Best album of every year since....

Ouch.

Nobody has ever made better music than 1972-77 era Genesis.

1975 Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
1976 Eno, Another Green World
1977 Al Green, The Belle Album
1978 Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979 Chic, Risque
1980 Wanna Buy a Bridge?
1981 The Clash, Sandanista!
1982 Prince, 1999
1983 Marshall Crenshaw, Field Day
1984 The Replacements, Let It Be
1985 The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
1986 Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate
1987 Prince, Sign 'O' the Times
1988 Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1989 Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
1990 L.L. Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out
1991 Nirvana, Nevermind
1992 Only for the Headstrong: the Ultimate Rave Compilation
1993 Pet Shop Boys, Very
1994 Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995 Luna, Penthouse
1996 Ocean of Sound
1997 Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
1998 Fatboy Slim, On the Floor at the Boutique
1999 Built to Spill, Keep It Like a Secret
2000 Luomo, Vocalcity
2001 The Avalanches, Since I Left You
2002 The Streets, Original Pirate Material
2003 [so far] The New Pornographers, Electric Version, but don't hold me to that please

that for instance

This came out in 1974. Otherwise, yes, great list, marry me, etc.

and i note three clear sneers in mr blount's last post.

unfortunately, mr blount, your voice is not your own, you are the product of a discourse based on the unstable illusion that black music and black people are somehow "perfect."

(and note further how such apologists always cite james brown as though he were the essence of purity rather than the biggest bore in the last half-century of popular music; though coltrane runs him a close second).

This alb is great, influential, etc, but I'd take the other great, influential 1988 alb, Daydream Nation.

"ms lambert"? that's so november 2002. i've moved on since then, mr blount. have you?

I'd also do a list but it'd be so damn canonical or quirkily contrarian it'd be pointless (like arguing with Marcello "I'm off the meds again, and by the way I went to Oxford, righty-o!" Carlin aka Denise Lambert aka ....)

you, sadly, appear to have become stuck there.

why don't you just do a list of records you, like, like?

1976 Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
1977 Television, Marquee Moon
1978 Blondie, Plastic Letters
1979 Gang of Four, Entertainment!
1980 Feelies, Crazy Rhythms
1981 Tom Tom Club
1982 Richard and Linda Thompson, Shoot Out the Lights
1983 R.E.M., Murmur
1984 Prince, Purple Rain (god, this was a tough choice)
1985 Talking Heads, Little Creatures
1986 Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate
1987 Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come
1988 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989 Jane Siberry, Bound By the Beauty
1990 Deee-Lite, World Clique
1991 Guns 'n' Roses, Use Your Illusion I
1992 Madonna, Erotica
1993 Nirvana, In Utero
1994 Kristin Hersh, Hips and Makers
1995 Luna, Penthouse
1996 Sugarplastic, Bang, the Earth is Round
1997 Tsunami, A Brilliant Mistake
1998 Hole, Celebrity Skin
1999 Mike Ness, Cheating at Solitaire
2000 Radiohead, Kid A
2001 Basement Jaxx, Rooty
2002 Sonic Youth, Murray Street

Actually I think my real answer is XTC's Drums and Wires.

Nick this one is fine - lists for the people who like them, fites for the people who don't.

rebuttal to Leonard Bernstein's late 80s remark that James Brown had destroyed pop music (he didn't mean it postively)

I would like to find above quote?. Do you know where I can find it, prefer web, if not book

Dear Matos,
Ocean of Sound is that the cd that accompanies Toop's book?

Dear Geir,
I find your remarks on black music lacking in knowledge

Reggae is a product of the union of West African rythms and European melody and harmony.

Jan

As for GH...oh dear oh dear oh dear. Matos, Blount, I take it all back - let him have it.

geir is mentioned...

More on Geir

here all my second favourite albums from each year then:

1988: Pet Shop Boys 'Introspective'
1989: New Order 'Technique'
1990: Public Enemy 'Fear Of A Black Planet'
1991: U2 'Achtung Baby'
1992: Altern 8 'Full On Mask Hysteria'
1993: Senser 'Stacked Up'
1994: Massive Attack 'Protection'
1995: Tricky 'Maxinquaye'
1996: Underworld 'Second Toughest In The Infants'
1997: Chemical Brothers 'Dig Your Own Hole'
1998: Lo Fidelity All Stars 'How To Operate With A Blown Mind'
1999: Chemical Brothers 'Surrender'
2000: Doves 'Lost Souls'
2001: Zero 7 'Simple Things'
2002: Cassette Boy 'The Parker Tapes'

The Beatles found the perfect formula and future musicans should stick to that one. No need for "innovation".

OK, perhaps nog in Geirs case, but personally I enjoy lots of black music, but the love is mostly for singles rather than albums.

I think his views on 'black music' are completely wrongheaded, but I think that they also expose a little the problems with accepting the linkage of music and race in the first place. IIRC from my old clashes with Geir, tangling with him on his own terms led you to advocate either a kind of pop-taste quota system, or to defend a more flattering version of the idea of 'natural rhythm', or both.

You mean like Please Please Me?

My theory:
Albums are needed because it is the only way to promote cult of personality. People buy records because they identify with the artists.

Singles: singles are better at capturing the mood of the moment. This is why I mainly buy compilations.

Albums I do like are by individuals rather than groups. I guess this has to do with my natural aversion towards groups.

In an MP3 world, the loser will be the album. Singles will thrive (just like ringtones).

Geir,
What was the first consistent rock album?

You mean like these:
"Everybody Loves a Winner"
"You Don't Miss Your Water"
"Do Right Woman - Do Right Man"
"The Dark End of the Street"
"A Change is Gonna Come"
"These Arms of Mine"
"I've Been Loving You Too Long"
"Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
"The Happy Song"
"I've Got Dreams to Remember"
"Share Your Love With Me"
"When a Man Loves a Woman"

I'll spare those for my Top 20s of each year coming up later on. :-)

Wow, OK. To each his own. I'll just leave you with this: There's a big wide world of music out there, and I think it's sad that you're able to appreciate only this much of it (holds thumb and forefinger a millimeter apart).

and Geir: first rock album (consistent)? Which was it?

So why not jazz?

Some jazz (particularly the slower songs on several classic jazz albums) is OK, but generally, there is too much inprovisation in jazz.

He should - the stuff is as free from "black music" as it gets, and the Emperor/Dark Tranquillity school certainly crams more twin guitar melodic riffing, key and tempo changes into the songs than any 'conventional' rock band I can think of. But as the above list suggests, Geir likes his music aesthetically conventional, right?

hahahahaha! You really believe there's a 'perfect' formula out there?
What if someone such as yourself said this in 1960, everyone followed it, and your 'perfect' Beatles were stuck doing Irving Berlin covers?
Now, I understand that you probaly mean this formula is perfect in your eyes, but how are you so sure there's nothing that can be produced that you'd like better?

Quite right. I of course sympathize with him on the whole 'find your own aesthetic' point, and at the same time I'm rather glad it isn't mine...

As for GH...oh dear oh dear oh dear. Matos, Blount, I take it all back - let him have it.

It won't work. I understand, though. Somewhere in groups.google.com is the massive 1995 or so argument I had with him that tired me out after about a month or something.

1950 Hank Snow: "I'm Movin' On"
1951 The Larks: "My Reverie"
1952 The "5" Royales: "Laundromat Blues"
1953 The Crows: "Gee"
1954 Elvis Presley: "That's All Right (Mama)"/"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
1955 Chuck Berry: "Maybellene"
1956 James Brown: "Please Please Please"
1957 Jerry Lee Lewis: "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On"
1958 Link Wray & His Ray Men: "Rumble"
1959 The Flamingos: "I Only Have Eyes for You"
1960 Jerry Butler: "He Will Break Your Heart"
1961 Ben E. King: "Stand By Me"
1962 Little Eva: "The Loco-Motion"
1963 The Beatles: "Please Please Me"
1964 Dionne Warwick: "Walk on By"
1965 Bob Dylan: "Like a Rolling Stone"
1966 ? & the Mysterians: "96 Tears"
1967 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles: "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage"
1968 Sly & the Family Stone: "Everyday People"
1969 The Rolling Stones: "Honky Tonk Women"/"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
1970 James Brown: "Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine Pt. 1 & 2"
1971 Temptations: “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)”
1972 Stevie Wonder: “Superstition”
1973 Marvin Gaye: “Let’s Get It On”
1974 Gloria Gaynor: “Never Can Say Goodbye”
1975 Jacob Miller: “Baby I Love You So”/Augustus Pablo: “King Tubby’s Meets Rockers Uptown”
1976 The Sex Pistols: “Anarchy in the U.K.”
1977 The Sex Pistols: “God Save the Queen”
1978 The Clash: “(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais”
1979 Chic: “Good Times”
1980 Joy Division: “Love Will Tear Us Apart”
1981 Funky 4 + 1: “That’s the Joint”
1982 New Order: “Temptation”
1983 George Clinton: “Atomic Dog”
1984 Prince: “When Doves Cry”/“17 Days”
1985 Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam with Full Force: “I Wonder If I Take You Home”
1986 Prince & the Revolution: “Kiss”
1987 Public Enemy: “Rebel without a Pause”
1988 Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: “It Takes Two”
1989 Rythim is Rythim: “Strings Of Life”
1990 Beltram: “Energy Flash”
1991 Nirvana: “Smells Like Teen Spirit”
1992 Acen: “Trip II the Moon”
1993 Bikini Kill: “New Radio”/“Rebel Girl”/“Demirep”
1994 M People: “Excited”
1995 Everything But the Girl: “Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)”
1996 Blackstreet: “No Diggity”
1997 Sneaker Pimps: “Spin Spin Sugar (Armand’s Dark Garage Mix)”
1998 Fatboy Slim: “The Rockafeller Skank”
1999 Powerhouse featuring Duane Harden: “What You Need”
2000 OutKast: "B.O.B."
2001 Missy Elliott: "Get Ur Freak On"
2002 Nas: "Made You Look"
2003 (so far): Electric Six: "Danger! High Voltage," but don't hold me to it

But I've had second thoughts about a few of these--Stevie Wonder has to have his no-seeing ass on the list. Replace Rundgren with Music of My Mind by Stevie Wonder, then, but although Songs in the Key of Life is probably a better record than Jailbreak, keep Lizzy on for fun.

