Best album from the year you were born?

Not something I ever gave much thought to before if I'm honest, I just saw a chat about it on Instagram earlier and it seemed interesting.

Bit personal if you don't want to show your age I guess, but maybe it'll be easier if grandad here goes first

Was swinging between Roxy Music and the Stones, but went for this in the end...

So, what was going on in the year everyone was born?

Declan A Walsh

I'm too old to remember!:D

Anesthetize

For me it has to be Reign in Blood by Slayer. It still packs a serious punch today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM

Other contenders are:
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Sonic Youth - EVOL

Declan A Walsh

My first thought was that there were no albums of interest to me from the year I was born. However, when I looked into it, I found at least five albums that were at least interesting. I'm still not willing to disclose them, though, until I see some entries from at least the same year!

Rothko

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Doolittle - Pixies
Disintegration - The Cure

1989 was a pretty good year for music, I think.

The Princess Bride

I'm not, and have never really been a fan of albums as such.
Most only have a few really good songs and the rest are rather mediocre, in my experience.

The self titled album David Bowie was originally released this year, 1969, then reissued a few years later as Space Oddity.

Yes, I'm 51, and I'm proud.:D

Anesthetize

The Princess Bride wrote: »

I'm not, and have never really been a fan of albums as such.
Most only have a few really good songs and the rest are rather mediocre, in my experience.

You've been listening to the wrong albums then.

NewbridgeIR

Top 5 for my year, a seriously brilliant one for music

1 Roxy Music - Roxy Music
2 T.Rex - The Slider
3 Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
5 Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

Highly commended: Elvis Presley - Elvis Now!, Neil Young - Harvest, Slade - Slayed?, Beach Boys - Carl & The Passions: So Tough, Randy Newman - Sail Away, Big Star - #1 Record, David Ackles - American Gothic, Genesis - Foxtrot, Sandy Denny - Sandy, Lou Reed - Transformer, Status Quo - Piledriver, Joni Mitchell - For The Roses

UrbanSprawl

From a fairly quick scan thru albums in 75 I would say PF wish you here..I used to think it was good but I wouldn't listen to now ..the DSOTHM,the Wall are better.

Relikk

Oof, way too many great albums the year I was born. There's no way I could pick just one.

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
The Jam - Setting Sons
XTC - Drums And Wires
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti

1979.

AndyBoBandy

Only a compilation, but what a compilation

ChangesTwoBowie

BOSTIK

Have to admit that I wouldn't be mad familiar with that many albums from the year of my birth, but this one opens with the Rolling Stones greatest ever song, so I'll look no further.

Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy