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(a.k.a. List Threads Are Pretty Cool Amirite?)
OK, so this is a thing that has been going around music blogs and I figured it might be nice to see what QC comes up with, although it may be slightly limited by the average age of posters here. Although, that being said that may be a good thing.
As the title says, pick one (try hard to keep it to one, folks) favourite, or meaningful, or significant album for every year you were alive. You can pick albums that you like now, albums that you liked then, or albums that you think you may have liked then, but didn't.
If you're looking for a hand, then Wikipedia has lists of albums released in each year (try searching for "[year] in music").
And hey, to keep this thread interesting to read, maybe discuss your choices a little. What years were hard to pick? What years were easy? Which albums didn't make the list, but you kind of wish they could've? If you're picking albums based on old preferences, have they stood the test of time?
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THIS SHIT TOOK ME TWO AND A HALF HOURS
I'm gonna try to restrict myself to one album per artist, just for interest.
Also, I'm picking an album for 2008, and I thoroughly encourage you to do so as well.
1986- Metallica- Master of Puppets
Easy pick. My favourite album from what once was my favourite band. Probably the only Metallica album I still listen to on anything approaching a regular basis. Did face strict competition from "Licensed to Ill" by the Beastie Boys and "Reign in Blood" by Slayer, although I expect the Beasties will make an appearance later on in the list.
1987- Big Black- Songs About Fucking
The only competition was from "Appetite For Destruction" and "Surfing With The Alien," both of which I consider very solid albums, but don't hold any particular sentimental value for me. In the end I choose the Steve Albini album with the swear word in the title. Weak year for me in general.
1988- Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Would've faced stiff opposition from "...And Justice For All" by Metallica were it not for my little self-imposed rule- although I'm pretty sure it still would've come out on top. Nothing else of interest from this year.
1989- Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Argh Jesus. On another day it could've easily been "Repeater" by Fugazi. Incredibly tempted to break my own advisory and award a tie.
1990- Pantera- Cowboys From Hell
Another pretty dire year. Only other contender was "Painkiller" by Judas Priest.
1991- Rites of Spring- End on End
Technically not an actual album, but a compilation of an LP and an EP. But shit, 1991 is fairly barren for me. I don't like "Nevermind" and I'm not really a fan of "Loveless" either, so this is what I get.
1992- Rage Against The Machine- Rage Against the Machine
Not my first choice, but the old "one album per band" rule excludes "Vulgar Display of Power"- incidentally my preferred Pantera album.
1993- Fugazi- In On the Kill Taker
Not a charity pick. Probably flip-flops with "Repeater" as my favourite Fugazi album. "Undertow" by Tool and "Chaos A.D." by Sepultura the other contenders, but don't really touch "...Kill Taker" in my view
1994- Kyuss- Welcome to Sky Valley
I really expected 1994 to be a really hard year to pick, and it was. But not for the reasons I thought it would be. Nothing really jumped out at me here. There was "The Downward Spiral," there was "At Action Park," there was "Selected Ambient Works vol. 2," all fine albums to be sure, but none of them seemed like a defining pick. Maybe it's only because I listened to "...Sky Valley" today, but it seemed like the best of a mixed bunch.
1995- Dream Theater- A Change of Seasons
OK so this is an EP, and an EP with only one good track at that, but boy, what a track. And the other contenders- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness & Orchid by Opeth- were nothing to really write home about for me.
1996- Tool- Ænima
This is how this works. In 1996, Tool released an album that was good but not as good as the one they released in 2001. In 1996 Daft Punk released an album that was good but not as good as the one they released in 2001. The only thing I could decide was that I liked Tool's 1996 album better than Daft Punk's 1996 album. So they get this year, and the robots get 2001. Which is appropriate, I guess.
1997- Radiohead- OK Computer
This was originally going to be Spiritualized's "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" but I kicked it out so I could use another Spiritualized album later on. If I was counting comedy albums "Rant in E Minor" would've beaten both of them.
1998- Refused- The Shape of Punk to Come
Quite simply one of my favourite albums of all time. This year there was also "Hello Nasty" by the Beasties, "Amplifier Worship" by Boris, and "My Arms, Your Hearse" by Opeth
1999- Opeth- Still Life
So basically every year after this is ridiculously hard and I feel like making everything a ten way tie but I'm also anal retentive so here's the Opeth album I'm going to use. It also happens to be my favourite, which is good because it edges out my favourite Dream Theater, In Flames, Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine albums as well.
2000- Shellac- 1000 Hurts
Ask me again in a few days and I'll probably tell you "Brave New World" by Iron Maiden, or "Mer de Noms" or "The Art of Drowning" by AFI. Shellac takes it based on every single one of their albums being in the running in their respective years.
2001- Daft Punk- Discovery
See the 1996 blurb.
2002- Boris- Heavy Rocks
I felt bad about not including "In Absentia" or "McLusky Do Dallas" or "Songs For the Deaf" or several others but I was basically planning to use Heavy Rocks no matter what year it was in.
2003- Atmosphere- Seven's Travels
Gets in based on sentimental value, mostly. Not to say it isn't an amazing album but it had some tough competition- as is the norm as we get to the more recent years.
2004- Killswitch Engage- The End of Heartache
Oh thank shit for that. Finally a relatively easy year for once. Apart from this, there was "The Human Equation," "The Empire Strikes First" by Bad Religion, "Leviathan" by Mastodon- a close second-, and "The Difference Between Me and You is that I'm Not on Fire" by mclusky. But aside from Leviathan, nothing really challenged.
2005- Parkway Drive- Killing With A Smile
Practically interchangeable with:
Ulver- Blood Inside/ Soulwax- Nite Versions/ Porcupine Tree- Deadwing/ Pure Reason Revolution- The Dark Third/ Karnivool- Themata/ Eleventh He Reaches London- The Good Fight For Harmony/ Death From Above 1979- You're A Woman, I'm a Machine/ Boris- Pink/ some other stuff probably. By a gigantic margin the most ridiculously difficult year to pick. I guess technically I still haven't. Argh.
2006- The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
A year with a lot of good albums, but nothing really jumping out at me except for this and "Blood Mountain" by Mastodon, who once again take a close second. "Crane Wife" edges over the line thanks to sentimental value.
2007- LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver
It's probably still a little too close to home to really make a good judgement on this, and I consider 2007 to be a banner year in Music That Makes Me Happy, so this was very hard. "Sound of Silver" takes it in a photo finish from Baroness' "The Red Album," and "Colors" by Between the Buried and Me, among others.
2008- Spiritualized®- Songs in A&E
Currently front-runner for album of the year, and the one album out of my current list of this year's albums that I feel like I'd keep in the list if I made it again a few years down the track.
I'm not expecting anyone else to put as much work/thought/time into it as me but I sincerely hope someone else does this. People, make me feel like less of a complete wanker!
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1990: Pixies- Bossanova
1991: Pixies- Trompe Le Monde
1992: XTC- Nonsuch
1993: The Flaming Lips- Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
1994: Guided by Voices- Bee Thousand
1995: Radiohead- The Bends
1996: Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk
1997: Radiohead- OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
2000: Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antartica
2001: The Shins- Oh, Inverted World
2002: Spoon- Kill the Moonlight
2003: The New Pornographers- Electric Version
2004: Arcade Fire- Funeral
2005: The National- Alligator
2006: The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
2007: Radiohead- In Rainbows
2008: The Black Keys- Attack and Release
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^that is a really good list.
I might just use that one...
I just need to find an album for 1989...
Either
Slint- Tweez
or
Jesus and Mary Chain- Automatic
I think I'm gonna go with Slint.
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David_Dovey: You realize Daft Punk's Homework was released in 1997?
Okay, since I wasn't really interested in music (like, at all) until I was 14, this is mostly going to be a list of music I like now that was released in earlier years.
1989: Pixies - Doolittle
1990: Sonic Youth - Goo
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
1993: The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
1994: Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
1995: The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996: Belle & Sebastian - oh man is it ever so difficult to choose between Tigermilk and If You're Feeling Sinister
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (close call with Elliott Smith's XO)
1999: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2000: Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
2001: The Strokes - Is This It
2002: I HATE THIS YEAR SO MUCH THERE IS JUST NO WAY TO CHOOSE BETWEEN YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT, KILL THE MOONLIGHT and YOU FORGOT IT IN PEOPLE URRRRRRRRGH
2003: NOOOOO LIFE HATES ME SO MUCH NOW THAT TRANSATLANTICISM, ELECTRIC VERSION and WHO WILL CUT OUR HAIR WHEN WE'RE GONE ARE ALL PITTED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral (or Franz Ferdinand's S/T, if I'm being honest with myself)
2005: Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (I'm lucky I'm only counting LPs or I'd have a tough time reconciling with Voxtrot's Raised by Wolves EP)
2006: The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
2007: if I didn't say LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver some time-traveling version of myself (past or future) would lop off my head, and the paradox would be worth it
2008: Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
POSTSCRIPT: I hate minkles ever so much. I mean I knew most of my choices could be taken for granted but damn, son!
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1988- Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
1989- Pixies- Doolittle
1990- Teenage Fanclub- A Catholic Education
1991- Beat Happening- Dreamy
1992- Polvo- Cor-Crane Secret
1993- Fugazi- In On The Kill Taker
1994- Jawbox- For Your Own Special Sweetheart
1995- June of 44- Engine Takes to the Water
1996- Silkworm- Firewater
1997- Chisel- Set You Free
1998- Hum- Downward is Heavenward
1999- The Dismemberment Plan- Emergency and I
2000- Q and Not U- No Kill No Beep Beep
2001- Unwound- Leaves Turn Inside You
2002- Mclusky- Mclusky Do Dallas
2003- Envy- All The Footprints You've Ever Left And Fear Expecting Ahead
2004- Elliott Smith- From A Basement On A Hill
2005- Make Believe- Shock Of Being
2006- The Velvet Teen- Cum Laude!
2007- Bottomless Pit- Hammer of the Gods
2008- Nothin' yet.
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Paging Paul to this thread, Paul to this thread please
Oh man dude, thats almost mean.
Anyway, this is the best thread idea I've seen in the music forum in a while! I'll conjure something up when I get a chance. Also, lists threads are lame when you really just are listing. Do what Dovey did and write something about each album you choose! Its more fun to write and it makes the rest of the forum possibly care about your post.
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I was born in 1992 (there are people alive and talking who were born in the nineties?! Who didn't exist during Spiderland?!?!) but I always feel like I was born four years too late, for uh, some reason. I always miss out on the good bands when they're around! How lame.
1992 - Sloan - Smeared
It's, um, it's young Sloan! They want to be Sonic Youth! It's adorable. I wish I could use Spiderland.
1993 - Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
What the heck I can't find anything for this one, unless I want to use PABLO HONEY... oh I like fugazi though... i'll just steal that one
1994 - Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
Oh no! Do I use Pavement, Elliott Smith, or Built to Spill? Or SILKWORM? I like Doug Martsch. I couldn't put Keep It Like a Secret though.
1995 - Low - Long Division
all low is good
1996 - Silkworm - Firewater
What an awesome year! Except at the time I was four and cared only about Power Rangers and Mario Kart.
1997 - Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Of all the phases I go through where I say any Elliott Smith album is my favorite, I probably say this one the most often.
1998 - Beck - Mutations
it's pretty
1999 - Beulah - When Your Heartstrings Break
69 Love Songs came out this year too. But my goodness do I love Beulah.
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
At eight years old this was the album that sparked the Radiohead obsession that has now lasted me half my life, and it is a pretty perfect album. The Sophtware Slump came out this year also.
2001 - Daft Punk - Discovery
Do you know how awesome the video for "One More Time" is when you're nine years old and bored and trying to find something to watch on a portable TV on your umpteenth trip to Las Vegas? That is my first memorable Daft Punk experience. The actual first one was probably just watching the video for "Around the World" and being weirded out.
2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Also a perfect album. Fuck this was a hard year.
2003 - Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
B&S's best. Maybe. And oh goodness it is getting so hard to choose now aaaaaaaa
Other contenders: Other Beulah, Postal Service, Shins, Weakerthans, Wrens, Unicorns. Fuck!
2004 - The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Too many friggin' choices for this year. Settled on AF though, because this was an album I actually listened to at that time! And with the help of the Inter Net, it also was one of first things that led me to finding new music on my own and NOW LOOK WHERE I AM i have a compulsive downloading problem and such
2005 - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
Oh boy, 2005, I can actually remember this one well. Final choice is Wolf Parade though! So hard, though. I am disappointing all my favorites. Like Sleater-Kinney. Wait. What?
2005 - Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
OKAY THERE
First S-K album I bought and now they are the loves of my life
2006 - Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
Rekindled my special love for Swedish bands. I have played the shit out of this album.
2007 - The 1900s - Cold and Kind
Um dang I wanted to pick like Deerhoof or something but this album came out in October and I've probably listened to it like eighty times since then? That is an inordinate amount for me.
2008 - Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
The Stand Ins The Stand Ins The Stand Ins The Stand Ins The Stand Ins The Stand Ins
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Oh christ, this is gonna be fun.
1988 - Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
1989 - 13 Songs - Fugazi
1990 - Goo - Sonic Youth
1991 - Dreamy - Beat Happening
1992 - Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
1993 - In Utero - Nirvana
1994 - There's Nothing Wrong with Love - Built to Spill
1995 - Wowee Zowee - Pavement
1996 - Firewater - Silkworm
1997 - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo
1998 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
1999 - Emergency & I - The Dismemberment Plan
2000 - De Stijil - The White Stripes
2001 - Change - The Dismemberment Plan
2002 - Murray Street - Sonic Youth
2003 - More Parts Per Million - The Thermals
2004 - Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth
2005 - In Case We Die - Architecture in Helsinki
2006 - The Body, The Blood, The Machine - The Thermals
2007 - Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
2008 - Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now..Youngster
Phew, that was kinda fun.
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This one is going to take me a while, but I would like some clarification. I assume, though it isn't stated explicitly, that it had to be released that year. At first I was just thinking that it was supposed to be significant to how your life was at that point, if you could find one that fits, but now it looks like it is just pick the best album of that year?
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I'm here, but you'll have to wait a bit for a list because of the rest of my life - and what's more I'll tweak the rules to suit myself.
(EDIT) The first 40 were easy; now it takes a bit longer to fill the gaps
(EDIT) Scroll down - you can't miss it!
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Good christ, someone please post who was born in/before the early eighties like me. And this might take days of research, so bump for future goodness
Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post.
Thank you, Paul, for making me feel youthful again
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1988 - N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
1989 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
1990 - Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
1991 - R.E.M. - Out of Time
1992 - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
1993 - Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
1994 - Weezer - Blue Album
1995 - Scott Walker - Tilt
1996 - DJ Shadow - Entroducing
1997 - Earthling - David Bowie
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2000 - Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
2001 - Radiohead - Amnesiac
2002 - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - Rampton
2003 - Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
2004 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
2005 - Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2006 - Sunn O))) + Boris - Altar
2007 - 65 Days of Static - Destruction of Small Ideas
2008 - Radiohead - In Rainbows
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Okay so here goes mine.
1991 - Slint - Spiderland
This one feels completely obvious to me. With post-rock being my favorite genre, I obvioulsy owe these guys a lot. While of course they didn't single handedly come up with the genre, they did a big thing I think for it with this album and have earned their spot here.
1992 - Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Man, I should listen to more music from 1992. I really didn't know what to pick for this one, and even Pavement is a stretch for me (I don't listen to much Pavement). Oh well, I guess you can't have an obvious choice for every year.
1993 - Sunny Day Real Estate- Thief, Steal Me a Peach 7"
To some of you, this may seem like I need to listen to more music from '93 as well. However, this two song EP is insane. It's practically the perfect blend of the hardcore based emo of the late 80's and the indie emo movement that these guys would start a year later.
1994 - Low - I Could Live In Hope
My god, Low is amazing. This record could earn this spot based on the track of Lullaby, but goddamn this a solid record all around.
1995 - Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut
Hum is so great. As Jeph has said a bajillion times, these guys are fucking heavy. And incredible.
1996 - Dirty Three - Horse Stories
1996 was a pretty boss year for music. (almost as rad as '97). Low's The Curtain Hits the Cast and Silkwom's Firewater, two amazing albums, were released. However, for me this has to go to Horse Stories. This album is one of my favorites, ever. The beautiful and violent violin playing is just jaw dropping.
1997 - Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F# A# Infinity
Holy shit '97 was an absolutely deadly year. Young Team, OK Computer, Perfect From Now On, Homework, etc. Man, why couldn't I have been born ten years earlier. Anyway, this album is outstanding. I owe so much to these guys in terms of my music, and a bunch of other stuff too. While they have better albums, I feel its best to acknowledge them where they started.
1998 - Catch 22 - Keasby Nights
This one is pretty much all sentimental. My god, when I was younger I loved this record. While I hardly spin it nowadays, this record still holds a special place in my heart and deserves every right to be in this spot.
1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
This is I guess what you could call my first "indie rock" record. After starting to read QC, I say this album mentioned a whole bunch and thought, oh man this must be good. So I went and bought it not knowing what to expect. While I was a bit confused at first its pure blissfulness pulled me in. So, I guess its this album that introduced me to the whole independent music thing. Bravo Flaming Lips.
2000 - Faraquet - The View From this Tower
This one was possibly the hardest one for me, since A Silver Mt. Zion put out He Has Left Us Alone... in 2000 too but since they have a spot later on Faraquet is awarded this spot. And the spot is not undeserved. Absolutely brilliant math rock tunes fill this album, making it one of my favorite releases.
2001 - Saetia - A Retrospective
To be fair, these songs were all released before 2001 so this is sort of cheating. However, this discography is filled with some of the best scremo tracks out there. Long live Saetia!
2002 - Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
Man, Do Make Say Think are great, and this is such an amazing album. Its filled with beautiful subtle bliss till you hit Reitschule, which is when all that building subtle bliss blows up in your face.
2003 - Envy - A Dead Sinking Story
SDLJFSDLKFJ KLJ oh my god this album is incredible. This album is the perfect example of how to blend hardcore and post-rock. In that regard, it's pretty much flawless. Envy fucking nailed it with this album.
2004 - 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math
God I love this record. Just straight up rocking the fuck out the entire time. So great.
2005 - Broken Social Scene - s/t
If The Soft Bulletin started me off on interdependent music, this album roped me in and never let me look back ever again. After hearing this I could never look back and nothing could be better.
2006 - Mono - You Are There
Hey, are you in a post-rock band? Do you like post-rock? Then here this album. It may as well be a guide on how to do it right. This here is pretty much crescendo based post-rock perfection.
2007 - Efterklang - Parades
This album is so pretty and wonderful and happy. I love it.
2008 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
This is my current album of the year, and I really doubt much will change that. For some reason, I connect with this album in ways I can't even dream of connecting with most other albums to (to be fair, a few other album on this list do a similar thing though i did not mention it). This is just a fucking brilliant piece of music as far as I am concerned.
My god this took so long.
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1988 - NWA - Straight Outta Compton - The album that changed my view on gangsta rap for the better.
1989 - Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy - Bob rediscovers his mojo and creates his only classic album in a whole decade. I'd say eight of then songs on this album break my heart.
1990 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son - An album by my favourite artist containing some of my favourite songs, like 'The Ship Song.'
1991 - Primal Scream - Screamadelica - Baggy meets prog. An album that's rarely failed to make me feel good, or at least make me do the Bez dance to 'Slip Inside This House.'
