Chef Jim Posted December 6, 2016 Posted December 6, 2016 Ok so let's fast forward four years. Interestingly my list get incredibly shorter. Now I must admit that many of the albums I listed in my Freshman Year thread I may not have listened to until a few years later but still very interesting. Oh and I took my whole freshman year. I started in 1974 and finished in 1975. This list will be only from albums released the year I graduated so it will be shorter but wasn't expecting it to be this much shorter. Pink Floyd - The Wall Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Live Rust AC/DC - Highway to Hell The B-52's - The B-52's The Who - The Kids are Alright Supertramp - Breakfast in America Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (!@#$ you Tom. I was a huge stoner in 1979) Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan Pat Travers - Live Go for What You Know In looking through the list (and this is the site I used http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1979/1)in the late 70's Punk and New Wave began to take over and I was, and still am not, a fan of those genres.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 6, 2016 Posted December 6, 2016 1975-76: Kraftwerk - Radioactivity Genesis - Trick of the Tail Steely Dan - The Royal Scam Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune Gentle Giant - Freehand Eno - Another Green World Roxy Music - Siren I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
Bad Things Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 1987 U2- The Joshua Tree REM - Document INXS - Kick Grateful Dead - In the Dark Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction John Cugar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee The Cult - Electric Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust Even though it was released the year prior; the foul taste of "Genesis - Invisible Touch" was still strong in my mouth. (I used to be a bigtime Genesis fan.)
boyst Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Garth Brooks box set Brooks and dunn Tim McGraw greatest hits Kenny cheesey greatest hits. Which didn't have a song called a chance George strait greatest hits Daryl Worley hard rain dont last Bryan while greatest hits Travis trust down the road I go Of course, this was Napster days so I downloaded the f out of the!
Chef Jim Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 Garth Brooks box set Brooks and dunn Tim McGraw greatest hits Kenny cheesey greatest hits. Which didn't have a song called a chance George strait greatest hits Daryl Worley hard rain dont last Bryan while greatest hits Travis trust down the road I go Of course, this was Napster days so I downloaded the f out of the! Holy ****...Napster. Remember how long it took to download from there? Boy we were patient back then. Now it's "download? What's that? Stream it!"
boyst Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 Holy ****...Napster. Remember how long it took to download from there? Boy we were patient back then. Now it's "download? What's that? Stream it!"I still download a lot. Mostly to put on mp3 devices. There is a site which you can stream pirated stuff without downloading, too. Napster booted me 3 times for downloading copyrighted material It took me a month to download gone in 60 seconds on kazaa, the p2p that did more than music. We had a 36kb connection due to advanced of 80's housing where they bundled a telecom line to carry multiple lines.
Chef Jim Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 I stream only now. All my downloads are in my car. Kick ass sound system. Had GNR Use Your Illusions I cranked just now. Forgot how good that album was.
Azalin Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 I couldn't possibly remember my favorite album from my freshman year in the other thread, but my senior year is a different story altogether. Hands down, my favorite album from 1976 was Rush's 2112. Nothing else comes close.
Chef Jim Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 I couldn't possibly remember my favorite album from my freshman year in the other thread, but my senior year is a different story altogether. Hands down, my favorite album from 1976 was Rush's 2112. Nothing else comes close. I think it's safe to say my most played album when I was a senior in high school came out a few years before. I do know that in 1979 I carved Disco Sucks! in a lot of desks at school.
