Your 5 Best Albums Per Decade

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Your 5 Best Albums Per Decade?

Post what you've personally found to be the 5 best ALBUMS per decade. Do not give weight for "expert" opinions. PLEASE READ RULES FIRST.


Please include Album, Artist and music genre. Example: Leaves, The Dorks, 1982 (punk).


NO COMPILATION ALBUMS: no greatest hits, no multiple band albums, etc.


You can continually re-edit/add to your one post.


Comments, questions, compliments and call-outs are welcome. As always, critique the music or comment, not the poster.

[TheBossInTheWall]

1960

Sly and the Family Stone: Stand!
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico


1970

Sham 69: Tell Us the Truth
Wayne County and the Backstreet Boys: At the Trucks!
Joy Division: Closer
Crass: The Feeding of 5000

1980

Dead Kennedys: Plastic Surgery Disasters
Christian Death: Only Theater of Pain
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
The Cure: Disintegration
Strength Through Oi! compilation
Prince: Purple Rain

1990

Tricky: Pr-Millennium Tension
Huggy Bear: Weaponry Listens to Love
Jellyfish: Spilt Milk
Team Dresch: Personal Best
+Live+: Mental Jewelry
Le Tigre: Le Tigre

2000

Leftover Crack: Fuck World Trade
Selfish Cunt: English Chamber Music
Cowboy Junkies: Open

2010

Algiers: S/T
Rule of Thirds: S/T + S/T EP
G.L.O.S.S.: S/T demo
Mother Feather: S/T when its finally released.

Ok, there you go. Stopped because my memory has been fried by trying to do this. And because a lot of good music came out in the 80's and i kept wanting to add stuff.

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Update ongoing...


1960s

Revolver, the Beatles 1966 (rock)
Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles 1967 (rock)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles 1967 (rock)
Abbey Road, the Beatles 1969 (rock)
Rubber Soul, the Beatles 1965 (rock)



1970s

Boston, Boston, 1976 (rock)
Foreigner, Foreigner, 1977 (rock)
Leftoverture, Kansas, 1976 (rock)
A Night at the Opera, Queen, 1975 (rock)
The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, 1973 (rock)

Honorable Mentions

Point of Know Return, Kansas, 1977 (rock)



1980s

Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution 1984 (rock)
Thriller, Micheal Jackson, 1982 (funk)
Glass Houses, Billy Joel, 1980 (rock)
The Game, Queen, 1980 (rock)
Phil Keaggy and Sunday's Child, Phil Keaggy, 1988 (rock)

Honorable Mentions

Lead Me On, Amy Grant 1988 (rock)
Escape, Journey, 1982 (rock)
Gretchen Goes to Nebraska, King's X 1988 (hard rock)
Sports, Huey Lewis and the News (rock)
Out of the Silent Planet, King's X 1989 (hard rock)
Back in Black, ACDC, 1980 (rock)
Physical, Olivia Newton-John (1980)
Disintegration, The Cure, 1989 (rock)
More Power to Ya, Petra (1982)
High Adventure, Kenny Loggins 1982 (rock)
Beat the System, Petra, 1985 (rock)


1990s

Jesus Freak, DC Talk, 1995 (rock)
Color and Shape, Foo Fighters, 1997 (rock)
Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine, 1992 (hard rock)
Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert, Raging Slab, 1993, (boogie southern rock)
Crimson and Blue, Phil Keaggy, 1993 (rock)

Honorable Mentions

Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos, 1992 (Alternative rock)
Supernatural, DC Talk, 1998 (rock)
Faith Hope Love, King's X 1990 (hard rock)
Under the Pink, Tori Amos, 1994 (Alternative rock)
Lofcaudio, Mastedon 1990 (Hard rock, metal)
Ear Candy, King's X 1996 (hard rock)
King's X, King's X 1992 (hard rock)


2000s

The Cage, Dirt Poor Robbins, 2007 (rock)
Fallen, Evanescence, 2003 (rock, nu metal)
Grace and Gratitude, Olivia Newton-John, 2006 (melodic, spiritual, soft rock, new-age, world)
Nothing Is Sound, Switchfoot, 2005 (rock)

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1960's
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Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles, 1967, rock.
White Light White Heat- The Velvet Underground, 1968, rock
Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones, 1968, rock
Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company, 1968, rock
Electric Lady Land - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1968, rock.

HONORABLE MENTION
Nefertiti - Miles Davis, 1967, jazz
The Doors - The Doors, 1967, rock

1970's
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Maggot Brain - Parliament Funkadelic, 1971, funk
Young Americans - David Bowie, 1975, rock
Songs In The Key of Life - Stevie Wonder, 1976, R&B
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols- Sex Pistols, 1977, punk
Fear of Music - Talking Heads, 1979, rock

HONORABLE MENTION
Talking Heads '77 - Talking Heads, 1977, rock

1980's
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Los Angeles - X, 1980, punk
Songs the Lord Taught Us - The Cramps, 1980, psychobilly
Twitch - Ministry, 1986, industrial
Fishbone - Fishbone, 1987, rock
Warehouse Songs and Stories - Husker Du, 1987, punk

HONORABLE MENTION
Vivisect VI - Skinny Puppy, 1988, industrial
Nothings Shocking - Jane's Addiction, 1988, rock
Introduce Yourself - Faith No More, 1987, punk. (Before they went prog-rock)



Just getting started.....

[TheBossInTheWall]

Need to add Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, but not sure what to remove for it. : /

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Need to add Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska, but not sure what to remove for it. : /

A great album. Not a Bruce fan but that one is top notch.