1992 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People - A warm, healing album that washes over you rather than you listening to it. An album I've not had for long but already one that I know I can use in emotional moments.
1993 - Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish - The album that started Britpop. What a run it was. Parklife's the better album, but it all began here.
1994 - Weezer - Weezer - My favourite album ever.
1995 - Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime - Angel Dust is the better album, but this has aged better as far as both the production and the music. It's darker, too - and it's certainly my favourite by a band that's only really entered my top ten in the last year.
1996 - Tupac - All Eyez On Me - Certainly Tupac's, and possibly gangsta rap's defining album. The first disc alone is probably the best rap album I've ever heard, even without the great stuff on the second.
1997 - Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death - Biggie's own double. One of few rappers to come near Tupac in stature and skill, if he could freestyle he'd be better. This album is imperfect, but it's sprawling, varied, as commercial as it is dark.
1998 - Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come - To call this punk is almost insulting. A jaw-dropping masterpiece that's almost parallel with my political leanings.
1999 - blink-182 - Enema Of The State - Puerile, but so often affecting. By turns hilarious and emotional for me, an album that defines my youth.
2000 - Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory - An album I don't listen to much any more, but what pretty much kicked off my independent thought as far as music fandom.
2001 - Ryan Adams - Gold - Recorded before 9/11, but an album that for me helped the healing process after it, because 'New York, New York' had nothing to do with New York, really.
2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - The album Warners paid for twice; the album I'd pay for ten times. In here for 'I Am Trying To Break Your Heart' alone.
2003 - SikTh - The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild - A band I sorely miss - an album unlike virtually any other I've heard. Amazing musicality, brutality and beauty co-existing.
2004 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus - The album I discovered Nick Cave via, and for my money still his best.
2005 - BRMC - Howl - Strip away the noise, discover roots rock. Make your masterpiece.
2006 - Twilight Singers - Powder Burns - My album of the year for 2006. A modern classic.
2007 - Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves - A reissue, sort of, re-released on Warners with new artwork and two new songs that are as good as anything else on the album. One of music's great modern hopes in my estimation.
2008 - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! - Almost as good as its predecessor, better than half his catalogue. The old buzzard's still got it.
I should note that there's 10 or 12 albums I could've picked for 1994, that's my favourite year for music.
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1992: Incesticide by Nirvana
Not fantastic but I really couldn't find much else.
1993: In Utero by Nirvana
This one is actually pretty good in my book
1994: Blue Album by Weezer
Simply awesome
1995: The Bends by Radiohead
Used to be my favorite album by them
1996: Evil Empire by Rage Against the Machine
Couldn't find anything else...
1997: OK Computer by Radiohead
My first favorite by them
1998: F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
There was a reissue this year. Totally counts! If I didn't have this. I'd have stuck it in '97
1999: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theater
I just started getting into this band. Really fun CD. A close contender was Enema of the State by Blink 182. Aka MY EARLY CHILDHOOD
2000: N/A yes a N/A
2001: Origin of Symmetry by Muse
My current favorite album by Muse. I was thinking about putting Blink 182 here as well
2002: By the Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nothing else for me to pick from...
2003: The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place by Explosions in the Sky
Yes. I didn't even try to find anything else. This won
2004: Absolution by Muse
Easy to do
2005: Mezmerize by System of a Down
Getting bored with this
2006: 10,000 Days by Tool
There definitely is better stuff, but I recently got this as well so I felt like sticking it here.
2007: In Rainbows by Radiohead
This was in competition with Explosions in the Sky
2008: The Slip by Nine Inch Nails
I just downloaded this, and really like it. First thing that came to mind.
This got hard for me because I got lazy, and my lack of a decent music collection. I'm going to have to redo this list someday.
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1987- Merzbow- Ecobondage
1988- Merzbow- Storage
1989- Merzbow- Flesh Metal Orgasm
1990- Merzbow- Cloud Cock OO Grand
1991- Slint- Spiderland
1992- Merzbow- Hannover Interruption
1993- Merzbow- Metalvelodrome: Exposition of Electro-Vivisection
1994- Merzbow- Noisembryo: Psycho-Analytic Study Of Coital Noise Posture
1995- Merzbow- Magnesia Nova
1996- Merzbow- Electric Salad
1997- Merzbow- Hybrid Noisebloom
1998- Merzbow- Aqua Necromancer
1999- Merzbow- Blues Maggots
2000- Merzbow- Live at Radio 100
2001- Merzbow- Hard Lovin' Man
2002- Merzbow- Ikebukuro Dada
2003- Merzbow- Animal Magnetism
2004- Merzbow- Yoshinotsune
2005- Merzbow- Merzbuddha
2006- Merzbow- Metamorphism
2007- Merzbow- Coma Berenices
2008- Merzbow- Arijigoku
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1987- Merzbow- Ecobondage
1988- Merzbow- Storage
1989- Merzbow- Flesh Metal Orgasm
1990- Merzbow- Cloud Cock OO Grand
1991- Slint- Spiderland
1992- Merzbow- Hannover Interruption
1993- Merzbow- Metalvelodrome: Exposition of Electro-Vivisection
1994- Merzbow- Noisembryo: Psycho-Analytic Study Of Coital Noise Posture
1995- Merzbow- Magnesia Nova
1996- Merzbow- Electric Salad
1997- Merzbow- Hybrid Noisebloom
1998- Merzbow- Aqua Necromancer
1999- Merzbow- Blues Maggots
2000- Merzbow- Live at Radio 100
2001- Merzbow- Hard Lovin' Man
2002- Merzbow- Ikebukuro Dada
2003- Merzbow- Animal Magnetism
2004- Merzbow- Yoshinotsune
2005- Merzbow- Merzbuddha
2006- Merzbow- Metamorphism
2007- Merzbow- Coma Berenices
2008- Merzbow- Arijigoku
I'd say there's a trend but 1991 shows I'm foolish in my thinking.
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Durin, you are my new favourite.
Bend over so I can appreciate you.
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1993: Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
1994: Beck - Mellow Gold (extremely hard knocking Parklife and The Blue Album)
1995: Pulp - Different Class
1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Beck - Mutations
1999: Blur - 13
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: The Strokes - Is This It?
2002: Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
2003: Blur - Think Tank
2004: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005: Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
2006: TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
2007: LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2008: Los Campesinos! - Hold On There, Youngster...
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This took me well over three hours to finish (bye bye, afternoon). At the same time, I felt it was a good exercise, and I had a lot of fun doing it. My entries start off kind of bare bones, then get much longer as I move further into the furture; I started to get really into it after a little while. I hope you guys read and enjoy!
1992: Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
My favorite Pavement album, so I'd say it definitely deserves its spot here. Its songs may not be as catchy as Crooked Rain's, and Jesus Christ is the recording a sloppy mess, but it's things like this that give the album a special kind of charm. Gary Young, where art thou?
1993: Icky Mettle - Archers of Loaf
This album is kind of like the drunk, unemployed cousin of Slanted and Enchanted; it sounds somewhat similar, but the lyrics are angrier and Eric Bachmann's vocals are gruffer and meaner than Malkmus'. Regardless of the overall malcontented tone, so many of the songs are so damn catchy that you just can't help but love it. I dare you to not sing along with the chanting "all I ever wanted, all I ever wanted" part of "Web in Front", I fucking dare you. You will lose.
1994: There's Nothing Wrong With Love - Built to Spill
This is my favorite album by Built to Spill, but it isn't their best; this is a theme that will continue throughout this list. Once again, the songs are catchy as all hell, probably amongst the catchiest I've ever heard. While Doug Martsch's mastery of the electric guitar isn't as evident as it is on later albums, he still manages to melt collective listener face with tracks like "Some" and "Distopian Dream Girl". And c'mon, who doesn't like "Car"? I know guys who listen to nothing but death metal and ska who like "Car", and that is no lie.
1995: The Bends - Radiohead
For years after I first bought this album, I considered it my favorite of all time. While I'm not so sure I can give it the overall top spot anymore, it's still definitely up there, and it will always hold a special place in my heart. Without The Bends, I would not be the person I am today. During a period of time where I listened to almost nothing but radio-friendly pop-punk and psuedo-emo (I was thirteen, shut up), this album was like nothing I'd ever heard, and my horizons were drastically broadened because of it. Becoming a Radiohead fan indirectly led to me becoming a Flaming Lips fan and a Modest Mouse fan, and becoming a fan of those two led to me becoming a fan of other bands...almost entirely indirectly, but regardless, it all started with this album. For that reason (and because it's a fucking incredible album, one I can still listen to from beginning to end on a regular basis), my copy will never leave my collection.
1996: Richard D. James Album - Aphex Twin
As a guy who doesn't listen to very much electronica at all, I have no idea why I love this CD so much. Regardless, Richard James' self-titled album is one of the highlights of my library, one I truly can say that I'm very proud to own. The story behind how I came to buy it is kind of a strange one; my friends and I loved the David Firth animated music video for "Milkman" (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/190638 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/190638)), and when I actually found the album that had the song on it, I had to buy it. I did so kind of as a joke, just to show it to my friends as "the album with that Milkman song on it", but after getting it home and listening to it, my mind was blown; the fact that I really had no idea what to expect when I first popped it in just added to how amazing most of the songs sounded to me. Plus, it has the best fuckin' album art I've ever seen.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/kalnaar_khan/MusicCatalog_A_AphexTwin-RichardDJa.jpg)
C'mon, that's just awesome.
1997: The Fury of the Aquabats! - The Aquabats!
Just like the Aphex Twin album I just went over, The Fury of the Aquabats! might seem kind of out of place amongst all these alternative rock and indie rock albums, but just the fact that I really don't own too much else like it just makes it all the more lovable. For anyone not in the know, The Aquabats(!) are a ska/punk band (their sound is more new-wave influenced now, but I digress) who dress like superheros and write songs about being superheros, fighting villains and saving the day and whatnot. Besides having some of the funniest lyrics I've ever heard, the majority of the songs are so happy and bouncy that I actually have to make an effort not to stand up and dance whenever I listen to them. Furthermore, all the guys in the group are actually really talented musicians, and it shows with the ripping guitars, Travis Barker's complex drum lines (yep, he was in this band for a few years) and the old sci-fi movie-influenced synth. God damn, I love this album so much.
Also, this is completely irrelevant, but these guys put on the best live show ever, complete with fighting monsters onstage, concertgoers arriving dressed as heroes/villains for no good reason, and engaging in conversation with the audience in between songs. Seriously, you need to see these dudes live.
1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Ok, I fucked up. I originally had a different album here, one that I wasn't too enthusiastic about writing about. I somehow managed to forget to mention this classic. I don't really feel like typing another paragraph right now, so I'll just say that this was one of my first indie rock purchases, and for that reason and that reason alone this album will remain an integral part of my collection forever.
1999: The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
Even though I vastly prefer their fuzz-heavy alternative rock sound to their more recent experimental work, The Soft Bulletin is still my favorite album by the Lips. While the lyrics are pretty much of the same variety as they were in the band's earlier albums (mostly about life, death, love, and drugs), they fit in much better with the symphonic, synth-heavy music. The album has this overall epic tone to it, deserving to be played loud. The songs offer a variety of things to the listener: hope ("Waitin' For A Superman", "Race for the Prize"), a pretty decent lovey-dovey kind of mood ("Buggin', "Slow Motion"), plus a number of other emotions. It really depends on how the listener interprets the songs' meanings; no two people with get the exact same effect from the album.
2000: The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse
Wow, where do I start with this one? I bought this one after months and months of procrastination; seeing it in the store but choosing something else over it (but always reassuring myself "I'll get it next time I see it"), having it recommended to me by people who already owned it, seeing the glowing reviews online and telling myself "Wow, I really should get that", but it took me until December 2006 before I finally got my hands on a copy.
Within the first day of owning it, I listened to it nearly four times over, and for the next few weeks, it was practically all I listened to.
What's my favorite thing about it? Isaac Brock's introspective lyrics? Maybe. Jeremiah Green's fucking masterful drumming? Could be. The fact that the whole album flows like water, leading seamlessly from one song into another for pretty much the whole thing? Perhaps. Even more difficult to decide is which song is my favorite. It could be “3rd Planet”, the song that convinced me to buy the album in the first place. It could be “The Stars are Projectors”, the 8 minute 47 second epic that bounces from one mood to another, finally ending with a mind-blowing orchestral meltdown that's both terrifying and uplifting at the same time. Maybe it's “Lives”, an acoustic track that uses a folky-sounding string section to rocket the already high emotional level of the song sky-high. I could debate what facet/song of the album is my favorite for hours and maybe even come to an eventual conclusion, but for now, I'll just leave it at this: The Moon and Antarctica is Modest Mouse's best album, the best album to come out during 2000, and one of my favorite albums of all time. It has so much to offer, ranging from chill-out songs to fuck-this-life-I'm-pissed songs. You simply must own it.
2001: Sad Sappy Sucker - Modest Mouse
Two Modest Mouse albums on the same list? Hell, in a row? Yes, and I have good reason to do so. While the album was released in '01, it was recorded in the early 90's, back when some of the members of the band were still in/fresh out of high school. Originally meant to be their first album, This is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing to Think About was chosen over it, and S.S.S. sat on a shelf collecting dust for years until K Records finally released it. Despite being shoddily recorded and having songs that rarely last more than two minutes or so, the album still somehow manages to be one of my favorite Mouse albums. Brock was still a pretty damn great lyricist even then, Jeremiah Green could still hold his own as a drummer, and Eric Judy...was nowhere to be seen on most of the songs, but John Wickhart was a pretty decent bassist. The majority of the songs are simple in structure and have nowhere near the emotional depth of their later work, but at the same time, the album has this overall despondent mood, one I can't really describe. It might have something to do with knowing the band's backstory, how Isaac was living in a shed outside his mother's trailer during most of the recording, but that's not important. The album sounds dirty and melancholy, a portrait of white trash culture recorded entirely in lo-fi. I wouldn't recommend it to a first-time Modest Mouse listener or even a second-time, but hardcore fans shouldn't ignore it for a minute.
2002: You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene
Ugh, goddammit. I'm literally having a hard time coming up with the right words to describe this. It's a waste of time just sitting here typing a few sentences, deciding that what I just typed doesn't do it justice and then starting over again, so I'll just keep it brief. This album is a masterpiece, one that you must hear for yourself. Its songs represent almost every kind of mood a song can represent (without going to extremes, of course). The whole thing has a lovelorn, almost dreamy kind of atmosphere to it, the kind of album you just put on and relax, and think. Still, I feel my words are inadequate for a record of such excellence; it defies description, at least based on my writing experience. It's not for everyone, but if you dig atmospheric, deeply layered baroque pop, this should be your next purchase.
2003: The Ugly Organ – Cursive
I'm a generally happy guy, and a pretty decent amount of the music I listen to is light-hearted; good-mood music, so to speak. However, when I'm feeling depressed, angry, and in some cases, suicidal (okay okay, it never really gets that bad), I turn to Cursive. Tim Kasher's frenzied screams are the perfect prescription for such a mood, and while not my favorite album by them (that would be 2000's Domestica, but The Moon and Antarctica deserves the “best of” honor for that year), The Ugly Organ is still pretty terrific regardless. New member Gretta Cohn's weeping cello adds a whole new dimension to Cursive's already desperate sound, using it almost like a third guitar in some songs, weaving crooked and harsh noises in with the chaos surrounding them. While it doesn't seem as personal an album as Domestica (The Ugly Organ is a concept album following a fictional character with songs about (I'm assuming to be) fictional events, where as Domestica was a concept album following events based on Kasher's real life), it still can fill even the most cheerful a listener with despair. The final track, “Staying Alive”, lifts that emotional weight, filling you with hope as a chorus chants “The worst is over”. The worst may be over for the time being, but let's hope it doesn't stay that way for Kasher for too long (that sounds just horrible to say, doesn't it?); otherwise, we may never hear a great Cursive album ever again.
2004: I'm drawing a blank here. Don't get me wrong, I own albums released in 2004; hell, I even like the majority of them. But none of them seem good enough to talk about here. None of them left a big impression on me, none of them changed the way I look at life of introduced me to a slew of other similar artists who later became some of my favorites. Nope, nothing along those lines here. This may be cheating, as I'm certain I could easily write about one of the albums I own released during that year, but it'd be like lying; I could praise it as much as I want, but they'd be nothing but empty compliments. Sorry, everyone. I let you down.
2005: Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
Silent Alarm is without a doubt one of my favorite albums ever. I'd rank it within my top ten, easily. Between Kele's super unique vocals and heartfelt lyrics, Russell's sharp, biting solos, Matt's complex and fast-paced drumming and Gordon's simple yet fitting basslines, the album just works. The members of the band all have fantastic chemistry, and it completely shows on Silent Alarm. One thing the album especially excels at is variety; it features your standard love song fare (“This Modern Love”, “So Here We Are”...Jesus, referring to these songs as “standard' just seems wrong), moody dance-punk (“Banquet”, “Luno”), and some truly breathtaking atmospheric ambient tracks as well (“Plans”, “Compliments”). Although only appearing on some versions, hidden track “Every Time is the Last Time” is so fucking incredible it's worth mentioning even though the chances that your copy has it are pretty bad. If your copy doesn't include it, download it somewhere and put it on repeat. It's one of those songs where no matter what kind of mood you're in, it just makes everything feel right. Those kind of songs are hard to come by these days.
2006: Fuck me. Once again, I don't feel any of the albums I own that came out in '06 are worth talking about. I'm ashamed.
2007: Spirit If... - Kevin Drew
Although not a particularly important album to me, it's still definitely worth mentioning. Les Savy Fav's Let's Stay Friends came so close to taking this year, but Kevin Drew's “solo” album (that term has to be used loosely, as Kevin is nowhere near the only musician present on the album) is not only a really really good listen, oh no; at least not to me. I had known about Broken Social Scene for some time when I finally got around to getting Spirit If..., but I never really felt motivated to run out and get one of their albums. After listening to Drew's album way too many times, I finally felt that motivation; I figured that his full band must sound like this, only better. That was indeed the case, and then some.
I'm not saying that the only reason I regard this album so highly is because it was my gateway to Broken Social Scene; trust me, it's still fantastic. Like I said before, very few of the songs feature Kevin and only Kevin; in fact, I don't think any of them do. Not only do bandmates from B.S.S. make appearances, but a number of other musicians also drop by to say hello in certain tracks; most prominent is Dinosaur Jr.'s J. Mascis, who provides some pretty fucking excellent guitar work on “Backed Out On The...”, making it one of the album's strongest tracks. Overall, Spirit If... sounds kind of like a stripped down Broken Social Scene album, except minus the “stripped down” part; only a handful of songs feature anything less than say, five or six individual musicians at a time. Even still, it's hard to fault this one; Broken Social Scene fans, and indie rock fans in general, owe it to themselves to pick this one up.
2008: Saturdays = Youth – M83
Anthony Gonzalez's latest release is my favorite album of 2008, thus far at least. It combines what I like about their older albums – intense, multi-layered electronic chaos – with a number of elements straight out of 1980's dream pop. Heavy (and cheesy, but that's not really a bad thing here) synth, angelic female vocals, and piano-driven ballads are all commonplace here. It's a bizarre move on Gonzalez's part, but it ends up working much better than one might think. It literally sounds like it could've been released during the 80's; if I didn't know any better, I'd probably think it was. Almost any of the tracks could easily fit in the soundtrack of a classic John Hughes movie. While not M83's best, it has a unique sound that I doubt too many other bands could match nowadays. I'm not sure if I'd want them to make more albums like this, but if they do, then so be it. I'll buy a copy and listen avidly just the same.
