Top 20 Albums
Inspired by Ed Brayton’s post on the subject, I was inspired to figure out my own top albums. I surprised myself in having a much more difficult time narrowing it down than I thought I would. My original goal was 10, but I just couldn’t get down that far. I went through my 6,000+ songs and found the albums that I couldn’t really live without. Some are enchanting, some are unusual, some are just plain fun, but they all keep me captivated from beginning to end.
I’m not going to go through ‘em all and give a description, it’s taken me long enough to make the list and get the Amazon links working. If you’re bored at some point and want something to blow some time, check some of these out.
Just to clarify, these are simply my personal choices, I am in no way making any statement on their historical relevance, or judgement of what all time greatest in the history of music might be. I certainly haven’t listened to enough music to make that kind of decision anyway. Tyrus, I’d be interested to see what you would put down for your Top 10 (or 20).
Alphabetical Order
Arcade Fire – Funeral
Augie March – Strange Bird
The Beta Band – The Three E.P.’s
Broken Social Scene – Feel Good Lost
Cake – Fashion Nugget
Just about everything else Cake does is awesome as well. Check them out.
Elbow – Cast of Thousands
(two Elbow albums are listed because I couldn’t pick between them)
Elbow – Asleep In the Back
Engineers – Engineers
Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
Jem – Finally Woken
Kings of Convenience – Riot On An Empty Street
Metric – Old World Underground, Where Are You Now
Modest Mouse – Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Muse – Absolution
Our Lady Peace – Happiness Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch
The Secret Machines – Now Here is Nowhere
The Servant - The Servant
Spoon – Gimme Fiction
Zero 7 – Simple Things
White Flight – White Flight
Sigur Ros - Takk…