Matos and I agree on four records, then; Hongro on one; JBR and I agree on none; Murphy on none; Blount on none.

http://tinyurl.com/6rr8

Yea, this guy is a compulsive troll. Notice in the second thread (which seems to be his grand entrance to USENET) how many newsgroups its crossposted to (seven) and how its essentially tailor made to incite anger in each. For instance, his claim that people are tiring of hip-hop back in 1996 and then the act of xposting it to alt.rap. Not to mention that in retrospect this looks hilarious.

He'd be ingenious if the methodology hadn't already been being used for many years by other far more successful internet whacks. So, if thee be smart, learn from the mistakes of others before you; don't feed the trolls.

-
Alan

it only goes up to 97. [when is 98, 99, 00, 01, 02 going to be documented?]

Right, I see you must be too busy with ILM and other music forums, these days Geir?

Re: Embrace: Their songs simply aren't good enough.

[Correct.]

oh, i can't resist

geir what do you think of harmolodics?

1959: Buddy Holly: It Doesn't Matter Anymore
1960: The Shadows: Apache
1961: Del Shannon: Hats Off To Larry
1962: The Beatles: PS I Love You
1963: The Beatles: From Me To You
1964: The Beatles: I Should Have Known Better
1965: Beach Boys: California Girls
1966: Beach Boys: God Only Knows
1967: The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever
1968: The Zombies: A Rose For Emily
1969: The Turtles: You Showed Me
1970: Beach Boys: At My Window
1971: Beach Boys: Till I Die
1972: Genesis: Supper's Ready
1973: Genesis: Firth Of Fifth
1974: Supertramp: Hide In Your Shell
1975: Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody
1976: Genesis: Mad Man Moon
1977: ELO: Wild West Hero
1978: Genesis: Burning Rope
1979: 20/20: Yellow Pills
1980: Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
1981: Japan: Ghosts
1982: Spongetones: She Goes Out With Everybody
1983: Depeche Mode: The Landscape Is Changing
1984: Depeche Mode: Blasphemous Rumours
1985: Dire Straits: Your Latest Trick
1986: Depeche Mode: Black Celebration
1987: Dukes Of Stratosphear: Collideascope
1988: Crowded House: Better Be Home Soon
1989: Paul McCartney: My Brave Face
1990: Prefab Sprout: Jesse James
1991: Crowded House: Four Seasons In One Day
1992: The Cure: Friday I'm In Love
1993: Crowded House: Fingers Of Love
1994: Dodgy: Staying Out For The Summer
1995: Blur: Country House
1996: Ocean Colour Scene: The Day We Caught The Train
1997: Radiohead: Exit Music (For Films)
1998: Catatonia: Road Rage
1999: Cotton Mather: Camp Hill Rail Operator
2000: a-ha: Minor Earth Major Sky
2001: Electric Soft Parade: Silent To The Dark
2002: Doves: There Goes The Fear

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In "The Phare of Biarritz" heb ik deze akkoordengroep toegepast. In het volgende voorbeeld zijn de overmatige drieklanken uit de vierklanken geïsoleerd.

Een andere manier om tot vierklanken te komen is de stuurtonen te maken tot toongroepen. De stuurgroepen bestaan namelijk uit 4 tonen.
Een voorbeeld: Uur XI wordt gestuurd door uur VI. Als uur XI bestaat uit de akkoorden
E mineur Fis mineur Gis majeur Ais majeur
dan is de stuurgroep: E Fis Gis Ais. Neem je hiervan de eerste omkering, dan ontstaat er een Fis79 accoord zonder kwint. De hele groep van complementaire vierklanken, die weer af te leiden is van het zesde uur is:
De twaalfde uur variatie is te horen in de alt-solo en de bas-solo van "2soon2die"; de elfde uur variatie in de bas-solo van "Onweer", en de C-melody-saxsolo in dezelfde compositie is gebaseerd op de zesde uur variatie. Beide composities zijn te vinden op de CD "Ear Opener" van het Theo Hoogstins Octet.
Dit zijn slechts enkele voorbeelden van toepassingen van de toonklok. De mogelijkheden zijn vrijwel onbeperkt, denk maar aan transpositie van harmonieën, toepassingen in lintharmonisaties waarbij het mogelijk is twee linten die op verschillende uren zijn gebaseerd gezamenlijk te laten klinken. Ook als analysemodel is de toonklok al zeer waardevol gebleken, bijvoorbeeld in het artikel uit Entre’Act van Andre Douw. Concluderend kan worden gesteld dat de ordening van tonen, zoals weergegeven in de toonklok, kan leiden tot een andere kijk op zowel componeren als improviseren. Het is een allesomvattend systeem voor harmonie in de chromatische toonladder, dat een componist in staat stelt het hele scala van klankkleuren te overzien en op een consistente manier toe te passen. Het kost misschien enige tijd en studie om een dergelijke manier van werken onder de knie te krijgen, maar het is zeker de moeite waard voor musici die op zoek zijn naar nieuwe klankstructuren. Dat de beschreven klanken thuis horen in het jazzidioom blijkt wel uit de kop van de recensie van Frans van Leeuwen: "Hoogstins klinkt jazzy en vertrouwd" (NRC, 7/10/92).

Harmolodics? I doubt Geir has even heard of Ornette or anyone else who practices it.

Obv. you have a very limited range of music that you enjoy and a very limited definition of what music can be and what moods it can create. Can't you just own up to this (there's nothing wrong w/it, per se) rather than dismiss all music that doesn't fit your narrow expectations? This is I Love MUSIC, afterall, not I Love All That is Beatlesque.

1977 David Bowie, Low
1978 P.I.L., Public image
1979 Chic, Risque
1980 Prince, Dirty mind
1981 Human League, Dare (hehe, I love this now!)
1982 ABC, The lexicon of love
1983 Aztec Camera, High land hard rain
1984 The Smiths, Hatful of hollow
1985 Scritti Politti, Cupid and psyche 85
1986 Slayer, Reign in blood
1987 Sonic Youth, Sister
1988 AR Kane, 69
1989 New Order, Technique
1990 Ice Cube, Amerikkka's most wanted
1991 Nirvana, Nevermind
1992 Pavement, Slanted and enchanted
1993 Nirvana, In utero
1994 Notorious BIG, Ready to die
1995 Fatboy Slim, Better living through chemistry
1996 Tortoise-Millions now living will never die
1997 Chemical Brothers, Dig your own hole
1998 Mercury Rev, Deserters songs
1999 Wilco, Summerteeth
2000 Radiohead, Kid A
2001 Daft Punk, Discovery
2002 The Streets-Original pirate material\Sonic Youth-Murray Street

I am content to not follow where others lead.

The R.E.M albums are there by default, I don't listen to 80s music much.

Like all my lists, this is totally arbitrary, and if I re-created
it tommorow it would be completely different.

1976 Squeeze _How Dare You_

with

1976 10cc _How Dare You_

* which is also SQUIRREL's favorite 1979 album! (But not mine. Tossup between, I dunno, *Live at the Witch Trials, *Head Games, *Bad Girls, *A Tonic for the Troops, *Strange Spirits, *Cuba, *Cory and Me, *Get the Knack, *Off the Wall, and oh yeah, the American version of *The Clash if that counts......Best year EVER, maybe??? No argument here.)

Squirrel Police has pretty good taste in the mid-to-late '70s.

James Blount on the other hand, is a really smart EARLY '70s guy.

Neudonym was very courageous (and right as well) in not replacing Thin Lizzy in 1976 with Stevie Wonder.

Andy K's, Michael B's, Jody Beth Rosen's and Michaelangelo's album tastes all start out truly great, then go way downhill from there (with occasional obvious exceptions).

All of this probably says more about me than about any of them.

Not likely. Everything he does screams "I AM TROLL, HEAR ME ROAR". From the dismissal of entire genres (and the threads crossposted into the newsgroups following them) and declarations like "Long live real music played by real people," it comes down to the old "if it walks like a duck, looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its probably a duck" adage.

Just that he's a troll, not a duck. You know. and stuff.

As for the website, its a "ready made" reference that he can point at to "prove" his point. Kinda like when a christian fundie references some Baptist site or what have you.

-
Alan

Ooops! I meant 1960 and 1961, sorry. (In fact, anybody who doesn't believe that Geir loves black music should explain why the Roots are just now ripping off his favorite 1960 single in "Thought @ Work.") (Okay, ripping off the Incredible Bongo Band's and Sugarhill Gang's COVER versions of his favorite 1960 single. But you get the point.)

Also, who is the 1979 album "Cuba" by? I can't find it on AMG.

1992 - The Prodigy - Experience
1993 - the Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
1994 - Blur - Parklife
1995 - Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
1996 - Boo Radleys - Come On Kids
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
1999 - Plaid - Restproof Clockwork
2000 - Two Lone Swordsmen - Tiny Reminders (very tough one that!)
2001 - Air - 10,000hz the Legend
2002 - Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

is that fair enough?

1965: Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited; The Beatles, "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"
1966: The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds; Sam & Dave, "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Are You Experienced; Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, "Electricity"
1968: The Zombies, Odessey & Oracle; Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing"
1969: Sly and the Family Stone, "Stand!"; The Isley Brothers, "It's Your Thing"
1970: The Stooges, Fun House; James Brown, "Super Bad Pts 1 and 2"
1971: Funkadelic, Maggot Brain; The Rolling Stones, "Dead Flowers"
1972: Curtis Mayfield, Superfly; Steely Dan, "Do It Again"
1973: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon; Jimmy Cliff, "Many Rivers to Cross"*
1974: The Sweet, Desolation Boulevard; Stevie Wonder, "Livin' For the City"
1975: The Patti Smith Group, Horses; Bruce Springsteen, "Born To Run"
1976: Ramones; The Bee Gees, "You Should Be Dancing"
1977: Television, Marquee Moon; The Adverts, "Gary Gilmore's Eyes"
1978: Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine; Radio Birdman. "Non-Stop Girls"
1979: The Clash, London Calling; Van Halen, "Dance the Night Away"
1980: X, Los Angeles; The Soft Boys, "I Wanna Destroy You"
1981: The Police, Ghost in the Machine; The Specials, Ghost Town**
1982: Michael Jackson, Thriller; Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force, "Planet Rock"
1983: The Replacements, Hootenanny; ESG, "Moody (Spaced Out)"
1984: Prince, Purple Rain; Husker Du, "Standing By the Sea"
1985: Tom Waits, Rain Dogs; LL Cool J, "Rock the Bells"
1986: RUN-D.M.C., Raising Hell; Pet Shop Boys, "West End Girls"
1987: Boogie Down Productions, Criminal Minded; Meat Beat Manifesto, "Cutman"
1988: Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back; Eric B & Rakim, "Follow the Leader"
1989: The Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique; Jungle Brothers, "What 'U' Waitin' 4?"
1990: Mudhoney, Superfuzz Bigmuff/Early Singles***; Main Source, "Looking At the Front Door"
1991: De La Soul is Dead; Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
1992: Sonic Youth, Dirty; The Pharcyde, "Passin' Me By"
1993: Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers; Souls of Mischief, "'93 'Til Infinity"
1994: Beck, Mellow Gold; Bikini Kill, "Rebel Girl"****
1995: Elastica; Garbage, "Stupid Girl"
1996: DJ Shadow, Entroducing; Ghostface Killah, "Daytona 500"
1997: Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole; Busta Rhymes, "Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See"
1998: Massive Attack, Mezzanine; The Coup, "Me and Jesus the Pimp in a '79 Granada Last Night"
1999: Prodigy Present the Dirtchamber Sessions Vol. 1*****; Eminem, "Any Man"
2000: Outkast, Stankonia; Broadcast, "Come On Let's Go"
2001: The Avalanches, Since I Left You; El-P, "Stepfather Factory"
2002: Clinic, Walking With Thee; The Rapture, "House of Jealous Lovers"

