I am so happy that so many people are enjoying this topic. I had hoped it would be a fun experience and exercise but never thought it would capture so much attention. All of us Contrarians are very happy to see all the wonderful comments and selects. So, I wanted to recap where the comments are as of today (May 2, 2023, at 5:00 pm Central Time) Not including the panelists, here is where things stand: 1966 - 1 1967 - 3 1968 - 1 1970 - 1 1971 - 1 1972 - 2 1973 - 7 1974 - 2 1975 - 10 1976 - 7 1978 - 7 1979 - 7 1980 - 4 1981 - 4 1982 - 2 1983 - 3 1984 - 3 1985 - 1 1986 - 3 1987 - 1 1989 - 1 1990 - 2 1995 - 2 1999 - 1 Thanks again for watching and please like, subscribe and share with your friends. Also check out all the other Contrarian posts! Peace! Peter
1973: 1. Led Zeppelin - 'Houses of the Holy' 2. Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side of the Moon' 3. Black Sabbath - 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' 4. Genesis - 'Selling England by the Pound' 5. Doobie Brothers - 'The Captain and Me'
So many choices but I'm going to go with, 1983. Dio - Holy Diver Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon AC/DC - Flick of the Switch Metallica - Kill 'Em All KISS - Lick It Up honorable mentions: The Police - Syncronicity Quiet Riot - Metal Health Thin Lizzy - Thunder & Lightning Def Leppard - Pyromania Mercyful Fate - Melissa Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind etc etc etc. Any of the 70's or 80's years I could pick from, two best decades in music ever, in my humble opinion.
This is an absolutely brutal question..might need a week of research to answer. Martin this is a great question for Pete on friday..all great choices fellas
1979 Donna Summer - Bad Girls Elvis Costello - Armed Forces The Clash - London Calling Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Daryl Hall and John Oates - X-Static
1969, 1971, 1973 and 1975 could very easily have been my choice. Let's try 1968: 1) The Zombies - Odyessey and Oracle 2) The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 3) The Beatles - The White Album 4) The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet 5) Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Easy, 1973 (the year I was born): Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get Not necessarily my favorite albums of those artists but 5 of my top 10 favorite artists in a year and all really good. The leftovers, runner-ups, honorable mentions, whatever: Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters David Bowie - Aladin Sane The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup Rory Gallagher - Tattoo Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits Bob Marley - Burnin' Aerosmith - selftitled Montrose - selftitled Would be happy with any of these as well, all good, enjoysble albums.
In the true spirit of being a Contrarian, I’ll pick 1725: Bach - Easter Oratorio Handel - Rodelinda Telemann - Pimpinone Couperin - L'Apothéose de Lully And of course, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Awesome! When I picked this topic, 1959 instantly came to mind. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin' Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come Buddy Rich / Max Roach - Rich vs. Roach I was joking with my wife that I should pick something from my classical repertoire as well. WELL DONE!
1978 Van Halen I Hemispheres - Rush Double Vision - Foreigner The Cars - The Cars Infinity - Journey 1976 A Day at the Races - Queen 2112 - Rush Hotel California - The Eagles Boston - Boston The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin 1981 Moving Pictures - Rush Fair Warning - Van Halen Escape - Journey The Mob Rules - Black Sabbath Abacab - Genesis
78-81 would probably be where I'd start looking but then if I had to miss out on Yes' Close to the Edge, I'd never forgive myself. This is a very very tough exercise for sure.
1978 Killing Machine- Judas Priest Parallel Lines- Blondie Road to Ruin- Ramones Van Halen - S/T The Cars- S/ T HM Powerage AC/DC Dont Look Back Boston Heaven Tonight- Cheap Trick Pieces of Eight- Styx
Great Show! Great Topic! very tough, and I went with my favorite year in music 1978! 5. DEVO - Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo 4. Al Dimeola - Casino 3. Judas Priest - Stained Class 2. Blondie - Parallel Lines 1. KISS - Ace Frehley
a different 1979 list from Martin's... Judas Priest-Unleashed in the East. UFO- Strangers in the Night. AC/DC- Highway to Hell. Van Halen-VHII. Pink Floyd-The Wall.
Awesome show....Kevin's choices (and methodology) really resonated with me, I'm close to same age.. Let's do this--1990. Rust in Peace is a no brainer. Too Dark Park (Skinny Puppy). Suicidal Tendencies--Lights Camera Revolution. Painkiller. Left Hand Path. I don't do Andrew Dice Key, so maybe sub some hip hop? Fear of a Black(not Blank) Planet-Public Enemy, or One For All-Brand Nubian,Paris-Devil Made Do It. LL Cool J-Momma Said Knock You Out. Black Sabbath-Tyr (always my favorite Tony Martin album). Bill Ward's solo album. Extreme II Pornografitti. Razor's Edge, Alice in Chain-Facelift. Atheist-Piece of Time. Church-Gold Afternoon Fix. Depeche Mode-Violator. Ritual de lo Habitual as Kevin mentioned. Mike Oldfield-Amarok. King Diamond-The Eye.Mekong Delta--Dances of Death. Cowboys From Hell. Even got Garth Brooks-No Fences. Madonna is ok, but maybe Dee Lite-World Clique Kings X-Faith Hope Love.I cannot narrow down to 5, but think I would go with 1990 also.
