for me

60s - 1966

70s - 1979

80s - 1987

90s - 1991

00s - 2006

yours?

That's hard because I don't know all the years from all the songs I like, but I'll give it a go.
1956 had Blue Suede Shoes, Good Golly Miss Molly
1969 had Woodstock
1974 had The Payback and Blood on the Tracks
1987 had Introducing the Hardline According to TTD and Sign o'the Times
1995... I just saw a lotta concerts! Bootsy, JB, Peppers,
2004 had Joss Stone
Does this decade count? Prince's Melkweg gig was the highlight so far...
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I'll just do the three main decades that I care about (musically speaking).....

60s---1965

70s---1978

80s---1983

SoulAlive said:

80s---1983

interesting ... I find this year one of the weakest in terms of the album's release.

my favorites Metallica and Pink Floyd released far from the best of their albums, U2 ... yeah, not bad, but again, not their best release.

Murmur and Let's Dance were great, but other than that, I do not recall anything remarkable
Yes, the songs were great, but the albums!? In my opinion, the adjacent 1982 and 1984 in terms of albums have been much stronger

can you clarify?

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60's - 1968

70's - 1979

80's - 1987

90's - 1997

00's - 2001

LiLi1992 said:

SoulAlive said:

80s---1983

interesting ... I find this year one of the weakest in terms of the album's release.

my favorites Metallica and Pink Floyd released far from the best of their albums, U2 ... yeah, not bad, but again, not their best release.

Murmur and Let's Dance were great, but other than that, I do not recall anything remarkable
Yes, the songs were great, but the albums!? In my opinion, the adjacent 1982 and 1984 in terms of albums have been much stronger

can you clarify?

Keep in mind that Michael Jackson's Thriller and Prince's 1999 albums were released in late 1982,but the singles carried on into 1983.These guys basically ruled 1983

In addition,1983 gave us excellent albums from the Isley Brothers (Between The Sheets),Midnight Star (No Parking On The Dancefloor),Mtume (Juicy Fruit),Duran Duran (Seven And The Ragged Tiger),Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This),Luther Vandross (Busy Body),The SOS Band (On The Rise),Def Leppard (Pyromania),Shalamar (The Look),Frankie Beverly and Maze (We Are One),Donna Summer (She Works Hard For The Money,Rick James (Cold Blooded),The Whispers (Love For Love),The Mary Jane Girls debut,Naked Eyes' self-titled album,The Fixx (Reach The Beach),Culture Club (Colour By Numbers,and numerous other albums.

Madonna and New Edition released their debut albums in 1983.

1983 was when the 80s really became "the 80s"....if you know what I mean The MTV video revolution was at its highest point in 1983,with groundbreaking videos from Michael Jackson and others.

60's-1968

70's-1978

80's-too many, but I guess I'll settle with 1984 though I appreciate the ones before it so much more nowadays than before.

90's-1995

00's-2001

10's-2012 so far

SoulAlive said:

This is excellent and a great observation. 81-82 ruled! That lead to the music explosion in 83'

1957

1969

1971

1982

1995

2009

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G3000 said:

SoulAlive said:

Keep in mind that Michael Jackson's Thriller and Prince's 1999 albums were released in late 1982,but the singles carried on into 1983.These guys basically ruled 1983

In addition,1983 gave us excellent albums from the Isley Brothers (Between The Sheets),Midnight Star (No Parking On The Dancefloor),Mtume (Juicy Fruit),Duran Duran (Seven And The Ragged Tiger),Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This),Luther Vandross (Busy Body),The SOS Band (On The Rise),Def Leppard (Pyromania),Shalamar (The Look),Frankie Beverly and Maze (We Are One),Donna Summer (She Works Hard For The Money,Rick James (Cold Blooded),The Whispers (Love For Love),The Mary Jane Girls debut,Naked Eyes' self-titled album,The Fixx (Reach The Beach),Culture Club (Colour By Numbers,and numerous other albums.

Madonna and New Edition released their debut albums in 1983.

1983 was when the 80s really became "the 80s"....if you know what I mean The MTV video revolution was at its highest point in 1983,with groundbreaking videos from Michael Jackson and others.

This is excellent and a great observation. 81-82 ruled! That lead to the music explosion in 83'

1957

1967

1977

1984

1993

And that's as far as I have much of an opinion on.