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David Bowie - Blackstar. Man, he had it right up to the end.

1976 to 1985 was my rock prime decade, with 1976 being the first year I bought my very own albums. The albums listed are the ones I played to death each year, albums that I adore to this day - every track - from bands that I love and admire. 1976 Frampton Comes Alive Boston Wings Over America 1977 Steve Miller Band Book of Dreams Jethro Tull Songs From The Wood Queen News Of The World 1978 The Cars Van Halen DEVO Q: Are We Not Men? 1979 Pink Floyd The Wall AC/DC Highway To Hell Cheap Trick At Budokan 1980 Police Zenyatta Mondatta Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell 1981 RUSH Moving Pictures April Wine Nature Of the Beast Iron Maiden Killers 1982 Scorpions Blackout Robert Plant Pictures At Eleven Midnight Oil 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 1983 Yes 90125 Men At Work Cargo X More Fun In The New World 1984 U2 Unforgettable Fire Talking Heads Stop Making Sense Pretenders Learning To Crawl 1985 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms Tears For Fears Songs From The Big Chair Eric Clapton Behind The Sun

🎶 1976 Genesis - A Trick of the Tail KISS - Destroyer Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak 🎶 1977 Pink Floyd - Animals Rush - A Farewell to Kings Styx - The Grand Illusion 🎶 1978 The Cars - The Cars Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight Alice Cooper - From the Inside 🎶 1979 Aerosmith - Night in the Ruts The Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy Led Zeppelin - In Through the Outdoor 🎶 1980 Queen - The Game Ramones - End of the Century Bruce Springsteen and The E Band - The River 🎶 1981 Bob Dylan - Shot of Love The Joe Perry Project - I’ve Got the Rock ‘n’ Rolls Again Roger Taylor - Fun in Space 🎶 1982 Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul - Men Without Women Paul McCartney - Tug of War Pete Townshend - All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes 🎶 1983 David Bowie - Let’s Dance Eric Clapton - Money and Cigarettes Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones 🎶 1984 The Alarm - Declaration David Gilmour - About Face The Kinks - Word of Mouth 🎶 1985 Ray Davies - Return to Waterloo Pat Benetar - Seven the Hard Way Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents

Thank you for hurting my brain again Entre_Perpetuo! I selected 1976 - 1985 Although I may have made it worse by limiting my selections to studio albums only. (no live albums or compilations). I also limited my selections to albums that we’re actually my favourite albums in the years chosen, not necessarily my favourite albums today. And I added the additional challenge of not repeating a band or artist throughout the 30 choices. Yikes!

Toto-Toto (10/10) This is one of my fav debuts ever. After coming off Boz's Silk Degrees. these guys burst with an exiting hungry debut. In listening back it still has that Silk degrees vibe. With Bobby and steve and Dave ACTUALLY sounding very Boz-y on some tracks. So there is some hold over on this record. but it surprisingly has some of their more harder rock moments. i love this album so much. Mick

