Idolator
1979: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps
1980: The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms
1981: Kix, Kix
1982: The Fall, Hex Enduction Hour
1983: Kix, Cool Kids
1984: The Replacements, Let It Be
1985: Cocteau Twins, The Pink Opaque
1986: The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead
1987: Prince, Sign 'O' The Times
1988: Half Japanese, Charmed Life
1989: Ice-T, The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech...Just Watch What You Say
1990: Flaming Lips, In A Priest Driven Ambulance
1991: Slowdive, Just For A Day
1992: Basehead, Play With Toys
1993: Urge Overkill, Saturation
1994: Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
1995: Yo La Tengo, Electr-O-Pura
1996: Weezer, Pinkerton
1997: Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out
1998: Cat Power, Moon Pix
1999: LeTigre, LeTigre
2000: The White Stripes, DeStijl
2001: Fugazi, The Argument
2002: Desaparecidos, Read Music/Speak Spanish
2003: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fever To Tell
2004: Nellie McKay, Get Away From Me
2005: The Mountain Goats, The Sunset Tree
2006: CSS, Cansei de Ser Sexy
2007: LCD Soundsystem, Sound Of Silver
2008: Still hoping to hear something better than what I already have.
pointless listmaking
Comments
As relevant as the current issue of EW.
@Captain Wrong: Aw, and I was really striving for relevancy with this.
@Captain Wrong: Nah, props to Anthony, I like this list: some obvious choices, some mindfucks...it's clearly personal. Nice.
How could you pick Cocteau Twins over Yngwie Malmsteen in 85? Nobody's more relevant than Yngwie.
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