Best album of every year since....

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?

Nice list o. nate

Some years I’m struggling to pick just one out of, like, five. Other years I’m finding it hard to select any at all (mostly late 70s-mid 80s).

Alright, I'll bite…

Disclaimer #1: classical notwithstanding because it’s just too complicated otherwise.

Disclaimer #2: it’s an extremely boring list for the most part, but it’s accurate relative to my FeELiNgS.

1963 Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1964 Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds
1965 Son House – Father of Folk Blues
1966 The Beatles – Revolver
1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
1968 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
1969 Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
1970 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
1971 Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidananda
1972 The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.
1973 Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
1974 Edward Vasala – Nan Madol
1975 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
1976 Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygène
1977 Ashra – New Age of Earth
1978 Ralph Towner – Batik
1979 PiL – Metal Box
1980 Joy Division – Closer
1981 The Cure – Faith
1982 David Darling – Cycles
1983 R.E.M. – Murmur
1984 Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break the Oath
1985 Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
1986 Slayer – Reign in Blood
1987 Sonic Youth – Sister
1988 Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
1989 Pestilence – Consuming Impulse
1990 Depeche Mode – Violator
1991 Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
1992 Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
1993 Nirvana – In utero
1994 Portishead – Dummy
1995 Dissection – Storm of the Light’s Bane
1996 Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
1997 Radiohead – OK Computer
1998 Gorguts – Obscura
1999 Tenhi – Kauan
2000 Boards of Canada – In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
2001 Robert Rich – Somnium
2002 Agalloch – The Mantle
2003 Darkspace – Dark Space I
2004 Steven R. Smith – Antimony
2005 Murcof – Remembranza
2006 Negură Bunget – OM
2007 Frode Haltli – Passing Images
2008 Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
2009 Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimension
2010 Deathspell Omega – Paracletus
2011 Tim Hecker – Dropped Pianos
2012 Dordeduh – Dar de duh
2013 Gris – À l’âme enflammée, l’âme constellée…
2014 D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Black Messiah
2015 2 8 1 4 – 新しい日の誕生
2016 Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
2017 Lingua Ignota – All Bitches Die
2018 Ungfell – Mythen, Mären, Pestilenz
2019 Tomb Mold – Planetary Clairvoyance
2020 Turia – Degen van licht

I did this awhile ago for 1966 - Face to Face by the Kinks. I'll need to be a lot more bored to do any more.

Only took me about 15 minutes thanks to RYM.

Yes, RYM was my secret weapon. Obviously some gaps in my knowledge: pop, dance, r&b, country, the late '90s...

I laffed at this…

andy paltridge (andy)
Posted: March 3, 2003 at 3:08:48 AM

1994: hootie and the blowfish - cracked rear view
1995: semisonic - pleasure
1996: matchbox 20 - yourself or someone like you
1997: stereophonics - word gets around
1998: barenaked ladies - stunt
1999: stereophonics - performance and cocktails
2000: toploader - onka's big moka
2001: jamiroquai - a funk odyssey
2002: toploader - magic hotel

It might take me 15 minutes to choose between two albums, never mind a year's worth, never mind 60 years.

Since this Kennedy Kid has been alive:

1963 - Ellington/Mingus/Roach - Money Jungle
1964 - Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
1965 - Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
1966 - Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967 - Love - Forever Changes
1968 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
1969 - Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
1970 - Stooges - Fun House
1971 - Sly Stone - There’s a riot goin’ on
1972 - Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
1973 - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
1974 - Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
1975 - Eno - Another Green World
1976 - Augustus Pablo - King Tubby meets Rockers Uptown
1977 - Bowie - Low
1978 - Elvis Costello & the Attractions -this year’s model
1979 - The Clash - London Calling
1980 - Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1981 - Kraftwerk - Computer World
1982 - Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
1983 - Tom Waits - swordfishtrombone
1984 - Echo & the Bunnymen Ocean Rain
1985 - Prefab Sprout- Steve McQueen
1986 - The Smiths - the Queen is Dead
1987 - David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
1988 - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
1989 - Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
1990 - KLF - Chill Out
1991 - Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
1992 - Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
1993 - Tindersticks -s/t
1994 - Aphex Twin - Select ambient works 2
1995 - Tricky - Maxinquaye
1996 - DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
1997 - Spiritualized - Lady’s & Gentlemen we are floating in space
1998 - Mark Hollis - s/t
1999 - Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
2001 - Bjork - Vesperine
2002 - Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season
2003 - Broadcast - Ha Ha Sound
2004 - Oren Ambarchi - Grapes from the Estate
2005 - Broadcast - Tender Buttons
2006 - oanna Newson - Ys
2007 - Panda Bear - Person Pitch
2008 - Earth - the Bees made Honey in the Lion’s Skull
2009 - Oneohtrix Point Never - Rifts (compilation)
2010 - Emeralds - Does it look like I’m here ?
2011 - Julianna Barwick- The Magic Place
2012 - Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - Timon Irnok Manta
2013 - Grouper - the Man who died in his boat
2014 - Mica Levi Under the Skin OST
2015 - David Bowie - Blackstar (1/8/16)
2016 - Huerco S - For Those Of You Who Have Never (and also those who have)
2017 - Ryuichi Sakamoto - async
2018 - Eli Kaszler- Stadium
2019 - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Ghosteen
2020 - Demdike Stare & Jon Collin - Sketches of Everything
2021 - Merope - Salos
2022 - Carmen Villian - Only Love from Now On
2023 - Steve Gunn & David Moore - Let the Moon be a Planet

Solid

Yeah, not gonna even quibble with that list

did anyone do a "every year up to 1963" in the hidden replies?

someone do 2025 to 2050. the future is now.