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1999: Blur - 13
Wrong.
The fact that you were born in 1993 and have such Britpoppy music taste scares the shit out of me.
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This was harder than I expected, which probably means I was forgetting some obvious choices. I went for a mix of stuff that I really liked at the time or that held some sort of significance, and things I started enjoying more recently. The early 90s were the hardest for me, probably because it was before I started actively listening to music at the time, and after most of the stuff I've gone back to listen to since, hence duplicate artists (which I tried to avoid for the sake of variety), reissues, etc.
1987: Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
Wanted to get some Pixies in here and 87 was open. I got my copy of it at a very cool record store in Pittsburgh while I was waiting for my order at the burger joint across the street when I went to visit my brother last Thanksgiving.
1988: The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
A great album, and it's become somewhat of a family tradition to listen to it while putting up the Christmas tree.
1989: New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
Saw them on tour this spring, best show I've ever been to (admittedly out of a fairly limited selection).
1990: New Model Army - Impurity
See above.
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
No real reason or story, it's just good.
1992: Emmylou Harris - Light of the Stable
Yeah, it's originally from 79 and this is a reissue and I'm probably cheating. But it's THE definitive family Christmas album that always got played on the ride home from my grandmother's Christmas Eve parties. It's not my fault I'm too young for the original!
1993: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Live Seeds
I recently spent what otherwise would have been a miserable, sleepless night listening to this and watching a thunder storm. So good.
1994: Edwyn Collins - Gorgeous George
I had known "A Girl Like You" for a while (probably because VH1 used to run Empire Records constantly) but never gave it much thought one way or the other until someone told me to listen to "The Campaign for Real Rock." Such a great track.
1995: Power Rangers soundtrack
Hey! Why's everyone laughing at me? :( First CD I ever owned. I went on about a 3 year Van Halen binge after hearing "Dreams." Choice possibly influenced by having just finished reading an article about VH being pissed at McCain for using their stuff.
1996: Dave Matthews Band - Crash
I was a huge DMB fan when I was younger. I don't dislike them now so much as I just never feel the urge to listen to them.
1997: Portishead - Portishead
No real reason or story, it's just good.
1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Dear West Wing: Thank you for introducing me to Massive Attack. And Dire Straits.
1999: Low & Dirty Three - In the Fishtank
No real reason or story, it's just good.
2000: Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack
I know a lot of it is fairly cringe-worthy, but at the time I was basically listening to 3 bands: Pink Floyd, Queen, and Foo Fighters. Hence, putting a Foo Fighters and Brian May cover of "Have a Cigar" on an album was a good way to get my money. Shortly after getting it we took a family vacation and I forgot my CD wallet, so I just had my discman and the disc that was in it at the time - this. Listening to it now brings back fond memories of sitting on the front deck of my uncle's beach house reading The Golden Compass while listening to it over and over. Memories associated with the movie itself are decidedly less good, including a hospital visit.
2001: Daft Punk - Discovery
I was trying to come up with something else for some variety since this has already been named a few times, but couldn't. Similar to Squawk, for some reason the "One More Time" video really stuck with me the first time I saw it. I rarely reach for music in this vein, but when I do, it's almost always Discovery.
2002: Dropkick Murphys - Live on St. Patrick's Day
This was a present from my brother as he was leaving home. Played often in answer to my dad's more traditional Irish music.
2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
I got this and a foosball table for my birthday. My dad was helping me put the table together and almost dropped something very heavy on himself when he started laughing at "Little Acorns."
2004: William Shatner - Has Been
Captain James Tiberius Kirk requires no justification.
2005: New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
My introduction to the band. Listening to it always makes me smile.
2006: Jesu - Silver
No real reason or story, it's just good.
2007: Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta
Soundtrack to an excellent end of summer road trip.
2008: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
"We Call Upon the Author" always reminds me of Ex-PFC Wintergreen: "Prolix! Prolix! Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!"
[edit]: Naturally I've come up with about 5 albums that I can't believe I forgot since posting. Oh well.
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I feel like I'm the oldest one on the forum. Anyway, here's a list of favorites for the the years 1984 - 2008. This list is horribly subject to change, but this is how I feel at the moment... This took me 6 billion hours! Ok, so more like 3. Still, it was really hard to pick anything once I got to 2000 and beyond.
1984 - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
This live album is the culmination of the brilliance behind the Talking Heads... you know it's going to be brilliant right from the first moments of the boombox drumbeat.
1985 - The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
When I first heard it I wasn't really sure what to think of it. Now I can't really get enough of it. There's really not anything like it out there. I'll give Mekons' Fear and Whiskey an honorable mention because it's a great album chock full of raw energy and weird instrumentation.
1986 - Sun City Girls - Grotto of Miracles
This one wasn't hard, because it's a great album and everyone should listen to it. But, special shoutout goes to XTC's Skylarking, because I love Andy Partridge's bending vocals, and this is probably my favorite XTC album. Holy shit I almost forgot Licensed to Ill came out this year too.
1987 - Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
It's a great album, despite some moments of technical difficulties where Mascis can't seem to figure out what pedal he just stomped on and the horrible final track Poledo. You can't listen to Raisans and not want to rock out.
1988 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
I know this one is stereotypical and everyone loves it, but hey, come on, it's Daydream Nation.
1989 - Galaxie 500 - On Fire
Yeah, in case you haven't noticed I'm a shoegaze freak. You just can't go wrong with Galaxie 500. Also, I have to say that The 2 Live Crew's As Nasty As They Wanna Be was a big seller for me growing up so this should at least be mentioned.
1990 - They Might Be Giants - Flood
This was a tough year to pick anything from, there's so many great albums, but I end up listening to Flood more than any other TMBG album, so I have to throw it on here. I'm a huge nerd.
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Because it's the absolute shit. Of all the great albums that came out in 1991, this is the most important.
1992 - Lilys - In the Prescense of Nothing
If you haven't heard this album yet, you should. It's goddamn brilliant.
1993 - Teenage Fanclub - Thirteen
I dare you to find a better opening track than Hang on.
1994 - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
I can't get over Bee Thousand. It's one of my favorites and I just can't stop listening to it.
1995 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Well this was tough, it was between this and Wilco's A.M. but since I listened to the Pumpkins more growing up I'll give it to them. This was a real awesome album when I was in school and I still have the tapes to this day.
1996 - Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Yeah 1996 was a great year for music, Songs for a Blue Guitar came out in 96, and so did Emperor Tomato Ketchup and Fuzzy Logic. But even so If You're Feeling Sinister is the better album here.
1997 - M. Ward - Duet for Guitars #2
This one's a real winner. M. Ward's best in my eyes. OK Computer would be a cool choice here too, but I'm way past my Radiohead phase.
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
I can't believe how awesome 1998 was for music, but out of all the choices I'm going to have to go with the crowd and pick this classic.
1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
One of the most perfect albums ever made. It's pure bliss from start to finish. If I could ignore it ever existed, I would put The Gerbils - Are You Sleepy? in this slot but I can't. Also, The Avalanches released Since I Left You this year, which is in my top ten albums of all time, so it was a really tough choice.
2000 - Sufjan Stevens - A Sun Came
His best. You can all go to hell if you don't agree. Anyway, Kid A also came out this year and that was a big part of my life for a long time. There's a lot of great albums that came out in 2000 actually... No one's mentioned Tarantel's Fear of Bridges which is great, or Six Organs of Admittance's Dust and Chimes which is a materpiece. Sadly, neither are as good in my book as A Sun Came.
2001 - My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
This was a really hard choice! I think At Dawn is totally brilliant. Runners up include Discovery, The Glow, pt. 2 and Oh, Inverted World.
2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Fuck you, 2002! I can't believe so many great albums came out this year. Kill the Moonlight, YHF, American: IV, and You Forgot it in People! Wow this was a tough choice. Ultimately, YHF won out, but not after a brutal battle in my head. I bought YHF the day it came out and it has been one of my top listens ever since. Although, the same story applies to Kill the Moonlight...
2003 - Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
The folk songs are really amazing and the fuzz tones on the electric guitars are totally spot on. Kozelek's best.
2004 - The Bees - Free the Bees
A bunch of great songs meant to sound like 50s and 60s motown and rock hits. It's awesome. No runners up, crucify me if you want, Funeral was a good album, but it wasn't THAT good.
2005 - Matt Sweeny & Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Superwolf
This was a really really tough year to chose from. While I love Howl and DynamiteKid hit that nail right on the head, there's a ton of others out there. I really like BSS's self-titled album. I think The Clientele's Strange Geometry has a sort of retro charm that really speaks to me. Plus, reverbed out guitars make me cream. Kudos also go to M. Ward's Transistor Radio and Magnolia Electric Co.'s What Comes after the Blues? for being awesome albums. But honestly, Superwolf has been a huge influence on what kind of music I listen to as well as my guitar playing, so I have to say it's the best from 2005.
2006 - Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
Nothing else from 2006 really stood out as much as this one. It's one hell of an album, though.
2007 - Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
I must've overlooked this one in 2007 because I only found out about it recently, and it's quickly becoming one of my most-played albums.
2008 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Why wouldn't this be the best album of 2008? It's amazing.
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1987 - Dinosaur Jr., You're Living All Over Me
Well ... this is an excellent album.
1988 - Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989 - Pixies, Doolittle
Absolutely my favorite Pixies album, and it's definitely one of my favorite albums ever.
1990 - The Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas
1991 - My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
1992 - Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
This is kind of a cop out. I don't listen to that much Pavement, but this is the only thing I could find that I do listen to from time to time.
1993 - Radiohead, Pablo Honey
1994 - Built to Spill, There's Nothing Wrong with Love
This is the only Built to Spill album I can get really into. I like their other stuff too, but this is the only one I go back to often.
1995 - Nope. I really don't know. Maybe I'll remember something later, but probably not.
1996 - Modest Mouse, This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Neutral Milk Hotel's On Avery Island would beat this if I didn't want to put In the Aeroplane Over the Sea on later. And Cake's Fashion Nugget and Belle and Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister are close, too.
1997 - Elliott Smith, Either/Or
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
I guess everyone has to put this album or something.
But Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children also came out and it deserves a mention, too.
1999 - The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs
2000 - Radiohead, Kid A
I didn't want to put Radiohead on here twice, but I was sort of lacking other options.
2001 - The Microphones, The Glow Pt. 2
I love me some Phil Elv(e)rum.
2002 - The Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts
But also, Broken Social Scene's You Forgot it in People and The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
2003 - Belle and Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress
2004 - Devendra Banhart, Nino Rojo
Devendra Banhart is a hilarious person.
2005 - Andrew Bird's The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Boards of Canada's The Campfire Headphase and Deerhoof's The Runners Four all came out this year and I can't possibly choose just one.
2006 - Camera Obscura, Let's Get Out of this Country
2007 - Black Moth Super Rainbow, Dandelion Gum
2008 - Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes
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I..I can't do it. I don't know albums that were realized post-Zing. ARGH! ...I'll try...
1990 - Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
1991 - Pearl Jam - Ten
1992 - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
1993 - Melanie - Freedom Knows My Name/Silence is King (Freedom was the American version, Silence the European; mostly the same album.)
1994 - Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
1995 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Tempted to put The Highwaymen's "The Road Goes on Forever," but there's only one song on there that I like, but that song blows my mind whenever I hear it.)
1996 - The Doors - The Greatest Hits (Yeah, Greatest Hits compilations really shouldn't count, but I don't have too much music from '96, so...)
1997 - Smash Mouth - Fush Yu Mang (When they weren't pop.)
1998 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
1999 - Nothing...
2000 - Narada World - Celtic Dance
2001 - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft (Favourite album of his by far.)
2002 - Melanie - Crazy Love (Shouldn't double post artists, but I don't have much. And I can't say 'Songs for the Deaf' by QotSA because I only know one song from it.)
2003 - Warren Zevon - The Wind (Ironically, I don't really care much for it, but the emotion is stirs, the thought of what was happening to him at the time...R.I.P. Warren.)
2004 - U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Eh. I like it okay, but like I said, I don't know that much modern music)
2005 - James Floyd - Some Gentle Moving Thing (An album of poetry...some of the most beautiful stuff I've heard. I like Anoushka Shankar's "Rise" but I haven't heard it all the way through yet.)
2006 - The Beatles - Love
2007 - Carole Edwards - Songs (Not actually an album, but a collection of songs recorded by a friend in 2007. If I had to choose a 'real' album, it would be Half-Corked by Penny Whiskey.)
2008 - Nothing...
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David_Dovey: You realize Daft Punk's Homework was released in 1997?
Well, that would've made my list somewhat easier, although to be fair Aenima still had Kveldssanger by Ulver to contend with in 96. I stand by my choices.
This one is going to take me a while, but I would like some clarification. I assume, though it isn't stated explicitly, that it had to be released that year. At first I was just thinking that it was supposed to be significant to how your life was at that point, if you could find one that fits, but now it looks like it is just pick the best album of that year?
Protip: As much as I would like to say so, I was not listening to Big Black when I was one year old.
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I like how just about everyone ever put Slanted and Enchanted for 1992.
Also, as far as the intent of the thread is, I think it was meant to be "albums that accurately reflect/describe that year of your life," but seeing as I barely remember anything pre-high school anymore I ran with the idea of "albums that are important to you released in any given year." Granted, my picks for 1993-95 actually do reflect that period of my life pretty accurately, because I shared a room with my older brothers and those albums/bands constituted half of what they listened to.
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I figured that the very young years would be just awesome albums, since you aren't likely to have much of a musical opinion at that age. Though I can say I was listening to some pretty damn good music at that age, thanks to my dad, I just didn't care much. I was a bit too busy blowing snot bubbles to pay attention.
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Well I guess one of the good things about this topic is it's a little bit vague on the motivations, so theoretically, I could actually do one album for each year based on what I was listening to at the time. The list I posted above, almost half of the albums on it I heard for the first time less than a year ago, and almost every other one are post high-school (5 years ago) at the oldest.
Basically, do it however you want, but most importantly, talk about it!
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The only problem is, I didn't know good music until about 12. Up till about the age of nine I listened to a ton of...you know. Pop. Boy bands...that shit.
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OK, here it is; there's no way for this to be small, so just get used to scrolling! If I did it again, half of it would be different, as some years had four or five to choose from. In the end I have managed to make them all either year of recording or year of original release - rather than compromising with year of purchase or first hearing as I had expected to do. You might have expected a higher ratio of classical recording, as my music collection is about 90% classical; but I often picked rock or jazz in preference to suit the interests of this forum. I am not a particular collector of "historic" recordings, so the earliest recordings reflect my special interest in the music of Béla Bartók (who takes up nearly 20% of my collection). In only 62 disks, I could not hope to be representative, so many things you might expect are missing - no Stravinsky or Shostakovich happened to fit, for instance.
1946 Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra (Reiner) [First recording]
1947 Bartok - Solo Violin Sonata (Menuhin) [First recording]
1948 Bach - Concerto for three pianos [My piano teacher, as a young man, is one of the pianists]
1949 Berlin Phonogramm-Archiv, 1900-2000 [I couldn't find a single recording for this year, so I've used a collection of historic recordings that covers it]
1950 Hartmann - Symphony 4 finale (Fricsay) [I prefer the 6th symphony recorded a few years later by the same conductor, but that didn't fit]
1951 Anna Russell [Anna Russell recorded her musical comedy routines over several years - highly recomended!]
1952 Prokofiev - Piano Concerto 1 (Richter) [This Russian disk names the conductor differently on the sleeve and the label, and a recent discography I've looked it up in gives a third name!]
1953 Bartok - String Quartets (Vegh) [The first records I ever bought - still great, though there are now many superb alternatives]
1954 Bach - Piano Concerto in D (Richter) [Same disk as the 1952 Prokofiev]
1955 Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours [One of the essentials, init]
1956 Bartok - Bluebeard's Castle (Ferencsik) [Another of my earliest purchases, and still one of the best (remember, I have all the recordings of this work ever released) - the original disk came with a Picasso print as the artwork]
1957 Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge [A present from my brother to widen my early interest in modern music beyond Bartók]
1958 Bartok - Sonata for Solo Violin (Menuhin) [One of my very earliest purchases - next after the string quartets, I think]
1959 Orff - Carmina Burana (Kegel) [Not a well-known recording, but I prefer it to the flashier modern ones]
1960 Brahms - Piano Concerto 2 (Richter, Leinsdorf) [just, WOW!]
1961 Bartok - Piano Concertos (Anda, Fricsay) [Still the one to beat]
1962 Hindemith - Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' (Karajan) [Bought for the Bartók on the other side, but a splendid introduction to Hindemith]
1963 Saint Saens - Piano Concerto 2 [This is a private recording of a school concert; my piano teacher is the soloist, and I am playing the orchestral clarinet solo]
1964 Marianne Faithfull - As Tears Go By [This single changed my cousin's world, and inevitably I saw a lot less of her subsequently]
1965 Mahler - Symphony 2 'Resurrection' (Klemperer)
1966 Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967 Wagner - Die Meistersinger (Kubelik) [live from Bayreuth. There is no need to be offended by the nationalism of the last section, any more than by the same in Rossini's Italian Girl in Algiers, or Rule Britannia in Arne's opera Alfred]
1968 Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) [I bought this on the day of release, and took it round to play to my friends Peter Craven and Michael Gerzon; brownie points if you've heard of Michael Gerzon!]
1969 Beatles - Let It Be [Also bought on the day of release - and I still have the big photo book that came with it]
1970 Tavener - Celtic Requiem [One of the Apple label's great moments]
1971 John Lennon - Imagine [Simply another essential]
1972 Menuhin & Grappelli [They recorded together over several years, so they usefully fit a gap here]
1973 Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run [What's to say?]
1974 Alkan - Grande Sonate [My piano teacher, Ronald Smith, again. He was the leader in the rediscovery of this French piano composer who was a neighbour of both Liszt and Chopin, and looked up to by both. This is perhaps his greatest single work]
1975 Elgar - The Spirit of England (Gibson) [A little-known cantata written in memory of the fallen during the first world war]
1976 Jazz at the Pawnshop [One of the first consciously audiophile LPs (I have the CD release), but excellent jazz playing too]
1977 Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks [Not everything's nice]
1978 Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream [Michael Gerzon made me buy this]
1979 Geoffrey Burgon - Nunc Dimittis [Written as the theme music for the BBC's TV production of John Le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]
1980 Wagner - Parsifal (Kubelik) [Only released a couple of years ago; they recorded a whole Wagner opera before realising that one of the soloists was contracted to a rival company and they couldn't get a release - oops!]
