An album a year for each year you are alive (punk, albums)

[jackhammer]

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.

[Janszoon]

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.

[Seltzer]

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

[Janszoon]

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"

[Alfred]

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.

[khfreek]

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

[Seltzer]

Originally Posted by Alfred

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: The Bedlam In Goliath - 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

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

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

Originally Posted by khfreek

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

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

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Seltzer

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

LOL. I was in college.

[Seltzer]

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

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Seltzer

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

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