*I'm not sure if this is '72 or '73. Please don't make me choose between this song and Steely Dan's finest moment, OK?
**I swear this is a coincidence.
***Yes, this is a reissue of stuff from the late '80s. I don't care. I CHEAT TO WIN
****Wasn't this released every single year in the mid '90s?
*****Yes, a mix CD. It's my list, sucka.

And if it's any consolation to Chuck, Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" almost made it for '81.

No, Alan. No. Trust me. He's no troll. He's just Geir.

Geir as weekly columnist for the Village Voice = quite possibly the most insane (therefore fantastic) move that could happen. Sign him up, Mr. Eddy. :-)

I meant "Yellow Pills." Which Geir got right, and I didn't. Sorry, Ned -- the guy is just way too *smart* for the Voice music section. He would just make everybody else look lame in comparison, y'know?

This one is the one that's befuddling me.

And I'm compiling a completely different completely valid list that will kick the ass of even my own earlier list. Squirrel_Police is OTM about the shifting changing freaky nature of this kind of insanity.

Blount, you got some balls.

His worst album ever. Even "Emancipation" is a classic when compared to this one...

whatever, Chuckles--you still haven't heard the Luomo record yet!

1969: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band Trout Mask Replica
1970: The Stooges Funhouse
1971: Funkadelic Maggot Brain
1972: Curtis Mayfield Superfly
1973: The New York Dolls S/T
1974: Brian Eno Here Come The Warm Jets
1975: Robert Wyatt Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard
1976: Debris' Static Disposal
1977: Ramones Rocket TO Russia
1978: Pere Ubu The Modern Dance
1979: Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady
1980: Motorhead Ace of Spades
1981: P.I.L. The Flowers Of Romance
1982: Dream Syndicate Days Of Wine & Roses
1983: ESG: Come Away With ESG
1984: Half Japanese Our Solar System
1985: Great Plains Naked at the Buy, Trade & Sell
1986: Vertical Slit Underneath the Blood Red Lava Lamp
1987: Big Black Songs About Fucking
1988: Ultramagnetic MCs Critical Breakdown
1989: Dead C Eusa Kills
1990: Daniel Johnston 1990
1991: Love Child Okay?
1992: Pavement Slanted & Enchanted
1993: August Sons Plants, Planets and Insects
1994: Killdozer Uncompromising War on Art Under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1995: Mudhoney My Brother The Cow
1996: Souled American Notes Campfire
1997: Quasi R&B Transmogrification
1998: Six Finger Satellite Law Of Ruin
1999: New Waver The Defeated
2000: Boom Bip & Dose One Circle
2001: Dirtbombs Ultraglide In Black
2002: Don Howland Land Beyond The Mountains
2003: too early

*runs screaming* noooooooooooooooooooooo

1995

1. Bjork- Post
2. Aphex Twin- I Care Because You Do
3. PJ Harvey- To Bring You My Love

1996

1. Aphex Twin- The Richard D. James Album
2. Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
3. Smog- The Doctor Came at Dawn

1997

1. Radiohead- OK Computer
2. Bjork- Homogenic
3. Labradford- Mi Media Naranja/ Edith Frost- Calling Over Time

1998

1. Squarepusher- Music is Rotted One Note
2. Gastr del Sol- Camoufleur
3. Autechre- LP5

1999

1. The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
2. Labradford- E Luxo So
3. Black Heart Procession- 2

2000

1. Radiohead- Kid A
2. Smog- Dongs of Sevotion
3. Gas- Pop

2001

1. The Microphones- The Glow Part 2
2. Jim O'Rourke- Insignifance
3. Mum- Yesterday Was Dramatic- Today is OK

2002

1. Xiu Xiu- Knife Play
2. Deerhoof- Reveille
3. Sonic Youth- Murray Street

2003 (so far)

1. Cat Power- You Are Free
2. Xiu Xiu- A Promise
3. The Microphones- Mt. Eerie

1955: Frank Sinatra - 'In The Wee Small Hours'
1956: Ella Fitzgerald - 'The Cole Porter Songbook'
1957: Charles Mingus - 'The Clown'
1958: Henry Mancini - 'Touch of Evil'
1959: Miles Davis - 'Kind of Blue'
1960: Ornette Coleman - 'Free Jazz'
1961: Charles Mingus - 'Oh Yeah'
1962: Stan Getz - 'Jazz Samba'
1963: Charles Mingus - 'The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady'
1964: The Beatles - 'A Hard Day's Night'
1965: The Beach Boys - 'Today'
1966: The Beach Boys - 'Pet Sounds'
1967: Pink Floyd - 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'
1968: Milton Nascimento - 'Courage'
1969: Scott Walker - 'Scott 3'
1970: The Beach Boys - 'Sunflower'
1971: Nilsson - 'Nilsson Schmilsson'
1972: The Bonzo Dog Band - 'Let's Make Up & Be Friendly'
1973: Slapp Happy - 'Casablanca Moon'
1974: Robert Wyatt - 'Rock Bottom'
1975: Big Star - 'Third/Sister Lovers'
1976: Bob Dylan - 'Desire'
1977: Brian Eno - 'Before and After Science'
1978: Chris Bell - 'I am the Cosmos'
1979: Public Image Ltd. - 'Metal Box'
1980: New Musik - 'From A to B'
1981: Viv Stanshall - 'Teddy Boys Don't Knit'
1982: Scritti Politti - 'Songs to Remember'
1983: Scott Walker - 'Climate of Hunter'
1984: The Replacements - 'Let It Be'
1985: Dexy's Midnight Runners - 'Don't Stand Me Down'
1986: XTC - 'Skylarking'
1987: The Smiths - 'Strangeways, Here We Come'
1988: Public Enemy - 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back'
1989: The Blue Nile - 'Hats'
1990: Robyn Hitchcock - 'Eye'
1991: Saint Etienne - 'Foxbase Alpha'
1992: Ultramarine - 'Every Man & Woman Is A Star'
1993: Saint Etienne - 'So Tough'
1994: Saint Etienne - 'Tiger Bay'
1995: Tricky - 'Maxinquaye'
1996: The Auteurs - 'After Murder Park'
1997: Aphex Twin - 'The Richard D. James Album'
1998: Black Box Recorder - 'England Made Me'
1999: Momus - 'Stars Forever'
2000: Lambchop - 'Nixon'
2001: The Avalanches - 'Since I Left You'
2002: Boards of Canada - 'Geogaddi'

1972 Annette Peacock - I'm the One
1973 Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
1974 Miles Davis - Get Up With It
1975 Milton Nascimento - Minas
1976 Marvin Gaye - I Want You
1977 Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
1978 Culture - Two Sevens Clash
1979 Johnny Dyani - Song For Biko
1980 Prince - Dirty Mind
1981 The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
1982 Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember
1983 Negative Approach - Tied Down
1984 Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
1985 Run DMC - King of Rock
1986 Prince - Parade
1987 Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush the Show
1988 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989 De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
1990 KLF - Chill Out
1991 Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
1992 Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
1993 Henry Threadgill - Too Much Sugar for a Dime
1994 Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2
1995 Dead C - The Operation of the Sonne
1996 Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich
1997 Royal Trux - Sweet Sixteen
1998 Gorguts - Obscura
1999 Richie Hawtin - Decks, EFX, & 909

That's it I give up because I can't do it anymore. All the new stuff is too recent and it always takes me at LEAST three years to catch up on stuff anyway. I don't get them free, unfortunately.

This one is 1954, I think.

http://rateyourmusic.com/

1993 Don Caballero, _For Respect_

I'm still drawing a big fat blank for '82, tho.

The 60s are pretty darn easy huh? *grin*
Who else was making albums like the beatles?
Almost nobody.

I like how highly Geir rated Sunflower and Surf's Up.
And if I'd made my list a couple of years ago I would have
loaded it with Genesis, as well

Amazing how many Talking Heads albums showed up on
this thread, too.

I'm glad Dylan has mostly been snubbed. His rock albums contain
like, two good songs each, and _Blonde On Blonde_, in
particular, has some of the most godawful singing ever
committed to major-label tape.

Mr. Diamond, thank you for mentioning _Chill Out_. Love that.

Yeah, 1979 and 1984 were the hardest.

Anyway, I'll finish mine off, since I was too tired to think about it anymore last night.

2000 Herbert - Letsallmakemistakes
2001 Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
2002 2 Many DJ's - As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt.2

Yeah I know the Boredoms thing came out in earlier in Japan but fuck it.

It's not Dirty Mind or Purple Rain or anything, and it's too long by half, but Emancipation is still probably his best '90s album.

I will ignore those Dylan comments.

so will I

*curious, rereads* Heh.

