How about 1986? Paul Simon released his groundbreaking Graceland, The Beastie Boys dropped Licensed To Ill, Run DMC released Raising Hell, and Peter Gabriel made what some consider to be his best album, So. The Jesus & Mary Chain brought their feedback soaked Wall of Sound to the masses with Psychocandy, Steve Earle made country history with Guitar Town, and a collection of African music called The Indestructible Beat of Soweto made many music critics best of lists for the year.
Then there was 1991: Nirvana’s Nevermind alone would chart the course of history for years to come, Pearl Jam gave us Ten, U2 released Achtung Baby, A Tribe Called Quest put out one of the most influential hip-hop albums ever with The Low End Theory, and Massive Attack released the blueprint for trip-hop, Blue Lines.
In the coming months there will be a lot of great music to talk about, listen to, and debate the importance of. Was there one year that definitely says: “greatest year in music?” We’ll find out, but we want to hear from you. Let us know what the greatest year (or years) in music were. Join the conversation with #xpngreatestyear
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