Favourite Albums Year-by-Year
Submitted by masted on Sat, 09/03/2005 - 02:45
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- 1963: With The Beatles - The Beatles
- 1964: A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
- 1965: Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
- 1966: Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
- 1967: John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
- 1968: Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
- 1969: Willy & the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- 1970: Moondance - Van Morrison
- 1971: Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
- 1972: Sail Away - Randy Newman
- 1973: Call Me - Al Green
- 1974: I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
- 1975: Zuma - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
- 1976: The Wild Tchoupitoulas - The Wild Tchoupitoulas
- 1977: Marquee Moon - Television
- 1978: This Year's Model - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
- 1979: London Calling - The Clash
- 1980: Remain in Light - Talking Heads
- 1981: Translucence - Poly Styrene
- 1982: English Settlement - XTC
- 1983: Where Angels Fear to Tread - Mink DeVille
- 1984: Making History - Linton Kwesi Johnson
- 1985: Fegmania! - Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians
- 1986: Parade - Prince
- 1987: Sentimental Hygiene - Warren Zevon
- 1988: Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
- 1989: Strange Angels - Laurie Anderson
- 1990: Charcoal Lane - Archie Roach
- 1991: Time For a Witness - The Feelies
- 1992: The Future - Leonard Cohen
- 1993: My Life - Iris DeMent
- 1994: Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
- 1995: Penthouse - Luna
- 1996: New Adventures in Hi-Fi - R.E.M.
- 1997: Mundo Civilizado - Arto Lindsay
- 1998: Car Wheels On a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams
- 1999: Fight Songs - Old 97's
- 2000: Made in Medina - Rachid Taha
- 2001: Missundaztood - Pink
- 2002: On - Imperial Teen
- 2003: Bowmboi - Rokia Traore
- 2004: Salt - Arto Lindsay
I love seeing Al Green represented here, not to mention Luna and Lucinda Williams (Car Wheels really is a masterpiece, isn't it?). Great list...
Johnny Waco
Thanks...I think it's interesting that favourite-albums lists for the early years of rock tend to have the usual suspects, but after punk came and went, everything became fragmented and quirkier and more personal.