Your top 5 favorite albums - by year?

[Beercules]

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[rorymac]

1972:

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie

Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones

Ege Bamyasi - Can

Wishbone Ash - Argus

Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan

Neu! - Neu!

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Lou Reed - Transformer

That's more than 5, but what a year!

[samouraï]

1972:

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie

Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones

Ege Bamyasi - Can

Wishbone Ash - Argus

Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan

Neu! - Neu!

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

Lou Reed - Transformer

That's more than 5, but what a year!

I love you.

Shít, I just realized I already had made a year-by-year list with the top 5 from almost every year. Here it is for whoever may be interested:


It may be a bit out-of-date though.

[rorymac]

I love you.

Shít, I just realized I already had made a year-by-year list with the top 5 from almost every year. Here it is for whoever may be interested:


It may be a bit out-of-date though.

Great list, and you reminded me that Zeit belonged in my 1972 lineup!

You also reminded me that I need to start listening to The Jesus and Mary Chain.

****genic, what an album. On the subject of Thom Yorke, he said that this was the most beautiful piece of music he'd heard:

[samouraï]

Great list, and you reminded me that Zeit belonged in my 1972 lineup!

You also reminded me that I need to start listening to The Jesus and Mary Chain.

****genic, what an album. On the subject of Thom Yorke, he said that this was the most beautiful piece of music he'd heard:

Zeit! What an album. A real experience. I've got the original Ohr release, and I cherish it.

I'll do a top 10 for '72 because you're right, it's one hell of a year.

1. Tangerine Dream - Zeit
2. Faust - So Far
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Fela Kuti - Shakara
5. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
6. Os Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorare
7. Can - Ege Bamyasi
8. Caetano Veloso - Transa
9. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
10. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
(Actually number 10 might be Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina, I can't decide)

It's probably totally inconsistent with my top 5 in that list I linked to though. I don't know man, I could do the same list 10 times in the same day and come up with 10 unique lists.

[sweetpea87]

I'm going to do one for 1977, a real standout year for me.

1. Low - David Bowie
2. Marquee Moon - Television
3. Aja - Steely Dan
4. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
5. Rocket to Russia - Ramones

(Also Pink Flag by Wire, Never Mind the Bollocks by *** Pistols)

Edit: I forgot My Aim is True by Elvis Costello, that would have to be in the top 5

It took me a while to get into Steely Dan for some reason, but I like them a lot now. I'm going to see them in concert in August.

[sweetpea87]

Zeit! What an album. A real experience. I've got the original Ohr release, and I cherish it.

I'll do a top 10 for '72 because you're right, it's one hell of a year.

1. Tangerine Dream - Zeit
2. Faust - So Far
3. Neu! - Neu!
4. Fela Kuti - Shakara
5. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
6. Os Novos Baianos - Acabou Chorare
7. Can - Ege Bamyasi
8. Caetano Veloso - Transa
9. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
10. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
(Actually number 10 might be Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina, I can't decide)

It's probably totally inconsistent with my top 5 in that list I linked to though. I don't know man, I could do the same list 10 times in the same day and come up with 10 unique lists.

You have good taste in music. I am pretty big into Krautrock like Can and Tangerine Dream myself. Have you ever heard the album "Wintrup" by Kraan? It's one of my favorites.

[Beercules]

I hope your conscience EATS AT YOU and you can't BREATHE without me
See Slim; [*screaming*] Shut up *****! I'm trying to talk!
Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screaming in the trunk
but I didn't slit her throat, I just tied her up, see I ain't like you
cause if she suffocates she'll suffer more, and then she'll die too
Well, gotta go, I'm almost at the bridge now
Oh ****, I forgot, how'm I supposed to send this **** out?
[car tires squeal] [CRASH]
.. [brief silence] .. [LOUD splash]

[samouraï]

You have good taste in music. I am pretty big into Krautrock like Can and Tangerine Dream myself. Have you ever heard the album "Wintrup" by Kraan? It's one of my favorites.

Oddly enough I hadn't even heard of that one before, thanks! I'll give it a listen. There are some other lesser-known krautrock groups like The Cosmic Jokers and Ash Ra Tempel which warrant a listen too if you haven't heard them (especially Ash Ra Tempel), but those aren't as obscure as Kraan appear to be.

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For any rap fan 1994 is EXTREMELY hard to beat.

Nas - Illmatic
Notorious BIG- Ready to Die
Method Man - Tical
Gangstarr- Hard 2 Earn

Biggy and Nas are easily 2 of the top 5 rappers ever and these were their BEST albums. Method Man is a beast and this was his best work. Same with Gangstarr the most underrated rap group ever!