Songs are Better than Albums.

All right, the best songs for every year, same criteria! An altogether more interesting list, if you ask me. Though harder to compile.

'64: "I Saw Her Standing There," the Beatlez
'65: "Don't Worry Baby," Beach Boyz (is that the right year, Kyle?)
'66: "Under My Thumb," Rolling Stonez
'67: "Incense and Peppermints," Strawberry Alarm Clock
'68: "This Girl Is a Woman Now," Gary Puckett and the Union Gap
'69: "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," Bob Seger System (very close: "Baby, I Love You," Andy Kim)
'70: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," Sly and the Family Stone
'71: "Life On Mars," David Bowie
'72: "Highway Star," Deep Purple
'73: "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting," Elton John
'74: "The Lord's Prayer," Sister Janet Mead
'75: "Kashmir" or "Born to Run" or a couple things off Babe Ruth, who can say?
'76: "As," Stevie Wonder
'77: "Somebody to Love," Queen (or maybe "Bodies" by the Sex Pistolz)
'78: "Hollywood Nights," Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band
'79: "Tropical Hot Dog Night," Captain Beefheart
'80: "The Glow of Love," Change
'81: "No Reply at All," Genesis
'82: "Don't Stop," Sylvester
'83: "Making Love Out of Nothing at All," Air Supply
'84: "Neverending Story," Limahl
'85: "A Little Bit More Conviction," Carman
'86: "Bizarre Love Triangle," New Order
'87: "The Water Is Fine," David Meece
'88: "When It's Love," Van Halen
'89: "Blue Savannah," Erasure
'90: "I Saw Red," Warrant
'91: "Can't Truss It," Public Enemy
'92: "Chariot Song," King's X
'93: "Go West," Pet Shop Boyz
'94: "Film At 11," the 77z
'95: "Heartspark Dollarsign," Everclear
'96: "You're Still Standin' There," Steve Earle
'97: "Stomp," God's Property feat. Kirk Franklin
'98: "Breathing Apparatus," the Coup
'99: "Heartbreaker," Mariah Carey
'00: "Cartoon Heroes," Aqua
'01: "Anticipating," Britney Spearz
'02: "Let's Not Shit Ourselves," Bright Eyez
'03: "99 Problems," Jay Z
'04: "This One's For the Girls," Martina McBride
'05: "The Knock Is There," Young Gunz

Lots of album tracks in the '90s and '00s--I'm not sure if that supports, refutes, or has nothing to do with Kyle's theory of album decline.