Pick an album for each year you've been alive.

[Aqualad]

http://www.avclub.com/content/blog/geeky_list_time_pick_an_album_for

1977- Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
1978- Saturday Night Fever - Original Soundtrack
1979- The B-52s
1980- London Calling - The Clash (U.S. Release)
1981- Damaged - Black Flag
1982- Milo Goes to College – The Descendents/ Chronic Town EP- REM(tie)
1983- Violent Femmes
1984- Reckoning - R.E.M.
1985- Spreading the Disease - Anthrax
1986- The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
1987- Appetite for Destruction- Guns N Roses
1988- Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth/ Lincoln- They Might Be Giants (tie)
1989- 3 Feet High and Rising- De La Soul / Disintegration- The Cure (tie)
1990- Social Distortion
1991- Green Mind- Dinosaur Jr/ Black Album- Metallica (tie)
1992- Check Your Head- Beastie Boys
1993- Recipie for Hate- Bad Religion
1994- Blue Album- Weezer
1995- ...And Out Come the Wolves- Rancid
1996- Factory Showroom- They Might Be Giants / Experiment Zero- Man or Astroman?
1997- OK Computer- Radiohead
1998- You've Come a Long Way, Baby- Fatboy Slim
1999- Hopeless Romantic- The Bouncing Souls
2000- Swagger- Flogging Molly
2001- Gorillaz/ White Blood Cells- The White Stripes
2002- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips/ Songs for the Deaf- Queens of the Stone Age
2003- Deloused in the Comatorium- the Mars Volta
2004- Rubber Factory- The Black Keys
2005- Demon Days- Gorillaz/ The Mouse and the Mask- DangerDoom
2006- St Elsewhere- Gnarls Barkley
2007- Alright Still- Lily Allen/ The Mix-Up- Beastie Boys
2008- In Rainbows- Radiohead


This list got impossible once we got into the download/ Napster/ Limewire era.

[Freakshow]

1993 is impossible. Can I pick 5 for that year? Can I put them in '88 and '89?

[ahhdurr]

This thread requires homework.

1993 - Siamese Dream

[mikeyboy]

This is a lot of work. I think I'm going to wait until a lot of people do this and then steal their answers.

[Aqualad]

I used Wikipedia- it has lists of albums released for each year. The lists are missing a lot of good stuff though.

[Freakshow]

This thread requires homework.

1993 - Siamese Dream

and

Undertow
In Utero
Star--Belly
where You Been - Dinosaur Jr
Pablo Honey - Radiohead
Pork Soda - Primus
Porno for Pyros
Rid of Me - PJ Harvey


All critical albums in my musical existence....

[King Hippos Bandaid]

.



This is a lot of work. I think I'm going to wait until a lot of people do this and then steal their answers










I'm gonna steal your post

[Freakshow]

All right. I'm not 100% happy with this list, but I can't spend on more time on this. It got real hard around 2006...

1978 - Jesus of Cool - Nick Lowe
1979 - Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
1980 - Love Stinks - The J. Geils Band
1981 - Shake it Up - The Cars
1982 - Business as Usual - Men At Work
1983 - Speaking in Tounges - Talking Heads
1984 - Double Nickles on the Dime - The Minutemen
1985 - Listen Like Thieves - INXS
1986 - I against I - Bad Brains
1987 - Cloud Nine - George Harrison
1988 - Vivid - Living Colour
1989 - Blood, Sweat, and No Tears - Sick of it All
1990 - Facelift - Alice in Chains
1991 - Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr
1992 - Sweet Oblivion - Screaming Trees
1993 - Undertow - Tool
1994 - Music for the Jilted Generation - The Prodigy
1995 - Nihil - KMFDM
1996 - White Light, White Heat, White Trash - Social Distortion
1997 - Blur - Blur
1998 - El Oso - Soul Coughing
1999 - Keep it Like a Secret - Built to Spill
2000 - All Hands on the Bad One - Sleater-Kinney
2001 - White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
2002 - Lucky 7 - The Reverend Horton Heat
2003 - Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2004 - Anchors Aweigh - The Bouncing Souls
2005 - Die Young - Wisdom in chains
2006 - Convicts - You am I
2007 - In the City - The Hangmen
2008 - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (don't own it, but would probably really like it)

and i'm spent.

[ChrisTheCop]

This is just a tricky way of asking my real age.
I'm not falling for it!

(Cause then, I couldnt get up).

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

This is just a tricky way of asking my real age.
I'm not falling for it!

(Cause then, I couldnt get up).

I hear ya (just barely)! :tongue:

My list would take up too much bandwidth.

[furie]

This thread requires homework.


i was thinking the same thing. i'd be on wikipedia all night.
great idea for a thread though...

