Think about making a collection of albums to give to my son when he's older, one from every year that sort of represents the year. The rules are simple - (1) it has to be really good; (2) no repeat artists; (3) one album per year. I'm starting it in 1965 and then one album per year after. Here is what I've come up with so far:
- Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
- Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band by the Beatles
- Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel
- Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
- Loaded by the Velvet Underground
- Led Zeppelin (IV) by Led Zeppelin
- Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
- The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
- Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell
- Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
- Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder
- Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
- Some Girls by the Rolling Stones
- London Calling by the Clash
- Back in Black by AC/DC
- Ghost in the Machine by the Police
- Thriller by Michael Jackson
- Violent Femmes by the Violent Femmes
- Purple Rain by Prince and the Revolution
- Meat is Murder by the Smiths
- Raising Hell by Run DMC
- The Joshua Tree by U2
- Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
- Full Moon Fever by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Shake Your Money Maker by the Black Crowes
- Nevermind by Nirvana
- Automatic for the People by R.E.M.
- August and Everything After by Counting Crows
- Dookie by Green Day
- (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
- Crash by Dave Matthews Band
- OK Computer by Radiohead
- Mutations by Beck
- Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
- Is This It by the Strokes
- A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay
- Elephant by the White Stripes
- Hot Fuss by the Killers
- Z by My Morning Jacket
- Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
- Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
- Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
- I and Love and You by the Avett Brothers
- The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
- 21 by Adele
- Unorthodox Jukebox by Bruno Mars
- Modern Vampire of the City by Vampire Weekend
- 1989 by Taylor Swift
- Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
- Lemonade by Beyoncé
- A Deeper Understanding by The War on Drugs
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