Post Your "One Per Year" Lists
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 9:17 pm
So in another thread, Bruce mentioned an NME list of the best debut album per year for the past 50 years. So, I decided to make a thread for us to put up our own "Best [whatever] of Each Year" lists.
I'll get the ball rolling with my favorite song from each of the last 50 years (AM year rank in parenthesis):
1964: Animals - House of the Rising Sun (5)
1965: Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (32)
1966: The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (12)
1967: The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (3)
1968: Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (6)
1969: Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (14)
1970: Free - All Right Now (21)
1971: Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (2)
1972: Elton John - Rocket Man (23)
1973: Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing (71)
1974: Kiss - Black Diamond (67)
1975: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (2)
1976: Stevie Wonder - I Wish (44)
1977: Bob Marley - One Love (32)
1978: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Bubbling)
1979: Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) (17)
1980: Talking Heads - The Great Curve (Not Ranked)
1981: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (12)
1982: Michael Jackson - Beat It (5)
1983: U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (4)
1984: Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (8)
1985: Tom Waits - Downtown Train (21)
1986: Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Not Ranked)
1987: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1)
1988: Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (28)
1989: Tom Petty - Free Fallin' (11)
1990: Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome (22)
1991: Nirvana - Lithium (12)
1992: R.E.M. - Nightswimming (34)
1993: Nirvana - All Apologies (3)
1994: Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (5)
1995: Oasis - Wonderwall (2)
1996: Elliott Smith - Speed Trials (Not Ranked)
1997: Foo Fighters - Everlong (8)
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely (Not Ranked)
1999: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (30)
2000: Outkast - B.O.B. (5)
2001: The Strokes - Last Nite (2)
2002: Johnny Cash - Hurt (3)
2003: White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3)
2004: Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) (2)
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (2)
2006: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (1)
2007: White Stripes - Icky Thump (39)
2008: Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2)
2009: U2 - Moment of Surrender (Bubbling)
2010: Kanye West - Power (16)
2011: M83 - Midnight City (1)
2012: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' 'Bout You (6)
2013: Daft Punk - Get Lucky (1)
I'll get the ball rolling with my favorite song from each of the last 50 years (AM year rank in parenthesis):
1964: Animals - House of the Rising Sun (5)
1965: Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man (32)
1966: The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (12)
1967: The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (3)
1968: Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (6)
1969: Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (14)
1970: Free - All Right Now (21)
1971: Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (2)
1972: Elton John - Rocket Man (23)
1973: Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing (71)
1974: Kiss - Black Diamond (67)
1975: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (2)
1976: Stevie Wonder - I Wish (44)
1977: Bob Marley - One Love (32)
1978: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (Bubbling)
1979: Neil Young - Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) (17)
1980: Talking Heads - The Great Curve (Not Ranked)
1981: Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight (12)
1982: Michael Jackson - Beat It (5)
1983: U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (4)
1984: Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (8)
1985: Tom Waits - Downtown Train (21)
1986: Metallica - Welcome Home (Sanitarium) (Not Ranked)
1987: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine (1)
1988: Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (28)
1989: Tom Petty - Free Fallin' (11)
1990: Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome (22)
1991: Nirvana - Lithium (12)
1992: R.E.M. - Nightswimming (34)
1993: Nirvana - All Apologies (3)
1994: Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah (5)
1995: Oasis - Wonderwall (2)
1996: Elliott Smith - Speed Trials (Not Ranked)
1997: Foo Fighters - Everlong (8)
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely (Not Ranked)
1999: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (30)
2000: Outkast - B.O.B. (5)
2001: The Strokes - Last Nite (2)
2002: Johnny Cash - Hurt (3)
2003: White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (3)
2004: Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) (2)
2005: Sufjan Stevens - Chicago (2)
2006: Gnarls Barkley - Crazy (1)
2007: White Stripes - Icky Thump (39)
2008: Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2)
2009: U2 - Moment of Surrender (Bubbling)
2010: Kanye West - Power (16)
2011: M83 - Midnight City (1)
2012: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' 'Bout You (6)
2013: Daft Punk - Get Lucky (1)