[The Earl Of Slander]

1999:

The only dead tie. Simply can't choose between Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun and MF Doom - Operation Doomsday (close second Blur - 13)

2000:

Radiohead - Kid A (close seconds were Boris - Flood and Deltron 3030)

2001:

Endless Summer - Fennesz (close seconds Jay-Z - Blueprint, Radiohead - Amnesiac and Fugazi - The Argument)

2002:

Sonic Youth - Murray Street (close seconds Beck - Sea Change and Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot)

2003:

King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader

2004:

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born (close seconds Madvillainy and Arcade Fire - Funeral)

2005:

Kanye West - Late Registration

2006:

J Dilla - Donuts (although if we're talking best new release, there's no question that the answer is the Table Of The Elements John Cale - New York in the 60s box set, although as the title clearly demonstrates, that doesn't really count)

2007:

Jay-Z - American Gangster (close seconds Omar Souleyman - Highway to Hassake and Deerhunter Cryptograms)

2008:

TV On The Radio - Dear Science (close seconds Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel and Birchville Cat Motel - Gunpowder Temple of Heaven)

2009:

DOOM - Born Like this

This was harder than I expected actually. It also drove home a few key points, namely that hip-hop really dominated my tastes this decade, perhaps more than was expected, and that in contrast their really wasn't nearly as much avant-garde or noisey stuff that I truly loved this time around as their would be in other time periods. I guess because this was the decade when my musical consciousness was really formed, I just have a lot more affinity with it's popular stuff than I do for other decades. Oh, and that the last 10 years were all about the Doom love for me...