Boards of Canada favourite albums by year

right, starting from 1980 (or whatever year you want):

1980: sonic youth - sonic youth

1981: kraftwerk - computer world

1982: the fall - hex enduction hour

1983: sonic youth - confusion is sex

1984: cocteau twins - treasure

1985: the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy

1986: the smiths - the queen is dead

1987: big black - songs about fucking

1988: sonic youth - daydream nation

1989: pixies - doolittle

1990: renegade soundwave - in dub

1991: my bloody valentine - loveless

1992: the orb - u.f.orb

1993: the smashing pumpkins - siamese dream

1994: underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman

1995: leftfield - leftism

1996: the future sound of london - dead cities

1997: spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

1998: boards of canada - music has the right to children

1999: mogwai: come on die young

2000: godspeed you black emperor - lift yr skinny fists like antennas to heaven

2001: the strokes - is this it

2002: mclusky - mclusky do dallas

2003: tv on the radio - young liars ep

2004: arcade fire - funeral

2005: lcd soundsystem - lcd soundsystem (2cd)

2006: tool - 10,000 days

2007: battles - mirrored

2008: selfish cunt - english chamber music

2009: animal collective - merriweather post pavillion

it was far easier to fill in the 80s and 90s albums. seriously. i'm still unhappy with most of my 00s choices.

what are yours then?

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

2006: tool - 10,000 days

 

i'm still unhappy with most of my 00s choices.

i don't know my music collection well enough to date my favorite albums and i don't feel like wikiing but i wonder why you like 10,000 days so much

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:15 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

2006: tool - 10,000 days

 

i'm still unhappy with most of my 00s choices.

 

i don't know my music collection well enough to date my favorite albums and i don't feel like wikiing but i wonder why you like 10,000 days so much

it was the last date i filled in. and i couldn't think of anything else from 06 that i even vaguely liked.

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:19 AM, margaret thatcher said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:15 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

2006: tool - 10,000 days

 

i'm still unhappy with most of my 00s choices.

 

i don't know my music collection well enough to date my favorite albums and i don't feel like wikiing but i wonder why you like 10,000 days so much

 

it was the last date i filled in. and i couldn't think of anything else from 06 that i even vaguely liked.

i might've just put chosen lords lol wtf jimmy

yeah but it's a compilation. i don't even own a copy of it, just the 12"s. and they're all 2005, which was a stellar year for music.

p.s. i remember luke hazard's analord comic with wtf jimmy in it. good times.

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:23 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:19 AM, margaret thatcher said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:15 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

2006: tool - 10,000 days

 

i'm still unhappy with most of my 00s choices.

 

i don't know my music collection well enough to date my favorite albums and i don't feel like wikiing but i wonder why you like 10,000 days so much

 

it was the last date i filled in. and i couldn't think of anything else from 06 that i even vaguely liked.

 

i might've just put chosen lords lol wtf jimmy

10000 days is better than chosen lords.

1970's - Every Kraftwerk Album

1980's - Laibach's Macbeth

1990's - Richard's I Care Because You Do - RDJ Album - SAW I AND II - Surfing on Sine Waves / Alec Empire's Limited Editions 1990-94 / Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish and Parklife ..

2000's - Venetian Snares' - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született / Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero / Analord's Series .. - Drukqs / Muse's Origin of Symmetry and The Resistance / Alec Empire's Futurist ..

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:40 AM, Boxing Day said:

2000's - Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero / Analord's Series .. - Drukqs / Muse's Origin of Symmetry and The Resistance

yeah i agree, the 2000s were shite.

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:33 AM, jules said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:23 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:19 AM, margaret thatcher said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:15 AM, IRARI said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

2006: tool - 10,000 days

 

i'm still unhappy with most of my 00s choices.

 

i don't know my music collection well enough to date my favorite albums and i don't feel like wikiing but i wonder why you like 10,000 days so much

 

it was the last date i filled in. and i couldn't think of anything else from 06 that i even vaguely liked.

