My Favorite Album From Every Year Since I Was Born, An Essay Project Spanning Infinite (22 Years) Amounts of Time
I thought up this idea because I’m bored and it’s 4am and no one’s around, but this might turn into something decadent, self-indulgent, and fun.
Basically, I plan to write an essay about one record from each year of my lifetime (in no particular order) that means something to me, and in a sense, explain who I am as a person. I did say self-indulgent, correct? Great. Anyway, here are the records I’m going with:
1989 - Tom Petty, Full Moon Fever
1990 - Social Distortion, Social Distortion
1991 - U2, Achtung Baby
1992 - R.E.M., Automatic For the People
1993 - Nirvana, In Utero
1994 - Manic Street Preachers, The Holy Bible
1995 - Oasis, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
1996 - Weezer, Pinkerton
1997 - Ben Folds Five, Whatever and Ever, Amen
1998 - Barenaked Ladies, Stunt
1999 - Foo Fighters, There is Nothing Left to Lose
2000 - Green Day, Warning
2001 - Jimmy Eat World, Bleed American
2002 - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, The Rising
2003 - Death Cab For Cutie, Transatlanticism
2004 - Blink-182, Blink-182
2005 - Jack’s Mannequin, Everything in Transit
2006 - The Hold Steady, Boys and Girls in America
2007 - Against Me!, New Wave
2008 - The Gaslight Anthem, The ‘59 Sound
2009 - fun., Aim and Ignite
2010 - Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011 - Manchester Orchestra, Simple Math
