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Defining album from each decade?

Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:25 pm
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:25 pm
My mom recently passed away, and she had a giant wine box full of old vinyls. I dug through them and was putting good ones on the record player as I found them. As I was nearing the end of her collection, I found Michael Jackson "Thriller". I was inclined to play it, and as I'm currently listening to it, I decided it was the quintessential and encapsulating record of the 1980's.

Of course, music is one of the most subjective things out there, so I was wondering what the TD community thought was the most defining record of each decade.

Now, "best" and "defining" can be the same thing, but they might not be. That is for you to decide.

Here's the ones I'm nominating after minimal thought and multiple whiskeys:

60's- Jimi Hendrix "Electric Ladyland"

70's- having a tough time deciding...I was toying with the thought of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, but that seems a little too reductionary, even for this

80's- Michael Jackson "Thriller"

90's- Nirvana "Nevermind"....I'm just gonna say that my darkhorse for this decade would be some Garth Brooks album I don't know the name of, but the 90's will always spell grunge and teen angst to me.

2000's- This gets tough, as the scope of hindsight gets smaller. We had the nu-metal uprising, southern rap, and ever-present pop music. Maybe a Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, or the first Britney Spears album? Ugh.....I have to be forgetting some actual good music from this era, no?

Alright, my music people....whatchy'all think
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
22443 posts
Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:32 pm to
90s - Hoobastank
Posted by 337Guy
Mean Streets of the 337
Member since Jul 2012
1696 posts
Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:34 pm to
2010s
Posted by Spaulding Smails
Milano’s Bar
Member since Jun 2012
18805 posts
Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:36 pm to
quote:

90's- Nirvana "Nevermind".

pfftt...Pearl Jam "Ten" was always the better album from the better band
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
21590 posts
Posted on 9/2/14 at 9:40 pm to
quote:

70's-


Dark Side of the Moon
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
55866 posts
Posted on 9/2/14 at 10:01 pm to
60s- I would argue Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or Are You Experienced.
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
Member since Jan 2010
18639 posts
Posted on 9/3/14 at 4:13 am to
quote:

2000's
quote:

Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, or the first Britney Spears


How old are you?
Posted by Starrkevious Ringo
Member since Jul 2014
723 posts
Posted on 9/3/14 at 11:11 am to
60s - Piper at the Gates of Dawn

70s - Wish You Were Here

80s - Private Eyes

90s and onward - who cares

ETA: Remember: it's not what your favorite stuff was, but what you think most closely defined what that particular decade was all about.
This post was edited on 9/3/14 at 11:17 am
Posted by urinetrouble
Member since Oct 2007
20510 posts
Posted on 9/3/14 at 11:46 am to
60's- Bob Dylan "Highway 61 Revisited"

70's- Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"

80's- Michael Jackson "Thriller"

90's- Nirvana "Nevermind"

2000's- Kanye West "The College Dropout"
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
One State Solution
Member since May 2012
55866 posts
Posted on 9/3/14 at 3:15 pm to
40 oz to freedom should be considered for 90s.
Posted by ShamelessPel
Metairie
Member since Apr 2013
12723 posts
Posted on 9/3/14 at 5:26 pm to
I'd give 2000s to Marshall Mathers LP domestically and Hybrid Theory worldwide. Most people don't understand how popular LP is outside the states cause they can't even sell out arenas in the states anymore.
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