Best year for music and why?

1981

Best year for pop / rock / indie ever IMO.

hibster wrote: 2009

wacko died & oasis split up

end of thread

yep yep!

1988 had some great stuff:

Iron Maiden-Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation/The Whitey Album Siouxsie and the Banshees-Peepshow Talk Talk-Spirit of Eden My Bloody Valentine-Isn't Anything The Pogues-If I Should Fall From Grace With God The Church-Starfish Galaxie 500-Today

Additionally, you had singles like:

Cocteau Twins-Carolyn's Fingers The Psychedelic Furs-All That Money Wants Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark-Dreaming Michael Jackson-Smooth Criminal New Order-Blue Monday '88/Best & Marsh/Fine Time (Of Course)

1987 - Great year for albums

New Order - Substance The Smiths - Strangeways... Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses Pet Shop Boys - Actually The Housemartins - People who Grinned... REM - Document Echo & the Bunnymen - self titled Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People ... Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight The Cult - Electric PWEI - Box Frenzy INXS - Kick Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush the Show

1989 was good as well.

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Ger Boy wrote: 1987 - Great year for albums

New Order - Substance The Smiths - Strangeways... Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses Pet Shop Boys - Actually The Housemartins - People who Grinned... REM - Document Echo & the Bunnymen - self titled Happy Mondays - 24 Hour Party People ... Psychedelic Furs - Midnight to Midnight The Cult - Electric PWEI - Box Frenzy INXS - Kick Public Enemy - Yo Bum Rush the Show

Definitely-I'd also add:

Sonic Youth-Sister Love and Rockets-Earth Sun Moon Def Leppard-Hysteria

Appetite for Destruction by Guns 'n Roses and The Joshua Tree by U2 are worth a mention if for no other reason then their phenomenal impact upon the mainstream.

For singles, we had:

The Cure-Just Like Heaven Run-D.M.C.-It's Tricky Pet Shop Boys-Always On My Mind

Not to mention two words: PAUL OAKENFOLD.

Ger Boy wrote: 1989 was good as well.

Oh HELL yeah it was:

Galaxie 500-On Fire The Cure-Disintegration Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine The B-52s-Cosmic Thing Danny Elfman-Batman: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Psychedelic Furs-Book of Days

Singles:

Depeche Mode-Personal Jesus

It goes without saying to bring up ALL of the Technique era by New Order...