Best year for music in every decade from the sixites on?

[HiImViibes]

I know this is as easy as a simple look up on every year and the points the albums released that year have, but that removes most subgectivity, which would make for a short conversation. I'm interested to hear what people have to think about the best year in every decade in terms of the music released in those years. I don't think that using charts is a good reflection in terms of how good the music in a year was as it would be possible for a year with one masterpiece of an album to have more points than a year that had five good albums come out. So in a way this conversation is somewhat less about quality, and a bit more about quantity in terms of good albums released. Feel free to be as subjective as you'd like, as one year being better than another is already a subjective observation. I hope this breeds some good discussion!

[paladisiac]

i think the 70s were the best decade for albums, the 80s the best decade for pop (singles) and the 90s the best decade for hip hop
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[LordMark]

1969: Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II, Abbey Road, In The Court Of The Crimson King, The Velvet Underground, Five Leaves Left

1970: Loaded, Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Bryter Layter, Led Zeppelin III, Funhouse

1989: The Stone Roses, Doolittle, Disintegration, Paul's Boutique

1994: Definitely Maybe, MTV Unplugged In New York, Naveed, Superunknown, Weezer (The Blue Album), Illmatic, Dookie, Dummy, Sixteen Stone, Protection, Dog Man Star, Music For The Jilted Generation, Parklife

2001: Is This It, Lateralus, Discovery, The Spirit Room, Amnesiac, White Blood Cells, Toxicity

2016: A Moon Shaped Pool, Teens of Denial, Afraid Of Heights, Weezer (The White Album), Blackstar, Hollow Bones

[hereforashortime]

60s: For me it has to be 67' because it has Velvet Underground and Nico, Sgt. Pepper, Are You Experienced, The Doors, and Forever Changes.
70s: 71' Sticky Fingers, Hunk Dory, Led Zepplin IV, and of course, Who's Next.
80s: This one is tough because most of the 80's albums I love are split up and one year doesn't really standout over another year, but if I had to choose probably 89' because that's when a lot of great alt-rock albums were released like Doolittle, Stone Roses, Bleach, and Disintigration
90s: Easily 95' It was the height of the britpop boom which gave us some great albums, (What's the Story) Morning Glory, Different Class, and of course Radiohead's the Bends
2000s: A tie between 04' and 08', 04' had some great diverse choices, American Idiot, Funeral, Hot Fuss, and The College Dropout, but 08' had some great pop punk (Folie a Deux, Weezer's Red Album, and Pretty, Odd) and some great indie pop rock (Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes)
2010's: Probably too new to really have a definitive answer but probably 2010, with Contra, The Suburbs and the fantastic this is happening
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[Hayden]

I'll raise you one and add the 50's.

'57
'69
'70
'81
'94
'07 ('06 is uber close though)
'10

[Skinny]

Every year in the last 60 (at least) has loads of great records.
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[CA Dreamin]

1966 - Pet Sounds, two great albums from Simon and Garfunkel, Revolver, If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, Aftermath, and Blonde on Blonde. That's hard to beat. Blonde on Blonde and Pet Sounds were released the same day.

Close call between 1971 and '78 but I'm going with 1978. Debuts from The Cars, Van Halen, and The Police. Plus good stuff from Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, and The Who.

Ooh, easily comes down to 1983 and '84. Those years truly stood out. I'll go with 1983. A great farewell album from The Police. Great debut albums from Violent Femmes, Tears for Fears, Metallica, and R.E.M. Other highlights include Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Innocent Man, Genesis self-titled, and of course Sports by Huey Lewis

I hate choosing one year from the 90s because it's by far my favorite decade. So I'm not going to. More to come.

2001 - musicforthemorningafter, Toxicity, Is This It, Bleed American, Morning View, Origin of Symmetry, and White Blood Cells, and Amnesiac.

2010s? Lol, rme, smh. Fuck this decade.
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[RoundTheBend]

[RoundTheBend]

Because I geek.

In order of awesomeness:

1959
Chuck Berry Is On Top Chuck Berry
What'd I Say Ray Charles
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records - Volume 2 Elvis Presley
Moanin' In The Moonlight Howlin' Wolf
Kind Of Blue Miles Davis
Mingus Ah Um Charles Mingus
Come Dance With Me! Frank Sinatra
Songs of Our Soil Johnny Cash
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic
Time Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Flamingo Serenade The Flamingos
Mr. Blue The Fleetwoods
Go Bo Diddley Bo Diddley
Lonely Teardrops Jackie Wilson
Please Please Please James Brown
The Shape Of Jazz To Come Ornette Coleman Trio
The Genius Of Ray Charles Ray Charles
Ritchie Valens Ritchie Valens
Hit Kit Sam Cooke


1969
Abbey Road The Beatles
Donovan's Greatest Hits Donovan
Led Zeppelin II Led Zeppelin
6- And 12-String Guitar Leo Kottke
Stand! Sly and the Family Stone
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin
Santana Santana
The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground
Willy And The Poor Boys Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bayou Country Creedence Clearwater Revival
At San Quentin Johnny Cash
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Neil Young And Crazy Horse
Five Leaves Left Nick Drake
First Take Roberta Flack
Brave New World Steve Miller Band
Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones
The Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Transit Authority
Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash
Live/Dead Grateful Dead
In The Court Of The Crimson King King Crimson
Kick Out The Jams MC5
In A Silent Way Miles Davis
Your Saving Grace Steve Miller Band
The Meters The Meters
The Stooges The Stooges
Let The Sunshine In Diana Ross & The Supremes
Liege And Lief Fairport Convention
Aoxomoxoa Grateful Dead
Hot Buttered Soul Isaac Hayes
With A Little Help From My Friends Joe Cocker
Clouds Joni Mitchell
Love Man Otis Redding
The Soft Parade The Doors
Canned Wheat The Guess Who
Crimson And Clover Tommy James And The Shondells


