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Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962: PETER, PAUL & MARY: Peter, Paul & Mary
1963: THE BEACH BOYS: Surfer Girl
1964: THE BEATLES: Beatles for Sale
1965: THE BEATLES: Rubber Soul
1966: THE BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds
1967: THE WHO: The Who Sell Out
1968: THE KINKS: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
1969: THE BEATLES: Abbey Road
1970: SIMON & GARFUNKEL: Bridge Over Troubled Water
1971: THE BEACH BOYS: Surf's Up
1972: JACQUES BREL: Ne Me Quitte Pas
1973: TOM WAITS: Closing Time
1974: VAN MORRISON: Veedon Fleece
1975: JONI MITCHELL: The Hissing of Summer Lawns
1976: JONI MITCHELL: Hejira
1977: VAN MORRISON: A Period of Transition
1978: TALKING HEADS: More Songs About Buildings and Food
1979: VAN MORRISON: Into the Music
1980: THE BLUES BROTHERS: The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1981: JOE JACKSON: Jumpin´ Jive
1982: DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS: Two-Rye-Ay
1983: YES: 90125
1984: TALKING HEADS: Stop Making Sense
1985: MARILLION: Misplaced Childhood
1986: PAUL SIMON: Graceland
1987: VAN MORRISON: Poetic Champions Compose
1988: LIVING COLOUR: Vivid
1989: NEIL YOUNG: Freedom

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962: ***
1963: JAMES BROWN - Live at the Apollo
1964: ***
1965: BOB DYLAN - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: THE BEATLES - Revolver
1967: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: THE BEATLES - The Beatles ("The White Album")
1969: THE BEATLES - Abbey Road
1970: THE STOOGES - Fun House
1971: LED ZEPPELIN - IV
1972: THE ROLLING STONES - Exile on Main St.
1973: PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
1974: NEIL YOUNG - On the Beach
1975: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born to Run
1976: AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
1977: SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's the Sex Pistols
1978: THE CARS - The Cars
1979: THE CLASH - London Calling
1980: JOY DIVISION - Closer
1981: ***
1982: MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
1983: U2 - War
1984: PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION - Purple Rain
1985: THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - Psychocandy
1986: THE SMITHS - The Queen Is Dead
1987: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988: PUBLIC ENEMY - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1989: BEASTIE BOYS - Paul's Boutique
*** = I don't own albums from these years

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

My list starts at 1967:

1967: The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground and Nico
1968: The Doors- Waiting for the Sun
1969: The Stooges- The Stooges
1970: The Doors- Morrison Hotel
1971: The Doors- L.A. Woman
1972: David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973: David Bowie- Aladdin Sane
1974: Parlimanet- Up for the Down Stroke
1975: Patti Smith- Horses
1976: Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life
1977: David Bowie- Low
1978: Blondie- Parallel Lines
1979: Blondie- Eat to the Beat
1980: The Cure- Seventeen Seconds
1981: Prince- Controversy
1982: Prince- 1999
1983: Eurythmics- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
1984: Eurythmics- 1984: For the Love of Big Brother
1985: The Cure- The Head on the Door
1986: Prince- Parade
1987: Prince- Sign o' the Times
1988: Prince- Lovesexy
1989: Janet Jackson- Rhythm Nation 1814

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1965 The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1966 Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967 Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
1968 Big Brother & Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
1969 Beatles - Abbey Road
1970 Neil Young - After The Goldrush
1971 Led Zeppelin - IV
1972 Planxty - Planxty
1973 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
1974 Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch
1975 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 Boston - Boston
1977 David Bowie - Low
1978 Blondie - Parallel Lines
1979 Pink Floyd - The Wall
1980 Pretenders - Pretenders
1981 Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
1982 Cure - Pornography
1983 Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1984 U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
1985 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986 Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987 U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988 Pogues - If I Should Fall In Grace With God
1989 Pixies - Doolittle

