this reminds me of that thread from before the wipe from someone complaining that no good albums came out this year. I had no time to read it or respond to it and now it's gone, so hear (lol) the albums from this year that stood out in my taste:
nero - welcome reality
russian circles - empros
and perhaps:
chemical brothers - hanna (ost)
St Vincent - Strange Mercy
I guess there's more, but my memory barely goes back more than 6 months