A list of my Top 40 albums. What are some of your favorite albums?

in #music • 7 years ago (edited)

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Here is a list of my Top 40 albums. Feel free to leave an album or two of your favorites. I feel it's so important to listen to a full album to really understand the artists and what they are truly expressing.

  1. The Unicorns. Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone?, 2003
  2. Count Basie. The Atomic Basie, 1957
  3. Charles Mingus. Pre-Bird, 1961
  4. Bach: The Goldberg Variations. Glenn Gould, 1956
  5. Amelie. Soundtrack, 2001.
  6. Caribou. Our Love, 2014
  7. Cocktail, Soundtrack, 1988.
  8. Explosions in the Sky. The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, 2003.
  9. Neutral Milk Hotel. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, 1998
  10. The Blues Brothers. Soundtrack, 1980
  11. The Very Best of Violent Femmes. Violent Femmes, 2005
  12. Illinois. Sufjan Stevens, 2005
  13. The Microphones. Mt.Eerie, 2003
  14. Squirrel Nut Zippers. Hot, 1996
  15. The Presidents of the United States of America. The Presidents of the United States of America, 1995
  16. Leon Bridges. Coming Home, 2015
  17. Andrew Bird. Are You Serious, 2016
  18. Ready to Die. The Notorious B.I.G, 1994
  19. Arcade Fire. Funereal, 2004
  20. Tracy Chapman. Tracy Chapman, 1988
  21. Natalie Merchant. Ophelia, 1998
  22. The Decemberists. Castaways and Cutouts, 2002
  23. The Sonics. Here Are The Sonics, 1965
  24. Fela Kuti. Zombie, 1977
  25. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The Flaming Lips, 2002
  26. The Congos. Heart of the Congos, 1977
  27. Chet. Chet Baker, 1959
  28. Lou Rawls. Live, 1966
  29. Van Morrision. Moondance, 1970
  30. Cat Stevens. Tea for the Tillerman, 1970
  31. Belle and Sebastian. The Boy with the Arab Strap, 1998
  32. Crosby, Still, Nash and Young. Déjà Vu, 1970
  33. Television. Marquee Moon, 1977
  34. C2C. Tetra, 2012
  35. Jungle. Jungle, 2014
  36. Art Blakey. Moanin’, 1959
  37. controller.controller. History, 2004
  38. Broken Bells. After the Disco, 2014
  39. The Weeknd. Trilogy, 2012
  40. Can. Ege Bamyasi, 1972

Thank you for viewing my post. Hopefully, there was an artist in there that you didn't recognize and that you can now check out. I am always looking for new music to fill up the studio air so feel free to drop me a quick recommendation below and I'll be sure to give you my feedback.

The image is a painting I completed in 2010 called 'Earthquake' now in a private collection in Toronto, Ontario.

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     7 years ago (edited) 

    You should check out the self-titled albums by The Dresden Dolls and The Moldy Peaches if you like indie stuff like The Unicorns thanks for sharing!