The Big 50 ~ List your 10 favourite albums from each decade, 60's to now!

[Imperor]

Well, in that case, I'd expect Laz to have no mercy on your soul.


/Rick Reilly'd

[LMP]

The 1960s
The White Album by The Beatles
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Revolver by The Beatles
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
Abbey Road by The Beatles
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson

The 1970s
Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Animals by Pink Floyd
What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye
Quadrophenia by The Who
Hunky Dory by David Bowie
IV by Led Zeppelin
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones

The 1980s
Doolittle by The Pixies
The Joshua Tree by U2
Sign 'O the Times by Prince
Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
Ghost in the Machine by The Police
Graceland by Paul Simon
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy
Document by R.E.M.

The 1990s
Achtung Baby by U2
OK Computer by Radiohead
The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins
Ten by Pearl Jam
Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips
Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy
Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain by Pavement
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One by Yo La Tengo

The 2000s
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
Elephant by The White Stripes
Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Sound of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone by Explosions in the Sky
Graduation by Kanye West

[bono_212]

1961 - Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley
1963 - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
1964 - A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
1965 - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
1966 - Revolver - The Beatles
1967 - Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
1968 - Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
1969 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

1970 - Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
1971 - Who's Next - The Who
1972 - Lou Reed - Transformer
1973 - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen
1974 - Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
1975 - Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
1976 - Station to Station - David Bowie
1977 - Low - David Bowie
1978 - Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
1979 - The Wall - Pink Floyd

1980 - Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel
1981 - Hard Promises - Tom Petty
1982 - Peter Gabriel 4 - Peter Gabriel
1983 - The Hurting - Tears For Fears
1984 - The Unforgettable Fire - U2
1985 - The Head on the Door - The Cure
1986 - Invisible Touch - Genesis
1987 - The Joshua Tree - U2 (Year I was born )
1988 - The Land Before Time OST - James Horner
1989 - Disintegration - The Cure

1990 - Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
1991 - Achtung Baby - U2
1992 - Automatic For the People - R.E.M.
1993 - Together Alone - Crowded House
1994 - Wildflowers - Tom Petty
1995 - The Bends - Radiohead
1996 - Crash - Dave Matthews Band
1997 - Pop - U2
1998 - The Story of the Ghost - Phish
1999 - Rainbow - Mariah Carey

2000 - Spiritual Machines - Our Lady Peace
2001 - The National - The National
2002 - The Rising - Bruce Springsteen
2003 - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky
2004 - Hot Fuss - The Killers
2005 - The Sunset Tree - The Mountain Goats
2006 - Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
2007 - Boxer - The National
2008 - For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
2009 - It's Blitz - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by Lancemc

And also, I haven't listened to Oh Mercy! yet. *dies*

Forget Oh Mercy, you need to check out Mo' Mercy™!!

(right, YLB?)

Originally Posted by LMP

I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One by Yo La Tengo

It really, killed me to not have room for this. Or Homogenic, for that matter.
Or The Soft Bulletin. Like I said, the 90's list was ROUGH.

[Irishteen]

Doing the list the other way

1960s
1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
3. The Beatles - Sgt Peppers
4. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
5. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
6. Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room
7. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
8. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
9. The Beatles - Help!
10. The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico

1970s
1. Pink Floyd - Animals
2. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
5. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
6. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
7. Television - Marquee Moon
8. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
9. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
10. The Boomtown Rats - The Boomtown Rats

1980s
1. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
2. The Cure - Disintegration
3. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
4. The Cure - Pornography
5. U2 - The Joshua Tree
6. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
7. Morrissey - Viva Hate
8. U2 - War
9. Gary Moore - Wild Frontier
10. REM - Document

1990s
1. U2 - Achtung Baby
2. The Verve - Urban Hymns
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
5. Pulp - Different Class
6. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
7. The Verve - The Verve EP
8. REM - Automatic for the People
9. Morrissey - Your Arsenal
10. Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory)

2000s
1. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Sigur Rós - ()
4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
5. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Broken Social Scene - You Forget it in People
8. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9. Director - We Thrive on Big Cities
10. KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope




2000s were the hardest...