1981 Organ Music from Reading Town Hall (Ennis) [As a student I did some organ building, and for a time hoped to make it my career. I visited this superb "Father Willis" organ in my home town with a friend who did subsequently become an organ builder - I still have the receipt for "Hire of Town Hall: 2/6d" (UK funny money - about 50c at 1967 exchange rates)]
1982 Britten - War Requiem (Rattle) [My son is in the boys choir]
1983 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms [My step-son used to play this to death, so I got to know and like it that way]
1984 Frankie goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
1985 Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy
1986 Schubert - Die Winterreise (Schreier, Richter) [The greatest emo song-cycle]
1987 U2 - The Joshua Tree [I first listened through this standing on a railway station in Munich, overlooking fields around the airport; I was on my way to a programming contract at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry]
1988 Beethoven - Missa Solemnis (Kvam) [Terje Kvam was organist of Oslo Cathedral at the time this was recorded, and I spoke to him when I made a lovely informal recording of an anglican-style service there that he was directing]
1989 Francais - Concertino (Hobson) [I got this because I once played the solo piano part of this work in a concert at school]
1990 Handel - Joshua (King) [I sang this work in the 1970s under the conductor Rudolf Piernay. He is better known as a major London singing teacher, but before he became famous he gave me and my wife singing lessons. The conductor of this recording went to prison recently for inappropriate behaviour with young teenage boys. Having been involved on the periphery of a similar (but unrelated) case, I would have some doubts about the safety of this verdict - however, this is simply my personal uninformed opinion]
1991 Slint - Spiderland
1992 Keith Jarrett - The Vienna Concert [I also have some of his recordings of Bach and Handel]
1993 Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen (Barenboim) [live from Bayreuth. I could have chosen the Decca/London Solti/Culshaw studio recording, but that didn't fit - and I prefer the live one overall]
1994 Messiaen - Complete Organ Works (Weir) [Did you know that Messiaen heard sounds as colours, and used this to relate some of his music to stained glass? He also used a lot of transcribed birdsong in his post-war works]
1995 Verdi - Requiem (Hickox) [No special pleading here - just a great recording of a great work]
1996 Kronos Quartet - Howl [Do you know Kronos? You should]
1997 Mogwai - Young Team
1998 Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea [Especially Oh Comely; one of the great songs]
1999 Jacques Loussier - Take Bach (with the Pekinel Sisters) [This late recording by Jacques Loussier includes a pair of Turkish pianists to perform two- and three-piano concertos. As far as I can tell, it was only released in Turkey, where I bought it on holiday]
2000 Radiohead - Kid A
2001 Bill Hopkins - Études en Série [The first solo record made by my son; I recorded, edited and mastered it]
2002 Jamie Cullum - Pointless Nostalgic [Yeah, I'm soppy too. This still has the edge on his more commercial releases - but he's one to watch over the years]
2003 Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
2004 John Adams - Road Movies [My son played the piano pieces on this in a BBC concert in London, as a result of which Adams asked him to do this recording; my favourite piece here is American Berserk. It was back-stage at another Adams concert (in the Carnegie Hall) that he met his wife, who has also sung for Adams]
2005 Fiori Musicali [I was on holiday in Dubrovnic, and came across these buskers doing wonderful classical arrangements playing a violin, a flute and two guitars; I bought their CD. You can hear one track in my Summer Mix for Tommy]
2006 Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2007 of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? [I prefer Aldhils Aboretum, but that didn't fit]
2008 Redgate & Clarke - Piano works [My son again. I recorded the same works in a preparatory concert, but this is a studio recording by the record company]
Paul
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1986-The Smiths-The Queen is Dead
1987-Substance-New Order
1988-Daydream Nation-Sonic Youth
1989-Doolittle-Pixies
1990-Goo-Sonic Youth
1991:Blues Traveler-Travelers and Thieves
(runners up include: The Low End Theory-A Tribe Called Quest,Nevermind-Nirvana,Screamadelica-Primal Scream,Out of Time-Rem,Dangerous-Michael Jackson) 1991 was a very good year in music,to bad I was too young to even realize it.
1992-Screaming Trees-Sweet Oblivion
(Kerplunk-Green Day, Little Earthquakes-Tori Amos,Blind Melon-Blind Melon)
1993-So Tonight That I Might See-Mazzy Star
(In Utero-Nirvana,Siamese Dream-Smashing Pumpkins,Candlebox-Candlebox,Pork Soda-Primus)
1994-This year was very tuff. Alot of favorite albums came from this year. I'm going to go with the Blue album by Weezer though because this was my first "real" album. It's rad! ( Dookie-Green Day,The Downward Spiral-Nine Inch Nails,The Division Bell-Pink Floyd,Live Through This-Hole,Throwing Copper-Live,Hungry for Stink-L7,Sixteen Stone-Bush and finally Grace-Jeff Buckley...not in that order obviously)
1995-Frogstomp-Silverchair
1996: Sublime-Sublime (Animal Rights-Moby,Pinkerton-Weezer,Ænima-Tool,Endtroducing.....-Dj Shadow,The Score-The Fugees)
1997-Freakshow-Silverchair (Clumsy-Our Lady Peace,Middle of Nowhere-Hanson,The Color and the Shape-Foo Fighters,Urban Hymns-The Verve,Ok Computer-Radiohead)
1998-Mezzanine-Massive Attack
1999-Neon Ballroom-Silverchair...this is the album that changed my life. (I also really like Ágætis byrjun by Sigur Ros)
2000-Tangents: The Tea Party Collection (Renegades by Rage Against the Machine is also in there somewhere. I also remember buying Infest by Papa Roach...yeah, interesting purchase.)
2001-Lateralus-Tool (How I Spent my Summer Vacation by the Bouncing Souls and Mediocre Generica by Leftover Crack are the runners up)
2002-Diorama-Silverchair (A Night at the Opera by Blind Guardian,The Beginning Stages of...by The Polyphonic Spree,Murray Street by Sonic Youth and The Coral by the Coral are all favorites to)
2003-Recreation Day-Evergrey
2004-2067-Rheostatics
2005-Ghost Reveries-Opeth
2006-Both Sides of the Gun-Ben Harper
2007-New Moon-Elliot Smith
2008-Nothing yet....
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Except at the time I was four and cared only about Power Rangers and Mario Kart.
You say that like it's a bad thing, Anna. I was 9 and Mario Kart was the only thing I remotely cared about.
1987 - Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me
1988 - My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything (Hi, I like this one more than Loveless)
1989 - Didn't Bad Religion have like 20 albums in '89? I'm going with the "80-85" comp.
1990 - Sonic Youth Goo
1991 - Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
1992 - ehh, skip
1993 - Earth 2
1994 - Jawbreaker 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
1995 - Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2
1996 - Weezer - Pinkerton
1997 - Dropkick Murphys - Do or Die
1998 - Jurassic 5 EP
1999 - The Lawrence Arms Ghost Stories
2000 - SKIP
2001 - American Analog Set - Know By Heart
2002 - Mclusky Mclusky Do Dallas
2003 - Boris Akuma No Uta
2004 - Death From Above 1979 You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
2005 - Sigur Ros Takk...
2006 - The Falcon Unicornography
2007 - Frank Turner Sleep Is For The Week
2008 - Everybody Out! self-titled
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1985 The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1986 ehm
1987 err
1988 Pixies – Surfer Rosa
1989 Pixies - Doolittle
1990 so...
1991 My bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992 Aphex Twin – Selected ambient works 85-92
1993 Lucksmiths – First Tape
beats Yo La Tengo – Painful / Seefeel - Quique
1994 Disco Inferno – DI Go Pop
over Bark Psychosis - Hex
1995 Radiohead – The Bends
1996 DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
over Tortoise – Millions now living will never die
1997 Mogwai – Young Team
Daft Punk – Homework / Yo La Tengo – I can hear the heart beating as one
1998 Boards of Canada – Music has the right to children
Beta Band – The Three EP’s / Air – Moon safari
1999 Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
2000 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command / Phoenix - United / Amon Tobin - Supermodified
2001 Daft Punk – Discovery
Elbow - Asleep in the back / Ted Leo - Tyranny of distance / Zoot Woman - Living in a magazine / Ash – Free all angels
2002 Interpol – Turn on the bright lights
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi / Flaming Lips - Yoshimi / Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in people / The Cooper Temple Clause
See this through and leave / Doves - The last broadcast / The Libertines - Up the bracket / Out Hud – S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
2003 The Cooper Temple Clause – Kick up the fire
British Sea Power – The decline of / Do Make Say Think – Winter hymn country hymn
2004 65dos – The fall of math
Autolux – Future perfect / DFA 1979 – You’re a woman, I’m a machine / Futureheads – Futureheads / The Legends – Up against
the legends
2005 Stars – Set yourself on fire
Bloc Party – Silent alarm / Decemberists – Picaresque / The Radio Dept. – Pulling our weight / Soulwax – Nite Versions /
Superpitcher – Today / Thee More Shallows – More deep cuts
2006 The Knife - Silent shout
Ellen Allien & Apparat – Orchestra of Bubbles / Jesu - Silver
2007 LCD soundsystem – Sound of silver
Battles – Mirrored / Gui Boratto – Chromophobia
2008 err, I'll say Cut Copy - In ghost colours for now
Holy shit that took ages. I'll try to add explanations and comments when I find the time for it.
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1969 Beatles - Let It Be [Also bought on the day of release - and I still have the big photo book that came with it]
You mean the day of release in May 1970?
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Yeah - The concert on the rooftop was in Jan 1969. I used recording or release dates to suit.
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Were you there?
Because if you were there, I would give you a handjob right now, cause you are my new hero.
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Paul was everywhere. I heard he actually has a time machine and is planning on traveling back to record great lute-work of the 12th century.
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Sadly I wasn't there. :-( I was about 400 yards away being trained by the BBC (http://cassland.org/images/POAphotoArrow.jpg).
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Ah. Sorry, no handjobs allowed them.
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This is really tough. Most of what's happened is me finding albums and bands that I've meant to check out and never did. I've got this shortlist, but I'll need more time to cut it down and flesh it out.
As a side note I've been assembling a list of m favourite tracks of this year while I'm at it, I will be prepared for that one come year end at least.
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1999: Blur - 13
Wrong.
The fact that you were born in 1993 and have such Britpoppy music taste scares the shit out of me.
Except for the fact that the only Britpoppy track on the album was the out of place "Coffee & TV". Granted, I do enjoy Blur's britpop very much as well.
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1987- Merzbow- Ecobondage
1988- Merzbow- Storage
1989- Merzbow- Flesh Metal Orgasm
1990- Merzbow- Cloud Cock OO Grand
1991- Slint- Spiderland
1992- Merzbow- Hannover Interruption
1993- Merzbow- Metalvelodrome: Exposition of Electro-Vivisection
1994- Merzbow- Noisembryo: Psycho-Analytic Study Of Coital Noise Posture
1995- Merzbow- Magnesia Nova
1996- Merzbow- Electric Salad
1997- Merzbow- Hybrid Noisebloom
1998- Merzbow- Aqua Necromancer
1999- Merzbow- Blues Maggots
2000- Merzbow- Live at Radio 100
2001- Merzbow- Hard Lovin' Man
2002- Merzbow- Ikebukuro Dada
2003- Merzbow- Animal Magnetism
2004- Merzbow- Yoshinotsune
2005- Merzbow- Merzbuddha
2006- Merzbow- Metamorphism
2007- Merzbow- Coma Berenices
2008- Merzbow- Arijigoku
(http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=3973;type=avatar)
Why do you have to do this
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1999: Blur - 13
Wrong.
The fact that you were born in 1993 and have such Britpoppy music taste scares the shit out of me.
Except for the fact that the only Britpoppy track on the album was the out of place "Coffee & TV". Granted, I do enjoy Blur's britpop very much as well.
I got that from the inclusion of almost all their other albums. I'm majorly into Britpop myself as well, but I hated 13. Ironically, my favourite song is 'Coffee And TV,' mostly because it's Graham fronting it.
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Paul has conquered this thread like a nuclear bomb to hiroshima. We're basically all eight-armed guys who've been fused to the sidewalk at this point.
1991 - Miscellaneous T - They Might Be Giants
1992 - Automatic For The People - R.E.M
1993 - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We - The Cranberries
1994 - Portishead - Dummy
1995 - ...I Care Because You Do - Aphex Twin
1996 - Hot - Squirrel Nut Zippers
1997 - Either/Or - Elliott Smith
1998 - Aquemini - Outkast
1999 - The Gay Parade - of Montreal
2000 - Is This It - The Strokes
2001 - Discovery - Daft Punk
2002 - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
2003 - Bodysong - Jonny Greenwood
2004 - The Grey Album - DJ Dangermouse
2005 - Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
2006 - St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley
2007 - Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective of course
2008 - I don't even know
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Squirrel Nut Zippers? What a choice!
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Man, I don't even wanna know why everyone's 1996 listing isn't Silkworm- Firewater.
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Sorry, too busy listening to Horse Stories.
I don't get why thats not everyone's choice for '96.
(ps Firewater barely lost out on my list)
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Squirrel Nut Zippers? What a choice!
Well that album got some hardcore plays throughout my childhood, and is linked to a bunch of memories of those times. Also big band is so good.
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1983: Violent Femmes - s/t
Such wonderful, unique songcraft. Combating the age of overproduction with minimalist awesomeness.
1984: Replacements - Let It Be
From the brief window of time between when the Replacements learned to write songs and when they forgot how to have energy comes one of the greatest albums of all time.
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Beautiful songwriting, raspy voice.
1986: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The peak of post-Beatles Britpop as far as I'm concerned. Marginally depressed cleverness.
1987: Prince - Sign O The Times
Slightly overlong, but full of in my opinion his best work.
1988: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Like the Violent Femmes, another minimalist reprieve from the overproduced glossy synth-poppy 80s. But from more of a 'fun little punk' standpoint.
1989: The Cure - Disintegration
The best work from an unfairly pigeonholed rock band.
1990: Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Possibly the funnest album of all time
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
Iconic.
1992: REM - Automatic For The People
REM's last great album with some of the most memorable alternative rock songs ever written.
1993: Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
A release of pure modern feminine anger. With all the vocals just enough off key to really get the feeling across.
1994: Jeff Buckley - Grace
I honestly don't think this guy would have ever released a bad album if he didn't die.
1995: Pulp - Different Class
GO HOME YOU RICH SPOILED BITCH.
1996: Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Indie songwriters unmatched in their particular style.
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
Also iconic.
1998: Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
One of the greatest indie pop albums in my opinion.
1999: Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrgun
Hey, this is a really....good.... *snore*
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
I'm only including two Radiohead albums because I honestly think they wrote the best album two decades running.
2001: Bob Dylan - Love And Theft
Yeah, I'm old. Yeah, I mumble my lyrics incoherently. Got a problem?
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Another of the best indie pop albums ever, and also with the coolest indie story ever. "They wouldn't let us release it so we bought the master tapes and put it on our website for free".
2003: White Stripes - Elephant
Jack White in his pure balls out guitar riff period before he decided it was time to vary stuff up, write songs with Brendan Benson and swear he has a Lennon/McCartney relationship with him.
2004: Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
Jack White produced the album, insisting on taking every song in five or six takes, because that makes the song sound fresher. He was right, and this is perhaps the best country album since douchebags in cowboy hats ruined the genre.
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Beautiful folky songwriting. A bit overlong.
2006: The Knife - Silent Shout
Damn you Pitchfork! Now when I praise Silent Shout I sound like a mindless forkie! Die! Yes, it's the best album of the year, but that's why you were supposed to vote for random amplifier noise instead!
2007: LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
A great songcrafter striking gold about four or five times on one album.
2008 so far: Portishead - Third
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Are you kidding me? The Dark Side of the Moon, Houses of the Holy, and Quadrophenia all came out when I was born. I have to chose one and keep going? Too hard, quitting now.
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Fuck, I pretty much only listen to Silkworm now. I don't think I've ever felt so intensely about one band since... well, ever.
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1989 - Doolittle by Pixies
Hey and Gouge Away alone pretty much make this album of the year. Arguable their finest album, Pixies album was pretty darn brilliant. At it's best moments, it's rough, raw and cacophonous, brining it like few bands have before or since.
1990 - Goo by Sonic Youth
1991 - Spiderland by Slint
1992 - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin
One of the finest ambient albums ever released. It's one of the first pieces of ambient music I heard and was definitely pretty formative in getting me to explore the music I now love the most.
1993 - Ikcy Metal by Archers of Loaf
1994 - Grace by Jeff Buckley
A superb album, heartfelt and tremendous despite its minimalism
1995 - The Bends by Radiohead
1996 - Millions Now Living Will Never Die by Tortoise
A gorgeous, complex album that seriously demands multiple listens. Innovative and original, even today.
1997 - F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
This is almost impossible. Several of my all time favorites came out this year. I was incredibly tempted to pick The Lonesome Crowded West. I know OK computer and Young Team came out as well. For me, however, this is the most important album of the year. If I had to pick just one, this would be the album that got me interested in all this "post-rock" nonesense that I love so dearly these days. A mesmerizing album from start to finish and while the others are too, they didn't influence me as much as my choice (even if I probably like them a little more at times).
1998 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Just plain brilliant. Superb songwriting. One of my all time favorite albums.
1999 - Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros
Lush, alien, haunting and one-of-a-kind. This was very tough since From Bone to Satellite was also released this year but...I made an executive decision. AB has definitely had more of an impact on my life so it got the nod.
2000 - Kid A by Radiohead
This is a HARD year. The Moon and Antarctica, Melody of a Certain Three, How Strange Innocence, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven and a hell of a lot of others. Nothing tops the experimental bliss of Kid A, however.
2001 - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever by Explosions in the Sky
A sweeping, cinematic war story of an album. Powerful, soaring, epic.
2002 - You Forgot it in People by Broken Social Scene
This was almost impossible since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot came out this year too as did ( ). Somehow it felt more right to give the nod to BSS. All three albums are deserving of the top spot, however.
2003 - Happy Songs for Happy People by Mogwai
The first Mogwai album I ever heard, this is the reason why I like them and another of the formative albums that got me into the genre.
2004 - Funeral by Arcade Fire
One of the best "indie-rock" records ever written if you ask me. At turns intimate and deeply personal, the album still had truly bombastic moments and was brimming with wonderful lyrics and a mature angst that was masterfully done. A tough year as We Move Through Weather also came out this year.
2005 - Talk Amongst the Trees by Eluvium
Since The Campfire Headphase, Noumena (one of my all time favorite albums) and Takk... also came out this year. It was a tough choice but Eluvium, one of the best ambient artists out there, delivered something truly special with this ghostly triumph of an album
2006 - Live Edits: Natoma by Tarentel
2007 - And Their Refinement of the Decline by Stars of the Lid
Just plain brilliant. An important album by an important band that pushes sonic boundaries into new places with every (incredibly infrequent) release.
2008 - Not sure yet....
I think this is my list....although I'm not sure I believe all my choices are the best. But it'll have to do as I have homework galore!
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1978 - Greatest Hits (1974-1978) - Steve Miller Band It is sad how much I adore this album.
1979 - In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin I had no idea that this was actually released in my lifetime. I have never felt so old as I do right now.
1980 - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
1981 - BAD RELIGION - Bad Religion
1982 - Bobbie Sue – The Oak Ridge Boys I remember listening to Oak Ridge Boys records on the record player and singing along with my Dad. MAHHHH HEARRRRRTS ON FIRE, FOR ELVIRA! Boom chicka wow chicka boom chicka bow wow!
1983 - Colour by Numbers - Culture Club
1984 - She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
1985 - Telephone Free Landslide Victory - Camper Van Beethoven
1986 - True Blue - Madonna Oh Lord was I obsessed with Madonna at this age...
1987 - Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction Not their best album but my favorite JA song is on this one.
