Best Albums Since Your Birth

Sorry, this post has absolutely nothing to do with the tech policy issues we cover here at the TLF, but since I do not have a personal blog of my own, I just couldn’t help but post this silly list somewhere. Late last night, I was reading Nick Carr’s blog and saw that he had picked up on some sort of online music meme about listing your favorite album for every year of your life. Oh man, this is just the sort of worthless Internet distraction that keeps me up till 2:00 in the morning thinking about it for no reason. And, sure enough, I actually fell asleep at my keyboard typing out my favorites. Finally finished the stupid thing at lunch today. Anyway, here it goes (favs first and runners-up after):

1969: Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II; Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed

1970: Miles Davis – Bitches Brew; Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III, Van Morrison – Moondance

1971: The Who – Who’s Next; Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers; Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV, Pink Floyd – Meddle

1972: Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street; David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust; Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill; Wings – Band on the Run

1973: Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon; The Who – Quadrophenia

1974: Van Morrison – It’s Too Late to Stop Now

1975: Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti; Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here; Kiss – Alive

1976: Eagles – Hotel California; Steve Miller – Fly Like an Eagle; Aerosmith – Rocks

1977: Pink Floyd – Animals; Steely Dan – Aja

1978: Van Halen – Van Halen; Styx – Pieces of Eight

1979: Pink Floyd – The Wall; Led Zeppelin – In Through the Out Door; Van Halen - Van Halen II; The Clash - London Calling

1980: AC/DC – Back in Black; Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue

1981: Rush – Moving Pictures; Van Halen – Fair Warning; Billy Squier – Don’t Say No

1982: Donald Fagan – The Nightfly; The Clash – Combat Rock; Rush – Signals

1983: U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky; Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes; REM – Murmur

1984: The Replacements – Let It Be; Naked Raygun – Throb Throb; Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense; INXS – The Swing, U2 – The Unforgettable Fire

1985: The Cult – Love; The Smiths – Meat is Murder; The Replacements -Tim; Sting – Dream of the Blue Turtles; Violent Femmes – Hallowed Ground; Red Hot Chili Peppers – Freaky Styley; INXS - Listen Like Thieves, Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair

1986: The Smiths – The Queen is Dead; Peter Gabriel – So; Naked Raygun – All Rise; The Call – Reconciled

1987: Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction; U2 – The Joshua Tree; The Cult – Electric; New Order – Substance

1988: Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking; Metallica – And Justice for All

1989: Faith No More – The Real Thing; The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses; Ministry – The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste; Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine; Tin Machine – Tin Machine

1990: Depeche Mode – Violator; World Party – Goodbye Jumbo; Black Crows – Shake Your Money Maker

1991: U2 – Achtung Baby; Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic; Metallica – Metallica; Nirvana – Nevermind; Guns N Roses – Use Your Illusion II

1992: Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted; Screaming Trees – Sweet Oblivion; Singles – Original Soundtrack; INXS – Welcome to Wherever You Are; Alice in Chains – Dirt

1993: Pearl Jam – Vs.; Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream

1994: Live – Throwing Copper; Bush – Sixteen Stone; Soundgarden – Superunknown; Peter Gabriel – Secret World Live; Offspring – Smash; Stone Temple Pilots – Stone Temple Pilots

1995: Soul Asylum – Let Your Dim Light Shine; Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness; Supergrass – I Should Coco

1996: Tool – AEnima; Dave Mathews Band – Crash

1997: The Verve, Urban Hymns; Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape, Supergrass – In It for the Money

1998: Pearl Jam – Yield; Velvet Goldmine – Original Soundtrack

1999: Filter – Title of Record; The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin; Moby – Play; Supergrass – Supergrass; Stone Temple Pilots – No. 4

2000: A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms; Queens Of The Stone Age – R; Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory; U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind

2001: Muse – Origin of Symmetry; The White Stripes – White Blood Cells; Audioslave – Audioslave

2002: The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots; Queens of The Stone Age – Songs for the Deaf; The Vines – Highly Evolved; Foo Fighters – One by One

2003: The White Stripes – Elephant; Muse – Absolution

2004: Secret Machines – Now Here is Nowhere; The Killers – Hot Fuss; Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand; Interpol – Antics

2005: Nine Inch Nails – With Teeth; Sufjan Stevens – Come on Feel the Illinoise; The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema; OK Go – Oh No

2006: Muse – Black Holes and Revelations; Wolfmother – Wolfmother; Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am…

2007: The White Stripes – Icky Thump; Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank; Operator – Soulcrusher

2008: Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend; The Raconteurs – Consolers of the Lonely; White Lies – White Lies; MGMT – Oracular Spectacular; The Killers – Day and Age; Metallica - Death Magnetic; Muse – HAARP

2009: Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures; Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Silversun Pickups – Swoon; Manchester Orchestra – Mean Everything to Nothing; The Airborne Toxic Event – The Airborne Toxic Event

2010: Wolfmother – Cosmic Egg

2011: AWOLNation – Megalithic Symphony; Foo Fighters – Wasting Light

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