2001-2010 is my favourite decade. Lots of shit hit the mainstream, which has only gotten worse, but rock and metal remained awesome if you knew where to look. Afraid I can't do a small list, this decade had a huge number of my all time favourite albums, and I cut A LOT OUT. And left way more in. 2001: 1. Lacuna Coil- Unleashed Memories 2. Jimmy Eat World- Bleed American 3. Paradise Lost- Believe In Nothing 4. Rhapsody- Rain Of A Thousand Flames 5. HIM- Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights Special mentions: After Forever- Decipher Sonata Arctica- Silence 2002: 1. Lacuna Coil- Comalies 2. Nightwish- Century Child 3. In Flames- Reroute To Remain 4. Rhapsody- Power Of The Dragonflame 5. Blind Guardian- A Night At The Opera Special mentions: Paradise Lost- Symbol Of Life The Used- The Used The Juliana Theory- Love Idlewild- The Remote Part Mariah Carey- Charmbracelet Rush- Vapor Trails Flowing Tears- Serpentine 2003: 1. AFI- Sing The Sorrow 2. Funeral For A Friend- Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation 3. Copeland- Beneath Medicine Tree =. Sonata Arctica- Winterheart's Guild =. Machine Head- Through The Ashes Of Empires =. HIM- Love Metal Special mentions: Evanescence- Fallen Epica- The Phantom Agony Thrice- The Artist In The Ambulance Brand New- Deja Entendu Iron Maiden- Dance Of Death 2004: 1. Sonata Arctica- Reckoning Night 2. Mastodon- Leviathan 3. Jimmy Eat World- Futures 4. The Used- In Love And Death 5. Within Temptation- The Silent Force =. Flowing Tears- Razorbliss Special mentions: The Killers- Hot Fuss Green Day- American Idiot My Chemical Romance- Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge In Flames- Soundtrack To Your Escape Leaves' Eyes- Lovelorn After Forever- Invisible Circles Alter Bridge- One Day Remains KillSwitch Engage- The End Of Heartache Rhapsody- Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II: The Dark Secret 2005: 1. Trivium- Ascendancy 2. Avenged Sevenfold- City Of Evil 3. Funeral For A Friend- Hours 4. Thrice- Vheissu 5. Paradise Lost- Paradise Lost =. Leaves' Eyes- Vinland Saga =. Jimmy Eat World- Stay On My Side Tonight EP Special mentions: Opeth- Ghost Reveries Epica- Consign To Oblivion The Juliana Theory- Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat Copeland- In Motion After Forever- Remagine Mariah Carey- The Emancipation Of Mimi HIM- Dark Light 2006: 1. Lacuna Coil- Comalies 2. Mastodon- Blood Mountain =. Khoma- The Second Wave 4. In Flames- Come Clarity =. Fightstar- Grand Unification =. All That Remains- The Fall Of Ideals Special mentions: Lamb Of God- Sacrament KillSwitch Engage- As Daylight Dies Iron Maiden- A Matter Of Life And Death Copeland- Eat Sleep Repeat AFI- Decemberunderground Idlewild- Warnings/Promises Brand New- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me Taking Back Sunday- Louder Now The Killers- Sam's Town Taylor Swift- Taylor Swift Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes EP Rhapsody Of Fire- Triumph Or Agony The Gathering- Home 2007: this year is STACKED for me. These eight albums are impossible for me to cut down. 1. Nightwish- Dark Passion Play =. Machine Head- The Blackening 3. Sonata Arctica- Unia =. Paradise Lost- In Requiem 5. Within Temptation- The Heart Of Everything 6. Funeral For A Friend- Tales Don't Tell Themselves =. Avenged Sevenfold- Avenged Sevenfold =. Biffy Clyro- Puzzle Special mentions: Bruce Springsteen- Magic Epica- The Divine Conspiracy After Forever- After Forever Jimmy Eat World- Chase This Light Thrice- The Alchemy Index vol: I and II Alter Bridge- Blackbird Rush- Snakes And Arrows HIM- Venus Doom 2008: 1. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes 2. Trivium- Shogun 3. In Flames- A Sense Of Purpose =. Testament- The Formation Of Damnation =. Kings Of Leon- Only By The Night =. Thrice- The Alchemy Index vol: III and IV 7. Flowing Tears- Thy Kingdom Gone Special mention: The Killers- Day And Age Taylor Swift- Fearless Fleet Foxes- Sun Giant EP Copeland- You Are My Sunshine 2009: 1. Paradise Lost- Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us 2. Sonata Arctica- The Days Of Grays 3. Mastodon- Crack The Skye 4. AFI- Crash Love 5. Epica- Design Your Universe Special mentions: Leaves' Eyes- Njord Thrice- Beggars Brand New- Daisy Paramore- Brand New Eyes Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown 2010: 1. Alter Bridge- AB III =. Jimmy Eat World- Invented 3. Rhapsody Of Fire- The Frozen Tears Of Angels 4. Rhapsody Of Fire- The Cold Embrace Of Fear 5. Avenged Sevenfold- Nightmare =. Biffy Clyro- Only Revolutions Special mentions: Kings Of Leon- Come Around Sundown Iron Maiden- The Final Frontier Blind Guardian- At The Edge Of Time Taylor Swift- Speak Now

Totally agree. All I was saying was that the limit made it more of a challenge. In my case, I could have listed 20+ for each of the early '70s years but just picked three that had great sentimental attachment at the time. But i have left out all sorts like Rory Gallagher, Wishbone Ash, Genesis, Uriah Heep, Queen, Boston etc etc which is no slight or oversight, just part of the fun!!

