So we tried doing this on another forum and it was pretty successful, so I thought it would be fun to try here. We would start with an agreed upon year (1959?), and go all the way up to 2008. Each member gives a list of their top 5 albums released that year (if you haven't heard 5 then just do as many as you can). #1 album of the year gets 5 points, #2 gets 4 points, #3 gets 3, #4 gets 2, and #5 gets 1. After you post, make an updated list with the total scores, and after a couple days the album with the most points wins that year and we move on to the next year.

So what do you think? And what year should we start on?


Current Leaders (feel free to add a list for a year we've already done, nothing is final):

1955:
Studio Winner: Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and his Comets
Live Winner, Tie: Mingus At The Bohemia - Charles Mingus & At the Bohemia Cafe, Vol. 2 - The Jazz Messengers

1956:
Studio Winner: Pithecanthropus Erectus - Charles Mingus
Live Winner: n/a

1957:
Studio Winner: The "Chirping" Crickets - The Crickets
Live Winner: n/a

1958:
Studio Winner: Moanin' in the Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
Live Winner: n/a

1959:
Studio Winner: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Live Winner: The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco - The Cannonball Adderley Quintet

1960:
Studio Winner: Rockin' at the Hops - Chuck Berry
Live Winner: At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters

1961:
Studio Winner: King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson
Live Winner: The Complete Copenhagen Concert - John Coltrane

1962:
Studio Winner: Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus
Live Winner: n/a

1963:
Studio Winner: Please Please Me - The Beatles
Live Winner: Live at the Apollo - James Brown and the Famous Flames

1964:
Studio Winner: A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
Live Leader: Five Live Yardbirds - The Yardbirds

1965:
Studio Winner: Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Live Winner: n/a

1966:
Studio Winner: Revolver - The Beatles
Live Winner: n/a

1967:
Studio Winner: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band - The Beatles
Live Winner: London 1966/1967 - Pink Floyd

1968:
Studio Winner: The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles
Live Winner: n/a

1969:
Studio Winner: Abbey Road - The Beatles
Live Winner: n/a

1970:
Studio Winner: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Live Winner: Live at Leeds - The Who

1971:
Studio Leader: Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin: 30 points
2nd: Meddle - Pink Floyd: 28 points
3rd: Who's Next - The Who: 24 points

1972:
Studio Leader: Obscured by Clouds - Pink Floyd: 25 points
2nd: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie: 23 points

1973:
Studio Winner: The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Live Winner: Live in Europe - Creedence Clearwater Revival

1974:
Studio Leader, Tie: Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra & On the Beach - Neil Young: 12 points
2nd: Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd: 11 points

1975:
Studio Leader: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd: 15 points
2nd: Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin: 13 points
3rd: Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan: 12 points

1976:
Studio Leader: Boston: 12 points
2nd: Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder: 9 points
Live Leader: Wings Over America - Wings: 7 points

1977:
Studio Winner: Animals - Pink Floyd
Live Winner: n/a

1978:
Studio Leader, Tie: Van Halen & The Cars
2nd, Tie: Hemispheres - Rush & David Gilmour
Live Leader: Double Live Gonzo - Ted Nugent

1979:
Studio Leader: The Wall - Pink Floyd: 9 points
2nd: Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young and Crazy Horse: 8 points
Live Leader: At Budokan - Bob Dylan


Current year: 1979. I'm still leaving up the scores for the other years for now since they're so close still.

1968

This is a good idea. I don't know about the year. I doubt many people have heard lots of albums from the 1950's . . .

QoQuaq Wrote:1968

In my head, I predicted 1967 would be first. Shows you what I know.
This smacks of something that comes from ASR. I'm not sayin' that is good or bad just familiar cross pollination.

1968 seems ridiculously late to start. Starting there skips over several extremely important years in music. I'd say we should start in the mid 1950's.

actually a very nice idea...and I'd agree, even though a lot of us may be somewhat unfamiliar with albums from the 50's those that are familiar can list some and perhaps we can broaden our horizons, so I'd say maybe 1950...Bill Haley released a cover of "Rocket 88" in 1951, Elvis did "That's All Right" in '54, and Les Paul and Mary Ford recorded "How High The Moon" in '51 so starting around there would be a good start in my opinion, although I freely admit we're probably gonna be going on research and other's opinions until we get to the 60's, should still be interesting though.

OK then, who's going to start it. I am actually looking forward to this. Afterwards we can vote for the best album of each decade and then find our favourite album ever . . . !

Wings on the Pig Wrote:OK then, who's going to start it. I am actually looking forward to this. Afterwards we can vote for the best album of each decade and then find our favourite album ever . . . !

That sounds like a good idea too. On ASR we started in 1959, and that's when Kind of Blue by Miles Davis came out. That's the earliest album I've heard, and I doubt many others have heard many from much else of the '50s. I like Kimbers' idea of just 1950, and we could just go through the '50s quickly since not many people can contribute. If people want to skip the '50s completely, then I guess we could start in '63 since that's when the Beatles first album came out and "classic rock" pretty much started.

IbanezIsTheColour Wrote:

Wings on the Pig Wrote:OK then, who's going to start it. I am actually looking forward to this. Afterwards we can vote for the best album of each decade and then find our favourite album ever . . . !

That sounds like a good idea too. On ASR we started in 1959, and that's when Kind of Blue by Miles Davis came out. That's the earliest album I've heard, and I doubt many others have heard many from much else of the '50s. I like Kimbers' idea of just 1950, and we could just go through the '50s quickly since not many people can contribute. If people want to skip the '50s completely, then I guess we could start in '63 since that's when the Beatles first album came out and "classic rock" pretty much started.

Why not do 1960, it's a much less random number than '63. Just because that's when the Beatles' first album came out doesn't mean a thing. For instance, Bob Dylan released his first in 1962. That's just as good a year to start, by that kind of logic. No, I'd say go with 1950, 1955, or 1960.

Yeah, good point. How about we start with 1955? I can't participate yet, but anyone who is able to can feel free to post their list.