An album for every year of your life
There are two restrictions: only one album per year and no repeats of artists. Painful.
Update: A couple of revisions. I am starting 2 years before I was born because it would be remiss to skip two of my most beloved bands. And, well, it's my list.
1975 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977 Pink Floyd - Animals
1978 Rush - Hemispheres
1979 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980 AC/DC - Back in Black
1981 Duran Duran - s/t
1982 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
1983 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
1984 Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985 Power Station - s/t
1986 Slayer - Reign in Blood
1987 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988 Skinny Puppy - VivisectVI
1989 Aerosmith - Pump
1990 Depeche Mode - Violator
1991 Pearl Jam - Ten
1992 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
1993 Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman
1994 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995 Bjork - Post
1996 Tool - Aenima
1997 Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1998 Massive Attack - Mezzanine
1999 Mr. Bungle - California
2000 Weakling - Dead as Dreams
2001 System of a Down - Toxicity
2002 Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2003 Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
2004 Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005 Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006 Lamb of God - Sacrament
2007 Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
2008 TBD ... Currently Ihsahn - Angl
Update: A couple of revisions. I am starting 2 years before I was born because it would be remiss to skip two of my most beloved bands. And, well, it's my list.
1975 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1976 Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
1977 Pink Floyd - Animals
1978 Rush - Hemispheres
1979 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980 AC/DC - Back in Black
1981 Duran Duran - s/t
1982 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
1983 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
1984 Metallica - Ride the Lightning
1985 Power Station - s/t
1986 Slayer - Reign in Blood
1987 Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
1988 Skinny Puppy - VivisectVI
1989 Aerosmith - Pump
1990 Depeche Mode - Violator
1991 Pearl Jam - Ten
1992 Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
1993 Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman
1994 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
1995 Bjork - Post
1996 Tool - Aenima
1997 Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
1998 Massive Attack - Mezzanine
1999 Mr. Bungle - California
2000 Weakling - Dead as Dreams
2001 System of a Down - Toxicity
2002 Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
2003 Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
2004 Arcade Fire - Funeral
2005 Opeth - Ghost Reveries
2006 Lamb of God - Sacrament
2007 Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
2008 TBD ... Currently Ihsahn - Angl