1963: Beatles, Please Please Me
1964: Beatles, A Hard Day's Night
1965: Beatles, Rubber Soul
1966: Kinks, Face To Face
1967: Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet
1969: Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground
1970: Stooges, Fun House
1971: Led Zeppelin, IV
1972: Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street (phbbt, 3rd least happy about this one)
1973: New York Dolls, New York Dolls
1974: Brian Eno, Here Come The Warm Jets
1975: Bob Dylan, Blood On The Tracks
1976: Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers
1977: Wire, Pink Flag
1978: Elvis Costello, This Years Model
1979: Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps
1980: Feelies, Crazy Rhythms
1981: Kix, Kix (for Chuck! For now! if only someone didn’t have my copy of Wild Gift…)
1982: Linda & Richard Thompson, Shoot Out The Lights
1983: REM, Murmur (aaaggghh!!! At this date, I am a SPUD! But even worse is coming…)
1984: Replacements, Let It Be
1985: Replacements, Tim
1986: Beastie Boys, Licenesed To Ill
1987: Prince, Sign ‘O’ The Times
1988: Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions…
1989: B-52’s, Cosmic Thing
1990: Fugazi, Repeater
1991: Pixies, Trompe Le Monde
1992: Morrissey, Your Arsenal
1993: Urge Overkill, Saturation
1994: Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995: Pavement, Wowee Zowee
1996: Dr. Octagon, Dr. Octagonecolgyst
1997: Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out
1998: Sonic Youth, A Thousand Leaves (my god, it may well be…what a shit year)
1999: LeTigre, LeTigre
2000: Radiohead, Kid A
2001: Fugazi, The Argument
2002: Desaparecidos Read Music/Speak Spanish

Plus, I'm learning a lot about what people like. Turns out, it's not such a walk for Sly Stone in 1971 as I thought. But everyone loves some Brian Eno!

and Sterling is a fool if he thinks I spent more than ten minutes on my lists

(here it becomes too tedious to continue...)

Beatles Revolver 1966
Monkees Headquarters 1967
Hendrix, Jimi Are You Experienced 1968
Blind Faith Blind Faith 1969
Stooges Funhouse 1970
Bowie, David Hunky Dory 1971
Reed, Lou Transformer 1972
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure 1973
Steely Dan Pretzel Logic 1974
Queen Night at the Opera 1975
15-60-75 Jimmy Bell's Still In Town 1976
Pop, Iggy The Idiot 1977
Pere Ubu Modern Dance 1978
Gang Of Four Entertainment! 1979
Pretenders Pretenders 1980
Stranglers La Folie 1981
Captain Beefheart Ice Cream For Crow 1982
Big Boys Lullabyes Help The Brain Grow 1983
Minutemen Double Nickles On The Dime 1984
Fall This Nation's Saving Grace 1985
Go Betweens Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express 1986
Dumptruck For The Country 1987
Firehose If'n 1988
My Dad is Dead Taller You Are, The Shorter You Get 1989
Blue Aeroplanes Swagger 1990
Jazz Butcher Condition Blue 1991
Reed, Lou Magic And Loss 1992
Morphine Cure for Pain 1993
Cole, Lloyd Bad Vibes 1994
Yo La Tengo ELECTR-O-PURA 1995
Scrawl Travel on, Rider 1996
Jonathan Fire Eater Wolf Songs For Lambs 1997
New Rob Robbies Pure Whore 1998
Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs 1999
Go-Betweens Friends of Rachel Worth 2000
Yo La Tengo And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out 2000

Oh yeah, ummm, here:
1967 - David Bowie s/t [Deram]

"Don't forget about the immortal classics "Tin Machine" and "Tin Machine 2" either then. :-)"

I didn't they're there.

1979; The Clash – London Calling
1980; Talking Heads – Remain in Light
1981;
1982;
1083;
1984; Cocteau Twins - Treasure
1985; Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
1986; Talk Talk – The Colour of Spring
1987; Prince – Sign ‘O’ the Times
1988; Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden / Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions…
1989; The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses / De La Soul – 3ft High and Rising
1990; Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet / Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
1991; Massive Attack – Blue Lines / Talk Talk – Laughing Stock / My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
1992; Spiritualized – Laser Guided Melodies
1993; Orbital – Orbital (Brown) / The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
1994; Blur – Parklife / Jeff Buckley – Grace / Bark Psychosis - Hex
1995; Tricky – Maxinquaye / The Verve – A Northern Soul
1996; Wilco – Being There / Orbital – In Sides / DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
1997; The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole / Spiritualized / Ladies and Gentlemen…
1998; Godspeed You Black Emperor! – F#A# [Infinity]
1999; Dismemberment Plan – Emergency & I
2000; Lambchop - Nixon
2001; Four Tet - Pause
2002; Lambchop – Is a Woman

Well, if you are into Talking Heads, I see no need stopping at "Remain In Light". "Speaking In Tongues", from one of your "empty" years, is a great album

Not going to start recommending all the great synthpop/new romantic stuff released in 81-83 (the stuff I grew up with!), as it seems that may not be your cup of tea anyway. :-)

Not that much, but I feel like their peak period wasn't until 1972-1977. And Beach Boys at their peak was just better, simply.

How about those of us who hate hip-hop and are not particularly keen on electronica, but which are also not particularly fond of traditional blues-based rock'n'roll in the vain of Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix or any 50s rock?

Again, I am a "popist", not a "rockist". :-)

my own list would be a combo of jess/matos/a nairn haha

Then, explain these:

1972: Genesis: Foxtrot
1973: Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
1974: Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1976: Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail
1977: Genesis: Wind And Wuthering
1980: Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
1981: Japan: Tin Drum
1983: Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again
1984: Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward
1985: Scritti Politti: Cupid & Psyche '85

But I find your choice perfectly apt.

Which means the best electronica album ever is pretty inconsistent.

1965: the Beatles, Rubber Soul; the Animals, "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
1966: the Beach Boys, Pet Sounds; the Temptations, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"
1967: Love, Forever Changes; the Box Tops, "The Letter"
1968: Van Morrison, Astral Weeks; Dusty Springfield, "Son of a Preacher Man"
1969: The Band; the Jackson 5, "I Want You Back"
1970: the Velvet Underground, Loaded; James Taylor, "Fire and Rain"
1971: Joni Mitchell, Blue; Rod Stewart, "Reason to Believe"
1972: The Harder They Come; the Rolling Stones, "Tumbling Dice"
1973: Stevie Wonder, Innervisions; Marvin Gaye, "Let's Get It On"
1974: Big Star, Radio City; James Brown, "The Payback"
1975: Bob Dylan, Blood On the Tracks; Bruce Springsteen, "Thunder Road"
1976: The Modern Lovers; Thin Lizzy, "The Boys Are Back in Town"
1977: The Clash; the Emotions, "Best of My Love"
1978: Elvis Costello, This Year's Model; Buzzcocks, "Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have?)"
1979: Michael Jackson, Off the Wall; Chic, "Good Times"
1980: Talking Heads, Remain In Light; AC/DC, "You Shook Me All Night Long"
1981: Flipper, Album: Generic Flipper; Soft Cell, "Tainted Love"
1982: Richard & Linda Thompson, Shoot Out the Lights; Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Come On Eileen"
1983: Violent Femmes; the Police, "King of Pain"
1984: the Replacements, Let It Be; Prince & the Revolution, "When Doves Cry"
1985: Tom Waits, Rain Dogs; Simple Minds, "(Don't You) Forget About Me"
1986: Paul Simon, Graceland; New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle"
1987: Erik B. & Rakim, Paid in Full; M/A/A/R/S, "Pump Up the Volume"
1988: Pixies, Surfer Rosa; Rob Base & DJ Easy Rock, "It Takes Two"
1989: Operation Ivy, Energy; De La Soul, "Me, Myself & I"
1990: Ice Cube, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted; Digital Underground, "The Humpty Dance"
1991: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless; Geto Boys, "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me"
1992: Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Mecca & the Soul Brother; Nirvana, "Lithium"
1993: the Afghan Whigs, Gentlemen; Rage Against the Machine, "Killing In the Name Of"
1994: Portishead, Dummy; Freedy Johnston, "Bad Reputation"
1995: Bjork, Post; Smashing Pumpkins, "1979"
1996: DJ Shadow, Endtroducing.....; Underworld, "Born Slippy"
1997: Modest Mouse, The Lonesome Crowded West; Janet Jackson, "Got 'Til It's Gone"
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea; Jay-Z, "Hard Knock Life"
1999: Fiona Apple, When the Pawn...; LEN, "Steal My Sunshine"
2000: Ghostface Killah, Supreme Clientele; Outkast, "Ms. Jackson"
2001: Old 97's, Satellite Rides; Squarepusher, "My Red Hot Car"
2002: Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot; Eminem, "Lose Yourself"
2003: the White Stripes, Elephant; 50 Cent, "In Da Club"

Notes: This list was compiled going through my music and deciding what was a favorite per year. In cases where multiple favorites ended up in the same year, I generally went with the one I listened to the most. Other than the Elvis compilation, I steered clear from compilations. This took a bit of thinking and I don’t think I could complete one for just songs, I like too much instrumental music.

Very good years with multiple favorite records of mine are as follows: 1959, 1968-71, 1977-80, 1984, 1994, & 1996.

1983, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1999 & 2002 are tough to fill.

(I probably should pick a Pole CD as I listened to 1, 2 & 3 for hours and hours at work while typing into the box, but how does one really tell them apart? The second one has more basslines and the third is a bit more drifty…I don’t know, it is all vague. I've also listened to a Monolake for hours on end, but I can't pick one.)

*There was quite a few great jazz albums released in 1959 – I went with “Kind of Blue” as I have listened to it the most, but check this list: Shape of Jazz to Come/Change of the Century – Ornette Coleman, Blues & Roots/Mingus Ah Um – Mingus, Sketches of Spain – Miles, At the Jazz Corner of the World/Art Blakey & Giant Steps – Coltrane.

