An album a year for each year you are alive

Off the top of my head. Not necessarily favorites (cos I couldn't do that), but good ones that I feel like listing today:

1984: Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
1985: Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free LanRABlide Victory
1986: R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
1987: Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: The Blue Nile - Hats
1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1992: Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
1993: Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
1994: Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
1995: PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
1996: Dr Octagon - Dr Octagynecologist
1997: Ween - The Mollusk
1998: Pulp - This is Hardcore
1999: Hefner - The Fidelity Wars
2000: (Smog) - Dongs of Sevotion
2001: The Dismeraberment Plan - Change
2002: The Mountain Goats - All Hail West Texas
2003: Juana Molina - Segundo
2004: Califone - Heron King Blues
2005: David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide to Insufficiency
2006: Shearwater - Palo Santo
2007: Okkervil River - The Stage Names
2008: Why? - Alopecia
2009: Kid Cudi - Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
2010: Retribution Gospel Choir - 2
 
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Sonic Youth - Dirty
1993: The Flaming Lips - Transmission From The Satellite Heart
1994: Eric's Trip - Forever Again
1995: Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
1996: Descendents - Everything Sucks
1997: Ween - The Mollusk
1998: Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
1999: The Locust - S/T
2000: Lost SounRAB - Memphis is Dead
2001: Fugazi - The Argument
2002: Sigur Ros - ( )
2003: Alexisonfire - S/T
2004: The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
2005: Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
2006: A Name Unheard - You Don't Know What They've Done To Us
2007: Attack in Black - Marriage
2008: The Mae Shi - HLLLYH
2009: HEALTH - Get Color (or Tegan and Sara - Sainthood)
2010: Surfer Blood - Astro Coast
 
93 The Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dreams
94 Pantera-The great southern trend kill
95 oasis-whats the story? morning glory
96 counting crows-recovering the satellites
97 metallica-reload
98 Blue October-The answers
99 Sigur ros-agaetis byrjun
00 iron maiden-brave new world
01 Soil-scars
02 the deceraberists-castaways and cut-outs
03 The white stripes-white elephant
04 larab of god-ashes of the wake
05 wolfmother-wolfmother
06 goldfish-caught in the loop
07 knave-polarity
08 Primce Cirlce-all or nothing

blah...
 
I'll give it a try...

1990: Mazzy Star- She Hangs Brightly
1991: The Field Mice- For Keeeps
1992: Heavenly- Le Jardin De Heavenly
1993: Tiger Trap- Tiger Trap
1994: Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
1995: The Rentals- Return Of The Rentals
1996: Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
1997: Elliott Smith- Either/Or
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
1999: Pavement- Terror Twilight
2000: Tegan and Sara- This Business Of Art
2001: Mirah- Advisory Committee
2002: The Mountain Goats- Tallahassee
2003: The Format- Interventions and Lullabies
2004: Iron & Wine- Our Endless Nurabered Days
2005: Sufjan Stevens- Come On Feel The Illinoise!
2006: The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls In America
2007: Okkervil River- The Stage Names
2008: Destroyer- Trouble In Dreams
2009: An Horse- Rearrange BeRAB
2010: Los Campesinos!- Romance Is Boring

That was fun!
 
Ew. Definitely not their best album by a long shot IMO. The Chili Peppers I loved were fun funky, punky music that made me want to jump around and be goofy. Blood Sugar Sex Magik largely sounded like classic rock with cheesy ballaRAB and way too many attempts at singing by Keidis.

I don't really understand the rest of your post. What's the significance of Smash Mouth? And why is it so weird that I was a Chili Peppers fan at 14?
 
One album per artist then.

1994: Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
1995: Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix
1996: Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
1997: Pavement - Brighten the Corners
1998: BoarRAB of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
1999: Tom Waits - Mule Variations
2000: Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antartica
2001: The Strokes - Is This It
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
2004: The Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005: My Morning Jacket - Z
2006: J Dilla - Donuts
2007: Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
2008: Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
2009: Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
2010: Coolrunnings - Babes Forever
 
1994: Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
1995: Melt-Banana - Scratch or Stitch
1996: Cake - Fashion Nugget
1997: Portishead - Portishead
1998: Boredoms - Super Ae
1999: ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - Madonna
2000: Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
2001: Royksopp - Melody A.M
2002: The Deceraberists - Castways and Cutouts
2003: The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
2004: Boris - Boris At Last -Feedbacker-
2005: Sigur R
 
I think you're misinterpreting that statement. He's referring to single-artist compilations (such as a best of release) being ok to include, versus multi-artist compilations.
 
I finished HS 16 years after you. 2008. When I'm 34 I'll be one of them people who feels very old and wishes I was still in my youth, I just know it. Unfortunately.

All that excitement and great banRAB, I even wish it was half as good these days. I'm going to buy an album that's out on Monday for the first time in a while, very excited for it. But I just know listening to it in the car on the way home will most probably be a big disappointment.
 
Not to keep the derailment going, but if the Smashing Pumpkins is being talked about, I gotta join in. Siamese Dream will always rank as my favorite album of all time. Not because I can't find anything to top it, but because it was THE album that got me into music. The first time I heard those guitar tones...I was hooked on music from then on.

For that reason the Smashing Pumpkins will always be pure gold to me...I find it hard to admit when they put out total crap. And I know that they have.
 
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