[Mike Teacher]

My posts are long enough as it is.

[epo]

Alright...have at it:

1973– The Stooges – Raw Power
1974– Big Star – Radio City
1975– Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run
1976– Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life
1977– Television – Marquee Moon
1978– The Band – The Last Waltz
1979- The Clash – London Calling
1980- AC/DC – Back in Black
1981- Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
1982- Black Flag - Damaged
1983-Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1984- Replacements – Let it Be
1985- Replacements – Tim
1986- Metallica – Master of Puppets
1987- U2 – Joshua Tree
1988- Pixies – Surfer Rosa
1989- Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
1990- Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
1991- Nirvana -Nevermind
1992- Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
1993- Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
1994- Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
1995- Pulp – Different Class
1996- Beck - Odelay
1997- Whiskeytown – Stranger’s Almanac
1998- Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
1999- Wilco - Summerteeth
2000- Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
2001- The Strokes – This is It
2002-Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003- White Stripes - Elephant
2004-Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005- Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
2006- Decemberists – The Crane Wife
2007- Radiohead – In Rainbows
2008- My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

[FezPaul]

Did they even release albums in 1961???

[hammersavage]

Wow epo. I think you just did the work for me. That's about perfect.

[fezident]

How 'bout I just buy extra copies of PYROMANIA, 1999, THE NIGHTFLY, and A NIGHT AT THE OPERA for every year that Grunge existed.

[Freakshow]

Did they even release albums in 1961???

my favorite things - john fucking coltrane


roy orbison put out an album in '61 with only the lonely

[K.C.]

Oddly enough, I surprised myself when I compiled this. I figured I'd be digging around, but kind of realized that if that when picking some best albums, I really did kind of stick around some more mainstream stuff for most of the years. Didn't think that'd happen.

1985 - Meat is Murder by The Smiths
1986 - Licensed to Ill by The Beastie Boys
1987 - The Joshua Tree by U2
1988 - Surfer Rosa by The Pixies
1989 - Freedom by Neil Young
1990 - Apple by Mother Love Bone
1991 - Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins
1992 - Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
1993 - Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
1994 - MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana
1995 - Insomniac by Green Day
1996 - Evil Empire by Rage Against The Machine
1997 - Either/Or by Elliott Smith
1998 - The Masterplan by Oasis
1999 - Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000 - Kid A by Radiohead
2001 - Get Ready by New Order
2002 - () by Sigur Ros
2003 - Unearthed (box set) by Johnny Cash
2004 - From A Basement On A Hill by Elliott Smith
2005 - With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails
2006 - Pearl Jam by Pearl Jam
2007 - Sawdust by The Killers

[MobCounty]

.. all I can think is that I banged a chick to that album while you were 2. :flush:

[KnoxHarrington]

This is unfair to old farts.

My list:

1972: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
1973: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
1974: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Brian Eno
1975: Horses, Patti Smith
1976: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
1977: Low and "Heroes", David Bowie (note: these seem like a double album to me)
1978: One Nation Under a Groove, Funkadelic
1979: Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division
1980: Remain in Light, Talking Heads
1981: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Brian Eno and David Byrne
1982: Vs., Mission of Burma
1983: Murmur, REM
1984: Zen Arcade, Husker Du
1985: Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
1986: Skylarking, XTC
1987: Within The Realm of a Dying Sun, Dead Can Dance
1988: The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies
1989: Doolittle, The Pixies
1990: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Sinead O'Connor
1991: Steady Diet of Nothing, Fugazi
1992: Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement
1993: Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair
1994: Mars Audiac Quintet, Stereolab
1995: Maxinquaye, Tricky
1996: Endtroducing..., DJ Shadow
1997: OK Computer, Radiohead
1998: Electro-Shock Blues, Eels
1999: The Soft Bulletin, Flaming Lips
2000: Kid A, Radiohead
2001: It's a Wonderful Life, Sparklehorse
2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
2003: The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, Explosions in the Sky
2004: Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn
2005: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, Eels
2006: At War With the Mystics, Flaming Lips
2007: In Rainbows, Radiohead
2008: Ghosts, Nine Inch Nails

Get off my damn lawn and get a damn job, hippies.

[K.C.]

.. all I can think is that I banged a chick to that album while you were 2. :flush:

Yeah, well I banged a chick when you were...uh...36?...so take that!

[MobCounty]

Yeah, well I banged a chick when you were...uh...36?...so take that!

