Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Listmaking

So here is something I found rather interesting that has been (or had been over 4th of July weekend) appearing on several blogs recently:

"List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive.

You can do it based purely on hindsight, or you can do it by listing the answer you would’ve given in that year (assuming you were aware of pop music at the time)."

Wikipedia helps.


Of course, I decided to make my own list.

1987 - Dinosaur Jr., You're Living All Over Me
1988 - Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
1989 - Pixies, Doolittle
1990 - Fugazi, Repeater
1991 - My Bloody Valentine, Loveless
1992 - Pavement, Slanted & Enchanted
1993 - Nirvana, In Utero
1994 - Weezer, "Blue Album"
1995 - Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters
1996 - Cake, Fashion Nugget
1997 - Built to Spill, Perfect from Now On
1998 - Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
1999 - The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin
2000 - Radiohead, Kid A
2001 - Daft Punk, Discovery
2002 - Queens of the Stone Age, Songs for the Deaf
2003 – Sufjan Stevens, Greetings from Michigan
2004 - Eagles of Death Metal, Peace, Love, Death Metal
2005 – The National, Alligator
2006 – the Thermals The Body, The Blood, the Machine
2007 – Battles, Mirrored

Obviously, the list culminated in a listing of some of my favourite albums, but it was surprising to see which years garnered records I hold dearest to my heart and which years were lacking records I liked all that much.

1994 was hands down the hardest year for me. So many incredible albums came out that year, albums that are solidified in my personal all-time-favourite-canon. In contrast, 1991 and 1998 were too easy to decide upon.

What does your list look like and what was the hardest year for you?

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