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'YR: Album; Single
'76: Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life; Cloud One – Disco Juice
'77: Brian Eno – Before and After Science; Roy Ayers – Running Away
'78: Magazine – Real Life; Martin Circus – Disco Circus
'79: PiL – Metal Box; Wire – Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW
'80: Talking Heads – Remain in Light; Taana Gardner - Work That Body
'81: Associates – Fourth Drawer Down; Logg – I Know You Will
'82: Simple Minds – New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84; Klein + MBO – Dirty Talk
'83: The Cocteau Twins – Head Over Heels; Captain Rapp - Bad Times
'84: Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain; Prince & the Revolution – When Doves Cry
'85: The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy; Prince & the Revolution – Raspberry Beret
'86: Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses; Rhythim Is Rhythim – Nude Photo
'87: Prince – Sign o’ the Times; Jamie Principle – Your Love
'88: AR Kane - 69; The House of Love – Christine
'89: AR Kane – "i"; Inner City – Good Life
'90: Ice Cube: AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted; Paris - Break the Grip of Shame
'91: Main Source – Breaking Atoms; The Geto Boys – Mind Playing Tricks On Me
'92: Kitchens of Distinction – The Death of Cool; Curve – Horror Head
'93: The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen; Catherine Wheel – Crank
'94: Bark Psychosis – Hex; Disco Inferno – It’s a Kid’s World
'95: GZA – Liquid Swords; Lemon D – This Is Los Angeles
'96: Porter Ricks – Biokinetics; Moodymann – Don’t Be Misled
'97: Carl Craig – More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art; Monolake – Lantau
'98: Urban Tribe – The Collapse of Modern Culture; New Radicals – You Get What You Give
'99: Basement Jaxx – Remedy; Pepe Bradock – Deep Burnt
'00: Black Box Recorder – The Facts of Life; Theo Parrish – Summertime Is Here
'01: Basement Jaxx – Rooty; Afronaught – Transcend Me
'02: Metro Area - Metro Area; 4hero – Hold It Down [Bugz in the Attic Remix]

― Andy K (Andy K), Monday, 3 March 2003 23:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

ned, apparently you've never applied a clothespin to your nipples for fun

I am content to not follow where others lead.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 3 March 2003 23:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

1972 Tim Buckley, _Greetings From L.A_
1973 Pink Floyd, _Dark Side_
1974 David Bowie, _Diamond Dogs_
1975 Camel, _The Snow Goose_
1976 Squeeze, _How Dare You_
1977 Pink Floyd, _Animals_
1978 AC/DC, _Powerage_
1979 Squeeze, _Cool For Cats_
1980 The Soft Boys, _Underwater Moonlight_
1981 The Replacements, _Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash_
1982 (no clue)
1983 Talking Heads, _Speaking In Tongues_
1984 R.E.M, _Murmur_
1985 Tears For Fears, _Songs From The Big Chair_
1986 Firehose, _Ragin' Full On_/Green River, _Dry As A Bone_
1987 R.E.M, _Document_
1988 Megadeath, _So Far, So Good, So What_
1989 Camper Van Beethoven, _Key Lime Pie_
1990 The Breeders, _Pod_
1991 Matthew Sweet, _Girlfriend_
1992 Helmet, _Meantime_
1994 Del The Funky Homosapien, _No Need For Alarm_
1995 Eleven, _Thunk_
1996 Phish, _Billy Breathes_
1997 Radiohead, _OK Computer_/Supergrass, _In It For The Money_
1998 Beck, _Mutations_
1999 The Dismemberment Plan, _Emergency & I_
2000 Grandaddy, _The Sophtware Slump_/Deltron 3030, _S/T_
2001 (too many good albums, can't decide)
2002 Pedro The Lion, _Control_
2003 The Postal Service, _Give Up_ (so far)

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.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Replace

1976 Squeeze _How Dare You_

with

1976 10cc _How Dare You_

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

I actually like Geir's favorite 1979 album* more than Matos's! (And more than Michael B's, too!! I honestly think Chic peaked with the album with "Le Freak" and "At Last I Am Free" on it; *Risque, the followup to that album, has always been a little overrated. As I'm sure Geir would agree.) I also think Geir is right about "Little Pills" by 20/20 being great, though clearly he forgot all about Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff"/"Bad Girls" when selecting his fave 1979 single -- just an oversight, I'm sure!:-) As for Genesis, they clearly became less soulless when they sold (and souled) out in the early '80s. (And is *Snow Goose the Camel album with "Remote Romance"? I forget.)

* 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.)

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:22 (twenty-one years ago) link

I still think of *Metal Box as 1980, though. (Which is to say I still think of it as *Second Edition, being an ugly Amuhrican and all.)

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

And I left *Look Sharp off just to piss off Miccio.

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

I would also like to point out that Geir also has a far more exciting and less stodgy taste in singles from 1961 and 1962 than Michaealangelo does. Which counts for something, right?

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.

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:53 (twenty-one years ago) link

>>maybe he's genuine, though. i've read his home page and it's got a "history of melodic pop". <<

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

― Alan Conceicao, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 00:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

"I AM TROLL, HEAR ME ROAR".
If I (intentionally) trolled more often, I'd love to use this as my motto.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

>>Geir also has a far more exciting and less stodgy taste in singles from 1961 and 1962 than Michaealangelo does.<<

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.)

