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Post by The Curmudgeon on Feb 4, 2016 13:37:14 GMT 2
You ever regret asking someone a fairly rhetorical question? This was my plight, as I had read an article (link below) where a couple of critics argued that 1966 may well be the finest year in the history of recorded music. I'll go into specifics later, but I mentioned this to Mrs C about a week ago and even now she's texting me with other examples of "better" years. 1994 this time, with Blur, Oasis, Prodigy, Manics and R.E.M all delivering killer albums. Hey, it's a good argument. So maybe I'm creating the same monster here, but what the hell. Here's the article. www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jan/31/three-albums-1966-beatles-revolver-bob-dylan-blonde-on-blonde-beach-boys-pet-soundsTL;DR version? Three albums were released that year that changed the game, yo. These albums.    Pet Sounds, Blonde on Blonde and Revolver basically. All three albums are classics, obviously, but what do you think? 1966 the best year ever? Can you think of any that come close? |
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Post by trashcanman on Feb 4, 2016 22:33:42 GMT 2
Great years, but you can't beat the early 70's. 1970 had Zeppelin III, Plastic Ono, Layla, Let it Be, Fun House, Band of Gypsies, After the Goldrush, Morrison Hotel, Black Sabbath, Get Yer Ya-Yas Out, and plenty more. '71 had Zeppelin IV, Sticky Fingers, Who's Next, Hunky Dory, Master of Reality, Love it to Death, Imagine, ZZ Top's debut, What's Going On, and then some. '72 had Exile on Main Street, Ziggy Stardust, Harvest, Machine head, Transformer, Black Sabbath Vol. 4, Music of My Mind, etc. '73 was Dark Side of the Moon, Quadrophenia, Skynyrd's debut, Raw Power, Houses of the Holy, Billion Dollar Babies, Catch a Fire, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (those guys were on fucking fire), and Queen and Aerosmith's debuts for the win. So my answer is 1973.
Also 1975 was Night at the Opera, Blood on the Tracks, Horses, Physical Graffiti, Wish You Were Here, Toys in the Attic, Mothership Connection, Welcome to my Nightmare, Born to Run, Sabotage, KISS Alive, That's the Way of the World, and One of These Nights. I could go on, but suffice to say the 70's were fucking awesome.
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Feb 5, 2016 13:35:08 GMT 2
Well, 2015 had.. had.. uh.. Justin Bieber?
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Post by trashcanman on Feb 5, 2016 23:20:48 GMT 2
New Adele. That is all. Seriously, when is the last time you heard a new album and thought to yourself "this is a classic"? For me, it's probably Slipknot's Iowa album, so fifteen years ago. I might argue that Back to Black, 21, and Frank Turner's Tape Deck Heart and Last Moments and Lost Evenings are classic tier albums, but Iowa is the only one I'm sure makes the grade.
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Post by Ben on Feb 7, 2016 7:22:45 GMT 2
Yeah, that's a tough one. There are a ton of classic years way back in the day. Post-2000, though? I run into a genre classic every once in awhile- you know, like an obscure 2011 black metal record that is regarded among the 1500-3000 or so people who listen to black metal as an absolute classic- but as far as albums that are going to be remembered by the public in 25 years? The most recent one that comes to mind right away is Staind's Break the Cycle. Apart from that, I don't have anything since the 90s.
If I was going to make a case for an underdog year, though, why not 1991?
Metallica had the Black Album, which is arguably the most important rock/metal release of the past 30 years, Soundgarden came out with Badmotorfinger, Pearl Jam had 10, Ozzy lit it up with No More Tears, Guns 'N Roses had Use Your Illusions I and II, RHCP's Blood Sugar Sex Magick was 1991, Paula Abdul had Spellbound, Mariah Carey had Emotions, Michael Jackson had Dangerous, NWA dropped Niggaz4Life, Ice Cube had Death Certificate, Skid Row released Slave to the Grind, Tom Petty had Into the Great Wide Open, and who hasn't heard a few tracks off of Cyprus Hill's self-titled debut? Plus, Nirvana blew shit up with Nevermind in 1991. I'd say it was a pretty damn important year to music, especially given the huge shift in the rock scene.
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Post by trashcanman on Feb 7, 2016 11:31:27 GMT 2
Plus albums from U2, Pixies, Tupac, Van Halen, Blur, and REM, my favorite Public Enemy record, Primus's Sailing the Seas of Cheese, and Queen's last album. That's a rock solid pick, Ben.
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Post by Ben on Feb 7, 2016 21:30:18 GMT 2
I can't believe I forgot to mention Sepultura's Arise, too. Some folks consider that to be one of the top 10 thrash records of all time.
If I'm being totally objective though... 1973? Hot damn.
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Post by trashcanman on Feb 8, 2016 9:52:10 GMT 2
Arise is great, but Chaos A.D. is my favorite Sepultura album by far. I'm terrible with numbers so there are probably a bunch more I forgot that came out that year too. I just type "[year] best albums" into Google and skim the little list that pops up so more niche genres like thrash and hardcore punk don't really show. The early to mid 90's was the last great era of music as far as I'm concerned.
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