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Seriously, are we STILL making movies about Batman?

boring music geek stuff

There was a blog post on The A.V. Club last week that I found intriguing. You pick your favorite album (or an album by some other criteria of your choice) for every year in which you've lived. Obviously I'm doing it now myself. It's interesting before me because half of the years I have to go with were before I was even aware of what kind of music was coming out at the time, and half of the half remaining would be completely different I had picked them during that year. Metallica would have made the 1995 list if you'd asked me then. They're not on it now.

COMMENCE NERDAGE:

1983 - Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues

1984 - Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains

1985 - Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

1986 - Paul Simon - Graceland

1987 - U2 - The Joshua Tree

1988 - Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

1989 - XTC - Oranges & Lemons

1990 - Depeche Mode - Violator

1991 - Slint - Spiderland

1992 - Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

1993 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

1994 - Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love

1995 - Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2

1996 - Weezer - Pinkerton

1997 - Radiohead - Ok Computer

1998 - Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

2000 - Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

2001 - Bjork - Vespertine

2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2003 - Sufjan Stevens - Michigan

2004 - Brian Wilson - Smile

2005 - Animal Collective - Feels

2006 - Scott Walker - The Drift

2007 - Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer (that album still keeps growing on me)

2008 - Portishead - Third (so far)

Various things:

Years that make me want to choose more than one album (with alternates):

1986 - XTC - Skylarking

1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

1997 - Mogwai - Young Team, Stereolab - Dots and Loops, Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On

2000 - Radiohead - Kid A

2004- The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat

Years for which I would rather pick a movie than an album:

1990 - Goodfellas