What are your 5 favorite albums by decade?

[SoundscapeMN]

1960's
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

1970's
Genesis - Foxtrot
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rush - Hemispheres
Yes - Relayer

1980's
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Marillion - Clutching at Straws
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Rush - Permanent Waves

1990's
Dream Theater - Awake
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Marillion - Brave
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee

2000's
Apes & Androids - Blood Moon
dredg - El Cielo
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True
Ours - Distorted Lullabies
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element

2010's
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum
Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After
Pepe Deluxe - Queen of the Wave
The River Empires - Epilogue
Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself and Remove Your Sandals

[RoeDent]

Wow it's hilarious how the thread collapsed at the beginning. From failing to understand the concept of a decade when it comes to the 21st century, to complaining no one could come up with something that requires a lot of thought within 4 hours of starting the thread. If nothing else, these threads give us high comedy.

[twosuitsluke]

Wow it's hilarious how the thread collapsed at the beginning. From failing to understand the concept of a decade when it comes to the 21st century, to complaining no one could come up with something that requires a lot of thought within 4 hours of starting the thread. If nothing else, these threads give us high comedy.

I mean, any WildRanger thread is an instant read for me. This one is hilarious, which is no surprise   

WildRanger, you have given me the most laugh out loud DTF moments, and I cherish them all. Lumping two decades together because you can't come with a top 5 for each (and of course assume no one else would be able to muster up a top 5 either) is gold.

[Elite]

OMG, this thread

[darkshade]

Anouar Brahem - Blue Maqams
Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here

Some cool slightly unusual choices here.

The Blue Maqams album is incredible, and features Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette.

[Sacul]

1960s
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
The Beatles Abbey Road
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Scott Walker Scott 4

1970s
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon
Mike Oldfield Ommadawn
The Stooges Fun House
Black Sabbath Paranoid
King Crimson Red

1980s
Talk Talk The Colour of Spring
Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime
Kate Bush Hounds of Love
Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine
Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair

1990s
Nine Inch Nails The Fragile
Koji Kondo Super Mario 64 OST
Godspeed You! Black Emperor F# A# Infinity
Massive Attack Mezzanine
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

2000s
Dream Theater Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Porcupine Tree In Absentia
Burial Untrue
Beth Gibbons, Rustin Man Out of Season
Have a Nice Life Deathconsciousness

2010s
Anathema Weather Systems
Nils Frahm Spaces
Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning
David Bowie Blackstar
Ulver The Assassination of Julius Caesar

2020s
Kashiwa Daisuke Program Music III
Deftones Ohms
Gazpacho Fireworker
Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Against All Logic 2017 - 2019

[ThatOneGuy2112]

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[NoseofNicko]

60's:
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady *
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat

70's:
David Bowie - Low
Harmonium - Les cinq saisons
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom *
Yes - Close to the Edge

80's:
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Rush - Moving Pictures
Steve Roach - Structures From Silence *
Talking Heads - Remain in Light

90's:
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Slint - Spiderland
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock *

00's:
Boris - Flood *
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
MF Doom - Mm.. Food
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In the Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

10's:
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
David Bowie - Blackstar *
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

* - Album of the decade

That was fun

Absolutely stellar music taste sir.

[ThatOneGuy2112]

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[Elite]

1960's
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
The Beatles - The Beatles

1970's
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle
Chick Corea - Return to Forever

1980's
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
and 3 albums I haven't heard yet

1990's
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Cardiacs - Sing to God
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante or California
Radiohead - OK Computer

2000's
Ulver - Perdition City
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Opeth - Blackwater Park
dredg - El Cielo
Between the Buried and Me - Colors

2010's
Leprous - Bilateral
Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
Wilderun - Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
Snarky Puppy - We Like it Here

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wow, this was way more difficult than I had thought and I had to leave off albums and even artists I love dearly to make this list.

[Sacul]

60's:
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

90's:
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Slint - Spiderland
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock *

00's:
Boris - Flood *
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

10's:
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want
David Bowie - Blackstar *
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

These are amazing

1960's
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

1970's
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

1990's
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante or California
Radiohead - OK Computer

2000's
Ulver - Perdition City
Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
dredg - El Cielo
Between the Buried and Me - Colors

2010's
Obsidian Kingdom - Mantiis
Snarky Puppy - We Like it Here

These are awesome too

[Elite]

wow shit, I left off Frances the Mute

[KevShmev]

What the hell, I will do this for fun as well, and so as to not let bands dominate a decade (like Floyd would for the 70's and Rush for the 80's), I will keep it at one per artist for each decade.  Felt like I cheated in the 10's with Neal Morse, but they were technically three different bands/projects.

60's:
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Led Zeppelin - II
The Who - Tommy
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

70's:
Pink Floyd - The Wall (Dark Side is probably better, but The Wall is too much of a sentimental favorite)
Boston - Boston
Kansas - Leftoverture
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Yes - Close to the Edge

80's:
Rush - Power Windows
Van Halen - Fair Warning
INXS - Kick
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
The Police - Synchronicity

90's:
Dream Theater - Awake
Queensryche - Promised Land
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
The Flower Kings - Flower Power

00's:
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Transatlantic - SMPTe
The Flower Kings - Paradox Hotel
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted

10's:
Neal Morse Band - The Similitude of a Dream
Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused to Sing
Haken - The Mountain
Neal Morse - Testimony 2
Flying Colors - Flying Colors

20's:
Neal Morse Band - Innocence and Danger
Taylor Swift - Folklore
Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks in the Road
Steven Wilson - The Future Bites
Styx - Crash of the Crown (this one has really won me over the more I have listened)

[WardySI]

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2010-2019
Iron Maiden-The Final Frontier
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
Iron Maiden-Dance Of Death

.....

