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1. An Awesome Wave (2012) by alt-J
2. Holy Fire (2013) by Foals
3. This Is All Yours (2014) by alt-J
4. Neon Bible (2007) by Arcade Fire
5. Arc (2013) by Everything Everything
6. The Golden Age (2013) by Woodkid
7. Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts (1999) by Kula Shaker
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1 Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
(2009)
The black-and-white image of legendary Butoh dancer Kazuo Ohno that adorns the cover of The Crying Light, the third full-length by Antony and the Johnsons, seems to offer a view of a being enveloped in both ecstasy and agony -- or does it? The songs contained here offer something else: a glimpse of a universe beyond the pale of vision, seen only by the individual experiencing it. Neo-classical underpinnings are entwined lovingly with broken pop songs and secretive after-hours cabaret poems. Check the opener, "Her Eyes Are Underneath the Ground". The piano and cello fall together as one slow dancer, alone in the spotlight, keeping memory as time: "In the garden, with my mother/I stole a flower/With my mother, in her power/I chose a flower/I saw six eyes glistening in my womb/I felt you calling me in the gloom/Rest assured your love is pure.... …

So the last time I did this was back in 2010 and the first time was in 2008. Since then I've gotten into a lot of new music and I figured I might as well update this. As before I skip years where I don't own any albums from and some years end up being a case of "WTF, why is that his top album for 198_" because I might only have one album released that year. I've really gotten into a lot of older music over the past two years but I'm not going to include any best of compilations on this list, only proper albums.

1969: Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
1970: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1971: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1972: Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1975: Kraftwerk - Radio-Aktivitat
1978: Kraftwerk - Die Mensch Maschine
1979: Pink Floyd - The Wall
1981: Kraftwerk - Computerwelt
1983: Einstürzende Neubauten - Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T.
1984: Skinny Puppy - Remission
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
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