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RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Recently we had a revamp the overall chart to your liking thread and then I stumbled up on this... might be fun to share notes:

Best Album per Year by RoundTheBend

There was a 2016 thread but wanted to start something fresh.

craola

crayon master

Location: pdx

a few of those years need revisiting... really highlights for me which ones i haven't listened much.

https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62436

three albums in common with RoundTheBend though, so i'm doing something right...

RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

craola wrote:

a few of those years need revisiting... really highlights for me which ones i haven't listened much.

https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62436

three albums in common with RoundTheBend though, so i'm doing something right...

Or wrong (for the 3)- Laughing

Thanks gonna take a check!

EDIT: I know one of them is Joshua Tree for sure... hehe

Also I came up with these as possible takes, so now I gotta look at mine... hehe

Joshua Tree
London Calling
Love Supreme
Dinah Jams
Lady Sings the Blues
Sarah Vaughan

CharlieBarley

Gender: Male

Age: 50

Location: Mount Olympus

Good thread idea RTB!

Here is my chart:

https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=62454

And I don't care that some of my choices may be " popular " ones, or that some of my chart may be uncool (see 2000-2020).
It's just what I like. I don't care about popularity contests!

By the way, this was hard.

The years 1967, 1969, 1970, 1987 and 1991 were particularly difficult, but I just went with my gut.

AfterHours

Gender: Male

Location: The Zone

1950: Birth of the Cool - Miles Davis
1951: City of Glass - Stan Kenton
1952: Mulligan Quartet - Gerry Mulligan
1953: Piano Reflections - Duke Ellington
1954: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
1955: The Third World - Herbie Nichols
1956: Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk
1957: Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus
1958: Freedom Suite - Sonny Rollins
1959: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
1960: Freedom Now Suite - Max Roach
1961: Impressions - John Coltrane
1962: Epitaph - Charles Mingus
1963: The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
1964: A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
1965: Ascension - John Coltrane
1966: The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
1967: Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola
1968: Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
1969: Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
1970: Desertshore - Nico
1971: Faust - Faust
1972: Irrlicht - Klaus Schulze
1973: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1: Flying Teapot - Gong
1974: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
1975: Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
1976: The Survivor’s Suite – Keith Jarrett
1977: Suicide - Suicide
1978: The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
1979: Y - The Pop Group
1980: The River - Bruce Springsteen
1981: Dolmen Music - Meredith Monk
1982: Variations in Dream-time - Anthony Davis
1983: Barbed Wire Maggots - Borbetomagus
1984: Zen Arcade - Husker Du
1985: Bad Moon Rising - Sonic Youth
1986: Cobra - John Zorn
1987: Children of God - Swans
1988: Dreamtime Return - Steve Roach
1989: Passion: Music For The Last Temptation of Christ - Peter Gabriel
1990: Twin Infinitives - Royal Trux
1991: Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev
1992: Down Colorful Hill - Red House Painters
1993: Lullaby Land - Vampire Rodents
1994: The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
1995: Mundus Subterraneous - Lightwave
1996: Remnants of a Deeper Purity - Black Tape for a Blue Girl
1997: Well-Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo
1998: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
1999: Post to Wire - Heather Duby
2000: Disappeared - Spring Heel Jack
2001: Fluxations - Denman Maroney
2002: The Long View - Marty Ehrlich
2003: 6 - Supersilent
2004: I - Meshuggah
2005: Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
2006: Ys - Joanna Newsom
2007: Operator Dead Post Abandoned - Burning Star Core
2008: Un Dia - Juana Molina
2009: Rend Eachother Like Wild Beasts Til Earth Shall Reek With Midnight Massacre - Gnaw Their Tongues
2010: Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom
2011: Tragedy - Julia Holter
2012: Luxury Problems - Andy Stott
2013: Mother of Virtues - Pyrrhon
2014: Harmonious Creature - Sarah Manning
2015: The Epic - Kamasi Washington
2016: A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke - Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
2017: Uncanny Valley - Stabscotch
2018: Aviary - Julia Holter
2019: History of Heat - Sadaf

Note: I didnt include Classical (most arguable exception is Meredith Monk)

I would have to revisit lots of albums of the 40s to determine those so I left them out.

Still lots of key albums to listen to for the 2010s (Rock and Jazz).

And lots of key albums to listen to for the 2000s (not as much for Rock, but especially Jazz).
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RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

Great picks erybody.

Some of them so good I went to go see what I chose instead to see if I'd replace it.

Also kinda surprised of The Doors exclusion for Red Crayola AH, but it also makes sense too.

