Thursday, July 10, 2008

Debut - A Geeky List!

Ripped from the pages of the AV Club, my first post is one of the geekier list ideas I've come across in a while: Choose an album for every year you've been alive. Here goes.
  • 1978 - The Muppet Show Album
  • 1979 - The Undertones, The Undertones
  • 1980 - Sequel, Harry Chapin
  • 1981 - Raiders Of The Lost Ark Soundtrack, John Williams
  • 1982 - Imperial Bedroom, Elvis Costello & The Attractions
  • 1983 - An Innocent Man, Billy Joel
  • 1984 - Let It Be, The Replacements
  • 1985 - Rain Dogs, Tom Waits
  • 1986 - The Queen Is Dead, The Smiths
  • 1987 - Spillane, John Zorn
  • 1988 - Volume One, Traveling Wilburys
  • 1989 - Doolittle, Pixies
  • 1990 - Pornograffiti, Extreme
  • 1991 - "The Yellow Tape", Barenaked Ladies
  • 1992 - Automatic For The People, R.E.M.
  • 1993 - In Pieces, Garth Brooks
  • 1994 - American Recordings, Johnny Cash
  • 1995 - Liquid Swords, GZA
  • 1996 - Hot, Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • 1997 - OK Computer, Radiohead
  • 1998 - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
  • 1999 - Office Space Sountrack
  • 2000 - Mass Romantic, The New Pornographers
  • 2001 - White Blood Cells, The White Stripes
  • 2002 - No!, They Might Be Giants
  • 2003 - Her Majesty, The Decemberists
  • 2004 - MM...Food?, MF Doom
  • 2005 - The Sunset Tree, The Mountain Goats
  • 2006 - Return To Cookie Mountain, TV On The Radio
  • 2007 - Grinderman, Grinderman
  • 2008 - The Bake Sale EP, The Cool Kids
That's my list. I think it's a good mix of music I was listening to at those points in my life, and music that I have discovered since that has had an impact on me.

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