1984-Madonna, Like a Virgin
1985-Wham!, Make It Big
1986-Madonna, True Blue
1987-George Michael, Faith
1988-Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989-Pixies, Doolittle
1990-Depeche Mode, Violator
1991-Slint, Spiderland
1992-Madonna, Erotica
1993-Dwight Yoakam, This Time
1994-Jeff Buckley, Grace
1995-Pulp, Different Class
1996-Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die
1997-Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
1998-Black Star, Black Star
1999-The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
2000-Elliott Smith, Figure 8
2001-Daft Punk, Discovery
2002-Spoon, Kill The Moonlight
2003-Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever to Tell
2004-Rjd2, Since We Last Spoke
2005-Clem Snide, Suburban Field Recordings: Volume One
2006-Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
2007-The National, Boxer
2008-M83, Saturdays = Youth

It’s all in pencil.

this list would take too much time right now for me to compile, but here are some highlights:

birth year 1977- Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (various artists)
high school graduation 1995- pj harvey, to bring you my love
move to nyc 2001- radiohead, amnesiac
marriage 2003- jay-z, the black album

1983 - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
1984 - Prince - Purple Rain

oh i cant do it all

wait heres years before i was born dbut from your list oes that count?

1975 - Patti Smith’s Horses
1976 - Ramones, Ramones
1977 - Talking Heads, 77
1978 - The Cars, The Cars
1979 - The Clash, London Calling
1980 - Pretenders, Pretenders
1981 - The Clash, Sandinista!
1982 - The Clash, Combat Rock

Really? The Immaculate Collection! Really?

1989-Madonna, Like A Prayer
1990-Pixies, Bossanova
1991-Nirvana, Nevermind
1992-Sonic Youth, Dirty
1993-Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
1994-Hole, Live Through This
1995-Elliott Smith, Elliott Smith
1996-Belle & Sebastian, If You’re Feeling Sinister
1997-Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
1998-Neutral Milk Hotel, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999-A Tribe Called Quest, The Anthology
2000-Cat Powers, The Covers Record
2001-The Shins, Oh, Inverted World
2002-Missy Elliott, Under Construction
2003-The White Stripes, Elephant
2004-Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender
2005-Sleater-Kinney, The Woods
2006-CSS, Cansei De Ser Sexy
2007-Kanye West, Graduation

bumpershine…why on earth would you question madonna’s immaculate collection?!

Here are mine. Wow I really struggled with this, and I tried to play by the rules and not have any repeat bands but you try telling Kid A and OK Computer that….

1980 - Bob Marley and the Wailers - Uprising
1981 - The Police - Ghost In The Machine
1982 - Men At Work - Business as Usual
1983 - Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
1984 - Van Halen - 1984
1985 - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
1986 - Paul Simon - Graceland
1987 - R.E.M. - Document
1988 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989 - Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
1990 - Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 - Sublime - 40 Oz. To Freedom
1993 - Morphine - Cure For Pain
1994 - Weezer - The Blue Album
1995 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996 - Silver Jews - The Natural Bridge
1997 - Radiohead - OK Computer
1998 - Outkast - Aquemini
1999 - Pavement - Terror Twilight
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
2001 - Stephen Malkmus - S/T
2002 - The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone
2003 - The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?
2004 - Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
2005 - Animal Collective - Feels
2006 - Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
2007 - The National - Boxer
2008 - Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue

hey, I expected some shit for some of my picks… wouldn’t be a list post without it!

but Dave, most definitely The Immaculate Collection. first of all, i found myself thinking of picking a Madonna album for at least 1984, 1985, and 1989. but other records ended up on top for those years. so really, as much as i love Madonna (and I do LOVE Madonna), it was a no brainer to tweak the rules and allow greatest hits albums.

and in that case, Immaculate Collection is by far one of my most listened to albums ever. i think i’ve owned it thrice on CD and also own the vinyl…

yep. now you see that the wizard is just a little man who loves Madonna! of course i’ve never really shied away from letting that fact be known.

*as an aside, i really could write an essay on the whole process i went through for picking the records on this list. but i figured i’d spare ya’ll the wordy words.
**extra aside… from the lists already posted here, these are records that i really wanted to put on my list. i’m just saying, it was a hard thing to do to leave these puppies off…

1983 - New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
1984 - Madonna, Like a Virgin
1985 - Wham!, Make It Big
1986 - Madonna, True Blue
1987 - George Michael, Faith
1989 - Madonna, Like A Prayer
1990 - Depeche Mode, Violator
1991- Nirvana, Nevermind
1992 - Sublime - 40 Oz. To Freedom
1993 - Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
1994 - Weezer - The Blue Album
1995 - Pulp, Different Class
1996 - Belle & Sebastian, If You’re Feeling Sinister
2000 - Radiohead - Kid A
2003 - The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?

i like this game.

Mike The Misogynist

Miso (味噌?) is a traditional Japanese food produced by fermenting rice, barley and/or soybeans, with salt and the fungus

I originally came here to download that PJ Harvey song (did a Hype Machine search for PJ songs), but was thrown back by the concept of this list of yours.

This is a really good idea…. I think I’m gonna steal it for my own blog.

http://metalbastard.blogspot.com
http://metalbastard.blogspot.com

[...] in this mix are not allowed to have appeared on any of the albums from the previously published Countdown: My Favorite Albums From Each Year I’ve Been Alive. Also, only one song per artist here. Other than that, it’s a wide open mix that features [...]

Thanks for the inspiration:

http://monkeybastardsv20.blogspot.com/2008/08/soundtrack-to-my-life.html

I owe you one.