Pick An Album For Every Year You've Been Alive

[Lumenskir]

Basically, for every year you've been alive, pick an album released that year for your list. Maybe it's something you like now, maybe it was your favorite back then, your choice, as long as it is in the correct year.

I spent my procrastinating time doing this, using Wikipedia's helpful timeline of music history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_years_in_music), although it's not exactly as thorough as it could be at spots.

My list:
1987 - You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
1988 - Green - R.E.M.
1989 - Tweez - Slint
1990 - Changesbowie - David Bowie
1991 - Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
1992 - Wish - The Cure
1993 - Ultimate Alternative Wavers - Built to Spill
1994 - Dummy - Portishead
1995 - The Bends - Radiohead
1996 - Call the Doctor - Sleater-Kinney
1997 - Young Team - Mogwai
1998 - Black Star - Black Star
1999 - The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
2000 - Parachutes - Coldplay
2001 - Discovery - Daft Punk
2002 - You Forgot It in People - Broken Social Scene
2003 - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky
2004 - College Dropout - Kanye West
2005 - Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
2006 - Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady
2007 - From Here We Go Sublime - The Field
2008 (so far) - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - Sigur Rós

Things I Found:
- I'm pretty sure the reason my brother has such horrid music taste is probably due to his being born in 1990, a.k.a. The Year Where Nothing Particularly Good Came Out. I wouldn't be surprised if others born into the 1990 sonic void have similar taste defects.
- From about 2004 on I had to choose between about five different front runners for each year, which was almost as bad as having next to nothing to choose from.
- It's weird to scroll down the list of releases and see names pop up much sooner than you were expecting, although it's even weirder when you realize they're apparently hanging around far longer than is probably necessary.
- Watch for the shift in ratio between bands forming and bands disbanding.
- Ah Wikipedia, your democratization of history is so evident when you see which events get marked down as important.

[Smarty McBarrelpants]

1985- Brothers in Arms- Dire Straights
1986-It's a Kind of Magic- Queen
1987-Appetite for Destruction- Guns and Roses
1988-Temple of Low Men- Crowded House
1989- The Miracle- Queen
1990-Ringo Starr and His All Star Band- Ringo Starr
1991- Innuendo- Queen
1992-The One- Elton John
1993- Bat out of Hell 2- Meatloaf
1994-Defineatly Maybe- Oasis
1995- Made in Heaven- Queen
1996-This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about- Mighty Mouse
1997-Let's Talk About Love- Celine Dion
1998-Try Whistling This- Neil Finn
1999-Running with Scissors- Wierd Al Yankovic
2000-Survival Sickness- International Noise Conspiracy
2001-Zoom- Electric Light Orchestra
2002-Come Away with Me- Norah Jones
2003-Valley of the Damned- Dragonforce
2004- Horsepower- Phoeniz Foundation
2005-Birds- Bic Runga
2006- Bat out of Hell 3- Meatloaf
2007-Because of the Times- Kings of Leons

That was good fun. 1990 does suck. Though 2005 was terrible as well.
Also it got far harder as years went on, mostly because I don't listen to a lot of new music.

[TheSparrow]

You guys are crazy, there were plenty of good albums in 1990 in all sorts of musical styles, Eric Johnson's Ah Via Musicom, Primus' Frizzle Fry, Social Distortion's ST, Bad Religion's Against the Grain, Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Danzig II, N.W.A.'s 100 Miles and Runnin', Sonic Youth's Goo, Alice in Chain's Facelift, Megadeth's Rust in Peace and Jane's Addicition's Ritual De Lo Habital....anyhow, onward

