{"id":1147,"date":"2008-07-16T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T13:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roughtype.com\/wp\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2008-07-16T07:57:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T13:57:56","slug":"albums_going_st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roughtype.com\/?p=1147","title":{"rendered":"Albums going steady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at The Gaping Silence, Phil Edwards picks up the challenge<\/a> of listing “a favorite album for every year of your life.” I’m definitely game for this game, though, like Phil and for precisely the same reason, I’m going to begin the list a few years after the year I was born. There are two restrictions: only one album per year (painful!) and no repeats of artists. Here goes:<\/p>\n

1965: The Beatles, Rubber Soul<\/p>\n

1966: The Yardbirds, Over Under Sideways Down (aka Roger the Engineer)<\/p>\n

1967: The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico<\/p>\n

1968: Van Morrison, Astral Weeks<\/p>\n

1969, The Stooges, The Stooges<\/p>\n

1970: The Grateful Dead, American Beauty<\/p>\n

1971: The Faces, A Nod Is as Good as a Wink \u2026 to a Blind Horse<\/p>\n

1972: The Rolling Stones. Exile on Main Street<\/p>\n

1973: Mott the Hoople, Mott<\/p>\n

1974: Roxy Music, Country Life<\/p>\n

1975: Neil Young, Tonight\u2019s the Night<\/p>\n

1976: David Bowie, Station to Station<\/p>\n

1977: The Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here\u2019s the Sex Pistols<\/p>\n

1978: Wire, Pink Flag<\/p>\n

1979: The Undertones, The Undertones<\/p>\n

1980: X, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

1981: Squeeze, East Side Story<\/p>\n

1982: Richard and Linda Thompson, Shoot Out the Lights<\/p>\n

1983: REM, Murmur<\/p>\n

1984: The Replacements, Let It Be<\/p>\n

1985: Husker Du, New Day Rising<\/p>\n

1986: Elvis Costello, King of America<\/p>\n

1987: The Smiths, Strangeways Here We Come<\/p>\n

1988: John Hiatt, Slow Turning<\/p>\n

1989: De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising<\/p>\n

1990: Lou Reed and John Cale, Songs for Drella<\/p>\n

1991: Matthew Sweet, Girlfriend<\/p>\n

1992: Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted<\/p>\n

1993: Cracker, Kerosene Hat<\/p>\n

1994: Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand<\/p>\n

1995: Oasis, (What\u2019s the Story) Morning Glory?<\/p>\n

1996: Belle and Sebastian, If You\u2019re Feeling Sinister<\/p>\n

1997: Bob Dylan, Time Out of Mind<\/p>\n

1998: Billy Bragg and Wilco, Mermaid Avenue<\/p>\n

1999: Supergrass, Supergrass<\/p>\n

2000: Badly Drawn Boy, The Hour of Bewilderbeast<\/p>\n

2001: The Strokes, Is This It<\/p>\n

2002: Beck, Sea Change<\/p>\n

2003: Kings of Leon, Youth and Young Manhood<\/p>\n

2004: Arcade Fire, Funeral<\/p>\n

2005: Sufjan Stevens, Come on Feel the Illinoise<\/p>\n

2006: Cat Power, The Greatest<\/p>\n

2007: The Thrills, Teenager<\/p>\n

2008: My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges<\/p>\n

Note for precisionists: Pink Flag came out in UK in late 77, but I think the US release was in 78, which allows me to sneak it in. If I’m wrong, let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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