Pick a Favourite Album From Each Year of Favourite Decade

[lpjunkie93]

1970 - Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash
1971 - Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
1972 - Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
1973 - Nazareth - Loud 'n' Proud
1974 - Barclay James Harvest - Everyone Is Everybody Else
1975 - Nazareth - Hair of the Dog
1976 - Rainbow - Rising
1977 - Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
1978 - Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
1979 - Rory Gallagher - Top Priority

Nice collection, nothing to obvious or over-rated

 

[LG]

1970 - Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
1971 - Electric Warrior - T.Rex
1972 - Close to the Edge - Yes
1973 - Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
1974 - Bad Company - Bad Company
1975 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
1976 - 2112 - Rush
1977 - Low - David Bowie
1978 - Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy
1979 - London Calling - The Clash

The 1970's is the only decade I fully love when it comes to rock and roll. I love other rock music from other decades, but the 1970's is my fix

Nice list as well Fred, great to see London Calling on there.

 

[Sox]

I think the 70's are hard to beat, I love stuff from the mid to late 60's too and the new heavy rock/metal bands of today are great but I'm gonna take a look at the 80's here.
Lets see.

1980 - Ozzy - Blizzard Of Ozz
1981 - Whitesnake - Come An' Get It
1982 - Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1983 - Dio - Holy Diver
1884 - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
1985 - The Cult - Love
1986 - Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
1987 - Rory Gallagher - Defender
1988 - Jeff Healey - See The Light
1989 - Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step

 

[Nololob]

^ Some shiny beauties there, Sox.

Nice collection, nothing to obvious or over-rated

Cheers. Always preferred to put underrated LPs right at the top of my lists.

 

[Aero]

I think the 70's are hard to beat, I love stuff from the mid to late 60's too and the new heavy rock/metal bands of today are great but I'm gonna take a look at the 80's here.
Lets see.

1980 - Ozzy - Blizzard Of Ozz
1981 - Whitesnake - Come An' Get It
1982 - Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
1983 - Dio - Holy Diver
1884 - Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
1985 - The Cult - Love
1986 - Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
1987 - Rory Gallagher - Defender
1988 - Jeff Healey - See The Light
1989 - Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step

That 'Love' album by The Cult is a nice pick. There are some great songs on that album that just aren't 'radio friendly' so no one other than Cult fans know about them. What a shame...

 

[Sox]

Nolo 1980 was a hard year to choose just one there were so many great albums.

Aero - I agree "Love" is just packed with top tunes.

 

[Soot and Stars]

I'm sorry but I can't do it. I have to cheat and tie the 90's with the 2,000's. All my hardcore favorites came out with their best albums in the 90's but all the favorites I listen to now came out with brilliant albums in the 2,000's. The other problem is I have trouble picking one just for each year. I'm almost envious that some can just say with reservation what their favorite decade is. It would save me a lot of money to just have one.

Tie-90's and 2,000's

1990-Jon Bon Jovi-Blaze of Glory
1991-Nirvana-Nevermind/Runner Up-Pearl Jam-Ten
1992-Tori Amos-Little Earthquakes/Runner Up-Gregg Alexander-Intoxifornication
1993-The Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream/Runner Up-Counting Crows-August and Everything After
1994-Tori Amos-Under The Pink/Runners Up-Live Throwing Copper/Nirvana-MTV Unplugged In New York/Pearl Jam-VitalogyGreen Day-Dookie
1995-The Smashing Pumpkins-Melloncollie and the Infinite Sadness/Runner Up-Bon Jovi-These Days
1996-Fiona Apple-Tidal/Runners Up-Tori Amos-Boys For Pele/Paula Cole-This Fire
1997-Ben Folds Five-Whatever and Ever Amen/Runner Up-Aerosmith-Nine Lives
1998-Tori Amos-From The Choirgirl Hotel/ Runners Up-New Radicals-Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too, The Smashing Pumpkins-Adore
1999-Jimmy Eat World-Clarity/Runners Up-Fiona Apple When The Pawn..../Danielle Brisebois-Portable Life


2000-Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP, Runners Up-The Smashing Pumpkins Machina and The Machines of God, Ours-Distorted Lullabies, Ryan Adams-Heartbreaker
2001-Ben Folds-Rocking The Suburbs/Runners Up-Dashboard Confessional-The Places That You've Come To Fear The Most/Jimmy Eat World-Bleed American/ST/Ours-Precious
2002-The Used-S/T/Runners Up-Damien Rice-O/Greenwheel-ST/Dashboard Confessional-MTV Unplugged 2.0/Taking Back Sunday-Tell All Your Friends
2003-SouthFM-Drama Kids/Runner Up-Ryan Adams-Rock N' Roll
2004-Straylight Run-S/T/Runners Up-Taking Back Sunday-Where You Want To Be/The Spill Canvas-Sunsets and Car Crashes/The Used-In Love and Death
2005-SouthFM-Swallowing The Pill/Runners Up-And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead-Worlds Apart/The Spill Canvas-One Fell Swoop/Anberlin-Never Take Friendship Personal/30 Seconds To Mars-A Beautiful Lie/David Ford-I sincerely Apologize For All The Trouble I've Caused/Ryan adams-Cold Roses/Bedlight For Blue Eyes-The Dawn
2006-Brand New-The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me/Runners Up-And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead-So Divided/Snow Patrol-Eyes Open/Damien Rice-O
2007-Anberlin-Cities/Runners Up-David Ford-Songs For The Road/The Used-Lies For The Liars/Bedlight For Blue Eyes-Life On Lifes Terms
2008-City and Colour-Bring Me Your Love/Runner Up-Love, Ire & Song
2009-Blue October-Approaching Normal/Runner Up-30 Seconds To Mars-This Is War

I don't give a shit if this is overkill as I started buying music in the 90's and really picked up when I got my first c.d. player in 1995. Since then it's been overkill in trying to keep up with all the great stuff and balancing all these great albums where I don't even have to skip a song. If there's one thing I learned it's that If I had to have a cut off date I'd start my music from '89 on as Aerosmith-Pump was my 1st #1 album and Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine as well as Mr. Big Lean Into It came out that year. I like classic rock (60's, 70's and 80's) and even more since being here but I'm able to prune out the albums I like a lot easier and I don't get the same rush from it. I also find that I really didn't get into the 90's with Nirvana and Pearl Jam the same way most did. I was thrust into it a couple years in by The Smashing Pumpkins, Tori Amos, etc. as the more layered artistic artist of the time.

 

[electric funeral]

70's:

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971 - Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
1972 - Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
1973 - Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
1974 - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On broadway
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 - Rainbow - Rainbow Rising
1977 - AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen
1979 - AC/DC - Highway To Hell

 

[Riff Raff]

lol Its all good Sooty, at least you added discussion to your lists too which are by the way interesting and diverse.

 

[lpjunkie93]

70's:

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1971 - Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
1972 - Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
1973 - Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
1974 - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On broadway
1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1976 - Rainbow - Rainbow Rising
1977 - AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen
1979 - AC/DC - Highway To Hell

Fab stuff going on there!