Here's a thread to waste some time if you're REALLY bored.

During Prince's recording career 1978 - 2009 what do you consider were the best albums released in each of those years.

Here's my choices.


Best albums released during the Prince Years 1978 - 2009

1978: The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980: Prince - Dirty Mind
1981: The Fall - Slates
1982: Prince - 1999
1983: The Fall - Perverted by Language
1984: Prince - Purple Rain
1985: The Smiths - Meat is Murder
1986: The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
1987: Prince - Sign of the Times
1988: Prince - Lovesexy
1989: The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
1990: Public Enemy - Fear of a black planet
1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1992: Morrissey - Your Arsenal
1993: Bjork - Debut
1994: Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
1995: Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
1996: Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
1997: The Fall - Levitate
1998: Public Enemy - He Got Game
1999: The Fall - The Marshall Suite
2000: P J Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2001: Bjork - Vespertine
2002: Public Enemy - Revolverlution
2003: The Fall - The Real New Fall LP
2004: Morrissey - You are the Quarry
2005: The Fall - Fall Heads Roll
2006: Morrissey - Ringleader of the Tormentors
2007: The Fall - Reformation Post TLC
2008: The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent
2009: Morrissey - Years of Refusal

It would take a long time to go through my record collection...There is so much great music out there. There is still so much I haven't heard knowing I would own an album and relisten 2 it...By thousands of Bands.

I Love almost everything, or love at least one song from everybody that I have heard.
[Edited 7/2/09 18:45pm]

IMO our little Prince has five albums that I consider were the best in the year that they were released.

In years 1985 and 1986 I would say both ATWIAD and Parade were the second best albums released in those particular years.

I was shocked at how poor not just Prince music was but music in general was from the mid 1990s onwards.
Some good albums but no truly classic albums that were critically renowned.

The Fall (John Peel's favourite ever band) were the only act consistently making music that mattered.

I think only one Prince album in the last fifteen years or so (The Gold Experience) would have been in my personal top ten of the particular year it was released.
Very underrated album.

Good thread for wasting time though good stroll down memory lane.

interesting thread...you really did have time to kill...I was noticing all of the P.E. and u didnt include "nations"..but i dont have the mental capacity (attention span) to do such a listing and applaud you for that..but just for recent years i couldnt put Lotus Flower over Esperanza Spaulding's album

SavonOsco said:

"It takes a nation of millions to hold us back" by PE would be my third best album of 1988.

1. Prince - Lovesexy
2. Morrissey - Viva Hate
3. PE - Nation of millions.

Great year for music. In fact the 1980s (often maligned) in general was an incredible decade for music.

PE are one of the best album acts of all time.

1978

Prince - For You
Rick James - Come Get It
Sylvester - Step II
Lakeside - Shot Of Love
The Jacksons - Destiny

1979

Prince - Prince
Rick James - Bustin' Out Of L Seven
Rick James - Fire It Up
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Foxy - Hot Numbers
The Barkays - Injoy
Lakeside - Rough Riders
Teena Marie - Wild And Peaceful
Kool And The Gang - Ladies Night
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

1980

Prince - Dirty Mind
Cameo - Cameosis
Cameo - Feel Me
The Gap Band - Gap Band III
Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage
Shalamar - Three For Love
Lipps, Inc. - Mouth To Mouth
Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious
The Jacksons - Triumph
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Diana Ross - Diana
The Barkays - As One
Patrice Rushen - Posh
Teena Marie - Behind The Groove
Teena Marie - Irons In The Fire
Sho-Nuff - Tonite

1981

Prince - Controversy
Rick James - Street Songs
Cameo - Knights Of The Sound Table
Lakeside - Your Wish Is My Command
Bill Summers And Summers Heat - Call It What You Want
The Barkays - Nightcruising
Ebonee Webb - Ebonee Webb
The Time - The Time
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Teena Marie - It Must Be Magic
Skyy - Skyyline
Bill Summers And Summers Heat - Jam The Box
The Whispers - Love Is Where You Find It
Freedom - Changes In Time

1982

Prince - 1999
Rick James - Throwin' Down
Cameo - Alligator Woman
The Dazz Band - Keep It Live
Zapp - Zapp II
Trouble Funk - Drop The Bomb
War - Outlaw
The Gap Band - Gap Band IV
Shalamar - Friends
Patrice Rushen - Straight From The Heart
The Time - What Time Is It
Vanity 6 - Vanity 6
The Barkays - Propositions
Sho-Nuff - Stand Up For Love
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson
Andre Cymone - Livin' In The New Wave

1984

Prince - Purple Rain
Rick James - Reflections
Teena Marie - Starchild
Roger - The Saga Continues
The Barkays - Dangerous
Midnight Star - Planetary Invasion
Chaka Khan - I Feel For You
Breakin' Soundtrack
Sheena Easton - A Private Heaven
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
Apollonia 6 - Apollonia 6
The Time - Ice Cream Castles
Janet Jackson - Dream Street
The Jacksons - Victory

1978 - Spirits have flown - Bee Gees
1979 - Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
1980 - Dirty Mind - Prince
1981 - Street Songs - Rick James
1982 - Tie 1999 Prince and Thriller Michael Jackson
1984 - Like a Virgin - Madonna
1985 - No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
1986 - Invisble Touch - Genesis
1987 - Sign O the Times - Prince, honourable mention Introducing the Hardline according to Terence Trent D'arby and Bad by Michael Jackson
1988 - Power Ice T
1989 - Girl U know its True - Milli Vanilli
1990 - Please Hammer don't hurt them - MC Hammer
1991 - Blood Sex Sugar Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
1992 - Ten - Pearl Jam
1993 - Home Invasion - Ice T
1994 - Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg (Not released until Feb 94 in New Zealand)
1995 - History Book 1 and 2 - Michael Jackson
1996 - Emancipation - The Artist formerly known as Prince
1997 - The Big Picture - Elton John
1998 - Nothing a crap year
1999 - Californication, the Red Hot Chili Peppers
2000 - Play - Moby (I didn't buy until then)
2001 - Invincible - Michael Jackson
2002 - By the way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
2003 - Nothing
2004 - Musicology Prince
2005 - Late Registration - Kanye West
2006 - 3121 - Prince
2007 - Planet Earth - Prince
2008 - Nothing
2009 - Lotusflow3r/MPLsOUND - Prince

BobPaisleyPark said:

Your music appetite is really good The Smiths, MBV, Stone Roses, Public Enemy, Joy Division..Their albums are one of the best! Awesome music

zaza said:

Cheers

If you haven't already you should check out The Fall, astounding band, second best band of all time. Only The Smiths are their betters.

Fall frontman Mark E. Smith is a one off, that's for sure.