It's About Time: Intro

Its easy for people, myself included, to have gaping blind spots in music. Sometimes you aren't nearly as familiar as you should be with a particular genre, or maybe an artist has just managed to pass you by despite their popularity. For me though, I think my biggest issue is time-related. Don't get me wrong, I know all the names, but the classics -- especially from before the 80s -- are mostly alien to me. So I decided to make a project out of rectifying that by going through the best albums of each decade (according to Album of the Year's user base as of 18/2/25) and documenting my experience.

There are some additional criteria that I have laid out to make it a little easier to talk about albums that are outside of my comfort zone though:

1. Maximum of two instrumental albums per decade

2. Only albums with a user score higher than 80 qualify

3. Two albums per artist per decade (or as I like to call it: The Beatles rule)

4. Primarily anglophonic albums only

I hope this is as interesting an idea for you as it is for me. If so, I hope you'll join me as I cover my blindspots, and maybe help you cover some of yours too!

Published posts:

50s - Published

60s - Published

70s - Published

80s - Published

90s - Unpublished (expected in September)

00s - Unpublished (expected in October)

10s - Unpublished (expected in November)

20s - Unpublished (expected in December/January)