1986: Awaken the Guardian - Fates Warning; Reign in Blood - Slayer; Master Of Puppets - Metallica; Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden; Fatal Portrait- King Diamond
1974: Genesis - The Lamb Yes - Relayer Deep Purple - Burn Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom Honorable mentions: Gene Clark - No Other UFO - Phenomenon King Crimson - Red Bad Company - Bad Company Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And the Empty Stage
1975 Kansas: Song For America and Masque Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis? Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here Queen: A Night At The Opera Kansas and Supertramp are my two favorite artists, the other two are the albums from that year I listen most to
Doctor Eddie Ganja here Ok 1978 5 albums #1 UFO Obsession #2 ACDC Powerage #3 Judas Priest Hell Bent for Leather #4Rainbow Long Live Rock N Roll #5 Black Sabbath Never Say Die Keep Rockin!!!
1987 for me and my 5 are: The Joshua Tree-U2 Document-R.E.M. Tango In The Night-Fleetwood Mac Appetite For Destruction-Guns N' Roses Under The Sun-Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls Had 6 been allowed, Sign O' The Times would've been a dead cert
@@thecontrarians2438 Tough one for sure! I could have chosen 1971, but I couldn't possibly make this list any shorter: Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Miles Davis - Jack Johnson Black Sabbath - Master of Reality Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On Joni Mitchell - Blue The Who - Who's Next Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge Curtis Mayfield - Roots David Bowie - Hunky Dory The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Hmm, from one year.... I"ll pick 1999 Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Wilco - Summer Teeth The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock Blur - 13
The greatest year in music IMO, 1976. 1. Boston 2. 2112 3. Trick of the Tail 4. The Royal Scam 5. The Song Remains the Same I could make 10 of these lists from '76 without a repeat.
That's a tough task with the same year I probably go 1973 1. Pink Floyd Dark side of the Moon 2. Billy Cobham spectrum 3. Jackson Browne for Everyman 4. The Eagles Desperado 5. The Who quadrophenia
Very fun show!! Ive got lots new/old to go check out!!! My year: 1976 Rainbow Rising Rush 2112 Judas Priest Sad Wings Eagles Hotel California AC/DC Dirty Deeds
1974: - Mahavishnu Orchestra : Apocalypse - Yes : Relayer - Magma : Wurdah Itah - Return to Forever : Where Have I Known You Before - Utopia : Todd Rundgren's Utopia
I'll go 1974. 1. Queen 2 2. Roxy Music - Country Life 3. Sparks - Kimono My House 4. Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different 5. Deep Purple - Burn I wanted to include Zappa, Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, BOC, and King Crimson but the title said only five. So tough to choose. I could have easily did 20 albums for any year in the 70's.
Wow great topic fellas, i gotta pick 1975 Led Zeppelin- physical graffiti, Black Sabbath - Sabotage, Frank Zappa - One sizzle fits all, Brian Eno - Another Green world, Miles Davis - Agharta. Man that is tough, I feel your pain Reed but had to leave Bowie off for 75 he might fight Eno on this one at last minute tho
I can't believe Grant didn't mention Absolutely Free in 1967. I might go with 1979. I would grab Joe's Garage 1, 2 and 3 as a 3 for 1. Also UFO - Strangers in the Night, Thin Lizzy - Black Rose, Gary Moore - Back on the Streets, Neil Young - Live Rust. Not that any of these are my favorite albums, but they are some of my favorite artists and they all came out the same year and have some of their best material.
Brutal topic! You guys could give us at least ten... But I'll take a wild guess at 1984 which is most bang for my buck, with: 1- Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith 2- Metallica- Ride the Lightning 3- Dokken- Tooth & Nail 4- Van Halen- 1984 5- Scorpions- Love at First Sting 1984 traded blows with 1990 which has my all-time favorite record, but figured I could get more great albums from my favorite bands this way. After all it is for the rest of your LIFE... For the same reason I couldn't afford to pick more obscure stuff from '84 that I like... I'd rather have Van Halen and Scorpions albums that aren't necessarily my favorites than none at all
For me 1971, the year I was born. 1. Led Zeppelin IV 2. The Who - Who's Next 3. Thin Lizzy- Thin Lizzy 4. Uriah Heep - Salisbury 5. The Doors - L.A. Woman
Mine is 1973 5.UrIah Heep-Sweet Freedom 4.Deep Purple-Who Do We Think We Are 3.Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon 2.Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1.Led Zeppelin-Houses Of The Holy
1975: Mud-Use Your Imagination, Kenny-The Sound Of Super K, Pilot-Second Flight, The Sweet- Strung Up, Bay City Rollers-Wouldn't You Like It (believe it or not!)