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1963: The freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
1964: Out to lunch - Eric Dolphy
1965: Highway 61 revisited - Bob Dylan
1966: Blonde on blonde - Bob Dylan
1967: The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
1968: Astral weeks - Van Morrison
1969: Everybody knows this is nowhere - Neil Young
1970: After the gold rush - Neil Young
1971: Hunky dory - David Bowie
1972: Exile on main st. - The Rolling Stones
1973: Catch a fire - Bob Marley
1974: On the beach - Neil Young
1975: Blood on the tracks - Bob Dylan
1976: The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
1977: Marquee moon - Television
1978: More songs about buildings and food - Talking Heads
1979: Unknown pleasures - Joy Division
1980: Remain in light - Talking Heads
1981: --- (Possibly the worst year in rock history)
1982: Shoot out the lights - Richard Thompson
1983: Murmur - R.E.M.
1984: Reckoning - R.E.M.
1985: Rain dogs - Tom Waits
1986: Life's rich pageant - R.E.M.
1987: The Joshua tree - U2
1988: Surfer rosa - Pixies
1989: Doolittle - Pixies

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

62 More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds - Esquivel
63 John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
64 Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
65 Beach Boys Today! - The Beach Boys
66 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
67 Forever Changes - Love
68 Begin - The Millennium
69 Songs of Experience - David Axelrod
70 Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
71 Garra - Marcos Valle
72 Rhymes & Reasons - Carole King
73 Blacks & Blues - Bobbi Humphrey
74 Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell
75 The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
76 The Art of Tea - Michael Franks
77 Aja - Steely Dan
78 Larry Carlton - Larry Carlton
79 Partners In Crime - Rupert Holmes
80 Last Waltz - Bill Evans
81 My Life In The Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno & David Byrne
82 The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
83 I - Steve Arrington
84 Canta a Juan Gabriel - Rocio Durcal
85 Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
86 Rapture - Anita Baker
87 So Nao Toca Quem Nao Quer - Hermeto Pascoal
88 It Takes a Nation... - Public Enemy

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962 QUINCY JONES - Big band bossa nova
1963 THE BEATLES - Please please me
1964 THE RONETTES - Presenting the fabulous Ronettes
1965 THE BEATLES - Rubber soul
1966 THE BEACH BOYS - Pet sounds
1967 THE KINKS - Something else by the Kinks
1968 THE MILLENNIUM - Begin
1969 DUSTY SPRINGFIELD - Dusty in Memphis
1970 THE BEACH BOYS - Sunflower
1971 COLIN BLUNSTONE - One year
1972 BIG STAR - #1 record
1973 PINK FLOYD - Dark side of the moon
1974 BIG STAR - Radio city
1975 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Face the music
1976 FLAMIN'GROOVIES - Shake some action
1977 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Out of the blue
1978 KIM FOWLEY - Living in the streets
1979 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Discovery
1980 AC/DC - Back in black
1981 ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Time
1982 MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
1983 U2 - War
1984 ENNIO MORRICONE - C'era una volta in America
1985 DIRE STRAITS - Brothers in arms
1986 no good album in 1986...
1987 INXS - Kick
1988 TALK TALK - Spirit of eden
1989 THE CURE - Desintegration

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962-Ray Charles-Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music
1963-Thelonious Monk-Monk's Dream
1964-The Beatles-A Hard Days Night
1965-John Coltrane-A Love Supreme
1966-The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
1967-Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
1968-Johnny Cash-At Folsom Prison
1969-Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin
1970-Black Sabbath-Paranoid
1971-Led Zeppelin-IV
1972-David Bowie-The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
1973-Stevie Wonder-Innervisions
1974-Bob Marley-Natty Dread
1975-Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
1976-Boston-Boston
1977-The Clash-The Clash
1978-Elvis Costello-This Years Model
1979-The Clash-London Calling
1980-AC/DC-Back In Black
1981-The Go-Go's-Beauty & The Beat
1982-Duran Duran-Rio
1983-Def Leppard-Pyromania
1984-Prince-Purple Rain
1985-The Replacements-Tim
1986-Metallica-Master Of Puppets
1987-U2-The Joshua Tree
1988-R.E.M.-Green
1989-Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate machine & The Cure-Disintegration