:wallbash:

[drjoek]

I don't have enough band width to list an album a year for my entire life

[realmenhatelife]

81 Minor Threat s/t
82 Bad Brains s/t
83 Misfits- Walk Among Us
84 Minute Men- Double Nickles on the Dime
85 Dead Milkmen- Big Lizard in my Backyard
86 Dag Nasty- Can I say
87 cant think of one, got tired of looking
88 Project X- Straight Edge Revenge
89 Energy- Operation Ivy
90 Fugazi- 13 Songs
91 Screeching Weasel- My Brain Hurts
92 GWAR- America Must Be Destroyed
93 Wu Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
94 Rancid- Let's Go
95 The Amps- Pacer
96 Bouncing Souls- Maniacal Laughter
97 Discount- Half Fiction
98 Clutch- Elephant Riders
99 Rilo Kiley- Initial Friend EP
00 The Impossibles- Enter/Return
01 Rilo Kiley- Takeoffs and Landings
02 The Breeders- Title TK
03 The Ergs- Dorkrockcorkrod
04 Jolie Holland- Escondida
05 Sleater Kinney- The Woods
06 Be Your Own Pet- s/t
07 Shellac- Excellant Italian Greyhound
08 Lemuria- Get Better

[Aqualad]

83 Misfits- Walk Among Us
r

I'm changing my 1983 pick. See you in hell, Violent Femmes!

[realmenhatelife]

I'm changing my 1983 pick. See you in hell, Violent Femmes!

Thats the problem with the wiki albums, they're really light on the indie albums. I give the guy from VF points for selling 'blister in the sun' to wendys despite being a vegetarian, because he hates his bandmate who is anti fast food so much.

[Freakshow]

I picked the albums that I really liked and then went to wikipedia to fill in the gaps. Of course I had too many albums for 93 and 97 and 01 and kept looking up those great albums and going 'damn, I can't use that one.'

I also tried to pick albums that I actually was into in those years (after 2 or 3) instead of great indie albums that I went back and discovered years later.

[IMSlacker]

Here's my list. This was a lot less fun than I thought it would be.

1970 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath
1971 - Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
1972 - #1 Record - Big Star
1973 - Raw Power - The Stooges
1974 - Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
1975 - Horses - Patti Smith
1976 - The Ramones - The Ramones
1977 - My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
1978 - The Cars - The Cars
1979 - One Step Beyond - Madness
1980 - London Calling - The Clash
1981 - Wild Gift - X
1982 - Damaged – Black Flag
1983 - Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984 - Zen Arcade - Husker Du
1985 - Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
1986 - They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
1987 - Sister - Sonic Youth
1988 - Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
1989 - Doolittle - Pixies
1990 - Submarine Bells - The Chills
1991 - No Pocky for Kitty - Superchunk
1992 - The Way of the Vaselines: A Complete History - The Vaselines
1993 - Bubble and Scrape - Sebadoh
1994 - Weezer ("Blue Album") - Weezer
1995 - Dandys Rule, OK? - The Dandy Warhols
1996 - Fountains of Wayne - Fountains of Wayne
1997 - The Virginian - Neko Case
1998 - Mezzanine - Massive Attack
1999 - One Part Lullaby - The Folk Implosion
2000 - Mass Romantic - The New Pornographers
2001 - White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
2002 - Vendi Vendi Vicious - The Hives
2003 - Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
2004 - Funeral - The Arcade Fire
2005 - Gimme Fiction - Spoon
2006 - Bang Bang Rock & Roll - Art Brut
2007 - Boxer - The National
2008 - For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver

[hedges]

Here's my list:

1970 - Band of Gypsies Jimi Hendrix
1971 - At Fillmore East Allman Brothers
1972 - Clear Spot Captain Beefheart
1973 - That's What I Am Here For Roy Buchanan
1974 - Red King Crimson
1975 - Caress of Steel Rush / Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits
1976 - 2112 Rush / Modern Lovers Modern Lovers
1977 - Richard Hell and the Vodoids / Never Mind the Bollocks Sex Pistols
1978 - This Year's Model Elvis Costello
1979 - London Calling The Clash
1980 - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys
1981 - Damaged Black Flag / Moving Pictures Rush
1982 - Bad Brains / Minor Threat
1983 - Repo Man soundtrack / Kill 'em All Metallica
1984 - Zen Arcade Husker Du / Double Nickels on the Dime Minutemen
1985 - Rites of Spring / Soul to Soul Stevie Ray Vaughn
1986 - the Age of Quarrel Cro-Mags
1987 - Introduce Yourself Faith No More
1988 - Vivid Living Colour
1989 - Margin Walker Fugazi
1990 - Ace of Harps Charlie Musselwhite
1991 - 1916 Motorhead
1992 - Serious Intentions William Clarke
1993 - Anthology Lightnin' Hopkins
1994 - Run For The Roses Jerry Garcia
1995 - Forever Blue Chris Isaak
1996 - A Ass Pocket of Whiskey R.L. Burnside
1997 - Twenty Miles (Fat Possum)
1998 - The Humbler Danny Gatton
1999 - Monsters and Robots Buckethead
2000 - Shake Hands With Shorty North Mississippi All-Stars
2001 - The Deep End Vol. 1 (Warren Haynes)
2002 - Midnight Son Son Seals
2003 - The Essential Little Walter
2004 - Going Back Home The Ginger Baker Trio
2005 - The Montreal Tapes Charlie Haden
2006 - Live On Maxwell Street 1964 Robert Nighthawk
2007 - Icky Thump The White Stripes

