundo
- Lauren Diagle, Look Up Child
- Leon Bridges, Good Thing
- CHVRCHES, Love is Dead
- Jeff Tweedy, WARM
2017 Top 5 Albums
- The War on Drugs, A Deeper Understanding
- Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, The Nashville Sound
- Chris Stapleton, From A Room, Vol. I & II
- John Moreland, Big Bad Luv
- Josh Ritter, Gathering
2016 Top 5 Albums
- Radiohead, A Moon Shaped Pool
- Sturgill Simpson, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
- Bon Iver, 22 A Million
- Whitney, Light Upon the Lake
- Michael McDermott, Willow Springs
2015 Top 5 Albums
- Chris Stapleton, Traveller
- Adele, 25
- Wilco, Star Wars
- James McMurtury, Complicated Game
- Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
2014 Top 5 Albums
- The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream
- Augustines, Augustines
- Beck, Morning Phase
- Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
- Crowder, Neon Steeple
2013 Top 5 Albums
- Jason Isbell, Southeastern
- The National, Trouble Will Find Me
- Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires of the City
- The Head and the Heart, Let’s Be Still
- Arcade Fire, Reflektor
2012 Top 5 Albums
- Bill Fay, Life Is People
- Jack White, Blunderbuss
- The Avett Brothers, The Carpenter
- Beach House, Bloom
- Mumford & Sons, Babel
2011 Top 5 Albums
- Bon Iver, Bon Iver
- The Head and the Heart, The Head and the Heart
- Fleet Foxes, Helplessness Blues
- Blind Pilot, We Are the Tide
- The Decemberists, The King is Dead
2010 Top 5 Albums
- The National, High Violet
- Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
- Vampire Weekend, Contra
- Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs, God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise
- Jakob Dylan, Women & Country
2009 Top 10 Albums
- Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
- U2, No Line on the Horizon
- M Ward, Hold Time
- The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You
- Dawes, North Hills
2008 Top 5 Albums
- The Gabe Dixon Band, The Gabe Dixon Band
- Coldplay, Viva La Vida
- Ryan Adams, Cardinology
- Mark Erelli, Delivered
- Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes
2007 Top 5 Albums
- The Avett Brothers, Emotionalism
- Radiohead, In Rainbows
- The National, Boxer
- Michael McDermott, Noise From Words
- Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
2006 Top 5 Albums
- Johnny Cash, American V: A Hundred Highways
- Michael Giacchino, LOST (Original Television Soundtrack)
- Josh Ritter, The Animal Years
- The Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
- Bruce Springsteen, We Shall Overcome
2005 Album of the Year: Doves, Some Cities
2004 Album of the Year: Johnny Cash, My Mother’s Hymn Book
2003 Album of the Year – Songs: Ohia, Magnolia Electric Co.
2002 Album of the Year – Coldplay, A Rush of Blood to the Head
2001 Album of the Year – Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2000 Album of the Year – Radiohead, Kid A
1999 Album of the Year – Sigur Ros, Agaetis Byrjun
1998 Album of the Year – David Gray, White Ladder
1997 Album of the Year – Radiohead, OK Computer
1996 Album of the Year – The Wallflowers, Bringing Down the Horse
1995 Album of the Year – Oasis, What’s the Story Morning Glory?
1994 Album of the Year – Hootie & the Blowfish, Cracked Rear View
1993 Album of the Year – Counting Crows, August and Everything After
1992 Album of the Year – R.E.M., Automatic for the People
1991 Album of the Year – U2, Achtung Baby
1990 Album of the Year – Dwight Yoakam, If There Was a Way
1989 Album of the Year – The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses
1988 Album of the Year – Dwight Yoakam, Buenas Noches from a Dark and Lonely Room
1987 Album of the Year – U2, The Joshua Tree
1986 Album of the Year – Dwight Yoakam, Guitars, Cadillacs, etc. etc.
1985 Album of the Year – The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson), Highwayman
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