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.

One album per artist.

1993 - Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994 - Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart
1995 - Tricky - Maxinquaye
1996 - Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Sunny Day Real Estate - How it Feels to be Something On
1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin / The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
2000 - The Avalanches - Since I Left You
2001 - Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
2002 - …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
2003 - The Shins - Chutes too Narrow
2004 - The Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005 - Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
2006 - The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
2007 - The Tough Alliance - A New Chance
2008 - Why? - Alopecia

One album per artist for me, too.

1978: Big Star - Third / Sister Lovers
1979: The Clash - London Calling
1980: U2 - Boy
1981: The Gun Club - The Fire Of Love
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984: Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
1985: Prince - Around The World In A Day
1986: Paul Simon - Graceland
1987: The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
1990: The Pixies - Bossanova
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: The Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
1993: One Dove - Morning Dove White
1994: Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
1995: Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
1996: The Divine Comedy - Casanova
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Air - Moon Safari
1999: Suede - Head Music
2000: The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
2001: Ash - Free All Angels
2002: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
2003: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
2004: The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
2005: The Decemberists - Picaresque
2006: Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
2007: Caribou - Andorra
2008: Air France - No Way Down

:beer:

^^ Get a room.

;)

Yeah, whoops!

And we're only one year apart, evidently!

Exactly, I'm not a huge fan either, they're ok, but I didn't see it coming, Jackhammer giving them a spot.

It's one of the best Rock N Roll albums ever. Simple as that.

I like you, Sir.

Its gonna take so long for me to remember the one songs i liked. So i'll post this years now before new years happens.

1992:modest mouse ~ dashboard

1995:Radiohead-The Bends
1996:Afi-Very Proud of Ya
1997:Elliot Smith-Either/Or
1998:Neutral milk hotel-In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999:Hot Water Music-No division
2000:Suicide Machines-S/T
2001:Against Me!-Reinventing Axl Rose
2002:Reel Big Fish-Favorite noise
2003:White Stripes-elephant
2004:Incubus-A Crow Left Of The Murder
2005:Porcupine Tree-Deadwing
2006:Hawthorne Heights-If Only you Were Lonely
2007:Arcade Fire-Neon Bible
2008:TV On The Radio-Dear Science

1993: "For Respect"- Don Caballero
1994: "Diary"- Sunny Day Real Estate
1995: "Do You Know Who You Are?"- Texas Is the Reason
1996: "Acrobatic Tenement"- At the Drive-In
1997: "Young Team"- Mogwai
1998: "Analphabetapolothology"- Cap'n Jazz
1999: "We Are the Romans"- Botch
2000: "How Strange, Innocence"- Explosions In the Sky
2001: "Jane Doe"- Converge
2002: "You Forgot It in People"- Broken Social Scene
2003: "Wonderful Rainbow"- Lightning Bolt
2004: "Catch For Us the Foxes"- mewithoutYou
2005: "Kenotic"- Hammock
2006: "Waiter: "You Vultures!""- Portugal. The Man
2007: "Mirrored"- Battles
2008: "Animals"- This Town Needs Guns

^Nice taste.

Good idea for a thread. My list's probably a bit cliche, but here goes anyway...

1988: Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
1989: Elvis Costello - Spike
1990: Depeche Mode - Violator
1991: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1992: Paul Weller - S/T
1993: New Order - Republic
1994: Blur - Parklife
1995: Pulp - Different Class
1996: Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
1997: Supergrass - In It For the Money
1998: Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
1999: Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
2000: PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
2001: Nick Cave - No More Shall We Part
2002: David Bowie - Heathen
2003: The Strokes - Room On Fire
2004: The Music - Welcome To the North
2005: Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
2006: Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The River In Reverse
2007: Grinderman - S/T
2008: Nick Cave - Dig, Lazarus, Dig

1994: Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
1995: Melt-Banana - Scratch or Stitch
1996: Cake - Fashion Nugget
1997: Portishead - Portishead
1998: Boredoms - Super Ae
1999: ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Madonna
2000: Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
2001: Royksopp - Melody A.M
2002: The Decemberists - Castways and Cutouts
2003: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
2004: Boris - Boris At Last -Feedbacker-
2005: Sigur Rós - Takk
2006: Scott Walker - The Drift
2007: Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
2008: Air France - No Way Down

laym yeers.

1994: Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love/Blur - Parklife
1995: Blur - The Great Escape
1996: Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst/Olivia Tremor Control - Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
1997: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999: Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
2000: Radiohead - Kid A
2001: Death Cab For Cutie - The Photo Album
2002: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags And Codes
2003: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
2004: The Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: Gorillaz - Demon Days
2006: Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
2007: of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
2008: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

sooo hard to choose.

1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: Pixies - Doolittle
1990: Janes Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Alice In Chains - Dirt
1993: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1994: Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995: Elliot Smith - S/T
1996: Screaming Trees - Dust
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
1999: AFI - Black Sails In The Sunset
2000: At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
2001: Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
2002: Sigur Ros - '()'
2003: The Mark Lanegan Band - Here Comes That Wierd Chill
2004: Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land
2005: Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006: Silversun Pickups - Carnavas
2007: NIN - Year Zero
2008: ???????

1980 - The Clash – Sandinista!
1981 – Blue Oyster Cult –Fire Of Unknown Origin
1982 - Simon and Garfunkel – The Concert In Central Park
1983 – Philip Glass – Koyaanisqatsi
1984 - Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
1985 - Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
1986 - Metallica – Master Of Puppets
1987 - U2 – The Joshua Tree
1988 - Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
1989 - Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
1990 - Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Akira
1991 - The KLF – The White Room
1992 - Queen – Live At Wembly ‘86
1993 - Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
1994 - Vangelis – Bladerunner
1995 - Pulp – Different Class
1996 - Kula Shaker – K
1997 - Radiohead – OK Computer
1998 - Lauren Hill – The Miseducation Of…
1999 - Blur – 13
2000 - Coldplay – Parachutes
2001 - Muse – Origin Of Symmetry
2002 - Johnny Cash – American IV: The Man Comes Around
2003 - Muse – Absolution
2004 - Rodrigo y Gabriela – Live In Manchester And Dublin
2005 - Sigur Ros - Takk
2006 - Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela
2007 - Bruce Springsteen - Magic
2008 - Kings of Leon – Only By The Night

1989 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
1990 Goo - Sonic Youth
1991 Loveless - My Bloody Valentine *
1992 Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement *
1993 Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
1994 Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices *
1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
1996 Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab *
1997 OK Computer - Radiohead
1998 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel *
1999 The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips *
2000 The Moon & Antartica - Modest Mouse
2001 Lateralus - Tool
2002 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco*
2003 Avalanche - Matthew Good *
2004 Thunder Lightning Strike - The Go! Team
2005 Come on Feel the Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens *
2006 Everything All The Time - Band of Horses *
2007 Strawberry Jam - Animal Collective *
2008 -----

I'm confused by this one. Was the soundtrack not released until 1994 or something?

Nope.

So by that do you mean that the Vangelis soundtrack was not released until 1994?

Vangelis wouldnt let anyone release it. There was a version that came out at the time but that was recorded by others.

We have more youngins then I thought on here.

Ah. Any idea why he wouldn't let anyone release it? Was he unhappy with it or something?

So what's the significance of the asterisks?

He thinks there is nothing good from 2008, or hasn't decided probably.

* = Asterisks

oops...

Those are the albums I love, or very much recommend : P

I haven't listened to any music that came out in 2008. I've spent the year catching up on my essential listening.

So the ones without asterisks are just albums from the year in question that aren't necessarily favorites?