tmidgett wrote:there were probably close to a dozen all-time great albums in 1969, and many many fewer than that in 1982. then again, there were more great albums in 1968 than in 1981, as well. but the discrepancy between 1969 and the years that surrounded it was not as great as the same discrepancy regarding 1982.

i was born in 82. coincidence? no.

hmmm the replacements released nothing in '82, but stuff in '81,'83,'84,'85

that seals the deal.

Your Enemies Friends
Neurosis
Walking Concert
The Soundtrack to Bowies "Reality" DVD

I´ll probably second PJ Harvey´s "Uh Huh Her". I liked that one very much.
I guess i was more into buying older records this year.

savage favorites of the year:
* Eagles of Death Metal _ Peace, Love, Death Metal
* Local H _ Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles?
* Modest Mouse _ Good News for blah blah
* Black Keys _ Rubber Factory
* Hot Snakes _ Audit In Progress
* Tom Waits _ Real Gone
* Jucifer _ War Bird
* The Optionals _ The Optionals
* Franz Ferdinand _ Franz Ferdinand


disappointments:
* Burning Brides _ Leave No Ashes
* Mclusky _ The Difference Between blah blah blah
* PJ Harvey _ Uh Huh Her

awesome reissues of the year:
* The Clash _ London Calling
* Crime _ San Francisco's Still Doomed
* Rocket From The Crypt _ Circa Now
* Jawbreaker _ Dear You

best single of the year:
* The Walkmen "The Rat"

hell yeah, I agree with savage... "The Rat" best song of the year!!

mayhaps it's shitty i've posted thrice in this thread without naming a hard and fast numero uno, but - by way of a bump, if nothing else - i wanna mention that the brokaw "i was born, but" is making a strong eleventh-hour run for my vote. i'm locked in my sad office trying to meet an MA deadline, you see, and such writing binges mean "instrumental only" for my ears. brokaw's album is numbing the pain for sure, and provides ample fanfare for my tiny moments of glory. a similar scenario resulted in black dice's rocketing to the top of my 2002 list, i'll have you interested parties know...

also, nobody's mentioned the new thalia zedek in their list of year's best.... that's definitely top 10, maybe higher. 'good thing we've got another month to decide, eh?

oh yeah, the LIARS record. that record is pretty fucking fabulous in a "fuck this gang of four shit, let's affect an occult vibe and get into this heat" way.

I guess it would be a tie for me between the Blonde Redhead "Misery is a Butterfly" album or maybe Xiu Xiu's "Fabulous Muscles."

Runner ups Fennesz "Venice" or perhaps the new Isis

as for 82 my favorites were either the theme from Pinwheel or some Weird Al Yankovic record. I'm sure in 69 my parents were either real up on Zeppelin or the Who.

-jeremy

1969: captain beefheart - trout mask replica

1982: the fall - hex enduction hour

other great records from 1982:

mission of burma - vs
flipper - generic
the hypnotics - indoor fiends
the birthday party - junkyard
descendents - milo goes to college
minutemen - what makes a man start fires?
x - under the big black sun

haven't decided about 2004 yet.. i can't much get into that new year record, though "18" is incredible.

if reissues count then.... pavement - crooked rain, crooked rain reissue. and the fall - grotesque reissue.