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Flemish Independent Magazine For Radio & TV
Best Albums Of The Year

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Many Thanks To Patrick Defevere [patrick.defevere@telenet.be] For Sending These Lists.



Humo Albums Of The Year 1983



1) Punch The Clock - Elvis Costello
2) Speaking In Tongues - Talking Heads
3) Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
4) Synchronicity - The Police
5) Thriller - Michael Jackson
6) Riding With The King- John Hiatt
7) Mike's Murder - Joe Jackson
8) Mummer - XTC
9) Hearts And Bones - Paul Simon
Proof Through The Night - T-Bone Burnett



Humo Albums Of The Year 1984

1) Goodbye Cruel World - Elvis Costello
2) Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
3) Love Wars - Womack & Womack
4) Caribbean Sunset - John Cale
5) Rattlesnakes - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
6) Purple Rain - Prince
=) The Big Express - Xtc
8) Diamond Life - Sade
9) Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
10) Big Chill (Soundtrack)
Cover - Tom Verlaine
From Her To Eternity - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1985

1) Steve Mc Queen - Prefab Sprout
=) The Dream Of The Blue Turtles - Sting
=) Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
4) Live At The Harlem Square Club - Sam Cooke
5) Words Of The Shaman - David Sylvian
6) Love In Bright Landscapes - The Triffids
7) The Firstborn Is Dead - Nick Cave
=) Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
9) Little Creatures - Talking Heads
10) In The World - Microdisney
=) Let's Stay Together - Al Green




Humo Albums Of The Year 1986



1) King Of America - The Costello Show
2) Graceland - Paul Simon
3) No Guru, No Method, No Teacher - Van Morrison
4) Your Funeral, My Trial - Nick Cave
5) The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
6) Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids
7) Baby, The Stars Shine Bright - Everything But The Girl
8) So - Peter Gabriel
9) Blood & Chocolate - Elvis Costello
10) Kicking Against The Pricks - Nick Cave

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1987



1) Sign Of The Times - Prince
2) Bring The Family - John Hiatt
3) Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths
4) Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits
5) Poetic Champions Compose - Van Morrison
6) By The Light Of The Moon - Los Lobos
7) Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
8) Secrets Of The Beehive - David Sylvian
9) Tunnel Of Love - Bruce Springsteen
10) Nothing Like The Sun - Sting



Humo Albums Of The Year 1988

1) Rattle & Hum - U2
2) Lovesexy -Prince
3) Slow Turning - John Hiatt
=) Viva Hate - Morrissey
5) Tender Prey - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6) Temple Of Low Men - Crowded House
7) Naked - Talkings Heads
8) This Note's For You - Neil Young & The Blue Notes
9) Land Of Dreams - Randy Newman
=) Rank - The Smiths

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1989

01. Lou Reed - New York
02. Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
03. Pixies - Doolittle
04. XTC - Oranges & Lemons
05. Elvis Costello - Spike
06. Neil Young - Freedom
07. Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
08. Tin Machine - Tin Machine
09. B-52's - Cosmic Thing
10. K.T. Oslin - This Woman
11. American Music Club - United Kingdom
12. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
13. Wendy & Lisa - Fruit At The Bottom
14. Rodney Crowell - Collection
15. Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels




Humo Albums Of The Year 1990

01. Lou Reed & John Cale - Songs For 'Drella'
02. Neil Young - Ragged Glory
03. Replacements - All Shook Down
04. Pixies - Bossanova
05. Morrissey - Bona Drag
06. Paul Mc Cartney - Tripping The Live Fantastic
07. Sundays - Reading, Writing And Arithmetic
08. La's - La's
09. Prefab Sprout - Jordan, The Comeback
10. Green - White Soul
11. Los Lobos - In The Neighborhood
12. Wendy & Lisa -Eroica
13. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings
14. Blow Monkeys - Springtime For The World
15. Romans - Trigger Happy

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1991

01. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
02. U2 - Achtung Baby
03. Nirvana - Never Mind
04. Van Morrison - Hymns To The Silence
05. Prince - Small Club, Second Show (Live Bootleg)
06. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
07. Elvis Costello - Mighty Like A Rose
08. Ice T - O.G. - Original Gangster
09. Tin Machine - Tin Machine 2
10. Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
11. Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example
12. Alice Donut - Revenge Fantasies Of The Impotent
13. Nova Mob - The Last Days Of Pompei
14. Crowded House - Woodface
15. American Music Club - Everclear



Humo Albums Of The Year 1992



01. Sugar - Copper Blue
02. Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over
03. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
04. Tragically Hip - Fully Completely
05. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
06. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
07. Elvis Presley - The Complete Fifties Masters
08. Galliano - In Pursuit Of The Thirteenth Note
09. Talking Heads - Sand In The Vaseline
10. Wallflowers - Wallflowers
11. B-52's - Good Stuff
12. Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony And Musical Compagnon
13. Prince & The New Power Generation - Love Symbol
14. Fatima Mansions - Valhalla Avenue
15. Los Lobos - Kiko

