Pick only one year

If you could pick just one year in music you were allowed to listen to, which would it be?

2037

"this year"

"next year"

1928.

followed by 1954.

but mostly 1928.

1982, closely followed by 1983 and 1981.

1980 or 81 or 66

I think I could handle just listening to 1971 for the rest of my life, if I absolutely had to pick one.

1977 or 1978 probably.

Do reissues count?

I would think for the year that the music actually got first released.

1904.

Vesti la giubba is my jam.

91

1892 no? xp

Nevermind, didn't realize it got a big recording in 04.

absolutely 1991, all those phantastic one word albums. seamonsters, nevermind, bandwagonesque, loveless, screamadelica...

93

76 or 77

69 or 70 would be fine by me. only about a zillion cool records from those years i haven't heard yet. i'll be firm and say 1970. think of the funk and the soul and the art-rock and the psych. and think of brazil. and africa. and japan. and germany. i'd be busy for years.

76 or 77
hi 5

1991 was good, as was 1077.

1982

I've spent all of this year listening almost exclusively to stuff from around '70-'71 and don't feel I've exhausted them yet. To choose one-- '71, so uch great Country music (as well as so much great everything else.)

"so uch"= such

See #1s of 1969 thread.

1966 or 1991

1974

a little more arguing for the year you choose wouldn't harm, i guess. why 1974, matinee? it doesn't seem very attractive to me. roxy music wasn't fresh anymore and prog-rock blooming.

1974 because some of my favorite records came out then (ie, Wyatt's Rock Bottom, King Crimson Red, Steve Reice Six Pianos/Drumming, Neil Young On the Beach) and also because there seemed to be a sort of across the board adventurousness melding with pop sensibilities that just really appeals to me. While a lot of the records are very good but lean towards the mediocre, I think I still like exploring that year more than almost any other.

how could i forget about on the beach? i had difficulties finding my fave from 1974. in the end i went for steve reich's drumming. but there is also court and spark and taking tiger mountain. not too shabby really.