 

i might've just put chosen lords lol wtf jimmy

 

 

10000 days is better than chosen lords.

well that's just like your opinion man

I cheated and picked more than one for some years!

1981: Kraftwerk - "Computer World"

1982: Bad Brains - "Bad Brains"

1983: Brain Eno - "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks"

1984:

1985: The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Psychocandy" / Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs"

1986:

1987: Dinosaur Jr - "You're Living All Over Me"

1988: Pixies - "Surfer Rosa"

1989: Nirvana - "Bleach" / Pixies - "Doolittle"

1990: Ride - "Nowhere"

1991: My Bloody Valentine - "Loveless"

1992: Aphex Twin- "Selected Ambient Works 85-92"

1993: Autechre - "Incunabula" / Slowdive - "Souvlaki" / Wu-Tang Clan - "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)"

1994: Aphex Twin: SAW II / Nas - "Illmatic" / The Notorious B.I.G. - "Ready To Die" / Jungle Music

1995: AFX - "Hangable Auto Bulb" / Autechre - "Tri Repetae"

1996: Aphex Twin - "Richard D. James Album"

1997: Aphex Twin - "Come To Daddy" / Autechre - "Chiastic Slide" / Squarepusher - "Big Loada"

1998: Boards of Canada - "Music Has The Right To Children"

1999: Mos Def - "Black On Both Sides" / Squarepusher - "Selection Sixteen"

2000: Cex - "Role Model"

2001: Aphex Twin - "Drukqs" / Squarepusher - "Go Plastic"

2002: Boards of Canada - "Geogaddi" / The Books - "Thought For Food" / RJD2 - "Deadringer"

2003: Chris Clark - "Empty The Bones of You / Opeth - "Damnation" / TV on the Radio - "Young Liars"

2004: Madvillain - "Madvillainy" / Squarepusher - "Ultravistor" / TV on the Radio - "Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes" / Wisp - "humpelndenBEATS"

2005: AFX - "Analord" / Opeth - "Ghost Reveries"

2006: Clark - "Body Riddle" / TV on the Radio - "Return To Cookie Mountain"

2007: The Tuss - "Rushup Edge"

2008: Flying Lotus - "Los Angeles"

2009: Clark - "Totems Flare"

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

 

2001: the strokes - is this it

 

surely some IDM released in 01 tops that.

  On 1/11/2010 at 5:11 AM, dr lopez said:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

 

2001: the strokes - is this it

 

surely some IDM released in 01 tops that.

coughdruqkscough

1979: chrome - half machine lip moves

-------- the human league - reproduction

1980: joy division - closer

1981: kraftwerk - computer world

-------- the cure - faith

1982: the fall - hex enduction hour

1983: various artists - electro 2

1984: the smiths - hatful of hollow

1985: sonic youth - bad moon rising

1986: prince - parade

1987: dinosaur jr - you're living all over me

-------- butthole surfers - locust abortion technician

1988: sonic youth - daydream nation

-------- dinosaur jr - bug

-------- public enemy - nation of millions

1989: bongwater - too much sleep

-------- galaxie 500 - on fire

1990: pale saints - the comforts of madness

-------- codeine - frigid stars

1991: mercury rev - yerself is steam

-------- slint - spiderland

1992: aphex twin - selected ambient works 85-92

1992: pavement - slanted and enchanted

1993: mercury rev - boces

-------- royal trux - cats and dogs

-------- truman's water - spasm smash xxxoxox ox & ass

1994: aphex twin - selected ambient works 2

1995: aphex twin - i care because you do

1996: squarepusher - feed me weird things

-------- aphex twin - rdj

1997: gastr del sol - camofleur

-------- autechre - chiastic slide

1998: mdk - open transport

-------- slag boom van loon - slag boom van loon

1999: jim o'rourke - eureka

-------- sam prekop - sam prekop

2000: oval - process

-------- godspeed you black emperor - lift yr skinny fists like antennas to heaven

