Over at
the Onion A.V. Club today there's a blog post in which Steve Hyden picks an album for every year he has been alive. There's a list on Wikipedia starting
here.
1979: Queen - Live Killers (Double Live album)
1980: The Clash - London Calling (U.S. release)
1981: The Stray Cats - The Stray Cats
1982: R.E.M. - Chronic Town
1983: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984: Van Halen - MCMLXXXIV (1984)
1985: Bon Jovi - 7800 Fahrenheit
1986: They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
1987: U2 - The Joshua Tree
1988: Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
1989: The Cure - Disintegration
1990: They Might Be Giants - Flood
1991: Pearl Jam - Ten
1992: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
1993: Nirvana - In Utero
1994: Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)
1995: Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
1996: Cake - Fashion Nugget
1997: Blur - Blur
1998: Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
1999: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
2000: Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
2001: Muse - Origin of Symmetry
2002: Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
2003: The White Stripes - Elephant
2004: The Killers - Hot Fuss
2005: Fiery Furnaces - EP
2006: The Decemberists - The Crane wife
2007: The New Pornographers - Challengers
2008: Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
Whew. That was a lot more work and indecision than I thought it would be.
Now, you.