Album of The Year - Endgame

The year I was born sadly doesn't have many great albums in my opinion haha Follow the Leader is in my top 20 hip hop albums of all time though. Paid in Full gets the most love but I've always thought Follow the Leader was better.

1. Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
3. Ultramagnetic MC’s - Critical Beatdown
4. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
5. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
 
chrb98 said:
1. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
2. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
4. Death - Leprosy
5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tender Prey
6. Current 93 - Earth Covers Earth
7. Sade - Stronger Than Pride
8. EPMD - Strictly Business
9. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
10. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

I've never really cared much for Pixies ( :eek: )
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Any list that contains both Death and Sade is badass
 
1988 was the year i REALLY started getting into music; the music i was into was the beatles!

contemporaneous listening from the year as an 8 going on 9 year old was definitely tracy chapman and the traveling wilbury's, possibly do-re-mi and go-betweens, and definitely crowded house too, plus talking heads

it's funny when you do lists based upon listening to music that you have grown to know from a time when, really, you didn't know / weren't aware of it - i don't reckon i heard daydream nation until about 95 or so, as it wasn't until washing machine that i started to delve into sonic's pre-geffen catalogue, and that was probably because the bonus disc on it was the screaming fields of sonic love, which lead me to listen to their earlier stuff...i distinctly recall buying the ciccone youth album BEFORE getting daydream nation cos a) i loved the cover of madge's "get into the groove" and ii) it was cheaper than 'the one with the candle on the cover'

The OrderArtistAlbum
1​
Sonic YouthDaydream Nation
2​
Public EnemyIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
3​
The Go-Betweens16 Lovers Lane
4​
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsTender Prey
5​
Jane’s AddictionNothing’s Shocking
6​
Tracy ChapmanTracy Chapman
7​
N.W.AStraight Outta Compton
8​
Leonard CohenI'm Your Man
9​
R.E.M.Green
10​
Talk TalkSpirit of Eden
11​
PixiesSurfer Rosa
12​
Talking HeadsNaked
13​
Dinosaur JrBug
14​
The ChurchStarfish
15​
Crowded HouseTemple of Low Men
16​
Happy MondaysBummed
17​
My Bloody ValentineIsn't Anything
18​
The Traveling WilburysThe Traveling Wilburys, Volume One
19​
Do-Re-MiThe Happiest Place on Earth
20​
Metallica...And Justice for All
 
1. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
2. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
3. R.E.M. - Green
4. Morrissey - Viva Hate
5. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
7. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
8. Dwight Yoakam - Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
9. Prince - Lovesexy
10. Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park to Memphis
 
1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
4. R.E.M. - Green
5. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
6. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
7. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
8. Morrissey - Viva Hate
9. Mano Negra - Patchanka
10. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

bonus track:

 
*sigh* 1988. I guess

1. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
2. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
3. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
4. Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather
5. Bad Religion - Suffer
6. Danzig - Danzig
7. kd Lang - Shadowland
8. Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader
9. Poison - Open Up and Say Ahhhh! (Goddammit....)
10. Steve Earle - Copperhead Road

Hon. Mentions: Long Live the Kane - Big Daddy Kane, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick, He’s the DJ, I’m the Rapper - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The honorable mentions just feel more dated to me.

Hot Takes: Sonic Youth is just noise to me and the pixies haven’t grown on me yet. I’m hopeful they will sooner or later so I can take fucking Poison off this list.
 
1. Tracy Chapman - S/T
2. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
4. R.E.M - Green
5. U2 - Rattle and Hum
6. The Waterboys - Fisherman’s Blues
7. The Traveling Wilburys - The Traveling Wilburys, Vol 1
8. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
9. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw and the Cooked
10. The Pogues - If I should fall from Grace with God


Honourable Mentions:
Melissa Etheridge - S/T
Gipsy Kings - S/T
Sam Brown - Stop!
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Up Your Alley
Run-D.M.C - Tougher than Leather
 
1. Jandek - You Walk Alone
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Morrissey - Viva Hate
4. Galaxie 500 - Today
5. Billy Bragg - Workers Playtime
6. Momus - Tender Pervert
7. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
8. The Fall - I Am Kurious Oranj
9. John Adams - Nixon In China
10. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything

Honorable mention:
Various - Married To The Mob soundtrack
Joy Division - Substance (compilation)
 
  1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
  2. Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace with God
  3. Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1
  4. Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
  5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  6. R.E.M. - Green
  7. Soundgarden - Ultramega OK
  8. Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions
  9. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
  10. Tom Waits - Big Time
Honorable Mentions:
Social Distortion - Prison Bound
Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
Oingo Boingo - Boingo Alive
Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson
Jerry Garcia Band - Almost Acoustic
U2 - Rattle and Hum
 
1. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions...
2. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
4. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
5. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
6. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
7. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
8. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
9. Travelling Wilburys - Volume 1
10. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
 
So much great stuff going on in 1988, across a variety of genres.
  1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  2. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions...
  3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  4. Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
  5. R.E.M. - Green
  6. Janes Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
  7. Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace with God
  8. Galaxie 500 - Today
  9. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
  10. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
 
1988


1. Metallica ‎– ...And Justice For All
2. N.W.A ‎– Straight Outta Compton
3. Pixies ‎– Surfer Rosa
4. Talking Heads ‎– Naked
5. Fugazi ‎– Fugazi (it's an EP...I know)
6. Ministry ‎– The Land Of Rape And Honey
7. My Bloody Valentine ‎– Isn't Anything
8. Danzig ‎– Danzig
9. Misfits ‎– Misfits
10. R.E.M. ‎– Green
 
  1. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  2. Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions...
  3. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
  4. Talking Heads - Naked
  5. Beat Happening - Jamboree
  6. Boogie Down Productions- By All Means Necessary
  7. Eric B and Rakim - Follow the Leader
  8. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
  9. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  10. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
 
1. Talk Talk-Spirit of Eden
2. Sade-Stronger than Pride
3. Ultramagnetic MCs-Critical Beatdown
4. Prince-Lovesexy
5.Tracy Chapman-Tracy Chapman
6. Prefab Sprout-From Langley Park...
7. Big Daddy Kane-Long Live the Kane
8. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
9. Slick Rick-The Great Adventures...
10. Pixies-Surfer Rosa
 
I usually struggle with the 80s, but 88 ended up with a fun list.

1. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
2. Metallica - …And Justice For All
3. Megadeth – So Far, So Good… So What!
4. Dinosaur Jr. – Bug
5. R.E.M. - Green
6. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
7. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions
8. Soundgarden – Ultramega OK
9. Bad Religion - Suffer
10. Danzig - Danzig
 
1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
3. Lucinda Williams -S/T
4. Galaxie 500 - Today
5. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
6. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug
7. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
8. Talking Heads - Naked
9. Slayer - South of Heaven
10. The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
 
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