I've avoided tag-your-it Internet memes successfully to date. But, now that fellow tech policy blogger Adam Thierer has taken the bait and thrown down his favorite album for each year of his life, I'm in. Mine...
1968: White Album, The Beatles
1969: Led Zepplin II, Led Zepplin
1970: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel
1971: L.A. Woman, The Doors
1972: Exile On Main St., Rolling Stones
1973: Houses of the Holy, Led Zepplin
1974: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Richard & Linda Thompson
1975: Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
1976: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom Petty and the Heartbeakers
1977: Kraftwerk, Trans-Europe Express
1978: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!, Devo
1979: Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division
1980: Boys Don't Cry, The Cure
1981: Hard Promises, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
1982: Rio, Duran Duran
1983: War, U2
1984: Repo Man Soundrack
1985: Meat is Murder, The Smiths
1986: Especially for You, The Smithereens
1987: Appetite for Destruction, Guns & Roses
1988: Straight Out of Compton, NWA
1989: Freedom, Neil Young
1990: Ritual de lo Habitual, Jane's Addiction
1991: Seamonsters, The Wedding Present
1992: Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement
1993: The Infotainment Scam, The Fall
1994: San Francisco, American Music Club
1995: Elastica, Elastica
1996: What Would the Community Think, Cat Power
1997: Dig Me Out, Sleater-Kinney
1998: Music Has the Right to Children, Boards of Canada
1999: Come On Die Young, Mogwai
2000: Long Distance, Ivy
2001: First Album, Miss Kittin and the Hacker
2002: Kill the Moonlight, Spoon
2003: Closer, Plastikman
2004: The Grey Album, Jay-Z and Danger Mouse
2005: Thrills, Ellen Alien
2006: Silent Shout, The Knife
2007: Sound of Silver, LCD Soundsystem
2008: ?????
Great list Sean! I love Pavement. And your list reminds me that I should have had The Cure somewhere on mine. Man, so much great music.
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