I'll try to cover all the different styles of music I'm listening to and I go with 1969: Miles Davis - In a Silent Way The Temptations - Cloud Nine The Stooges - debut Led Zeppelin II Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
1967: This was incredibly easy for me. 5 came to mind immediately: Sergeant Pepper, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Surrealistic Pillow, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and Days of Future Passed. They have been among my most favorite albums for nearly 60 years now.
Wow. 67 would be my 2nd pick, but I only have one of your albums in my list. This shows how strong this year was. Absolutely ridiculous. You should check out the Love album. It‘s an absolute gem, if you like psychedelic music. Just like the Zombies album from 68 and Spirit’s 12 dreams by dr sardonicus from 1970
Great show & what a great concept. For me this is easy. Like Martin I’m also going with 79, but with no overlap. My favourite year for albums. When I turned 17 & to be honest I’ve been listening to these records most of my life anyway. Highway To Hell - AC/DC Damn The Torpedoes- Tom Petty &The Heartbreakers The Fine Art of Surfacing - Boomtown Rats Dream Police - Cheap Trick Setting Sons - The Jam (I’m going to cheat & go with the deluxe CD version that includes Strange Town, Butterfly Collector, When You’re Young and Going Underground) Honourable mentions from 79 - Dynasty, Repeat When Necessary, Killing Machine, Black Rose, Regatta De Blanc Years that I also considered - 77, 82, 85, 92, 08, & 19.
Great topic Peter! Fantastic panel and so many great choices here. As I mentioned on Grant's channel, 1967 was my favorite year in music. But if you go with albums and it's so close but I am going with Rand and Matt here with 1972: Santana - Caravanserai Yes - Close to the Edge Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
Great video! My 5 from 1987 (very nostalgic year for me): 1) Whitesnake 2) Appetite for Destruction 3) Hysteria 4) Whitney by Whitney Houston (not an album I owned back then but, that voice and some great songs) 5) Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse Of Reason
If I would go for the best albums I'd have to take 1967. But then I wouldn't have any Metal or Prog albums. So I need to go for a later year. In 67 it would be: Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Cream - Disraeli Gear The Doors - The Doors Love - Forever Changes Hon. Mentions: Velvet Underground - V. U. & Nico Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request Kinks - Something Else Moody Blues - Days of future past But I think I would go for 1988. There I have Prog, Metal and 60s 🙂 Bathory - Blood Fire Death Iron Maiden - 7th Son Marillion - La Gazza Ladra Metallica - Justice for all The Beatles - Past Masters Hon. Mentions: Helloween - Keeper 2 Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder Slayer - South of Heaven Testament - The New Order
1966 is there Year I was born and it was a great year for music, though my choices for that year are different. 1. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 2. Love - DeCapo 3. The Beatles - Revolver 4. The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer 5. Donovan - Sunshine Superman Honorable Mentions The Kinks - Face To Face The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence The Who - A Quick One
THE WATERSHED YEAR OF 1981: OzzY Diary, STYX Paradise Theater, JOURNEY 35C4P3, J GEILS BAND Freeze-Frame, BILLY SQUIER Don’t Say No! Honorables: FOREIGNER 4, THE POLICE Ghost in the Machine, PHIL COLLINS Face Value, BILLY JOEL Songs From the Attic, JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS I Love Rock ‘N Roll
A monster year for sure. Going fully nostalgic here, could’ve picked 10 easily. Motorhead - No Sleep til Hammersmith, Judas Priest - Point of Entry, Whitesnake - Come an’ Get It, Van Halen - Fair Warning, The Tubes - Completion Backward Principle.
Fun concept! 1978 (went with because National Health is a top band for me, and they happened to put out 2 lps that year) National Health - s/t National Health - Of Queues And Cures Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York Rush - Hemispheres Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
For me, I'd go 1967 Sgt. Peppers (June 67) Are You Experienced? & Axis; Bold As Love (May and December 67) The Doors debut & Strange Days (January and September 67)
I'm going to go for 1975 Tangerine Dream - Ricochet Robin Trower - For Earth Below The Tubes - The Tubes ELO - Face The Music Eloy - Power and Passion Hon Mentions Argent - Circus Steve Hillage - Fish Rising Genesis - Trick of the Tail
1969: 1. The Who - Tommy 2. The Beatles - Abbey Rd 3. King Crimson - In the Court Of the Crimson King 4. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 5. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Great show, nice idea! That is indeed more difficult than it appears to be. I go with 1986. Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? Van Halen - 5150 Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin Queensrÿche - Rage for Order
1979: - Aerosmith - Night in The Ruts - Bad Company - Desolation Angels - Pink Floyd - The Wall - ZZ Top - Deguello - Whitesnake - Love Hunter I could have easily went with 1980, but I'm a little less burnt out on my 1979 selections. I'm with Rand on Obscured By Clouds, An absolute favourite!!
I might have to pick 1982: Deep Purple-Live In London, Ozzy-Speak of the Devil, Peter Gabriel-IV, Rush-Signals, Queen-Hot Space. How many people do you know would want to listen to Hot Space for the rest of their life, right!?! :-) OR 1976: Deep Purple-Made In Europe, Rush-All The World's A Stage, Queen-A Day at the Races, Black Sabbath-Technical Ecstasy, Bowie-Station to Station. Excellent topic! So tough! Cheers.
