so precocious
― being cute is 3x better than being beautiful (rip van wanko), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
the replacements - pleased to meet me. runner up would be eric b. & rakim - paid in full
― hanley ramirez ordering a pizza (slothroprhymes), Monday, 1 December 2014 17:53 (nine years ago) link
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20080618/120274344135.jpg
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
I can't choose between My Generation and Otis Blue
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:22 (nine years ago) link
Lust For Life is my legit answer, but also The Beach Boys' Love You for sentimental/nostalgic reasons.
― Your Soup Is Inside Me (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 December 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Pearl Jam - Ten
― finn_the_scot, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
Exile On Main St.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 1 December 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
Tusk, probably
― mizzell, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
oh so you're my year. I would go with Entertainment! or Off The Wall.
― Kooki-Wan Tanooki (Hurting 2), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
Graceland or Throwing Muses' debut.
― J. Sam, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:14 (nine years ago) link
Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely.
― The Thelonius Monk of nu-ki? (Dan Peterson), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:17 (nine years ago) link
L'Amour MurmurWhat Makes a Man Start Fires?
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:20 (nine years ago) link
Compared to those a year younger though, my year is nothing (and seems to be filled with half decent albums of artists I like)
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
Easy - remain in light
― Piss-Up Artist (dog latin), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
Climate of Hunter, Don't Break the Oath, Powerslave
― jmm, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
the sensual world
― katherine, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
Sketches of Spain
― Brad C., Monday, 1 December 2014 21:28 (nine years ago) link
On the Corner
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Propaganda - A Secret Wish
― soref, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
White Album or Beggars Banquet...shocking, I know!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
I don't know for sure, but this sounds right today:
http://img0.etsystatic.com/027/0/7237099/il_570xN.609928564_ez08.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 1 December 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
Black Sabbath s/t or Deep Purple In Rock.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Monday, 1 December 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link
The Low End Theory
― tsrobodo, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
Wow. Another Green World or Country Life or Born to Run or ... Jeez.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Zuma? Funky Kingston? Physical Graffiti?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
Not sure I've got dates right...
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Bowie - "low", Giorgio Moroder -"from here to eternity"
― everyday sheeple (Michael B), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:12 (nine years ago) link
probably Revolver
― sleeve, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
Mars Audiac Quintet :-)
― olly, Monday, 1 December 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
Sonic Youth - Sister
― I can just, like, YOLO with Uber (bernard snowy), Monday, 1 December 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
Chairs Missing
'78 was a weird year afaict
― the most painstaking, humorless people in the world (lukas), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
xtc - skylarking
― ciderpress, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:21 (nine years ago) link
R.E.M - Murmur
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
heaven or las vegas
― een, Monday, 1 December 2014 23:44 (nine years ago) link
metal box, probably.
― electric sack butt (haitch), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
Taking the thread title literally, I'll say Big Star's Third, though if recording year vs. release year screwiness disqualifies it, I'll happily substitute This Year's Model.
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Monday, 1 December 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
Pink Moon or Skies Of America, depending on the day
― col, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
Piper at the Gates of Dawn, no hesitation
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:12 (nine years ago) link
Contril
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
Immediate answer that popped into my head was Thriller. It came out 10 days after I was born! With all due respect to Computer Games (released 10 days before I was born - thanks Wikipedia), I'm sticking with that.
― Chuck Eddy. He's a people. (thewufs), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
Can't decide between Freewheelin Bob Dylan and The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
― WmC, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link
Control, even
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb ranks (The Reverend), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
Yes, I'm an old fart.http://www.moonunitrecords.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/0/0/0094638241416_1.jpg
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:31 (nine years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/The-Queen-is-Dead-cover.png
― monster_xero, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
i've tried to do this and imo it's literally impossible for 1987
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
a lot of my all time favorite thrash metal records came out in '87, maybe one of those
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link
alternately
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/4/124.jpg
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:50 (nine years ago) link
fuck, i lied, it's faith
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
I want to fucking die - The facebook blood sausage dog masturbators
― xelab, Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:52 (nine years ago) link
prince - sign o' the timesmichael jackson - badalexander o'neal - hearsayjody watley - s/teurythmics - savagespringsteen - tunnel of love
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 2 December 2014 01:53 (nine years ago) link
(Strong contenders in BITUSA and Mats’ Let It Be
― Mule, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 10:45 (three years ago) link
Somehow had it in my mind that Paid in Full was from the year before, I'll go with that.
― geoffreyess, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 15:58 (three years ago) link
Ramones
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:01 (three years ago) link
Tricky's Maxinquaye. I've realized there's not a lot of 90s babies on ILX!Holy shit, lol. (I was in college and shook Tricky’s hand when he came someplace to promote it)
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
Anyway, here’s mine:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Red_Krayola_-_Corrected_Slogans.jpg
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
More Songs about Buildings and Food is the no-thought answer.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
NEU! '75. Fuck, I'm old.
lol, hold my beer
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/814TAGAjY3L._SL1300_.jpg
― Album Moods: Rambunctious; Snide (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link
spring chicken here:https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1a/38/2d/1a382d3ea9723559273400b74618b602.jpg
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
https://pure-music.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ramones-album-cover.jpg
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
https://s3.amazonaws.com/quietus_production/images/articles/16153/zenarcade_1409743873_crop_550x554.jpg
but thats just for starters. 1984 was a crazy year. INSANE YEAR. so many of my faves of all time...