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

How is it that you guys can remember what year everything was released? Do you keep your record collections in chronological order or something?

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

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:12 (twenty-one years ago) link

*Cuba is by the Gibson Brothers. (But not THOSE Gibson Brothers, duh!)

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mine, fromt he year I started taking music seriously.

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?

― dog latin (dog latin), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

My list is post-grad boring. Sorry. Decided to start at '65 because I couldn't think of any albums before then I really love other than Kind of Blue and Giant Steps (keeping in mind a self-enforced one entry per artist rule, which I really wish Geir could have done because YES HE LIKES GENESIS WE GET THE POINT).

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.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Everything he does screams "I AM TROLL, HEAR ME ROAR".

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. :-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:46 (twenty-one years ago) link

>>Geir is right about "Little Pills" by 20/20 being great<<

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?

― chuck, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 01:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

*bows in acknowledgement*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

1963: Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
1965: Steve Reich – Come Out
1966: Beatles – Revolver
1967: Beach Boys – Wild Honey
1969: Howlin Wolf – This Is Howlin Wolf’s New Album And He Doesn’t Like It
1970: James Brown – Sex Machine
1971: Sly and the Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin On
1972: John Fahey – America
1973: Can – Future Days
1974: Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
1975: Miles Davis - Pangaea
1976: Fela Kuti – Kalakuta Show
1977: Al Green – The Belle Album
1978: Wire – Chairs Missing
1979: PiL – Metal Box
1980: Talking Heads – Remain In Light
1982: ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
1984: Prince – Purple Rain
1985: Scitti Politti – Cupid & Psyche ‘85
1986: The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
1987: New Order – Substance
1988: AR Kane - 69
1989: Prince – Batman OST
1990: Happy Mondays – Pills’n’Thrills’n’Bellyaches
1993: Wu Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-tang
1999: Destiny’s Child – The Writing’s On The Wall
2000: Kelis – Kaleidoscope
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
2002: Streets – Original Pirate Material

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

that's just off the top of my head, hence the gaps

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

1989: Prince – Batman OST

This one is the one that's befuddling me.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

mine and Geir's lists are the only ones remotely interesting; you people's voices ain't yalls own.

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh, no, Eddy--you don't get to swagger on in here and criticize other people's lists (or mostly ignore them like you did mine you bBstBrd) without putting up your own for us to tear down. "Get in the ring!"

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.

― Neudonym, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:29 (twenty-one years ago) link

James "You don't like any black acts, you must be a rascist" Blount reminds me of SavoyBG of the 60s and 70s usenet groups, if somebody here knows him.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

Show me where I called you racist, hata! -

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:32 (twenty-one years ago) link

1989: Prince – Batman OST

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

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

A Trick of the Tail sucks.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

voice of the people you are blount

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

that's James "you don't like Italian disco, you must not like pizza" Blount son and doncha fergit it

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

evrybody's list was hunky dory, I met a girl at a protest today and am flush with lust, my voice is not my own, et cetera et cetera as Moz once sang (before he got good - right Hongro?)

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

note: by noting you (Hongro) think Moz solo trumps Smith (cept Strangeways) eight ways til sunday I do not mean to imply you are ageist.

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

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).

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

― His Master's Voice (M Matos), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 02:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

CHUCKLES!!!!

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

My favorite album from every year is the transcription of the annual Rotary Club highlights from Escondido, California.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

starting from the year I was born, and only temporary for the moment -- all choices bound to change in a split second.

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

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

1999: New Waver The Defeated

*runs screaming* noooooooooooooooooooooo

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Wow- I never realized just how boring and unvaried my picks are.

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

― lou (lou), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 06:45 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oops...Insignificance, that is. :)

― lou (lou), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 06:47 (twenty-one years ago) link

Obviously, i haven't heard anything like all the acclaimed records from each year; these are merely my favourites, speaking subjectively.

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'

― Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 07:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

Is there some template of albums listed by year that I can pull down from, or do you guys (and JBR) just automatically remember the year of every album, like baseball stats?

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 09:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

That's it, I'm telling the Jay-Z vs. Nas guys about this thread.

― Dan I., Tuesday, 4 March 2003 09:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

My hat into the ring, starting w/ year-of-birth:

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.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 11:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh, with the obvious disclaimer that the list changes tomorrow. And the project is ridiculous. There are some years where there is a surfeit of incredible records and others where you gotta struggle to pick one.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 11:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

1955: Frank Sinatra - 'In The Wee Small Hours'

This one is 1954, I think.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 12:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

'There are some years where there is a surfeit of incredible records and others where you gotta struggle to pick one'

Too true, I seem to be fixated on 1979 at the moment. ('Candy-O' probably)

― dave q, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 12:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

Ah, right... yeah, actually thinking of it, it will be 1954, certainly when recorded... said 1955 on the site I was drawing from.
Mary - I certainly don't have all the information in my head! I used 'Rate Your Music', a site in which I've rated all the records I know. Thus I looked at all the 5 star ones, and 4 1/2 star ones and made selections for each year.

http://rateyourmusic.com/

― Tom May (Tom May), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 16:05 (twenty-one years ago) link

I just realized I left an empty slot:

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.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 18:55 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mary, it's EXACTLY like baseball stats. (shocker!)

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

Too true, I seem to be fixated on 1979 at the moment. ('Candy-O' probably)

Yeah, 1979 and 1984 were the hardest.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

I will ignore those Dylan comments.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 20:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

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