The Best Year of Music Ever

[Frosties]

I'm going with 1972


Close to the Edge - Yes

Fragile - Yes

Only in the 70's did bands release more than one "classic" album in a year.

 

[MegaMoose]

1972 wins the thread.

 

[tchocky]

Only in the 70's did bands release more than one "classic" album in a year.

Hate to burst your bubble a bit, but Fragile came out in '71. But both The Yes Album and Fragile came out in the same year.

 

[hezagenius]

Hate to burst your bubble a bit, but Fragile came out in '71. But both The Yes Album and Fragile came out in the same year.

Not if you live in the US

 

[hibernal_dream]

1874

Bruckner's 4th
Mussorgsky's Pictures
Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre
plus the birthyear of Schonberg, Holst and Ives

enough to wipe clean the entire 20th century, really

 

[Frosties]

Hate to burst your bubble a bit, but Fragile came out in '71. But both The Yes Album and Fragile came out in the same year.

Well, I was speaking generally and just using that as an example.

 

[Sad Madrigal]

1874

Bruckner's 4th
Mussorgsky's Pictures
Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre
plus the birthyear of Schonberg, Holst and Ives

enough to wipe clean the entire 20th century, really

This. This is a win!

 

[Sisyphus's Struggle]

580 BC
1685
1954

 

[Wander]

what happened in 580 BC in terms of music?

 

[philno]

i was born

 

[soundave]

what happened in 580 BC in terms of music?

I believe we're talking about Pythagoras, yes?

 

[Kenneth R.]

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.

Fucking fail. 1967 or kill yourself.

 

[GT2000]

Absolutely agree with the 1983 argument - altho I guess you had to be alive then to appreciate it...
Here's the full list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_in_music#Albums_released

Here are some big ones you missed:
- Def Leppard - Pyromania
- Police - Synchronicity
- U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
- Van Halen - 1984 (yes, it was released late December of 1983)

 

[flebbie]

1967 is the most groundbreaking year in music history:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Doors - The Doors
The Doors - Strange Days
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Love - Forever Changes
The Kinks - Something Else
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxter's

discussion closed

 

[philno]

magical mystery tour was a pretty terrible beatles album, but yes, 1967 fucking owns.

 

[flebbie]

magical mystery tour was a pretty terrible beatles album, but yes, 1967 fucking owns.

I agree with you on that, its not so well compared to Sgt Pepper, but hey which band releases two albums a year nowadays

 

[BefriendedUnit]

Fucking fail. 1967 or kill yourself.

Thing is, I'm also a samurai and must kill myself if I admit defeat. So kind of a catch-22 right now.

 

[Obtuse]

I'm gonna go ahead and say 1986.