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• amanda Jul 07, 2008
   

  1984 Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
  1985 New Day Rising - Hüsker Dü
  1986 Master of Puppets - Metallica
  1987 You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
  1988 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
  1989 Cosmic Thing - The B-52's
  1990 Flood - They Might Be Giants
  1991 Ten - Pearl Jam, Nevermind - Nirvana (tie)
  1992 Wish - The Cure
  1993 Yes I Am - Melissa Etheridge
  1994 MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
  1995 The Bends - Radiohead
  1996 Crash - Dave Matthews Band (I really liked this album at the time)
  1997 Freak Show - Silverchair (what I would have chosen then), OK Computer - Radiohead (what I choose now)
  1998 Part of the Solution Problem - Happy Apple
  1999 Body Popping Moon Walking Top Rocking - Happy Apple
  2000 White Pony - Deftones (then), Kid A - Radiohead (now)
  2001 Please Refrain From Fronting - Happy Apple
  2002 Thank You For Telling Me What I Already Know - Love Cars
  2003 Youth Oriented - Happy Apple
  2005 Too Tall To Hide - Halloween, Alaska
  2006 The Great Destroyer - Low
  2007 Happy Apple Back on Top - Happy Apple
  2008 In Rainbows - Radiohead

   
• jhota Jul 07, 2008
   

  1974: Natty Dread - Bob Marley and The Wailers
  1975: Chocolate City - Parliament
  1976: Destroyer - KISS
  1977: Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes - Jimmy Buffett
  1978: 52nd Street - Billy Joel
  1978: London Calling - The Clash
  1980: Glass Houses - Billy Joel
  1981: Fire Of Unknown Origin - Blue Öyster Cult
  1982: American Fool - John Mellencamp
  1983: Madonna - Madonna
  1984: Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (almost picked The Pretender’s “Learning to Crawl”)
  1985: Highwayman - Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson
  1986: A Kind Of Magic - Queen
  1987: The Joshua Tree - REM
  1988: Look Sharp! - Roxette
  1989: Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
  1990: No Fences - Garth Brooks (almost picked TMBG’s “Flood”)
  1991: Joyride - Roxette
  1992: Rites Of Passage - Indigo Girls
  1993: Tuesday Night Music Club - Sheryl Crow
  1994: Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish
  1995: Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
  1996: Factory Showroom - TMBG
  1997: It Means Everything - Save Ferris
  1998: Dónde Están los Ladrones? - Shakira
  1999: The Slim Shady LP -Eminem
  2000: American III - Johnny Cash
  2001: Sing Loud, Sing Proud! - Dropkick Murphys
  2002: Live on St. Patrick’s Day - Dropkick Murphys
  2003: Ethernaut - The
  2004: Within A Mile Of Home - Flogging Molly
  2005: Formaldehyde Injection - The Demonics
  2006: I’m Not Dead - Pink
  2007: Rock’N’Roll Jesus - Kid Rock
  2008: Thriller - Michael Jackson
  

   
• jhota Jul 07, 2008
   

  tough to pick just one per year some years.

   
• jhota Jul 07, 2008
   

  Ethernaut is an album from The Cruxshadows, by the way.

   
• smckenzie23 Jul 07, 2008
   

  Born in 84? Jebus I'm old.

   
• donkeykonguk Jul 08, 2008
   

  1972 Can - Ege Bamyasi
  1973 Can - Tago Mago
  1974 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
  1975 Can - Landed
  1976 Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
  1977 David Bowie - Low
  1978 Cabaret Voltaire - Mix-Up
  1979 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
  1980 The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
  1981 Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc.
  1982 The Clash - Combat Rock
  1983 Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger
  1984 Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
  1985 Run D.M.C. - King of Rock
  1986 The Cure - Standing on a Beach
  1987 The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
  1988 Joy Division - Substance
  1989 De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
  1990 The Go-Betweens - 1978 to 1990
  1991 A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
  1992 The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
  1993 A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
  1994 Portishead - Dummy
  1995 Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
  1996 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
  1997 V.A. - Deep Concentration Vol. 1
  1998 Air - Moon Safari
  1999 Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
  2000 Outkast - Stankonia
  2001 Jay-Z - The Blueprint
  2002 2 Many DJ's: As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt. 2
  2003 King Geedorah - Take Me To Your Leader
  2004 Franz Ferdinand
  2005 Edan - Beauty and the Beat
  2006 CSS - Cansei de Ser Sexy
  2007 Flight of the Conchords - First Season songs

   
• David S. Jul 08, 2008
   

  i am solving a constraint program to minimize the number of compilation albums needed to cover with no overlap the years in question. still running.

   
• Jim Cowie Jul 08, 2008
   

  1969 # Abbey Road - The Beatles
  1970 # All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
  1971 # John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
  1972 # The Concert For Bangla Desh - George Harrison
  1973 # The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
  1974 # Dark Horse - George Harrison
  1975 # Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
  1976 # Wings at the Speed of Sound - Paul McCartney & Wings
  1977 # Aja - Steely Dan
  1978 # More Songs About Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
  1979 # The Wall - Pink Floyd
  1980 # Paradise Theater - Styx
  1981 # Jumpin Jive - Joe Jackson
  1982 # Rio - Duran Duran
  1983 # 90125 - Yes
  1984 # Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise? - Art of Noise
  1985 # Little Creatures - Talking Heads
  1986 # Graceland - Paul Simon
  1987 # Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
  1988 # Watermark - Enya
  1989 # Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel
  1990 # Chronicles - Rush
  1991 # The Carl Stalling Project: Music from Warner Bros. Cartoons
  1992 # Live in Japan - George Harrison
  1993 # Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
  1994 # Mellow Gold - Beck
  1995 # The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 - The Beatles
  1996 # Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab
  1997 # Chants of India - Ravi Shankar
  1998 # Mutations - Beck
  1999 # Midnite Vultures - Beck
  2000 # Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 - Pink Floyd
  2001 # Simple Things - Zero 7
  2002 # 10,000 Hertz Legend - Air
  2003 # Let It Be: Naked - The Beatles
  2004 # Grown Backwards - David Byrne
  2005 # Guero - Beck
  2006 # The Information - Beck
  2007 # Pocket Symphony - Air
  

   
• Jim Cowie Jul 08, 2008
   

  It's interesting how different the lists are. Presumably after 2008 it will get harder to do this exercise, as the internet kills the whole concept of "albums."

   
• jhota Jul 09, 2008
   

  different, yes. but some of the albums on other folks' lists were ones i considered and discarded. Cosmic Thing, Yes I am, Never Mind The Bollocks, Combat Rock, Rio, Graceland, Watermark: i thought about all of them. so it's not that the same music doesn't affect people, it's that it doesn't affect people the same. "Combat Rock" was the beginning of the end for The Clash. it's a great album. but it doesn't have as much resonance for me as Mellencamp's "American Fool." (though i owned a copy of "Combat Rock" long before i had one of "American Fool")

   
• amanda Jul 09, 2008
   

  I forgot about 2004: Give - The Bad Plus. I too had some trouble in certain years and had to decide between albums that I enjoyed a lot then versus ones that have meaning and enjoyment for me now. I also chose some albums for particular songs when I might not have heard the rest of it.

   
• Jim Cowie Jul 09, 2008
   

  2008 isn't over yet, but "Thriller" is still a safe choice