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Favourite albums of the Decades

I don't know why but this idea just came to me.

60s - Tons of Sobs - Free
70s - Crime of the Century - Supertramp
80s - Low Life - New Order
90s - Different Class - Pulp
00s - Sam's Town - The Killers

I'm not trying to be perverse by picking none of the really big artists, but they are all albums I can listen to all the way through and enjoy (nearly) every track.

The albums that I've listened to the most:

60s: Sell Out - The Who
70s: Quadrophenia - The Who
80s: Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
90s: Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home - The Geraldine Fibbers
00s: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

Quote: Chappers @ 16th September 2022, 6:53 PM

I'm not trying to be perverse by picking none of the real artists, but they are all albums I can listen to all the way through and enjoy (nearly) every track.

How do you mean you've picked none of the real artists?

These are the LPs I've listened to the most:

60s - Sgt Pepper (runner up Donovan's Greatest Hits, 1969)
70s - Harvest - Neil Young (runner up Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits, 1975)

I am not aware of any music after the 1970s.

60's Beatles revolver
70's the Clash London Calling
80's Stone Roses debut album
90's Rancid - And out come the wolves

00's er...... Manic Street Preachers - send away the tigers

Quote: Billy Bunter @ 16th September 2022, 7:52 PM

How do you mean you've picked none of the real artists?

These are the LPs I've listened to the most:

60s - Sgt Pepper (runner up Donovan's Greatest Hits, 1969)
70s - Harvest - Neil Young (runner up Cat Stevens' Greatest Hits, 1975)

I am not aware of any music after the 1970s.

What I meant was REALLY BIG artists. I didn't poof read my post!

Quote: DaButt @ 16th September 2022, 7:42 PM

The albums that I've listened to the most:

60s: Sell Out - The Who
70s: Quadrophenia - The Who
80s: Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
90s: Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home - The Geraldine Fibbers
00s: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

I know you love Wilco but I don't think I've heard anything by them. And I've never heard of the Geraldine Fibbers.

I love the 2 Who albums though.

What I'm really doing is asking for recommendations.

PS - I thought I'd edited and bloody deleted it (AGAIN) so I had to start again!

Quote: Chappers @ 16th September 2022, 9:13 PM

I know you love Wilco but I don't think I've heard anything by them. And I've never heard of the Geraldine Fibbers.

Wilco are quite possibly the best American band in existence - especially in a live setting. Their albums are uniformly good, with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot considered their masterpiece. Summerteeth and Being There are also standouts.

The Geraldine Fibbers only released two studio albums in the 90s, but they left a mark on anyone who heard them. There's a Wilco connection, too - Wilco guitarist Nels Cline played on the final Fibbers album.

Dig into both bands' catalogs, and try to catch a Wilco show - you won't be disappointed.

60's. very tough. narrowed down to Highway 61 re-visited or Blonde on Blonde.

70's almost impossible but I'll go for Before and after Science by Eno.

80's comparatively easy,which Fall album? Hex Enduction Hour. I think

I'm sure there was music before the 90's, I can't think of much I listen to regularly.

90s - Mercury Rev - Deserters Songs
00s - The Killers - Hot Fuss
10s - Lana Del Rey - Born to Die
20s - Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend

90's very tough again. Lots to choose from.Loveless .MBV.

90s are very tough. I'd happily go with Chapper's Pulp choice, or Pixies Bossonova or Nirvana's Nevermind.

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