saltfish

1955 Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano
1956 Herbie Nichols Trio - Herbie Nichols Trio
1957 Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners
1958 Herbie Nichols - Love, Gloom, Cash, Love
1959 Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
1960 Olatunji - Drums of Passion
1961 Jimmy Giuffre - Thesis
1962 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang der Jünglinge · Kontakte
1963 Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
1964 Grachan Moncur III - Evolution
1965 Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
1966 Marion Brown - Quartet
1967 Red Crayola - Parable of Arable Land
1968 Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In the West
1969 Clifford Thornton - Freedom & Unity
1970 Anthony Braxton - For Alto
1971 Dave Holland/Barre Phillips - Music From Two Basses
1972 Iskra 1903 - Iskra 1903
1973 John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers
1974 Fred Frith - Guitar Solos
1975 Steve Lacy - Stalks
1976 Lennie Tristano - Descent Into the Maelstrom
1977 Leroy Jenkins - Solo Concert
1978 Jandek - Ready for the House
1979 Polly Bradfield - Solo Violin Improvisations
1980 X - Los Angeles
1981 Ned Rothenberg - Trials of the Argo
1982 Albert Ayler - Lorrach/Paris 1966
1983 Marilyn Crispell - Spirit Music
1984 Peter Brotzmann - 14 Love Poems
1985 Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
1986 Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse
1987 Swans - Children of God
1988 Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
1989 Cecil Taylor - In Berlin '88
1990 Daniel Johnston - 1990
1991 Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
1992 Anthony Braxton - Willisau (Quartet) 1991
1993 Giacinto Scelsi - Okanagon
1994 Low - I Could Live in Hope
1995 Oval - 94diskont
1996 Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
1997 Le Quan Ninh - Ustensiles
1998 Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
1999 Joe Maneri - Tales of Rohnlief
2000 Avalanches - Since I Left You
2001 Roy Montgomery - Silver Wheel of Prayer
2002 William Basinski - Disintegration Loops I
2003 Autechre - Draft 7.30
2004 Spring Heel Jack - The Sweetness of the Water
2005 Leroy Jenkins - The Art of Improvisation
2006 Joanna Newsom - Ys
2007 Burial - Untrue
2008 Grouper - Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill
2009 Polwechsel & John Tilbury - Field
2010 Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me
2011 Kang Tae Hwan - Sorefa
2012 Aine O'Dwyer - Music for Church Cleaners
2013 Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe
2014 Evan Parker - Seven ElectroAcoustic Septet
2015 Eric Chenaux - Skullsplitter
2016 Ken Vandermark - Momentum 1: Stone
2017 Andrew Smiley - Dispersal
2018 Peter Jaquemyn - Fundament
2019 John McCowen - Mundanas I-V / Microtub - Chronic Shift / Eliane Radigue - Occam Ocean 2 (really hard for me to decide this year)
2020 Kang Tae Hwan, Kang Hae Jin - Circle Point

AfterHours

Gender: Male

Location: The Zone

RoundTheBend wrote:

Great picks erybody.

Some of them so good I went to go see what I chose instead to see if I'd replace it.

Also kinda surprised of The Doors exclusion for Red Crayola AH, but it also makes sense too.

Thanks! Doors is actually 1966 so barely got beat out by VU and Nico.

I tend to go by recording dates so my selections wont always align with BEA. Personally I think its kind of silly to go by distribution date. When the artist(s) completed & recorded the work seems much more important than when the label distributed it. Just like when a Classical composer composed the work is whats most important.
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Tha1ChiefRocka

Fratt Sinapp

Location: Ohio

On Spotify right now, I'm currently putting in all of the albums I can find that I have listened to into year playlists. It's a bit daunting, but I've gone from 1965 to 1983 so far.

That means I've been thinking about this a lot.

I'll start at 65 since that's where my playlists start. Most of these picks are tried and true favorites, but some others are just what I'm fancying at the moment.

1965: A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
1966: Hums of the Lovin' Spoonful by The Lovin' Spoonful
1967: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
1968: The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
1969: Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes
1970: Black Sabbath/ Paranoid by Black Sabbath (just pretend they're a double album.)
1971: Surf's Up by The Beach Boys
1972: Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
1973: Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock
1974: Red by King Crimson
1975: Another Green World by Brian Eno
1976: Songs In The Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
1977: Sunshower by Taeko Ohnuki
1978: Chairs Missing by Wire
1979: 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle
1980: Remain in Light by Talking Heads
1981: Juju by Siouxsie and the Banshees
1982: Hex-Enduction Hour by The Fall
1983: Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
1984: Zen Arcade by Husker Du
1985: Texas Funeral Jon Wayne
1986: Atomizer by Big Black
1987: Paid In Full by Eric B & Rakim
1988: God In Three Persons by The Residents
1989: Wrong by Nomeansno
1990: Chill Out by The KLF

I'll add the rest later.

RoundTheBend

I miss the comfort in being sad

Location: Ground Control

AfterHours wrote:

RoundTheBend wrote:

Great picks erybody.

Some of them so good I went to go see what I chose instead to see if I'd replace it.

Also kinda surprised of The Doors exclusion for Red Crayola AH, but it also makes sense too.

Thanks! Doors is actually 1966 so barely got beat out by VU and Nico.

I tend to go by recording dates so my selections wont always align with BEA. Personally I think its kind of silly to go by distribution date. When the artist(s) completed & recorded the work seems much more important than when the label distributed it. Just like when a Classical composer composed the work is whats most important.

Yeah - thanks for the clarification.

Often tricky these dates... same with classical music... sometimes written over a decade/lifetime... then premiered 10 years after their death... but then sometimes published but not performed until 20 years later... it's like if the tree fell in a forest kind of thing.

But makes sense why you feel the way you do, even if I was secretly hoping for The Doors to fill that 1967 slot there instead... hehe.

Another thing I think is cool is I think most of us got a Thelonious Monk record in on the 50s.

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