We are discussing 1990 and 1995 among other things now, so I thought to celebrate each decade since the dawn of rock'n'roll. Choose your peak year in each decade and list three albums (or even singles, to give the 1950s an even break) that made that particular year be the peak:
1956
Tempting to go with 1954, the birth of rockabilly, but consider 1956:
1966
1977
1982
1995
2006
3 albums from your peak year of each decade since the 1950s
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3 albums from your peak year of each decade since the 1950s
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Re: 3 albums from your peak year of each decade since the 1950s
1958
Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Max Roach – Deeds, Not Words
1966
The Beatles -- Revolver
The Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Ike and Tina Turner – River Deep, Mountain High
1971
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
1988
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Dead Can Dance – Serpent’s Egg
Bongwater – Double Bummer
1998
Sloan – Navy Blues
Saint Etienne – Good Humour
Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
2000
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
Hooverphonic – The magnificent tree
Broadcast – The noise made by people
2012
Susanna Hoffs - Someday
Redd Kross – Researching the Blues
Young Fresh Fellows – Tiempo de Lujo
Sonny Rollins – Freedom Suite
John Coltrane – Blue Train
Max Roach – Deeds, Not Words
1966
The Beatles -- Revolver
The Beach Boys -- Pet Sounds
Ike and Tina Turner – River Deep, Mountain High
1971
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
1988
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Dead Can Dance – Serpent’s Egg
Bongwater – Double Bummer
1998
Sloan – Navy Blues
Saint Etienne – Good Humour
Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
2000
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
Hooverphonic – The magnificent tree
Broadcast – The noise made by people
2012
Susanna Hoffs - Someday
Redd Kross – Researching the Blues
Young Fresh Fellows – Tiempo de Lujo
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Re: 3 albums from your peak year of each decade since the 1950s
50s - I’ll pass. There’s lots of jazz, folk, r&b, and pop that I like but I’m not completely familiar with it
60s - 1968
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
Nico - The Marble Index
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
70s - 1971
Comus - First Utterance
Harry Partch - Delusion of the Fury
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
80s - 1986
Clock DVA - Buried Dreams
The Cure - Disintegration
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panatois - Deep Listening
90s - 1994
Autechre - Amber
Current 93 - Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
(I think I’ve rated at least two albums 5 stars for every year of the 90s on RYM but 1994 alone has 7)
00s - 2000
Coil - Music to Play in the Dark 2
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
The Cherry Blossoms - The Cherry Blossoms
10s - 2013
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
Autechre - Exai
Pharmakon - Abandon
60s - 1968
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter
Nico - The Marble Index
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
70s - 1971
Comus - First Utterance
Harry Partch - Delusion of the Fury
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
80s - 1986
Clock DVA - Buried Dreams
The Cure - Disintegration
Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster & Panatois - Deep Listening
90s - 1994
Autechre - Amber
Current 93 - Of Ruine or Some Blazing Starre
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
(I think I’ve rated at least two albums 5 stars for every year of the 90s on RYM but 1994 alone has 7)
00s - 2000
Coil - Music to Play in the Dark 2
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
The Cherry Blossoms - The Cherry Blossoms
10s - 2013
The Haxan Cloak - Excavation
Autechre - Exai
Pharmakon - Abandon
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Re: 3 albums from your peak year of each decade since the 1950s
Well done, guys! As you can see, I conked out somewhere in the 00s, and certainly by the 10s I am completely lost.
I did consider River Deep, big Spector fan.
I did consider River Deep, big Spector fan.
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Re: 3 albums from your peak year of each decade since the 1950s
1959:
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Jacques Brel - La valse à mille temps / Ne me quitte pas
1969:
Scott Engel - Scott 4
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
1974:
King Crimson - Red
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Magma - Köhntarkösz
1982:
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
Univers Zéro - Ceux du Dehors
1995:
Swans - The Great Annihilator
Scott Walker - Tilt
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud - A New Soldier Follows the Path of a New King
2005:
Coil - The Ape of Naples
Dälek - Absence
Kate Bush - Aerial or Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Jacques Brel - La valse à mille temps / Ne me quitte pas
1969:
Scott Engel - Scott 4
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
1974:
King Crimson - Red
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Magma - Köhntarkösz
1982:
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
Univers Zéro - Ceux du Dehors
1995:
Swans - The Great Annihilator
Scott Walker - Tilt
The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud - A New Soldier Follows the Path of a New King
2005:
Coil - The Ape of Naples
Dälek - Absence
Kate Bush - Aerial or Koenjihyakkei - Angherr Shisspa
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