Album of the Year: [1950-2000 complete; subject to change]

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According to me. My opinions constantly change in regarRAB to certain years, but this should be pretty definitive for now.

1950s:
Yma Sumac - Voice of the Xtabay (1950)
Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell (1951)
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie - Bird and Diz (1952)
Moondog - Moondog and His FrienRAB (1953)
Dorival Caymmi - Can
 
I don't even like listmaking and rating like this, but .. at least 1972 has to be Close to the Edge and 1973 must be Dark Side of the Moon. Popular and unoriginal picks perhaps, but that's only because they deserve their fame, I think. ;)

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And for 1959, Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" > Coleman's "The Shape of Jazz to Come" .. I think!
 
Very interesting list there. I'd be lying if I said I'd heard half of those albums, but the picks I know are more or less spot on - Sonny Rollins for '57 for instance.

I might just try and come back to this with my own list sometime soon...
 
Oh, yeah, figures. I did prefer Tago Mago myself as well. In my opinion, only a very few albums can feel as complete as In the Court of the Crimson King, so I'm checking out Don Cherry's "mu" First Part as we speak. You might be very resourceful, and I say that with gratitude for your listing!
 
I prefer "mu" Second Part but First Part is great as well. Eternal Rhythm is a masterpiece as well in my opinion, maybe my favorite Cherry album.
 
Some nice choices there. I prefer The Shape of Jazz to Come to Kind of Blue as well... we also had Mingus Ah Um that year.

And I've been meaning to check out Foetus for the loooongest time - with such a charming name, how could I resist?
 
tago mago and ega bamjasi are fantastic can albums to me not to sure if ive spelt them right though?, what about klaus schulze cyborg an electronic masterpiece, spectrum , forever alian is another masterpiece in my pitifull ****ed up eyes
 
I just got Timewind by Klaus Schulze, it'll be the first music I've heard by him. Have you heard that? It's just two really long tracks, I'm gonna listen to it soon.



That's a great choice. That band is very underrated, they should be as well-known as the Jesus Lizard, Big Black, Swans, etc, in my opinion. You don't often see them mentioned on here from what I've seen.
 
GravitySlips timewind is a mindblowing album without a doubt, i allso highly recomend cyborg but watch out this album has popped two sets of tweeters in my speakers :)
 
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