Last summer, I saw AVClub run a list where you pick an album for every year you’ve been alive. I created a list and sent it out to some of my friends.
I found the e-mail I sent out and I’ve made a few adjustments to it. Previously, I was unable to find something for 1985 & 1990. Now, I have everything filled out, from 1983 – 2008. Enjoy.
1983: Speaking in Tongues – Talking Heads
1984: Purple Rain – Prince
1985: Rain Dogs – Tom Waits
1986: Master of Puppets – Metallica
1987: Sign O the Times – Prince
1988: Daydream Nation – Sonic Youth
1989: Doolittle – Pixies
1990: Fear of a Black Planet – Public Enemy
1991: Nevermind – Nirvana
1992: Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
1993: Siamese Dream – The Smashing Pumpkins
1994: Weezer – Weezer
1995: The Bends – Radiohead
1996: This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About – Modest Mouse
1997: OK Computer – Radiohead
1998: Electro-Shock Blues – Eels
1999: Summerteeth – Wilco
2000: The Hour of Bewilderbeast – Badly Drawn Boy
2001: Is this it – The Strokes
2002: Turn on the Bright Lights – Interpol
2003: Chutes Too Narrow – The Shins
2004: Funeral – Arcade Fire
2005: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning – Bright Eyes
2006: Destroyer’s Rubies – Destroyer
2007: Sound of Silver – LCD Soundsystem
2008: For Emma, Forever Ago – Bon Iver
