Goofle's Top 10 Albums From (most) Years: 1963-2017
 

The first year in which I have heard close to 10 albums from is 1965, so I will start there, but here's my Top 5 from the previous two years:

1963

5. The Beatles - Please Please Me
4. The Beatles - With The Beatles
3. Thelonious Monk - Criss-Cross
2. The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach - The Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach
1. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

1964

5. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
4. The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
3. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
2. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
1. Jacques Brel - Enregistrement public

1965

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8. The Beatles - Help!
7. The Zombies - The Zombies
6. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
5. Grant Green - Idle Moments
4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
3. Albert Ayler Quartet - Vibrations
2. Albert Ayler Trio - Spiritual Unity
1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

I don't particularly care for the latter Beatles album on this list, but since I was scraping around for list fillers, it made the cut. However, I either really like, or love the rest of these albums. The Jazz albums are up there with some of my favourite of all time, with #1 and #2 being nailed on classics in my opinion. Highway 61 is comfortably my favourite Dylan record, and the only one I would listen to out of choice, as opposed to a binge.

Overall, this is just an okay year for me. I am certain there's plenty of albums I have not had the pleasure of listening to as of right now, but this is the best I have so far.

Righty-O! It'll be fun comparing lists as we go along. I've skimmed your Top 5 of each year list on RYM before and we do have a decent amount of common ground already. Seeing this, our major differentiator here is that I'm not a jazz fan. I may acquire a taste for it later in life, but I haven't yet.

1966

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10. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
9. John Mayall With Eric Clapton - Blues Breakers
8. Godz - Contact High With the Godz
7. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
6. The Beatles - Revolver
5. John Coltrane & Don Cherry - The Avant-Garde
4. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
3. Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You [EP]
2. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators
1. The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!

This is by no means an amazing year for me, but I dig pretty much every album on this list, save for the last two. My second favourite Dylan album, the awesome jazzy exploits of Coltrane and Cherry, THAT SJH song and undisputed classics from the Beach Boys and The Beatles. But lets be real here, nothing is going to top Freak Out!. I think this was probably my introduction to Frank Zappa, and I can't over-state how important a moment that was in my musical history. Phenomenal stuff.

1967

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10. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk
9. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
8. The Red Crayola With the Familiar Ugly - The Parable of Arable Land
7. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
6. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Love - Forever Changes
4. The Doors - The Doors
3. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
2. The Peter Brötzmann Trio - For Adolphe Sax
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced

Now this is the year where shit really starts to heat up. I could probably make an argument for any of the top seven being my favourite from 1967 in fact. But lets be real real here, Jimi and the boys killed it. Having said that, I have listened to The Doors probably three times as much as any album on this list, and it would definitely be the most significant for me in terms of my musical journey. Favourite Beatles and Beach Boys albums too. Overall, a fantastic year for me.

1967 has about 3 possible #1's haha. Love the list. Got to hear Freak Out!, waiting for a vinyl copy though.

Damn great choices, nicely done overall.

1968

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10. Red Krayola - God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
7. Dr. John, The Night Tripper - Gris-Gris
6. Silver Apples - Silver Apples
5. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
4. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
3. The Peter Brötzmann Octet - Machine Gun
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
1. Silver Apples - Contact

Another fantastic year, filled with albums I adore. Now, the first Silver Apples record seems to be the most revered overall, but I just preferred Contact a whole lot more personally. Jimi continues to put out classics (and my favourite of his actually), Brötzmann kills it and that Zombies album is simply a classic. All of the other albums are pretty damn good too.

ERROR: I accidentally placed the C.A. Quintet (seen below) album in here initially.

1969

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10. Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Room
9. Can - Monster Movie
8. Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis
7. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
6. Wolfgang Dauner Quintet - The Oimels
5. The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
4. Scott Walker - Scott 4
3. C.A. Quintet - Trip Thru Hell
2. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

And the award for most surprising album listed as #1 goes to... somebody else I suppose! Of course it's my #1, for crying out loud. Also including my favourite TVU and Scott Walker albums. Zappa, Wolfgang and Sun Ra holding it down. Fantastic year again, and one I really need to delve into a little more.

Also, one thing I have to atone for, in my 1968 list I put the C.A. Quintet album in. I am going to assume this came about because of a copy and paste error. Therefore I am replacing it with God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It by the Red Krayola. My comments in that list still stand, vastly under appreciated release.

I love Captain Beefheart's Safe as Milk but I could never get through Trout Mask Replica. I've tried twice, and I'm sure I will try again in the future, as it's highly regarded but I just don't get it.

1970

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10. Amon Düül II - Yeti
9. クニ河内と彼のともだち [Kuni Kawachi & Friends] - Kirikyogen
8. Wolfgang Dauner - Output
7. Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
6. Soft Machine - Third
5. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
4. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
3. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby
2. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
1. Demon Fuzz - Afreaka!

