Just so they don't get lost: 2008 Individual Lists

Best years by total points :

1968 : 7799,39
1967 : 7422,5
1971 : 6617,1
1969 : 6481,08
1997 : 6026,73
1966 : 5883,83
1972 : 5352,16
1970 : 5076,74
1965 : 4912,03
1994 : 4729,22

Points by decades :

30s : 51,22
40s : 79,28
50s : 2743,9
top year : 1959 (1121,64)

60s : 34986,01
top year : 1968 (6481,08)
low year : 1962 (79,24)

70s : 39839,38
top year : 1971 (6617,7)
low year : 1976 (1583,41)

80s : 23769,5
top year : 1989 (3477,28)
low year : 1981 (683,81)

90s : 37453,46
top year : 1997 (6026,73)
low year : 1990 (1667,99)

00s : 21578,51
top year : 2000 (4281,13)
low year : 2007 (1473,82)

I'm not sure it is really relevant, but I was not totally satisfied by the ranking by number of votes.

Nice LonesomePanda, you mixed up 1 number though (the highest for the 60s is the number for 1969 while the year is 1968.