1988 - Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
1989 - Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
1990 - To The Extreme - Vanilla Ice Yes. I was one of those people.
1991 - Ten - Pearl Jam I remember seeing the video for Jeremy on MTV at my aunt's house (cause I didn't have cable at home) and I was immediately hooked. I wore this tape out, two times.
1992 - It's a Shame about Ray - The Lemonheads This is another album that I just love the hell out of. I can never get tired of it.
1993 - Bargainville - Moxy Früvous I didn't actually get into Moxy Früvous until a couple of years after this album came out, but this was the first CD of theirs that I purchased. I love these guys so much.
1994 - Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate
1995 - Wowee Zowee - Pavement They used to play Pavement on the independent radio station that I listened to in high school. I never knew the songs that I was hearing, and loving, were Pavement until years later.
1996 - Ænima - Tool A friend of mine was a huge Tool fan, and sent me all of their stuff on tape when this album came out. I remember seeing Tool videos a year or two prior to this and being scared.
1997 - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo Yet another album that I simply adore.
1998 - In/Casino/Out - At the Drive-In When this came out, people were telling me to buy it, that I would love it. I was dirt poor at the time so I ignored them, but once I actually got around to checking these guys out a few years later, I have to say I agreed with those people. I likes.
1999 - Something To Write Home About - The Get Up Kids
2000 - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia - The Dandy Warhols At the time, I was working at The Disney Store, and the Dandy Warhols were my manager's favorite band. I won some contest, and he bought this album for me. It isn't OH FUCKING SPECTACULAR like some of the others I have chosen, but it represents the time I spent working there.
2001 - Owls - Owls Need I say more?
2002 - Worship and Tribute - Glassjaw There has to be better stuff that came out this year, but I didn't see anything that struck my fancy on the Wikipedia page for this year...
2003 - Loses Control - Hey Mercedes So much goodness. I got into these guys mere months after they broke up, and I was devastated to learn that I would never get to see them live. I spent a buttload of cash to see their reunion show in Chicago for the Threadless Grand Opening Party last Sept. Worth every cent.
2004 - Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse I don't even know what else came out this year. I just remember being so very excited for the new Modest Mouse album. It came out April 6, 2004, two days after I got married. I had preordered it, and jubilantly greeted the mailman that afternoon. Wheee!
2005 - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness - Coheed and Cambria I know these guys aren't looked upon too kindly around these parts, but my ex introduced me to their music in early 2005. I didn't like them at first, as the lead singer sounded like a chick and I don't generally care for female vocalists, but they grew on me very quickly and now they're one of my favorite bands. If I ignore their latest album.
2006 - III: In the Eyes of Fire - Unearth This is another one of those years where something better must have come out but I didn't see it on Wikipedia and can't remember for the life of me what else came out this year.
2007 - Living With the Living - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists A lot of people don't like this album as much as their previous ones, and I tend to agree for the most part, but Bottle of Buckie is just such a fucking amazing song that I had to pick this for 2007.
2008 - Going to the Bone Church - Make Believe I am really bad at picking favorite albums. I can barely remember what came out last week, much less over the last few months. I just listen to stuff as it comes to mind, or pops up on my iTunes but I do remember liking this album a whole lot.
I tried to stick with albums that I own/owned, although not necessarily in the year that they came out. I didn't really double check to make sure that these albums came out in the years that I have them listed under - I used Wikipedia for the most part so I hope that they are all correct. If not, I'm sorry.
Edited for coding mistake.
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1989 - 1991 didn't listen to anything lol
1992 - Pat Metheny - Secret Story
1993 - :|
1994 - Portishead - Dummy
1995 - Radiohead - The Bends Hate to put this here knowing there'll be plenty of Radiohead later on my list, but there wasn't much else this year for me.
1996 - Newsboys - Take Me To Your Leader Top notch catchy pop, with a few classics.
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer Best album I've heard.
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea :/
1999 - Sigur Ros - Agætis Byrjun One of the most memorable albums I've heard, and one of the most gorgeous.
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A One of the best albums of the decade thus far.
2001 - Bjork - Vespertine Her best work.
2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Not many other choices.
2003 - Radiohead - Hail to the Theif A fucking awesome album, and the album that made me a RH fan. Absolution trails not far behind it.
2004 - The Arcade Fire - Funeral Can't go wrong with this in an otherwise blah year.
2005 - Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites This album narrowly beats Frances The Mute, Alligator, Illinois, and Z, which says a hell of a lot.
2006 - Mute Math - Mute Math If I could define my favorite genre of music, Mute Math would probably come the closest to fitting that definition. Great pop/rock, with lots of organic electronics, experimentation and glimpses of unexpected influences.
2007 - The National - Boxer My second favorite album ever, behind OKC.
2008 - Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness I don't listen to this album that much, and it's not perfect, but I still feel it's the most notable album of the year so far.
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2008: I haven't really bought anything from this year. Apparently because none of it has been by Boris.
(http://www.southernlord.com/images/promo/smile_cover.jpg)?
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Though you'd need to hit up eBay to find the Statement single.
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80's was a bit hard to do since I wasn't exactly conscious. So, i didn't have the ease of nostalgia.
1984: Husker Du - Zen Arcade
1985: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986: The Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
1987: Big Black - Songs About Fucking
1988: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989: The Cure - Disintegration
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1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
1991: Weezer - Pinkerton
1992: Tom Waits - Bone Machine
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang
1994: Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995: The Magnetic Fields - Get Lost
1996: Beck - Odelay
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - The Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999: Godspeed You Black Emperor - Slow Riot for Zere Kanada
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2000: Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
2001: Tool - Lateralus
2002: Beck - Sea Changes
2003: Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
2006: TV On the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
2007: Battles - Mirrored
2008: ?
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Hodges post wins guys.
1993- Cynic- Focus
1994- Merzbow- Venearology
1995- Suffocation- Pierced From Within
1996- Behemoth- Grom Cryptopsy- None So Vile Neurosis- Through Silver In Blood (turns out I love 1996?)
1997- Sleep- Jerusalem
1998- Boris- Amplifier Worship
1999- Sharks Keep Moving- Sharks Keep Moving
2000- Electric Wizard- Dopethrone
2001- Venetian Snares- 7 Sevens Med EP
2002- Venetian Snares- Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1997-2006
2003- Boris- Akuma No Uta
2004- Kindzadza- Waves From Outer Space
2005- Agoraphobic Nosebleed- Bestial Machinery
2006- Don Caballero- World Class Listening Problem
2007- Electric Wizard- Witchcult Today
2008- Conor Oberst- Conor Oberst (so far)
A pretty fun list, I think.
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2008 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazarus, Dig
2007 - Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
2006 - The Knife - Silent Shout
2005 - Boris - Pink
2004 - 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math
Thought of saying Arcade Fire - Funeral like everyone else, but I really like The Fall of Math better.
2003 - Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
2002 - Boris - Heavy Rocks
2001 - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
2000 - The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
1999 - Mogwai - Come On Die Young
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1997 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Boatman's Call
1996 - Dirty Three - Horse Stories
1995 - PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
1994 - Portishead - Dummy
1993 - Melvins - Houdini
Can we agree that 1993 was a pretty shitty year for popular music? I've gone through my collection and I've gone through everybody elses choices here for this year, and nothing gets me really excited. This was a serviceable album at least.
1992 - Sonic Youth - Dirty
Though PJ Harvey's Rid of Me would have been a fine pick too, which I listened more to back then.
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Absolutely hopeless to pick. Between MBV, Slint, my favorite Melvins album, Mr. Bungle's self titled... just to mention the first to come to mind.
1990 - Sonic Youth - Goo
Not a big fan of this year either.
1989 - Pixies - Dolittle
1988 - Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1987 - Pixies - Come On Pilgrim
I'm a little tired of answering Pixies to these questions...
1986 - Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1984 - The Smiths - The Smiths
1983 - Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1982 - Die Haut & Nick Cave - Burnin' the Ice
I'm sure there was something better released that year, but it's not in my music collection.
1981 - The Gun Club - Fire of Love
1980 - Joy Division - Closer
1979 - The Clash - London Calling
1978 - The Residents - Duck Stab
1977 - Television - Marquee Moon
1976 - The Runaways - The Runaways
1975 - Patti Smith - Horses
1974 - David Bowie - Diamond Dog
1973 - Gary Higgins - Red Hash
1972 - Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
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This guy, I like. Anyone with Dirty in their list is alright with me.
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2008: I haven't really bought anything from this year. Apparently because none of it has been by Boris.
=Smile=
=Statement single.=
Was Rainbow this year or last?
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I got my copy summer '07.
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1992: Automatic for the People- REM(I'm lazy, kay?
1993: August and Everything After- Counting Crows
1994: Monster- REM
1995: Greatest Hits- Bruce Springsteen
1996: Take Me to Your Leader- Newsboys(only record I listened to as a kid)
1997: Retrospective II- Rush
1998: Step Up to the Microphone- Newsboy(another record that I listened to as a kid)
1999: Running With Scissors- "Weird Al" Yankovic
2000: Myths, Legends, and Other Amazing Adventures- The Aquabats
Rest to be added later
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More to the point, anyone who has a Depeche Mode album for 1986, the year that Evol was released is smoking rock.
I freely admit that pick isn't very strong. It's just that EVOL isn't in my collection. Time to remedy, perhaps.
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Rest to be added later
I was just going to ask if you were a nine year old undead. A shame that I saw that last line.
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Put more thought into it, and added the one album per band condition.
1993: Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
1994: Beck - Mellow Gold
1995: Pulp - Different Class
1996: Weezer - Pinkerton
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
1999: Wilco - Summerteeth
2000: Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
2001: The Strokes - Is This It?
2002: Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
2004: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005: Kanye West - Late Registration
2006: TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
2007: LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2008: Los Campesinos! - Hold On There, Youngster...
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i didnt really start exploring music on my own until like...the 90s, so i'm just going to skip the whole 80s part.
my older cousin loved rap and since i was over at his place a lot and you know, it was the 90s, i listened to a lot of rap early on
'90 - ice cube - amerikkka's most wanted
'91 - de la soul - de la soul is dead
'92 - dr dre - the chronic
'93 - smashing pumpkins - siamese dream (started moving away from rap...i was getting kind of tired of it)
'94 - weezer - blue album
'95 - no doubt - tragic kingdom
'96 - jay-z - reasonable doubt (the return of rap in my life, just cos jay-z is the man)
'97 - (i wish here i could have put silkworm's developer here, but truthfully i didnt even hear them until '98s blueblood) radiohead - okay computer (still thankful someone had introduced me to this. probably expanded my musical tastes to where they are today. )
'98 - (i would put blueblood here but in '98 i was hooked on) neutral milk hotel - in the aerplane over the sea
'99 - flaming lips - the soft bulletin
2000 - at the drive in - relationship of command
2001 - the shins - oh, inverted world (i listen to high falsetto voices and never turn back)
2002 - (this is my biggest year for me. i cannot list just one because i discovered) wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot, silkworm - italian platinum, interpol - turn on the bright lights, flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots, libertines - up the bracket, bss - you forgot it in people, decemberists - castaways and cutouts <--seriously wtf was up with 2002? has there been a better year for music since?
2003 - my mind is still recovering from the mindfuck known as 2002. it craves something different and found it with the blood brothers - burn,
piano island, burn
2004- stars - set yourself on fire (arcade fire's funeral was also a strong contender)
2005- kanye west - late registration (sickest song of the year - diamonds from sierra leone, ft jay-z)
2006- m.ward - post-war
2007- bottomless pit - hammer of the gods
2008- islands - arm's way
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Rest to be added later
I was just going to ask if you were a nine year old undead. A shame that I saw that last line.
I was actually considering leaving that out to just leave it to your imagination.
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My list wound up being more lame than I originally expected
1987: David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
JAMC's Darklands and New Order's Substance close behind, but I've always enjoyed this more as an album
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Just started getting into Sonic Youth, and while it gets a little boring towards the end, there's enough perfect moments to make this my favorite for 1988
1989: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Few albums can fill me with a warm, fuzzy feeling like this one does.
1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
Ride's Nowhere was a close second, but I love this album's atmosphere, and the singles are incredible. Who cares if it's synthpop. It's damn good synthpop.
1991: U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 hasn't released a decent album since this one, and this one has an energy and creativity that was lacking from their strident 80s output. It also manages to incorporate a little bit of everything that was going in British alternative at the time.
1992: Catherine Wheel - Ferment
A minor shoegaze classic that's worth it for "Black Metallic" and "I Want to Touch You". Lush's Spooky pretty much ties with it.
1993: Suede - Suede
Melodramatic and catchy. Plus "The Drowners" was awesome.
1994: The Future Sound of London - Lifeforms
I was debating between this and Superunknown, but this one I enjoy much more as an album.
1995: Pulp - Different Class
The best thing to come out of Britpop. Jarvis Cocker is my hero.
1996: Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Sure, everyone loves The Holy Bible, and I do too, but the more anthemic tunes on this one take it over the top for me
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
No explanation required
1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Again, I shouldn't have to justify this one
1999: Hybrid - Wide Angle
I don't care how awesome The Soft Bulletin was. "Finished Symphony" beats anything else that came out in 1999
2000: The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Somewhat of a lean year for me, but that doesn't diminish that this is a great album to relax to. It's like summer in album form.
2001: Tool - Lateralus
Not much into prog rock and prog metal anymore, but the sentimental value wins out.
2002: Ozma - Doubble Donkey Disc
Wins by virtue of having nothing else particularly noteworthy for this year in my collection yet.
2003: Killing Joke - Killing Joke [2003]
Killing Joke's return from their longest hiatus resulted in one of the most intense albums of their career.
They had been around for close to 25 years when this came out, and they rocked the fuck out.
2004: Arcade Fire - Funeral
Obvious I know, but I love it
2005: LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
"Losing My Edge" is still one of my favorite songs
2006: Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Asobi Seksu had a competent first album, and they really stepped up their game here. Proof shoegaze may live again.
2007: Justice - † or Blonde Redhead - 23
Loud electronic dance, or Blonde Redhead going the Asobi Seksu route. Such a tough decision
2008: Portishead - Third, but I still haven't listened to everything that's come out this year that I want to listen to.
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1992
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1993
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1994 (can't think of anything better...)
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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Oh man, 'YS' is a pretty good choice. The more I think about it, the more I think 2000 and 2002 are pretty much impossible years to pick a favorite.
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1990 - Goo - Sonic Youth
Glad I was barely alive for this year, not too great so I may as well throw Sonic Youth on the list. They've earned it though other releases.
1991 - Love's Secret Domain - Coil
A masterpiece of the industrial genre, my favorite release by Coil, and probably my favorite "experimental" album.
1992 - Smeared - Sloan
Sloan pretend to be Sonic youth. Adorable.
1993 - Where You Been? - Dinosaur Jr.
Another mediocre year to be shared with 1990 and Sonic Youth. I liked "Out There" enough, though. The rest is a pretty good alternative album.
1994 - The Sea and Cake - The Sea and Cake
It's always a shame when a band gets it so right the first time, any evolution of the band can only be a step back. I cannot think of a bad thing to say about this album.
1995 - Post - Bjork
Bjork's best, kind of a mix of rock and electronica, shows what was right with the incorporation of electronic sounds in pop music in the 1990s.
1996 - Tigermilk - Belle and Sebastian
While this was released the same year as the also stellar (and perhaps more important) If You're Feeling Sinister, I think this early release did a better job at capturing what Belle and Sebastian were about in the earlier days.
1997 - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo's best work, honorable mention to Daft Punk for Homework
1998 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
What more do I have to say? Jeff Magnum's Magnum Opus (no pun intended), perfectly assembled from front to back.
1999 - Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
I just sort of like this album, nothing really special about it other than I think it is Sigur Ros at their best.
2000 - Mass Romantic - The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers are a good band. This is a great pop album, full of good songs.
2001 - Things We Lost in the Fire - Low
The top of the "Old Low" saga, beautiful sounds.
2002 - Italian Platnum - Silkworm
I should star the albums that I listened to on recommendation from Tommy, as there is nothing to be said about them that he has not. I actually like this SKWM release more than a lot of the other stuff, it feels more honest or whatever. Maybe it's just how "LR72" seems to be written for Mike three years before his death, but it's a good record to which you all should pay a listen.
2003 - Reconstruction Site - The Weakerthans
Well assembled, witty and sad at the same time.
2004 - Together We're Heavy - The Polyphonic Spree
This was the soundtrack to my life for about a year. It is the album that made me feel good to be alive, sort of a celebration of life, Tim DeLaughter at his happiest, which lends itself very well to the group.
2005 - Woman King - Iron and Wine
The first album I ever bought with my own money (on recommendation of the forum). Sort of a personal significance thing largely, but a solid EP containing my favorite Iron and Wine tracks.
2006 - He Poos Clouds - Final Fantasy
Owen Pallett is sort of the anti-Tim DeLaughter. At his best when sad, this album is positively mopetastic.
2007 - This Fool Can Die Now - Scout Niblett
Las year was a hard choice for me, but I think that this is the album that I listen to the most going to today, it balances Scout Niblett's minimal songwriting and fleshes out her style so well. Not to mention that the two tracks that she does with Will Oldham are just spectacular.
2008 - Lie Down in the Light - Bonnie "Prince" Billy (so far)
There's still more to be had this year *crosses fingers for the quality of Heartland*, but I'd call it his best since I See A Darkness.
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1987 - Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Only album I own from that year listed on wikipedia.
1988 - Danzig - Danzig
MOTHEEEER
1989 - Bob Dylan/Grateful Dead - Dylan and the Dead
I got this album for $2 in a used cd shop. Was worth it.
1990 - Primus - Frizzle Fry
This one was hard, I was choosing between this, Phish's Lawnboy and "Simpsons sing the blues"
1991 - Primus - Sailing the Sea's of Cheese
Primus were a really huge part of my life, they lead me out of punk.
1992 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Another album which assisted in my leaving punk. And also the album I used to play along to on bass.
1993 - The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
It was this or more primus
1994 - Blink 182 - Chesire Cat
I don't own this, but I had a friend who only ever played blink.
1995 - Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
These guys were the best.
1996 - Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
I only really got into them last year. But i love them.
1997 - Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever, Amen.
This was such a good year. gy!be, mogwai, phish, primus, all had great albums. But i listen to this one the most.
Also my favourite ben folds album.
1998 Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Left of Cool
The band and album that convinced me to pick up the banjo(im not very good)
1999 - Mogwai - Come On Die Young
I only own three Mogwai albums. This is one of them. cody is one of my favourite songs.
2000 - gy!be - lift your skinny fists like antennas to the heaven
This album is great. The first time I heard this band, was in a lecture at uni where the lecturer completely darkened the room and all you could see was this video of silhouettes against some kind of projected background and this intense and moving music over top.
Some contenders for this year: Bomfunk mcs - in stereo, Flecktones - Outbound, Phish - Farmhouse
2001 - The Colonel Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade - Live Frogs set 1 & 2
I assume these were recorded on the same night, from both the names, and that at the end of 1 you hear claypool say "we will return, with more pink floyd than any human should withstand" or soemthing like that. This album introduced me to the guitar genius of Eenor.
2002 - Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
ALL THE DUCKS ARE SWIMMING IN THE WATER FAL-DO-RAL-DO-RAL-DO FAL-DO-RAL-DO-RAL-DO
2003 - Primus - Animals Should Not Try To Act Like People
Sure it was mostly a dvd, but the cd which had the old drummer back was good. Kind of strange for a Primus album though, it was like they'd discovered delay pedals. Had some great stuff like Rapscallion.