Pre-1963 -- Two Steps From the Blues -- Bobby Bland
1963 -- Live From the Apollo -- James Brown
1964 -- Meet the Beatles -- The Beatles
1965 -- Highway 61 Revisited -- Dylan
1966 -- Big Hits -- Rolling Stones
1967 -- Velvet Underground and Nico
1968 -- Music From Big Pink -- The Band
1969 -- The Velvet Underground
1970 -- Greatest Hits -- Sly and the Family Stone
1971 -- Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy -- The Who
1972 -- The Harder They Come
1973 -- Call Me -- Al Green
1974 -- New York Dolls in Too Much Too Soon
1975 -- Blood on the Tracks -- Bob Dylan
1976 -- Have Moicy! -- Unholy Modal Rounders/Michael Hurley/Jeffrey Fredericks and the Clamtones
1977 -- The Clash
1978 -- This Year's Model -- Elvis Costello
1979 -- Singles Going Steady -- Buzzcocks
1980 -- London Calling -- The Clash
1981 -- I Love Rock and Roll/Bad Reputation -- Joan Jett
1982 -- 1999 - Prince/Marshall Crenshaw
1983 -- Metal Circus -- Husker Du (best I can come up with, ugh)
1984 -- Let it Be -- Replacements
1985 -- Fear and Whiskey -- Mekons
1986 -- The Indestructabile beat of Soweto
1987 -- Sign O the Times -- Prince
1988 -- Nation of Millions -- Public Enemy
1989 -- 3 Feet High and Rising -- De La Soul (surprising myself with this)
1990 -- The Immaculate Collection -- Madonna
1991 - Guitar Paradise of East Africa
1992 -- Slanted and Enchanted -- Pavement
1993 -- In Utero -- Nirvana
1994 -- There's Nothing Wrong With Love -- Built to Spill/My Life -- Iris Dement/Illmatic - Nas (I'm torn)
1995 -- Maxinquaye -- Tricky
1996 -- The Score -- The Fugees
1997 -- Dig me Out - Sleater-Kinney
1998 -- Mermaid Avenue -- billy Bragg and Wilco
1999 -- The Slim Shady LP -- Eminem
2000 -- Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea -- PJ Harvey/Stankonia -- Outkast (tie)
2001 -- White Blood Cells -- White Stripes
2002 -- One Beat -- Sleater-Kinney
2003 -- hasn't come out yet, I hope, but Best of the Classic Years -- King Sunny Ade is the only thing that's knocked me out so far.

1981-1983 and 1989 are the toughest years to fill

I would say that 1981-84 was the best period for music ever

1970 -- Bryter Layter -- Nick Drake
1971 -- Paranoid -- Black Sabbath
1972 -- Exile on Main Street -- the Rolling Stones
1973 -- Ship Ahoy -- the O'Jays
1974 -- Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) -- Brian Eno
1975 -- Katy Lied -- Steely Dan
1976 -- The Ramones -- The Ramones
1977 -- Low/David Bowie
1978 -- Die Mensch Maschine -- Kraftwerk
1979 -- TIE: Sheik Yerbouti -- Frank Zappa; and The Pleasure Principle -- Gary Numan
1980 -- Remain in Light -- Talking Heads
1981 -- Dare -- Human League
1982 -- 1999 -- Prince and the Revolution
1983 -- Punch the Clock -- Elvis Costello and the Attractions
1984 -- Ocean Rain -- Echo and the Bunnymen
1985 -- Tim -- the Replacements
1986 -- The Queen Is Dead -- The Smiths
1987 -- Appetite for Destruction -- Guns 'n' Roses
1988 -- TIE: Daydream Nation -- Sonic Youth; and Straight Outta Compton -- NWA
1989 -- Pretty Hate Machine -- Nine Inch Nails
1990 -- Fear of a Black Planet -- Public Enemy
1991 -- Loveless -- My Bloody Valentine
1992 -- TIE: The Chronic -- Dr. Dre/Orbital 2 -- Orbital
1993 -- Souvlaki -- Slowdive
1994 -- TIE: Gideon Gaye -- High Llamas/Ready to Die -- The Notorious B.I.G.
1995 -- The Bends -- Radiohead
1996 -- Emperor Tomato Ketchup -- Stereolab
1997 -- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - Spiritualized
1998 -- TIE: The 3 E.P.s -- The Beta Band/The Boy with the Arab Strap -- Belle and Sebastian
1999 -- The Soft Bulletin -- Flaming Lips
2000 -- Stankonia -- Outkast
2001 -- The Blueprint -- Jay-Z
2002 -- Light and Magic -- Ladytron
2003 -- undecided till year's end

pre-1965: Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
1965: The Yardbirds - Having a Raveup with the Yardbirds
1966: Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
1967: Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
1968: The Beatles - white album
1969: The Band - The Band
1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
1971: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1972: Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
1973: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1974: Bryan Ferry - These Foolish Things
1975: Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
1976: Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune
1977: The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
1978: The Clash - Give 'em Enough Rope
1979: The Clash - The Clash (US version)
1980: The Clash - London Calling
1981: Billy Squier - Don't Say No
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983: R.E.M. - Murmur
1984: Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
1985: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace/Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: Les Rita Mitsouko - Presentent the no comprendo
1987: Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988: The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
1989: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
1990: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory/Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1991: De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
1992: R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1993: Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Spinning Around the Sun
1994: Beck - Mellow Gold
1995: Pulp - Different Class
1996: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
1997: Primal Scream - Vanishing Point/Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
1998: Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
1999: Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
2000: Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Furnace Room Lullaby
2001: Jay-Z - The Blueprint
2002: Northern State - Hip Hop You Haven't Heard (EP)

"was"

Brothers in Threadgill love (tho you picked a different alb)!

1963 Getz/Gilberto
1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico
1970 After the Goldrush
1971 Blue
1972 Roxy Music
1976 Sun Bear Concerts
1980 Seventeen Seconds
1984 Rattlesnakes
1988 Miss America
1991 Gish
1994 41
1999 This Is a Pinback CD
2001 Amnesiac

71 Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Going on
72 Roxy Music – Roxy Music
73 Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get it on
74 Gram Parsons – Grievous Angel
75 Neil Young – Tonight’s the Night
76 Augustus Pablo – King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
77 Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
78 Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine
79 Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
80 David Bowie – Scary Monsters
81 Kraftwerk – Computer World
82 Scritti Politti – Songs to Remember
83 no idea, recommend me something!
84 Prince & the Revolution – Purple Rain
85 The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
86 Run DMC – Raising Hell
87 Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
88 Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
89 De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
90 Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
91 Nirvana – Nevermind
92 Sugar – Copper Blue
93 Digable Planets – Reachin’ (a New Refutation of Time and Space)
94 Oasis – Definitely Maybe
95 Goldie – Timeless
96 Orbital – In Sides
97 Radiohead – OK Computer
98 Extince – Binnenlandse Funk
99 Basement Jaxx – Remedy
00 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
01 N*E*R*D – In Search of...
02 The Streets – Original Pirate Material
03 Dizzee Rascal – Boy in da Corner
04 Kanye West – The College Dropout

1977 Giorgio Moroder, From here to eternity
1978 The Only Ones, The Only Ones
1979 Talking Heads, Fear Of Music
1980 Prince, Dirty mind
1981 Human League, Dare
1982 ABC, The lexicon of love
1983 REM, Murmur
1984 The Smiths, Hatful of hollow
1985 The Cure, The Head On The Door
1986 Paul Simon, Gracelands
1987 Sonic Youth, Sister
1988 AR Kane, 69
1989 New Order, Technique
1990 Ice Cube, Amerikkka's most wanted
1991 Nirvana, Nevermind
1992 Pavement, Slanted and enchanted
1993 Nirvana, In utero
1994 Notorious BIG, Ready to die
1995 Fatboy Slim, Better living through chemistry
1996 Tortoise, Millions now living will never die
1997 Pavement, Brighten The Corners
1998 Mercury Rev, Deserters songs
1999 Wilco, Summerteeth
2000 Radiohead, Kid A/Eminem, The Marshall Mathers Album
2001 Daft Punk, Discovery/Pulp, We Love Life
2002 Sonic Youth, Murray Street
2003 Dizzee Rascal, Boy In Da Corner
2004 Junior Boys, Last Exit
2005 so far LCD Soundsystem

I'm genuinely interested in how the process for books like that work.

Pre-1963: Frank Sinatra: Sings For Only The Lonely
1963: The Beatles: Please Please Me
1964: The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night
1965: The Beatles: Rubber Soul
1966: Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
1967: The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
1968: The Zombies: Odessey & Oracle
1969: Moody Blues: On The Threshold Of a Dream
1970: Beach Boys: Sunflower
1971: Beach Boys: Surf's Up
1972: Genesis: Foxtrot
1973: Genesis: Selling England By The Pound
1974: Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
1975: 10cc: The Original Soundtrack
1976: Genesis: A Trick Of The Tail
1977: ELO: Out Of The Blue
1978: The Jam: All Mod Cons
1979: Squeeze: Cool For Cats
1980: Japan: Gentlemen Take Polaroids
1981: Japan: Tin Drum
1982: Duran Duran: Rio
1983: Depeche Mode: Construction Time Again
1984: Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward
1985: Scritti Politti: Cupid & Psyche '85
1986: XTC: Skylarking
1987: The Dukes Of Stratosphear: Psonic Sunspot
1988: Crowded House: Temple Of Low Men
1989: XTC: Oranges And Lemons
1990: Jellyfish: Bellybutton
1991: Crowded House: Woodface
1992: XTC: Nonsuch
1993: Crowded House: Together Alone
1994: Dodgy: Homegrown
1995: The Merrymakers: No Sleep Till Famous
1996: Dodgy: Free Peace Sweet
1997: Radiohead: OK Computer
1998: Cotton Mather: Kontiki
1999: Travis: The Man Who
2000: Coldplay: Parachutes
2001: Travis: The Invisible Band
2002: The Flaming Lips: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
2003: Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power
2004: Brian Wilson: SMiLE
2005 so far: The Margarets: Love Will Haunt You Down

1979: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps
1980: Feelies, Crazy Rhythms
1981: Kix, Kix
1982: Fall, Hex Enduction Hour
1983: REM, Murmur
1984: Replacements, Let It Be
1985: Replacements, Tim
1986: Smiths, The Queen Is Dead
1987: Bats, Daddy's Highway
1988: Half Japanese, Charmed Life
1989: B-52's, Cosmic Thing
1990: Flaming Lips, In A Priest Driven Ambulance
1991: Matthew Sweet, Girlfriend
1992: Morrissey, Your Arsenal
1993: Urge Overkill, Saturation
1994: Weezer, Weezer
1995: Yo La Tengo, Electr-O-Pura
1996: Weezer, Pinkerton
1997: Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out
1998: Cat Power, Moon Pix
1999: LeTigre, LeTigre
2000: White Stripes, DeStijl
2001: Fugazi, The Argument
2002: Desaparecidos, Read Music/Speak Spanish
2003: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever To Tell
2004: Nellie McKay, Get Away From Me

Quite a few years I would not be averse to finding a superior album from.