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1993

01. Buffalo Tom - Big Red Letter Day
02. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
03. John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
04. Nirvana - In Utero
05. Masters Of Reality - Sunrise Of The Sufferbus
06. David Sylvian & Robert Fripp - The First Day
07. Sugar - Beaster
08. Beatles - 1962-1966 & 1967-1970
09. David Bowie - Black Tie, White Noise
10. World Party - Bang!
11. Henry Rollins - The Boxed Life
12. Waterboys - Dream Harder
13. Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
14. Lemonheads - Come On Feel
15. Cocteau Twins - Four Calender Cafe




Humo Albums Of The Year 1994

01. Neil Young - Sleeps With Angels
02. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
03. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
04. Soundgarden - Superunknown
05. Fatima Mansions - Lost In The Former West
06. Deus - Worst Case Scenario
07. Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth
08. David Sylvian - Damage
09. Live - Throwing Copper
10. Tragically Hip - Day For Night
11. Shane Mac Gowan - The Snake
12. Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo
13. R.E.M. - Monster
14. Van Morrison - A Night In San Francisco
15. Sugar - File Under : Easy Listening

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1995

01. Scott Walker - Tilt
02. Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass
03. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
04. Neil Young - Mirror Ball
05. Therapy? - Infernal Love
06. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
07. Catherine Wheel - Happy Days
08. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
09. The Symbol (Prince) - Hallowed By The Name (Bootleg - Vorst Nationaal)
10. Bjork - Post
11. The Symbol (Prince) - Paradiso (Bootleg - Amsterdam)
12. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
13. Radiohead - The Bends
14. The Symbol (Prince) - The Gold Experience
15. Passengers - Original Soundtracks 1




Humo Albums Of The Year 1996

01. Deus - In A Bar, Under The Sea
02. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
03. Eels - Beautiful Freak
04. Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
05. Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
06. Beck - Odelay
07. Pearl Jam - No Code
08. Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wiskkah
09. T.A.F.K.A.Prince. - Emancipation
10. Beatles - Anthology 2
11. Me'shell Ndege'ocello - Peace Beyond Passion
12. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself
13. Genius - Liquid Swords
14. Cocteau Twins - Milk And Kisses
15. Evil Superstars - Love Is Okay

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1997



01. Radiohead - Ok Computer
02. U2 - Pop
03. Ry Cooder - Buena Vista Social Club
04. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
05. Brad - Interiors
06. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
07. Pavement - Brighten The Corners
08. Primal Scream - Echo Dek
09. Jayhawks - Sound Of Lies
10. David Bowie - Earthling
11. Portishead - Portishead
12. Pieter-Jan De Smet - August
13. Various - The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute
14. Paul Weller - Heavy Soul
15. Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms




Humo Albums Of The Year 1998

01. R.E.M. - Up
02. Soulwax - Much Against Everyone's Advice
03. Fun Lovin' Criminals - 100% Colombian
04. Portishead - Roseland Nyc Live
05. Pearl Jam - Yield
06. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
07. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Song
08. Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart, The Drunk
09. Madonna - Ray Of Light
10. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
11. The Artist - New Power Soul
12. Pearl Jam - Live On Two Legs
13. Joni Mitchell - Taming The Tiger
14. Beck - Mutations
15. Bob Dylan - Live 1966 : The Royal Albert Hall Concert

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Humo Albums Of The Year 1999

1. Deus - The Ideal Crash
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
3. Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness
4. Xtc - Apple Venus Vol. 1
5. Moby - Play
6. Randy Newman - Bad Love
7. Spain - She Haunts My Dreams
8. Mogwai - Come On Die Young
9. Folk Implosion - One Part Lullaby
10. Blur - 13
11. Beck - Midnite Vultures
12. Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions
13. Peter Wolf - Fool’s Parade
14. Ben Harper - Burn To Shine
15. Los Lobos - This Time




Humo Albums Of The Year 2000


1. Eels - Daisies Of The Galaxy
2. Pj Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
3. Einstürzende Neubauten - Silence Is Sexy
4. The Gourds - Bolsa De Agua
5. Johnny Dowd - Temporary Shelter
6. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
7. Hooverphonic - The Magnificent Tree
8. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
9. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
10. Eminem - The Marshall Masters Lp
11. David Poe - David Poe
12. Richard Ashcroft - Alone With Everybody
13. Primal Scream - Exterminator
14. The Apples In Stereo - The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moon
15. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

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Humo Albums Of The Year 2001

1) No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave
2) Is This It - The Strokes
3) White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
4) It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse
5) All Is Dream - Mercury Rev
6) Souljacker - Eels
7) Love And Theft - Bob Dylan
=) Regeneration - Divine Comedy
=) Things We Lost In The Fire - Low
=) The Argument - Fugazi
=) No Such Place - Jim White




Humo Albums Of The Year 2002

1) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
2) Sea Change - Beck
3) Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
4) Original Pirate Material - The Streets
5) Human Conditions - Richard Ashcroft
6) The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
7) Candy Comfort - Neeka
8) Have You Fed The Fish? - Badly Drawn Boy
9) The Eminem Show - Eminem
=) They Threw Us All In Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top - Liars
=) Travelogue - Joni Mitchell