1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny Rainbow - Rising Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life Bob Dylan - Desire The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
The panelist who claimed that Captain Beyond's debut record was better than any Doors album....what the hell!?! As a Morrison disciple, I take those as fighting words! On the positive side, not to be totally negative, but he is correct that Station to Station is a fantastic album though.
Easy choice for me. 1979! 1 Pretenders 2 Armed Forces, Elvis Costello and the Attractions 3 Fear of Music, Talking Heads 4 London Calling, the Clash 5 You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, Ian Hunter So many runners up, Rust Never Sleeps, Squeezing Out Sparks, B-52s, Candy-O, Look Sharp, Unknown Pleasures, etc. My second choice would probably be 1975, with Physical Graffiti, Born to Run, Tonight's the Night, Face the Music, Ian Hunter, with There's No Place Like America Today my first runner up.
great idea Martin: bringing an album you never feel like you've fully gotten a handle on. for example, imagine knowing every note of Tales From Topographic Oceans? you'd really be in the cult then! we'd always break out double albums for long roadtrips, especially Blonde On Blonde, Exile On Main Street, Tago Mago, etc. also helps for the likes of Sandinista or Songs In The Key Of Life, both of which could drive you crazy if listen attentively, but are fine as background for other activities, eg housework. might even work for parties?
I am so happy that so many people are enjoying this topic. I had hoped it would be a fun experience and exercise but never thought it would capture so much attention. All of us Contrarians are very happy to see all the wonderful comments and selects.
So, I wanted to recap where the comments are as of today (May 2, 2023, at 5:00 pm Central Time) Not including the panelists, here is where things stand:
1966 - 1
1967 - 3
1968 - 1
1970 - 1
1971 - 1
1972 - 2
1973 - 7
1974 - 2
1975 - 10
1976 - 7
1978 - 7
1979 - 7
1980 - 4
1981 - 4
1982 - 2
1983 - 3
1984 - 3
1985 - 1
1986 - 3
1987 - 1
1989 - 1
1990 - 2
1995 - 2
1999 - 1
Thanks again for watching and please like, subscribe and share with your friends. Also check out all the other Contrarian posts!
Peace!
Peter
Wow thank you thats amazing that you kept score!
1973: 1. Led Zeppelin - 'Houses of the Holy'
2. Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side of the Moon'
3. Black Sabbath - 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'
4. Genesis - 'Selling England by the Pound'
5. Doobie Brothers - 'The Captain and Me'
1981
Iron Maiden - Killers
Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules
Judas Priest - Point Of Entry
Rush - Moving Pictures
Right answer on the year.
1980: British Steel, Ace of spades, Iron Maiden, Back in Black, Blizzard of oz.
Forgot heaven and hell
Amazing year, heaven and hell would be in my top 5.
So many choices but I'm going to go with, 1983.
Dio - Holy Diver
Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At The Moon
AC/DC - Flick of the Switch
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
KISS - Lick It Up
honorable mentions:
The Police - Syncronicity
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Thin Lizzy - Thunder & Lightning
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind etc etc etc.
Any of the 70's or 80's years I could pick from, two best decades in music ever, in my humble opinion.
1975
1. Kiss Alive!
2. Aerosmith Toys in the Attic
3. Black Sabbath Sabotage
4. Queen Night at the Opera
5. Eagles One of These Nights
You forgot Physical Graffiti.
@@winstonsyme5899 Yes sir I did
Moving Pictures, Exit Stage Left, Fair Warning, Ghost in the Machine, and Duran Duran self titled...
Oh yeah 1981
1975. Bruce-Born to Run, Dylan-Blood on the Tracks, Who-By Numbers, Zep-Physical Graffiti, Steely Dan-Katy Lied
This is an absolutely brutal question..might need a week of research to answer. Martin this is a great question for Pete on friday..all great choices fellas
1979
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
The Clash - London Calling
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Daryl Hall and John Oates - X-Static
1969, 1971, 1973 and 1975 could very easily have been my choice. Let's try 1968:
1) The Zombies - Odyessey and Oracle
2) The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
3) The Beatles - The White Album
4) The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
5) Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Great list. Music From Big Pink would be another great option for 68.
1980: Permanent Waves, Back in Black, Blizzard, Love Stinks and Mob Rules.
Easy, 1973 (the year I was born):
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Joe Walsh - The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
Not necessarily my favorite albums of those artists but 5 of my top 10 favorite artists in a year and all really good.
The leftovers, runner-ups, honorable mentions, whatever:
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
Allman Brothers Band - Brothers and Sisters
David Bowie - Aladin Sane
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
Rory Gallagher - Tattoo
Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Bob Marley - Burnin'
Aerosmith - selftitled
Montrose - selftitled
Would be happy with any of these as well, all good, enjoysble albums.