[Aqualad]

Chutes Too Narrow, another favorite that I forgot about! I listen to that way more than my 2003 pick, the Mars Volta.

[Aqualad]

Thats the problem with the wiki albums, they're really light on the indie albums. I give the guy from VF points for selling 'blister in the sun' to wendys despite being a vegetarian, because he hates his bandmate who is anti fast food so much.

Which one is the anti-fast food guy? The bassist?

[danner1515]

1983 - Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
1984 - Meat Puppets - II
1985 - The Replacements - Tim
1986 - XTC - Skylarking
1987 - Big Black - Songs About Fucking
1988 - Frank Zappa - Broadway the Hard Way
1989 - The Pixies - Doolittle
1990 - Ween - GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
1991 - Jesus Lizard - Goat
1992 - Guided by Voices - Propeller
1993 - Frank Black - Frank Black
1994 - Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
1995 - Pavement - Wowee Zowee
1996 - Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1997 - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
1998 - The Cows - Sorry in Pig Minor
1999 - Mr. Bungle - California
2000 - Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
2001 - The Shins - Oh Inverted World
2002 - And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
2003 - The Fall - The Real New Fall LP
2004 - Robyn Hitchcock - Spooked
2005 - New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
2006 - Robert Pollard - From a Compound Eye
2007 - Bobby Conn - King for a Day
2008 - not sure on this one yet

[realmenhatelife]

Which one is the anti-fast food guy? The bassist?

Yeah, From WIKI (pedia, not don)

Ritchie responded to the use of the song in the commercial by saying:

"For the fans who rightfully are complaining about the Wendy's burger advertisement featuring Blister in the Sun, Gordon Gano is the publisher of the song and Warners is the record company. When they agree to use it there's nothing the rest of the band can do about it, because we don't own the song or the recording. That's showbiz. Therefore when you see dubious or in this case disgusting uses of our music you can thank the greed, insensitivity and poor taste of Gordon Gano, it is his karma that he lost his songwriting ability many years ago, probably due to his own lack of self-respect as his willingness to prostitute our songs demonstrates. Neither Gordon (vegetarian) nor me (gourmet) eat garbage like Wendy's burgers. I can't endorse them because I disagree with corporate food on culinary, political, health, economic and environmental grounds. However I see my life's work trivialized at the hands of my business partner over and over again, although I have raised my objections numerous times. As disgusted as you are I am more so."[2]

[Aqualad]

Yeah, From WIKI (pedia, not don)

Ritchie responded to the use of the song in the commercial by saying:

"For the fans who rightfully are complaining about the Wendy's burger advertisement featuring Blister in the Sun, Gordon Gano is the publisher of the song and Warners is the record company. When they agree to use it there's nothing the rest of the band can do about it, because we don't own the song or the recording. That's showbiz. Therefore when you see dubious or in this case disgusting uses of our music you can thank the greed, insensitivity and poor taste of Gordon Gano, it is his karma that he lost his songwriting ability many years ago, probably due to his own lack of self-respect as his willingness to prostitute our songs demonstrates. Neither Gordon (vegetarian) nor me (gourmet) eat garbage like Wendy's burgers. I can't endorse them because I disagree with corporate food on culinary, political, health, economic and environmental grounds. However I see my life's work trivialized at the hands of my business partner over and over again, although I have raised my objections numerous times. As disgusted as you are I am more so."[2]

He sounds nice.

[foodcourtdruide]

1980: The Clash (U.S. Release) - London Calling
1981: U2 - October
1982: Black Flag - Damaged
1983: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984: Prince - Purple Rain
1985: The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
1986: The Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill -
1987: Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988: N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
1989: Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
1990: Jane's Addiction - Ritual Di Habitual
1991: Public Enemy - Apocolypse '91
1992: Ice Cube - The Predator
1993: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (I agree, I have about 10 from this year)
1994: Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
1995: Radiohead - The Bends
1996: Sublime - Sublime
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Eels - Electroshock Blues
1999: Slim Shady - Eminem
2000: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory -
2001: The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2
2004: Modest Mouse - Good News For Poeople Who Like Bad News
2005: Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
2006:
2007:

I have to pass two years because I've totally lost interest in new music. When I say I've lost interest in new music, I'm not trying to be Blowhard "back in my day...", but I no longer have the time or patience to seek it out. I'm sure there's lots of great stuff out there.

