A Lifetime of Music—Year By Year
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Though not specifically mentioned, I thought this looked like a really interesting meme from Mr. F. You start with the year of your birth on Wikipedia and pick you favorite album. Other ATK contributors and viewers (Tony), give this a try if you want.
1969--Tommy - The Who
1970--Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
1971--Electric Warrior - T. Rex
1972--Will the Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1973--We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
1974--Autobahn - Kraftwerk
1975--Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
1976--The Ramones - The Ramones
1977--The Grand Illusion - Styx
1978--Van Halen - Van Halen
1979--The Wall - Pink Floyd
1980--London Calling - The Clash
1981--Escape - Journey
1982--The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
1983--Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
1984--The Unforgettable Fire - U2
1985--Scarecrow - John Cougar Mellencamp
1986--Licensed to Ill - The Beastie Boys
1987--One Way Home - The Hooters
1988--...And Justice for All - Metallica
1989--Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1990--Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
1991--O.G. Original Gangster - Ice T
1992--The Predator - Ice Cube
1993--Chaos A.D. - Sepultura
1994--No Need to Argue - The Cranberries
1995--Alice In Chains - Alice in Chains
1996-- Boys for Pele - Tori Amos
1997--Come on Over - Shania Twain
1998--No Substance - Bad Religion
1999--Enema of the State - Blink-182
2000--The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
2001--Satellite - P.O.D.
2002--Bunkka - Paul Oakenfold
2003--Faceless - Godsmack
2004--Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005--The Warrior's Code - Dropkick Murphys
2006--Sam's Town - The Killers
2007--Dark Passion Play - Nightwish
10 comments:
That's a very "Detroit Guy" list there, Steves. Very nice. Take no prisoners bad-ass tunage for the most part.
But what the hell happened from 1994-97? You start dating one of the roadies from Lilith Fair?
This is funny, because I did get "memed" by Mr. F and was working on this just last night...I just didn't finish.
1974: Rolling Stones, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
1975: Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
1976: Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life
1977: AC/DC, Let There Be Rock
1978: Van Halen, Van Halen
1979: Pink Floyd, The Wall
1980: The Clash, London Calling
1981: AC/DC, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1982: Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast
1983: ZZ Top, Eliminator
1984: Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA
1985: John Cougar Mellencamp, Scarecrow
1986: Paul Simon, Graceland
1987: Guns ‘N Roses, Appetite for Destruction
1988: Metallica, …And Justice For All
1989: Motley Crue, Dr. Feelgood
1990: Alice In Chains, Facelift
1991: Nirvana, Nevermind
1992: Megadeth, Countdown to Extinction
1993: Tool, Undertow
1994: Weezer, “Blue Album”
1995: White Zombie, Astro Creep: 2000
1996: Dave Mathews Band, Crash. Or maybe Beck, Odelay. I dunno.
1997: Radiohead, OK Computer
1998: Keb’ Mo’, Slow Down
1999: RHCP, Claiforniacation
2000: Killswitch Engage, Killswitch Engage
2001: System of a Down, Toxicity
2002: Shadows Fall, The Art of Balance
2003: As I Lay Dying, Frail Words Collapse
2004: Lamb of God, Ashes of the Wake (but Hot Fuss by the Killers was good too)
2005: Wolfmother, Wolfmother
2006: In Flames, Come Clarity (but Springsteen’s “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is great)
2007: I got sick of doing this and didn’t want to make a rash decision…
1982: Thriller, Michael Jackson
1983: Metal Health, Quiet Riot
1984: Purple Rain, Prince
1985: Scarecrow, John Cougar Mellencamp
1986: Raising Hell, Run DMC
1987: Appetite for Destruction, Guns 'n Roses
1988: Straight outta Compton, N.W.A.
1989: Mothers Milk, Red Hot Chili Peppers
1990: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, MC Hammer
1991: (TIE) Metallica (the Black Album), Metallica; AND Nevermind, Nirvana
1992: Check Your Head, Beastie Boys
1993: Doggystyle, Snoop Dogg
1994: Superunknown, Soundgarden
1995: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins
1996: All Eyez on Me, Tupac
1997: OK Computer, Radiohead
1998: NONE (No good music was produced in 1998)
1999: TIE, Californication (Chili Peppers) AND The Fragile, (Nine Inch Nails)
2000: The Marshall Mathers LP, Eminem
2001: Weezer (Green Album), Weezer
2002: The Eminem Show, Eminem
2003: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, Outkast
2004: American Idiot, Green Day
2005: X&Y, Coldplay (even though I really don't like Coldplay that much)
2006: Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2007: In Rainbows, Radiohead
Oops, that last one was from me...
Hilarious. I read Steves as though it was Smitty, and I was shocked at some of the selections...
NOW, I see why.
Pretty eclectic mix there, steves. And, smitty, that's more what I was expecting...
I have to agree, I was a little concerned about your taste in the mid-90's, Steves.
As for Smitty... You do enjoy a really pissed-off screaming front-man, don't you?
Some of those years were really hard to pick.
But what the hell happened from 1994-97? You start dating one of the roadies from Lilith Fair?
What can I say, I pretty much like anything except for jazz. Nothing wrong with jazz, just never cared for it. I like female vocalists and almost included the Inidigo Girls in the 80's. I will admit that the mid 90's was probably one of the weakest eras for music, IMO.
The rest of you have great lists, too. I could enjoy listening to any of them.
Rickey's all about the love for the DKM. Rickey certainly doesn't think he'll ever see Ice Cube and the Cranberries on the same list ever again...
This guy kinda summed it all up with his The Top 20 Albums of All Time. He
used this formula: Album Staying Power Value + Sales Value + Critical Rating Value + Grammy Award Value
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs
/yradish/15499/the-top-20-albums
-of-all-time-for-real
You know, all in all, good picks but I just haven't gotten on the Stevie Wonder bandwagon yet.
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