1973: Steely Dan, Countdown to Ecstasy
1974: Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
1975: Roxy Music, Siren
1976: David Bowie, Station To Station
1977: Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
1978: Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings & Food
1979: Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps
1980: Public Image Ltd, Second Edition
1981: Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk
1982: Michael Jackson, Thriller
1983: REM, Murmur
1984: Replacements, Let It Be
1985: Mekons, Fear & Whiskey
1986: Pet Shop Boys, Please
1987: Prince, Sign 'O' The Times
1988: Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane
1989: New Order, Technique
1990: Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet
1991: Tribe Called Qwest, The Low-End Theory
1992: Sugar, Copper Blue
1993: U2, Zooropa
1994: Hole, Live Through This
1995: Pavement, Wowee Zowee
1996: DJ Shadow, Endtroducing...
1997: Sleater Kinney, Dig Me Out
1998: Outkast, Aquemini
1999: Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
2000: PJ Harvey, Stories From The City, Stories From the Sea
2001: Bob Dylan, Love & Theft
2002: Kylie Minogue, Fever
2003: The Wrens, Meadowlands
2004: Sonic Youth, Sonic Nurse

1966--Everly Brothers "Two Yanks in England"
1967--"Moby Grape"
1968--"Notorious Byrd Brothers"
1969--"Dusty in Memphis"
1970--Randy Newman "12 Songs"
1971--Sly and the Family Stone "There's a Riot Goin' On"
1972--"Manfred Mann's Earth Band"
1973--Steely Dan "Countdown to Ecstasy"
1974--Gram Parsons "Grievous Angel"
1975--Dylan/Band "Basement Tapes"
1976--"Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band"
1977--Beach Boys "Love You"
1978--Big Star "Third"
1979--Chic "Risque"
1980--Chic "Real People"
1981--dB's "Stands for Decibels"
1982--George Clinton "Computer Games"
1983--Marshall Crenshaw "Field Day"
1984--Linton Kwesi Johnson "Making History"
1985--Mekons "Fear and Whiskey"
1986--Astor Piazzolla "Tango: Zero Hour"
1987--Prince "Sign 'O' the Times"
1988--Tom T. Hall "Essential Tom T. Hall"
1989--Mekons "Rock 'n' Roll"
1990--Tom Zé "Brazil Classics 4"
1991--James Brown "Star People"
1992--Eric B. and Rakim "Don't Sweat the Technique"
1993--Liliput "Liliput"
1994--Pavement "Crooked Rain"
1995--Ornette Coleman "Tone Dialing"
1996--DJ Shadow "Endtroducing....."
1997--"Anthology of American Folk Music"
1998--Alvin Youngblood Hart "Territory"
1999--"Tropicalia Essentials"

Now I really need to revisit Don't Sweat the Technique...

1966: Blonde On Blonde--Bob Dylan
1967: Forever Changes--Love
1968: Beggars Banquet--Rolling Stones
1969: Let It Bleed--Rolling Stones
1970: Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs: Derek & Dominos
1971: Sticky Fingers--Rolling Stones
1972: Exile On Main Street--Rolling Stones
1973: Countdown To Ecstasy--Steely Dan
1974: Radio City--Big Star
1975: Blood On The Tracks--Bob Dylan
1976: Ramones--Ramones
1977: Marquee Moon--Television
1978: Darkness On The Edge Of Town--Bruce Springsteen
1979: London Calling--The Clash
1980: Remain In Light--Talking Heads
1981: Wild Gift--X
1982: Blue Mask--Lou Reed
1983: Murmur--REM
1984: Double Nickels On The Dime--Minutemen
1985: Rain Dogs--Tom Waits
1986: Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express--Go-Betweens
1987: Sign O' The Times--Prince
1988: Daydream Nation--Sonic Youth
1989: The Mekons Rock n' Roll--The Mekons
1990: No Depression--Uncle Tupelo
1991: Nevermind--Nirvana
1992: Slanted and Enchanted--Pavement
1993: Zooropa--U2
1994: Superunknown--Soundgarden
1995: Wowee Zowee--Pavement
1996: Being There--Wilco
1997: Perfect From Now On--Built To Spill (best year on list)
1998: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road--Lucinda Williams
1999: 69 Love Songs--Magnetic Fields
2000: Marshall Mathers LP--Eminem
2001: White Blood Cells--White Stripes
2002: Southern Rock Opera--Drive-By Truckers
2003: Meadowlands--The Wrens
2004: More Adventurous--Rilo Kiley
2005: ?

64: My Fair Lady original soundtrack
65: Tom Lehrer-That Was the Year That Was!
66: Cecil Taylor-Unit Structures
67: The Velvet Underground and Nico
68: Miles Davis-Filles de Kilimanjaro
69: Tony Williams Lifetime-Emergency!
70: Merle Haggard-A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)
71: Led Zeppelin IV
72: Yes-Fragile
73: Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
74: New York Dolls In Too Much Too Soon
75: (good year!) Sesame Street Cast-Bert & Ernie Singalong
76: Various-Have Moicy!
77: Billy Joel-The Stranger
78: Van Halen
79: Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps
80: Change-The Glow of Love
81: a crude amalgam of select songs from Genesis's Abacab and Phil Collins's Face Value; that or Kix
82: Michael Jackson-Thriller
83: Weird Al Yankovic
84: Bruce Springsteen-Born In the USA
85: Tom Waits-Rain Dogs
86: Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman-Song X
87: Guns 'n' Roses-Appetite for Destruction
88: EPMD-Strictly Business
89: King's X-Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
90: King's X-Faith, Hope, Love
91: (good year!)Amy Grant-Heart in Motion
92: Pavement-Slanted and Enchanted
93: Nirvana-In Utero
94: Garth Brooks-The Hits
95: Moby-Everything Is Wrong
96: Weezer-Pinkerton
97: Roni Size & Reprazent-New Forms
98: The Coup-Steal This Album
99: Various-Get Crunk!
00: Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP
01: System of a Down-Toxicity
02: Paulina Rubio-Border Girl
03: David Banner-Mississippi Screwed and Chopped (haven't heard the other)
04: R. Kelly-Happy People/U Saved Me
05: And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead-Worlds Apart

1960 - South Pacific - Original Sountracks
1961 - Jim Reeves - I Won't Forget Me
1962 - West Life Story - Original Soundtracks
1963 - Cliff Richard - Girls In My Arms
1964 - Gerry and Pacemakers - How Do You Like It Alone
1965 - Jack Jones - My Wife's A Loner
1966 - Petula Clark - Eight Miles High
1967 - Black and White Minstrel - Show
1968 - Marmalade - Higher Than Pie
1969 - Ventures - Hawaii Aloha
1970 - Blue Minks - Coloured Coffees
1971 - Mary Hopkins - Travelcard
1972 - Debbie Boon - You Light Of My Life
1973 - Jonathan Kings - Hooks On My Feelings
1974 - Olivia John Newton - Have You Never Been Yellow
1975 - Genesis - Lamb Lie Down The Hard Way
1976 - Stevie Wonder - Songs Lock My Key Is Life
1977 - Supertramp - Breakfasting Americans
1978 - Sad Cafes - Every Single Day
1979 - Fleetwoods Max - Humour
1980 - Ultravox - Vienna Nothing
1981 - Adamant - Prince Charley
1982 - Haircut Hundred - Favourite Sweets
1983 - Mental As Everything - Your Bed Is Burny
1984 - Wham - Fabulous Big Time Fun
1985 - Tear For Fear - We Close Your Eyes
1986 - Cutty Cru - Die In My Arm
1987 - Wang Chung - Everybody Rockin Rollen
1988 - Adventures - Sun Goes Down
1989 - Clouded House - There Are Pieces Of Eight
1990 - Prince - 1990
1991 - Genesis - Dance With Me Henry
1992 - Phil Collins - Sorry Wino Charity Songs
1993 - Osis - Be There How
1994 - Blair - Packlife
1995 - Tim Finn - Honorary Cummerbund
1996 - Jellyfishing - Live It Up (Yo Ho!)
1997 - Brian Wilson - SMILES
1998 - Paul McCarthy - My Great Fate
1999 - Georg Harrison - All Things Are Class
2000 - Coldplays - This Is It
2001 - Radiohead - Bendy Computers
2002 - Coldplays - You Light Of My Life
2003 - Green Pajamas - Startling On The Upswing
2004 - Wayne Fountain - Great New Car
2005 - Coldplays - Kiss Me On The Moon

66 - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
67 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's...
68 - Scott Walker - Scott 2
69 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
70 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
71 - Can - Tago Mago
72 - Can - Ege Bamyasi
73 - The Stooges - Raw Power
74 - Cluster - Zuckerzeit
75 - Brian Eno - Another Green World
76 - Tom Waits - Small Change
77 - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
78 - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
79 - The Clash - London Calling
80 - Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
81 - This Heat - Deceit
82 - 23 Skidoo - Seven Songs
83 - Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
84 - Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
85 - :zoviet*france: - Gris
86 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
87 - Big Black - Songs About Fucking
88 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
89 - The Pixies - Doolittle
90 - The Pixies - Bossanova
91 - Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
92 - Tom Waits - Bone Machine
93 - Nirvana - In Utero
94 - Nas - Illmatic
95 - Elliott Smith - Self Titled
96 - Brainiac - Hissing Prigs In Static Couture
97 - Bjork - Homogenic
98 - Boredoms - Super AE
99 - Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
00 - Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
01 - Daft Punk - Discovery
02 - Keith Fullerton Whitman - Playthroughs
03 - Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
04 - Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
05 - Bob Drake - The Shunned Country (thus far at least)

1982 - Scritti Politti- Songs To Remember
1983 - New Order- Power, Corruption & Lies
1984 - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions- Rattlesnakes
1985 - Dexy's Midnight Runners- Don't Stand Me Down
1986 - A-ha- Scoundrel Days
1987 - Prince- Sign 'O' The Times
1988 - The House Of Love- The House Of Love
1989 - Madonna- Like A Prayer
1990 - Prefab Sprout- Jordan: The Comeback
1991 - Primal Scream- Screamadelica
1992 - The Black Crowes- Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
1993 - Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman
1994 - Jhelisa- Galactica Rush
1995 - Tricky- Maxinquaye
1996 - Belle & Sebastian- Tigermilk
1997 - Supergrass- In It For The Money
1998 - Air- Moon Safari
1999 - Scritti Politti- Anomie & Bonhomie
2000 - Saint Etienne- Sound Of Water
2001 - The Avalanches- Since I Left You
2002 - Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003 - Super Furry Animals- Phantom Power
2004 - Kanye West- The College Dropout
2005 - Dunno

1963 Getz/Gilberto
1966 Blonde on Blone
1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968 White Album
1969 Five Leaves Left
1970 After the Goldrush
1971 Blue
1972 Roxy Music
1974 Drumming
1975 Another Green World
1976 Sun Bear Concerts
1979 Unknown Pleasures
1980 Seventeen Seconds
1981 Youth of America
1982 On Land
1983 Meat Puppets - II
1984 Rattlesnakes
1985 Easy Pieces
1988 Miss America
1989 Doolittle
1990 House of Love - "Butterfly"
1991 Gish
1993 Year after Year
1994 41
1995 Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
1996 Lay It Down
1997 Shleep
1998 Moon Pix
1999 This Is a Pinback CD
2000 Bachelor No. 2
2001 Amnesiac

ALBUMS
2003 Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash
2004 United State of Electronica
2005 [so far] The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday

SINGLES
2003 R. Kelly, "Ignition Remix"
2004 Brandy ft. Kanye West, "Talk About Our Love"
2005 [so far] Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, "How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?"