In the true spirit of being a Contrarian, I’ll pick 1725:
Bach - Easter Oratorio
Handel - Rodelinda
Telemann - Pimpinone
Couperin - L'Apothéose de Lully
And of course, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
Awesome! When I picked this topic, 1959 instantly came to mind.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Buddy Rich / Max Roach - Rich vs. Roach
I was joking with my wife that I should pick something from my classical repertoire as well.
WELL DONE!
1979
Queen - Jazz
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose
The Ramones - It's Alive
Van Halen - II
Motorhead - Overkill
1976: Kiss Destroyer, Scorpions Virgin Killer, Rainbow Rising, Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny, Thin Lizzy Jailbreak.
1978
Van Halen I
Hemispheres - Rush
Double Vision - Foreigner
The Cars - The Cars
Infinity - Journey
1976
A Day at the Races - Queen
2112 - Rush
Hotel California - The Eagles
Boston - Boston
The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
1981
Moving Pictures - Rush
Fair Warning - Van Halen
Escape - Journey
The Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
Abacab - Genesis
Overkill - Motörhead, Machine gun etiquette - the damned, London Calling - The Clash, Black Rose - Thin Lizzy and Highway to Hell - AC/DC 1979
1974
Aerosmith ‘Get Your Wings’, Deep Purple ‘Burn’, Sweet ‘Desolation Boulevard’, Frank Zappa ‘Apostrophe’, King Crimson ‘Red’
78-81 would probably be where I'd start looking but then if I had to miss out on Yes' Close to the Edge, I'd never forgive myself. This is a very very tough exercise for sure.
1982: Rush - Signals, Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast, Motörhead - Iron Fist, Live Evil - Black Sabbath, Creatures of the Night - KISS.
Fun show. Just want to mention that Mahavishnu's Inner Mounting Flame was released in 1971, not '76.
Can't believe none of the other panelists spoke up at that point, lol.
1978
Killing Machine- Judas Priest
Parallel Lines- Blondie
Road to Ruin- Ramones
Van Halen - S/T
The Cars- S/ T
HM Powerage AC/DC
Dont Look Back Boston
Heaven Tonight- Cheap Trick
Pieces of Eight- Styx
Great Show! Great Topic! very tough, and I went with my favorite year in music 1978!
5. DEVO - Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo
4. Al Dimeola - Casino
3. Judas Priest - Stained Class
2. Blondie - Parallel Lines
1. KISS - Ace Frehley
a different 1979 list from Martin's... Judas Priest-Unleashed in the East. UFO- Strangers in the Night. AC/DC- Highway to Hell. Van Halen-VHII. Pink Floyd-The Wall.
Awesome show....Kevin's choices (and methodology) really resonated with me, I'm close to same age.. Let's do this--1990. Rust in Peace is a no brainer. Too Dark Park (Skinny Puppy). Suicidal Tendencies--Lights Camera Revolution. Painkiller. Left Hand Path. I don't do Andrew Dice Key, so maybe sub some hip hop? Fear of a Black(not Blank) Planet-Public Enemy, or One For All-Brand Nubian,Paris-Devil Made Do It. LL Cool J-Momma Said Knock You Out. Black Sabbath-Tyr (always my favorite Tony Martin album). Bill Ward's solo album. Extreme II Pornografitti. Razor's Edge, Alice in Chain-Facelift. Atheist-Piece of Time. Church-Gold Afternoon Fix. Depeche Mode-Violator. Ritual de lo Habitual as Kevin mentioned. Mike Oldfield-Amarok. King Diamond-The Eye.Mekong Delta--Dances of Death. Cowboys From Hell. Even got Garth Brooks-No Fences. Madonna is ok, but maybe Dee Lite-World Clique Kings X-Faith Hope Love.I cannot narrow down to 5, but think I would go with 1990 also.
Love to see a mention of Skinny Puppy. Another great industrial album from that year - Caustic Grip by Front Line Assembly
1986: Awaken the Guardian - Fates Warning; Reign in Blood - Slayer; Master Of Puppets - Metallica; Somewhere in Time - Iron Maiden; Fatal Portrait- King Diamond
PEACE SELLS
UK calling , 1975 , Physical Graffiti , Night At The Opera , Wish You Were Here , Born To Run , Toys In The Attic . 5 Stone Cold Classics.
1976:
Rainbow: Rising
Status Quo: Blue for you
AC/DC: High Voltage
Aerosmith: Rocks
Judas Priest: Sad wings of destiny
Me too.
1974:
Genesis - The Lamb
Yes - Relayer
Deep Purple - Burn
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Honorable mentions:
Gene Clark - No Other
UFO - Phenomenon
King Crimson - Red
Bad Company - Bad Company
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And the Empty Stage
1975
Kansas: Song For America and Masque
Supertramp: Crisis? What Crisis?
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Queen: A Night At The Opera
Kansas and Supertramp are my two favorite artists, the other two are the albums from that year I listen most to
1981; Rush- Moving Pictures
Ozzy- Diary
Vh- Fair Warning
Triumph- Allied Forces
Sabbath- Mob Rules
Easy for me 1980
Back in black
Maidens debut
Ace of spades
British steel
Heaven and hell
😄👍
1985
1 Flatbacker Senso
2 Iron Maiden Live After Death
3 Razor Evil Invaders
4 Loudness Thunder in the East
5 Thor (from Argentina) El Paco
1990
Seasons in the abyss, empire, death Angel act 3, painkiller, and rust in peace.