2001: the other people place - lifestyles of the laptop cafe

-------- aphex twin - drukqs

2002: d'arcangelo - broken toys corner

2003: boris - heavy rocks

2004: wisp - humplnden beats

2005: pierre bastien - pop

-------- arpanet - quantum transposition

2006: the flaming lips - at war with the mystics

-------- squarepusher - hello everything

2007: joan as policewoman - real life

-------- the tuss - rushup edge

-------- d'arcangelo - eksel

2008: vibert / simmonds - rodulate

-------- squarepusher - just a souvenir

2009: ViV - sea shells listening-------------

2010: impakt - brb, writing some tunes on my computer

difficult. sometimes to hard to choose 1 per year. sometimes difficult to think of any

1994 : FSOL : Lifeforms

1995 - Goldie : Timeless

1998 - Boards of Canada : Music Has the Right to Children

2002 - Boards of Canada : Geogaddi

2009 - Melorman : Out In a Field

(i'll come back and edit this, i'd have to take a lot of time about the other years!)

1981: Kraftwerk - Computer World

1983: Sonic Youth - Confusion Is Sex

1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

1989: Fugazi - 13 Songs

1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

1992: Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted

1993: B12 - Electro-Soma

1994: Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

1995: Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do

1996: DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

1997: Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

1998: Massive Attack - Mezzanine or BOC - Music Has The Right..

1999: Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul

2000: GY!BE - Lift Your Skinny Fists... or Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica

2001: Bardo Pond - Dilate

2002: Sonic Youth - Murray Street

2003: Prefue 73 - One Word Extinguisher

2004: Squarepusher - Ultravisitor

2005: Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth

2006: Dabrye - Two/Three

2007: Distance - My Demons

2008: Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence

2009: Boxcutter - Arecibo Message

or something

I know it's a little earlier that 1980 but its close enough.

  On 1/11/2010 at 4:57 PM, hexagon son said:

1994 : FSOL : Lifeforms

Whew, finally someone got the right answer.

1980: Joy Division - Closer

1981: Kraftwerk - Computer World

1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller

1983: New Order - Power, Corruption, and Lies

1984: Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

1985: Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

1986: Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock or Janet Jackson - Control

1987: Eric B. and Rakim - Paid in Full

1988: 808 State - Newbuild

1989: The Cure - Disintegration

1990: Depeche Mode - Violator, 808 State - Utd. State 90

1991: Massive Attack - Blue Lines, My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

1992: Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

1993: Nirvana - In Utero

1994: Portishead - Dummy

1995: Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do, BoC - Twoism

1996: Aphex Twin - RDJ Album

1997: µ-Ziq - Lunatic Harness

1998: Boards of Canada - MHTRTC

1999: Bogdan Raczynski - Samurai Math Beats

2000: Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out

2001: Aphex Twin - Drukqs, Autechre - Confield, Squarepusher - Go Plastic

2002: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

2003: Autechre - Draft 7.30

2004: Squarepusher - Venus No. 17

2005: Wisp - Nrthndr

2006: AFX - Chosen Lords

2007: The Tuss - Rushup Edge

2008: The Advisory Circle - Other Channels

2009: Wisp - The Shimmering Hour

2010 - whatever afx is going to release on warp

1979: Stations and Feeding the 5000 - Crass, PIL - Metal Box, Joes Garage - Zappa. Shit better stop could do 1979 all day.

1980: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

1981: Damaged - Black Flag, Speak and Spell - Depeche Mode

1982: Upstairs at Erics - Yazoo

1983: Lifes a Riot with Spy v Spy - Billy Bragg

1984: Brewing up with Billy Bragg

1985: Back in the DHSS - HMHB

1986:

1987: If I Should Fall from Grace with God - The Pogues

1988: Hairway to Steven - Butthole Surfers

1989: Ninety - 808 State

1990: errr?

