#64

I was 16 in 1988. I still play a lot of music from 1989-91, but not so much from earlier. Stuff that I liked then and like now:

The Smiths
Stiff Little Fingers
early 70s Bowie
The Clash
The Cure

Oh wait:
The Stone Roses and Doolittle came out before my 17th birthday, don’t know exactly when I got into them but let’s say I was 16.

#65

The Stone Roses
Yoshimi Vs The Pink Robots
Beautiful Freak
The Beginning Stages of the Polyphonic Spree

#66

Technique
Electronic
Behaviour
Violator

All were released in a fairly sort space of time the late 80s/early 90s and I thought, wow this music thing is great. Probably still four of my top five favourite records.

#67

16 in 1994, so loads!

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Deconstruction - Deconstruction
dEUS - Worse Case Scenario
Future Sound of London - Lifeforms
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon
Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible
Massive Attack - Protection
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
Portishead - Dummy
Prodigy - Jilted Generation
Satchel - EDC
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Weezer - Blue Album

Many have fallen by the wayside since then, but that was a such a strong year, plenty was always going to stick.

#68

Reminded by other posts, a few more I don’t listen to now that I did a lot at 16:

Violator (but maybe I’ll give it a listen now, never owned a copy and never bothered with their later atuff which i think is why I basically forgot about it)
Electronic
Lou Reed (New York, Songs for Drella, Walk on the wild side)
World Party (wanted to like this more than actually liking I seem to remember)
Beautiful South (I was young…)

Do still give 3 feet high and rising the odd spin.

#69

Foals - Antidotes
Red Hot Chili Peppers - BSSM
Depeche Mode - Violator

#70

I was there too. The only gig I’ve ever been to where the audience stood in silent shock before applauding and cheering for a good minute between every song. I still think of it often. And if Kid A is just another record now, it’s because it forever altered the template for what we should expect a great album to be X

#71

Lot of albums I loved when I was 16 (Out of Time, Nevermind, Ten, Blood Sugar, Metallica, Achtung Baby) I haven’t listened to in years, probably only Out of Time i’d bother with now

interesting how many albums from that year (1991) that I love now though. Screamadelica, Loveless, Bandwagonesque, Low End Theory for example. No way they were getting played or even heard of in the small town I grew up in

#72

I was into a lot of britpop stuff at 16 that I can only listen to now in an ironic and nostalgic fun way. The albums that changed me and still love now are

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon collie
Longpigs - The Sun is Often Out
iDLEWiLD - Captain
Massive Attack - Blue Lines