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Humo Albums Of The Year 2003



1) Elephant - The White Stripes
2) Room On Fire - The Strokes
3) Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast
4) Sumday - Grandaddy
5) Love Is Hell, Pt. 1 & 2 - Ryan Adams
=) Keep On Your Mean Side - The Kills
7) Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal
8) Dear Catastrophe Waitress - Belle & Sebastian
9) Admiral Freebee - Admiral Freebee
10) De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta



Humo Albums Of The Year 2004

1) A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
2) Bubblegum Mark - Lanegan Band
3) Abattoir Blues-The Lyre Of Orpheus - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
4) A Grand Dont't Come For Free - The Streets
5) In De Fik - Flip Kowlier
6) How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
7) The Libertines - The Libertines
8) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
 =) Antics - Interpol
10) Real Gone - Tom Waits
 =) Perpetuum Mobile - Einstürzende Neubauten
 =) Morrissey, You Are The Quarry - Morrissey
 =) French Bazaar - Arno
 =) Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins

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Humo Albums Of The Year 2005

1) Come On Feel The Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
2) 'Z' - My Morning Jacket
3) Funeral - Arcade Fire
4) I Am A Bird Now - Antony & The Johnsons
5) Lcd Soundsystem - Lcd Soundsystem
6) Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
7) Arular - M.I.A.
8) Ruby Blue - Roisin Murphy
9) You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand
10) Songs - Admiral Freebee




Humo Albums Of The Year 2006

1) American V: A Hundred Highways - Johnny Cash
2) Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
3) Broken Boy Soldiers - The Raconteurs
4) Silent Shout - The Knife
5) Jarvis - Jarvis Cocker
6) So This Is Goodbye - Junior Boys
7) Modern Times - Bob Dylan
8) The Greatest - Cat Power
9) Let It Roll - Willard Grant Conspiracy
10) The Drift - Scott Walker
11) St. Elswhere - Gnarls Barkley
12) The Warning - Hot Chip
13) Wild Dreams Of New Beginnings - Admiral Freebee
14) Ballad Of The Broken Seas - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
15) Gulag Orkestar - Beirut
16) Return To Cookie Mountain - Tv On The Radio
17) Orphans - Tom Waits
18) Sno Angel Like You - Howe Gelb
19) Derdang Derdang - Archie Bronson Outfit
20) Keys To The World - Richard Ashcroft

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Humo Albums Of The Year 2007

1) The Flying Club Cup - Beirut
2) Sky Blue Sky - Wilco
3) Kala - M.I.A.
4) 23 - Blonde Redhead
5) Standing In The Way Of Control - Gossip
6) Icky Thump - The White Stripes
7) Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
8) Robbers & Cowards - Cold War Kids
9) Sound Of Silver - Lcd Soundsystem
10) Grinderman - Grinderman
11) In Rainbows - Radiohead
12) Pride - Phosphorescent
13) Untrue - Burial
14) Era Vulgaris - Queens Of The Stone Age
15) Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
16) 360° - Mintzkov
17) Yes, U - Devastations
18) Overpowered - Roisin Murphy
19) Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga - Spoon
20) Comicopera - Robert Wyatt




Humo Albums Of The Year 2008

1) Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2) Oracular Spectacular - Mgmt
3) The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets
4) Santogold - Santogold
5) Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
6) Jukebox - Cat Power
7) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
8) Third - Portishead
9) For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
10) Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
10) The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
10) Evil Urges - My Morning Jacket
13) Antidotes - Foals
13) Forth - The Verve
13) Pilgrim Road - Willard Grant Conspiracy
13) Street Horrsing - Fuck Buttons
13) Brighter Than Creation's Dark - Drive-By Truckers
18) Hercules And Love Affair - Hercules And Love Affair
18) Welcome To The Blue House - Tim Vanhamel
18) Dear Science - Tv On The Radio
18) Temporary People - Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts
18) All We Could Do Was Sing - Port O' Brien
18) 'EP' - Crystal Antlers

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Humo Albums Of The Year 2009

1) 'XX ' - The XX
2) Oh My God, Charlie Darwin -The Low Anthem
3) Bitte Orca - Dirty Projectors
4) Grace-Wastelands - Peter Doherty
5) The Hickey Underworld -The Hickey Underworld
6) The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
7) Fever Ray - Fever Ray
8) Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective
8) It's Blitz! -Yeah Yeah Yeahs
10) Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle -Bill Callahan
11) Christmas In The Heart - Bob Dylan
12) Keep An Eye On The Sky (An Anthology) - Big Star
12) Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers
12) Harry Patch (In Memory Of) -Radiohead
12) There Is An Ocean That Divides … - Scott Matthew
12) The Airing Of Grievances - Titus Andronicus
17) Glasvegas - Glasvegas
18) Gurrumul - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
19) The Crying Light - Antony And The Johnsons
19) Manafon - David Sylvian
19) Hold Time - M. Ward
19) Black Summer's Night - Maxwell