Originally Posted by Ki

Wait what? The thread title says "favorite album ever year since you were born" so how is it not about the albums you liked?

Anyway, here's mine.

Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
Alice In Chains - Dirt (1992)
Tool - Undertow (1993)
Green Day - Dookie (1994)
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith (1995)
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)
Elliott Smith - XO (1998)
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory (1999)
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000)
System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood To The Head (2002)
OutKast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2003)
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004)
Sigur Ros - Takk.. (2005)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
The Black Keys - Attack & Release (2008)
Mastodon - Crack The Skye (2009)
Eminem - Recovery (2010)
The Decemberists - The King Is Dead (2011)
pg.lost - Key (2012)
Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King (2013)

That was rather difficult since there were so many other albums that I liked in the selected years. I just went with the ones that I remember enjoying a lot, though this list could easily change the next time I think about it.