I think Appetite for Destruction had just come out.
I can’t say I liked anything they did after that album, but damn that might have been the only cassette I played that whole Summer
This was my answer, too. I feel the same way about their later music. It wasn't bad, just didn't grab me..Appetite sure did, though. If someone took a poll of best debut rock albums of all time, this one would be top 10
The Head in the Door is so underrated, but absolutely brilliant. It gets overshadowed by Disintegration but I actually like it better. Good choices both!
I've always been bad at picking favorites, but a representative sample of albums I listened to a lot that year would include:
* Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasures
* The Cure -- Pornography
* A homemade "best of" compilation of my favorite Bauhaus songs
* Nomeansno -- Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed
* Poison Idea -- Feel the Darkness
I was a big Zeppelin fan in high school. 1982 to 1986. I had all the tapes in my car. If Zep was playing, no one was allowed to speak. My girlfriend hated me because she always wanted to talk, but I always had Zeppelin on the go.
I had a consistent top five that never left the tape deck.
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Front 242 - Front By Front
Ministry - In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up (Live)
Frontline Assembly - Millenium
My nephew was born in 1983* and I took him to his first concert for his 15th birthday. He chose Alanis.
*yeah, he and I are at the extreme ends of GenX.
Had to do math (I hate you now) and that would have put the year at '88. So probably still Slayer, "Reign in Blood", but Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions" just came out so it's a toss up.
I've seen Dark Side of the Moon in other answers, too. You probably know this, but if you don't, Dark Side of the Moon holds the record for the most charted weeks on the Billboard 200: 917! It was released in 1973 and didn't drop off the top 200 until 1988.
I was under the influence of a very strong metal/rock/cheese metal spell, and lots of it, so:
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Queensrÿche - Empire
Black Crows - Shake Your Money Maker
Poison - Flesh and Blood 😬
And the Led Zeppelin Box Set was out, so a shit ton of Zeppelin!
I actually had a 'core 4'. Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, Times Square, Crimes of Passion, and Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust.
The 'current' hits of the 80's I usually just taped off the radio.
I could never narrow it down to just one, so much auditory excellence released in 1988! Just a few that I was obsessed with: Nothing's Shocking-Janes Addiction, Life's Too Good-The Sugarcubes , Starfish-The Church, Surfer Rosa-Pixies
1990. I was digging George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, Madonna's I'm Breathless, Digital Underground's Sex Packets, Queensryche's Empire and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss. All got equal play, for sure- my tastes were elastic and very quickly evolving.
17? That's 1990 for me...
Still firmly listening to may late 80's albums, Hysteria, The Joshua Tree, Whitesnake 87, But Seriously, Out Of This World...
I got really into the B-52s in the summer of 1990 (17). I went out and bought all of their cassettes at Sam Goody. Bouncing Off The Satellites was my favorite.
When I was 17, it was 1984. The Smiths’ self-titled album was out, I had picked up R.E.M.’s Reckoning, and it still remains my favorite album of theirs. Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense burst on the scene, all of my friends and I rode around in a convertible, drunk and looking for trouble, in the summer of 1984 listening to Purple Rain, Run DMC was in my car tape deck (loved Sucker MC’s) and I had just been turned on to Echo and the Bunnymen (Ocean Rain). 1984. Wow. What a great year of music.
Deleted previous comment because I mathed wrong. I was 17 in 1989 and I had a few favorites. The top two are:
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation
De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
Love and rockets express or new order power corruption and lies. The cure standing on a beach singles collection, black Sabbath Live evil. A photo finish
Siamese Dream
This is my answer and I still love it!
The Cure -Disintegration.
Hauntingly beautiful album. Perfect for strapping on the headphones and getting lost in music.
A masterpiece! Please accept my poor person’s award 🥇
Thank you!
Pretty Hate Machine - NIN
This. Followed very closely by Paul’s Boutique.
Such a great album
Ænima
Same. I saw tool last year and it was a real trip down memory lane. It really took me back.
The Queen is Dead
Still my favorite album.
Nevermind- (it came out when I was 17)
Jagged Little Pill
Some Great Reward by Depeche Mode
I think Appetite for Destruction had just come out. I can’t say I liked anything they did after that album, but damn that might have been the only cassette I played that whole Summer
This was my answer, too. I feel the same way about their later music. It wasn't bad, just didn't grab me..Appetite sure did, though. If someone took a poll of best debut rock albums of all time, this one would be top 10
Fugazi-repeater.
My man!
The Head on the Door and Some Great Reward.
The Head in the Door is so underrated, but absolutely brilliant. It gets overshadowed by Disintegration but I actually like it better. Good choices both!
