An album a year for each year you are alive
 

Simple really (or is it?). Choose your favourite album for each year you are on this mortal earth. It's a bit of fun but it may also throw up a few goodies for people. You can include compilations and live albums if you want to but only one artist.

Mine:

1972: Genesis -Foxtrot
1973: John Martyn-Solid Air
1974: King Crimson-Red
1975: Fela Kuti-Expensive Shit
1976: The Abyssinians-Satta Massa Gana
1977: Pink Floyd-Animals
1978: AC/DC-If You Want Blood..You've Got It
1979: Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures
1980: Swell Maps-...In 'Jane From Occupied Europe'
1981: The Durutti Column-LC
1982: Hawkwind-Choose Your Masques
1983: Clannad-Magical Ring
1984: Marillion-Fugazi
1985: Iron Maiden-Live After Death
1986: Slayer-Reign In Blood
1987: Prince-Sign 'O' The Times
1988: My Bloody Valentine-Isn't Anything
1989: Nomeansno-Wrong
1990: Fields Of The Nephilim-Elizium
1991: Cranes-Wings Of Joy
1992: Spahn Ranch-Spahn Ranch
1993: Swirlies-Blonder Tongue Audio Baton
1994: Senser-Stacked Up
1995: Tricky-Maxinquaye
1996: Beck-Odelay
1997: Mansun-Attack Of The Grey Lantern
1998: José Padilla-Souvenir
1999: Everything But The Girl-Temperamental
2000: Afterlife-Simplicity Two Thousand
2001: Maudlin Of The Well-Leaving Your Body Map
2002: Archive-You All Look The Same To Me
2003: Melt Banana-Cell Scape
2004: Mice Parade-Obrigado Saudade
2005: Porcupine Tree-Deadwing
2006: Kayo Dot- Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
2007: Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago
2008: Nick Cave- Dig, Lazarus, Dig

Looking back on the list it seems to follow certain musical patterns and I am surprised at how mainstream it is at times. C'mon then. Get posting.

I love this idea, and great list to start off with Jackhammer! It's probably going to take me a while to come up with mine but I'm definitely doing this. I'll have to check out that Swirlies album. I really dig their music even though I've met Damon Tutunjian and think he's kind of a jackass.

Max of one album per band.

1988: Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989: Faith No More - The Real Thing
1990: Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
1991: RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
1992: Tom Waits - Bone Machine
1993: Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles
1994: Suede - Dog Man Star
1995: King Crimson - THRAK
1996: Opeth - Morningrise
1997: Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale
1998: Death - The Sound of Perseverance
1999: Windir - Arntor
2000: Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
2001: Tool - Lateralus
2002: Isis - Oceanic
2003: David Bowie - Reality
2004: Ataxia - Automatic Writing
2005: Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
2006: Jakob - Solace
2007: Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
2008: Meshuggah - obZen

My list:

1977: Iggy Pop—"The Idiot"
1978: Kraftwerk—"The Man-Machine"
1979: Talking Heads—"Fear of Music"
1980: Bauhaus—"In the Flat Field"
1981: Killing Joke—"What's THIS for...!"
1982: Fear—"The Record"
1983: Suicidal Tendencies—"Suicidal Tendencies"
1984: Foetus—"Hole"
1985: Tom Waits—"Rain Dogs"
1986: Paul Simon—"Graceland"
1987: Laibach—"Opus Dei"
1988: Ministry—"Land of Rape and Honey"
1989: Bob Mould—"Workbook"
1990: Alien Sex Fiend—"Curse"
1991: Pigface—"Gub"
1992: The Church—"Priest=Aura"
1993: My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult—"13 Above the Night"
1994: Nine Inch Nails—"The Downward Spiral"
1995: Swans—"The Great Annihilator"
1996: Download—"The Eyes of Stanley Pain"
1997: Alabama 3—"Exile on Coldharbour Lane"
1998: Massive Attack—"Mezzanine"
1999: Latin Playboys—"Dose"
2000: Ween—"White Pepper"
2001: The Faint—"Danse Macabre"
2002: Liars—"They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top"
2003: Kill Me Tomorrow—"The Garbage Man and the Prostitute"
2004: The Book of Knots—"The Book of Knots"
2005: The Black Dahlia Murder—"Miasma"
2006: TV on the Radio—"Return to Cookie Mountain"
2007: A Place to Bury Strangers—"A Place to Bury Strangers"
2008: Clark—"Turning Dragon"

By one artist, do you mean only one album by an artist?

Whatever, here I go anyways:

1995: Greatest Hits - Bruce Springsteen
1996: Bringing Down The Horse - The Wallflowers
1997: El Gran Orgo - At The Drive-In
1998: The Shape Of Punk To Come - Refused
1999: Vaya - At The Drive-In
2000: Relationship Of Command - At The Drive-In
2001: A Flight & A Crash - Hot Water Music
2002: The Bled - The Bled
2003: De-Loused In The Comatorium - The Mars Volta
2004: Cool To Be You - Descendents
2005: Rebel, Sweetheart - The Wallflowers
2006: Crisis - Alexisonfire
2007: II - Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster
2008: Watershed - Opeth

Pfft.

To Jackhammer: AC/DC got a spot? Really? I can't see you being that big a fan.

This makes me feel old. I was in primary school in 1995. :(

And I take it you mean De-Loused rather than Bedlam.

I'm by no means a big fan of AC/DC but that is a pretty good balls to the wall live album.

LOL. I was in college.

Haha I was waiting for one of you older folk to come along and say that. :D

I'm just waiting for JJJ or someone to come along and put us all in our places.