We have become a place of lists since about 1990 it seems...

I recall when Rolling Stone ( I think) named LONDON CALLING the best album of the 80's ( though it did come out in Dec  1979 in UK, Jan 1980 in US )

I pretty much agree with that...

Wondering...what would be on your list for the Best Of The Decades, 60's, 70's 80's 90's and 00's.

I might take the informal survey and give them as a gift to someone after the New Year for their birthday.

60's -  The Beatles/Abbey Road    2nd - Dylan/Blonde On Blonde
70's -  The Rolling Stones/Exile On Main Street    2nd - Dylan/Blood On The Tracks
80's -  David Bowie/Scary Monsters   2nd - The Clash/London Calling (or  Springsteen/The River if you count The Clash album as a 70's record. Which it was)
90's -  Lucinda Williams/Car Wheels On A Gravel Road   2nd - U2/Achtung Baby
00's - The Red Hot Chili Peppers/By The Way  2nd - Social Distortion/Sex, Love & Rock 'n' Roll

1960's

1. Revolver - The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin

1970's

1. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
2. Setting Sons - The Jam

1980's

1. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

1990's

1. The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
2. Definitely Maybe - Oasis

00's

1. Is This It - The Strokes
2. Up The Bracket - The Libertines

60s -Revolver -Beatles, Led Zeppelin II
70s- Quadrophenia - The Who, Exile On Main St - Stones
80s- Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys, Nothing's Shocking- Jane's Addiction
90s- Definitely Maybe - Oasis, Mezzanine - Massive Attack
00s- Elephant - White Stripes, Black Album- Jay-Z

IMH Stones-loving O:
60s Abbey Road, Let it Bleed
70s Exile, After the Gold Rush
80s Joshua Tree, Graceland (Paul Simon)
90s Faithless Street (Whiskeytown), Basement Dreams (Neal Casal)
00s Cold Roses (Ryan Adams), Motivational Speaker (Alvin Youngblood Hart)

Enjoying the other lists as well.  Keep 'em coming.

polytoxic wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2010 at 9:57am:

Black Album- Jay-Z

Really? I like 99 Problems and Jay-Z's later collaborations with Alicia Keys and Mr. Hudson - Empire State of Mind and Forever Young respectively - but have yet to make the step-up and actually purchase one of his albums. I could read reviews on Amazon or view videos on YouTube, but it'd be more fun to hear the opinion of a fellow Stones fan: so, shoot!

YES!!! Keep'm coming...and THANK YOU Gazza...for the 1st / 2nd place format!!!

Give me your top 3 of every decade!!!

Come on RO...

and don't poo-poo anyones opinion of their best of's...it is THEIR best of's...

xxPAxx

60's: Let It Bleed (Stones) /Highway 61 Revisited (Dylan)/The Band
70's: Exile On Main St (Stones)/Blood On The Tracks (Dylan)/The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (Bowie)
80's: London Calling (Clash)/Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)/Speaking In Tongues (Talking Heads)
90's: Strangers Almanac (Whiskeytown)/Parklife (Blur)/Nevermind (Nirvana)
00's: The Dirty South (Drive-by Truckers)/Gold (Ryan Adams)/Fleet Foxes

ummmm tough decisions  :Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey....ok here goes:-

60's:-
Let It Bleed                -The Rolling Stones
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

70's:-
Unknown Pleasures      -Joy Division
Tapestry                      - Carole King

80's:-
Stones Roses                 - Stone Roses
The Queen Is Dead         - The Smiths

90's:-
Definitely Maybe              - Oasis
Bachelor No.2 ( The Last Remains Of The Dodo) - Aimee Mann

00's:-
Heartbreaker                    - Ryan Adams
Yankee Hotel Foxtrott         - Wilco

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Let It Bleed - Stones

1970's

1. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
2. Who's Next - The Who

1980's

1. Tattoo You  -- Stones  ( Last Great Album EVER released by ANY artiste' )

**** Joey has now run dry *****


Beatles , Stones , Who   ............................... only music that really matters in the world .


