The Best Year of Music Ever

[rrjii2000]

With all the nostalgia threads popping up, I began asking myself, what was the best year for new music ever?

1983

I was in the 6th grade and had no idea what this year would mean to modern music. Here are some releases from that year...

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Metallica - Kill em All
Slayer - Show no Mercy
MercyFul Fate - Melissa
ZZ Top - Eliminator
The Police - Synchonicity
Ozzy - Bark at the Moon
Queen - The Works
AC/DC Flick the Switch
KiSS - lick it up
Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger
ELO - Secret Messages
Yes - 90125
Motley Crue - Shout at the devil
The Rolling Stones - Undercover
Twisted Sister - You can't Stop R&R
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Pink Floyd - The final cut
Pantera - Metal Magic
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Sugery Disaster
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Genesis - (Self Title)
Prince - 1999
Molly Hatchet - no guts no glory
Grim Reaper - see you in Hell


there are probably more\

 

[BefriendedUnit]

2008 is the best year in music. We've got all the recordings made in the past, and the number just keeps growing. This is absolutely the best time to be alive, so far, for someone who listens to music.

 

[cheechonaleash]

2008 is the best year in music. We've got all the recordings made in the past, and the number just keeps growing. This is absolutely the best time to be alive, so far, for someone who listens to music.

got a point there.

 

[rrjii2000]

This is not a retroactive idea. Obviously, thanks to the Internet we can listen to what ever the hell we want. The point being there were lots of "household names" and albums, that showed up that particular year, and looking back I think it's very interesting.

 

[prowlergrig]

hmm 83 wasn't bad but then it comes to the 80s i think 88 or 86 would be my fave

 

[BefriendedUnit]

So as far as developments?

I think '68, maybe. That was a big year.

 

[opeth_353]

WTEVR YR GHOAST REVERYS CAME OUT.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^haha, I dunno, I haven't got a standout year, there is gold in all. In terms of the last few, 07 was pretty incredible, dso, alcest, akercocke, ulver, eluvium, radiohead etc all put out fantastic material.

 

[soundave]

I have to go with '84. It was, for me, the year I really discovered music. I was 10, and all of a sudden, music just seemed soooo good. In retrospect, it was pretty good. I liked all sorts of stuff, even then. But the track that made me most excited was "Jump" by Van Halen.

Other music from 84:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_in_music

 

[opeth8]

1969 had a huge affect on music history.

many legendary live shows

Woodstock
Doors in Miami
Rolling Stones/San Francisco
Beatles last live show

Formation of many of great bands

Led Zep
King Crimson
Yes
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Alice Cooper

 

[opeth_353]

For me, 2007 was definitely a year that blew me away.. It was probably the actual first year where i actually thought to myself 'this is an awesome year for music' ..

There have no doubt been far more important years for music in terms of .. Changing not only their respective genres/scenes, but changing the world at the time and retrospectively... But 2007 was a great year for me, as is 2008 as it has bore an album i'd already consider one of my all time favourite albums!

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^Agree completely. I would also rank the 08 bore, which I'm assuming to be the maniacal veil, would be amongst my favorite albums as well.

 

[opeth_353]

Ahaha come on.. How could it be any other album!?!?!!?!/!/1?1/1?1/1/!?!?!

..Another important year for me.. in terms of music.. Would have to be 1996, as that is when Fatboy Slim released 'Better Living Through Chemistry' .. Which i didn't buy at the time.. But was when i started getting into music and i really enjoyed his music. Then his 2nd release was where i fell totally in love with music..so 1996 and 1998 were very important for me due to 2 releases.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

Ahaha come on.. How could it be any other album!?!?!!?!/!/1?1/1?1/1/!?!?!

Har har lol!1 Jus sarkasm bro.

 

[opeth_353]

NO ONE BUT THE ENGLISH USES SARCASM >=(

 

[hezagenius]

I'm going with 1972

#1 Record - Big Star
America Eats Its Young - Funkadelic
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
Caravanserai - Santana
Close to the Edge - Yes
Eat a Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
Everybody's in Show-Biz - The Kinks
Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
Foxtrot - Genesis
Fragile - Yes
Harvest - Neil Young
I Sing the Body Electric - Weather Report
Just Another Band From L.A. - Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Light as a Feather - Return to Forever
Live at Max's Kansas City - The Velvet Underground
Live at the Paramount - The Guess Who
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Made In Japan - Deep Purple
Neu! - Neu!
Obscured by Clouds - Pink Floyd
On The Corner - Miles Davis
Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Return to Forever - Return to Forever
Rio Grande Mud - ZZ Top
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Roadwork - Edgar Winter's White Trash
Rock of Ages - The Band
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Sail Away - Randy Newman
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
Son of Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson
Space Is the Place - Sun Ra
Super Fly (soundtrack) - Curtis Mayfield
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
They Only Come Out at Night - The Edgar Winter Group
Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
Waka/Jawaka - Frank Zappa

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^wow 72 has got a lot of winners.

 

[Jon Snow]

1969 had a huge affect on music history.

many legendary live shows

Woodstock
Doors in Miami
Rolling Stones/San Francisco
Beatles last live show

Formation of many of great bands

Led Zep
King Crimson
Yes
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
Alice Cooper

Actually Zep formed in '68 though their first album did come out in '69.

 

[Sad Madrigal]

60's - 1967, 1968, 1969
70's - 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979
80's - 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989
90's - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
00's - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

actually, every year has superb releases

 

[opeth_353]

^ lmfao - that post pretty much could've been just the last sentence <3