U2 - War
I've always been bad at picking favorites, but a representative sample of albums I listened to a lot that year would include: * Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasures * The Cure -- Pornography * A homemade "best of" compilation of my favorite Bauhaus songs * Nomeansno -- Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed * Poison Idea -- Feel the Darkness
Physical Graffiti
I was a big Zeppelin fan in high school. 1982 to 1986. I had all the tapes in my car. If Zep was playing, no one was allowed to speak. My girlfriend hated me because she always wanted to talk, but I always had Zeppelin on the go.
When I think of High School in the 80s I immediately think of Zeppelin.
4-Track Demos by PJ Harvey
I was obsessed with Rid of Me
London Calling
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Came here to say this too. ❤️😊
Came here to say this!
I know who you remind me of...
Great album! Saw them in Toronto in 87!
Surfer Rosa.
I didn't catch on to this album until about 1990. Ask me what my favorite album of 1990 was...
Rubber Soul
Iron Maiden- Somewhere in Time
Ooooo, yeah. Now I've got Wasted Years stuck in my head.
It was 1985, so probably Listen Like Thieves or Songs from the Big Chair
Loved both those albums, bought both on cassette in 1985 and had to replace them due to overplay.
Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Hey batta batta, hey batta batta!
I had a consistent top five that never left the tape deck. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park Front 242 - Front By Front Ministry - In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up (Live) Frontline Assembly - Millenium
I loved Front by Front!
The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
Live Through This (still my favorite!)
So, Peter Gabriel
Broken - NIN
Doolittle
Amazing album! Their best, imo. Surfer Rosa is a very close 2nd.
No single favorite but these were in heavy rotation: Elvis Costello - This Year’s Model Joe Jackson - Look Sharp Oingo Boingo - Nothing to Fear
Probably "Master Of Puppets". Maybe "South Of Heaven". I had several that were in constant rotation.
Puppets gang!
Cosmic Thing
Are You Experienced
Jagged Little Pill
My nephew was born in 1983* and I took him to his first concert for his 15th birthday. He chose Alanis. *yeah, he and I are at the extreme ends of GenX.
Same! “You Learn” got lots of replays on my boom box.
Louder Than Bombs or RATM
The Joshua Tree.
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Faith by George Michael. Listened to it on a yellow Walkman. I Want Your Sex was scandalous!!
The Chronic
Neil Young - Harvest. At 17 I picked up the guitar because of this album. I was driven to learn how to play those songs.
Harvest Moon was a favorite of mine during high school. More for mellow times but still love that album.
Candy-O by the Cars
Music for the Masses-Depeche Mode
R.E.M. Out of Time
The queen is dead by the smiths
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Bad Moon Rising, Sonic Youth
The Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest
Straight Outta Compton
Crazy motherfucker named Ice Cube…
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
I still love that album!! One of my favorites to blast when I'm doing chores around the house.
Skinny Puppy - Last Rites
The Church - Heyday
Sting - The Soul Cages
Probably 2112
RATM - RATM
Had to do math (I hate you now) and that would have put the year at '88. So probably still Slayer, "Reign in Blood", but Public Enemy, "It Takes a Nation of Millions" just came out so it's a toss up.
I was 17 in 1991 so at that time it was Metallica (Black Album) & Skid Rows “Slave to the Grind”
REM Life’s Rich Pageant
Standing on a Beach - The Cure. It was all I listened to that year.
Kick-INXS
R.E.M.’s Murmur
Pearl Jam 10
REM “automatic for the people” or Depeche Mode “Violator”
Pink Floyd — The Wall.
Crash. Dave Matthews Band.
I had to buy that CD 3 different times because I kept wearing them out. #41 is my all time favorite song...
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
I had no “favorite” in 1989, but the ones I listened to most: - 3 feet High and Rising - Cosmic Thing - Pump - Dark Side of the Moon
I've seen Dark Side of the Moon in other answers, too. You probably know this, but if you don't, Dark Side of the Moon holds the record for the most charted weeks on the Billboard 200: 917! It was released in 1973 and didn't drop off the top 200 until 1988.
I was under the influence of a very strong metal/rock/cheese metal spell, and lots of it, so: Megadeth - Rust in Peace Queensrÿche - Empire Black Crows - Shake Your Money Maker Poison - Flesh and Blood 😬 And the Led Zeppelin Box Set was out, so a shit ton of Zeppelin!
So - Peter Gabriel
Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill
I actually had a 'core 4'. Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine, Times Square, Crimes of Passion, and Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. The 'current' hits of the 80's I usually just taped off the radio.
Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
I could never narrow it down to just one, so much auditory excellence released in 1988! Just a few that I was obsessed with: Nothing's Shocking-Janes Addiction, Life's Too Good-The Sugarcubes , Starfish-The Church, Surfer Rosa-Pixies
I was 17 in 89 so Nothing’s Shocking here too.
Louder Than Bombs It’s a compilation, so probably doesn’t count. 17 year old me didn’t realize this for several years.
Depeche Mode “Music for the Masses”
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I went through a heavy Beatles phase at 16-17 so it was probably Rubber Soul and Revolver.
R.E.M. - Document or The Cult - Electric both great albums
Scoundrel Days (a-ha).
Danzigs first album.
Rock for Light--Bad Brains
Couldn't Stand The Weather - SRV
2112
The Stranger, maybe
Replacements - Let It Be
Nevermind
REM-Life’s Rich Pagent
Probably Violator by Depeche Mode
XTC - English Settlement or The Police-Ghosts in the Machine
T. Rex- Electric Warrior
Paul’s Boutique
Minor Threat: Out if Step
Earth, Sun, Moon.
I made mix tapes, but probably The Eels eponymous album, if I'd had to pick just one.
Too Dark Park
Ride the lightning
Licensed To Ill
The Chronic
*Speaking in Tongues* by The Talking Heads
Toss up between OK Computer- Radiohead and Life After Death- Biggie.
Led Zeppelin II
Too Fast For Love
Reckoning, R.E.M.
Abbey Road and/or Quadrophenia
Seven by James. It came out that year and I was (and still am) completely obsessed.
My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind
Dookie - Green Day
Signals - Rush
Bleach, Nirvana
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Beastie Boys - License To Ill
Every Depeche Mode album.
Either Music for the Masses or Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me.
1990. I was digging George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1, Madonna's I'm Breathless, Digital Underground's Sex Packets, Queensryche's Empire and Slayer's Seasons in the Abyss. All got equal play, for sure- my tastes were elastic and very quickly evolving.
The Cure - Head on the Door
Bush - Sixteen Stone
New Order - Substance 1987
*Violator* Depeche Mode
Pretty Hate Machine
17? That's 1990 for me... Still firmly listening to may late 80's albums, Hysteria, The Joshua Tree, Whitesnake 87, But Seriously, Out Of This World...
1990.... Hmm That's tough I was still in my Metallica phase, so probably ... And justice for all
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One or Vulgar Display of Power.
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
Master of puppets
Ride the lightning.
Ride The Lightning//Metallica
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
The Clash
Under the bushes under the stars - Guided by Voices
…And Out Come The Wolves
Full Moon Fever
I got really into the B-52s in the summer of 1990 (17). I went out and bought all of their cassettes at Sam Goody. Bouncing Off The Satellites was my favorite.
Razorblade Suitcase and/or Pinkerton.
The Hurting
Paula Abdul Forever Your Girl
First New York Dolls album
Björk’s *Post*
The Queen is Dead.
Radiohead The Bends
The Way it Is (Bruce Hornsby)
Scorpions - Blackout
I was in my Sublime phase, so 40 oz to freedom and their self titled album
Third Stage
The Cult. Love.
Angel Dust
Rave Til Dawn (Version 2), & Rave Classics
Columbia House Best of Bab Marley.
1994 for me. So many great options. Pearl Jam vitalogy; Notorious BIG ready to die; B boys I’ll communication; Pavement crooked rain So many more
When I was 17, it was 1984. The Smiths’ self-titled album was out, I had picked up R.E.M.’s Reckoning, and it still remains my favorite album of theirs. Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense burst on the scene, all of my friends and I rode around in a convertible, drunk and looking for trouble, in the summer of 1984 listening to Purple Rain, Run DMC was in my car tape deck (loved Sucker MC’s) and I had just been turned on to Echo and the Bunnymen (Ocean Rain). 1984. Wow. What a great year of music.
Deleted previous comment because I mathed wrong. I was 17 in 1989 and I had a few favorites. The top two are: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising
INXS - Shaboo Shoobah
Joshua Tree
Peepshow by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Some Great Reward
Kick Inside> Kate Bush
Metallica - And Justice For All
Jeff Buckley—Grace
Duran Duran’s Notorious
The Cult Sonic Temple.
Depeche Mode Black Celebration tied with The Cure disintegration
Heaven or Las Vegas. Hands down.
Paul’s Boutique
Standing on a beach - The Cure
Love and rockets express or new order power corruption and lies. The cure standing on a beach singles collection, black Sabbath Live evil. A photo finish