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[jimmytheweak]

Any music nerds will PROBABLY find this post really interesting:

The 9's Have It: Historical Reasoning Why 2009 Will Be A Great Year for MusicThe writer explains why 1969, 79, 89 and 99 were great years for music with super influential albums and why 2009 will be as well

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[maaskesr]

Eh, you could make a list for almost any year. I'm not sold...

That being said, I'm sure there will be lots of great music this year!

[actionchrist]

No, there are many shit years for music. I submit 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007

[actionchrist]

2001 proved that the 1's were doomed. There were a couple decent records (White Blood Cells and that Strokes album that people seemed to like) but I'd venture to say 1981 kicked 79's ass and 91 kicked 89's ass.

[jimmytheweak]

Venture to prove it with the hard facts! list 'em!

And to make it more difficult you can't use Nevermind.

[actionchrist]

1981:

Prince - Controversy
Rush - Moving Pictures
Human League - Dare
Gun Club - Fire of Love
Kraftwerk - Computer World
OMD - Architecture & Morality
Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
Journey - Escape
Psychadelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk

I'm not going to narrow those down to 5

1991:

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Slint - Spiderland
The Jesus Lizard - Goat
Pearl Jam - Ten

You let me add Nevermind, and it's a no-contest

Well, it may not be an ass-kicking, but how can you fuck with 1991?

I could probably come up with a compelling list of every year from 1978-1983 that would look tough to beat.

[maaskesr]

I agree with this completely.