Eh, I famously can’t answer the questions I ask in a lot of threads myself, so I’d rather someone participates and doesn’t stick to the “rules” than not post at all.

I like those ideas 76-85 is probably my decade window as well

🤔 I’ll try ‘78-‘88 … 1978 - Toto, Hemispheres, Van Halen 1979 - Black Rose, Strangers in the Night, Reggatta de Blanc 1980 - Iron Maiden, Permanent Waves, Zenyatta Mondatta 1981 - Escape, Moving Pictures, High ‘n’ Dry 1982 - Signals, Aldo Nova, Blackout 1983 - Synchroncity, Piece of Mind, Pyromania 1984 - 1984 (VH), P/G (GuP), The Works Powerslave, Isolation, Love at 1st Sting ( 1984 was the year I REALLY got into music 😎so I find it very hard to pick just 3 albums ! ) 1985 - Welcome to the Real World, Power Windows Reckless ( I know ‘ technically it came out late ‘84 but from memory yes ‘ I was there’ 16 at the time , it didn’t hit big here in the UK till bout Feb/March ‘85 … and If EP can nudge Acabab from 81 into ‘82 ..😮🤫😜) 1986 - 5150, Fahrenheit, Somewhere in Time, Raised on Radio, Master of Puppets ( sorry I’m cheating again 🤪) 1987 - Appetite for Destruction, Hysteria, 1987 ( Whitesnake ) 1988 - Out of the Silent Planet, OU812, The Seventh One, Skyscraper, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Once Around the World

This is a very fine list.

This is an enormous question that has no good reason to be asked except that I like seeing what other people like. In case the question is worded confusingly, here's an example of what a post might look like. Btw, I'm picking albums off the top of my head for this example, these are absolutely not my final choices on these years... as if I could ever come to those, lol. 1975: A Night At The Opera, Physical Graffiti, Another Green World 1976: A Day At The Races, 2112, Jailbreak 1977: News Of The World, A Farewell To Kings, Animals 1978: Hemispheres, Jazz, U.K. 1979: London Calling, Breakfast In America, Lodger 1980: Permanent Waves, The Game, Zenyatta Mondatta 1981: Moving Pictures, Escape, Tattoo You 1982: Signals, Screaming For Vengeance, Abacab 1983: Genesis, Thriller, Synchronicity 1984: Grace Under Pressure, The Works, Purple Rain Yeah, absolutely not my definite final answers... though probably every single Rush and Queen album on there would be in my final answers, lol.

If it's not a personal question, are you a virgin?

At 7:00 Ken gets up, he has a quick shower, a rub-down, gets into his track-suit, and goes back to bed again.

Jimmy Eat World- Clarity

With his devastating armies he swept across Central Europe.

good for you. doesn't mean it'll change things lol Mick

OK love you bud...your bottom two has me triggered 😅

Well, that is Testament's best album. You should probably hear it another couple hundred times.

