Album of The Year - Endgame

BjorgenFjorgen said:
21. Dustin O'Halloran - Piano Solos
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Oh fuck I completely forgot about this one. I absolutely adore Dustin O’Halloran and I think this is his one album that is yet on vinyl.

Just other worldly



The second half of this one is just magnificent. You get that magical feeling like you’re hearing “Clair de Lune” or “Gymnopedie 1” for the first time

 
Damn great year for metal!

1988:
1. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
2. R.E.M. - Green
3. Slayer - South Of Heaven
4. Megadeth - So Far, So Good... So What!
5. Van Halen - OU812
6. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
7. Judas Priest - Ram It Down
8. Death - Leprosy
9. Guns N' Roses - G N' R Lies
10. Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
 
1988:
  1. Talk Talk - "Spirit of Eden"
  2. Pixies - "Surfer Rosa"
  3. Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
  4. Sonic Youth - "Daydream Nation"
  5. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - "Tender Prey"
  6. N.W.A. - "Straight Outta Compton"
  7. Erik B. & Rakim - "Follow the Leader"
  8. Metallica - "...And Justice for All"
  9. R.E.M. - "Green"
  10. Jane's Addiction - "Nothing's Shocking"
 
1988

1. Iron Maiden-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
3. Metallica-And Justice For All
4. Bad Religion-Suffer
5. Dinosaur Jr-Bug
6. NWA-Straight Outta Compton
7. Galaxie 500-Today
8. Talk Talk-Spirit Of Eden
9. Pixies-Surfer Rosa
10. Helloween-Keeper of the 7 Keys Part 2
 
Joe Mac said:
Yeah 1981 was a transition year but it wasn’t that bad and tbh @wmeugene you went so hard after it that I actually checked stuff out and developed a strange fondness for it.

1999 on the other hand...

...I was there, I was 16 (the perfect age for being obsessed with music and scenes) and it was dire, drippy inconsequential indie and nu-metal ruled...
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My biggest criticism of ‘81 is that just about every other year has at least 3-4 albums if not more that I’d put ahead of the best of that year. With that being said, it’s definitely a transitional year between the sound of the late 70s and what would soon dominate the mid 80s.

‘99 definitely isn’t the strongest year (it’s surrounded by a number of strong years), but it has a few classics.
 
1. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
2. Talking Heads - Naked (dramatically under-rated in their catalog)
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
4. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
6. Morrissey - Viva Hate
7. The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
9. Dead Can Dance - Serpent's Egg
10. Mike and the Mechanics - Living Years
 
My Favourite Albums from 1988:
  1. Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
  2. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
  3. Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
  4. The Travelling Wilburys – The Travelling Wilburys, Vol. 1
  5. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
  6. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions…
  7. Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
  8. U2 – Rattle and Hum (The movie’s terrible though)
  9. Rob Wasserman - Duets
  10. Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
  11. Galaxie 500 – Today
  12. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Tender Prey
  13. NWA – Straight out of Compton
  14. The Lounge Lizards – Voice of Chunk
  15. R.E.M. – Green
  16. John Zorn – Spy vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman
  17. Sarah McLachlan – Touch
  18. Metallica – …and Justice For All
  19. Geino Yamashirogumi – Akira OST
  20. Jane’s Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
 
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1988:
1. Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart
2. The Church - Starfish
3. The Wonder Stuff - The Eight Legged Groove Machine
4. The Pursuit of Happiness - Love Junk
5. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
6. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
7. R.E.M. - Green
8. The Rave-Ups - Book of Your Regrets
9. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
10. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln

11. Let’s Active - Every Dog Has Its Day
12. The Rainmakers - Tornado
13. The Primitives - Lovely
14. Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians - Globe of Frogs
15. The Smithereens - Green Thoughts
16. Gear Daddies - Let's Go Scare Al
17. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow
18. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
19. My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
20. Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
21. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
22. The Sugarcubes - Life’s Too Good
23. Galaxie 500 - Today
24. Julian Cope - My Nation Underground
25. The Feelies - Only Life
26. The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
27. Northern Pikes - Secrets of the Alibi
28. A House - On Our Big Fat Merry-Go-Round
29. Soul Asylum - Hang Time
30. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
 
spreddy updated for 2004

88 was a pretty good year - both from the avant garde (sonic youth) to hip-hop (public enemy, nwa) to mainstream (tracey chapman)

five antipodean options off the top of my head in alpha order:
nick cave and the bad seeds - tender prey
the church - starfish
crowded house - temple of low men
do-re-mi - happiest place on earth
go-betweens - 16 lovers lane

the first mentioned and the latter will probably be in top five; amazing albums the pair of em
 
wmeugene said:
My biggest criticism of ‘81 is that just about every other year has at least 3-4 albums if not more that I’d put ahead of the best of that year. With that being said, it’s definitely a transitional year between the sound of the late 70s and what would soon dominate the mid 80s.

‘99 definitely isn’t the strongest year (it’s surrounded by a number of strong years), but it has a few classics.
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See id put, for example: Dare by the Human League, Bella Dona by Stevie Nicks and, particularly, Nightclubbing by Grace Jones in that category. I couldn’t even get 10 for 99 and wasn’t even hugely keen on my number 1...
 
1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. Morrissey - Viva Hate
4. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
5. Traveling Willburys - Volume 1
6. Tracy Chapman
7. Van Morrison with the Chieftans - Irish Heartbeat
8. R.E.M. - Green
9. Prince - Lovesexy
10. U2 - Rattle & Hum
 
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