27 years of favorite albums

Ok, so this is not a list of the best album of each year, rather the album that got stuck in my tape deck/cd player/mp3 player that year and in the case of 1991 this is literal as that tape was stuck all year in the player of my Toyota Cresida til the day I took it to the wrecking yard, I have not listened to "So You Wash Your Face in my Sink" since.

Here we go...

1982 - Michael Jackson - Thriller, my very first cassette & only vinyl I still own, R.I.P.

1983 - Duran Duran - Seven & The Ragged Tiger - cranked this on my ghetto blaster

1984 - Van Halen - 1984 - Jump combined with crazy video play made this easy

1985 - Phil Collins - No Jacket Required - Started to listen to radio & this is what I got

1986 - Beastie Boys - Licenced to Ill -copied this from a friend and drew my own cover

1987 - INXS - Kick - I drank to this album, I made out to this album, I did it all

1988 - Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel - pre Whitney back when he wasn't a punchline

1989 - The Beautiful South - Welcome to... - My introduction to Brit Pop

1990 - Stereo Mc's - Supernatural - Saw them open for Happy Mondays, I was sold

1991 - Dream Warriors - And Now the Legacy Begins - and ends

1992 - The Tragically Hip - Fully Completely - Already a huge hip fan, more so after

1993 - The Lowest of the Low - Shakespeare My Butt - University Indie Pop

1994 - The Stone Roses - Second Coming - I was in awe listening to this album

1995 - The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia - Just seemed to suit my move to BC

1996 - Sloan - The Good in Everyone - also 1 of my top 5 concerts ever

1997 - The Verve - Urban Hymns - Wow, still a favorite

1998 - Morcheeba - Big Calm - I have some good memories of this album

1999 - BlackStar - BlackStar - The best hip hop album ever released

2000 - Jurassic 5 - Quality Control - I snowboarded with this in my head all winter

2001 - Beta Band - Hot Shots II - Beyond talented and crazy musicians

2002 - Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane - I sang out loud to this every day in my truck

2003 - Norah Jones - Come Away With Me - I was comatose that year

2004 - Mike Clark - Darker Machines - go download this album from iTunes today

2005 - Brendan Benson - The Alternative to Love - Before he met Jack White

2006 - The Strokes - First Impression of Earth - Their 3rd but my first

2007 - Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - it's stuck in my boat stereo

2008 - Sam Roberts - Love at the End of the World - b/c rock is not dead, it's just Canadian.

2009 - TBA

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