Doctor Eddie Ganja here Ok 1978 5 albums #1 UFO Obsession #2 ACDC Powerage #3 Judas Priest Hell Bent for Leather #4Rainbow Long Live Rock N Roll #5 Black Sabbath Never Say Die Keep Rockin!!!
1978
1.Boomtown Rats - Tonic For The Troops
2.The Cars - The Cars
3.Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
4.Blondie - Parallel Lines
5.Rollings Stones - Some Girls
1987 for me and my 5 are:
The Joshua Tree-U2
Document-R.E.M.
Tango In The Night-Fleetwood Mac
Appetite For Destruction-Guns N' Roses
Under The Sun-Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls
Had 6 been allowed, Sign O' The Times would've been a dead cert
I picked 1987 too. U2 and GnR were picks of mine too.
1975:
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Miles Davis - Agharta
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Hailu Mergia - Tezeta
Great list!!
@@thecontrarians2438 Tough one for sure! I could have chosen 1971, but I couldn't possibly make this list any shorter:
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Miles Davis - Jack Johnson
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
Joni Mitchell - Blue
The Who - Who's Next
Jimi Hendrix - Rainbow Bridge
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Peter coming in with the fresh ideas! This was another fun one, guys!
1976:
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Rainbow - Rising
Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Hmm, from one year.... I"ll pick 1999
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
Wilco - Summer Teeth
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock
Blur - 13
The greatest year in music IMO, 1976.
1. Boston
2. 2112
3. Trick of the Tail
4. The Royal Scam
5. The Song Remains the Same
I could make 10 of these lists from '76 without a repeat.
Rainbow Rising, Virgin Killer
@@andydigelsomina7888 Yup. A lot of other albums I'd be happy with. Wasn't easy picking 5.
@@b2tall239 Me too, all that amazing music
That's a tough task with the same year
I probably go 1973
1. Pink Floyd Dark side of the Moon
2. Billy Cobham spectrum
3. Jackson Browne for Everyman
4. The Eagles Desperado
5. The Who quadrophenia
My choice .
AC/DC "High Voltage"
Rush "2112"
Genesis "A Trick Of The Tail"
Ramones "Ramones"
Boston "Boston"
All albums are from 1976
Very fun show!! Ive got lots new/old to go check out!!! My year:
1976
Rainbow Rising
Rush 2112
Judas Priest Sad Wings
Eagles Hotel California
AC/DC Dirty Deeds
We need a top 10 of Martin's favorite album.
Martin, the drummer of Gang of Four lives near me and is a music professor at Endicot College in Beverly Massachusetts
1974:
- Mahavishnu Orchestra : Apocalypse
- Yes : Relayer
- Magma : Wurdah Itah
- Return to Forever : Where Have I Known You Before
- Utopia : Todd Rundgren's Utopia
I'll go 1974.
1. Queen 2
2. Roxy Music - Country Life
3. Sparks - Kimono My House
4. Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different
5. Deep Purple - Burn
I wanted to include Zappa, Bob Marley, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, BOC, and King Crimson but the title said only five. So tough to choose. I could have easily did 20 albums for any year in the 70's.
Wow great topic fellas, i gotta pick 1975 Led Zeppelin- physical graffiti, Black Sabbath - Sabotage, Frank Zappa - One sizzle fits all, Brian Eno - Another Green world, Miles Davis - Agharta. Man that is tough, I feel your pain Reed but had to leave Bowie off for 75 he might fight Eno on this one at last minute tho
1986: Master of puppets, reign in blood, somewhere in time, peace sells, turbo lover
I can't believe Grant didn't mention Absolutely Free in 1967. I might go with 1979. I would grab Joe's Garage 1, 2 and 3 as a 3 for 1. Also UFO - Strangers in the Night, Thin Lizzy - Black Rose, Gary Moore - Back on the Streets, Neil Young - Live Rust. Not that any of these are my favorite albums, but they are some of my favorite artists and they all came out the same year and have some of their best material.
Brutal topic! You guys could give us at least ten... But I'll take a wild guess at 1984 which is most bang for my buck, with:
1- Judas Priest- Defenders of the Faith
2- Metallica- Ride the Lightning
3- Dokken- Tooth & Nail
4- Van Halen- 1984
5- Scorpions- Love at First Sting
1984 traded blows with 1990 which has my all-time favorite record, but figured I could get more great albums from my favorite bands this way. After all it is for the rest of your LIFE... For the same reason I couldn't afford to pick more obscure stuff from '84 that I like... I'd rather have Van Halen and Scorpions albums that aren't necessarily my favorites than none at all
For me 1971, the year I was born.
