Consider these songs:
1492 - Counting Crows
1865 - Third World
1921 - The Who
1934 - The Connells
1941 - Nilsson
1945 - Social Distortion
1957 - David Doucet
1959 - Patti Smith
1960 - America
1960 - Eno
1961 - Nick Heyward
1963 - New Order
1964 - Too Much Joy
1967 - Adrian Belew
1969 - The Stooges
1970 - The Stooges
1972 - Josh Rouse
1972 - Giant Sand
1973 - James Blunt
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1974 - Ryan Adams
1975 - Gene Clark
1976 - Alan Jackson
1976 - Redd Kross
1977 - The Clash
1978 - Liliput
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1981 - D-Generation
1982- Randy Travis
1983 - Jimi Hendrix
1984 - Spirit
1984 - Eurythmics
1985 - Paul McCartney and Wings
1985 - Manic Street Preachers
1987 - Minus 6
1989 - Clem Snide
1990 - The Temptations
1992 - Blur
1994 - Loudon Wainwright III
1995 - Luna
1998 - Rancid
1999 - Prince
2000 (AD) - The Rezillos
2112 - Rush
2020 - Prince
I think I've found the worst possible compilation concept.
What am I forgetting?
Edit: I will take all suggestions and update this list. Bring it on.
Edit 2: This is looking great, a natural for Rhino, right?
1492 - Counting Crows
1865 - Third World
1921 - The Who
1934 - The Connells
1941 - Nilsson
1945 - Social Distortion
1957 - David Doucet
1959 - Patti Smith
1960 - America
1960 - Eno
1961 - Nick Heyward
1963 - New Order
1964 - Too Much Joy
1967 - Adrian Belew
1969 - The Stooges
1970 - The Stooges
1972 - Josh Rouse
1972 - Giant Sand
1973 - James Blunt
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1974 - Ryan Adams
1975 - Gene Clark
1976 - Alan Jackson
1976 - Redd Kross
1977 - The Clash
1978 - Liliput
1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
1981 - D-Generation
1982- Randy Travis
1983 - Jimi Hendrix
1984 - Spirit
1984 - Eurythmics
1985 - Paul McCartney and Wings
1985 - Manic Street Preachers
1987 - Minus 6
1989 - Clem Snide
1990 - The Temptations
1992 - Blur
1994 - Loudon Wainwright III
1995 - Luna
1998 - Rancid
1999 - Prince
2000 (AD) - The Rezillos
2112 - Rush
2020 - Prince
I think I've found the worst possible compilation concept.
What am I forgetting?
Edit: I will take all suggestions and update this list. Bring it on.
Edit 2: This is looking great, a natural for Rhino, right?
Comments
1974 - Robyn Hitchcock
1975 - Gene Clark
In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans
1959 - Patti Smith
'74-'75 - Connells (two years-not sure if that counts)
I'm going to disallow Zager and Evans however for the intrusion of words into the numerical title. Were they in parentheses, maybe; Connells, also a 'no'.
Giant Sand has a 1972, too.
1978 - Liliput
1973 - James Blunt
Keep 'em comin'!
1961 - Nick Hayward
1970 - Mission of Burma
1995 - Luna
1985 - Manic Street Preachers
1990 - Temptations
1994 - Loudon Wainwright III
1960 - America
1982 - Randy Travis
This reminds me of a list a friend did years ago of songs that had a cowbell in them - that was hard as well (I can only think of one currently)
1492 - Counting Crows
1865 - Third World
2020 - Prince
1945 - Social Distortion
1967 - Adrian Belew
Rancid-1998
1921 - The Who
Fred
1968 by Dave Alvin from the "Blackjack David" album.
(I know - it's silly, but what the heck!)
Wasn't there a year song by those awful Smashing Pumpkins?
Did you mean the Minus Five?