Jacky ! ™

60's:
1. Sgt. Pepper-The Beatles
2. Let It Bleed-Stones

70's:
1. Exile on Main Street-Stones
2. Ram-Paul McCartney

80's:
1. Steel Wheels-Stones (obvious choice for me!)
2. Flowers in the Dirt-Paul McCartney

90's:
1. Voodoo Lounge-Stones
2. The Souther Harmony and Musical Companion-The Black Crowes

00's
1. Bigger Bang-Stones
2. Warpaint-The Black Crowes

60's - The Rolling Stones/Let it Bleed and Beggars Banquet
70's - The Rolling Stones/Exile On Main Street
80's - The Rolling Stones/Tattoo You  
90's - King Crimson/Thrak
00's - Peter Gabriel/ UP

2006-2010: La Cucaracha (Ween)  :kissmyass

2000-2005: To Tulsa & Back (j. J. Cale)  :smilestu

90's: Time Out Of Mind (Dylan)  :areyoufuckingserious  Special award for BEST ALBUM OF THE DAY (november 31=  1998=) goes to R.E.M's UP

80's: Tattoo You (by youknowWho)  :wow

70's: Band On The Run (fuck you, if you don't like it) :boring

60': Abbey Road  :thatwassmart


50's: somehing from

.........

1812:


TW: none of my favo(urite songs came from any of the albums listed above. blame it on he ooze

Paranoid Android wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2010 at 10:19pm:

YES!!! Keep'm coming...and THANK YOU Gazza...for the 1st / 2nd place format!!! Give me your top 3 of every decade!!! Come on RO... and don't poo-poo anyones opinion of their best of's...it is THEIR best of's... xxPAxx

Ok..well here's a 1-2-3. And the 50's added for good measure.

50's -  Elvis Presley/Elvis Presley  2nd - Howlin' Wolf/Moanin' In The Moonlight   3rd - Frank Sinatra/Only The Lonely
60's -  The Beatles/Abbey Road    2nd - Dylan/Blonde On Blonde  3rd - Dylan/Highway 61 Revisited
70's -  The Rolling Stones/Exile On Main Street    2nd - Dylan/Blood On The Tracks   3rd - Springsteen/Born To Run
80's -  David Bowie/Scary Monsters   2nd - Springsteen/The River 3rd - Lou Reed/New York

90's -  Lucinda Williams/Car Wheels On A Gravel Road   2nd - U2/Achtung Baby   3rd - Oasis/Definitely Maybe

00's - The Red Hot Chili Peppers/By The Way  2nd - Social Distortion/Sex, Love & Rock 'n' Roll   3rd - Dylan/Love & Theft

1950's: aside from Elvis' LP's, I only own compilations from this decade.


1960's

1. Revolver - The Beatles
2. Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
3. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones

1970's

1. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
2. Setting Sons - The Jam
3. Parallel Lines - Blondie

1980's

1. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones

1990's

1. The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
2. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
3. Different Class - Pulp

00's

1. Is This It - The Strokes
2. Up The Bracket - The Libertines
3. Journal For Plague Lovers - Manic Street Preachers

50s: Not a big decade for LPs. Only Elvis and a few others put out great ones for the big stars of the era.

60s:
1. Pet Sounds- Beach Boys
2. Blonde on Blonde- Bob Dylan
3. Revolver- Beatles/ Astral Weeks-Van Morrison (just can't pick one over the other and how can you not have a Beatle album in the top 3!?)

70s:
1. Exile on Main Street-Stones
2. Blood on the Tracks-Dylan
3. Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young

80s:
1. London Calling (We'll give it 80s status so it has less to compete with)
2. Let it Be-The Replacements (Helll yes!)
3. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back-Public Enemy (seriously artistic gangsta rap represent! 90% of what passes for hip-hop today pales next to this righteous shit!)

90s:
1. Car Wheels-Lucinda (Gotta side with Gazza on this one)
2. Nevermind-Nirvana
3. Ok Computer-Radiohead

00s:
1. Love & Theft-Dylan
2. Smile-Brian Wilson
3. White Blood Cells-White Stripes

(This last decade is the one I listen to least so my list isn't as educated on that one, hehe. Not totally up to my 90s knowledge either but have listened to a ton of 60s-80s albums).

Prodigal Son wrote on Dec 26^th, 2010 at 9:32pm:

1. London Calling (We'll give it 80s status so it has less to compete with)

Well, you may as well dub Abbey Road and Let It Bleed as 70’s masterpieces, then!

No, No, No! I have to put my foot down, here. London Calling was recorded in the 1970’s and released in 1979. North America got it a few months later, but that doesn’t make it an 80’s album. It’s the initial release that counts.