Your favorite year in music...
and why?

No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones in 1977! 1977 fucking ruled. First off, just about every punk (or punk-y) album released in 1977 is an absolute bulletproof classic: The Holy Trinity: --The Clash's s/t first album --Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols --Leave Home and Rocket to Russia by The Ramones as well as --Talking Heads: 77 (probably a top ten favorite of mine...although The Clash is close too) --Marquee Moon by Television --Blank Generation by Richard Hell and the Voidoids --Pink Flag by Wire --My Aim is True by Elvis Costello --Suicide s/t --the almost unbeatable back-to-back releases of The Idiot/Lust for Life by Iggy Pop and Low/Heroes by David Bowie PLUS Black Flag and X, among others, formed in '77! Besides punk, friggin' Rumours by Fleetwood Mack was released, and everyone loves Rumours! XD PLUS you had 1977 by Ash!!! (oh wait, wrong year ;-)) This thread should be fun...can't wait to hear what everyone else's favorite years in music were!

It's weird how one year, suddenly, everyone is on the same page and blamo, some amazing music comes out. Like 94 or 96, also classic years.. One of the 2000's will be up there, but which not sure... Who else has a fave?

high school seems to be the time in most people's lives where they develop their own opinions, taste, etc. i chose my sophomore year in high school. 'college radio' was a dominate force. IRS records was releasing one legendary album after another. rap had proved it wasn't going away. it was a good time to be kid. the soundtrack to my teens was just as awesome as the kids from the 50's, 60's, 70's had been, as far as i was concerned. i choose 1988. not for overall performance (even though it was better than most give it credit) but for the personal reason that it had so much influence on what i like to listen to today. now, i admit it. i went to google and settled into wiki to culminate this list. i was trying to compare the four years of high school and when i chose 1988. hopefully these release dates are accurate. i edited the list down to the things that made it such a great time to me. for example, i won Starfish by The Church in '88 as a sophomore creative writing prize. i had never heard of them. after looking it over i was really kind of surprised so many of these albums came out at the same time. released in 1988: Starfish - The Church I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen Viva Hate - Morrissey From Langley Park to Memphis - Prefab Sprout Green Thoughts - The Smithereens Surfer Rosa - Pixies Out of the Silent Planet - King's X Naked - Talking Heads Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Hairway to Steven - Butthole Surfers Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden Barbed Wire Kisses - The Jesus and Mary Chain Life's Too Good - The Sugarcubes The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick Vivid - Living Colour - The Madness - The Madness Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart - Camper Van Beethoven The Abbey Road E.P. - Red Hot Chili Peppers EP It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy South of Heaven - Slayer Substance - Joy Division UB40 - UB40 Follow the Leader - Eric B & Rakim Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars - Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians People - Hothouse Flowers Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A. Danzig - Danzig Short Sharp Shocked - Michelle Shocked Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction Lovers Lane - The Go-Betweens Suffer - Bad Religion VIVIsectVI - Skinny Puppy Truth and Soul - Fishbone How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today - Suicidal Tendencies Eazy-Duz-It - Eazy-E Tougher Than Leather - Run-D.M.C. Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk State of Euphoria - Anthrax Tender Prey - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Staring at the Sun - Level 42 Lincoln - They Might Be Giants What Up, Dog? - Was (Not Was) Rattle and Hum -U2 Soundtrack The Land of Rape and Honey - Ministry Copperhead Road - Steve Earle Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth The Serpent's Egg - Dead Can Dance Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 - Traveling Wilburys Bug - Dinosaur Jr. Ultramega OK - Soundgarden Money for Nothing - Dire Straits Green - R.E.M. G N' R Lies - Guns N' Roses Bummed - Happy Mondays The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies Front by Front - Front 242

2008. Why not? ;)

1986 Depeche Mode -Black Celebration REM - Life's Rich Pageant Peter Gabriel - So

my eyes!!!

Did you ever think of the children on the forum? :cry: :cry:

They shouldn't have to listen to Madonna either! It will ruin their musical taste. :p