Fadingpain Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 I couldn't possibly remember my favorite album from my freshman year in the other thread, but my senior year is a different story altogether. Hands down, my favorite album from 1976 was Rush's 2112. Nothing else comes close. Absolutely love that album! By 1976, Led Zeppelin (my favorite band of all time) had started to lose it, releasing "Presence" which is not exactly their finest work. There is some quality on Houses of the Holy, and I use it as the demarcation point between great Zeppelin and crap Zeppelin. It's really all about 1-4 for me though. Question for the forum: Led Zeppelin IV, side 2: greatest SIDE of an album of all time? Rock and Roll, Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven. Not a bad SIDE of an album! Back to Rush: I still remember my vinyl album of 2112 as a kid...that picture of the 3 guys with their "Kung fu" outfits on and Neil Peart with that Raleigh Fingers handlebar mustache! I thought they were so freaking cool! LOL
The Poojer Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 (edited) Don't judge me(while i didn't pick favorite, I picked the ones I listened to most and enjoyed)....1980-81 in the hizz-ouse Artist Album · Al Jarreau Breakin' Away · Andy Gibb After Dark · Billy Joel Songs In The Attic · Billy Squier Don't Say No · Blondie Autoamerican · Blues Brothers The Blues Brothers · Chilliwack Wanna Be A Star · Daryl Hall & John Oates Private Eyes · David Bowie Scary Monsters · Debbie Harry KooKoo · Devo Freedom Of Choice · Donnie Iris King Cool · Duran Duran Duran Duran · Electric Light Orchestra Time · Foreigner 4 · Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle · George Benson Give Me The Night · Go-Go's Beauty And The Beat · James Taylor Dad Loves His Work · Kansas Audio-Visions · Little River Band Time Exposure · Loverboy Get Lucky · Loverboy Loverboy · Pat Benatar Precious Time · Pete Townshend Empty Glass · Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (1980) · Quarterflash Quarterflash · Queen The Game · REO Speedwagon Hi Infidelity · Rick Springfield Working Class Dog · Rush Moving Pictures · Squeeze East Side Story · Steve Winwood Arc Of A Diver · Talking Heads Remain In Light · The Alan Parsons Project The Turn Of A Friendly Card · The B-52's Wild Planet · The Buggles The Age Of Plastic · The Cars Shake It Up · The J. Geils Band Love Stinks · The J. Geils Band Freeze-Frame · The Manhattan Transfer Mecca For Moderns · The Moody Blues Long Distance Voyager · The Police Zenyatta Mondatta · The Police Ghost In The Machine · The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue · The Rolling Stones Tattoo You · The Vapors New Clear Days · The Who Face Dances · Tom Tom Club Tom Tom Club Edited December 7, 2016 by The Poojer
Azalin Posted December 7, 2016 Posted December 7, 2016 I do know that in 1979 I carved Disco Sucks! in a lot of desks at school. We would have gotten along very well. I was a front line crusader in the war against disco. Absolutely love that album! By 1976, Led Zeppelin (my favorite band of all time) had started to lose it, releasing "Presence" which is not exactly their finest work. There is some quality on Houses of the Holy, and I use it as the demarcation point between great Zeppelin and crap Zeppelin. It's really all about 1-4 for me though. Question for the forum: Led Zeppelin IV, side 2: greatest SIDE of an album of all time? Rock and Roll, Black Dog, Stairway to Heaven. Not a bad SIDE of an album! I'm with you 100% regarding your take on Zeppelin. 1-4 were incredible albums, and Houses was really solid, but you could hear them transitioning. I didn't like anything from Physical Graffiti except for Kashmir, and I couldn't stand anything after that. Black Dog in particular had a huge effect on me as a budding young guitarist. To this day, I still think that's one of the best riffs ever.
Chef Jim Posted December 7, 2016 Author Posted December 7, 2016 Black Dog in particular had a huge effect on me as a budding young guitarist. To this day, I still think that's one of the best riffs ever. Well as a drummer the schizophrenic time signature drove me nuts.
Fadingpain Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 Well as a drummer the schizophrenic time signature drove me nuts. Try drumming to "The Ocean" !!! It's in like 15/16 time or some ungodly time signature. I always played the piano, but took up the guitar about 6 years ago. The very first thing I taught myself was the riff to Black Dog. Took me a couple of years to play it perfectly every time with all the right nuance and expression. No doubt one of the absolute best guitar riffs ever, perhaps only beaten by Whole Lotta Love. It helps to be a Zeppelin fan if you are a budding guitar player. When you are constantly trying to play all this great but difficult stuff Zeppelin wrote, everything else comes along pretty easily. THE PHOTO....I thought they looked so cool at the time!
Dante Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 I have four. 1978 This Years Model Elvis Costello Van Halen Van Halen Pieces of Eight Styx The Cars The Cars
Gugny Posted December 8, 2016 Posted December 8, 2016 The year was 1989. These were the albums I was listening to that were released that year: Mother's Milk - Chili Peppers Flowers in the Dirt - McCartney Journeyman - Clapton In Step - SRV ... But Seriously - Phil Collins Paul's Boutique - Beasties Sonic Temple - The Cult Let Love Rule - Lenny Kravitz Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls 11 - Smithereens Louder Than Love - Soundgarden Crossroads - Tracy Chapman The albums I wore out most were probably Let Love Rule, In Step and 11. **** This is also the year that Nirvana released "Bleach." I did not hear of this album until after Nevermind was released, which is why it's not on my list; but it's probably my favorite Nirvana album.
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