1. Led Zeppelin IV
2. The Who - Who's Next
3. Thin Lizzy- Thin Lizzy
4. Uriah Heep - Salisbury
5. The Doors - L.A. Woman
1971
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Yes - Fragile
Led Zeppelin IV
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
The Who - Who's Next
Mine is 1973
5.UrIah Heep-Sweet Freedom
4.Deep Purple-Who Do We Think We Are
3.Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
2.Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
1.Led Zeppelin-Houses Of The Holy
1975: Mud-Use Your Imagination, Kenny-The Sound Of Super K, Pilot-Second Flight, The Sweet- Strung Up, Bay City Rollers-Wouldn't You Like It (believe it or not!)
1980
Bruce Springsteen The River
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
Journey Departure
U2 Boy
AC/DC Back in Black
1975:
Queen-A Night at the Opera
KISS-Alive!
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Black Sabbath-Sabotage
AC/DC-TNT
1989
The Cult - Sonic Temple
Running Wild - Death or Glory
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Babylon AD - S/T
Fifth Angel - Time Will Tell
Good call on Fifth Angel
1973 for me:
The Who - Quadrophenia
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Free - Heartbreaker
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
I’ll take Whatever year The Spice Girls debut came out… don’t need the other 4
I'll try to cover all the different styles of music I'm listening to and I go with 1969:
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
The Temptations - Cloud Nine
The Stooges - debut
Led Zeppelin II
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
1967: This was incredibly easy for me. 5 came to mind immediately: Sergeant Pepper, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Surrealistic Pillow, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, and Days of Future Passed. They have been among my most favorite albums for nearly 60 years now.
What no Love Forever Changes 1967
@@davidkornblatt851 Sorry, never heard of it/them?
Wow. 67 would be my 2nd pick, but I only have one of your albums in my list. This shows how strong this year was. Absolutely ridiculous.
You should check out the Love album. It‘s an absolute gem, if you like psychedelic music. Just like the Zombies album from 68 and Spirit’s 12 dreams by dr sardonicus from 1970
Great show & what a great concept. For me this is easy. Like Martin I’m also going with 79, but with no overlap. My favourite year for albums. When I turned 17 & to be honest I’ve been listening to these records most of my life anyway.
Highway To Hell - AC/DC
Damn The Torpedoes- Tom Petty &The Heartbreakers
The Fine Art of Surfacing - Boomtown Rats
Dream Police - Cheap Trick
Setting Sons - The Jam (I’m going to cheat & go with the deluxe CD version that includes Strange Town, Butterfly Collector, When You’re Young and Going Underground)
Honourable mentions from 79 - Dynasty, Repeat When Necessary, Killing Machine, Black Rose, Regatta De Blanc
Years that I also considered - 77, 82, 85, 92, 08, & 19.
This is a terrific topic and every single list is interesting and compelling. I found myself sympathizing with all of them.
Nice choice picking Pink Moon.
1975
Wish You Were Here
One Of These Nights
Physical Graffiti
Nuthin’ Fancy
Toys In The Attic
Great topic Peter! Fantastic panel and so many great choices here. As I mentioned on Grant's channel, 1967 was my favorite year in music. But if you go with albums and it's so close but I am going with Rand and Matt here with 1972:
Santana - Caravanserai
Yes - Close to the Edge
Little Feat - Sailin' Shoes
Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything?
Easy: the first 5 Black Sabbath albums.
Caravanserai! Amazing pick! The first 4 Santana records are something special
@@shawnatlast Absolutely! I would even put the fifth album, Welcome, in there. Thanks!
1991:
1. Pearl Jam - ten
2. Soundgarden - bad motor finger
3. Nirvana - nevermind
4. My Bloody Valentine - loveless
5. Metallica - self titled
Great video! My 5 from 1987 (very nostalgic year for me):
1) Whitesnake
2) Appetite for Destruction
3) Hysteria
4) Whitney by Whitney Houston (not an album I owned back then but, that voice and some great songs)
5) Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse Of Reason
I went 1987 too. Agree first 3 for sure!
Mahavishnu Orchestra are so underrated! I'm glad they got a mention
Inner Mounting Flame released in 1971.
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If I would go for the best albums I'd have to take 1967. But then I wouldn't have any Metal or Prog albums. So I need to go for a later year.
In 67 it would be:
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Cream - Disraeli Gear
The Doors - The Doors
Love - Forever Changes
Hon. Mentions:
Velvet Underground - V. U. & Nico
Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
Kinks - Something Else
Moody Blues - Days of future past
But I think I would go for 1988. There I have Prog, Metal and 60s 🙂
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Iron Maiden - 7th Son
Marillion - La Gazza Ladra
Metallica - Justice for all
The Beatles - Past Masters
Hon. Mentions:
Helloween - Keeper 2
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Slayer - South of Heaven
Testament - The New Order
1995:
Amok
Draconian Times
Storm of the Light's Bane
Wolfheart
Carnival Bizarre
1966 is there Year I was born and it was a great year for music, though my choices for that year are different.
1. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
2. Love - DeCapo
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer
5. Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Honorable Mentions
The Kinks - Face To Face
The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out
Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds Of Silence
The Who - A Quick One
THE WATERSHED YEAR OF 1981:
OzzY Diary, STYX Paradise Theater, JOURNEY 35C4P3, J GEILS BAND Freeze-Frame, BILLY SQUIER Don’t Say No!
Honorables: FOREIGNER 4, THE POLICE Ghost in the Machine, PHIL COLLINS Face Value, BILLY JOEL Songs From the Attic, JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS I Love Rock ‘N Roll
A monster year for sure. Going fully nostalgic here, could’ve picked 10 easily. Motorhead - No Sleep til Hammersmith, Judas Priest - Point of Entry, Whitesnake - Come an’ Get It, Van Halen - Fair Warning, The Tubes - Completion Backward Principle.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 NIIIIIIIICE👊
YES!!! And you didn't even mention the metal albums. Do you know Hang On For Your Life by Shooting Star?
1984: Stone Fury's debut; Yngwie's debut; The Last In Line; Slide It In; Love At First Sting
This was a great show. One of the best topic ideas I’ve ever watched. Give me a week to figure out my picks
Fun concept!
1978 (went with because National Health is a top band for me, and they happened to put out 2 lps that year)
National Health - s/t
National Health - Of Queues And Cures
Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York
Rush - Hemispheres
Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
For me, I'd go 1967
Sgt. Peppers (June 67)
Are You Experienced? &
Axis; Bold As Love (May and December 67)
The Doors debut &
Strange Days (January and September 67)
I'm going to go for 1975
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Robin Trower - For Earth Below
The Tubes - The Tubes
ELO - Face The Music
Eloy - Power and Passion
Hon Mentions
Argent - Circus
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
1969:
1. The Who - Tommy
2. The Beatles - Abbey Rd
3. King Crimson - In the Court Of the Crimson King
4. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
5. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
Great show, nice idea! That is indeed more difficult than it appears to be. I go with 1986.
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
Van Halen - 5150
Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin
Queensrÿche - Rage for Order
reign in blood?? master of puppets!!
@@davemustaine7504 Nah, Slayer is not my thing an 'tallica i don't ever need to hear again.
1978. Genesis/And Then There Were Three, Yes/Tormato, Rush/Hemispheres, UFO/Obsession, Kraftwerk/The Man Machine.
1979:
- Aerosmith - Night in The Ruts
- Bad Company - Desolation Angels
- Pink Floyd - The Wall
- ZZ Top - Deguello
- Whitesnake - Love Hunter
I could have easily went with 1980, but I'm a little less burnt out on my 1979 selections.
I'm with Rand on Obscured By Clouds, An absolute favourite!!
Good God😢
I love that Martin is a post-punk fan.
I might have to pick 1982: Deep Purple-Live In London, Ozzy-Speak of the Devil, Peter Gabriel-IV, Rush-Signals, Queen-Hot Space.
How many people do you know would want to listen to Hot Space for the rest of their life, right!?! :-)
OR 1976: Deep Purple-Made In Europe, Rush-All The World's A Stage, Queen-A Day at the Races, Black Sabbath-Technical Ecstasy, Bowie-Station to Station.
Excellent topic! So tough!
Cheers.
1976
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Rainbow - Rising
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Bob Dylan - Desire
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1984
RTL - Metallica
Powerslave - Maiden
Purple Rain - Prince
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Couldn't Stand The Weather - SRV
Houses Of The Holy
Burnin'
Future Days
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Quadrophenia
'Gang of Four' 'Entertainment!' is a great choice. 'Station to Station' as well. So are many of the others.
That was super interesting. It would take alot of thought but off the top of my head it would have to be early 70's
The panelist who claimed that Captain Beyond's debut record was better than any Doors album....what the hell!?! As a Morrison disciple, I take those as fighting words!
On the positive side, not to be totally negative, but he is correct that Station to Station is a fantastic album though.
1987: GnR A4D, Whitesnake, Hysteria, Joshua Tree, Robbie Robertson debut solo effort…
Easy choice for me. 1979!
1 Pretenders
2 Armed Forces, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
3 Fear of Music, Talking Heads
4 London Calling, the Clash
5 You're Never Alone With a Schizophrenic, Ian Hunter
So many runners up, Rust Never Sleeps, Squeezing Out Sparks, B-52s, Candy-O, Look Sharp, Unknown Pleasures, etc.
My second choice would probably be 1975, with Physical Graffiti, Born to Run, Tonight's the Night, Face the Music, Ian Hunter, with There's No Place Like America Today my first runner up.
great idea Martin: bringing an album you never feel like you've fully gotten a handle on. for example, imagine knowing every note of Tales From Topographic Oceans? you'd really be in the cult then!
we'd always break out double albums for long roadtrips, especially Blonde On Blonde, Exile On Main Street, Tago Mago, etc. also helps for the likes of Sandinista or Songs In The Key Of Life, both of which could drive you crazy if listen attentively, but are fine as background for other activities, eg housework. might even work for parties?
Not to be contrary but Inner Mounting Flame came out in 1971 not 1976..great choice of course..