AOTYs

1962 - Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari

1963 - Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe

1964 - Beach Boys - All Summer Long

1965 - Beach Boys - Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

1966 - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

1967 - David Bowie - David Bowie

1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

1969 - The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5

1970 - The Jackson 5 - ABC
(honorable mention: Black Sabbath - Paranoid)

1971 - Bob Marley and the Wailers - Soul Revolution

1972 - Michael Jackson - Got to Be There

1973 - David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

1974 - David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
(honorable mention: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping)

1975 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

1976 - Boston - Boston
(honorable mention: Blondie - Blondie, The Ramones - Ramones, Klaatu - 3:47 EST)

1977 - Blondie - Plastic Letters
(honorable mention: The Ramones - Leave Home, The Ramones - Rocket to Russia)

1978 - The Police - Outlandos d'Amour
(honorable mention: Blondie - Parallel Lines, The Ramones - Road to Ruin)

1979 - Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
(honorable mention: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures)

1980 - Motörhead - Ace of Spades
(honorable mention: Blondie - Autoamerican, The Ramones - End of the Century, Redd Kross - Red Cross)

1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures
(honorable mention: Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell, The Ramones - Pleasant Dreams, Mötley Crüe - Too Fast for Love)

1982 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
(honorable mention: Bad Brains - Bad Brains)

1983 - Metallica - Kill 'Em All
(honorable mention: Corey Hart - First Offense, Tears for Fears - The Hurting, Bad Brains - Rock for Light)

1984 - Metallica - Ride the Lightning
(honorable mention: The Pandoras - It's About Time, Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers)

1985 - Megadeth - Killing Is My Business...and Business Is Good!
(honorable mention: Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair)

1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets
(honorable mention: The Pandoras - Stop Pretending, Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill,  Corey Hart - Fields of Fire)

1987 - Michael Jackson - Bad
(honorable mention: Rick Astley - Whenever You Need Somebody, Redd Kross - Neurotica)

1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All
(honorable mention: Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking, NWA - Straight Outta Compton, The Lemonheads - Creator)

1989 - Nirvana - Bleach
(honorable mention: De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising, The Pandoras - Live Nymphomania, Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood)

1990 - Megadeth - Rust in Peace
(honorable mention: Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Jellyfish - Bellybutton, Alice in Chains - Facelift)

1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind
(honorable mention: Metallica - Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Pearl Jam - Ten)

1992 - The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
(honorable mention: Nirvana - Insecticide, Stone Temple Pilots - Core, Alice in Chains - Dirt)

1993 - The Muffs - The Muffs
(honorable mention: Jellyfish - Spilt Milk, Nirvana - In Utero, Redd Kross - Phaseshifter)

1994 - Various Artists - Dumb and Dumber (Soundtrack)
(honorable mention: John Frusciante - Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt, Shudder to Think - Pony Express Record, Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York)

1995 - The Muffs - Blonder and Blonder
(honorable mention: Dishwalla - Pet Your Friends, Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness)

1996 - Metallica - Load
(honorable mention: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..., The Lemonheads - Car Button Cloth, Imperial Drag - Imperial Drag)

1997 - The Muffs - Happy Birthday to Me
(honorable mention: Talk Show - Talk Show, Metallica - Reload, Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape)

1998 - Afghan Whigs - 1965
(honorable mention: Black Star - Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star, Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age)

1999 - The Muffs - Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow
(honorable mention: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication, Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2, or: The Last Remains of the Dodo, Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose)

2000 - Deftones - White Pony
(honorable mention: At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command, Wheatus - Wheatus, Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God)

2001 - The Strokes - Is This It
(honorable mention: Elbow - Asleep in the Back, John Frusciante - To Record Only Water for Ten Days, System of a Down - Toxicity)

2002 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
(honorable mention: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf, Foo Fighters - One by One, El-P - Fantastic Damage)

2003 - The Strokes - Room on Fire
(honorable mention: Metallica - St. Anger, Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea, The White Stripes - Elephant)

2004 - John Frusciante - Shadows Collide with People
(honorable mention: The Muffs - Really Really Happy, Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand - Ataxia - Automatic Writing)

2005 - Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
(honorable mention: John Frusciante - Curtains, Craig Wedren - Lapland, Rob Dickinson - Fresh Wine for the Horses)

2006 - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
(honorable mention: The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth, Ghostface Killah - Fishscale, The Radio Dept. - Pet Grief)

2007 - Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
(honorable mention: Albert Hammond, Jr. - Yours to Keep, Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare, Amy Winehouse - Back to Black)

2008 - Metallica - Death Magnetic
(honorable mention: Albert Hammond, Jr. - ¿Cómo Te Llama?, Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III)

2009 - John Frusciante - The Empyrean
(honorable mention: Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young, Arctic Monkeys - Humbug, Gucci Mane - The State vs. Radric Davis)

2010 - Deftones - Diamond Eyes
(honorable mention: Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots, Ghostface Killah - Apollo Kids, Waka Flocka Flame - Flockaveli)

2011 - The Strokes - Angles
(honorable mention: Foo Fighters - Wasting Light, Red Hot Chili Peppers - I'm with You, Blondie - Panic of Girls)

2012 - Redd Kross - Researching the Blues
(honorable mention: El-P - Cancer 4 Cure, Aimee Mann - Charmer, Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city)

2013 - Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
(honorable mention: The Strokes - Comedown Machine, Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels, Arctic Monkeys - AM)

2014 - The Muffs - Whoop Dee Doo
(honorable mention: Brody Dalle - Diploid Love, Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2, The Both - The Both)

2015 - Albert Hammond, Jr. - Momentary Masters
(honorable mention: Chief Keef - Bang 3, Beatking - Club God 4, PRhyme - PRhyme)

2016 - Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 3
(honorable mention: Solange - A Seat at the Table, Metallica - Hardwired...to Self-Destruct, A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service)