2004 - Sarah Blasko - The Overture and Underscore
It hurts my brain to try comprehend how much I love her.
*at this point i got distracted for about an hour discussing my love of sarah blasko with a friend whilst listening*
2005 - Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
mmm more banjo.
2006 - Sarah Blasko - What the Sea Wants, the Sea will Have
I'm serious, I have written love songs for this woman.
2007 - Whitley - The Submarine
If I was female, i would probably love this guy as much as i love ms blasko.
2008 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes.
Enough said.
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1992:"Slanted and Enchanted" by Pavement - Too many people use this one
1993: "Icky Mettle" by Archers of Loaf
1994: "Weezer (the Blue Album)" Weezer
1995: "You'd Prefer An Astronaut" by Hum
1996: "Firewater" by Silkworm - Other choices include both Belle & Sebastian releases, but Silkworm won, easily
1997: "Perfect From Now On" by Built to Spill
1998: "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: "Soft Bulletin" by The Flaming Lips
2000: "The Moon and Antarctica" by Modest Mouse
2001: "Discovery" by Daft Punk
2002: "You Forgot it in People" by Broken Social Scene
2003: "Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone" by The Unicorns
2004: "The Funeral" by Arcade Fire
2005: "Apologies to the Queen Mary" by Wolf Parade
2006: "Ashes Against the Grain" by Agalloch
2007: "Hammer of Gods" by Bottomless Pit
2008: "The Stand-Ins" by Okkervil River
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1990: Van Morrison - The Best of Van Morrison
1991: Slint - Spiderland
1992: Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
1993: The Whitlams - Introducing the Whitlams
1994: Green Day - Dookie
1995: Pulp - Different Class
1996: Beck - Odelay
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: The Living End - The Living End
1999: The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2000: Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence
2001: Owls - Owls
2002: The Vines - Highly Evolved
2003: Beach Boys - Sounds of Summer
2004: Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
2005: Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
2006: Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional (it's a re-release, but I'm cheating becasue this really, really deserves to be here)
2007: The Panics - Cruel Guards
2008: Lets just see
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First off, this was freakin' impossible. I need at least five albums per year! Oh well. I could have spent more time on this, but here's what I came up with.
[1986] Keith Jarrett Trio - Standards Live
[1987] U2 - Joshua Tree
[1988] R.E.M. - Green
[1989] Beastie Boys - Paul's Botique
[1990] A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
[1991] Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
[1992] Boredoms - Pop Tatari
[1993] PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
[1994] Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
[1995] Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
[1996] Texas is the Reason - Do You Know Who You Are?
[1997] Elliott Smith - Either/Or
[1998] Braid - Frame and Canvas
[1999] Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers
[2000] Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step
[2001] Ted Leo + Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
[2002] Scott Colley - Initial Wisdom
[2003] The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
[2004] The Faint - Wet from Birth
[2005] Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up
[2006] David Binney - Cities and Desire
[2007] Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
[2008] Boris - Smile [Japanese version]
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This thread was so awesome I had to create an account and share my picks ^_^
This is a slightly revisionist list -- almost everything before 1990 was added after-the-fact.
1981, 1996, and 2004 were really tough years for me to choose. So many good albums!
1979
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/PinkfloydThewallcover.jpg)(http://www.thelyricarchive.com/img/pic/1-500/32/album-415)
1980
(http://www.music-lyrics-chord.com/cover/The_Blues_Brothers_Made_in_America.jpg)
1981
(http://store.acousticsounds.com/images/as201JPG/ASON-14853.jpg)(http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd500/d520/d5209738h49.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9c/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_2.jpg/200px-My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_2.jpg)
1982
(http://covers.mp3sparks.com/covers/384-instrumental/philip_glass/1993_-_glassworks/cover.jpg)(http://www.geocities.co.jp/MusicStar-Bass/9663/srvlivem.jpeg)
1983
(http://media.virginmega.fr/Covers/Large/VIR/3259119817628.jpg)
1984
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Stop_Making_Sense_-_Talking_Heads.jpg/200px-Stop_Making_Sense_-_Talking_Heads.jpg)
1985
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ab/Space_harrier_arcade.PNG)
1986
(http://cover.universal-music.de/jazz/graphics/200/822/00042283500822.jpg)
1987
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/24/Live_On_The_Double_Planet.jpg)
1988
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Metallica_and_justice_for_all_a.jpg/200px-Metallica_and_justice_for_all_a.jpg)
1989
(http://www.wesleyclassics.com.au/library/images/DIFF%20TRAINS.jpg)(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/95/200px-Nin-pretty_hate_machine.jpg)
1990
(http://img.mp3sugar.com/album/cover7_5.jpg)
1991
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5e/RHCP-BSSM.jpg/200px-RHCP-BSSM.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/NirvanaNevermindalbumcover.jpg/200px-NirvanaNevermindalbumcover.jpg)
1992
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Eric_Clapton_Unplugged.jpg/200px-Eric_Clapton_Unplugged.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/RageAgainsttheMachineRageAgainsttheMachine.jpg/200px-RageAgainsttheMachineRageAgainsttheMachine.jpg)
1993
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Roots_Organix.jpg/200px-Roots_Organix.jpg)
1994
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Special_sweetheart.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Rubyvroom.jpg/200px-Rubyvroom.jpg)
1995
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/Newmoondau.jpg)(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41BECEWEDWL._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
1996
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/Endtroducingcover.jpg/200px-Endtroducingcover.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Rachel%27s-TheSeaandtheBells.jpg/200px-Rachel%27s-TheSeaandtheBells.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Gybeinfinity.jpg/200px-Gybeinfinity.jpg)
1997
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Richard_d_james_album_cover.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg/200px-Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg[)
1998
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e9/Musichastherighttochildren.jpg/200px-Musichastherighttochildren.jpg)
1999
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Rachel%27s-Selenography.jpg/200px-Rachel%27s-Selenography.jpg)(http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/amg_covers/200/drd300/d380/d380030kwq0.jpg)
2000
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d3/Liftyrskinnyfists.jpg/200px-Liftyrskinnyfists.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Radiohead.kida.albumart.jpg/200px-Radiohead.kida.albumart.jpg[)
2001
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Odelay.jpg/200px-Odelay.jpg)
2002
(http://www.mymusic.co.kr/images/album/pp/PP11300.gif)
2003
(http://cfs7.tistory.com/image/22/tistory/2008/05/15/05/05/482b45f22f9be)
2004
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Faithless_No_Roots.jpg/200px-Faithless_No_Roots.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Ghost_in_the_Shell_Stand_Alone_Complex_O.S.T..jpg/200px-Ghost_in_the_Shell_Stand_Alone_Complex_O.S.T..jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8d/AmonTobinSplinterCell.jpg/200px-AmonTobinSplinterCell.jpg)
2005
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2006
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0d/Post_war.jpg/200px-Post_war.jpg)
2007
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/Battlesmirrored.png/200px-Battlesmirrored.png)
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1979
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Replicas.jpg/200px-Replicas.jpg)
1980
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/TalkingHeadsRemaininLight.jpg/200px-TalkingHeadsRemaininLight.jpg)
1981
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Soft_cell_album_art.jpg)
1982
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/08/BruceSpringsteenNebraska.jpg)
1983
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/TomWaitsSwordfishtrombones.jpg)
1984
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dc/Coilscatology.jpg/200px-Coilscatology.jpg)
1985
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Foetus_Nail.jpg)
1986
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/Metallica_-_Master_of_Puppets.jpg/200px-Metallica_-_Master_of_Puppets.jpg)
1987
(http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8076/msc4msssgm2.jpg)
1988
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/PublicEnemyItTakesaNationofMillionstoHoldUsBack.jpg)
Really tough time choosing between this and Daydream Nation. I went with the album I've had longer.
1989
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1990
(http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/amg_covers/200/drc600/c642/c642890plbo.jpg)
Yes it's a compilation but it still blows away everything else released in 1990.
1991
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a6/MyBloodyValentineLoveless.jpg/200px-MyBloodyValentineLoveless.jpg)
1992
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Faithnomoreangeldust.jpg/200px-Faithnomoreangeldust.jpg)
1993
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Underworld.dubnobasswithmyheadman.jpg/200px-Underworld.dubnobasswithmyheadman.jpg)
1994
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Nin-the_downward_spiral800.jpg/200px-Nin-the_downward_spiral800.jpg)
1995
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fd/To_Bring_You_My_Love.jpg/200px-To_Bring_You_My_Love.jpg)
1996
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Richard_d_james_album_cover.jpg)
1997
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a1/Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg/200px-Radiohead.okcomputer.albumart.jpg)
1998
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/Superae.JPG/200px-Superae.JPG)
1999
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2000
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/13/Thirteentalescover.jpg/200px-Thirteentalescover.jpg)
I honestly listen to this a hell of a lot more than Kid A, Lift Yr. Skinny Fists..., Stankonia, or any other album that came out this year
2001
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2002
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/McluskyDoDallas.jpg/200px-McluskyDoDallas.jpg)
2003
(http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/amg_covers/200/drf900/f990/f99041l1y2q.jpg)
2004
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I originally had this as my '05 album, but there was a limited vinyl edition a few months before than the CD, making this an '04 release...
2005
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/Witching_Hour.jpg/200px-Witching_Hour.jpg)
...which is good, because I like this record better than what I first chose for '04.
2006
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2007
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/El-p-sleep.jpg/200px-El-p-sleep.jpg)
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Oh dayum. As a first post, this sounds like a good time.
Notice: I am sixteen years old. So, prepare for only sixteen albums listed. But I consider my tastes pretty damn well-played for my age.
And lastly; I have a very wide range of music. It'll be fun. :mrgreen:
1992
Sublime - 40 oz To Freedom
Just a solid album, i've always loved these guys, Date Rape is a really well-made song, and a lot of fun to listen to when you're with some friends.
1993
Tool - Undertow
Always a huge tool fan, Undertow is a really good album. Of course it's got Sober, but Swamp Song, Prison sex.. they're all great to me. Also, this was a close one with Radiohead - Pablo Honey. But, what can ya do.
1994
Alice Cooper - Last Temptation
Do I need a summary? it's alice cooper. I missed his most recent concert; which was IN MY TOWN. Very pissed. But oh well.
1995
Radiohead - The Bends
This album can hit hard; Fake Plastic Trees really, really does it for me. Always a great band, great album, etc.
1996
Modest Mouse - This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about
I've always been huge on modest mouse, really just a good, different sound pleasing to my brain. Rage against the machine's Evil Empire was close.
1997
Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
My older brother always listened to Blink 182, when I was little; so these guys mean something to me. Travis Barker started my drumming life too; got me interested. They're not the greatest, but always a good memory.
1998
Slightly Stoopid - Slightly Stoopid
Here's the reggae/dub, always great to chill to, great skate music.. and all that.
1999
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
I love the song Maria, for reasons unknown to even myself. Rage is always a great thing.
2000
Dropkick Murpyhs - Singles Collection
This is kind of cheating, as it's just a compilation of good songs that happened to be released during this year, but I didn't have much 2000's albums that I hadn't already used the band in this list. Dropkick Murphys are amazing, though. Irish fighting music, yes please.
2001
Electric Light Orchestra - Zoom
A bunch of old guys that keep on keepin' on, with some real smooth sounds. This album is real solid.
2002
Coheed + Cambria - Second Stage Turbine
Sorry, I just fucking love these guys. All their stuff is so solid. I'd put down all their albums, but I don't wanna push my luck here.
2003
Animosity - Shut it Down
Pure god damn METUHLZ
2004
Andy Mckee - Dreamcatcher
This man is -amazing-. I've never seen anyone play such guitar before, and it is so unbelievably delightful to my ears. Please, buy his stuff. I recommend all of his work, it doesn't matter what music you're into.
2005
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
I was sittin' waitin' wishin.. Only good radio single I can actually listen to. This whole album is great to relax to, or whatever you think is chill enough for him.
2006
Arsis - United in Regret
I didn't have too many new albums, but this album is amazing if you like metal. Arsis, in a brief summary : A sweet two-man metal band with some of the most solid double-bass drumming I've heard.
2007
Bedouin Soundclash - Street Gosels
THE CLASH! YEAH! Anyone who likes any type of relaxing reggae, or some upbeat tunes with really good bass melodies, this album, and their others, are superb.
2008 - This one was tough! I only have a few 2008 albums!
Jason Mraz - We sing, we dance, we steal things.
Great voice, great guitar. Lucky and I'm Yours never gets tiring. Really good artist all around. Has a lot of artists featured in his songs, so it's hard to get tired of his sound.
FINITO
I'm sorry if some of the years aren't accurate.. but they really should be. I hope!
And i'm hope you guys got some nice ideas for some new music here, maybe not, but it was fun writing. A good 20-30 minutes wasted. :)
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1992
Selected Ambient Works 85-92- Aphex Twin
1993
Today's Active Lifestyles- Polvo
1994
Gore Motel- Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
1995
Tri Repetae- Autechre
1996
Endtroducing....- DJ Shadow
1997
F♯A♯∞- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
1998
Music Has the Right To Children- Boards Of Canada
1999
The Fragile- Nine Inch Nails
2000
Rated R- Queens Of The Stone Age
2001
October's Larynx- Daniel Menche
2002
Hold Your Horse Is- Hella
2003
Happy Songs for Happy People- Mogwai
2004
You're A Woman, I'm A Machine- Death From Above 1979
2005
Guero- Beck
2006
Altar- Sunn O))) & Boris
2007
The Destruction of Small Ideas- 65daysofstatic
2008
Board Up The House- Genghis Tron
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1997
Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
My older brother always listened to Blink 182, when I was little; so these guys mean something to me. Travis Barker started my drumming life too; got me interested. They're not the greatest, but always a good memory.
Not that he played on that album...
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I think he was still an Aquabat at that point.
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Yup. Scott Raynor played on Dude Ranch and was subsequently sacked by the band due to alcoholism or left to go back to college. I'm relatively certain it was the former, particularly listening to 'Man Overboard.' Travis's first record with them was Enema Of The State which if I remember right was my AOTY for 1999 in this pertikuler thread.
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Hrm. This is gonna be a pretty big mix of music.
1989: No Control - Bad Religion
Personally I thought this was a great punk rock album, so I must put this in.
1990: Ah Via Musicom - Eric Johnson
By far one of my favorite instrumental albums/artist. I have been listening to this since I was four.
1991: Spiderland - Slint
Such a hard pick, between Nirvana's Nevermind, Primus' Sailing The Seas of Cheese, and RHCP's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, all of which I noticed were mentioned as well. Slint's album though is definitely outstanding though, so by a small margin, it goes to them.
1992: Unplugged - Eric Clapton
Another hard year, seeing as it was contending with Sublime's debut 40oz. to Freedom, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, and Pavement's debut LP Slanted and Enchanted. However, since I was raised on this album and that I have performed many songs from this live, Unplugged is the winner.
1993: August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Props to Danimosity for choosing Tool's Undertow, but I personally found August and Everything After to be a much rounded album.
1994: Whomever I list below.
Very good year. It would have to be between Weezer's Blue Album, Green Day's Dookie, The Blues Traveler's Four, Sunny Day Real Estate's Diary, Built to Spill's There's Nothing Wrong with Love, and blink-182's Cheshire Cat.
1995: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
Enough said. Radiohead's The Bends and Tupac's Me Against The World are close, but Oasis takes it. Also, Smashing Pumpkin's Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness slides in there.
1996: Secaucus - The Wrens
Easy pick, because I am from Secaucus. Great contenders though, with Sublime's Sublime, Tool's Aenima, Anti-Flag's Die For Your Government, and Dave Matthew's Crash.
1997: The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Hardest year thus far. Largest list of contenders too: Green Day's Nimrod, Third Eye Blind's self-titled, Radiohead's OK Computer, blink's Dude Ranch, and The Aquabats!' The Fury of the Aquabats!
1998: Dizzy Up The Girl - Goo Goo Dolls
Slightly biased because I love John Rzeznik's writing style. Only thing that would beat it would be In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, but System of A Down's self-titled, Fastball's All The Pain Money Can Buy, Offspring's Americana, and Catch 22's Keasbey Nights are close ones as well.
1999: Ágætis byrjun - Sigur Ros
What a year for music. I am just going to pick this just because I can not decide which one. This was one of Sigur Ros' better album though.
2000: Mass Romantic - New Pornographers
Aside from Queens of the Stone Age, Fuel, and Matchbox Twenty, nothing else seems good. Maybe Shaggy if he wasn't a sellout. Forgot to note Linkin Park's debut, Hybrid Theory, which was probably their only well-written album.
2001: Discovery - Daft Punk
This is my first House album ever and I think my 10th self-purchased album (parents bought the occasional album for me), and along with the whole Techno/Trance scene as well, this was a great start, plus so well rounded. This year was full of good ones though with Hoobastank's self-titled, Death Cab For Cutie's The Photo Album, The Strokes' Is This It, blink's Take Off Your... and JEW's Bleed American. I could probably note others, but these were pretty significant in my eyes, maybe Sum 41's AKNF.
2002: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
By the smallest possible margin this beat Interpol's Turn on the Bright Lights, but I would still put Interpol's as a top. TV On The Radio's OK Calculator is great, Coldplay's A Rush of Blood... is amazing, and Sum 41's Does This Look Infected? is a classic. Yoshimi though is well rounded in my opinion.
2003: Transatlanticism - Death Cab For Cutie
My first venture in to the indie rock world started with "Title and Registration", plus with such a strong songlist this goes for number one. Noteworthy however are: Thursday's War All The Time, Thrice's Artist in the Ambulance, Armor For Sleep's Dream To Make Believe, and Copeland's Beneath Medicine Tree. Strong year for post-hardcore bands, especially the debut for Silverstein and I believe Story of the Year.
2004: Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
Even though I do not have many songs from this album, I consider it the best. Good runner ups are great though, which include: Kings of Convenience's Riot On An Empty Street, Franz Ferdinand's self-titled, Arcade Fire's Funeral, Tiesto's Just Be and maybe Kanye's College Dropout.
2005: Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein
Some people must be like, wtf, but this was introduced to me roughly after the release date and since then, I have repped this band the most, followed by Death Cab and Goo Goo Dolls, but there is obviously challengers like Andy McKee's Art of Motion and PATD's debut album, Death Cab For Cutie's Plans, which is probably only seperated from being first by the fact that I love Silverstein, Minus The Bear's Menos el Oso, Armor For Sleep's What To Do..., Spoon's Gimme Fiction, and Sufjan Steven's Illinois.
2006: Continuum - John Mayer
John Mayer's Continuum is strictly one of my favorite albums written from him and has led to a huge influence on my playing style. I love the album in every possible way and it is so well written. However, there are so many good contenders such as: TV On The Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain, Muse's Black Holes and Revelations, Alesana's On Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax (I love greek mythology so this won me over pretty easily), Band of Horses' Everything All The Time, The Scene Aesthetic's Building Homes From What We've Known, and others.
2007: None.
There was many good CD's in 2007 but I did not feel ANY of them stood out, so my vote for 2007 is null and void until I come across a good album from a new artist to me.
I am not going to put 2008 up because I have yet to listen to TV On The Radio's new album, but Ne-Yo's CD is strangely good, Nas' Untitled is great, Okkervil River's The Stand-Ins is great, and Coldplay's Viva la Vida was exceptional, so I will not add a 2008 selection.
