Based off of an idea from the indispensable Idolator, let's do this for the weekend.Out down your favorite album for every year that you were born. Yes, you'll figure out how damn young I am.
1988-Sonic Youth : Daydream Nation
1989-Pixies: Doolittle
1990:Happy Mondays: Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
1991: Fugzazi-Steady Diet of Nothing
1992:Pavement-Slanted and Enchanted
1993:Nirvana-In Utero
1994: Built to Spill- There's Nothing Wrong with Love
1995: Radiohead-The Bends
1996: DJ Shadow-Endtroducing...
1997: The Dandy Warhols: Come Down
1998: Beastie Boys: Hello Nasty
1999: Built to Spill: Keep it Like a Secret (yeah I like BTS, a lot)
2000: Modest Mouse: The Moon and Antartica
2001:Radiohead: Amensiac
2002: N.E.R.D.-In Search Of...
2003: Bear Vs Shark: Right Now, You're in the Best of Hands. And If Something Isn't Quite Right, Your Doctor Will Know in a Hurry
2004: Kanye West: The College Dropout
2005: M.I.A. : Arular
2006: TV on the Radio: Return to Cookie Mountain
2007: LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
2008: Why?-Alopecia
So. The 90s as whole were hard for me to do, since I didn't really start getting into music until about middle school (late nineties). 1995 was especially hard, sicne I'm not that big on the Bends. 2004 was the hardest year. I had to choose between Ye's debut (still my favorite of his), Interpol's Antics, and Funeral by the Arcade Fire. Damn. And yes, I stand by the Bear Vs Shark decision.
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Geez, I was out of high school when you were born. At least you didn't wait until three weeks from now, right after my birthday, when I'll have to be kept from all sharp objects anyway.
I'll get on this, and then you'll see how ancient I am.
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Well, my parents had me young. Whatever that means.
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jeez, I'm tempted to try this, but I think it would take me a really long time (even though I only have 2 more years than you). I wasn't into music until high school also, so my knowledge of albums pre-2000 is sadly limited.
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Well, here's a way to help that. If you use iTunes, go to File>New Smart Playlist, and do Year Is , and pick the year you need. On a side note, it frightens me that people our age are running the world.
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hahaha, that is a scary thought. I can barely run my own life, so no one my age should be trusted with the world ;)
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I'm crying crocodile tears for both of you. :P
BTW, the original Idolator article mentions that Wiki has a handy list of albums released by year. Handy for those years when you weren't totally musically aware, as well as a nice potential shopping list. I'm using it to fill in the 1970's. :::sigh:::
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hehe, thanks for the tip Dale. I'm headed to wiki now to start with 1986 ;)
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@deg: I run the business operations of a radio station, so I'm halfway there.
@ Dale: I have a hard time understanding aging. Wiki does have a list, but it's not as full as I'd like it to be.
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True Heath, but it's a start. A jumping-off point, if you will.
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Yeah, it did help me a little.
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I've been alive too long to even attempt that- it would take days to complete that many years! LOL
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gezz, you were born and I was a freshman in high school, I can say though that at the time I did own the sonic youth album
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Funny thing about that album: this guy in my math class told me I would like the album. I really fucking dug Pixies at the time (still do), and I just kinda forgot about it. I got into it in the past few years, actually. This guy also liked Animal Collective, and I thought "what the fuck who puts sheep on an album". I can't wait to see Animal Collective live in Chicago now.
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I got the sonic youth album from a secret santa at school. Had not listened to them before that, but it still stands as one of the best secret santa gifts I ever got
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sounds like it. I've had like one secret santa gift in my life, and it was a flask. I don't drink.
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All right suckers, here you go, the definitive list. Now, except for a few cases in the 80's, I stuck with teh albums I enjoy most NOW that came out in that year. So ...
1969 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
1970 - The Stooges - Fun House
1971 - Neu! - Neu!
1972 - Big Star - #1 Record
1973 - The Stooges - Raw Power
1974 - Kraftwerk - Autobahn
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 - The Ramones - The Ramones
1977 - Wire - Pink Flag
1978 - Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream
1979 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980 - Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition
1981 - Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
1982 - Killing Joke - Revelations
1983 - New Order - Power Corruption & Lies
1984 - Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
1985 - The Cure - The Head On The Door
1986 - Sonic Youth - EVOL
1987 - The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
1988 - Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
1989 - The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
1990 - Ride - Nowhere
1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992 - Catherine Wheel - Ferment
1993 - Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
1994 - Lush - Split
1995 - Elastica - Elastica
1996 - Ash - 1977
1997 - Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
1998 - Curve - Come Clean
1999 - Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
2001 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - BRMC
2002 - Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
2003 - The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love
2004 - The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
2005 - Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2006 - She Wants Revenge - She Wans Revenge
2007 - Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
2008 - Blackstrap - Steal My Horses And Run
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That's quite a list.
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Thanks. 1992-1998 werw very hard, and 2002 to present were even worse. I just got that Blackstrap album this week, and it's doing my head in.
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hah, I feel the same way about those same eras.