What are your favorite albums of each of the last 40 years, not as easy as it sounds, see...?

Question

...rules below
OK, I'm looking for people who love albums, the whole package, not just a couple songs off an album, not people who have gone digital...people who have always liked albums, whether on vinyl, 8-track, cassette, or CD.

What I want you to do, is look at my list, which I'll post in the comments section. I have gone back 40 years (not to 1967, but 1968, I'm considering 1968 to be year 1 and 2007 to be year 40), and I have picked my one favorite album from that year.

What I'm challenging you to do is, to the best of your ability, pick your favorite album from each of these years, only one per year, no ties. I don't want any best ofs or live albums. Another thing I did was I made sure I did not include anyone twice.

I did not however restrict genres, I have classic rock, heavy metal, country, new wave, pop, experimental, punk, dance, industrial, progressive, hard rock, light rock...pretty much everything I listen to here. If you have to leave some blank spaces, that's OK!

Answer 1

Instead of going to websites, I’ve been going through my record/cd collection - try going through 4000+ and looking for copyright dates!! The list:

1968 - Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues (my favorite of all-time!)

1969 - Abbey Road - The Beatles

1970 - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle

1971 - Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live - John Sebastian

1972 - Heads and Tales - Harry Chapin

1973 - Dream Kid - Sutherland Brothers and Quiver

1974 - Hollies - The Hollies

1975 - Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship

1976 - Hotel California - The Eagles

1977 - Running On Empty - Jackson Browne

1978 - Comes A Time - Neil Young

1979 - Back To The Egg - Paul McCartney and Wings

1980 - Kick Off Your Muddy Boots - Graeme Edge Band featuring Adrian Gurvitz

1981 - The River - Bruce Springsteen

1982 - Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

1983 - Live Texas Tornado - Sir Douglas Quintet

1984 - Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

1985 - Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

1986 - Third World Warrior - Kris Kristofferson

1987 - Time Out Of Mind - Bob Dylan

1988 - Cloud 9 - George Harrison

1989 - Apparently Nobody I Liked Issued Anything This Year

1990 - Nashville Session 62 - Johnny Hallyday

1991 - Ropin' The Wind - Garth Brooks

1992 - Those Tear Jerkin' Songs - Hank Williams Jr.

1993 - River Of Dreams - Billy Joel

1994 - Waymore's Blues (Part II) - Waylon Jennings

1995 - It's A Mystery - Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

1996 - Dive Into Yesterday - Kaleidoscope

1997 - Blue Moon Swamp - John Fogerty

1998 - See Comment For 1989

1999 - Last Night In Hamburg - The Beatles

2000 - See 1998

2001 - Love and Theft - Bob Dylan

2002 - The Last DJ - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

2003 - Once Upon A Time - Liverpool Express

2004 - Smile - Brian Wilson

2005 - First Bite of the Apple - Focal Point

2006 - Highway Companion - Tom Petty

2007 - Live At Massey Hall - Neil Young



I'm not going to bore you with 40 Widgets!!! My God, this was NOT easy!!!

Answer 2

I believe he agrees on NONE of yours:



68 Disraeli Gears - Cream

69 Lep Zeppelin II - Lep Zeppelin

70 Idlewild South - Allman Brothers

71 Who's Next - Who

72 Layla - Derek and the Dominos

73 Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

74 Bad Company

75 Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

76 A Trick of the Tail - Genesis

77 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

78 The Cars

79 Living in the Plastic Age - Buggles

80 Boy - U2

81 Ghost in the Machine - Police

82 Asia

83 Murmur - R.E.M.

84 Songs From the Big Chair - Tears For Fears

85 A Physical Presence - Level 42 - uh oh, live album, against your rules, but ...

86 Invisible Touch - Genesis - uh oh, a repeat...

87 Strong Persuader - Robert Cray's Band

88 Starfish - Church

89 Nick of Time - Bonnie Raitt

90 Behavior - Pet Shop Boys

91 Auberge - Chris Rea - I would say the cover is nice too...

92 Automatic for the People - R.E.M. - another repeat...

93 The Speed of Grace - Matraca Berg

94 The Division Bell - Pink Floyd

95 Forgiven, not Forgotten - The Corrs

96 White Light, White Heat, White Trash - Social Distortion

97 Come On Over - Shania Twain

98 Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani

99 Play - Moby

00 Tonight and the Rest of My Life - Nina Gordon

01 The Look of Love - Diana Krall

02 Ace - Ian Van Dahl

03 A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay

04 Los Lonely Boys

05 Fisherman's Woman - Emilíana Torrini

06 Hopeful Romantic - Renee Stahl

07 Eye to the Telescope - K.T. Tunstall

Answer 3

Ok... here goes:

1968 Beatles "The White Album"

1969 CCR "Bayou Country"

1970 Cat Stevens "Tea For the Tillerman"

1971 Rod Stewart "Every Picture tells a story"

1972 Elton John "Honky Chateau"

1973 Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"

1974 Steely Dan "Pretzel Logic"

1975 Led Zeppelin "Physical Graffiti"

1976 Eagles "Hotel California"

1977 Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"

1978 Heart "Dog & Butterfly" - Mistral Wind rocks! Ann Wilson Pipes of plenty!

1979 Journey "Evolution"

1980 Queen "The Game"

1981 Rush "Moving Pictures"

1982 Donald Fagen "Nightfly"

1983 Genesis "Genesis"

1984 Scorpions "Love at First Sting"

1985 INXS "Listen Like Theives"

1986 Bon Jovi "Slippery When Wet"

1987 GNR "Appetite for Destruction"- I liked the Whitesnake album too...

1988 Melissa Etheridge "Melissa Etheridge"

1989 Stevie Ray Vaughn "In Step"

1990 Queensryche "Empire"

1991 Van Halen "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" (there were other great ones in 91')

1992 Dream Theatre "Images and Words"

1993 Candlebox "Candlebox"

1994 Soundgarden "Superunknown" or Dream Theatre "Awake" (That was tough)

1995 Alannis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill" and Dream Theatre "A Change of Seasons" (sorry...couldn't resist)

1996 Stone Temple Pilots "Tiny Music"

1997 Creed "My Own Prison"

1998 Pearl Jam "Yield"

1999 Stone Temple Pilots "No. 4" and Creed "Human Clay" or Chili Peppers "Californication" (sorry again..it was tough!)

2000 3 Doors Down "The Better Life"

2001 Nickelback "Silver Side Up" and Creed "Weathered"

2002 Audioslave "Audioslave"

2003 Nickelback "The Long Road" or Evanescence "The Fallen"

2004 Melissa Etheridge "Lucky" or U2 "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"

2005 Nickelback "All the Right Reasons" or Shinedown "Us and Them" or 3 Doors Down "Seventeen Days" (another tough one!)

2006 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium"

2007 Nine Inch Nails "Year Zero and Velvet Revolver "Libertad"



That's my input for the last 40 years...

Answer 4

i like jonny cash and billy ray cyrus the most :)