Five Favorite Albums Of Each Year

[TACdtf]

I’ll post my 1986 tomorrow and you can post your 1968 today.

OK, well I skipped right to 1981, but I'll go back and start from the beginning. Earliest year I might be able to do is 1970 though. I'll have to look at it.

 

[TACdtf]

OK, so 1970 is the earliest I can go..

Deep Purple-In Rock
Lucifer's Friend-s/t
UFO-UFO1
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Black Sabbath-s/t

 

[BeatleMatt]

1986
The Rainmakers-The Rainmakers
August-Eric Clapton
So-Peter Gabriel
Mean Business-The Firm
Press To Play-Paul McCartney

 

[Magic]

Finally getting around to my lists. The big problem I have are albums from the 60’s. I inherited some from my mother and I have collected a few over time. I will list what I have.

1960
Etta James ~ At Last
Joan Baez ~ Joan Baez
Johnny Cash ~ Ride This Train
B. B. King ~ King of the Blues
John Lee Hooker ~ House of the Blues

 

[Magic]

1961
Ray Charles ~ The Genius Sings the Blues
Joan Baez ~ Joan Baez Vol. 2
Sam Cooke ~ My Kind of Blues
Etta James ~ Second Time Around
Jerry Lee Lewis ~ Jerry Lee’s Greatest

 

[Magic]

1962
Howlin’ Wolf ~ Howlin’ Wolf
Booker T & The MG’s ~ Green Onions
Beach Boys ~ Surfin’ Safari

(That’s it for ‘62)

I know Bob Dylan’s debut came out in ‘62 and Roy Orbison’s second album, “Crying” came out…but for some odd reason, I’m just not interested in collecting them.

 

[BeatleMatt]

Yes. This is the point of the exercise. It must be in your collection. Not a battle of all albums released in that year. Albums you love and collect but just happen to begin with the year you were born.
One of the previous posts does not mention any Beatles or Led Zeppelin on their list. I find it hard to imagine someone not having a Beatles or Zeppelin or Stones album in your collection but such unicorns surely exist.

 

[Magic]

@BeatleMatt

I have Beatles and Stones albums, but you will never see them on any of my top 5 album lists, except maybe Stones’ Some Girls album, we’ll see when I get to 1978

 

[TACdtf]

Gonna try and catch up with a few each day...

1971
Alice Cooper-Killer
Alice Cooper-Love It To Death
Deep Purple-Fireball
Black Sabbath-Master Of Reality
Led Zeppelin-IV


1972
Alice Cooper-School's Out
Black Sabbath-Vol. 4
Deep Purple-Machine Head
Wishbone Ash-Argus
Scorpions-Lonesome Crow


1973
Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Led Zeppelin-Houses Of The Holy
Aerosmith-s/t
Alice Cooper-Billion Dollar Babies
Alice Cooper-Muscle Of Love


1974
Sweet-Desolation Boulevard
Kiss-Hotter Than Hell
UFO-Phenomenon
Kiss-s/t
Deep Purple-Burn


1975
UFO-Force It
Alice Cooper-Welcome To My Nightmare
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Black Sabbath-Sabotage
Rainbow-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

 

[Magic]

1963
The Beach Boys ~ Surfer Girl
The Beach Boys ~ Surfin’ USA
The Surfaris ~ Wipeout
The Kingsmen ~ The Kingsmen in Person
The Chifons ~ He’s So Fine

(All were my mother’s)

1964
The Animals ~ The Animals
Johnny Cash ~ I Walk the Line
The Kinks ~ You Really Got Me
The Four Seasons ~ Rag Doll

1965
The Who ~ My Generation
The Byrds ~ Mr. Tambourine Man
The Byrds ~ Turn, Turn, Turn
Paul Simon ~ Paul Simon Songbook
Lovin’ Spoonful ~ Do You Believe in Magic

(No Beatles or Rolling Stones. I have both bands entire discographies, but they definitely are not my favorites at this time)