Which country makes the best music?

[rorymac]

Did my favourite albums from each year. 1985 is blank because I haven't heard an album I've really liked from that year.

1964 - Getz/Gilberto
1965 - A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
1966 - Revolver - The Beatles
1967 - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968 - The Beatles
1969 - Abbey Road - The Beatles
1970 - Led Zeppelin III
1971 - Led Zeppelin IV
1972 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
1973 - The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1974 - Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
1975 - Another Green World - Brian Eno
1976 - Station to Station - David Bowie
1977 - Low - David Bowie
1978 - Parallel Lines - Blondie
1979 - Entertainment! - Gang of Four
1980 - Remain in Light - Talking Heads
1981 - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Eno and Byrne
1982 - Thriller - Michael Jackson
1983 - Murmur - REM
1984 - The Smiths
1985 -
1986 - The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
1987 - Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac
1988 - Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
1989 - The Stone Roses
1990 - Pills n Thrills n Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
1991 - Nevermind - Nirvana
1992 - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Aphex Twin
1993 - In Utero - Nirvana
1994 - Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.
1995 - Different Class - Pulp
1996 - Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
1997 - OK Computer - Radiohead
1998 - Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada (hardest year to pick. Also like releases from Silver ***s and Air)
1999 - The Three Eps - The Beta Band
2000 - Kid A - Radiohead
2001 - Is This It? - The Strokes
2002 - Melody AM - Royksopp / Original Pirate Material - The Streets
2003 - Phantom Power - Super Furry Animals
2004 - Funeral - Arcade Fire
2005 - Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
2006 - Donuts - J Dilla
2007 - Kala - MIA
2008 - 22 Dreams - Paul Weller
2009 - Fever Ray - Fever Ray
2010 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
2011 - Flamingo - Sean Nicholas Savage
2012 - Good Kid M.A.A.d City - Kendrick Lamar
2013 - Random Access Memories - Daft Punk

[Mooshashi]

Nice list...I'd like to see Mothers We're only in it for the money,King Crimson Court of the crimson king, U2 Joshua Tree. And Tool in there somewhere. And Weather Report.

The last.10 years sure suck....no Ricky Martin (lol)?

[Dixie Normis]

For the record, I think it may go US, Germany, UK, then Brazil. I feel I can defend my choices to the death.

Germany was really ahead of the curve in the late 60s and 70s. I give them a ton of credit for that.

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Unfortunately, they kind of just died out after that. Germans hardly even play german music nowadays, just American and British Pop. The actual German music they play today sounds like a rehash of old American pop and soft rock songs.