Music Albums List

My top 5 albums of each year, gathered from my last.fm profile, cmus and poweramp playing data.

For an all time albums list see [[albums]]

2023

1. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) - 1973
2. J.S.Bach: Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 (Philippe Herreweghe) - 1999
3. Let’s Dance (David Bowie) - 1983
4. Soul Mining (The The) - 1983
5. Treasure (Cocteau Twins) - 1984

2022

1. Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (Bavarian State Orchestra - Carlos Kleiber) - 1977
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni (Wiener Philarmoniker - Riccardo Muti) - 1991
3. Handel: Messiah (The English Concert Choir - Trevor Pinnock) - 1988
4. J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra - Hilary Hahn) - 2003
5. Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Berliner Philarmoniker - Herbert von Karajan) - 1963

2021

1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor
   (The Academy of Ancient Music - Christopher Hogwood) -1987
2. Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies (Berliner Philarmoniker - Herbert von Karajan) - 1963
3. Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major & A Midsummer Night’s Dream
   (Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra - Volker Hartung) - 2017
4. Georges Bizet: Carmen (London Symphony Orchestra - Claudio Abbado) - 1978
5. J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos.1 - 3 (Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) - 1954

2020

1. Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 2015
2. Hotspot (Pet Shop Boys) - 2020
3. Golden Hour (Kacey Musgraves) - 2018
4. Portrait In Jazz (Bill Evans Trio) - 1960
5. Bocelli (Andrea Bocelli) - 1995

2019

1. Seventeen seconds (The Cure) - 1980
2. The Boy With The Arab Strap (Belle and Sebastian) - 1998
3. Jeopardy (The Sound) - 1980
4. Closer (Joy Division) - 1980
5. Norman Fucking Rockwell! (Lana Del Rey) - 2019

2018

1. Giant Steps (John Coltrane) - 1960
2. Abbey Road (The Beatles) - 1969
3. The Essential Elvis Presley (Elvis Presley) - 2007
4. Country Life (Roxy Music) - 1974
5. Little Girl Blue (Nina Simone) - 1959