The good folks over at the Onion AV Club have a thread-worthy article: pick one favorite album for each year you’ve been alive. Fucking A. Let the games begin- here are mine:
1985 - The Fall, “This Nation’s Saving Grace”
1986 - Peter Gabriel, “So”
1987 - U2, “The Joshua Tree” (attention haters: listen to “Exit” then go fuck yourselves)
1988 - Guns ‘n’ Roses, “Appetite for Destruction”
1989 - Beastie Boys, “Paul’s Boutique”
1990 - Public Enemy, “Fear of a Black Planet”
1991 - U2, “Achtung Baby”
1992 - REM, “Automatic for the People”
1993 - U2, “Zooropa”
1994 - Beastie Boys, “Ill Communication”
1995 - Bjork, “Post”
1996 - Weezer, “Pinkerton”
1997 - Radiohead, “OK Computer”
1998 - Beck, “Mutations”
1999 - The Beta Band, “The Three EPs”
2000 - The White Stripes, “De Stijl”
2001 - The White Stripes, “White Blood Cells”
2002 - Interpol, “Turn on the Bright Lights”
2003 - The Rapture, “Echoes”
2004 - The Arcade Fire, “Funeral”
2005 - Bloc Party, “Silent Alarm”
2006 - Girl Talk, “Night Ripper”
2007 - LCD Soundsystem, “Sound of Silver”
2008 - the year’s not over yet. Will it be Hot Chip? Vampire Weekend? Girl Talk again?
What’re yours? Let us know.
fucking U2 jason, get over it
July 21, 2008 at 5:14 pm“Raising Hell” also came out in 86, as well as a bunch of Schoolly D business.
July 21, 2008 at 8:54 pmisn’t appetite for destruction ‘87?
July 22, 2008 at 1:21 pmNot according to:
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres88.php
Also, hey Amanda, nice Strokes t-shirt
July 22, 2008 at 1:27 pm
‘85 was about Fishbone’s first EP and Rites of Springs only full length.
I sorta second 1987, as in ’second to Dag Nasty’s Wig OUt At Denkos’.
I’d agree with ‘86, except, you know … I against I came out that year. so did The Cult’s “Love”
1990 is owned by Deicide
‘91 was Tribe’s Low End Theory
‘92, Mecca and the Soul Brother
ffwd to 96 and Unerworld’s “Second Toughest In the Infants” and Superdrag’s “regretfully yours”
Burial owns ‘07 and a good chunk of ‘08
… maaaaan, if I wasn’t grindin’ over here at work ….
July 21, 2008 at 4:10 pm