I decided to do one of these from 1981-1990. In the '80s, there were a lot more classic c.ds, and albums like in the '70s. They aren't my favorite c.ds, and albums, but are my favorite, and some of my close, top favorite bands, groups, and artists, some of what I was listening, and I'm still listening to this day, and for '80's music, what stands out to me. I didn't include live, greatest hits', compilations', and EP's c.ds, and albums. I have left some out, but I can do another one for the same ten years, and a different ten years. (1981) Moving Pictures - Rush October - U2 Point of Entry - Judas Priest *High 'N' Dry - Def Leppard (1982) Signals - Rush Screaming For Vengeance - Judas Priest the Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden *Never Surrender - Triumph (1983) War - U2 Pyromania - Def Leppard Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden *Synchronicity - the Police (1984) Grace Under Pressure - Rush Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest Powerslave - Iron Maiden *the Unforgettable Fire - U2 (1985) Power Windows - Rush Call of the Wild - Lee Aaron the Big Prize - Honeymoon Suite (1986) Turbo - Judas Priest Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden Rage For Order - Queensryche (1987) Hold Your Fire - Rush the Joshua Tree - U2 Hysteria - Def Leppard *Lee Aaron - Lee Aaron (1988) Ram It Down - Judas Priest Seventh Son of A Seventh Son - Iron Maiden Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche (1989) Presto - Rush Bodyrock - Lee Aaron Rockland - Kim Mitchell *Simple Mission - Glass Tiger (1990) Empire - Queensryche Painkiller - Judas Priest No Prayer For the Dying - Iron Maiden *Monsters Under the Bed - Honeymoon Suite

I nearly quit, but then decided you started the thread and we are both guilty of MASSIVE lists. Also, the way my brain works, it's near impossible to limit to three, as most of these albums I can't choose between. And I'm not starting a whole new thread 😀

I'm on a bit of a Jimmy Eat World kick, and what is really standing out to me here is how I love everything. I mean EVERYTHING. Part of my musical DNA I think. So, here we go, starting with a three-way tie: 1. (Ranked in order of release) = Clarity- I could talk about this album all day. When people ask me what I think emo sounds like, I play them this. Nineties emo is not your modern emo, and that's sad. But the good thing is, there is PLENTY of great emo from this decade, and I think Clarity is potentially the greatest album in the genre that decade. = Futures- sometimes I think the production is too pristine, but from start to finish this is an exceptional album, bursting with life and all the emotions. Songs like Just Tonight, Kill, Polaris, Drugs Or Me and especially the album closer 23 are amongst my favourite of all time. But special mention must go to the bonus track Shame. If any song deserves to follow 23, its that one. Everything on this album is a blast, and in a year that gave us albums like Hot Fuss (The Killers), American Idiot (Green Day), In Love And Death (The Used), Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (My Chemical Romance), this one is my favourite. = Invented- I am shocked how much hate this album gets from the fanbase. To my ears, this is great enough for me to feel tempted to knock Clarity and and Futures down to 2, but at the same time, I also feel what makes it great is that this feels the most like both of them combined, with elements of Bleed American as well, that to me they all belong at the top together. Every single song here is a favourite of mine. Heart Is Hard To Find, Invented, Higher Devotion, Coffee And Cigarettes, Mixtape, Invented...this entire album is a MASTERPIECE of pop rock songwriting, and it has the best production in their discography. I just love it. 4. Bleed American- this is many fans favourite. Depending on how you choose to look at my rankings, it's wither second favourite or fourth. Everything here works. The songs, the sequencing, the production. But it lacks just a little something that my top three has in spades. And there are occasions I finish the album at around the midway mark. 5. Integrity Blues- there are a couple of songs that are so typically JEW I feel they could have been left off (Get Right especially) but the majority of the album is atmospheric, warm and creative. An underrated album, with one of their most catchy songs (Through). There is also a really strange song on the album that ends sounding like early Mastodon: Pass The Baby. Just a strange album, one that I feel has been underrated. Sure And Certain is another great song. 6. Static Prevails- strictly speaking, this isn't their debut, but considering there has never been a re-release of their self titled debut, and no songs are ever played live, and most fans don't seem to know that album exists, I will rank this in sixth place, and consider it their debut. The production is actually really stripped back here, but it sounds BIG for the genre as it was in the nineties. Raw, spikier songwriting than what we know now, this is Jimmy at their punky best, on an album full of classic tunes. Seventeen is my favourite, it even featured on the soundtrack for Never Been Kissed. I love this record, I just can't place it any higher than this. 7. Surviving- this is a testament to how great I think Jimmy Eat World is that I rate their latest album in seventh place. Its cliche to say, but had this been any other band it would be really high up my list. And honestly, if we compare the quality of this record with, say, Futures, it's startling to see how close they are in terms of brilliance. Jimmy only really do great albums. It's bands like this that leave me thinking a number rating is pointless. 8. Chase This Light- this is a sugar rush of an album, high energy for the most part, this is the most blatantly commercial and mainstream sounding Jimmy Eat World have ever sounded. Generally loved by fans, at the same time I doubt its many fans absolute favourite. I find the high energy production tends to wear me out long before its over. But my goodness, it's a delight! Big Casino, Always Be, Dizzy, Gotta Be Somebody's Blues, Carry You...and the exquisite bonus track Be Sensible are all indispensable classics. Not close to my favourite Jimmy Eat World album, but arguably one of my favourite albums of all time. Again, that says it all about this band and me. 9. Damage- a love/hate album. I really like it, but the album feels like a demo. I know many fans who loved the stripped back sound, and after the sugary overtones of CTL and then the lush, ambitious production values of Invented, I can see why. But if CTL is too overproduced for my tastes, then Damage is unfortunately too underproduced. Still, song for song, I love this album. I could champion the entire record if i dissect each track and shine a light on them independently. But as a full album, I wish for a little more ingenuity and nuance in the production. Some bands can release outstanding music in stripped back form (think: every emo band of the nineties, including Jimmy), but this is lacking. There we go, one of my top ten bands, any genre, and its always a delight to come back to Jimmy Eat World. They are the missing link between Biffy Clyro and Taylor Swift. Joys of joys!