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1991: Spiderland - Slint
Hahaha. You just won the forum.
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1991: Spiderland - Slint
Hahaha. You just won the forum.
Why did I just win the forum? If it is because everyone likes this CD, then I didn't win the forum, I found the best forum.
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That is the right answer.
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Actually, I personally have never even heard it. But that album is a meme on here.
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1988 Bad Religion - "Suffer"
Just a brilliant example of how a melodic punk album ought to be- fast, short and to the point, catchy, and intelligent.
1989 Faith No More - "The Real Thing"
Although I actually prefer "Angel Dust," this one tends to put me in a better mood, and has some of the greatest vocal melodies of any rock record in the last 20 years - I LOVE singing along to this.
1990 Megadeth - "Rust In Peace"
Every riff and solo on this album combines amazing use of technical rhythms and perfect harmonizing, and is proof enough in my eyes that Megadeth >>> Metallica. One of those albums you can actually sing the guitar parts...
1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Combines the funkier elements of their sound with the more radio-friendly sound that's defined them since. As a sort of sending-off treat before I went to uni, I went to see these guys live with my parents and brother, and we were all just singing along to every word (they even played "I Could Have Lied" and relied heavily on this album at that particular gig). Just brings back nice memories of having a great time with my family I guess.
1992 Bon Jovi - "Keep the Faith"
The trinity of bands/artists that held a permenant residence in the tape deck of my parents' car when I was kid, consisted of a Drifters collection (which would totally be in this list if I were 30 years older), a Belinda Carlisle collection, and this. I like to think that collectively, they shaped my music upbringing and gave me the keen ear for a pop melody that I still have today.
1993 Carcass - "Heartwork"
See the note under "Rust in Peace" and remove the Metallica reference - totally applies to this album, and it was my gateway into the heavier, more abrasive side of metal.
1994 Jeff Buckley - "Grace"
I was going to put Therapy?'s "Troublegum" for this year, but as great as it is, nothing can truly top the almost magical trance-like state that Buckley's music induces in me. This record brings back memories of my ex before things went downhill, and also soundtracked my whole first year of uni.
1995 Jawbreaker - "Dear You"
Again, a tough call, and as I type this, I'm seriously tempted to change this to Rocket From the Crypt's "Scream Dracula Scream," but although that particular record gets a lot more listenage, "Dear You" is almost like a therapy album for me, a thoroughly emotional album which, while not necessarily cheering me up, always gives me time to think when I'm having a bad time.
1996 The Wildhearts - "Fishing for Luckies"
The Wildhearts are everything I expected to hear when Guns N Roses were first described to me - drug-fuelled, energetic, heavy rock, with a punk edge. Needless to say, where GNR were a massive dissappointment to me (I generally CAN'T STAND their music) The Wildhearts were a huge treat, taking the aforementioned musical characteristics and adding massive pop melodies (along with some mad ideas for songs - a 10minute riff-fuelled epic about alien landings called "Sky Babies"? Yes fucking please!). Ginger still remains one of my favourite ever songwriters, and his solo albums only very narrowly missed out on being on this list.
1997 Bill Hicks - "Rant in E Minor"
Not music, but it wasn't specified that these all had to be MUSIC albums... Seriously, this guy was the nearest we'll ever have to a prophet, and he was taken from us way before his time. Imagine the ire and fury he'd be spitting out at todays politicians...
1998 Strung Out - "Twisted By Design"
The single greatest collision of melodic metal and skatepunk ever to grace my ears, and my favourite album of all time. The lyrics especially are something I can always connect with, to the point that I'm even going to get some of them tattooed. (Special mentions for this year also include "Frame and Canvas" by Braid, although having recently discovered it, I feel I can't really justify putting it above TBD, and also "Americana" by The Offspring, as it was the album that introduced me to rock music in general).
1999 Mr. Bungle - "California"
Like stepping into a chilled out yet strangely sinister parallel dimension. It's rare to come across a record with such a defined and individual character.
2000 Idlewild - "100 Broken Windows"
A bit of indie-rock, a bit of punk, a bit of sounding like a less hippy-and-annoying R.E.M. with balls. Also helps that at least half of the melodies on here have that lift-the-hairs-on-the-back-of-your-neck quality.
2001 Alkaline Trio - "From Here to Infirmary"
Back when I was first getting into less mainstream rock/punk, this was about the first album to really click with me, and to which I could really relate. Easily the Trio's most solid release, in my humble opinion.
2002 Hot Water Music - "Caution"
The way Chuck and Chris interweave both their vocal lines AND guitar parts, harmonize, and provide counter melodies is just spellbinding. And the vaguely jazzy rhythm section kinda sets them apart. A lot of HWM fans prefer their earlier, more hardcore-influenced material, but I feel this is where they really reached their peak in terms of songwriting. I should add that this only very narrowly beat Thrice's "The Illusion of Safety," possibly the closest call of this whole list.
2003 Less Than Jake - "Anthem"
Yes it might be their poppiest album, and yes that may have been something to do with their return to a major label, but those points aside, this is their most fully realised albums, with their most hard-hitting and emotional lyrics, and a lot more variation in styles than you'd expect from an LTJ album. Always puts me in a good mood when I hear this, and another amazing album for singing along to.
2004 Howards Alias - "The Answer Is Never"
I didn't think it was possible for what is essentially a ska-punk band to play such a strange and intricate mixture of emo (in the original 90s sense), ska, punk, and prog-rock, but these guys pulled it off. Amazingly atmospheric at times, and sometimes just full on energetic, with some of the most endearingly heart-on-sleeve lyrics I've ever heard. Imagine a less poppy (and slightly less reggae-obsessed) RX Bandits. An amazing album, with the bonus of some amazing accompanying artwork too.
2005 He Is Legend - "I Am Hollywood"
A bit rock, a bit pop, a bit metalcore, but somehow totally different to anything else I've heard. And those dark-side-of-a-fairytale lyrics give the whole record a creepy atmosphere all it's own.
2006 Amusement Parks on Fire - "Out of the Angeles"
Listening to this album is like climbing into a womb, the way the sound just washes over you like warm fluid. The title track, which I heard on a magazine sampler, was pretty much the soundtrack to my last summer before going to uni (and brings back a lot of mixed memories, some great, some really bad, but I wouldn't change any of them), and having recently picked up the album, I was glad to find that the rest of it definitely matches up to the promise of that title-track.
2007 A Wilhelm Scream - "Career Suicide"
Like someone took the Strung Out album I mentioned above, and made everything a bit chunkier, faster, more technical, and a bit rougher-round-the-edges. The harmonies (both guitar and vocal) are unreal, and some of the riffs are jaw-dropping. Also, Trevor and Nuno have got a strange style of lyric writing that somehow combines palpable anger and emotion with some laugh-out-loud lines, and it makes for a strange, but definitely not unpleasant listen.
2008 Glass and Ashes - "Glass and Ashes"
Sounds like The Bronx covering Drive Like Jehu's "Yank Crime" while stood on the backs of charging bulls that are frantically running away from a giant wall of fire that's laying waste to a forest. Basically this record is a mixture of punk'n'roll, math-rock, and a hint of post-rock, and it's totally as awesome as the mental image that last sentence should've provided. That said, there's a severe chance the new Dillinger Four album could knock this off the 2008 top-spot, from the tidbits I've heard off it so far...
Well, that took a good couple of hours, but hey, I'd rather be writing music lists than wasting my time sleeping...
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1990: Facelift- Alice in Chains
Some of Layne Staley's best vocal work is here, I say. Although runners up include Apple by Mother Love Bone and Ritual de lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction, basically cementing the early nineties as OH GOD SO MUCH GRUNGE ROCK HUAAAARGHS
1991: The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life- Frank Zappa
I always appreciate Zappa for what he tried to do, but his lyrics were so ASININE. Him doing covers=AMAZING.
1992: Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
Their Best Album. Period. Not a single song I haven't memorized on guitar by now. Some of Tom Morello's best work.
1993: God Shuffled His Feet- Crash Test Dummies
Oh, Crash Test Dummies, singing about camping and retiring. My Dad basically played this all the time for nothing else but the guy's vocals. Plus, while I would probably have picked In Utero or Siamese Dream over it NOW, it is what I actually listened to THEN.
1994: Unplugged in New York- Nirvana
Truly Unconventional and Iconic in its own right.
1995: Slaughter of the Soul- At the Gates
Yay for Swedes tripping on Acid and playing Melodic Death Metal.
1996: Aenima- Tool
Love Maynard James Keenan's vocals in this album, if nothing else (which is a lie, the guitar is also amazing).
1997: Sehnsucht- Rammstein
Yeah, there wasn't a lot released in 1997 that I was obsessed with then that I can post now (think Nsync and Backstreet Boys. UGH. Glad I got over that.
1998: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues- Everlast
I love the combination of Everlast's vocals with acoustic rock here.
1999: Blue- Third Eye Blind
All the pseudo-punk instrumentation of the previous album, but with lyrics that just jumped enormously in insightfulness.
2000: The State- Nickelback
As much as I hate Chad Kroeger for wiping his dick all over a good thing with The Long Road, this album was amazing, and I really wish they'd continued in this direction.
2001: Believe in Nothing- Paradise Lost
I think these guys take the cake when it comes to Rock superstardom in Europe v. complete anonymity in the States. Seriously, this is amongst their best "softer albums", and my personal favorite.
2002: The Eminem Show-Eminem
Yeah yeah, Eminem. When he's not being all Slim-Shady and acting like a complete dumbfuck, he has a tendency to write these incredibly captivating lyrics...and this album has a lot more of that. It's also better than Encore since I'm a little upset with him quitting recording (just when he was getting good)
2003: Thickfreakness- The Black Keys
Mmmmm overdriven Blues Rock. These guys kick serious ass. Close runner up for 2003 is the Golden Age of Grotesque by Marilyn Manson.
2004: Absolution- Muse
My favorite album of theirs, a friend got it for my 15th birthday and I've since had to buy another copy because I PLAYED THE OLD ONE TOO MUCH.
2005: Hypnotize- System of a Down
Their best album. Hands down. A pinnacle (in my mind) of artistic maturity for this band. It's really a shame that the process of recording Mezmerize/Hypnotize made them hate each other so much to break up.
2006: Skin and Bones- Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl kinda only writes really good singles, IMO, so a live album filled with his best singles=amazing.
2007: Elect the Dead- Serj Tankian
I have never before, nor will I likely again, heard an album of this level of near-schizophrenic anger and sarcasm and even some twisted forms of love (dig deep). I cannot wait for him to go on tour round here and cannot wait for a follow up.
2008: Watershed- Opeth
This was actually my introduction to Opeth (which I've gathered is a sort of Blasphemy) but I'm now obsessed with this group and are mining their discography every day and having my FACE MELTED OFF.
Great album.
Still, there are some years that I have no albums of note (see Eminem) and then others with like 20. For example, Coheed and Cambria never even made it on my list despite being my favorite still existing band. (I really wish I hadn't missed the late sixties, Hendrix was awesome)
EDIT: Need to learn my Scandanavian countries better :oops:
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I thought At the Gates were Swedish?
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They are definitely Swedish, because they were part of the whole Gothenburg thing.
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1986 Sonic Youth-Evol
1987 Big Black-Songs About Fucking
1988 The Pixies-Surfer Rosa
1989 Fugazi-13 Songs
1990 Sonic Youth-Goo
1991 Slint-Spiderland
1992 Polly Harvey-Rid of Me
1993 Earth-Earth 2 (Hard to turn down In On the Kill Taker, though)
1994 Portishead-Dummy (Didn't like this year, really)
1995 Polly Harvey-To Bring You My Love
1996 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-Murder Ballads
1997 Godspeed You! Black Emperor-F#A#Infinity
1998 Refused-The Shape Of Punk To Come
1999 The Boredoms-Vision Creation Newsun
2000 At the Drive-In Relationship of Command
2001 Gillian Welch-Time (The Revelator)
2002 The Cooper Temple Clause-See This Through and Leave (Or this one, its popularity baffles me)
2003 Mogwai-Happy Songs for Happy People
2004 Joanna Newsom-The Milk Eyed Mender
2005 Lightning Bolt-Hypermagic Mountain
2006 Joanna Newsom-Ys
2007 Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam
2008- A year so musically derelict I haven't brought a single album, I hope it rots in hell.
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Man, this was a great way to burn about 2.5 hours this afternoon. I tried this before, but I started on the year I was born and went towards today. It was incredibly difficult 'cause there aren't too many albums-as-a-whole I feel any connection to from the 80s and early 90s. Anyway, here we go:
1980 - AC/DC - Back in Black
1981 - Foreigner - 4
1982 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
...i guess. Was never a huge Jacko fan, but this is a great album
1983 - Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Recorded in '73, but not released until '83.
1984 - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Oh man, best live recording ever.
1985 - Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
"Everybody wants to rule the wooooorld" Also, gotta put a-ha's Hunting High and Low at #2: "Taaaaake oooon meeeee! (take on me!)"
1986 - Beastie Boys - Licence to Ill
Meh. Not much came out in '86.
1987 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
I was so tempted to Rickroll this year...
1988 - U2 - Rattle and Hum
1989 - Neil Young - Freedom
1990 - Depeche Mode - Violator
Wtf, music of 1990?! I only put this down 'cause it has Personal Jesus on it...
1991 - FUCK YOU SPIDERLAND
Man, I just Do Not Get Slint. Yeah, this is a great album, I just don't get the fanboi obsession with it... I should, 'cause a lot of my later choices are derived from/influenced by Slint.
1992 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Jesus, is this album 16 years old?!
1993 - Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994 - Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995 - Oasis - (what's the story) Morning Glory
1996 - Tool - Ænima
Whoa there wasn't that great of music this year; Want me to go with Meat Loaf - Live Around the World?
1997 - Mogwai - Young Team
Oh man '97 was a much better year. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On; Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a#∞; Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space all come a close 2nd.
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Probably #1 on my Deserted Island Top-Five Must-Have Albums list.
1999 - Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Probably #2 on that same list.
2000 - The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia
2001 - Incubus - Morning View
Seriously, I couldn't think of anything this year that I felt any connection, no matter how remote, to. Maybe the Tenacious D album?
2002 - The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
Broken Social Scene - You Forget It In People is a very close 2nd
2003 - Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold, Dead Place
The Wrens - Meadowlands is a very close 2nd
2004 - TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
2005 - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
2006 - The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
2007 - The National - Boxer
2008 - Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Man I cannot stop listening to this album.
That was fun!
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First post!
1992 = Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
I don't listen to them that much anymore, but they dominated my listening 3-4 years ago, and this album has all the best songs on it.
Runners up = Alice in Chains - Dirt, Kyuss - Blues For the Red Sun
1993 = Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
This year was a hard one for me. Siamese dream because it's got Geek USA on it.
Runners up = Radiohead - Pablo Honey
1994 = Nas - Illmatic
Good year for Hip Hop! Hard to pick between Nas and Warren G, but I went for Nas cause I listen to more of him at the moment. Illmatic is kinda iconic.
Runners Up = Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era, Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
1995 = Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town
My favourite Kyuss album. I don't really listen to much music pre 1999 though, and most of what I do listen to which is pre 1999 is also pre 1980 so yeah.
Runners up = Radiohead - The Bends, Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
1996 = Kid Koala - Scratchcratchratchatch
Pretty much THE best instrumental Hip Hop album ever.
Runners Up = Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire, Tool - Ænima, DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
1997 = Radiohead - OK Computer
For lack of anything better to choose
Runners Up = Foo Fighters - Color & Shape
1998 = At The Drive-In - In/Casino/Out
I love At The Drive-In. This isn't my favourite album, but it's the best from this year.
Runners Up = Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children, Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
1999 = Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Close between this and Operation Doomsday, but this is an amazing album.
Runners Up = Fantomas - Fantomas, Opeth, Still Life, MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
2000 = Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
Collab. between one of my favourite Emcees, one of my favourite turntablists, and one of my favourite producers. And its about the FUTURE, man.
Runners Up = Del the Funkee Homosapien - Both Sides of the Brain, At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
2001 = N*E*R*D - In Search Of...
N*E*R*D's pretty amazing Debut.
Runners Up = Daft Punk - Discovery, Opeth - Blackwater Park, Aesop Rock - Labor Days
2002 = Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates
My favourite Minus the Bear album. Good year for music.
Runners up = Coheed & Cambria = The Second Stage Turbine Blade, Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For the Deaf, Isis - Cceanic, Sigur Rós - ( )
2003 = The Fall of Troy - The Fall of Troy
Year of the long album names. Yes, I enjoy Coheed, so shoot me. But The Fall of Troy's debut kicked ass this year.
Runners up = Coheed & Cambria - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3, The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium, The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side, Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
2004 = mewithoutYou - Catch For Us the Foxes
My favourite album from one of my favourite bands.
Runners Up = Mastodon - Leviathan, Isis - Panopticon, MF Doom - MM.. Food, DJ Dangermouse - The Grey Album
2005 = Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies to Paralyze
Phew! Some really good albums. But this is my most listened to album ever for a reason.
Runners Up = Circa Survive - Juturna, Pharrell - In my Mind, The Mint Chicks - Fuck the Golden Youth, Daft Punk - Human After All, Sigur Rós - Takk..., Lil Wayne - Tha carter II
2006 = Hot Club de Paris - Drop it Till it Pops!
It's kinda like Barbershop Mathpop-punk. Which is kinda awesome.
Runners Up = Thom Yorke - The Eraser, Isis - In the Absence of Truth, Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards, The Fall of Troy - Doppelgänger, The Mint Chicks, Crazy? Yes! Dumb? no!, Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
2007 = Justice - †
Most fun album ever. It's so cool.
Runners Up = Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass, Radiohead - In Rainbows, Okkervil River - The Stage Names, Lupe Fiasco - The Cool, The Fall of Troy - Manipulator, Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens, Damiera - M(US)IC
2008 = Steve Aoki - Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles
This year was really tough. Steve Aoki cause I'm loving it and it's awesome fun, but it was really hard to choose.
Runners Up = The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale EP, N*E*R*D - Seeing Sounds, Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping, Foals - Anitdotes, Hot Club de Paris, Live at Dead Lake, Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, The Sound of Animals Fighting, The Ocean and the Sun
Wow that was an effort! It was fun, though.
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1991: Loveless- My Bloody Valentine
1992: Hit To Death In The Future Head- Flaming Lips
1993: Transmissions From The Satellite Heart- Flaming Lips (FL are not one of my fave bands at all, but these 2 albums are damn good)
1994: 76:14- Global Communication
1995: Electric Wizard
1996: A Pretty Mess By This One Band- Grandaddy
1997: Under The Western Freeway- Grandaddy (Grandaddy are my 2nd fave band, and UTWF is one of the greatest albums ever. Go and get it now)
1998: Good Morning Spider- Sparklehorse
1999: Her Wallpaper Reverie- Apples In Stereo
2000: Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today Is Okay- Mùm (Mùm is my all time favourite band and this debut of theirs is fantastic)
2001: Crocodile Krazy Glue- Nurse With Wound
2002: Finally We Are No On- Mùm (My all time favourite album. Enough said)
2003: Frengers- Mew
2004: An Accidental Memory In The Case Of Death- Eluvium
2005:Travel In Constants Volume 20- Eluvium (Im a big fan of ambient music and Matthew Cooper to me outshines anyone else in the genre)
2006: Citrus- Asobi Seksu
2007: Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy- Mùm (another amazing album by Mùm, this really made my year last year)
not going to say for sure what my fave album of this year is, im hoping something better will be released in the next month or so.
right now its a tie between the b-side collection by Apples In Stereo, or the Grouper/Ina Ore split.
