Below is a list of albums that I either loved when they came out or still love today. I have full album links to Youtube for most of them. The ones that have the year in bold are albums that particularly influenced me. And yes... I like "the Shins" and "Wilco" a lot. 1977 Elvis Costello -My Aim is True
1978 Blondie -Parallel Lines
1979 (a good year for albums) The Clash - London Calling
1980 David Bowie - Scary Monsters and super creeps
1981 The Rolling Stones -Tattoo You
1982 Michael Jackson -Thriller
1983 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984 Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
1985 The Cure -The Head on the Door
1986 Paul Simon - Graceland
1987 U2 -The Joshua Tree
1988 Pixies - Surfer Rosa
1989 Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
1990 They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991 Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
1993 Radiohead - Pablo Honey
1994 Jeff Buckley - Grace
1995 Radiohead - The Bends
1996 Wilco - Being There
1997 Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
1998 Pearl Jam - Yield
1999 Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
2000 Elliot Smith - Figure 8
2001 The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
2002 Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003 The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
2004 Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005 Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel the Illinois
2006 Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
2007 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
2008 Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2009 Wilco -Wilco the Album
2010 Vampire Weekend - Contra
2011 Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
2012 The Shins - Port of Morrow Welp... there goes my afternoon :-) That was fun, thanks.
>1986 Paul Simon - Graceland You. I like you. To all the other people who were alive in 1986 and didn't list this I'm ashamed. That's my favorite album of all time. Period. I was born in 1981, and too lazy to make my own list, but that would have been in there for sure.
I understand why you might not want to make the list, it did take a long time. That said, if you find the time I suggest doing it, it was a really fun exercise. And Graceland is definitely a great album, Paul Simon is pretty special.
I just listened to Paul's Boutique for the first time in a while this week and was surprised to find that so many of the Beastie Boys' lyrics resemble @horse_ebooks tweets.
Fun indeed. I really enjoyed making this list. Thanks for the impetus.