Thursday, July 29, 2021

Albums of the Year 1965 - 1999

 This seems time to take a pause and record the Top Albums for each year on the Best Ever Albums list and my own. From 1965, the year I was born, to 1999 when I turned 34. Hey, I'm a trainspotter, and not ashamed of that fact. Here are the Best Ever Albums chart toppers:

1965 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted

1966 - The Beatles - Revolver

1967 - The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

1968 - The Beatles (White Album)

1969 - The Beatles - Abbey Road

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid 

1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV

1972 - David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars

1973 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

1974 - King Crimson - Red

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

1976 - Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life

1977 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

1978 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness At The Edge Of Town

1979 - The Clash - London Calling

1980 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light

1981 - Rush - Moving Pictures

1982 - Michael Jackson - Thriller

1983 - R.E.M. - Murmur

1984 - Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain

1985 - Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love

1986 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

1987 - U2 - The Joshua Tree

1988 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

1989 - Pixies - Doolittle

1990 - Depeche Mode - Violator

1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind

1992 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

1993 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

1994 - Jeff Buckley - Grace

1995 - Radiohead - The Bends

1996 - Weezer - Pinkerton

1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer

1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

1999 - Sigur Rois - Agaetis Byrjun



and here are my own favourites. A handful coincide:

1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul

1966 - The Beatles - Revolver

1967 - Love - Forever Changes

1968 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

1969 - The Beatles - Abbey Road

1970 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

1971 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

1972 - David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars

1973 - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

1974 - Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grevious Angel

1975 - Patti Smith - Horses

1976 - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers

1977 - Television - Marquee Moon

1978 - Blondie - Parallel Lines

1979 - Gang Of Four - Entertainment

1980 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light

1981 - Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here

1982 - Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)

1983 - R.E.M. - Murmur

1984 - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes

1985 - Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

1986 - The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional 

1987 - Prince & The Revolution - Sign O' The Times

1988 - The Go Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane

1989 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High & Rising

1990 - Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet

1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind

1992 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

1993 - Tindersticks - The First Tindersticks Record

1994 - Portishead - Dummy

1995 - Radiohead - The Bends

1996 - DJ Shadow - Entroducing

1997 - Cornershop - When I Was Born For The Seventh Time

1998 - Elliott Smith - XO

1999 - Travis - The Man Who

And my favourite of all? This one? Not the best album of all time but the one that means most to me. It's all arbitrary isn't it.


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