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1988: Naked -- Talking Heads
1989: The Samples -- The Samples
1990: The La's -- The La's (there was jack shit released in 1990)
1991: Woodface -- Crowded House
1992: Nonsuch -- XTC
1993: Remember Two Things -- Dave Matthews Band
1994: Grace -- Jeff Buckley
1995: Ben Folds Five -- Ben Folds Five
1996: Recovering the Satellites -- Counting Crows
1997: Good Feeling -- Travis
1998: Try Whistling This -- Neil Finn
1999: After the Party -- The Push Stars
2000: Landing on the Sidewalk -- The Samples (runner-up: Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine -- Cosmic Rough Riders)
2001: One Nil -- Neil Finn
2002: Drunken Lullabies -- Flogging Molly
2003: Keep it Together -- Guster
2004: The Dresden Dolls -- The Dresden Dolls
2005: Picaresque -- The Decemberists
2006: Hey, You -- Chris Trapper
2007: The Boy With No Name -- Travis
2008: Way to Normal -- Ben Folds
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1988 - Green - R.E.M.
1989 - Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1990 - Social Distortion - Social Distortion
1991 - Gish - The Smashing Pumpkins
1992 - 2 way tie between Blind Melon - Blind Melon and Dirt - Alice in Chains
1993 - Vs. - Pearl Jam
1994 - 3 way tie between Superunknown - Soundgarden, Pisces Iscariot - The Smashing Pumpkins, and MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
1995 - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
1996 - 2 way tie between Ænima - Tool and Unplugged - Alice in Chains
1997 - OK Computer - Radiohead
1998 - Before These Crowded Streets - Dave Matthews Band
1999 - Horrible year for music. Anyway, Alanis Unplugged - Alanis Morissette
2000 - Mer de Noms - A Perfect Circle
2001 - Lateralus - Tool
2002 - Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
2003 - Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle THANK YOU MAYNARD, FOR KEEPING ME SANE THROUGH THIS AWFUL PERIOD OF SHIT
2004 - Absolution - Muse
2005 - Picaresque - The Decemberists
2006 - 2 way tie between 10,000 Days - Tool and Carnavas - The Silversun Pickups
2007 - Zeitgeist - The Smashing Pumpkins
2008 - I don't think I've liked anything yet this year.
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1989: Doolittle- The Pixies
1990: Goo - Sonic Youth
1991: Spiderland - Slint
1992: Automatic For The People -R.E.M.
1993: Transmissions from the Satellite Heart -The Flaming Lips
1994: Mellow Gold -Beck
1995: Wowee Zowee -Pavement
1996: Millions Now Living Will Never Die -Tortoise
1997: OK Computer -Radiohead
1998: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea -Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: Ágætis Byrjun- Sigur Rós
2000: Mass Romantic -The New Pornographers
2001: Discovery -Daft Punk
2002: You Forgot it in People - Broken Social Scene (2002 was a Really good year for music)
2003: Dear Castastrophe Waitress -Belle And Sebastian
2004: Funeral - The Arcade Fire
2005: Picaresque -The Decemberists
2006: American V: A Hundred Highways -Johnny Cash (Johnny Cash's last album contains his version of a traditional song called "God's Gonna Cut You Down" and it very well might be one of the best songs of the past decade.
2007: Strawberry Jam- Animal Collective
2008: Feed The Animals -Girl Talk
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I hate it when I'm older than people. It's weird.
1987: Phantom of the Opera Original Cast Recording - Andrew Lloyd Webber (1987 sucked pretty bad)
1988: Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
1989: Still Cruisin' - The Beach Boys
1990: Danzig II - Lucifuge - Danzig
1991: Spiderland - Slint
1992: Harvest Moon - Neil Young (Fuck, 1992 was so good. I had to think awhile about this one.)
1993: Unplugged - Neil Young
1994: Smash - Offspring
1995: Excelsis: A Dark Noel - Various Artists
1996: The Unplugged Collection - John Denver
1997: American Psycho - The Misfits
1998: Keasbey Nights - Catch 22
1999: Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000: Rabbit Songs - Hem
2001: Excelsis 3: A Prelude - Various Artists
2002: Vera Causa - Faith and the Muse
2003: Sing the Sorrow - AFI
2004: Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
2005: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
2006: Keasbey Nights - Streetlight Manifesto, but that's cheap so I'll say Despite Our Differences - Indigo Girls
2007: Cassadaga - Bright Eyes
2008: That Lucky Old Sun - Brian Wilson
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First post after a long time lurking!
1988 Iva Bittova & Pavel Fajt - Svatba
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1989 Steve Reich: Different Trains - Kronos Quartet; Electric Counterpoint - Pat Metheny
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1990 Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
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1991 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
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1992 Naked City - Grand Guignol
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1993 Cynic - Focus
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1994 The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
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1995 Bjork - Post
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1996 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
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1997 Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
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1998 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a#oo
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1999 Opeth - Still Life, Brad Mehldau - Elegiac Cycle, Don Ross - Passion Session
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2000 Radiohead - Kid A
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2001 maudlin of the Well - Bath
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2002 Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
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2003 Buck 65 - Talkin' Honky Blues
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2004 John Adams - Road Movies
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2005 Dafnis Prieto - About The Monks
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2006 As The Poets Affirm - Awake
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2007 The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain, Tomahawk - Anonymous
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2008 Tagaq - AUK/BLOOD
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First post after a long time lurking!
1990 Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
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1994 The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
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1996 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
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1997 Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
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1998 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a#oo
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2000 Radiohead - Kid A
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2007 Tomahawk - Anonymous
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You and I are going to get along just fine. Although The Shape Of Punk To Come, as virtually flawless as it may be, came out in 1998.
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You and I are going to get along just fine. Although The Shape Of Punk To Come, as virtually flawless as it may be, came out in 1998.
Blast! The whole point of looking up the album covers was so I could double-check all of the dates of release in my iTunes library, but looks like I failed. Thanks for pointing that out.
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1990: Honestly, I couldn't find one. If I were willing to use Greatest Hits albums, I would've used The Best of Van Morrison, because it's not only great, but it was one of the first three CDs I ever owned, so it's got a special place in my heart. Since I'm not, the de facto winner has to be Please, Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. 'Cause, y'know.
1991: At this point I'm ashamed of myself for how few of these albums I've listened to the whole way through.
Winner: The Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite, because my dad's played it on road trips since I was a kid.
Runners-up: c'mon. Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
1992: Finally, an easy one!
Winner: Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine. Fucking epic.
no runner-up.
1993: Winner: Billy Joel- River of Dreams
no runner-up.
1994: Winner: Dave Matthews Band- Under the Table and Dreaming
Runners-up: Green Day- Dookie, Weezer- The Blue Album
1995: Winner: Michael Jackson- HIStory, but I'm not using compilation/Greatest Hits albums, so Oasis- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? instead.
runner-up: Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996: Winner: Sublime- Sublime. The essence of the mid-90s in my eyes.
runner-up: Dave Matthews Band- Crash
1997: Little did I realize, '97 was a fantastic year for music.
Winner: Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind. Definitely in my top 5 albums all time, with a pretty strong case for #1.
runners-up: Daft Punk- Homework, The Prodigy- The Fat of the Land, Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape
1998: Almost as great as '97 was, but not quite. Still, the late '90s were fucking excellent where music was concerned.
Winner: Goo Goo Dolls- Dizzy Up the Girl
runners-up: Dave Matthews Band- Before These Crowded Streets, Trans-Siberian Orchestra- The Christmas Attic
1999: holy shit you guys britney spears was making music ten years ago, back when the now albums were up to #42 in the UK
Winner: Rage Against the Machine- The Battle of Los Angeles
runners-up: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication, Santana- Supernatural, Dr. Dre- 2001
2000: oh man, remember Billy Gilman?
Winner: Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory. Just like every other elementary/middle-schooler of the time.
runners-up: Limp Bizkit- Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. i was ten years old you fuckers
2001: In 2001, Clear Channel made a list of songs it deemed inappropriate for the air after the 9/11 attacks. This included "all songs by Rage Against the Machine."
Winner: Daft Punk- Discovery
runners-up: John Mayer- Room for Squares, Tenacious D- Tenacious D
2002: some rather excellent live albums; substantially less studio albums. also Jam Master Jay died. RIP.
Winner: Dave Matthews Band- Busted Stuff
runners-up: all live albums, and therefore disqualified from my rankings
2003: Pete Townshend was under investigation for child pornography?
Winner: OAR- In Between Now and Then
runners-up: Switchfoot- The Beautiful Letdown, Linkin Park- Meteora, Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue
2004: The year Dave Matthews Band dumped 800 pounds of shit on a tour boat.
Winner: Lostprophets- Start Something; also member of my personal top 5.
runners-up: Breaking Benjamin- We Are Not Alone, Pillar- Where Do We Go From Here
2005: Disappointing year, this.
Winner: Switchfoot- Nothing is Sound
runner-up: Daft Punk- Human After All, Jack's Mannequin- Everything in Transit
2006: my brother just called me out for my picks from this year.
Winner: Lostprophets- Liberation Transmission; yet another top 5.
runners-up: Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium, Breaking Benjamin- Phobia, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus- Don't You Fake It
2007: In which I alter my answers to maintain respect around here
Winner: Daft Punk- Alive 2007; the one live album I listen to in which the material is different enough to merit inclusion in my list
runners-up: MIKA- Life In Cartoon Motion, Wyclef Jean- Carnival Vol. 2: Memoirs of an Immigrant
2008: the year RATM did Killing in the Name a capella to protest the Republican National Convention
Winner: Girl Talk- Feed the Animals
no runner-up.
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You and I are going to get along just fine. Although The Shape Of Punk To Come, as virtually flawless as it may be, came out in 1998.
I forgot about that album. I realize nobody cares, but seriously, can we all just pretend I said Shape of Punk to Come?
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1989 Bad Brains - Quickness
1990 The Pogues - Hells Ditch
(Runners up Fugazi Repeater + 3 Songs, Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff)
1991 Drive Like Jehu S/T
(Runner Up Nirvana - Nevermind)
1992 Danzig - How Gods Kill
(Runners up Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power, Bad Religion - Generator, RATM - S/T)
1993 - Nirvana - In Utero
1994 - The Offspring - Smash
1995 - The Oblivians - Soul Food
(Runner up Rancid - And out come the wolves)
1996 - Scared of Chaka - Masonic Youth
(Runner up The Queers - Don't back Down)
1997 World Inferno Friendship Society - True Story of the bridge water astral league
1998 System of a Down - S/T
1999 The Queers - Later Days and better Lays
2000 QOTSA - Rated R
2001 Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
2002 Against Me! is reinventing Axl Rose
2003 Streetligh Manifesto - Everything goes numb
2004 Ghost Mice - The debt of the dead
2006 Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger
2006 Gallows - Orchestra of Wolves
2007 Bomb the Music Industry - Get Warmer
2008 Copter - Can't Help It
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Some of you may laugh at my choices. Some of you may be EXTREMELY PRETENTIOUS.
1991: Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
Fun times. From the wiki article I found out I was born the year Miles Davis and Freddie Mercury died. :(
Runner Up: None
1992: s/t - Rage Against the Machine
I was hoping to only pick albums of which I own the whole record, but I couldn't find any for this year
Runner Up: Us - Peter Gabriel
1993: Pork Soda - Primus
Again, only picking whole albums I own. Otherwise this would be different
Runner Up: None
1994: Weezer ("Blue Album") - Weezer
Hells yeah.
Runners Up: Smash - The Offspring, Dookie - Green Day
1995: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
Don't judge me.
Runner Up: s/t - The Presidents of the United States of America
1996: Fashion Nugget - Cake
Mmmm... Cake
Runners Up: Bad Hair Day - "Weird Al" Yankovic, Odelay - Beck, Pinkerton - Weezer, s/t - Fountains of Wayne
1997: Homework - Daft Punk
No contest.
Runners Up: The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters, Brown Album - Primus (I'm not a Primus junkie I swear >_>)
1998: You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim
FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS...
Runners Up: Americana - The Offspring, Feels Like Breakin' Shit - Self
1999: Breakfast With Girls - Self
Self speaks to my SOUL.
Runners Up: Enema of the State - Blink-182, The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine, The White Stripes - The White Stripes
Aside from the latest album, I have a recording of every White Stripes song EVER. (As far as I know) I can hook people up with rarities.
2000: Swagger - Flogging Molly
MOLLEH!
Runners Up: Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age, De Stijl - The White Stripes
2001: Discovery - Daft Punk
Call me a fanboy if you must.
Runners Up: Gizmodgery (Japan Edition) - Self, Weezer (The Green Album) - Weezer, Take off Your Pants and Jacket - Blink-182, White Blood Cells - The White Stripes, Comfort Eagle - Cake, Toxicity - System of a Down
2002: Maladroit - Weezer
I liked it, many didn't.
Runners Up: Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly, Blazing Arrow - Blackalicious
2003: s/t - Ima Robot
God this year was a tough choice. Consider all of these albums equal.
Runners Up: Elephant - The White Stripes, Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta, s/t - stellastarr*
2004: Shakespeare's Palpable Hits - Dog Legs & Feet
Shakespeare songs FTW. (Plus the lead singer is my drama teacher/director.)
Runners Up: Hot Fuss - The Killers, A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup (SHUTUP.), Antics - Interpol, Palookaville - Fatboy Slim
2005: Demon Days - Gorillaz
Tough choice for this year.
Runners Up: Daft Punk - Human After All, s/t - Sheboygan, Make Believe - Weezer, Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes, The Grand Pecking Order - Oysterhead, Oh No - Ok Go, Nerdcore Rising - MC Frontalot, Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta, s/t - LCD Soundsystem, Sweet Weaponry - Cruiserweight
2006: Little Minds - Count Zero
Excruciatingly tough choice between this and St. Elsewhere.
Runners Up: St. Elsewhere - Gnarls Barkley, Search & Destroy EP - Ima Robot, Monument to the Masses - Ima Robot, Amplivate - Kid Beyond, Sam's Town - The Killers, Black Holes and Revelations - Muse, Break Out the Battle Tapes - Wired All Wrong
2007: Alive 2007 - Daft Punk
I'm surprised more people didn't pick this.
Runners Up: Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem, Secrets from the Future - MC Frontalot, Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika
2008: Angles - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip
Awesome UK Hip-Hop/Electronica.
Runner Up: The Odd Couple - Gnarls Barkley
(The new MC Frontalot album has yet to be factored in to the equation.)
That oughta do it. (Note: This list does not accurately reflect my music taste.) (Note on note: I lied, it does.)
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Some of you may be EXTREMELY PRETENTIOUS.
No, you just have really bad taste.
I didn't actually read the rest of your post.
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No, you just have really bad taste.
(tiny text) I didn't actually read the rest of your post.
I see whut you did thar
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If you have to get so defensive about your taste in music maybe you should reconsider it?
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I'm not actually that defensive. Most of that was for humorous effect, 'cause I know people will disagree with me. I don't actually think most of the people here are pretentious. In fact, I consider a lot of you to be pretty objective and informed.
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I love this thread. Like, a lot. But do you know how hard I tried not to repeat?! It was too hard somethings. Fuck you, everyone who took Built to Spill's 1994 place from me. You are fuckers!
1987 The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
(my favourite The Cure album, and from my experience, a rare choice for Cure fans.)
1988 Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
1989 Pixies Doolittle
1990 The Best of The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around!
1991 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
1992 Jawbreaker - Bivouac
1993 Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994 Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
1995 Elliott Smith - S/T
1996 Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
1997 The Promise Ring - Nothing Feels Good
1998 Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit TOED WITH Black Star - S/T
1999 Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something TOTALLY TIED WITH, BECAUSE NO WAY AM I CHOOSING Wilco - Summerteeth (Man, 1999 was one of the best years in music as far as I am concerned, I could probably rattle off another 5 albums that make my own personal favourites list).
2000 Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
2001 Four Tet - Pause
2002 Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
2003 The Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic
2004 CocoRosie - La Maison de Mon Reve TIED WITH Les Savy Fav - Inches
2005 M.I.A. - Arular
2006 MSTRKRFT - The Looks
2007 Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha
2008 - Noah & The Whale EP OR Kidz in the Hall - The In Crowd
WILL FINISH WHEN LAPTOP IS NOT RUNNING OUT OF BATTERY! <3
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2008 - Parts & Labor - Receivers
2007 - Future of the Left - Curses
2006 - Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2005 - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
2004 - Mirah - C'mon Miracle
2003 - Bear vs. Shark - Right Now, You're In the Best of Hands...
2002 - Low - Trust
2001 - Moneen - Theory of Harmonial Value (or maybe Constantines' or Owls' self-titled albums)
2000 - Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
1999 - Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
1998 - Braid - Frame & Canvas
1997 - Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
1996 - Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk (or Beheaded by Bedhead)
1995 - Fugazi - Red Medicine (or maybe Vee Vee by Archers of Loaf)
1994 - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime (or maybe For Your Own Special Sweetheart by Jawbox)
1993 - Yo La Tengo - Painful
1992 - The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines
1991 - Talulah Gosh - They've Scoffed the Lot
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1989 - Yo La Tengo - President Yo La Tengo
1988 - Beat Happening - Jamboree
1987 - Sonic Youth - Sister
I can't think of anything for 1990 or 1992. I guess I could fill them in with the appropriate Sonic Youth releases but that would mean three Sonic Youth albums and three Yo La Tengo albums. I guess I am pretty repetitive.
Edit: I got one for 1992, even though it's a compilation thingy.
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Man this was hard, so I tried not to over think this, with the result that I'll no doubt return to this thread in a few days time and curse my own choices.
Think the hardest part was the fact that there were some outstanding years, and some piss poor ones. If I had to pick my 26 favorite albums of all time, I'm not sure how much crossover there would be with the below. Also apparently I'm one of the older posters! Who knew? Depressed by how much more eloquent you young whipper-snappers are than me!
1982 Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
1983 Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
1984 Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap
1985 Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
1986 Crowded House – Crowded House
1987 U2 – The Joshua Tree
1988 Pixies – Surfer Rosa
1989 The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
1990 The Las- The Las
1991 U2 – Achtung Baby
1992 REM – Automatic for the People
1993 Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
1994 Weezer- Weezer (The Blue Album)
1995 Semisonic – Feeling Strangely Fine
1996 Ash – 1977
1997 Radiohead – OK Computer
1998 Gomez – Bring It On
1999 The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
2000 Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
2001 The Frames – For The Birds
2002 The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
2003 Josh Ritter – Hello Starling
2004 Arcade Fire – Funeral
2005 Sigur Rós – Takk...
2006 Justin Timberlake – FutureSex/LovesSounds
2007 Kings of Leon - Because of the times
2008 Mogwai – The Hawk is Howling (Provisionally)
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1998: You've Come a Long Way, Baby - Fatboy Slim
FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS FUCKING IN HEAVEN, FATBOY SLIM IS...
Dude, don't show this to anybody.
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Yes, I know, you don't normally do this.
(DUDE WE ARE SO COOL.)