1970
Greatest Hits Sly and the Family Stone
Deja Vu Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon And Garfunkel
Moondance Van Morrison
Paranoid Black Sabbath
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon
Let It Be The Beatles
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Abraxas Santana
Cosmo's Factory Creedence Clearwater Revival
Led Zeppelin III Led Zeppelin
Atom Heart Mother Pink Floyd
Loaded The Velvet Underground
The Man Who Sold The World David Bowie
American Woman The Guess Who
Morrison Hotel The Doors
McCartney Paul McCartney
Hooker 'N Heat Canned Heat
Workingman's Dead Grateful Dead
Fun House The Stooges
After The Gold Rush Neil Young
ABC The Jackson 5
Sex Machine James Brown
All Things Must Pass George Harrison
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Derek & The Dominos
American Beauty Grateful Dead
Band Of Gypsys Band Of Gypsys
Chicago Chicago
Bitches Brew Miles Davis
Tea For The Tillerman Cat Stevens
Third Soft Machine
Live At Leeds The Who

1989
Welcome To The Beautiful South The Beautiful South
Bleach Nirvana
Mother's Milk Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cosmic Thing The B-52's
Full Moon Fever Tom Petty
Disintegration The Cure
Doolittle Pixies
Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails
Energy Operation Ivy
3 Feet High And Rising De La Soul
Paul's Boutique Beastie Boys
Let Love Rule Lenny Kravitz
Junta Phish
13 Songs Fugazi
Complete Discography Minor Threat
Freedom Neil Young
The Real Thing Faith No More
Indigo Girls Indigo Girls
New York Lou Reed
No Control Bad Religion
Bizarro The Wedding Present
Mystery Girl Roy Orbison
Journeyman Eric Clapton
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses

1994

MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana
Weezer (The Blue Album) Weezer
Pisces Iscariot The Smashing Pumpkins
Monster R.E.M.
Grace Jeff Buckley
Dummy Portishead
Illmatic Nas
The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails
Dookie Green Day
Vitalogy Pearl Jam
Smash The Offspring
Mellow Gold Beck
No Need To Argue The Cranberries
Regulate...G Funk Era Warren G
Diary Sunny Day Real Estate
Ill Communication Beastie Boys
Toward The Within Dead Can Dance
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.
Purple Stone Temple Pilots
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers
Superunknown Soundgarden
Sixteen Stone Bush
Cracked Rear View Hootie & The Blowfish
Live Through This Hole
American Recordings Johnny Cash
The Division Bell Pink Floyd
Wildflowers Tom Petty

2006
Stadium Arcadium Red Hot Chili Peppers
Black Holes And Revelations Muse
Time Without Consequence Alexi Murdoch
The Information Beck
The Eraser Thom Yorke
Surprise Paul Simon
As Tall As Lions by As Tall As Lions As Tall As Lions by As Tall As Lions
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys
Back To Black Amy Winehouse
10,000 Days Tool
FutureSex/LoveSounds Justin Timberlake
Carnavas Silversun Pickups
Ys Joanna Newsom
Magic Potion The Black Keys
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me Brand New
American V: A Hundred Highways Johnny Cash
Impeccable Blahs Say Hi To Your Mom
The Very Best Of Aerosmith Aerosmith
Death By Sexy Eagles Of Death Metal
Mr Beast Mogwai
Pearl Jam Pearl Jam
The Crane Wife The Decemberists
Broken Boy Soldiers The Raconteurs

Yeah... this 2011 list isn't what I'd expect it to be... just not sure about it...

Wasting Light Foo Fighters
The King Of Limbs Radiohead
The Smile Sessions The Beach Boys
Collapse Into Now R.E.M.
Major/Minor Thrice
I'm With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Build A Rocket Boys! Elbow
Neighborhoods Blink-182
So Beautiful Or So What Paul Simon
21 Adele
El Camino The Black Keys
Bangarang Skrillex
Mylo Xyloto Coldplay
Suck It And See Arctic Monkeys
Bon Iver, Bon Iver Bon Iver
Never Trust A Happy Song Grouplove
Section.80 Kendrick Lamar
Gimme Some Peter Bjorn And John
w h o k i l l tUnE-YaRdS
Odd Soul Mutemath
Twin Fantasy Car Seat Headrest
Burst Apart The Antlers
The King is Dead The Decemberists
Angles The Strokes
Megalithic Symphony Awolnation
Torches Foster The People
Lulu Lou Reed & Metallica
The Hunter Mastodon
+ Ed Sheeran
Ceremonials Florence And The Machine
David Comes To Life Fucked Up
Father, Son, Holy Ghost Girls
Making Mirrors Gotye
Watch The Throne Jay-Z and Kanye West
Dust Bowl Joe Bonamassa
Simple Math Manchester Orchestra
My Head Is An Animal Of Monsters And Men
Let England Shake P.J. Harvey
Strange Mercy St. Vincent
The Color Spectrum The Dear Hunter
Goblin Tyler, The Creator
The Year of Hibernation Youth Lagoon
Yuck Yuck