2010 - Kayo Dot - Coyote (premature but ay)
2009 - **** Buttons - Tarot Sport
2008 - **** Buttons - Street Horrrsing (I'm not a fanboy, I swear)
2007 - Stars of the Lid - ... And Their Refinement of the Decline
2006 - Kind of Like Spitting - Thrill of the Hunt
2005 - Animal Collective - Feels
2004 - Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
2003 - Boris - At Last -Feedbacker-
2002 - Sigur Ros - ( )
2001 - Thursday - Full Collapse
2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
1999 - American Football - Self-titled
1998 - Massive Attack - Mezzanine
1997 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#oo
1996 - 7% Solution - All About Satellites and Spaceships
1995 - GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
1994 - Portishead - Dummy
1993 - Slowdive - Souvlaki
1992 - Tom Waits - Bone Machine
1991 - Slint - Spiderland
1990 - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1989 - Galaxie 500 - On Fire
1988 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1987 - Sonic Youth - Sister
1986 - Sonic Youth - EVOL (is there some sort of pattern going on?)
1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1984 - Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa (this is the year of release of the version I have)
1983 - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
1982 - Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
1981 - Glenn Branca - The Ascension
1980 - Joy Divsion - Closer
1979 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1978 - Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals
1976 - Miles Davis - Pangaea
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1974 - King Crimson - Red
1973 - Can - Future Days
1972 - Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1971 - John Coltrane - Sun Ship
1970 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
1969 - In The Court of the Crimson King
1968 - Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
1967 - Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
1966 - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1965 - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1964 - Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1962 - John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard
1961 - Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
1958 - ----------------------
1957 - Charles Mingus - The Clown
I bolded the ones that I'm more sure about. The un-bolded are sort of winners by default, not that they aren't good albums.
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