Your picks for the Greatest LP of the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's

[slow groove]

I know it's near impossible to do, but attepmt to narrow it down to a small few per decade if possible.

My choice(s):

60's:

Revolver (Beatles) or Rubber Soul (Beatles)

70's:

What's Goin' On (Marvin Gaye), Innervisions (Stevie Wonder), Tapestry (Carole King) or The Wall (Pink Floyd)

80's:

Sign O' The Times (Prince), Joshua Tree (U2), or It Takes A Nations of Millions... (Public Enemy)

90's:

Ten (Pearl Jam), Nevermind (Nirvana) or 3 feet High and Rising (89-90, De La Soul)

[cardinalgirl]

Led Zeppelin

[Sheriff Blaylock]

70's: Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

80's: Michael Jackson Thriller

90's: Alice in Chains Jar of Flies

[triggercut1]

'60's: Let It Bleed (Revolver and Odessey And Oracle and Otis Live In Europe tied for second).

'70's: #1 Record/Radio City (Entertainment! and All Mod Cons tied for second.)

'80's: Let It Be (the Replacements' album by that title) (Sign O The Times and New Day Rising and Reckoning tied for second.)

'90's: Twice Removed (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain and Crappin' You Negative tied for second.)

[moedrabowsky]

60's -- The White Album, Let It Bleed, Are You Experienced?

70's -- Dark Side of the Moon, Sabotage, Van Halen I, Who's Next

80's -- Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, Joshua Tree, Appetite for Destruction, Master of Puppets, Pleased to Meet Me

90's -- Yield, Ten, Badmotorfinger, Dirt, Achtung Baby, Siamese Dream

[slow groove]

Moe,

I gave serious consideration to Metallica's "Puppets."

[kmeyer]

Moe,

I gave serious consideration to Metallica's "Puppets."

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You have to plug a Metallica album in your Top 3 for one of those decades.....

Some good choices by you guys........very tough to narrow down!......perhaps a Top 5 by genre by decade........makes things a little bit easier....

[moedrabowsky]

Moe,

I gave serious consideration to Metallica's "Puppets."

And I left off both Physical Graffiti and Led Zeppelin IV off my 70's list.

I also think What's Going On goes on the list, but I don't remember if it came out in the 60s or 70s.

[slow groove]

And I left off both Physical Graffiti and Led Zeppelin IV off my 70's list.

I also think What's Going On goes on the list, but I don't remember if it came out in the 60s or 70s.

I agree with KMeyer - thing is, not everyone is diverse in their listening habits, and certain genres would get overlooked. For instance, how many posters here know anything about true R&B or Funk music. Some for sure, but I'd venture to guess that many more simply do not. Along with a handful of others, I've made it a point to expose myself to everything from funk/rock/blues/soul/country/pop, etc. and my musical tastes are better for having done so.

Moe, What's Going On was released in 1971.

[moedrabowsky]

Moe, What's Going On was released in 1971.

That was a good year.

And I was born that year, too.

But yeah, it's tough to narrow down. Rush (my favorite) made their two definitive albums in the 80s, The Replacements and REM were re-defining what popular music could be, U2 was becoming the biggest band on Earth, and three of the greatest pop albums of all-time came out that decade -- Purple Rain, Born in the U.S.A. and Thriller.

Good topic, groovemeister.

[Schwahalala]

The 60's - is the hardest

I nominate - Sly and Family Stone - Stand.

1.	Stand
2.	Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
3.	I Want To Take You Higher
4.	Somebody's Watching You
5.	Sing A Simple Song
6.	Sex Machine
7.	Everyday People
8.	You Can Make It If You Try

My other suggestion might be Stevie's Greatest Hits in 1968.

[Schwahalala]

For the 70's the most influential album was not one of music - it was comedy -

Richard Pryor - That Nigger's Crazy.

For Music - Marvin's What's Going On as has been mentioned.

Arethea Franklin's Sparkle Album

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

[Schwahalala]

For the 80's

Prince - Purple Rain

Michael Jackson Thriller

[Schwahalala]

For the 90's

TLC - Crazy Sexy CooL

[ksbluesfan]

1950s - "Time Out" by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
1960s - "Led Zeppelin II" by Led Zeppelin
1970s - "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath
1980s - "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden
1990s - "Unquestionable Presence" by Atheist
2000s - "Oceanic" by Isis