Just so you know, I'm under no delusion that anyone reading our blog actually cares what music I listen to or like. But another website that I frequent was having people submit their favorite album from each year since the beginning of time (better known as the 1950's), so I put my list together. I figured I'd post it here for anyone who's curious. Feel free to make fun of me.
I would like it noted that the presence of three Kingston Trio albums can be seen as either a) the influence of my dad on my music taste or b) the dearth of good music from 1958-1962. Since I like a lot of other stuff from that era, I'll go with a).
And yes, R.E.M. really were that good in the 1980's. They would have made a 6 year sweep if Zen Arcade hadn't come out in the mean time. (Actually 1988 should have probably gone to Surfer Rosa by the Pixies, but the cover features a partially nekkid woman, so I figured Erin would make me change it. Imagine...Censored by a journalism teacher...sheesh...)
Each album also has a link to its picture, review, clips, etc on Allmusic.com, just to prove that somebody else actually likes this stuff...
1957 - Buddy Holly - The 'Chirping' Crickets
1958 - The Kingston Trio - The Kingston Trio
1959 - The Kingston Trio - At Large
1960 - The Everly Brothers - The Fabulous Style
1961 - The Kingston Trio - Close Up
1962 - Peter, Paul & Mary - Peter, Paul & Mary
1963 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
1964 - Jan & Dean - Dead Man's Curve / New Girl in School
1965 - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
1966 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
1968 - The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
1969 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971 - The Who - Who's Next
1972 - Big Star - #1 Record
1973 - Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
1974 - Big Star - Radio City
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 - Kansas - Leftoverture
1977 - Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
1978 - Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
1979 - XTC - Drums and Wires
1980 - The Jam - Sound Affects
1981 - Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches
1982 - Duran Duran - Rio
1983 - R.E.M. - Murmur
1984 - Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
1985 - R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
1986 - R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
1987 - R.E.M. - Document
1988 - R.E.M. - Green
1989 - The Cure - Disintegration
1990 - The Beautiful South - Choke
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992 - Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
1993 - The Posies - Frosting on the Beater
1994 - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
1995 - Pavement - Wowee Zowee
1996 - Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999 - The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music
2000 - The Hives - Veni Vidi Vicious
2001 - The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
2002 - Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
2003 - The Wrens - The Meadowlands
2004 - Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005 - The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
2006 - Mission Of Burma - The Obliterati
2007 - Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
Thursday, March 27, 2008
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3 comments:
Ok, from 1991 to the present I only recognize two of those, and my dad and brother are music teachers!!
Heidi
Okay, Bret - so you have redeemed yourself after those snide comments about California.
You actually have great taste in music. I guess being raised in the mid-west didn't totally mess you up!
wow, you have way too much down time at work.
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