1979 The Wall - Pink Floyd (Nearly went with London Calling - The Clash)
1980 Los Angeles - X
1981 Stray Cats - The Stray Cats
1982 Milo Goes to College - The Descendents
1983 Holy Diver - Dio
1984 Zen Arcade - Husker Du
1985 Rum, Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues
1986 November-Coming-Fire - Samhain
1987 Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani
1988 Surfer Rosa - Pixies
1989 13 Songs - Fugazi
1990 Social Distortion - Social Distortion
1991 Sailing the Seas of Cheese - Primus
1992 Dirt - Alice in Chains
1993 Angst - KMFDM
1994 The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
1995 All Ages - Bad Religion
1996 Born Slippy.NUXX - Underworld
1997 Redemption 87 - Redemption 87
1998 Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco
1999 Apocalypse Dudes - Turbonegro
2000 Rock Star God - The Makers
2001 Wish I was in Heaven Sittin Down - R.L. Burnside
2002 Minority Of One - Dag Nasty
2003 Hearts of Oak - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
2004 Upsetting Ernesto's - The Slackers
2005 Golden Black - Guitar Wolf
2006 Orphans - Tom Waits
2007 The Dethalbum - Dethklok
2008 Mr Love & Justice - Billy Bragg

[OctoberRaven]

1986- Master of Puppets, Metallica
1987- Scream Bloody Gore, Death
1988- South of Heaven, Slayer
1989- Practice What You Preach, Testament
1990- Rust in Peace, Megadeth
1991- Self-titled, Iced Earth
1992- Night of the Stormrider, Iced Earth
1993- Individual Thought Patterns, Death
1994- Divine Intervention, Slayer
1995- De Profoundus, Vader
1996- Undisputed Attitute, Slayer
1997- Warpath, Six Feet Under
1998- Amongst The Catacombs of Nephren-Ka, Nile
1999- The Gathering, Testament
2000- Graveyard Classics, Six Feet Under
2001- God Hates Us All, Slayer
2002- In Their Darkened Shrines, Nile
2003- Darker Than Black, Cage
2004- The Glorious Burden, Iced Earth
2005- 13, Six Feet Under
2006- Christ Illusion, Slayer
2007- Framing Armageddon, Iced Earth
2008- Overworld, Machinae Supremacy

EDITED: Wrong band for 2005.

[Lumenskir]

Though 2005 was terrible as well.
GASP!! 2005 was my toughest year.

[Mondt]

1991 - Metallica, The Black Album
1992 - Alice in Chains, Dirt (Though I was surprised to see Napalm Death and Deicide and Cannibal Corpse albums on the list for this year. Didn't know they were that old. Not that I particularly like either)
1993 - Denis Leary, No Cure for Cancer (I just love Asshole. And I couldn't find anything else)
1994 - Green Day, Dookie
1995 - Opeth, Orchid
1996 - Apocalyptica, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos
1997 - Sevendust, Self-Titled
1998 - System of a Down, Self-Titled
1999 - 3 Doors Down, The Better Life
2000 - Killswitch Engage, Self-Titled
2001 - Avenged Sevenfold, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet (Though my iTunes shows this as 2002, I think, and I bought it from the iTunes store. But I'm going with the wiki. Interestingly enough, its show on two different dates in the wiki)
2002 - Killswitch Engage, Alive or Just Breathing
2003 - Avenged Sevenfold, Waking the Fallen
2004 - Atomship, The Crash of '47
2005 - Protest the Hero, Kezia
2006 - The Human Abstract, Nocturne
2007 - Bayside, The Walking Wounded
2008 - Protest the Hero, Fortress


Subject to change as I notice things wrong.

[OctoberRaven]

1993 was my toughest year, actually.

Actually the list was easier than I thought.

[Mondt]

1993 was my toughest year, actually.

Actually the list was easier than I thought.93 was mine too... Resorted to... comedy...

2005 was my easiest. I wanted to throw Funeral for a Friend's Hours in, but Kezia is lightyears ahead to me now.

Though they match in playcount on my itunes at about 50-60ish.

Nocturne has like 90-120.

>.>

[Smarty McBarrelpants]

2005 was like a dead zone for me. Too late for me to have heard of those who debuted that year and too early for stuff to still be floating around the radio and nobody I regularly listen to released an album that year. So I went with Birds cause it has a couple of nice songs on it.

[POS Industries]

Ah, what the hell?

