Maybe we can sort something like that out. I will PM Monkey and see what he thinks.

Well, '77 sprung to mind first for me, so it's the one I'll go with.

Nevermind the Bollocks
Germ-Free Adolescents
Spiral Scratch EP
The Clash
Aja
Heroes
Low
The Idiot
Lust For Life
My Aim Is True

...to name just 10.

Not forgetting Animals. Tsskk ;)

Yeah, something like decades or even a few years grouped together would be easier/better.

We already have threads like those. I think Best Decade in Music was one and Best Era of Music was another...

I picked 1991 with

Spiderland, Loveless, Laughing Stock, Nevermind, Screamadelica, Blue Lines, Goat, Sebadoh III, Trompe Le Monde and others.

over

1979 with my three favorite albums of the 1970s:

Entertainment!, Specials, Unknown Pleasures plus other stuff like the Raincoats s/t and Y.

^ Agreed. Leave Monkey's thread alone Lee...or are you too scared to choose? ;)

1991:

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Nirvana - Nevermind
Slint - Spiderland
Primal Scream - Screamadelica

Five masterpieces. And some other good albums, like Metallica, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Laughing Stock, Ten.

No I know I will immediatedly rue my decision once picked. Suffice to say I will leave the poll well alone and desist from choosing.