1956 "Round About Midnight"--Miles Davis
1957 "Thelonius Himself"--Thelonius Monk
1958 "Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonius Monk"
1959 "Kind of Blue"--Miles Davis
1960 "My Favorite Things"--John Coltrane
1961 "Ray Charles and Betty Carter"
1962 "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"--Ray Charles
1963 "Live at the Apollo"--James Brown
1964 "You Really Got Me"--The Kinks
1965 "Rubber Soul"--The Beatles
1966 "Revolver"--The Beatles
1967 "The Velvet Underground and Nico"
1968 "Astral Weeks"--Van Morrison
1969 "Let It Bleed"-- The Rolling Stones
1970 "Plastic Ono Band"--John Lennon
1971 "Who's Next"--The Who
1972 "Pink Moon"--Nick Drake
1973 "Stranded"--Roxy Music
1974 "Good Old Boys"--Randy Newman
1975 "Blood On the Tracks"--Bob Dylan
1976 "Desire"--Bob Dylan
1977 "My Aim Is True"--Elvis Costello
1978 "Some Girls"--The Rolling Stones
1979 "Rust Never Sleeps"--Neil Young and Crazy Horse
1980 "Get Happy!!"--Elvis Costello and the Attractions
1981 "The Blasters"
1982 "Avalon"--Roxy Music
1983 "Murmur"--REM
1984 "Reckoning"--REM
1985 "Tim"--The Replacements
1986 "Candy Apple Grey"-Hüsker Dü
1987 "Sign 'o' the Times"--Prince
1988 "Irish Heartbeat"--Van Morrison and the Chieftains
1989 "Workbook"--Bob Mould
1990 "Fear of a Black Planet"--Public Enemy
1991 "Nevermind"--Nirvana
1992 "Automatic for the People"--REM
1993 "World Gone Wrong"--Bob Dylan
1994 "Bakesale"--Sebadoh
1995 "Foo Fighters"
1996 "Odelay"--Beck
1997 "Car Wheels On a Gravel Road"--Lucinda Williams
1998 "either/or"--Elliott Smith
1999 "Fuse"--Joe Henry
2000 "Come To Where I'm From"--Joseph Arthur
2001 "Oh, Inverted World"--The Shins
2002 "When I Was Cruel"--Elvis Costello
2003 Chutes Too Narrow"--The Shins
2004 "Funeral"--The Arcade Fire
2005 (so far) "Twin Cinema"--New Pornographers

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I mean how in the hell is Oranges And Lemons better than Disintegration or the Stone Roses debut in 1989 and makes me laugh inside. A few mentions of Key Lime Pie was fun as well but now looking back it has to be hard backing up that claim.

Thanks ILM for just being you, as it has brought me so much joy over this last year.

Adding:

2003: Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power
2004: Brian Wilson: sMiLe (if it counts as a 2004 album)
2005: Coldplay: X&Y (so far, but likely to keep its position as I consider it the best album of the entire 00s so far)

Bee would go with Arcade Fire or Kid A. I wonder if you are the only person on earth that likes this album that much. I bought it -day of release- but is a major let down, IMO, where I think all of the other Coldplay albums are better but still would be hard to crack the top 50 so far.

2003 Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
2004 Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street
2005 Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase (can obviously still change)

I am really happy to see all of the Parachutes love though. That album is almost perfect.

1949: Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene
1950: Leadbelly - Sings Folk Songs
1951: Hank Williams - Sings
1952: Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues
1953: Hank Williams - Honky-Tonkin'
1954: Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers
1955: Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours
1956: Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar
1957: Buddy Holly - The Chirpin’ Crickets
1958: Miles Davis - Milestones
1959: Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
1960: The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real
1961: John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
1962: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music
1963: The Beatles - With The Beatles
1964: The Beatles - A Hard Days Night
1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
1968: The Beatles - The Beatles
1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
1972: T.Rex - The Slider
1973: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1974: Big Star - Radio City
1975: Queen - A Night At The Opera
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
1977: The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
1978: Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
1979: The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
1980: The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
1981: Black Flag - Damaged
1982: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1983: The Police - Synchronicity
1984: Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain
1985: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
1986: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987: Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: The Pixies - Doolittle
1990: Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Ween - Pure Guava
1993: Nirvana - In Utero
1994: Green Day - Dookie
1995: Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
1996: Failure - Fantastic Planet
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Beck - Mutations
1999: Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
2000: Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
2001: The Strokes - Is This It?
2002: N*E*R*D - In Search Of...
2003: The Darkness - Permission To Land
2004: Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
2005: Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins

1954: Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
1955: Frank Sinatra: Songs For Swingin' Lovers
1956: Frank Sinatra: A Swingin' Affair
1957: Frank Sinatra: Come Fly With Me!
1958: Frank Sinatra: Sings For Only The Lonely
1959: Miles Davis: A Kind Of Blue
1960: Miles Davis: Sketches Of Spain
1961: Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come
1962: Stan Getz: Jazz Samba

So ILX has been there, done this:

List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive.

Are we sneering here? Seems to me that GH is just being entirely honest about his favourite music. What problem does anyone on I Love Music have with this, exactly?
-- Marcello Carlin, Monday, 3 March 2003 08:38 (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

Wow! This was a very long time ago!

Where is Comstock Carabinieri band?

...well, you know, if only Geir stuck to that...

Is rhythm not as important as melody and harmony?
-- Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:56 (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

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If I was forced to pare down my collection to one album per year (for the past 40-ish years), then here is what I'd pick, all totally off the top of my head, no forethought or list referencing, VOILA!:

1970: The Velvet Underground - Loaded
1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory
1972: Neu! - Neu!
1973: Fripp and Eno - (No Pussyfooting)
1974: Cluster - Zuckerzeit
1975: Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
1976: David Bowie - Station to Station
1977: Brian Eno - Before and After Science
1978: Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980: Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
1981: Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
1982: The Cure - Pornography
1983: The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
1984: Talk Talk - It's My Life
1985: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1986: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
1987: Prince - Sign 'o' the Times
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire
1990: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Tom Waits - Bone Machine
1993: The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
1994: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
1995: Slowdive - Pygmalion
1996: Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
1997: Mogwai - Young Team
1998: Spiritualized - Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997
1999: Low - Secret Name
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: Jay-Z - The Blueprint
2002: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
2003: Four Tet - Rounds
2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy
2005: Daft Punk - Human After All
2006: Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
2007: PJ Harvey - White Chalk

And for this year... realistically speaking, this is unlikely to change:

2008: Portishead - Third

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From 1958 until I largely quit giving a fuck about "new" music. Had to look up the year for the earliest ones, the rest are from memory. Maybe 1/4 of these are 'permanent' number-one-favourites, at least for the time being.

1958 Bo Diddley
1959 John Cage, Indeterminacy
1960 John Coltrane, Giant Steps
1961 Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
1962 Ian and Sylvia
1963 The Beatles, Please Please Me
1964 Eric Dolphy, Out To Lunch
1965 Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
1966 Beatles, Revolver
1967 Love, Forever Changes
1968 Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet
1969 Captain Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica
1970 Sir Lord Baltimore, Kingdom Come
1971 Hampton Grease Band, Music To Eat
1972 Funkadelic, America Eats Its Young
1973 Hawkwind, Space Ritual
1974 New York Dolls in Too Much Too Soon
1975 Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti
1976 Debris, Static Disposal
1977 MX-80 Sound, Hard Attack
1978 The Residents, Duck Stab
1979 Donna Summer, Bad Girls
1980 Motorhead, Ace of Spades
1981 Minutemen, The Punch Line
1982 Prince, 1999
1983 Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
1984 Butthole Surfers, Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac
1985 Husker Du, Flip Your Wig
1986 Slayer, Reign In Blood
1987 Uncle Sam, Heaven or Hollywood
1988 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989 Nomeansno, Wrong
1990 Ice Cube, Amerikkka's Most Wanted
1991 Nirvana, Nevermind
1992 Trouble, Manic Frustration
1993 Trumans Water, XXXOXOX Spasm Smash Whatever
1994 Sam Philips, Martinis and Bikinis
1995 The Tea Party, The Edges of Twilight
1996 Pillbugs
1997 Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole
1998 Outkast, Aquemini

The arbitrary selections and/or declining quality of the latter choices reflects this lack of interest, making them favourites by default.

Those are some godawful lists.

jk. I was only refering to the first one by honig. Way too much britpop and no electronic or jazz. Here's mine (comprised of 155 indie records since 1958):

http://www.moteldemoka.com/best-indie-albums/

1989 Nomeansno, Wrong

Amazing album. Sadly they don't get enough credit/love.

63 James Brown Live at the Apollo
64 A Hard Day's Night
65 Highway 61 Revisited
66 Revolver
67 Piper at the Gates of Dawn
68 The Beatles
69 Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
70 Fun House
71 Maggot Brain
72 Al Green - Let's Stay Together
73 Innervisions
74 Rock Bottom
75 Another Green World
76 Songs in the Key of Life
77 Marquee Moon
78 The Cars
79 Entertainment!
80 Remain in Light / Scary Monsters (can't choose)
81 Computer World
82 1999
83 Cybotron - Enter
84 Purple Rain
85 This Nation's Saving Grace
86 Sonny Sharrock - Guitar
87 Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot
88 Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
89 Doolittle
90 KLF - Chill Out
91 Loveless
92 Bizarre Ride II tha Pharcyde
93 In Utero
94 Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
95 Scott Walker - Tilt
96 Outkast - ATLiens
97 OK Computer
98 Boredoms - Super ae
99 69 Love Songs
00 Avalanches - Since I Left You
01 Bang on a Can - Renegade Heaven
02 The Roots - Phrenology
03 Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
04 Les Savy Fav - Inches
05 Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens
06 Scott Walker - The Drift
07 Studio - Yearbook 1
08 Belong - Colorloss EP .....so far

I was only refering to the first one by honig. Way too much britpop and no electronic or jazz.