[LemonMelon]

1960s:

1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
3. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
4. Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
6. Moody Blues – Days Of Future Passed
7. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
8. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
9. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
10. The Who - The Who Sell Out

1970s:

1. Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy
2. Steely Dan – Aja
3. David Bowie – Station To Station
4. Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark
5. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
6. Pink Floyd – Animals
7. Randy Newman - Sail Away
8. Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
9. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
10. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

1980s:

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
3. Prince – Sign O The Times
4. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
6. R.E.M. - Murmur
7. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
8. The Replacements - Let It Be
9. XTC - Skylarking
10. The Cure - The Head On The Door

1990s:

1. Radiohead – OK Computer
2. U2 – Zooropa
3. R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
4. Flaming Lips – Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
5. Weezer - Weezer (1994)
6. Pulp – Different Class
7. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
8. Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
9. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

2000s:

1. Beck - Sea Change
2. Arcade Fire - Funeral
3. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
4. Radiohead - In Rainbows
5. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
6. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
7. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
8. Madvillain - Madvillainy
9. Kanye West - Late Registration
10. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

[cobl04]

[QUOTE=LMP;6488494]
Quadrophenia by The Who

Originally Posted by LemonMelon

1. Beck - Sea Change

you've recommended this on a few occasions... i really should check it out. i think i've just been put off by the overwhelming number of "depressing break-up record" reviews i've seen/read etc.

[LMP]

Originally Posted by lazarus

Forget Oh Mercy, you need to check out Mo' Mercy™!!

(right, YLB?)

It was fucking great. Listened to it on my trip from Tallahasee to Orlando, so I can't really remember which tracks were from the album, Bootleg series and other sources... but it all sounded fantastic together and an improvement on the original release.

It really, killed me to not have room for this. Or Homogenic, for that matter.
Or The Soft Bulletin. Like I said, the 90's list was ROUGH.

Originally Posted by cobl04

you've recommended this on a few occasions... i really should check it out. i think i've just been put off by the overwhelming number of "depressing break-up record" reviews i've seen/read etc.

It's so much more than that.

[Zoots]

Originally Posted by lazarus

1. The Beatoffs, The Whore Album
4. The Beatoffs, Revulva
7. The Beatoffs, Lance's Mom's Lonely Twats Club Brothel

2. Shuttlecock, The Joshua Cock
1. Shuttlecock, Achtung Birdie

Originally Posted by Imperor

Shuttlecock - Achtung, Birdie
Shuttlecock - Poppycock
Shuttlecock - Cockropa
Assengers - Original Badminton Tournaments 1

You guys should just meet up already and play some badminton in a red light district or something, geez!

Originally Posted by If you shout...

I wish I had the patience to write this stuff up. Suffice to say that the '60s would have all the relevant Velvets releases, along with as many Beatles albums as would fit, and that the Talking Heads, SFA, and especially Brian Eno would in later decades more than likely be overrepresented. I take these kinds of things way too seriously, ultimately, and writing up a list or lists becomes physically grueling. Ugh. I shudder at so much as the thought. Kudos to the lot of you.

Dude, I didn't think this would be too hard as it is only 10 from each decade.

Or just pick your fav decade!

It's been fun reading all your lists. Will post mine soon. Have to go thru my itunes by year. lol.

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by LMP

It was fucking great. Listened to it on my trip from Tallahasee to Orlando, so I can't really remember which tracks were from the album, Bootleg series and other sources... but it all sounded fantastic together and an improvement on the original release.

Thanks. I appreciate that. Out of all my album reimaginings, Mo' Mercy is definitely my favorite.

[LMP]

Originally Posted by lazarus

Thanks. I appreciate that. Out of all my album reimaginings, Mo' Mercy is definitely my favorite.

How many other ones do you have, besides the Beatles ones?

[Imperor]

Originally Posted by Zoots

You guys should just meet up already and play some badminton in a red light district or something, geez!

The worst part is that actually sounds like a blast to me.

[phillyfan26]

Warning: This list sucks because I have a shitload of albums to still listen to multiple times. Fuck, this list just made me frustrated with how little I've listened to.

1960s
1. Abbey Road – The Beatles
2. Space Oddity – David Bowie
3. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
4. Revolver – The Beatles
5. Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
7. Are You Experienced? – The Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
9. The Who Sell Out – The Who
10. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan

1970s
1. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
2. Station to Station – David Bowie
3. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd
4. Quadrophenia – The Who
5. Animals – Pink Floyd
6. The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle – Bruce Springsteen
7. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
8. Who’s Next – The Who
9. Exile on Main St. – The Rolling Stones
10. Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John

1980s
1. The Joshua Tree – U2
2. London Calling – The Clash
3. Doolittle – Pixies
4. Boy – U2
5. Lifes Rich Pageant – R.E.M.
6. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
7. Document – R.E.M.
8. The Unforgettable Fire – U2
9. Born in the USA – Bruce Springsteen
10. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) – David Bowie