[Freakshow]

Right now London Calling and Damaged are tied at 5.

White Blood Cells has 4.

In Rainbows, Ok Computer, Siamese Dream, Doolittle, Double Nickels on the Dime, and Violent Femmes*

*Aqualad changed his vote from this one. I need a ruling.

I probably missed one or two, maybe something from the '00's...

[deliciousV]

This thread is depressing, people whos list begins in the 80's make me sad. RF.net should not cause me to consider my mortality.

[ianmagnus]

Joined a while back, but this is my first post. Great thread.

1981 - "Fair Warning" - Van Halen
1982 - "Beautiful Vision" - Van Morrison
1983 - "The Principle of Moments" - Robert Plant
1984 - "1984" - Van Halen
1985 - "Little Creatures" - Talking Heads
1986 - "Master of Puppets" - Metallica
1987 - "Appetite For Destruction" - Guns N Roses
1988 - "Talk Is Cheap" - Keith Richards
1989 - "Full Moon Fever" - Tom Petty
1990 - "Shake Your Money Maker" - The Black Crowes
1991 - "No More Tears" - Ozzy Osbourne
1992 - "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion" - The Black Crowes
1993 - "Vs" - Pearl Jam
1994 - "Superunkown" - Soundgarden
1995 - "Soup" - Blind Melon
1996 - "Three Snakes and One Charm" - The Black Crowes
1997 - "O.K. Computer" - Radiohead
1998 - "Boggy Depot" - Jerry Cantrell
1999 - "Summerteeth" - Wilco
2000 - "Kid A" - Radiohead
2001 - "Behind the Music" - Sounddtrack of Our Lives
2002 - "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" - Wilco
2003 - "It's About Time" - Marc Ford
2004 - "This Magnificent Distance" - Chris Robinson
2005 - "Prairie Wind" - Neil Young
2006 - "Stadium Arcadium" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2007 - "In Rainbows" - Radiohead
2008 - " Hernando" - North Mississippi All-Stars


Shit, the '80s were tough. Again, great thread.

[Aqualad]

*Aqualad changed his vote from this one. I need a ruling.

I probably missed one or two, maybe something from the '00's...

Mark it Femmes.

[paulisded]

1962. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
1963. Please Please Me - The Beatles
1964. 12 x 5 - The Rolling Stones
1965. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
1966. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
1967. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
1968. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
1969. The Stooges - The Stooges
1970. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
1971. Who's Next - The Who
1972. Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
1973. Berlin - Lou Reed
1974. Radio City – Big Star
1975. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
1976.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
1977. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
1978. This Year's Model - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
1979. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
1980. London Calling - The Clash
1981. Wild Gift - X
1982. Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen
1983. Murmur – R.E.M.
1984. Let It Be – Replacements
1985. Replacements – Tim
1986. R.E.M. – Life’s Rich Pageant
1987. Prince – Sign of the Times
1988. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
1989. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
1990. Neil Young – Ragged Glory
1991. Nirvana – Nevermind
1992. Jayhawks – Hollywood Town Hall
1993. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
1994. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995. Son Volt – Trace
1996. Steve Earle – I Feel Alright
1997. Radiohead – OK Computer
1998. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
1999. Wilco - Summerteeth
2000. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
2001. Bob Dylan – Love and Theft
2002. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003. White Stripes – Elephant
2004. Paul Westerberg - Folker
2005. Decemberists – Picaresque
2006. Beck – The Information
2007. Radiohead – In Rainbows

[Bossanova]

1978- The Band- Last Waltz
1979- The CLash- London Calling
1980- AC/DC Back in Black
1981- Black Flag- Damaged
1982- Misfits- Walk Among Us
1983- Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes
1984- Van Halen- 1984
1985- The Smiths- Meat is Murder
1986- Mettallica- Master of Puppets
1987- Guns 'N Roses- Appetite for Destruction
1988- Pixies- Surfer Rosa
1989- Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
1990- Pixies- Bossanova
1991- Nirvana- Nevermind
1992- Sublime- 40oz to Freedom
1993- Wu Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
1994- Notorious B.I.G- Ready to Die
1995- Big L- Lifestyles ov da Poor & Dangerous
1996- Cake- Fashion Nugget
1997- Elliot Smith- Either/Or
1998- Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Airplane Over tje Sea
1999- Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulliten
2000- Radiohead- Kid A
2001- System of a Down- Toxicity
2002- The Roots- Phrenology
2003- Radiohead- Hail to the Theif
2004- Black Keys- Rubber Factory
2005- The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan
2006- The Roots- Game Theory
2007- Radiohead- In Rainbows
2008- Black Crowes- Warpaint

[IMSlacker]

I'd like to announce that I'm changing my 2008 pick to The Rhumb Line by Ra Ra Riot. That is all. Thank you.