Let It Be / Purple Rain / Meat Puppets II / Treasure / Spring Hill Fair / Ride The Lightning / Reckoning / Born In The USA / A Walk Across the Rooftops / Ocean Rain / Powerslave / Swoon / Double Nickels On The Dime / Diamond Life / Brilliant Trees / My War / It'll End In Tears / Dead Can Dance / Climate Of Hunter
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 19:26 (three years ago) link
Nice to see some other '76ers here (re: Ramones)
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
1970Black Sabbath s/tor maybe Funhouse
― p.j.b. (pj), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
The Slider
― Night of the Living Crustheads (PBKR), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:32 (three years ago) link
The Saints, (I'm) Stranded
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
I didn't check past My Favorite Things, but I can't see that anything would eclipse that.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:55 (three years ago) link
Innervisions
― neith moon (ledge), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 21:18 (three years ago) link
Probably Beggars Banquet
Or Fool on the Hill by Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Love Child by Diana Ross & the Supremes a contender also
― Josefa, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 21:23 (three years ago) link
George Best
― I_Got_Loaded, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:01 (three years ago) link
Five-way tie between Aretha’s Amazing Grace, Talking Book, Exile On Main St, On The Corner, and Pete Townshend’s Who Came First.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
Please Please Me
― Migdalia Amygdala (Dr. Joseph A. Ofalt), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:03 (three years ago) link
Approximately Infinite Universe
― Freeze Instr., Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:13 (three years ago) link
Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Ecpress
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:14 (three years ago) link
kate bush - the dreaming
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:15 (three years ago) link
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations
― Dig Dug the police (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
Boring answer but probably London Calling
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1355304862_10.jpg
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:22 (three years ago) link
Stands for Decibels
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, June 17, 2020 6:03 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
'72 Baby! Exile and On the Corner (along with Europe '72) were my other choices. Though I think '71 and '73 might have better choices.
― Night of the Living Crustheads (PBKR), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
― ciderpress, Monday, December 1, 2014 6:21 PM (five years ago) bookmarkflaglink
updating to david sylvian - gone to earth, though this was a good pick too
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 22:45 (three years ago) link
’72 Baby! Exile and On the Corner (along with Europe '72) were my other choices. Though I think '71 and '73 might have better choices.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 23:17 (three years ago) link
Four way tie - Cosmo's Factory/Fun house/After the Gold Rush/Paranoid - but gun to the head, 'Cosmo's'
― BlackIronPrison, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 23:21 (three years ago) link
I want to claim 1972 too--I was reborn that year when I became immersed in Top 40 radio like never before.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
Acsension over Aftermath and Da Capo bcuz side 1
― medicate for all (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
Looks like Hejira, there aren't many albums from my birth year that I listen to
― or something, Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
‘72 here as well. i’m looking at my birth month that year and am blessed with ege bamyasi and the world is a ghetto
― sknybrg, Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:46 (three years ago) link
Strictly Personal
― bring wayne shorter to the slaughter (Matt #2), Thursday, 18 June 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
I had Soundtracks, Let it Bleed and The Man Who Sold the World but I'll be honest and pick Plastic Ono Band (Lennon). I think.
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 18 June 2020 01:05 (three years ago) link
The real answer is Slates but since that's clearly an EP, I'll go with the first self-titled Indoor Life album.
Runner-ups = Odyshape, Tin Drum, Return of the Giant Slits
― weekly shopper helper (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:04 (three years ago) link
https://media.s-bol.com/xkqL54OXAy2P/1200x1200.jpg
― Scampidocio (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:35 (three years ago) link
I'm sorry, I can't do this quickly.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 18 June 2020 09:56 (three years ago) link
Me neither. Lack of albums I like to that extent.
Not saying they were all bad albums in 1961, just..
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:01 (three years ago) link
There you go, it's "The Young Ones" soundtrack. Played that a few times back in the day.
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:03 (three years ago) link
The Velvet Underground says this ol' maing.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:10 (three years ago) link
1979 has loads of brilliant albums but nothing I really think of as a personal favourite.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:11 (three years ago) link
Taking Sides, 1961 edition: Jets and Sharks vs. Cliff and Shadows
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:23 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that one was in second place.
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 June 2020 10:37 (three years ago) link
Sonic Youth 'Evol' or Prince 'Parade' at first glimpse. What a year.
― cooldix, Thursday, 18 June 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
Either Axis: Bold as Love or Velvets/Nico
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Saturday, 20 June 2020 05:14 (three years ago) link