1982 - Combat Rock, The Clash
1983 - Speaking in Tongues, Talking Heads
1984 - The Flat Earth, Thomas Dolby
1985 - Loose Nut, Black Flag
1986 - So, Peter Gabriel
1987 - Document, R.E.M.
1988 - Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A.
1989 - Disintegration, The Cure
1990 - Flood, They Might Be Giants
1991 - Nevermind, Nirvana
1992 - Opiate, Tool
1993 - Blind Melon, Blind Melon
1994 - The Downward Spiral, Nine Inch Nails
1995 - Sparkle and Fade, Everclear
1996 - Evil Empire, Rage Against the Machine
1997 - The Colour and the Shape, Foo Fighters
1998 - Hello Nasty, The Beastie Boys
1999 - The Fragile, Nine Inch Nails
2000 - Mer de Noms, A Perfect Circle
2001 - Toxicity, System of a Down
2002 - Songs for the Deaf, Queens of the Stone Age
2003 - Fire, Electric Six
2004 - American Idiot, Green Day
2005 - You'll Rebel to Anything, Mindless Self Indulgence
2006 - Black Holes & Revelations, Muse
2007 - Cruel Melody, Black Light Burns
2008 - These Are the Good Times People, The Presidents of the United States of America

PS: I hate the 21st Century's music. Goddamn.

[Major Blood]

1988 - So Far, So Good... So What!, Megadeth
1989 - The Raw and the Cooked, Fine Young Cannibals
1990 - Cowboys from Hell, Pantera
1991 - Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Red Hot Chili Peppers
1992 - Fear of the Dark, Iron maiden
1993 - Attitude, April Wine
1994 - The Seventh Sign, Yngwie Malmsteen
1995 - The X Factor, Iron maiden
1996 - Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, Apocalyptica
1997 - Legendary Tales, Rhapsody
1998 - Symphony of Enchanted Lands, Rhapsody
1999 - Ecliptica, Sonata Arctica
2000 - Lounge Against the Machine, Richard Cheese
2001 - Idiot Road, The Arrogant Worms
2002 - Rock in Rio, Iron Maiden
2003 - Meteora, Linkin Park
2004 - Sonic Firestorm, Dragonforce
2005 - We're Not Happy Till You're Not Happy, Reel Big Fish
2006 - Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2007 - In Search of the, Buckethead
2008 - Pfft.

[Lord of Joshelplex]

1991 Metallica (Black Album), Metallica
1992
1993 Face the Heat, Scorpions
1994
1995 Live Bites, Scorpions
1996 Load, Metallica
1997 ReLoad, Metallica
1998 Godsmack, Godsmack
1999 Eye II Eye, Scorpions
2000 Awake, Godsmack
2001
2002
2003 Faceless, Godsmack
2004
2005
2006 IV, Godsmack
2007 Humanity Hour, Scorpions
2008 Death Electric, Metallica (Im assuming anyways)

Ill work on filling in the rest as soon as possible.

[Mike McC]

Looks fun. Think I shall try. (1983) Speaking in Tongues, by Talking Heads
(1984) Stop Making Sense, by Talking Heads
(1985) Dead Man's Party, by Oingo Boingo
(1986) Licensed to Ill, by Beastie Boys
(1987) The Joshua Tree, by U2
(1988) Lincoln, by They Might Be Giants
(1989) Disintegration, by The Cure
(1990) No Depression, by Uncle Tupelo
(1991) Metallica, by Metallica
(1992) Wish, by The Cure
(1993) Pork Soda, by Primus
(1994) Superunknown, by Soundgarden
(1995) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by The Smashing Pumpkins
(1996) Ænima, by Tool
(1997) OK Computer, by Radiohead
(1998) El Oso, by Soul Coughing
(1999) The Battle of Los Angeles, by Rage Against the Machine
(2000) Kid A, by Radiohead
(2001) Gorillaz, by Gorillaz
(2002) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, by Wilco
(2003) Give Up, by The Postal Service
(2004) SMiLe, by Brian Wilson
(2005) Illinois, by Sufjan Stevens
(2006) St. Elsewhere, by Gnarls Barkley
(2007) In Rainbows, by Radiohead
(2008) Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, by Coldplay Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, by the original cast.Wow. Some of those years were really tough to decide, there were just so many good albums. Most notably the early 90's and early 2000's. Probably others, my mind is too fuzzy to remember right now, because, man, this took me, like, 2 hours to make. Also, I don't know what some of you are talking about, 2005 was my easiest year. 1993 was the hardest. It was practically a dead zone.