1991: Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb

1992: Copper Blue - Sugar

1993: The Infotainment Scan - The Fall, Giant Steps - The Boo Radleys

1994: His n Hers - Pulp

1995: I Care - a twat

1996: Feed me Weird Things - Squarepusher

1997: Hard Normal Daddy

1998: Music is Rotted One Note, Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral - HMHB, Peleton - The Delgados

Ive just lost the will, probably finsh it later, like anyone cares

199:

  On 1/11/2010 at 12:01 AM, margaret thatcher said:

right, starting from 1980 (or whatever year you want):

 

1980: sonic youth - sonic youth

1981: kraftwerk - computer world

1982: the fall - hex enduction hour

1983: sonic youth - confusion is sex

 

 

...

 

2001: the strokes - is this it

2002: mclusky - mclusky do dallas

2003: tv on the radio - young liars ep

2004: arcade fire - funeral

2005: lcd soundsystem - lcd soundsystem (2cd)

2006: tool - 10,000 days

2007: battles - mirrored

 

its weird how the 80s choices make the 00 choices look really bad.

music went bad

Damn, even as a relative noob I've seen this thread done before. And it was in the right forum!

1980 : young marble giants - colossal youth

1981 : brian eno and david byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts

1982 : the fall - hex enduction hour

1983 : brian eno - apollo

1984 : cocteau twins - treasure

1985 : the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy

1986 : cocteau twins - victorialand

1987 : spacemen 3 - the perfect prescription

1988 : my bloody valentine - you made me realise

1989 : the stone roses - the stone roses

1990 : pixies - bossanova

1991 : my bloody valentine - loveless

1992 : spiritualized - lazer guided melodies

1993 : aphex twin - selected ambient works 89-92

1994 : aphex twin - selected ambient works volume II

1995 : oval - 94diskont

1996 : dj shadow - endtroducing

1997 : radiohead - ok computer

1998 : godspeed you black emperor - f#a#∞

1999 : jim o'rourke - eureka

2000 : grandaddy - the sophtware slump

2001 : fennesz - endless summer

2002 : tim hecker - haunt me, haunt me, do it again

2003 : tim hecker - radio amor

2004 : ariel pink - the doldrums

2005 : lightning bolt - hypermagic mountain

2006 : tim hecker - harmony in ultraviolet

2007 : a place to bury strangers - s/t

2008 : beach house - devotion

2009 : jim o'rourke - the visitor

that was pretty difficult. most of the music i listen to is either from the sixties and seventies or the most recent decade, oddly. i pretty much skipped the eighties and the nineties have a bunch of great albums lumped into like three years (96-98)

this is a nice thread that seems incomplete, bump.

the 80s-mid 90s is mostly "by default" choices, don't have much from that era, from then on it's more interesting

1983 - swans - filth

1984 - cocteau twins - treasure

1985 -

1986 - dead can dance - spleen and ideal

1987 - dead can dance - within the realm of a dying sun

1988 - pixies - surfer rosa

1989 - pixies - doolittle

1990 - cocteau twins - heaven or las vegas

1991 - my bloody valentine - loveless

1992 - thomas koner - teimo

1993 - stereolab - transient random-noise bursts with announcements

1994 - slowdive - souvlaki

1995 - bardo pond - bufu alvarius

1996 - porter ricks - biokinetics

1997 - autechre - chiastic slide

1998 - tortoise - tnt

1999 - u.s maple - talker

2000 - radiohead - kid a

2001 - leonid fedorov/vladimir volkov/svjatoslav kurashev - zimy ne budet/ ae - confield (couldn't not mention those 2)

2002 - sunburned hand of the man - headdress

2003 - colleen - everyone alive wants answers

2004 - sunburned hand of the man - no magic man

2005 - mouthus - slow globes

2006 - excepter - alternation

2007 - eleanoora rosenholm - vainajan muotokuva

2008 - grouper - dragging a dead deer up a hill

2009 - mouthus - divisionals

2010 - beach house - teen dream

2011 - possibly you ! (grouper - a i a, so far)