3 albums

[Iberian Red]

Let's see if we can have a thread without it being hijacked and have grenades lobbed at it.
Choose 3 albums you have in your collection(not spotify) from every decade you've been here.
 They don't have to be favourites,just albums that mean something to you.
No repeating(Bowie could be in every decade for me)artists,every decade different.
 It's tough,but give it a go.

1960s
Village Green..Kinks
Small Faces,Small Faces.
Iggy and the Stooges,1969

1970s
Tom Waits,Closing Time.
Patti Smith,Horses
The Clash,London calling.

1980s
Westworld,TOH.(or One Eyed Jacks/SOD)
Heaven Up Here,EATB.
The Fall,This Nations..

1990s
Blue Lines,Massive Attack.
Reverence,Faithless.
Weller,Stanley Road.

2000s
Nitin Sawhney,London Undersound. He's such an underrated, little heard of talent.
Jonny Cash ,The Legend (Americana).
Roots Manuva,Run,Come Save Me.

2010's
Tom Petty,Full Moon Fever(cheating there,re-release on vinyl).
DB,Blackstar.
Tricky,Mixed Race.

2020s
Not many to choose from here,

Dry Cleaning,New Long Leg.

Horace Andy,Midnight Rocker.
The Specials,Protest Songs.

Have a go.

[River Don]

The scope of this is a bit wide.I'll have a go at three 70s albums, though it's very much in retrospect as I hadn't begun buying albums during the 70s as a little kid.

Krarftwerk Autobahn
Joy Division Unknown Pleasures
Marvin Gaye What's Goin On

This is the kind of thing that could be different every time I'm asked.

[Iberian Red]

Most of them will be retrospective,you just need them in your collection.
Mine have probably changed since I posted earlier,especially after you mentioned MG!

[tyke1962]

1970's Dark Side Of The Moon

1980's The Stone Roses

1990's What's The Story Morning Glory

[wilts rover]

This is quite tough. I follow a bloke on twitter (or whatever it's called now) who has been organising a poll where you pick 5 albums from each year - and that was difficult enough. But 3 from a decade, almost impossible. But here's a few from my collection:

1960's
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King

1970's
Lindisfarne – Nicely Out Of Tune
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Amazing Blondel – Fantasia Lindum

1980's
Jethro Tull – Broadsword and the Beast
Yes – 90125
John Martyn - Grace & Danger

1990's
Peter Gabriel – Us
Roger Waters – Amused to Death
Neil Young – Harvest Moon

2000's
Camel – A Nod and a Wink
Rush – Snakes & Arrows
Half Man Half Biscuit – Cammell Laird Social Club

2010's
Roy Harper – Man & Myth
Tinariwen – Emaar
Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus – Beauty Will Save The World

2020's
Craven Faults – Standers
Rosalie Cunningham – Two Piece Puzzle
Birth – Born

[Iberian Red]

I thought 3 might make it easier than one!
Obviously not.
Good shout with John Martyn,I saw him in Sheffield in the 80si a marquee opposite the Frog and Parrot. He complained that not enough smoking was going on in the audience! May you Never is one of the greatest songs of all time.
 Also Good shout with Tinariwen,saw them about 10 years ago.
As for Neil Young,God.

[normal rules]

Tough one this. But two for me are very very easy  to call.

From the 80’s , the two seminal albums for me will always be Declaration by the Alarm and the Crossing by Big Country.

[River Don]

The 80s is tough. For me it was the most creative period for music because technology was becoming affordable. The whole thing was opening up but it was also the era of the single and pop video... So picking albums is harder.

The 80s was when hiphop really began to emerge in the UK. Massive Attack Blue Lines is superb (edit 1990 so doesn't count) but I think I'll pick...

De La Soul 3 Feet High & Rising... today.

It was a concept album. They lost the bombast, black power stuff and went for pastel sportswear and Africa pendants. The daisy age chimed very well with the second summer of love too.

It was the era of British electronic pop. I've already picked Joy Division for the 70s so I won't pick New Order... Today.

Pet Shop Boys  Actually

Purely electronic and more than a bunch of singles

It was also the era of British indie. I loved all the northern stuff. It's between Wedding Present George Best. (So Lo Fi - and still holds up well) or Happy Monday's Bummed. The Mondays were more innovative... So.

Happy Monday's Bummed

Pet Shop Boys Actually

De La Soul 3 Feet High & Rising

[Iberian Red]

Another good call,I've got all 3.
I remember opening Bummed and thinking I'd bought a jazz mag and stumbled on the overweight reader's wive's section.
One slight correction/question,blue lines was in 91 wasn't it?