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962: John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard
1963: ***
1964: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: Bob Dylan - Blonde on blonde
1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
1968: The Beatles - The Beatles ("The White Album")
1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road
1970: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
1971: David Bowie - Hunky dory
1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973: Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
1974: Kraftwerk - Autobahn
1975: Patti Smith - Horses
1976: Bob Dylan - Desire
1977: Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
1978: Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
1979: The Clash - London Calling
1980: Joy Division - Closer
1981: The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk
1982: Bauhaus - The sky's gone out
1983: R.E.M. - Murmur
1984: The Smiths - The Smiths
1985: Tom Waits - Rain dogs
1986: R.E.M. - Life's rich pageant
1987: U2 - The Joshua tree
1988: R.E.M. - Green
1989: Pixies - Doolittle

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962: RAY CHARLES: Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
1963: STAN GETZ & JOAO GILBERTO: Getz/Gilberto
1964: JACQUES BREL: Olympia 64
1965: OTIS REDDING: Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul
1966: BOB DYLAN: Blonde on Blonde
1967: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO: The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968: THE BEATLES: The Beatles (White Album)
1969: LED ZEPPELIN: Led Zeppelin
1970: VAN MORRISON: Moondance
1971: THE ROLLING STONES: Sticky Fingers
1972: DAVID BOWIE: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973: STEVIE WONDER: Innervisions
1974: KING CRIMSON: Red
1975: ELVIS PRESLEY: The Sun Collection
1976: THE PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA: Music From the Penguin Cafe
1977: SEX PISTOLS: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
1978: KRAFTWERK: Die Mensch Maschine
1979: THE CLASH: London Calling
1980: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: The River
1981: JAPAN: Tin Drum
1982: MICHAEL JACKSON: Thriller
1983: TOM WAITS: Swordfishtrombones
1984: PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION: Purple Rain
1985: PREFAB SPROUT: Steve McQueen
1986: THE SMITHS: The Queen Is Dead
1987: NEW ORDER: Substance
1988: THE POGUES: If I Should Fall from Grace with God
1989: PIXIES: Doolittle

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962: Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
1963: Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
1964: The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
1967: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968: The Beatles - "The White Album"
1969: Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
1970: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
1971: T. Rex - Electric Warrior
1972: Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
1973: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1974: Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
1975: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976: Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
1978: Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
1979: The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
1980: The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
1981: Kraftwerk - Computer World
1982: Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
1983: Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
1984: Prince - Purple Rain
1985: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1986: Metallica - Master of Puppets
1987: Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962 –
1963 The Beach Boys: Surfin’ USA
1964 The Shangri-Las: Leader Of The Pack
1965 The Shangri-Las: Shangri-Las ‘65
1966 The Mamas And The Papas: The Mamas And The Papas
1967 The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968 The Byrds: The Notorious Byrds Brothers
1969 Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
1970 Nick Drake: Bryter Layter
1971 Alice Cooper: Killer
1972 Neil Young: Harvest
1973 Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
1974 Neil Young: On The Beach
1975 Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks
1976 Bob Dylan: Desire
1977 Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
1978 Blondie: Parallel Lines
1979 Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
1980 Joy Division: Closer
1981 Stevie Nicks: Bella Donna
1982 Scritti Politti: Songs To Remember
1983 The Go-Betweens: Before Hollywood
1984 Prince: Purple Rain
1985 The Smiths: Meat Is Murder
1986 The Go-Betweens: Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
1987 The Go-Betweens: Tallulah
1988 The Go-Betweens. 16 Lovers Lane
1989 The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

62. Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in C&W Music
63. Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
64. The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night
65. Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
66. The Beatles, Revolver
67. Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow
68. Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison
69. The Beatles, Abbey Road
70. Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
71. The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
72. David Bowie, The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
73. Stevie Wonder, Innervisions
74. Sparks, Kimono My House
75. Patti Smith, Horses
76. Ramones, Ramones
77. The Clash, The Clash
78. Blondie, Parallel Lines
79. The Clash, London Calling
80. X, Los Angeles
81. X, Wild Gift
82. X, Under the Big Black Sun
83. R.E.M., Murmur
84. Prince & the Revolution, Purple Rain
85. The Replacements, Tim
86. Run-D.M.C., Raising Hell
87. R.E.M., Document
88. R.E.M., Green
89. Pixies, Doolittle

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962 West Side Story OST
1963 The Beatles - With The Beatles
1964 The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1965 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968 Jefferson Airplane - Crown of Creation
1969 King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
1970 Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire
1971 Genesis - Nursery Cryme
1972 Neil Young: Harvest
1973 Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
1974 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
1975 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 Eagles - Hotel California
1977 Television - Marquee Moon
1978 Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
1979 Pink Floyd - The Wall
1980 Joy Division: Closer
1981 Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
1982 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 4
1983 U2 - War
1984 Cocteau Twins - Treasure
1985 New Order - Low-Life
1986 The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
1987 Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses
1988 Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
1989 The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses

Re: Favourite albums from 1962 to 1989, year by year: Our Individual Lists

1962 HOWLIN' WOLF Howlin' Wolf
1963 LEE HAZLEWOOD Trouble Is a Lonesome Town
1964 STAN GETZ & JOAO GILBERTO Getz/Gilberto
1965 OTIS REDDING Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
1966 VIOLETA PARRA Las Ultimas Composiciones de Violeta Parra
1967 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968 SILVER APPLES Silver Apples
1969 LEONARD COHEN Songs From a Room
1970 TIM BUCKLEY Starsailor
1971 SERGE GAINSBOURG Historie de Melody Nelson
1972 NICK DRAKE Pink Moon
1973 LOU REED Berlin
1974 ROBERT WYATT Rock Bottom
1975 PATTI SMITH Horses
1976 TOM WAITS Small Change
1977 TELEVISION Marquee Moon
1978 BIG STAR Third Album/Sister Lovers
1979 THE CLASH London Calling
1980 TALKING HEADS Remain in Light
1981 GLENN BRANCA The Ascension
1982 LAURIE ANDERSON Big Science
1983 TOM WAITS Swordfishtrombones
1984 RUBEN BLADES Buscando America
1985 THE FALL This Nation's Saving Grace
1986 THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead
1987 SPACEMEN 3 The Perfect Prescription
1988 PIXIES Surfer Rosa
1989 DE LA SOUL 3 Feet High and Rising

I thought I would go up to the present...

1962: None
1963: Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
1964: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1967: Love - Forever Changes
1968: Van Morrison - Astal Weeks (Best ever.)
1969: The Band - The Band
1970: Van Morrison - Moondance
1971: Led Zeppelin - IV
1972: Neil Young - Harvest
1973: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
1974: Bob Marley - Natty Dread
1975: Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
1977: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
1978: Willie Nelson - Stardust
1979: Van Morrison - Into The Music
1980: Van Morrison - Common One
1981: Human League - Dare!
1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller
1983: Nope
1984: Nope
1985: Nope
1986: Paul Simon - Graceland
1987: Eric B. and Rakim - Paid In Full
1988: Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
1989: Nope (The '80's pretty much sucked.)
1990: Nope
1991: Massive Attack - Blue Lines (Music revived.)
1992: R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994: Nas - Illmatic
1995: Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
1996: Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
1997: Radiohead - OK Computer
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999: Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
2000: Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
2001: Jay-Z - The Blueprint (Definitely better than that Strokes trash.)
2002: The Streets - Original Pirate Material
2003: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
2004: The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (It should be best album of the 2000's.)
2006: Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
2007: Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position