What was your favourite year for music?

[Bullet]

89 was great
Bleach Nirvana
Come on Pilgrim + Surfer Rosa combined CD Pixies
Slanted and Enchanted Pavement

 

[Mikey10]

89 was great
Bleach Nirvana
Come on Pilgrim + Surfer Rosa combined CD Pixies
Slanted and Enchanted Pavement

Good shout. Also The Stone Roses debut; Pixies’ Doolittle; Hats by The Blue Nile; and Elvis Costello’s Spike.

 

[thfcsteff]

...the impossible question...

'75-'81 - aside from Bowie, Floyd, there was The Stranglers, Ian Dury and early Police to name a few...always enjoyed John Cooper Clarke too...

'89-98...aside from the brilliant Nirvana and the like, you had Massive Attack, Underworld (mk II) and Goldie emerging with Timeless In '95, which was a game changer. LTJ Bukem had got close, but Timeless was such a brilliant fusion...

 

[Mulletperm]

...the impossible question...

'75-'81 - aside from Bowie, Floyd, there was The Stranglers, Ian Dury and early Police to name a few...always enjoyed John Cooper Clarke too...

'89-98...aside from the brilliant Nirvana and the like, you had Massive Attack, Underworld (mk II) and Goldie emerging with Timeless In '95, which was a game changer. LTJ Bukem had got close, but Timeless was such a brilliant fusion...

'75-'81 was a bit before my time but yeah for a period in time, late 80s to mid 90s was absolutely mind-blowing.

 

[LutonSpurs]

1995 for me

1. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
4. Me Against the World - 2pac
5. The Bends - Radiohead
6. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
7. Post - Björk
8. Different Class - Pulp
9. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
10. Daydream - Mariah Carey
11. Garbage - Garbage
12. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
13. Maxinquaye - Tricky
14. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon
15. Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
16. Leftism - Leftfield
17. ...And Out Come the Wolves - Rancid
18. Liquid Swords - Genius/GZA
19. Elastica - Elastica
20. I Should Coco - Supergrass
21. Pieces of You - Jewel
22. E 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
23. The Infamous - Mobb Deep
24. Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant
25. Exit Planet Dust - Chemical Brothers
26. Waiting to Exhale [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists
27. Astro-Creep: 2000 - White Zombie
28. Relish - Joan Osborne
29. Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard
30. The Great Escape - Blur

Just a list I found but some stunners

I was 15 that year, I wonder what age most of you were in relation to when your fave music was made, I reckon (guessing here) most if not all would have been teen years

 

[awesome dawson]

1987 will do for me, age 11, first year at boarding school where my music induction well and truly began.

Appetite for Destruction GnR
Introduce Yourself Faith No More
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan Red Hot Chili Peppers
Permanent Vacation Aerosmith
Paid in Full Eric B and Rakim

 

[johnola]

1995 for me

1. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
4. Me Against the World - 2pac
5. The Bends - Radiohead
6. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
7. Post - Björk
8. Different Class - Pulp
9. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
10. Daydream - Mariah Carey
11. Garbage - Garbage
12. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
13. Maxinquaye - Tricky
14. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon
15. Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
16. Leftism - Leftfield
17. ...And Out Come the Wolves - Rancid
18. Liquid Swords - Genius/GZA
19. Elastica - Elastica
20. I Should Coco - Supergrass
21. Pieces of You - Jewel
22. E 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
23. The Infamous - Mobb Deep
24. Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant
25. Exit Planet Dust - Chemical Brothers
26. Waiting to Exhale [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists
27. Astro-Creep: 2000 - White Zombie
28. Relish - Joan Osborne
29. Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard
30. The Great Escape - Blur

Just a list I found but some stunners

I was 15 that year, I wonder what age most of you were in relation to when your fave music was made, I reckon (guessing here) most if not all would have been teen years

Will have to listen to Joan Osborne tomorrow. An amazing vocal performance throughout. My right hand man is just incredible - intro taken from captain beefheart to boot.

 

[thfcsteff]

1995 for me

1. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
4. Me Against the World - 2pac
5. The Bends - Radiohead
6. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
7. Post - Björk
8. Different Class - Pulp
9. To Bring You My Love - PJ Harvey
10. Daydream - Mariah Carey
11. Garbage - Garbage
12. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
13. Maxinquaye - Tricky
14. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx - Raekwon
15. Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
16. Leftism - Leftfield
17. ...And Out Come the Wolves - Rancid
18. Liquid Swords - Genius/GZA
19. Elastica - Elastica
20. I Should Coco - Supergrass
21. Pieces of You - Jewel
22. E 1999 Eternal - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
23. The Infamous - Mobb Deep
24. Tigerlily - Natalie Merchant
25. Exit Planet Dust - Chemical Brothers
26. Waiting to Exhale [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Various Artists
27. Astro-Creep: 2000 - White Zombie
28. Relish - Joan Osborne
29. Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version - Ol' Dirty Bastard
30. The Great Escape - Blur

Just a list I found but some stunners

I was 15 that year, I wonder what age most of you were in relation to when your fave music was made, I reckon (guessing here) most if not all would have been teen years

Fudge off whippersnapper!!!!

p.s. one hell of a list mate

 

[greatwhitenorf]

I can't do one year, just like I couldn't do one band or one style of music. I can remember where I was and what I was doing when I first heard these albums or artists.

1959. Miles Davis releases Kinda Blue and jazz is never the same.

Not that I, freshly hatched, was old enough to know what music was. Took me 17 years to catch on and haven't let go. First heard it sitting on a dock on the lake where my cottage is, wafting out of a neighbour's stereo as we sipped beers and looked up at the Milky Way on a warm July night. Greatest jazz album ever.

1977 was pretty awesome as Steely Dan gave us the immortal Aja album. Just flawless. Sprawled on my parents living room broadloom with headphones on and my dad thinking I was some kind of stoner for giving myself over to this magnificence.

But this past year has been pretty good, too. Cory Wong and The Wongnotes are downtown and happenin' with the Striped Album. Got tickets for their January show in Toronto.

Then there's The Bros - Ewan and Shamus Currie and their talented friends - cranking out cool tunes for a sweltering summer(well, here anyway):

And the amazingly talented guitarist/singer Afie Jurvanen - under his stage name, Bahamas - just continues to delight with wonderfully introspective music.