[auckleyflyer]

Nothing in the 70's in my collection born 71.
80's
GnR: appetite for destruction
House martins: London 0 hull 4
Eurasia: the innocence.
90's
Radiohead: the bends
Navara: smells like teen spirit
Mansun: attack of the green lanterns
00's
Artic monkeys: what ever people say.....
Amy Winehouse: back to black
10,s
James bay: chaos and the calm
20's
Snuts: burn the empire
Inhaler: cuts and bruises
Wet leg: wet leg (yes I know !! Love it though)

[BillyStubbsTears]

Been trying to narrow this down all night but I've given up.

I've got 20 albums on my 1980s and 90s shortlists from Scottish bands alone.

Sulk: Associates
Empires & Dance, Sons & Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream: Simple Minds
Psychocandy, Darklands, Barbed Wire Kisses: Jesus and Mary Chain
Treasure, Victorialand, Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas: Cocteau Twins
Walk Across the Rooftops, Hats: Blue Nile
The Orange Juice, Texas Fever, Rip it Up: Orange Juice
High Land Hard Rain, Knife, Love: Aztec Camera
3 EPs: The Beta Band.
Screamadelica: Primal Scream

No chance of whittling them down. And that's before I think about New Order, Happy Mondays, Charlatans, Front 242, Laibach, Pixies, Frank Black, Dinosaur Jr, early UB40, The Beat, Cabaret Voltaire, Band of Holy Joy, Pulp, etc, etc.

Just impossible. Whatever I pick it'd be different tomorrow.

[River Don]

So the 90s.

For me this is the time of electronic dance music. So an album that represents that. Low Frequency Oscillations by LFO. A couple of lads from Leeds who claimed to be the original pioneers of house... Yeah right. But Mark Bell was a real talent and went on to produce albums for the likes of Depeche Mode and Bjork.

Two obnoxious t**ts from Manchester said f**k all this crap we like classic rock and put out an era defining album. Probably have to include Definitely Maybe.

And then possibly Massive Attack... I'll go for something more authentically American.

Nuyorican Soul

The real deal, two fat DJs from NY, one black, one Latino who prolifically churn out dance music of all kinds. Kenny Dope and Louie Vega were behind the Bucket heads classic that was being played in every bar on Silver Street and everywhere else at the time.

Anyway this is a concept album, silky smooth with the best soulful voices on it, Roy Ayers, people like that.

So

LFO LFO

Oasis Definitely Maybe

Nuyorican Soul

[Dutch Uncle]

I have recently been writing some memoirs (yes I am that old) and have an early draft where I imagine I am a guest on Desert Island Discs, but my choices are those with strongest memories rather than just my favourites.

Taking a bit from that, which doesn’t fit exactly into decades:

Late sixties and early seventies (University):
Bridge over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
Songs of Leonard Cohen
The Contemporary Guitar Sampler (Vol 1 & 2) – constantly played when studying, unobtrusively blocking out competing noises   


Late seventies (in the car travelling travelling up to 8 hours for a squash tournament in the Netherlands or Germany)
Any Eagles album up to and including Hotel California, so say Best of Compilation
Dire Straits first album of that name
Abraxas – Santana


Early Eighties (played all over the Netherlands at all squash clubs – an indelible memory)
Diamond Life – Sade
True – Spandau Ballet


One final recollection of a particular song:
A song with a truly dramatic memory for me is ‘Riders on the Storm’ by the Doors. Firstly, the song with its threatening lyric ‘there’s a killer on the road’ conjures up Lord of the Rings images of frightened hobbits being chased through forests by the Dark Riders. It would have been a wonderful choice for the film soundtrack. In my case I was being driven from Aachen to Maastricht by a German friend of mine, who was the proud owner of a VW Scirocco sports car, and a penchant for driving far too fast, and playing his music very loud. One evening, as he careered along the winding provincial roads in the midst of a particularly violent and crashing thunderstorm, he played ‘Riders on the Storm’ at full volume. It truly brought mighty shivers to my spine.

[Iberian Red]

Been trying to narrow this down all night but I've given up.

I've got 20 albums on my 1980s and 90s shortlists from Scottish bands alone.

Sulk: Associates
Empires & Dance, Sons & Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream: Simple Minds
Psychocandy, Darklands, Barbed Wire Kisses: Jesus and Mary Chain
Treasure, Victorialand, Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas: Cocteau Twins
Walk Across the Rooftops, Hats: Blue Nile
The Orange Juice, Texas Fever, Rip it Up: Orange Juice
High Land Hard Rain, Knife, Love: Aztec Camera
3 EPs: The Beta Band.
Screamadelica: Primal Scream

No chance of whittling them down. And that's before I think about New Order, Happy Mondays, Charlatans, Front 242, Laibach, Pixies, Frank Black, Dinosaur Jr, early UB40, The Beat, Cabaret Voltaire, Band of Holy Joy, Pulp, etc, etc.