[yojimbo7248]

1966 - Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico
1967 - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
1968 - The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society -
1969 - Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
1970 - The Stooges - Funhouse
1971 - The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers
1972- Can - Ege Bamyasi
1973– The Stooges – Raw Power
1974– Big Star – Radio City
1975– Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart - Bongo Fury
1976– Ramones - Ramones
1977– The Clash - The Clash
1978– Patti Smith - Easter
1979- Gang of Four - Entertainment
1980- Joy Division – Closer
1981- The Fall - Slates
1982- X - Under a Big Black Sun
1983- the Cramps - Smell of Female
1984- Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
1985- Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
1986- Big Black - Atomizer
1987- Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
1988- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989- Pogues - Peace and Love
1990- Ride - Play
1991- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992- Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
1993- Afghan Wigs - Gentleman
1994- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Orange
1995- Pulp – Different Class
1996- Beck - Odelay
1997- Whiskeytown – Stranger’s Almanac
1998- Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
1999- Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
2000- Belle and Sebastion - Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant
2001- White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2002- Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003- Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark
2004- Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005- Bloc Party – Silent Alarm
2006- Decemberists – The Crane Wife
2007- Radiohead – In Rainbows
2008- Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

[IamFogHat]

1985 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986 Paul Simon - Graceland
1987 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988 Dead Milkmen - Beelzebubba
1989 NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
1990 They Might be Giants - Flood
1991 Pearl Jam - Ten
1992 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
1993 Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994 Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
1995 Tripping Daisy - I am an Elastic Firecracker
1996 Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues
1997 Wu-Tang Clan - Forever
1998 OutKast - Aquemini
1999 Ben Folds Five -The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
2000 The Wallflowers - Breach
2001 System of a Down - Toxicity
2002 The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2003 The Postal Service - Give up
2004 Modest Mouse - Good News for People who like Bad News
2005 Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2006 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show your Bones
2007 Radiohead - In Rainbows
2008 Beck - Modern Guilt

[GreatAmericanZero]

ok, so i put my ipod by 'year' and made this list. if the years aren't accurate, I apologize. For years I didn't have an album, i went to Wiki. There are some years with some shitty, shitty albums released (1985, 1998, 2004). But this is the best I could do right now...i wish i was more knowledgable. I tried...i worked too long on this thing...and its not official incase i fucked up


1983 - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
1984 - This is Spinal Tap Soundtrack
1985 - Whatever Night Ranger album "Sister Christian" is on
1986 - Beastie Boys - License to Ill
1987 - GnR - Appetite for Destruction
1988 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989 - Faith No More - The Real Thing
1990 - Ween - God Ween Satan
1991 - Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
1992 - Tool - Opiate
1993 - Flaming Lips - Transmission of the Satellite Heart
1994 - Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
1995 - Radiohead - The Bends
1996 - Weezer - Pinkerton
1997 - Radiohead - Ok Computer
1998 - Jerry Cantrell - Boggy Depot (btw, 1998 seems to suck dick)
1999 - Wilco - Summerteeth
2000 - Ween - White Pepper
2001 - Lovage - Music to Make Love with Your Old Lady by
2002 - Wilco - Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
2003 - Ween - Quebec
2004 - David Cross - It's Not Funny (sorry to have to use a comedy, but holy shit was 2004 a horrible year for music!)
2005 - Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
2006 - The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldier
2007 - Ween - La Cucaracha
2008 - Radiohead - In Rainbows (album released in stores 2008)

[JAndreaNineSixorz]

No surprises here, really.

