My life in music...
I saw this on another website and thought it was a pretty good idea...
My mission was to choose my favorite album from each year of my silly little existence, so being born in 1979 meant picking 29 albums that I've either fallen in love with or, after doing some research, consider the best from that year. Turns out it was quite the challenge, took multiple visits to Wikipedia's Years in Music pages and much more time than I anticipated.
To make things even more difficult, I told myself an artist could not appear twice on my list. For example, Coldplay's "X&Y" could've easily been my favorite in 2005, but since I already used "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" -- the better of the two -- for 2002, I had to choose another for 2005.*
Get it? Good.
So if you have some time to kill, an internet connection and a love for music, feel free to comment with your choices (or to tell me part of my list sucks). Not that I should expect anyone to, but a boy can dream.
Without further ado, my life in music...
1979: Led Zeppelin’s “In Through The Out Door”
1980: Bob Marley & The Wailer’s “Uprising”
1981: The Police’s “Ghost In The Machine”
1982: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
1983: U2’s “War”
1984: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.”
1985: Phil Collins’s “No Jacket Required”
1986: The Smiths’ “The Queen Is Dead”
1987: Guns N' Roses' "Appetite For Destruction"
1988: R.E.M.’s “Green”
1989: Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique”
1990: The Grateful Dead’s “Without A Net”
1991: Pearl Jam's "Ten"
1992: Sublime’s “40 Oz. To Freedom”
1993: 311’s “Music”
1994: The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready To Die”
1995: Oasis’ “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”
1996: The Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash”
1997: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ “Let’s Face It”
1998: Outkast’s “Aquemini”
1999: Incubus’ “Make Yourself”
2000: Lifehouse’s “No Name Face”
2001: Remy Zero’s “The Golden Hum”
2002: Coldplay’s “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”
2003: Jack Johnson's "On And On"
2004: Keane's "Hopes And Fears"
2005: Death Cab For Cutie's "Plans"
2006: State Radio's "Us Against The Crown"
2007: The Shins' "Wincing The Night Away"
2008 (so far): Vampire Weekend's "Vampire Weekend"
* This also explains why "The Joshua Tree" was not chosen for 1987. It's obviously the best album from that year, but since I already used "War" for 1982 -- a much tougher year for me -- I had to nix it.
My mission was to choose my favorite album from each year of my silly little existence, so being born in 1979 meant picking 29 albums that I've either fallen in love with or, after doing some research, consider the best from that year. Turns out it was quite the challenge, took multiple visits to Wikipedia's Years in Music pages and much more time than I anticipated.
To make things even more difficult, I told myself an artist could not appear twice on my list. For example, Coldplay's "X&Y" could've easily been my favorite in 2005, but since I already used "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" -- the better of the two -- for 2002, I had to choose another for 2005.*
Get it? Good.
So if you have some time to kill, an internet connection and a love for music, feel free to comment with your choices (or to tell me part of my list sucks). Not that I should expect anyone to, but a boy can dream.
Without further ado, my life in music...
1979: Led Zeppelin’s “In Through The Out Door”
1980: Bob Marley & The Wailer’s “Uprising”
1981: The Police’s “Ghost In The Machine”
1982: Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
1983: U2’s “War”
1984: Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The U.S.A.”
1985: Phil Collins’s “No Jacket Required”
1986: The Smiths’ “The Queen Is Dead”
1987: Guns N' Roses' "Appetite For Destruction"
1988: R.E.M.’s “Green”
1989: Beastie Boys’ “Paul’s Boutique”
1990: The Grateful Dead’s “Without A Net”
1991: Pearl Jam's "Ten"
1992: Sublime’s “40 Oz. To Freedom”
1993: 311’s “Music”
1994: The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Ready To Die”
1995: Oasis’ “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?”
1996: The Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash”
1997: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ “Let’s Face It”
1998: Outkast’s “Aquemini”
1999: Incubus’ “Make Yourself”
2000: Lifehouse’s “No Name Face”
2001: Remy Zero’s “The Golden Hum”
2002: Coldplay’s “A Rush Of Blood To The Head”
2003: Jack Johnson's "On And On"
2004: Keane's "Hopes And Fears"
2005: Death Cab For Cutie's "Plans"
2006: State Radio's "Us Against The Crown"
2007: The Shins' "Wincing The Night Away"
2008 (so far): Vampire Weekend's "Vampire Weekend"
* This also explains why "The Joshua Tree" was not chosen for 1987. It's obviously the best album from that year, but since I already used "War" for 1982 -- a much tougher year for me -- I had to nix it.
posted by MWP at
4:31 PM
1 Comments:
I like a lot of the list. However, 1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer has to better than the Bosstones.
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