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More like 563 Albums in 6 years!

December 1, 2015

Well, that’s 4 fiscal years in the books (I started the project on December 1st, 2011).

With 438 albums down, I’m still 38 albums ahead of the 100/year pace.

To borrow a Bryan Adams Greatest Hits compilation/Thornley tune name, So Far So Good!

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The progress thus far:

# of albums Completed so far Completed %
23 17 73.9%
151 60 39.7%
279 102 36.6%
210 83 39.5%
239 117 49.0%
99 59 59.6%
1001 438 43.8%

As was the case for my first, second, and third year-in-review posts, the annual summary of my favourites from the past year.

The Top Songs & Albums of Year 4:

1950s:
Album – Little Richard, Here’s Little Richard (1957)
Song – Little Richard, True, Fine Mama (1957)

1960s: (Excluding Revolver)
Album – The Who, My Generation (1965)
Song – The Beatles, Any Time at All (1964)

1970s:
Album – David Bowie, Young Americans (1975)
Song – Bob Marley & The Wailers, Them Belly Full (1974)

1980s:
Album – The Waterboys, Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
Song – Joy Division, Decades (1980)

1990s:
Album – Public Enemy, Apocalypse ’91…The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Song – Manic Street Preachers, Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier (1996)

2000s:
Album – Emmylou Harris, Red Dirt Girl (2000)
Song – Ute Lemper, Tango Ballad (2000)

My vision for year 5?

Time to see the world!

The goal is to spend a 12 months in 12 different countries, with plenty of Top 5s along the way.

Thank you all for being a part of this journey!

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26 Comments
  1. jprobichaud permalink

    Our pleasure! Congrats on the anniversary!

  2. Wow, you’re setting a blinding pace!

  3. Congrats dude! I like how you come up with different angles on reviews! Real cool stuff….keep it going!

  4. WOW — a yearlong project! That’s ambitious but you’re gonna kill it. I’m sure the next year in the life of the 1001 will be onwards and upwards as always!

    You’re making good time, too!

    • Many thanks Mike – I’m hoping to at least hit album #501 this year, so I can quote Jon Bon & Livin’ on a Prayer!

      • It’s good to have life goals, it really is. I dunno if “being able to quote Bon Jovi” oughta be high on the priority list… 🙂

      • Fortunately it’s not the only motivation to keep going!

      • Hah! Perfect. Looking forward to that point.

  5. Congrats on this milestone Geoff! You’re really rocking this project. Also: you are the King Of Stats. All the best for the next year!

  6. Excellent stuff, Geoff. Remarkable pace you’re setting, too!

    • Many thanks J – though listening to all the music has been enjoyable, the community’s made the experience what it is!

      • From my own experience of blogging I’d agree with that completely!

  7. Congratulations! This is one of the first blogs I followed when I started blogging (cause…music!) and I’ve enjoyed your posts immensely and look forward to the rest of your journey!

    • The kind words are very much appreciated sourgirl, and ditto to all of the above with your poems!

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