I’ve been tagged in a meme by David, who seems to think that I have refined tastes in music. Unfortunately I don’t, but the poor hapless soul that happens across this page will be subjected to my music preferences nonetheless. At least the albums don’t automatically start playing!
Here’s the deal: I am to rattle off my favorite album from each year starting the year I was born. Since I had no preferences for music (other than the music my mother made on the piano as I was falling asleep, of course) before my teenage years, these are the albums I like now:
1978: Blondie: Parallel Lines
1979: Pink Floyd: The Wall
1980: B-52’s: Wild Planet
1981: U2: October
1982: The Clash: Combat Rock
1983: Violent Femmes: Violent Femmes
1984: The Doors: Best of the Doors
1985: Tears For Fears: Songs from the Big Chair
1986: Beastie Boys: License to Ill
1987: REM: Document
1988: Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man
1989: Bad Religion: No Control
1990: Dire Straits: Money For Nothing
1991: U2: Achtung Baby - this was my first and remains my favorite U2 album
1992: Emmylou Harris: At the Ryman
1993: Soundtrack to Schindler’s List
1994: Tom Petty: Wildflowers
1995: Smashing Pumpkins: Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
1996: Cake: Fashion Nugget
1997: Pink Martini: Sympanthique
1998: Gillian Welch: Hell Among the Yearlings
1999: Moby: Play
2000: Aimee Mann: Bachelor No. 2
2001: Five o’Clock People: In the Bleak Midwinter
2002: The Velvet Teen: Out of the Fierce Parade
2003: The Black Keys: Thickfeakness
2004: Jolie Holland: Escondida
2005: The Decemberists: Picaresque
2006: Cat Power: The Greatest (although Tom Waits’ “Orphans” takes a close second)
2007: Iron & Wine: The Shepherd’s Dog
2008: Black Keys: Attack and Release: (which is a great album, even if its not the best Black Keys Album)
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