1982 – John Cougar Mellencamp – American Fool
1983 – David Bowie – Let’s Dance
1984 – Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
1985 – Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
1986 – Electric Light Orchestra – Balance of Power
1987 – U2 – The Joshua Tree
1988 – Traveling Wilburys
1989 – Nirvana - Bleach
1990 – Alice in Chains - Facelift
1991 – Pearl Jam – Ten
1992 – Stone Temple Pilots – Core
1993 – Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
1994 – Weezer – blue album
1995 – Radiohead – The Bends
1996 – Soundgarden – Down on the Upside
1997 – Radiohead – OK Computer
1998 – Madonna – Ray of Light
1999 – Fiona Apple – When the Pawn…
2000 – Radiohead – Kid A
2001 – Radiohead – Amnesiac
2002 – Queens of the Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf
2003 – Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
2004 – Scissor Sisters
2005 – Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
2006 – Beck – The Information
2007 – Radiohead – In Rainbows
2008 – Beck – Modern Guilt

[who6489]

1969 - Led Zeppelin - II
1970 - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1971 - The WHO - Who's Next
1972 - Yes - Close To the Edge
1973 - The WHO - Quadrophenia
1974 - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 - Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals
1978 - Rush - Hemispheres
1979 - Supertramp - Breakfast In America
1980 - Rush - Permanent Waves
1981 - Van Halen - Fair Warning
1982 - Asia - Asia
1983 - Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
1984 - Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith
1985 - Rush - Power Windows
1986 - Metallica - Master Of Puppets
1987 - Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1988 - Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
1989 - Metal Church - Blessing In Disguise
1990 - Judas Priest - Painkiller
1991 - Van Halen - F.U.C.K.
1992 - Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction
1993 - Anthrax - Sound Of White Noise
1994 - Live - Throwing Copper
1995 - Down - Nola
1996 - Rush - Test For Echo
1997 - Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
1998 - The Brian Setzer Orchestra - The Dirty Boogie
1999 - Queensryche - Q2K
2000 - Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
2001 - Oysterhead - The Grand Pecking Order
2002 - Queens Of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
2003 - Anthrax - We've Come For You All
2004 - Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
2005 - Audioslave - Out Of Exile
2006 - Mastodon - Blood Mountain
2007 - Rush - Snakes & Arrows
2008 -


I don't have anything from 2008 yet.:dry:

[A.J.]

The problem for me is, I really don't want to pick anything that came out after my 5th birthday.

[GreatAmericanZero]

The problem for me is, I really don't want to pick anything that came out after my 5th birthday.

u think i wanted to pick whatever album "sister christian" was on from Night Ranger? Sometimes in life you gotta make the hard decisions

[A.J.]

u think i wanted to pick whatever album "sister christian" was on from Night Ranger? Sometimes in life you gotta make the hard decisions

But at what price for flight?

[Freakshow]

I almost think it should be limited to 20 years. 1978-1998 would have been perfect for me, just about everything after '98 is a reach for me...

[GreatAmericanZero]

I almost think it should be limited to 20 years. 1978-1998 would have been perfect for me, just about everything after '98 is a reach for me...

i think thats the point though

some years suck a donkey dick...absolutley nothing good came out

some years, you almost have to "sophie's choice" your decision cuz theres so many good albums

its hard...but we're there for you


Step Up!

[zildjian361]

1970- Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen,Santana 1978 Bruce Darkness on the Edge of Town. who F**cking remembers that far back:wink:

[Freakshow]

i think thats the point though

some years suck a donkey dick...absolutley nothing good came out

some years, you almost have to "sophie's choice" your decision cuz theres so many good albums

its hard...but we're there for you


Step Up!


I already did my list, it's on the first page...

I not only listed an album for each year, I listed an album that I listened around that year, with a few exception (bad brains, minutemen...)

[GreatAmericanZero]

I already did my list, it's on the first page...

I not only listed an album for each year, I listed an album that I listened around that year, with a few exception (bad brains, minutemen...)

i apologize then

[realmenhatelife]

81 Minor Threat s/t
82 Bad Brains s/t
83 Misfits- Walk Among Us
84 Minute Men- Double Nickles on the Dime
85 Dead Milkmen- Big Lizard in my Backyard
86 Dag Nasty- Can I say
87 cant think of one, got tired of looking
88 Project X- Straight Edge Revenge
89 Energy- Operation Ivy
90 Fugazi- 13 Songs
91 Screeching Weasel- My Brain Hurts
92 GWAR- America Must Be Destroyed
93 Wu Tang Clan- 36 Chambers
94 Rancid- Let's Go
95 The Amps- Pacer
96 Bouncing Souls- Maniacal Laughter
97 Discount- Half Fiction
98 Clutch- Elephant Riders
99 Rilo Kiley- Initial Friend EP
00 The Impossibles- Enter/Return
01 Rilo Kiley- Takeoffs and Landings
02 The Breeders- Title TK
03 The Ergs- Dorkrockcorkrod
04 Jolie Holland- Escondida
05 Sleater Kinney- The Woods
06 Be Your Own Pet- s/t
07 Shellac- Excellant Italian Greyhound
08 Lemuria- Get Better


By my reckoning we've got two more years to add.

