Awhile back we headed down the dusty trail of selecting an album for each year from 1980 to the present.  Just one man's ramblings on a lifetime of listening to a lot of music.  The goal is not necessarily to try to choose the best album for each year, that's just stupid.  But, there are rules.  And there are winners.  Hopefully, though, there will be no losers.

We're picking this back up where we left off.  Like all lists, it will no doubt miss a few gems.  Don't be shy to speak up if the train's gone off the tracks...   

Mark Farina's Mushroom Jazz series has something like 7 editions last time I checked.  Like most collections, the first one is the best.  Half jazzy hip-hop, half cool house - it's the lounge / acid jazz soundtrack to the coolest party you've ever been to.  

Miles Division:  I mean, Jazz is in the title.

Honorable Mentions:  Beck's Odelay; Stereolab's Emperor Tomato Ketchup