Just impossible. Whatever I pick it'd be different tomorrow.

Get your arse of the fence BST!
I'm going to do  a Richarson,and pick the team for you.
Cocteau Twins,
UB40,signing off.
Blue Nile. Gow Tinseltown was never a huge hit is a complete mystery.
Some really good calls on all posts.
Mansun
The Crossing,
Nuyorican Soul,
Riders on the storm,tho ots a song rather than album.

My selection has changed from the OP,some albums have been mentioned that I'd forgotten about,probably due to being in the middle of a move and only having about 30 albums at hand.
As I said in the first post,not necessarily your fave or best,just they have a meaning to you. I think DU hit the nail on the head with that.
Another correction on Screamadelica, it was the 90s,not 80s. It was a masterpiece, and there's probably obvious reasons for getting the year wrong!!
A question for RD,in a similar vein to Nuyorican Soul,there was a great tune called Estelle(no,not the singer). I've got it somewhere,but can't remember the artist,tried googling,but only come up with the singer. Any help RD?

[scawsby steve]

Why has nobody included the 1950s?

I mention this because BB is raving about "Alma Cogan's greatest hits".

[River Don]

I think this might be the track you mean Iberian.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtXFEfyeZU


A Man called Adam. Not an artist I really know much about TBH. The vocalist has a bit of a Lisa Standsfield sound.

It's ok but it doesn't have the funk of something like this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AIxMTp2ocyc

[tommy toes]

I'm stuck in the 1970s I'm afraid.
Best albums I bought then we're probably
Aqualung. Tull
Harvest. Neil Young.
Wish you were here. Floyd.
For Your Pleasure. Roxy Music.
Man who sold the World. Bowie.
Fire and Water. Free.
Lionheart. Kate Bush.
Loudon Wainwright. Ist album
Led Zep 4
Best album of 80s I bought was maybe
Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. Pogues

[Iberian Red]

I think this might be the track you mean Iberian.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NCtXFEfyeZU


A Man called Adam. Not an artist I really know much about TBH. The vocalist has a bit of a Lisa Standsfield sound.

It's ok but it doesn't have the funk of something like this.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AIxMTp2ocyc

That's the one,good find. As soon as I  read the name I remembered it. It was always more of a come down tune rather than uplifting. I've just looked them up on wiki,they are a very bright pair!

Some good choice TT,Bowie,Roxy(not a fan of BF these days tho),Young. Plus Rum,Sodomy

[Petche]

This is quite tough. I follow a bloke on twitter (or whatever it's called now) who has been organising a poll where you pick 5 albums from each year - and that was difficult enough. But 3 from a decade, almost impossible. But here's a few from my collection:

1960's
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King

1970's
Lindisfarne – Nicely Out Of Tune
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Amazing Blondel – Fantasia Lindum

1980's
Jethro Tull – Broadsword and the Beast
Yes – 90125
John Martyn - Grace & Danger

1990's
Peter Gabriel – Us
Roger Waters – Amused to Death
Neil Young – Harvest Moon

2000's
Camel – A Nod and a Wink
Rush – Snakes & Arrows
Half Man Half Biscuit – Cammell Laird Social Club

2010's
Roy Harper – Man & Myth
Tinariwen – Emaar
Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus – Beauty Will Save The World

2020's
Craven Faults – Standers
Rosalie Cunningham – Two Piece Puzzle
Birth – Born

Significant prog influences there, a Marillion fan by any chance?

[BillyStubbsTears]

Been trying to narrow this down all night but I've given up.

I've got 20 albums on my 1980s and 90s shortlists from Scottish bands alone.

Sulk: Associates
Empires & Dance, Sons & Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream: Simple Minds
Psychocandy, Darklands, Barbed Wire Kisses: Jesus and Mary Chain
Treasure, Victorialand, Blue Bell Knoll, Heaven or Las Vegas: Cocteau Twins
Walk Across the Rooftops, Hats: Blue Nile
The Orange Juice, Texas Fever, Rip it Up: Orange Juice
High Land Hard Rain, Knife, Love: Aztec Camera
3 EPs: The Beta Band.
Screamadelica: Primal Scream

No chance of whittling them down. And that's before I think about New Order, Happy Mondays, Charlatans, Front 242, Laibach, Pixies, Frank Black, Dinosaur Jr, early UB40, The Beat, Cabaret Voltaire, Band of Holy Joy, Pulp, etc, etc.

Just impossible. Whatever I pick it'd be different tomorrow.