Depeche Mode = electronic

Of course I will never have a fave album of the year that doesn't put the melody in the forefront as the most important musical factor though.

As for jazz, Miles Davis "Sketches Of Spain" MAY be my favourite album of 1960, but albums were generally uninteresting pre-Beatles. :)

'Depeche Mode = electronic'

Barely.

I do have to agree: Sketches of spain is a great album. Check 'Black Saint and Sinner Lady' by Charles Mingus and 'Eastern Sounds' by Yusef Lateef. Those two are great records, the first ones with which I started my jazz collection.

But seriously, how many Beatles albums do you need in there? Rubber Soul at much is the only Beatles album which I'd consider completely perfect, the rest have several flaws.

... or beach boys or genesis or xtc or crowded house (really!?)... you should limit the list to only include the best album for each band. I find it hard to believe that in so many decades there were only 6 or 8 bands releasing noteworthy albums.

I love scrolling down these lists s-l-o-w-l-y and trying to guess the creator! (I guessed three correctly, but one was my own.) Incidentally, 1958 was merely an optimum starting point, not the year of my birth.

...oh, and I fully intended to limit myself to one-LP-per-artist, but accidentally allowed a second Beatles album to show up. The fact that I only credited one of the pair to THE Beatles was an accident and a coincidence, not an attempt at subterfuge.

I have short-term memory due to my Gilbert's syndrome so I'm only listing my favorite albums from each year of the noughties:

The 00's

1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
2. Fridge - Happiness (2001) / Lali Puna - Scary world Theory (2001)
3. Tom Waits - Alice (2002)
4. Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in the people (2003)
5. Fennesz - Venice (2004)
6. The Books - Lost and safe (2005) / Paavoharju - Yha Hamaraa (2005)
7. Liars - drums not dead (2006)
8. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
9. Scott Tuma - Not for Nobody (2008) (as to this date)

I have to call a tie on 2001 and 2005. I really cant decide which one of those albums I like the best.

If you look at a typical "Best albums of all time" list (unless they are mainly voted by young people who weren't around in the 60s) The Beatles have, like, 3-4 albums in the Top 10. Obviously they will mostly be ranked #1 in their respective years.

And "Sgt. Pepper", "A Hard Day's Night" and "Revolver" are better albums than "Rubber Soul". By far.

Yes, I was actually thinking about 'revolver' not about 'rubber soul', my bad, I got confused because I didn't think you'd leave that out and I just realized you exchanged it for 'pet sounds'. Despite containing two of my favorite Beatles' songs 'Sgt Pepper' is a failed concept album by all means.

Can you say the same thing about all the other repeating artists' albums in your list? If you were respecting ranks and sales instead of personal taste you'd at least have one or two pink floyd albums in there.

I've actually just realized by reading on the thread that you're a stubborn 3rd-aged adult and you are not very likely to change your mind or flex a little by now so I might just as well end the conversation here because I'm afraid we'll both be losing our time.

That's a first for ILX

Kinda surprised that Geir prefers Revolver and Hard Day's Night to Rubber Soul - especially the "by far" part. (I just KNOW there's gotta be a decent "Norwegian Wood" joke there for someone to think up!)

Despite containing two of my favorite Beatles' songs 'Sgt Pepper' is a failed concept album by all means.

Absolutely not. It is perfectly genius. An absolutely fantastic album and the pinnacle of The Beatles' work. It was also very important because it influenced the best genre ever: Symphonic Rock!

"By far" was a bit exaggerated, because I love "Rubber Soul" too. But I guess the fact that "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper" were mainly McCartney's work makes them better. McCartney was always the biggest musical genius in The Beatles. He is underrated because he was the "nice guy" while Lennon was a "rebel". But his skills were better, plus he had the non-rock background that made The Beatles so great.

1964: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1965: Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic
1966: Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes - Os Afro-sambas
1967: Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
1968: Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
1969: Pharoah Sanders - Karma
1970: Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
1971: Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness
1972: Hector - Nostalgia
1973: Herbie Hancock - Sextant
1974: Flora Purim - 500 Miles High
1975: Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
1976: Lalo Schifrin - Black Widow
1977: Hermeto Pascoal - Slaves Mass
1978: Chic - C'est Chic
1979: Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven
1980: Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands
1981: Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
1982: Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Show Stopper
1983: Amina Claudine Myers Trio - The Circle of Time
1984: Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent
1985: Yello - Stella
1986: Art of Noise - In Visible Silence
1987: Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
1988: Ofra Haza - Shaday
1989: Thomas Mapfumo - Corruption
1990: Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
1991: Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours
1992: Ahlam - Revolt Against Reason
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994: Air Liquide - Nephology
1995: Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
1996: Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich
1997: Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker
1998: Pole - 1
1999: Eve - Let There Be Eve... Ruff Ryders' First Lady
2000: Sussan Deyhim - Madman of God
2001: Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
2002: Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
2003: Burn Friedmann & The Nu Dub Players - Can't Cool
2004: Mariska - Memento Mori
2005: Cheikha Rimitti - N'ta Goudami
2006: Asa - Terveisiä kaaoksesta
2007: Pole - Steingarten
2008: Can't say yet.

1999: Eve - Let There Be Eve... Ruff Ryders' First Lady

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Props on the Cee-Lo though - that man is magic. It's nice to see what he does when it sounds like exactly what he wants it to be.

1995 - Tricky, Maxinquaye
1996 - Tori Amos, Boys For Pele
1997 - Björk, Homogenic
1998 - Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
1999 - Missy Elliott, Da Real World
2000 - Lil' Kim, The Notorious KIM
2001 - Aaliyah, Aaliyah
2002 - Trina, Diamond Princess
2003 - Dizzee Rascal, Boy In Da Corner
2004 - Teedra Moses, Complex Simplicity
2005 - Kate Bush, Aerial
2006 - Ellen Allien & Apparat, Orchestra Of Bubbles
2007 - Britney Spears, Blackout
2008 - Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War

This feels very ILM-Canonical:

1969 – Miles Davis – In A Silent Way
1970 – Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda
1971 – Can – Tago Mago
1972 – Neu! – Neu!
1973 – Herbie Hancock – Sextant
1974 – Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
1975 – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
1976 – Joni Mitchell – Hejira
1977 – Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
1978 – Magazine – Real Life
1979 – Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
1980 – Talking Heads – Remain in Light
1981 – The Comsat Angels – Sleep No More
1982 – Simple Minds – New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84)
1983 – The Blue Nile – A Walk Across The Rooftoops
1984 – The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
1985 – Kate Bush – The Hounds of Love
1986 – Sonic Youth - Evol
1987 – Prince – Sign o’ the Times
1988 – Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
1989 – A.R. Kane - i
1990 – The KLF – Chill Out
1991 – My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
1992 – Madonna – Erotica
1993 – V/A – The Joint
1994 – The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
1995 – V/A: Grooverider – Hardstep Selection II
1996 – Saint Etienne – Tiger Bay (German Version)
1997 – The Chemical Bros – Dig Your Own Hole
1998 – Hole – Celebrity Skin
1999 – Missy Elliot – Da Real World
2000 – The Avalanches – Since I Left You
2001 – Daft Punk – Discovery
2002 – The Streets – Original Pirate Material
2003 – Luomo – The Present Lover
2004 – Teedra Moses – Complex Simplicity
2005 – V/A: Target – Aim High 2
2006 – The Knife – Silent Shout
2007 – Studio – West Coast

what are you non-compilation picks for 93, 95 and 05 Tim?

1993 - Insides - Euphoria (or possibly Bjork's Debut)
1995 - Tricky - Maxinquaye
2005 - Kate Bush - Aerial (this breaks my half-conscious only one album per artist rule)

I didn't even think I could include compilations, I guess I might've changed my 1996 entry to the Incoming! label comp Submerged Vol. 1 or Warp's Blech and the 1997 entry to Derrick May's Innovator. And Grace Jone's Compass Point Sessions would've been a strong candidate for 1998. Then again, the list is perfectly fine as it is.

And Metalheadz' first Platinum Breaks comp would've been a fine candidate for 1996 too. That's a tough year.

I think Richie Hawtin's Concept 1 also came out in 1996, though I only got it a year or two later.

No, sorry, the original vinyls in the Concept series were released in 1996, but the CD comp only came out in 1998, so I must've bought it then. Another strong candidate for 1998 nevertheless.

I can't think in album terms very well before 1967 so:

1967: Love: Forever Changes
1968: Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: We’re Only In It For The Money
1969: Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis
1970: The Stooges: Fun House
1971: Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On
1972: Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St.
1973: New York Dolls: New York Dolls
1974: New York Dolls: In Too Much Too Soon
1975: Steely Dan: Katy Lied
1976: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
1977: Miles Davis: Dark Magus
1978: X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents
1979: Chic: Risque
1980: Jon Hassell/Brian Eno: Fourth World Vol. I: Possible Musics
1981: Greatest Rap Hits Vol. 2
1982: The Angry Samoans: Back from Samoa
1983: DeBarge: In a Special Way
1984: Uncut Funk…The Bomb - Parliament's Greatest Hits
1985: New Order: Low-Life
1986: Motorhead: Orgasmatron
1987: Prince: Sign 'O' the Times
1988: Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
1989: Pussy Galore: Dial 'M' For Motherfucker
1990: The Go-Betweens: 1978-1990
1991: My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
1992: Shanté: The Bitch Is Back
1993: LiLiPUT
1994: History of Our World Part 1: Breakbeat & Jungle Ultramix By DJ DB
1995: Whale: We Care
1996: DJ Shadow: Endtroducing . . .
1997: Tiger: Shining in the Wood
1998: The Music in My Head
1999: The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs
2000: The New Pornographers: Mass Romantic
2001: The Moldy Peaches
2002: The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever
2003: The New Pornographers: Electric Version
2004: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: The Doldrums
2005: Wide Right: Sleeping on the Couch
2006: The Knife: Silent Shout
2007: M.I.A.: Kala

I LOVE Lex Pretend's list assuming it's not a joke.

credit to Dizzee for making it in a woman's world