Did you mean Book Of Souls?
Dance Of Death was 2003

[WardySI]

Crazy talk, there's been heaps of quality releases since 2000 in fact found both the 80's and first decade of the new millennium the hardest to whittle down there were so many great albums!?

Huey Lewis & The News' FORE and SPORTS and TOUCH by Noiseworks would always make the 80's lists but for this one I'll stick to the metal orientated stuff instead

1980-89
HOWLING The Angels
OPERATION MINDCRIME Queensryche
HEAVEN AND HELL Black Sabbath
SEVENTH SON… Iron Maiden
5150 Van Halen

Runner Ups…
SLIP OF THE TONGUE Whitesnake
SONIC TEMPLE The Cult


1990-99
EMPIRE Queensryche
NO MORE TEARS Ozzy Osbourne
CANDLEBOX Candlebox
SUPERUNKNOWN Soundgarden
ACCIDENT OF BIRTH Bruce Dickinson

Runner Ups…
THE X-FACTOR Iron Maiden
PARALLELS Fates Warning


2000-09
BRAVE NEW WORLD Iron Maiden
AUDIOSLAVE Audioslave
BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL The Cult
PARADISE LOST Paradise Lost
THE DYING DAYLIGHTS Charon

Runner Ups...
SILICON MESSIAH Blaze Bayley
ESCAPEXSTACY Poisonblack


2010-19
THEORIES OF FLIGHT Fates Warning
HYMNS FOR THE BROKEN Evergrey
ALL I SEE IS WAR Sevendust
UNDER THE RED CLOUD Amorphis
DISTANCE OVER TIME Dream Theater

Runner Ups...
HEAVENLY ECSTACY Pagan's Mind
SUBWAY TO THE STARS Spread Eagle

[The Letter M]

So only five from 20 years, then five from 8 months? 

8 months? You realize we are 20 months into the 2020s, right? Unless you don't count 2020 as part of the 2020's...

Making a post now so that I can remember to try and come back here later when I've formulated my lists for each "grouping of 10 years starting in 0 and ending in 9".

What would be a fun list for the 2020's would be to predict what albums MIGHT become your favorite for that decade! Like Dream Theater's 17th album, or Haken's 8th album, and then we come back to this thread in 2030 to see if our predictions held up over the previous 9 years! 

Edit...okay, here's what I've come up with for tonight.

1960's:
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Who - Tommy
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority

1970's:
Rush - Hemispheres (AFTK was close)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Queen - Queen II
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Yes - Fragile

1980's:
Rush - Power Windows
Genesis - Duke
Yes - 90125
King Crimson - Discipline
Asia - Asia

1990's:
Rush - Counterparts
Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
Spock's Beard - Beware Of Darkness
The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory

2000's:
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever
Spock's Beard - Snow
Dream Theater - Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
Ayreon - The Human Equation
The Tangent - A Place In The Queue

2010's:
Big Big Train - English Electric Full Power
The Tangent - A Spark In The Aether
Spock's Beard - X
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
Rush - Clockwork Angels

2020's:
Pattern-Seeking Animals - Prehensile Tales
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
Liquid Tension Experiment - LTE3
Big Big Train - Common Ground
Nick D'Virgilio - Invisible

That...was more difficult than I expected. Spent nearly 40 minutes sorting that one out. Quite a few tough choices had to be made too, and from the 90s onward, I could probably pick Top 10 or 20 and still have a hard time narrowing down the lists!

-Marc.

[Elite]

I’m quite positive beforehand that neither Dream Theater’s 17th nor Haken’s 8th album will make my list, but I’m ready to be pleasantly surprised.

[Architeuthis]

70's
Yes - The Yes Album
Pink Floyd -  DSOTM
Rush - 2112 or Hemispheres
Boston - Boston
Styx - Pieces of Eight

80's
Rush - Permanent Waves
Triumph - Allied Forces
Yes - 90125
Journey - Escape
Scorpions- Savage Amusement
Honorable mention - Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

90's
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Yes - Talk
Boston - Walk On
Rush - Test for Echo
Dream Theater - Scenes

2,000's
Journey - Arrival
Dream Theater - Octavarium
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Halestorm - Debut album

2010's
Rush - Clockwork Angel's
Dream Theater - DT12 or TA
Symphony X - Underworld
Mike Lepond's - Silent Assassins
Styx - The Mission

Honorable mention
Nightwish - EFMB

[Stadler]

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2010-2019
Iron Maiden-The Final Frontier
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
Neal Morse Band - The Grand Experiment
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
Iron Maiden-Dance Of Death

.....

Did you mean Book Of Souls?
Dance Of Death was 2003

I'd love to say "yes" to save face, but no, that was a mistake on my part.  .  I'll have to go back to my list to see what I meant to put there.

[TAC]

The Final Frontier, obviously.