Jimmy Eat World- Surviving Taylor Swift- Midnights

Yeah, I got the 8:55 Pullman Express from King's Cross and missed that bit around Hornchurch.

Let’s Dance (David Bowie)

Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.

Diamond Dogs (David Bowie)

Beauty and the Beat - The Go Go's

This is Howard Katzenberg from Philadelphia.

Mr. Blackhawk, do you think there is any relevance in questioning the deceased? I mean, your witness is dead.

Yes - Changes

Oh, you'll probably get away with crucifixion.

The slightly snobby (😊), hardcore Gabriel fan in me loves III and IV the most....but goddamn, it is hard to deny the perfection of this record.

Hangman Jury - Aerosmith

This one's a lot like Physical Graffiti to me. Tons of fans call this bloated thing their peak, but I'm like ... naaah. I love Side 1 a ton. But it's all downhill from there. My least favorite Gabriel/Hackett Genesis album.

Alex/Victor/Strip And Go Naked

Very tricky this .... I have gone for 1970 - 1979 which were pretty much my musical formative years. However ...... to pick my favourite three from each year is proving impossible (particularly in the early to mid '70s). So I have picked three from each year which meant a lot at the time (for various reasons!!), but also stayed with me over the years. 1970 - Layla & Assorted Love Songs, Black Sabbath, Zeppelin III 1971 - Zeppelin IV, Who's Next, Hunky Dory 1972 - Close To The Edge, Ziggy Stardust, Harvest 1973 - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd , Billion Dollar Babies 1974 - Secret Treaties, Bridge Of Sighs, Burn 1975 - Physical Graffiti, Minstrel In The Gallery, Force It 1976 - 2112, Rainbow Rising, Sad Wings Of Destiny 1977 - Running On Empty, A Farewell To Kings, Marquee Moon 1978 - Excitable Boy, The Kick Inside, Stained Class 1979 - Breakfast In America, Black Rose, Rust Never Sleeps So much left out, but I will settle on this as a first try.

These are the albums that got me through high school and college. I could list many more, especially in 1971-73, but these are the albums that really stood out for me. 1968 - Beggars Banquet, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, The White Album 1969 - Tommy, Led Zeppelin II, Ummagumma 1970 - Black Sabbath, Get Yer Ya Ya's Out, Live At Leeds 1971 - Sticky Fingers, Who's Next, IV *** tough year to decide 1972 - Close To The Edge, Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust, Trilogy 1973 - House Of The Holy, DSOTM, Quadrophenia *** tough year to decide 1974 - Lamb Lies Down, Relayer, Get Your Wings 1975 - Physical Graffiti, The Who By Numbers, Wish You Were Here 1976 - Presence, Rocks, Trick Of The Tail 1977 - Animals, AFTK, Peter Gabriel