09 Teenage Bottlerocket- They Came From The Shadows
10 Superchunk- Majesty Shredding

[keithy_19]

88: The Pogues: If I Should Fall from the Grace of God
89: Fugazi: 13 Songs
90: The Replacements: All Shook Down
91: Rites of Spring: Rites of Spring
92: Social Distortion: Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
93: Jawbreaker: 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
94: Weezer: Blue Album
95: Rancid: ...And Out Come the Wolves
96: Weezer: Pinkerton
97: The Get Up Kids: Four Minute Mile
98: Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
99: The Bouncing Souls: Hopeless Romantic
00: Alkaline Trio: Maybe I'll Catch Fire
01: Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American
02: Against Me!: Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose
03: Brand New: Deja Entendu
04: Reggie and the Full Effect: Greatest Hits 1984-1987
05: The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
06: Say Anything: ...Is A Real Boy
07: Coheed and Cambria: Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol 2: No World for Tomorrow
08: The Gaslight Anthem: The '59 Sound
09: Manchester Orchestra: Mean Everything to Nothing
10: The Menzingers: Chamberlain Waits

[cougarjake13]

why

[keithy_19]

why

Why not?

[Terry Pabb]

'88: Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
'89: Pixies - Doolittle
'90: Primus - Frizzle Fry
'91: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
'92: The Jesus Lizard - Liar
'93: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
'94: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
'95: Elastica - Elastica
'96: Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
'97: Portishead - Portishead
'98: Outkast - Aquemini
'99: Beck - Midnite Vultures
'00: Deftones - White Pony
'01: Tool - Lateralus
'02: Horsepower Productions - In Fine Style
'03: Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
'04: Mastodon - Leviathan
'05: Gorillaz - Demon Days
'06: J Dilla - Donuts
'07: Burial - Untrue
'08: Santogold - Santogold
'09: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
'10: Flying Lotus - Cosmogramma

[cougarjake13]

Why not?

too much effort and no payoff

[Snoogans]

i was all for this until i realized there wasnt like a list where you choose. You really expect me to look up what albums came up each year I was alive?

[keithy_19]

i was all for this until i realized there wasnt like a list where you choose. You really expect me to look up what albums came up each year I was alive?

Yes.

Wikipedia helped me out a bit. For the early 90's anyway. After that I went to my music library on my computer and looked at my music by year.

[KnoxHarrington]

I'm updating my list:

1972: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
1973: Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
1974: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Brian Eno
1975: Horses, Patti Smith
1976: Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
1977: Low and "Heroes", David Bowie (note: these seem like a double album to me)
1978: One Nation Under a Groove, Funkadelic
1979: Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division
1980: Remain in Light, Talking Heads
1981: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Brian Eno and David Byrne
1982: Vs., Mission of Burma
1983: Murmur, REM
1984: Zen Arcade, Husker Du
1985: Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
1986: Skylarking, XTC
1987: Within The Realm of a Dying Sun, Dead Can Dance
1988: The Trinity Session, Cowboy Junkies
1989: Doolittle, The Pixies
1990: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, Sinead O'Connor
1991: Steady Diet of Nothing, Fugazi
1992: Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement
1993: Exile in Guyville, Liz Phair
1994: Mars Audiac Quintet, Stereolab
1995: Maxinquaye, Tricky
1996: Endtroducing..., DJ Shadow
1997: OK Computer, Radiohead
1998: Electro-Shock Blues, Eels
1999: The Soft Bulletin, Flaming Lips
2000: Kid A, Radiohead
2001: It's a Wonderful Life, Sparklehorse
2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
2003: The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, Explosions in the Sky
2004: Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn
2005: Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, Eels
2006: At War With the Mystics, Flaming Lips
2007: In Rainbows, Radiohead
2008: Ghosts, Nine Inch Nails
2009: XX, The XX
2010: Halycion Digest, Deerhunter
2011: Thank You, Happy Birthday, Cage the Elephant

[HBox]

I have the dates for all my songs in iTunes so I'm going with that.

1981 - U2 - October
1982 - I got nothin
1983 - The Police - Synchronicity
1984 - Metallica - Ride The Lightning
1985 - I got nothin
1986 - Peter Gabriel - So
1987 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988 - Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
1989 - Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
1990 - Social Distortion - Social Distortion
1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind (though there was a ton great music this year)
1992 - Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
1993 - Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994 - Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
1995 - Radiohead - The Bends
1996 - Weezer - Pinkerton
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999 - The Roots - Things Fall Apart
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
2001 - Radiohead - Amnesiac
2002 - Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
2003 - Mew - Frengers
2004 - Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005 - Sigur Ros - Takk....
2006 - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007 - Radiohead - In Rainbows
2008 - The Mars Volta - The Bedlam In Goliath
2009 - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2010 - The Roots - How I Got Over