I would have gotten to this earlier, but I had to defend the honor of Mr. Big Dubya, DadCentric, and, yes, the United States of America. Picking up where we left off yesterday...
1991: Pearl Jam, Ten
1992: The Jayhawks, Hollywood Town Hall
1993: Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream (this was a tough year; almost put U2's Zooropa, but realized that when it was released I thought it was terrible. Now it's probably my favorite U2 album. Also under consideration was Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville - I listened to that record a lot back then, because I thought it would help me understand women, and because Liz was and remains a stone cold fox. Finally, there was the album that to this day has influenced my worldview more than any other: The Jerky Boys, by The Jerky Boys. But Siamese Dream still holds up, a bittersweet reminder of how truly awesome the Pumpkins were before Billy Corgan went and shaved his head.)
1994: Nirvana, MTV Unplugged in New York
1995: Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds Five
1996: Wilco, Being There
1997: Spritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
1998: Phish, The Story of The Ghost
1999: Wilco, Summerteeth
2000: Phish, Farmhouse
2001: Another toughie, because there just wasn't a lot of good music released up until September 11, and after that who was in the mood to buy records? 3-Way Tie - Tool, Lateralus; Jack Johnson, Brushfire Fairytales; Ryan Adams, Gold.
2002: The Roots, Phrenology
2003: The White Stripes, Elephant
2004: Green Day, American Idiot
2005: Death Cab for Cutie, Plans
2006: Wolfmother, Wolfmother
2007: Arcade Fire, Neon Bible (another tough call; also considered were Wilco's Sky Blue Sky and Bloc Party's A Weekend in The City)
