Your Album By Year List

[upinkzeppelin2]

1961: Bob Dylan
1963: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1964: Another Side Of Bob Dylan
1965: Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
1966: Revolver - The Beatles
1967: Buffalo Springfield Again
1968: The Beatles
1969: Led Zeppelin
1970: Led Zeppelin III
1971: Led Zeppelin IV
1972: Eat A Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
1973: The Dark Side Of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1974: Rush
1975: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
1976: 2112 - Rush
1977: Marquee Moon - Television
1978: Outlandos D'Amour - The Police
1979: Regetta de Blanc - The Police
1980: Boy - U2
1981: Moving Pictures - Rush
1982: E.T. Soundtrack - John Williams
1983: War - U2
1984: The Unforgettable Fire - U2
1985: Raindogs - Tom Waits
1986: Life's Rich Pageant - R.E.M.
1987: The Joshua Tree - U2
1988: Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
1989: Doolittle - The Pixies
1990: Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
1991: Achtung Baby - U2
1992: Blind Melon
1993: Where You Been - Dinosaur Jr.
1994: Pisces Iscariot - Smashing Pumpkins
1995: The Bends - Radiohead
1996: Odelay - Beck
1997: OK Computer - Radiohead
1998: XO - Elliott Smith
1999: Keep It Like A Secret - Built To Spill
2000: Kid A - Radiohead
2001: Amnesiac - Radiohead
2002: A Rush Of Blood To the Head - Coldplay
2003: Absolution - Muse
2004: A Ghost Is Born - Wilco

[rockysigman]

upinkzeppelin2 said:

1967: Buffalo Springfield Again

[Galactus]

It's good album, I considered putting it on my list...the first one's better though.

[Kensterberg]

OK, I found the list I made back in 2004/5, and updated it a bit. Titles that are struck through are the ones I'd picked when I made the list but have now replaced. 1974 is still the crappiest year in rock history, BTW.

Albums of the Year:

1962: Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
1963: The Beatles, With the Beatles (it’s a better record than Please Please Me)
1964: The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night
1965: Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
1966: The Beatles, Revolver (by the slimmest of margins over Blonde on Blonde)
1967: The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico
1968: The Beatles, The Beatles (the white album)
1969: The Beatles, Abbey Road/The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground (tie)
1970: Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton), Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
1971: The Who, Who’s Next
1972: David Bowie, The Decline and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars
1973: David Bowie, Aladin Sane
1974: ?? as near as I can tell, this was THE WORST year in rock and roll
1975: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Born to Run
1976: David Bowie, Station to Station
1977: The Clash, The Clash/ David Bowie, “Heroes”
1978: Elvis Costello, This Year’s Model
1979: The Clash, London Calling
1980: X, Los Angeles
1981: The Clash, Sandinista!
1982: X, Under the Big Black Sun Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska
1983: R.E.M., Murmer
1984: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Couldn’t Stand the Weather
1985: The Replacements, Tim
1986: Housemartins, London 0 Hull 4 Paul Simon, Graceland
1987: Midnight Oil, Diesel and Dust
1988: [no entry] Crowded House, Temple of Low Men
1989: Lou Reed, New York
1990: The Beautiful South, Choke
1991: U2, Achtung Baby!
1992: R.E.M., Automatic for the People
1993: U2, Zooropa Nirvana, In Utero
1994: Nirvana, MTV Unplugged
1995: Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
1996: Wilco, Being There
1997: Radiohead, OK Computer Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind
1998: R.E.M., Up
1999: Wilco, Summer Teeth
2000: Original Soundtrack, O Brother Where Art Thou? Sleater Kinney, All Hands on the Bad One (this could still change, maybe to the White Stipes’ De Stijl)
2001: Bob Dylan, Love and Theft Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2002: Bruce Springsteen, The Rising
2003: Radiohead, Hail to the Thief/Joe Strummer and the Mesceleros, Streetcore (tie)
2004: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Shake the Sheets
2005: Paul Weller, As Is Now
2006: Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam

[rockysigman]

Using a live album might be sort of lame for something like this, but for '74 you could always use Rock N Roll Animal.

Lou also put out Sally Can't Dance that year, but that album is craptastic.

[Galactus]

On The Beach is clearly the correct answer.

[Proud]

You people have me far beaten in music knowledge, but here's something for the sake of having something:

X (not including the band name) = My collection's lacking for that year

1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1966: The Beatles - Revolver
1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970: The Doors - Morrison Hotel
1971: The Who - Who's Next
1972: Neil Young - Harvest
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1974: Nico - The End...
1975: Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
1976: Rush - 2112
1977: Television - Marquee Moon
1978: Sun Ra - Lanquidity
1979: The Clash - The Clash (U.S.)
1980: Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1981: Adolescents - Adolescents (X)
1982: X - Under the Big Black Sun
1983: New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies (X)
1984: Cocteau Twins - Treasure
1985: I somehow don't remember Tim well enough (X)
1986: R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
1987: Kitaro - The Light of the Spirit
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: Nirvana - Bleach
1990: Sonic Youth - Goo
1991: Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
1992: Love Battery - Dayglo
1993: Nirvana - In Utero
1994: Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
1995: Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2
1996: Pearl Jam - No Code
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
1999: Of Montreal - The Gay Parade
2000: New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
2001: Stephen Malkmus - Stephen Malkmus
2002: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
2003: Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - Streetcore
2004: Espers - Espers
2005: My Morning Jacket - Z
2006: Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam

As much as I want to reward Songs for a Blue Guitar, no-can-do.

[phil]

1974 is still the crappiest year in rock history, BTW.

Say What ??

- Joni Mitchell ~ Court and Spark
- Bob Marley ~ Natty Dread
- Gram Parsons ~ Grievous Angel
- Richard and Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonigh
- Steely Dan ~ Pretzel Logic
- Big Star ~ Radio City
- Randy Newman ~ Good Old Boys
- Kraftwerk ~ Autobahn
- Tom Waits ~ The Heart of Saturday Night
- Genesis ~ The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Van Morrison ~ It's Too Late to Stop Now
- Ry Cooder ~ Paradise and Lunch
- Neil Young ~ On the Beach
- King Crimson ~ Red
- Tangerine Dream ~ Phaedra
- Roxy Music ~ Country Life
- The Sparks ~ Kimono My House
- Lou Reed ~ Rock 'n' Roll Animal
- Bad Company ~ Bad Co.
- Supertramp ~ Crime of the Century
- John Cale ~ Fear
- David Bowie ~ Diamond Dogs
- Rory Gallagher ~ Irish Tour

and of course ...

- Frank ZZZappa ~ Apostrophe(')

[upinkzeppelin2]

Even still I would agree with Ken that it's the worst year in rock history, at least in the 70s.

[upinkzeppelin2]

Ken, please eliminate the ties on your list as I might be scoring these if we get a few more entries.

[upinkzeppelin2]

rockysigman said:

upinkzeppelin2 said:

1967: Buffalo Springfield Again

I actually expected someone rather to roll their eyes at my 1982 selection.

[upinkzeppelin2]

....which was the soundtrack to E.T.

FWIW, I believe John Williams is a genius.