The Soundtrack Of My Life
As the run up to my 35th birthday begins, i’m going back to a pair of posts written this summer.
I started to think of my favorite tracks from over the years:
1985: The Replacements, "Bastards of Young"
1986: Bon Jovi, "Livin On A Prayer"
1987: Belinda Carlisle, "Heaven Is A Place on Earth"
1988: The Church, "Under The Milky Way"
1989: The Cure, "Love Song"
1990: Faith No More, "Epic"
1991: Massive Attack, "Unfinished Sympathy"
1992: Alice In Chains, "Would?"
1993: Nirvana, "All Apologies"
1994: Portishead, "Glory Box"
1995: Shakira, "Estoy Aqui"
1996: Manic Street Preachers, “A Design For Life”
1997: The Verve, "Lucky Man"
1998: Oasis, “The Masterplan”
1999: Silverchair, "Anthem For The Year 2000"
2000: The Smashing Pumpkins, "Stand Inside Your Love"
2001: Röyksopp, "Remind Me"
2002: Queens of the Stone Age, "Go With The Flow"
2003: The White Stripes, "Seven Nation Army"
2004: Mastodon, “Blood & Thunder"
2005: Kaiser Chiefs, "Oh My God"
2006: Muse, "Knights of Cydonia"
2007: Radiohead, "All I Need"
2008: Metallica, "Broken, Beat & Scarred"
2009: Silversun Pickups, "The Royal We"
2010: Jeff Beck, "Lilac Wine"
2011: Foo Fighters, "Walk"
2012: The Killers, "Battle Born"
2013: Arctic Monkeys, "R U Mine?"
2014: Erin & Her Cello, "Just Maybe"
2015: Jamie XX featuring Romy, "Loud Places"
2016: David Bowie, "Lazarus"
2017: Royal Blood, "Lights Out"
2018: Rosalia, "Pienso En Tu Mirá"
2019: Clara Luciani, "La Grenade"
2020: Tame Impala, "On Track”
I also created a list of 35 albums for the last 35 years:
35 Albums for 35 Years
1985-The Cure, "The Head On The Door"
1986- Metallica, "Master of Puppets"
1987-Guns N Roses, "Appetite For Destruction"
1988-Midnight Oil, "Diesel & Dust"
1989- Nine Inch Nails, "Pretty Hate Machine"
1990-Depeche Mode, "Violator"
1991-U2, "Achtung, Baby"
1992- Alice In Chains, "Dirt"
1993- Smashing Pumpkins, "Siamese Dream"
1994- Green Day, "Dookie"
1995- Radiohead, "The Bends"
1996- Manic Street Preachers, "Everything Must Go"
1997-Foo Fighters "The Colour & The Shape"
1998- Garbage, "Version 2.0"
1999- Red Hot Chilli Peppers, "Californication"
2000- A Perfect Circle, "Mer de Noms"
2001- Jimmy Eat World, "Bleed American"
2002- Coldplay, "A Rush of Blood To The Head"
2003- The White Stripes, "Elephant"
2004- Mastodon, "Leviathan"
2005- Oasis, "Don't Believe The Truth"
2006- Regina Spektor, "Begin To Hope"
2007-Silverchair, "Young Modern"
2008- R.E.M- "Accelerate"
2009-Pearl Jam, "Backspacer"
2010- Devo, "Something For Everybody"
2011-Those Dancing Days, "Daydreams & Nightmares"
2012-Rush, "Clockwork Angels"
2013- Chvrches, "The Bones of What You Believe"
2014- The War On Drugs, "Lost In The Dream"
2015- Foals, "What Went Down"
2016- Run The Jewels, "RTJ 3"
2017- Bria Skonberg, "With A Twist"
2018- Kamasi Washington, "Heaven & Earth"
2019-Gary Clark Jr., "This Land"
2020-Tame Impala, "The Slow Rush"
What are some of your favorite albums and songs from these years?