[Ryong]

1990 -
1991 - Black Album, Metallica
1992 - Fear of the Dark, Iron Maiden
1993 -
1994 -
1995 - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, Oasis
1996 - Load, Metallica
1997 - Nine Lives, Aerosmith
1998 - Americana, The Offspring
1999 - Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000 - Hybrid Theory, Linkin Park
2001 - One More Time, Daft Punk
2002 - Songs about Jane, Maroon 5
2003 - Meteora, Linkin Park
2004 -
2005 - X&Y, Coldplay
2006 -
2007 -
2008 - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay

I'm going to fill it in later. Probably with songs from Brazil. Y'know, I'm Brazilian.

[Nique]

Damn this is hard. Trying not to pick an album based on only one song or just pick every U2, Weezer, or Matthew Sweet Album, this is what I came up with;


(1984) Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
(1985) Fore!, Huey Lewis & The News
(1986) Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi
(1987) The Joshua Tree, U2 (Fencer, nice one.)
(1988) Ramones Mania, Ramones
(1989) Full Moon Fever, Tom Petty (Now I'm FREEEEEE! Free Fallin'!)
(1990) Flood, They Might be Giants
(1991) Out Of Time, R.E.M.
(1992) Wish, The Cure
(1993) Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Sarah McLachlin
(1994) Seal, Seal
(1995) 100% Fun, Matthew Sweet
(1996) Bringing Down the Horse, The Wallflowers
(1997) Spice Gir... No I'm sorry I can't even joke. Tubthumper, Chumbawamba... no wait! Aquarium, Aqua! ... Damn. 1997, not such a good year.
(1998) Dizzy Up The Girl, The Goo Goo Dolls
(1999) Supernatural, Carlos Santana + Various Artists
(2000) Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon (tech. a 1999 album)
(2001) Jimmy Eat World, Jimmy Eat World
(2002) A Rush of Blood To The Head, Coldplay
(2003) Give Up, The Postal Service (Good Call Fencer!)
(2004) Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, My Chemical Romance
(2005) Elevator, Hot Hot Heat
(2006) Nacho Libre Soundtrack, Various Artists (Special Mention: Mr. Loco's 'Hombre Religioso)
(2007) I can't find anything good for this year, so an alternate 2006 album is Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers
(2008) Weezer (Red Album), Weezer


I'm seeing a lot of good stuff... also a lot of lists comprised of stuff that makes me feel violated in the ear too, but mostly good stuff! I will be updating my wishlist after this thread...

And screw you guys! 2005 had loads of good stuff. Stop watching MTV!

[Lumenskir]

And screw you guys! 2005 had loads of good stuff.
I think it was just Mcbarrelpant's who said it sucked and I was comically shocked. 1990 is the big agreed-upon suckfest, except for the people who say it didn't suck.
2001 - One More Time, Daft Punk
They...they had a whole CD of songs that year.

[Mike McC]

1990 is the big agreed-upon suckfest, except for the people who say it didn't suck.More people actually commented on the dead zone of 1993 than of 1990.

[Nique]

Naw you just need to look in the right genre to find the good '93 stuff. I take a pretty sharp turn into Adult Contemporary from Alt. Rock that year... but in '90, well, I found Flood but not much else... Maybe, um maybe Yanni had a good album that year? I don't really know.

They...they had a whole CD of songs that year.

I think he meant the whole Album. It's a self-titled disc, right?

No wait, it's called 'Discovery'. Yes.

[Ryong]

Go ahead and hate me, it was the one song from there I really liked during that time.

[Mike McC]

Okay, I'm totally changing my vote in 2008 to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and fuck ya'll if you disagree.