Albums of My Life

[talktooloose]

Meme ganked from kriostoir: Name your most important album from each year you've been alive.

This proved terribly difficult. First problem, I don't really have any attachment to any albums in the first four years of my life. Then there is the inevitable fact that some years produced three or four of my most important albums (1972, 1980 and 1982 spring to mind). In those cases, I had to make a judgement call. Sometimes I had to pick my second fave by a particular musician in one year while my fave by him/her/them was bumped in its year. Grrrr.

I gave up on a couple of years altogether.

1963.  
      
1964.  
      
1965.  
      
1966.  
      
1967. Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968. Jacques Brel, J'arrive
1969. Firesign Theatre, How Can You Be Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?
1970. Simon and Garfunkel, Bridge over Troubled Waters
1971. Joni Mitchell, Blue
1972. David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
1974. Yes, Relayer
1975. Queen, A Night at the Opera
1976. Porgy and Bess, Houston Grand Opera
1977. Joni Mitchell, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
1978.  
      
1979. Sweeney Todd, Original B'way Cast Recording
      
1980. Talking Heads, Remain in Light
      
1981. Jaco Pastorius, Word of Mouth
      
1982. Thomas Dolby, The Golden Age of Wireless
      
1983.  
      
1984. King Crimson, Three of a Perfect Pair
1985. Kate Bush, Hounds of Love
1986. Elvis Costello, Blood and Chocolate
1987. Sting, Nothing Like the Sun
1988. Leonard Cohen, I'm Your Man
1989. XTC, Oranges and Lemons
1990. Paul Simon, The Rhythm of the Saints
1991. Erasure, Chorus
1992. Suzanne Vega, 99.9Fº
1993. Elvis Costello, The Juliet Letters
1994. Carousel, B'way Revival Cast Recording
1995. Björk, Post
1996. Meshell Ndegeocello, Peace Beyond Passion
1997. David Bowie, Earthling
1998. Rheostatics, Nightline Sessions
1999. Le Tigre, self-titled
2000. Madonna, Music
2001.  
      
2002. Bic Runga, Beautiful Collision
2003. Ani Difranco, Evolve
2004. Rufus Wainwright, Want Two
2005. Shrift, Lost in a Moment
2006. Final Fantasy, He Poos Clouds
2007.  
      
2008. Cyndi Lauper, Bring Ya to the Brink

Comments

"progressive"

[briseur.livejournal.com]

I never would've pegged you for a Yes man.

Re: "progressive"

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

One of the biggest traumas of the meme was having to decide between Ziggy Stardust and Close to the Edge for 1972. I prefer Close to Relayer.

I hate all Yes after Tormato (1979).

As PROG goes, I can take some Genesis. I loathe ELP and only like King Crimson once Adrian Belew joins and brings in some humour.

Re: "progressive"

[briseur.livejournal.com]

Did you know I was into Rush?

Re: "progressive"

[talktooloose.livejournal.com]

Any escape might help to smooth
The unattractive truth
But the suburbs have no charms to soothe
The restless dreams of youth

I'm not totally surprised. One of Canada's biggest bands of all times and still going strong.