Greatest year in (post WWII) music history?

[SECDAWG]

1923, first recorded country music recording, Pod. Rest is history.

 

[Bad_MotherDucker]

1988 is skrong

Straight Outta Compton - NWA
And Justice For All - Metallica
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
South of Heaven - Slayer
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 - Traveling Wilburys
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
OU812 - Van Halen
Nothing’s Shocking - Jane’s Addiction
Power Metal - Pantera
Long Live the Kane - Big Daddy Kane
See The Light - Jeff Healey Band (s/o to @GrandpaSankey)
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
Green - R.E.M.
G N' R Lies - Guns N’ Roses
The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

And at the end of the year some obscure label named Sub Pop released a compilation of singles including Nirvana, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, and Green River

 

[GrundleStiltzkin]

1988 is skrong

Straight Outta Compton - NWA
And Justice For All - Metallica
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
Surfer Rosa - Pixies
South of Heaven - Slayer
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 - Traveling Wilburys
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
OU812 - Van Halen
Nothing’s Shocking - Jane’s Addiction
Power Metal - Pantera
Long Live the Kane - Big Daddy Kane
See The Light - Jeff Healey Band (s/o to @GrandpaSankey)
The Great Adventures of Slick Rick - Slick Rick
Green - R.E.M.
G N' R Lies - Guns N’ Roses
The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

And at the end of the year some obscure label named Sub Pop released a compilation of singles including Nirvana, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, and Green River

Separating some chaff, you make a strong case.

 

[Fishpo31]

Tough choices...66 has too many of my top cuts to deny
In doing research (because I’m bored), I found a list with the top 4 being

Rolling Stones - Aftermath (British edition for me, Out of Time was a revelation with marimba)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

Plus albums by...
Willie Nelson
Ray Charles
The Kinks
Cream
The Sonics

The guy gets it. 1966 is really the year album oriented rock came into existence. Pet Sounds and Revolver are right behind Pepper in Rolling Stones top 3 albums of all time.

Good call for a youngster

45 singles were the currency pre album orientated rock aka AOR

Tough choices...66 has too many of my top cuts to deny
In doing research (because I’m bored), I found a list with the top 4 being

Rolling Stones - Aftermath (British edition for me, Out of Time was a revelation with marimba)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beatles - Revolver
Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

Plus albums by...
Willie Nelson
Ray Charles
The Kinks
Cream
The Sonics

The guy gets it. 1966 is really the year album oriented rock came into existence. Pet Sounds and Revolver are right behind Pepper in Rolling Stones top 3 albums of all time.

Good call for a youngster

45 singles were the currency pre album orientated rock aka AOR

True. Over the years I have noticed that for roughly 90% of the albums / long form recordings I own, the song that inspired me to buy it eventually became my least favorite song on it...