Get your arse of the fence BST!
I'm going to do  a Richarson,and pick the team for you.
Cocteau Twins,
UB40,signing off.
Blue Nile. Gow Tinseltown was never a huge hit is a complete mystery.
Some really good calls on all posts.
Mansun
The Crossing,
Nuyorican Soul,
Riders on the storm,tho ots a song rather than album.

My selection has changed from the OP,some albums have been mentioned that I'd forgotten about,probably due to being in the middle of a move and only having about 30 albums at hand.
As I said in the first post,not necessarily your fave or best,just they have a meaning to you. I think DU hit the nail on the head with that.
Another correction on Screamadelica, it was the 90s,not 80s. It was a masterpiece, and there's probably obvious reasons for getting the year wrong!!
A question for RD,in a similar vein to Nuyorican Soul,there was a great tune called Estelle(no,not the singer). I've got it somewhere,but can't remember the artist,tried googling,but only come up with the singer. Any help RD?

Nah, I can't have a selection that excludes Barbed Wire Kisses.

British rock music was always about taking Amerikana influences and putting a British twist on them. Never ever been a finer example than that album. The cover versions of Surfin USA and Bo Diddley's Who Do You Love through a grim East Kilbride lens and with manic feedback are just magnificent. And Sidewalking is the greatest three chord rock song of all time. It swaggers effortlessly and malevolently. Just reeks of "f**king couldn't give a shite" cool. Oasis couldn't better that in a million years because they tried to swagger too hard.

[ravenrover]

Well as you can't have 3 by the same person that rules me out for at least one or two of the decades

[Iberian Red]

If it's like bringing an emergency keeper in on loan,I'll let you have it.
However if it's Sir Cliff for 3 decades you'll be facing a disciplinary hearing and I'll be asking for a 10 game ban.

[roversdude]

Tough one
I was born 64 so the 60’s albums are obviously retrospective
60s
Led zepp
Cream  - Disraeli Gears
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

70s
Powerage - AC/DC
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Van Halen - Van Halen

80s
No Sleep Till Hammersmith - Motorhead
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

90s
Use your Illusion - GNR
Backstreet Symphony - Thunder
Painkiller - Judas Priest

00s
Blackbird - Alter Bridge
The Sound of Madness - Shinedown
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park

10s
AM - Artic Monkeys
Viscous - Halestorm
13 - Black Sabbath

20s
Death by Rock and Roll - Pretty Reckless
IMPERATIVE - Ghost
Sunrise on Slaughter Beach - Clutch

[Iberian Red]

Without wanting to categorise, put you in a box and stereotype dude,I get the impression you're into




Easy listening!

[roversdude]

Yep correct lol
Great thread btw

[Iberian Red]

Cheers dude. There's some really good contributions to it that make it that.
I've got 4 of the albums you've mentioned,but none from 2020s.
Point of order tho,you've got Led Zep twice,so yellow card.
If you're trying to get Use Your Illusion  1 and 2 in,it's going to VARS,and it's looking like a red for you!

[Crowle Rover]

As Rocket from The Crypt said "Born In 69"!

1960's

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

1970's

Led Zeppelin - IV
P.I.L - Metal Box
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

1980's
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Inner City - Paradise

1990's
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
The Orb - U.F.Orb
Air - Moon Safari

2000's
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature
Fairport Convention - XXXV
Brian Wilson - Smile

2010's
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation
David Crosby - Lighthouse
Thundercat - Drunk

2020's
Jim - Love Makes Magic
John Cale - Mercy
Roisin Murphy - Roisin Machine


Probably different if you asked me tomorrow!!

[roversdude]

Cheers dude. There's some really good contributions to it that make it that.
I've got 4 of the albums you've mentioned,but none from 2020s.
Point of order tho,you've got Led Zep twice,so yellow card.
If you're trying to get Use Your Illusion  1 and 2 in,it's going to VARS,and it's looking like a red for you!

Can I appeal that yellow please, only one Led Zep that I can see
It was tough making the list particularly 70s and 80s

[Iberian Red]

Good news on the appeal Roversdude.The trubunal have deliberated,and your yellow has been rescinded.
It would appear one of the old dodderers mixed up his Led Zep and Def Lep!

[RobTheRover]

70s

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Star Wars OST - John Williams
Frank Sinatra - Ol' Blue Eyes is Back (now in my collection, originally my Dad's favourite)

80s

The The - Infected
New Order - Power, Corruption and Lies
Pet Shop Boys - Disco

90s

Carter USM - 101 Damnations
Blur - Parklife
Green Day - Dookie

00s

Radiohead - Kid A
RATM - Renegades
Arctic Monkeys - Everything you say I am

10s

Slaves - Are You Satisfied?
Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
IDLES - Brutalism

20s

Jim Bob - Pop Up Jim Bob
Fontaines DC - A Hero's Death
Yard Act - The Overload