This really isn't the best year for me. There's some great stuff in here, especially the top two. But before compiling this list, for some reason I expected there to be more competition for places. That said, every album I have here is at least very good. There's not been much of a stylistic shift over the past few years either, and that trend continues for a little while.

I'm surprised by some of the albums that didn't make it to your 1970 list...here are a few that would easily make mine from that year:

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Led Zeppelin - III
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Stooges - Fun House
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Santana - Abraxas (one of two Santana albums I actually enjoy)

Just to name a few. Maybe our taste is different, but I thought 1970 was a great year. I do like your choices as well, though - especially Bitches Brew...so no real argument there (except the Captain Beefheart albums...I'm with Sidewinder on those).

Sabbath and Stooges were the closest to making the list. Not really a huge fan of the others. But some good albums for sure.

1971

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10. Faust - Faust
9. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
8. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
7. Gilberto Gil - Gilberto Gil
6. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV]
5. The Doors - L.A. Woman
4. Comus - First Utterance
3. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
2. Can - Tago Mago
1. Flower Travellin' Band - Satori

I may be wrong, but I think this is the first year which has three five star albums for me. That Top 3 stacks up with anything so far, or any year I will discuss in the future. My favourite Cohen and Can albums, and the wondrous joy that is Satori. Also the best Led Zep album, and the only one I would listen to with any regularity (actually I am gonna out it on now). Gilberto Gil is a bit of an obscurity, but it's a fantastic Samba/Folk/whatever album.

Overall, this is a great year for me, and so many very good albums I didn't have room for.

Gilberto Gil is great...have you heard his collab with Jorge Ben called "Gilberto e Jorge"? It's really damn good.

I have a feeling that I have, but I'll go ahead and listen anyway.

1972

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10. Deep Purple - Machine Head
9. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
8. Genesis - Foxtrot
7. Big Star - #1 Record
6. Eddie Kendricks - People...Hold On
5. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.
4. Aphrodite's Child - 666
3. NEU! - NEU!
2. Can - Ege Bamyasi
1. Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond

This one is the big time ladies and gentlemen. This list of albums is fantastic in my view, some absolutely outstanding records. Probably the most 'heavy' year for me so far, too. With two absolute Heavy Rock classics in Captain Beyond and Machine Head. The best Kendricks and Stones albums in my view, as well as the undisputed Foxtrot. Can and NEU! holding it down in the name of Krautrock. Overall a fantastic year.

No Who's Next? :nono:

Great album, too bad this one didn't make my list.

Lot of interesting listings in here. I should check out some of those bands/albums!

I don't really have much time for The Who these days.

1973

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10. NEU! - NEU! 2
9. Marion Brown - Geechee Recollections
8. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
7. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
6. Tom Waits - Closing Time
5. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Photos of Ghosts
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
3. The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation
2. The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
1. Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power

This is probably my most varied year so far. Krautrock, Jazz, Psychedelic Rock, the genres of Tom Waits/Frank Zappa, Funk and Proto-Punk etc. The only negative is that it contains none of my absolute top tier favourite records ever. In fact, only Raw Power would come near that list. Nevertheless, it shows the expanding nature of music around this time (which isn't to say there wasn't experimentation long before it). All of these albums are completely worth checking out at least once.

p.s. Bongo Rock is an absolute pillar when it comes to Hip Hop sampling,

p.s. (2) I am going for the "left side" look now. The way the albums were presented in the "central" format is just uneasy on the eye.

Just posting to say I'm enjoying following this. :)

Thanks man :)

1974

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10. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
9. Sand - Golem
8. The Residents - Meet The Residents
7. Henry Cow - Unrest
6. Sparks - Kimono My House
5. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
4. Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony
3. King Crimson - Red
2. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Natty Dread
1. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')

This is definitely a so-so year for me. Clearly there's a lot of very good albums on here, but I don't think the standard is as high as many of the years I have posted about already. But don't get me wrong, I'd happily listen to every album on here. Zappa kills it as per usual. Quite comfortably my favourite Bob Marley album. Cohen finds his way into another list, with another great album. But yeah, overall it's just a solid year. I am sure there's plenty of albums I haven't gotten round to that are worthy of the list though.

1975

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10. Big Youth - Dread Locks Dread
9. Takehisa Kosugi, Michael Ranta & Toshi Ichiyanagi - Improvisation Sep. 1975
8. SBB - Nowy horyzont
7. Patti Smith - Horses
6. Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers - Bongo Fury
5. Grand Funk Railroad - Caught in the Act
4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. NEU! - NEU! '75
2. Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All
1. Oliver Nelson - Skull Session

Honestly, apart from the top maybe four albums on here, I wouldn't consider this stellar. Sure, they are all good albums (though I pretty much never listen to 10 through 5), but there's a lack of real classics in my opinion. Decent year, but not a great year for me personally.

Kraftwerk put out Radioactivity, Willie Nelson put out Red Headed Stranger and Aerosmith put out Toys in the Attic in 1975 though. Just sayin'.

Edit: Drunk idiot post.

I do not recall those albums.

yo youre missing the best albums from 74 and 75 respectively guy

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1976

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10. Blowfly - Oldies But Goodies
9. Blondie - Blondie
8. David Bowie - Station to Station
7. Weather Report - Black Market
6. Tom Waits - Small Change
5. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
4. Max Romeo & The Upsetters - War ina Babylon
3. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
2. Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes
1. The Residents - The Third Reich 'n Roll

Not a stellar year for me personally. I'd say the only two albums I absolutely love are the top two, and even those are rarely listened to. The main dude Blowfly keeping it real. Waits and Bowie get another nod, and the rest are good records no doubt.

Interesting to see the Blondie debut in the list but can't stand the Modern Lovers album:)

Get out.

1977

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10. Jacques Brel - Brel [Les marquises]
9. Ramones - Rocket to Russia
8. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
7. Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
6. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
5. Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
4. Wire - Pink Flag
3. Pink Floyd - Animals
2. David Bowie - Low
1. Television - Marquee Moon

I think it's fair to say that this quite a selection of albums. And whilst it's probably the most predictable list I have posted so far, you can't take away from the sheer quality of most of these records. The peak of post-punk, in my opinion at least, comes in the form of Marquee Moon. My absolute favourite Bowie and Pink Floyd records also get a nod.

Overall, this is just a fantastic year for me, and the albums I had to leave out only add to it's strength.

I agree, my birth year is pretty fantastic. Definitely with you on the Fleetwood Mac, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd and Television albums, though I would also have included the first Suicide album, Harry Nilsson's Knnillssonn, and Iggy Pop's The Idiot.

I would add Billy Joel's The Stranger. Solid list, though.

1978

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10. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
9. Buzzcocks - Love Bites
8. Blondie - Parallel Lines
7. Japan - Adolescent Sex
6. Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
5. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
4. Magazine - Real Life
3. Public Image Ltd. - Public Image - First Issue
2. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
1. Wire - Chairs Missing

Feeling quite sad that I have to leave off The Cars self titles, but that's the way it goes when there's so many great albums to choose from. What can I say about Chairs Missing? Phenomenal stuff. A few other post-punk classics in there too. Blondie still hovering around my lists like a fantastic smell. My dude Waits with his highest placed finish on these lists so far, with one of his more "underrated" albums in my opinion. Its probably my second favourite of his actually. Really really good year for me.

1979

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10. Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville
9. The Residents - Eskimo
8. The Clash - London Calling
7. Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
6. This Heat - This Heat
5. PiL - Metal Box
4. Codona - Codona
3. Wire - 154
2. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
1. The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials

No if's, and's or but's, this is my favourite year so far. Three 5* masterpieces at the top, and loaded with amazing albums top to bottom. The fact that Fear of Music and Y didn't even manage to sneak a place speaks volumes to the quality on show. Not much needs to be said really, all awesome albums.

1980

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10. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
9. The Clash - Sandinista!
8. The Photos - The Photos
7. The Jam - Sound Affects
6. Prince - Dirty Mind
5. Joy Division - Closer
4. The Sound - Jeopardy
3. Circle Jerks - Group Sex
2. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
1. Swell Maps - ...In "Jane From Occupied Europe"

Pretty decent I suppose. The bottom four aren't really all-time favourites, or albums I listen to with any regularity these days, but solid albums nonetheless. Prince is probably quite unlucky here as it's probably my personal favourite of his, but the albums above are truly great. Gotta love the post-punk love-fest. So yeah, overall it's a good year but not one of my best.

1981

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10. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
9. Section 25 - Always Now
8. Black Flag - Damaged
7. Gang of Four - Solid Gold
6. Adolescents - Adolescents
5. Killing Joke - What's THIS For...!
4. Medium Medium - The Glitterhouse
3. This Heat - Deceit
2. X - Wild Gift
1. The Church - Of Skins and Heart

This is one of those middle ground years for me. It doesn't contain any of my 5* rated albums, but it is solid all the way through and every album is worthy of a place on the list. I absolutely love the Top 3 albums for sure, and weirdly enough that Church album isn't even my favourite of theirs (though it is higher placed in it's Top 10 than my favourite).

Deceit isn't a five star album? What the hell is wrong with you?

If I listened to it today it might be.