What was the best year ever for albums? - Music

HoldenM

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Seriously, the 2010s have been a mind-blowing decade. I'll throw in 2013, which had m b v, Trouble Will Find Me, Yeezus, Sunbather, Modern Vampires of the City, Settle, Shaking the Habitual, Heartthrob, Acid Rap, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic, AM, ...Like Clockwork, The Next Day, Comedown Machine, Psychic, etc. Some people would say Reflektor--even though I personally believe it's a bloated, failed experiment. Seriously. This is a year so good that a terrific Sigur Rós album got completely forgotten.
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craola

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HoldenM wrote:

Seriously, the 2010s have been a mind-blowing decade. I'll throw in 2013, which had m b v, Trouble Will Find Me, Yeezus, Sunbather, Modern Vampires of the City, Settle, Shaking the Habitual, Heartthrob, Acid Rap, We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic, AM, ...Like Clockwork, The Next Day, Comedown Machine, Psychic, etc. Some people would say Reflektor--even though I personally believe it's a bloated, failed experiment. Seriously. This is a year so good that a terrific Sigur Rós album got completely forgotten.

i agree about the 10s. it's all about what's happening now. bigger, faster, stronger, gracer.

asking it small not to piss off the wonderboy. gotta wonder, if the the banana or the prism-make-rainbow were released today, would they even make a splash?
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Ianlucadp

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Location: São Paulo

2016: Weezer(White Album), Blackstar, A Moon Shaped Pool, California, Revolution Radio
2006: Whatever People Say I Am, Sam's Town, Inside In/ Inside Out, First Impressions
2001: Is This It

Fischman

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bobbyb5 wrote:

Fischman wrote:

1967--(even when I discard Pepper and Velvet, the former of which I can live without and the latter which I can't stand), the year is still awesome with Days of Future Passed, Something Else by the Kinks, Born Under a Bad Sign, Surrealistic Pillow, Disraeli Gears, The Who Sell Out and two great albums each by The Doors and Jimi Hendrix.

1971--Easily the best overall with the best ever by The Who (Who's Next) and the Stones (Sticky Fingers) plus the Moodies' Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, the first two of the great albums by Yes (The Yes Album and Fragile), Tull's masterpiece, Aqualung, Mahavishnu Orchestra killing it with Inner Mountain Flame, Funkadelic's best ever (Maggot Brain), plus Tarkus, Zep IV, LA Woman, Master of Reality, Nursery Cryme, Fireball, Tapestry, and Argent's grossly underrated Ring of Hands.

Here's something else extraordinary about 1971. It was about the only year in which the very best music was also the most popular in the country. If you look at the number one album on the charts in the country for 1971 it's like an unbroken chain of great albums. It went from the Stones to Every Picture Tells a Story to Tapestry to The Who to Led Zeppelin 4 and it's just an unbroken chain of great albums. Its unusual for the best music to also be the most popular, but in 1971 it was.

These were also number one albums in 1971. If you can think of a year that beats this for Number One albums, let me know.

All Things Must Pass George Harrison
Pearl Janis Joplin
Imagine John Lennon
Shaft Isaac Hayes
There's a riot goin on Sly and the Family Stone
4 Way Street. CSNY
What's going on Marvin Gaye

Very astute observation-- and shame on me go forgetting All Things Must Pass, Pearl, Tapestry and Shaft!

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bobbyb5

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Location: New York

[quote="Fischman"]

bobbyb5 wrote:

Fischman wrote:

1967--(even when I discard Pepper and Velvet, the former of which I can live without and the latter which I can't stand), the year is still awesome with Days of Future Passed, Something Else by the Kinks, Born Under a Bad Sign, Surrealistic Pillow, Disraeli Gears, The Who Sell Out and two great albums each by The Doors and Jimi Hendrix.

1971--Easily the best overall with the best ever by The Who (Who's Next) and the Stones (Sticky Fingers) plus the Moodies' Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, the first two of the great albums by Yes (The Yes Album and Fragile), Tull's masterpiece, Aqualung, Mahavishnu Orchestra killing it with Inner Mountain Flame, Funkadelic's best ever (Maggot Brain), plus Tarkus, Zep IV, LA Woman, Master of Reality, Nursery Cryme, Fireball, Tapestry, and Argent's grossly underrated Ring of Hands.

Here's something else extraordinary about 1971. It was about the only year in which the very best music was also the most popular in the country. If you look at the number one album on the charts in the country for 1971 it's like an unbroken chain of great albums. It went from the Stones to Every Picture Tells a Story to Tapestry to The Who to Led Zeppelin 4 and it's just an unbroken chain of great albums. Its unusual for the best music to also be the most popular, but in 1971 it was.

These were also number one albums in 1971. If you can think of a year that beats this for Number One albums, let me know.

All Things Must Pass George Harrison
Pearl Janis Joplin
Imagine John Lennon
Shaft Isaac Hayes
Santana 3
There's a riot goin on Sly and the Family Stone
4 Way Street. CSNY/quote]

Very astute observation-- and shame on me go forgetting All Things Must Pass, Pearl, and Shaft!

if it hadn't been for Carole King dominating the year so much, even more great albums would have reached the number one spot. But a lot of them were kept out of the top spot by Tapestry, which was the number one album for almost 4 months But these albums just missed Number One and reached number 2.

Led Zeppelin 4
Marvin Gaye. What's Going On
Yes. Fragile
Moody Blues. Every Good Boy
Doors. LA Woman
Cat Stevens. Teaser and the Firecat
Jethro Tull. Aqualung

Komorebi-D

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Age: 27

HoldenM wrote:

Some people would say Reflektor--even though I personally believe it's a bloated, failed experiment.

Yeah... I'm one of those people you speak of... but you're on the money about the 10s.
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LordMark

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Age: 37

Location: Ontario

Definitely 1994

Definitely Maybe
MTV Unplugged In New York
Superunknown
Naveed
Weezer (Blue Album)
Dummy
Dog Man Star
Dookie
Illmatic
Sixteen Stone
Protection
Parklife
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Jar of Flies EP
Music for the Jilted Generation
Silver

craola

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Location: pdx

2015 was hella good. every album in my top-11 has been my #1 of that year at some point in the last couple years. a whole lotta stellar albums.
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