Favorite Albums By Year: 1980-2004
Submitted by dcstar on Wed, 03/24/2004 - 06:22
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- 1980: Remain in Light: Talking Heads (Zenyatta Mondatta/ The Police)
- 1981: Ghost in the Machine: The Police (Beauty and the Beat/ The Go-Go's)
- 1982: Thriller: Michael Jackson (Nebraska/ Bruce Springsteen)
- 1983: Murmur: R.E.M. (Power, Corruption, and Lies/ New Order)
- 1984: Let It Be: The Replacements (Double Nickels on the Dime/ Minutemen)
- 1985: Rain Dogs: Tom Waits (Psychocandy/ Jesus & Mary Chain)
- 1986: The Queen is Dead: The Smiths (Graceland/ Paul Simon)
- 1987: You're Living All Over Me: Dinosaur Jr. (Substance/ New Order)
- 1988: Surfer Rosa: Pixies (Daydream Nation: Sonic Youth
- 1989: Doolittle: Pixies (Paul's Boutique/ Beastie Boys)
- 1990: Ritual De Lo Habitual: Jane's Addiction (Fear of a Black Planet/ Public Enemy)
- 1991: Slanted and Enchanted: Pavement (Screamedelica/ Primal Scream)
- 1992: Automatic for the People: R.E.M. (The Chronic/ Dr.Dre)
- 1993: In Utero: Nirvana (Siamese Dream/ Smashing Pumpkins)
- 1994: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: Pavement (Dookie/ Green Day)
- 1995: Wowee Zowee: Pavement ( The Bends/ Radiohead)
- 1996: Endtroducing...: DJ Shadow (Odelay!: Beck)
- 1997: OK Computer: Radiohead (Lonesome Crowded West/ Modest Mouse)
- 1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: Neutral Milk Hotel (Moon Safari/ Air)
- 1999: The Soft Bulletin: The Flaming Lips (Summerteeth/ Wilco)
- 2000: Kid A: Radiohead (Moon and Antarctica/ Modest Mouse)
- 2001: Is This It?: The Strokes (The Glow Pt. 2/ The Microphones)
- 2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Wilco (Turn on the Bright Lights/ Interpol)
- 2003: You Forgot It In People: Broken Social Scene (Chutes Too Narrow/ The Shins)
- 2004: Funeral: The Arcade Fire (Bows + Arrows/ The Walkmen)
Very good list! How are you dating the albums - by the year of release, or the year you got into them? If by release, a few are off.
We have many picks in common, even if I am a notorious Smashing Pumpkins non-fan...
Shalom, y'all!
L. Bangs
Yeah, I think a couple might be off. I was attempting to post by release year. I wasn't sure about a few though (Achtung Baby, Green, Thriller).
The Smashing Pumkins were for better-or-worse a big part of my high school memories. I guess I just let that seep into my long term opinions on the 90's, if that makes any sense. I do think Mellon Collie is an underrated album. Also, Siamese Dream is alot better than most of the grunge stuff in the early 90's, you have to admit. SP are really hit or miss overall.
I'm just getting into some of the better albums of the 80's. I just got Rain Dogs and Remain in Light. That's a decade that I have alot of discovering to go.
I checked a few of these on the All Music Guide, and apparently: (1) Green is a 1988 release, (2) Achtung Baby is a 1991 release, and (3) Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots is a 2002 release.
Thanks for the research. I'll have to do some updating.
Fully updated.
What no Weezer!?!
I love Broken Social Scene's inclusion.
Good choices. I like seeing The Pixies, Endtroducing, OK Computer, Murmur, Remain in Light, I could go on and on (but I won't).
Johnny Waco