2022 anniversaries

who wins?

  • 1962

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1972

    Votes: 9 69.2%
  • 1982

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 1992

    Votes: 2 15.4%
  • 2002

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • 2012

    Votes: 2 15.4%

  • Total voters
    13

whatwhatsaywhat

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according to acclaimedmusic.net, these are the top 5 albums to celebrate significant birthdays in 2022...

60th anniversary:
ray charles - modern sounds in country and western music
howlin' wolf - howlin' wolf
bill evans - waltz for debby
stan getz and charlie bird - jazz samba
sonny rollins - the bridge

(my additions:
bob dylan - bob dylan; more because of it was his first recordings than for the quality of the interpretations of standards per se
booker t and the mgs - green onions
dick dale and the del-tones - surfer's choice
bobby bland - here's the man)

50th anniversary:
the rolling stones - exile on main street
david bowie - the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
lou reed - transformer
neil young - harvest
stevie wonder - talking book

(my additions:
nick drake - pink moon
aretha franklin - amazing grace
al green - let's stay together
curtis mayfield - superfly
joni mitchell - for the roses)

40th anniversary:
michael jackson - thriller
bruce springsteen - nebtraska
prince and the revolution - 1999
elvis costello and the attractions - imperial bedroom
abc - the lexicon of love

(my additions:
the cure - pornography
the clash - combat rock
midnight oil - 10-1
inxs - shaboo shabaah
hunters & collectors - hunters & collectors)

30th anniversary:
rem - automatic for the people
pavement - slanted & enchanted
dr dre - the chronic
rage against the machine - rage against the machine
aphex twin - selected ambient works 85-92

(my additions:
pj harvey - dry
sonic youth - dirty
beastie boys - check yr head
prince - love symbol
underground lovers - leaves me blind)

20th anniversary:
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
interpol - turn on the bright lights
the flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots
the streets - original pirate material
queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf

(my additions:
bluebottle kiss - revenge is slow
desaparacidos - read music, speak spanish
augie march - strange bird
mclusky - mclusky do dallas
beck - sea change)

10th anniversary:
frank ocean - channel orange
kendrick lamar - good kid, maad city
fiona apple - the idler wheel...
tame impala - lonerism
grimes - visions

(my additions:
taylor swift - red
cat power - suns
sarah blasko - i awake
the walkmen - heaven
melody's echo chamber - melody's echo chamber; hard to consider tame impala without factoring this album in imo)

who wins??
 
1972 was just as strong as every year in the early 70s seemed to be. Amongst the other unmentioned albums are

Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind
Al Green - I’m Still In Love With You
Paul Simon
Van Morrison - St. Dominic’s Preview
Elton John - Honky Château
T. Rex - The Slider
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Bill Withers - Still Bill
Aretha Franklin - Young Gifted And Black
 
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