1990s
1. OK Computer – Radiohead
2. Achtung Baby – U2
3. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement
4. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis
5. The Soft Bulletin – The Flaming Lips
6. The Bends – Radiohead
7. Blur – Blur
8. Zooropa – U2
9. Automatic for the People – R.E.M.
10. Ten – Pearl Jam

2000s
1. In Rainbows – Radiohead
2. Alligator – The National
3. Elephant – The White Stripes
4. Funeral – Arcade Fire
5. Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
6. The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
7. Hold On Now, Youngster… - Los Campesinos!
8. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
9. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
10. Shadows Collide with People – John Frusciante

[the tourist]

1960s:

The Beatles: Abbey Road
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
The Beatles: The Beatles
The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River
Simon & Garfunkel: Bookends
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
Led Zeppelin: II
The Beatles: Rubber Soul
Simon & Garfunkel: Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme

1970s:

George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
The Who: Who's Next
Led Zeppelin: IV
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Led Zeppelin: Houses Of The Holy
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
John Lennon: Mind Games
Paul McCartney: Ram

1980s:

U2: Boy
U2: War
U2: The Unforgettable Fire
U2: The Joshua Tree
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses
The Cure: Disintegration
The Pixies: Doolittle
Guns & Roses: Appetite For Destruction
The Cure: Head On The Door
AC/DC: Back In Black

1990:

Starflyer 59: The Fashion Focus
Death Cab For Cutie: Something About Airplanes
The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin
Radiohead: OK Computer
Oasis: What's The Story, Morning Glory?
Pearl Jam: Ten
The Prayer Chain: Mercury
Sunny Day Real Estate: How It Feels To Be Something On
Weezer: Pinkerton
Radiohead: The Bends

2000s:

Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes/Sun Giant
The Strokes: Is This It?
Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Starflyer 59: Talking Voice Vs. Singing Voice
Mute Math: Mute Math
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Howl
Gosling: Here Is
The Junipers: Cut Your Key
Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
Ours: Distorted Lullabies

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by LMP

How many other ones do you have, besides the Beatles ones?

I also have Fuse Your Illusion (which is a tough one as there's more than 79 minutes of good music, but not nearly enough for a successful double), and Rattled & Honed.

Once Serves of Ascent comes out, you can look forward to No Compromisin' on the Horizon.

[hardyharhar]

Just some more favorites from 60's, 70's & 80's. Not in any particular order

60's
Beatles - Help
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
Butterfield Blues Band - East/West
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Allman Bros - S/T
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Led Zeppelin - II
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly
Kinks - Arthur or the Decline & Fall of the British Empire

70's

Who - Who's Next
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces
Devo -Duty Now For the Future
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Yes - The Yes Album
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Pink Floyd - Dark Side
Vangelis - Earth
Black Sabbath - Paranoid

80's

Midnight Oil - 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
The Cure - Faith
English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
U2 - Joshua Tree
The Clash - Sandinista
Split Enz - Time & Tide

[Zoots]

Okay here goes, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:

60's

The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Help!
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Doors - The Doors
Led Zeppelin - I
Led Zeppelin - II
Cream - Disraeli Gears

70's

Led Zeppelin - IV
The Who - Who's Next
The Eagles - Hotel California
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
The Who - Quadrophenia
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Pink Floyd - Animals
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Van Halen - Van Halen

80's

The Police - Synchronicity
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Peter Gabriel - So
R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Michael Jackson - Bad
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever

90's

U2 - Achtung Baby
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Live - Throwing Copper
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Depeche Mode - Songs Of Faith And Devotion
Pearl Jam - Ten / Yield
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory
Radiohead - OK Computer

00's

Radiohead - Kid A
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing / Fear Of A Blank Planet
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
Green Day - American Idiot
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Keane - Hopes And Fears
Sigur Ros - Takk...


Fuck this was difficult! So many excellent albums missed out like Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love, U2's Pop/UF, Madonna's Ray Of Light, REM's New Adventures, Pink Floyd's The Wall. Byrds Greatest Hits... the list is endless.

[LMP]

Originally Posted by lazarus

I also have Fuse Your Illusion (which is a tough one as there's more than 79 minutes of good music, but not nearly enough for a successful double), and Rattled & Honed.

Once Serves of Ascent comes out, you can look forward to No Compromisin' on the Horizon.

What's your R&H set look like?

Oh hell yes. Goodbye "Stand Up Comedy," "Crazy Tonight," and "White as Snow."

[lazarus]

White as Talcum stays, fool. It's in keeping with the album's original concept, and certainly not a concession to the mainstream.

[LMP]

It's "Come O Come Emmanuel," except boring as hell. Sure it may fit with the concept, but I'm not particularly fond of it.