THE TOP ALBUM OF EACH OF THE PAST 20 YEARS

We asked you on social media to nominate one all-conquering album of each year since 1998. Here are the results. as selected by the cr staff and YOU!

1998 Metallica

Garage Inc

Elektra

1999

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Californication

Warner

2000

Iron Maiden

Brave New World

Columbia

2001 Tool

Lateralus

Volcano Entertainment

2002 Audioslave

Audioslave

Epic/Interscope

2003

The Darkness

Permission To Land

Atlantic

2004

Velvet Revolver

Contraband

RCA

2005 Wolfmother

Wolfmother

Modular

2006

David Gilmour

On An Island

EMI

2007

Alter Bridge

Blackbird

Republic

2008 AC/DC

Black Ice

Columbia

2009

Heaven And Hell

The Devil You Know

Roadrunner

2010 Slash

Slash

EMI/Universal/ Roadrunner/Sony

2011

Joe Bonamassa

Dust Bowl

Provogue

2012 Rush

Clockwork Angels

Anthem/Roadrunner

2013

Steven Wilson

The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)

Kscope

2014

Rival Sons

Great Western Valkyrie

Earache

2015 Motörhead

Bad Magic

Motörhead Music

2016

David Bowie

Blackstar

Columbia

2017

Black Country Communion

BCCIV

Mascot

2018

The Struts

Young And Dangerous

Interscope