Go…!!!
1973
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Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
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Can - Future Days
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Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
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Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
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Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
From 1988…
I think there was only one album which mattered [laugh]
From 1988…
I think there was only one album which mattered [laugh]
haha same here. 1988
The Land of Rape and Honey
also Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s shocking
I’m 1973 too.
Iggy and the Stooges: Raw Power
David Bowie: Alladin Sane
New York Dolls
Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies.
I was skimming through a list of rock albums from that year. Man, so much good stuff. Kind of hard to just pick 5. I don’t think I can even name 5 albums I liked from the last 5 years total.
'74 here.
Aerosmith - Get Yer Wings
Rush - S/T
Big Star - Radio City
King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black
King Crimson - Red
Budgie’s In For the Kill is '74 too. No Black Sabbath album… 73/75… bah.
1977
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David Bowie - Low
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Pink Floyd - Animals
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Wire - Pink Flag
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Ramones - Leave Home
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Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Hard to stop at 5.
1973 and not one mention of Dark Side…? Really, I know it’s played to death, but it’s one of the best
Ministry - Twitch
Revolting Cocks - Big Sexy Land
1971
King Crimson - Islands
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Cluster - Cluster
Frank Zappa - Fillmore East June '71
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are we talking our own personal top five or the actual chart toppers?
My personal top 5 of '76
ACDC -Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
The Eagles -Hotel California
Aerosmith -Rocks
Ramones -Ramones
The Bee Gees -Gold
Actual chart toppers
#1 Ramones -Ramones
#2 Stevie Wonder -Songs In The Key Of Life
#3 The Eagles -Hotel California
#4 Boston -Boston
#5 Rush -2112
Late,
grmpysmrf
Okay from what I’ve found so far… Wikipedia has a huge several page list but here are a few…
1979
The Clash - London Calling
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Not my favorite Floyd, but some decent tracks
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
ACDC - Highway to Hell
1968
- The Beatles - The Beatles
- Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat
- Frank Zappa - We’re Only In It For The Money
- Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
- Soft Machine - Soft Machine
From 1988…
I think there was only one album which mattered [laugh]
Only one!!!
There were heaps of essential releases in 1988.
1985:
Brian Eno- Thursday Afternoon (actually one of my favorite albums of all time! )
The Cure- The Head on the Door
Skinny Puppy- Bites
The Legendary Pink Dots- Asylum
The Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
[reply]From 1988…
I think there was only one album which mattered [laugh]
Only one!!!
There were heaps of essential releases in 1988.[/reply]
He is, of course, referring to Steve Winwood’s “Roll With It”.
For my year, 1975:
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
Abba - Abba
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Willie Nelson - Redheaded Stranger
To add to '86
Killing Joke - Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Dead Can Dance - Spleen and Ideal
This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Tinderbox
and
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore! (their most accomplished album)
Some classics from 1985, hard to pick only five:
Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
Einsturzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch
Slayer - Hell Awaits
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Foetus - Nail
1977 for me too
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David Bowie Low
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Kraftwerk Trans Europe Express
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Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks
4 Iggy Pop - The Idiot
(tie)
5. Throbbing Gristle Second Annual Report
- Donna Summer I Remember Yesterday
From 1988…
I think there was only one album which mattered [laugh]
True dat . . .
Lots of cool records in '87.
Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold and Manipulate
Slab! - Descention
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Front 242 - Official Version
Revolting Cocks - You Goddamned Son of a Bitch
Einsturzende Neubauten - Fünf auf der nach oben offenen Richterskala
Head of David - Dustbowl