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200 of my favorite albums that I swear by, from any genre - limited to one per artist. I always wanted to do this since the start of the decade and finally got around to it. I’ve had a lot of different musical obsessions up to this point and periods where i was deep into specific genres so I tried to make sure all of that was represented here. Overall it’s a mix of personal classics that I go back to constantly, albums that helped form my taste, and some recently stuff I love. Didn’t want to stress too much over the order, but i’d say the first 50ish are pretty accurate. I’ll post the list below, and a version of the charts with the titles included. Let me know what you think - any favorites here? What would some of your picks be? Let me know. Peace.
Charts with album titles included
1. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
2. Organized Konfusion - Stress: The Extinction Agenda
3. Aesop Rock - Labor Days
4. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
5. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
6. MF DOOM - MM..Food
7. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
9. Converge - Jane Doe
10. Billy Woods & Blockhead - Dour Candy
11. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
12. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
13. Portishead - Dummy
14. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
15. Björk - Vespertine
16. El-P - I'll Sleep When You're Dead
17. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
18. Isis - Wavering Radiant
19. The Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia
20. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
21. Edan - Beauty and the Beat
22. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
23. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
24. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
25. Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty
26. Gospel - The Moon Is a Dead World
27. OutKast - ATLiens
28. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
29. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
30. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
31. Stereolab - Dots and Loops
32. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
33. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
34. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
35. Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots
36. Redman - Dare Iz A Darkside
37. Armand Hammer - Paraffin
38. Panopticon - Autumn Eternal
39. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
40. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞
41. Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star
42. Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction
43. Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness
44. Orchid - Orchid
45. Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
46. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
47. Grouper - A I A: Alien Observer
48. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
49. Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
50. Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
51. Milo - who told you to think??!!?!?!?!
52. Boris - Flood
53. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
54. Dr. Yen Lo - Days With Dr. Yen Lo
55. Avantdale Bowling Club - Avantdale Bowling Club
56. zeroh - awfulalterations
57. toe - For Long Tomorrow
58. Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty
59. Dark Time Sunshine - ANX
60. Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye
61. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
62. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
63. Unwound - Repetition
64. Jeru the Damaja - The Sun Rises In The East
65. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
66. Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
67. Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet
68. CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange
69. Quasimoto - The Further Adventures of Lord Quas
70. Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute
71. Sonny Sharrock - Ask The Ages
72. J Dilla - Donuts
73. Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language
74. D'Angelo - Voodoo
75. Jam Baxter - ...So We Ate Them Whole
76. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
77. Danny Brown - XXX (Deluxe Edition)
78. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
79. Sonic Sum - The Sanity Annex
80. Death - Symbolic
81. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
82. Mach-Hommy - DUMPMEISTER
83. Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves
84. Nas - Illmatic
85. Grant Green - Idle Moments
86. Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
87. Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
88. O.C. - Word...Life
89. Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
90. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
91. Mr Key & Greenwood Sharps - Yesterday's Futures
92. Little Brother - The Listening
93. Max Roach - Members, Don't Git Weary
94. Cult Favorite - FOR MADMEN ONLY
95. Deftones - White Pony
96. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
97. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
98. Prince - Sign o' the Times
99. Pageninetynine - Document #8
100. Boldy James & Sterling Toles - Manger on McNichols
101. NoMeansNo - Wrong
102. Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel...
103. Baroness - Blue Record
104. Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
105. Alcest - Écailles de lune
106. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
107. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
108. Madlib - Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute To Dilla
109. Aphex Twin - druqks
110. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
111. Siah & Yeshua dapoED - The Visualz Anthology
112. Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless
113. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
114. Juggaknots - Re:Release
115. The Cure - Pornography
116. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
117. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
118. Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
119. Blu - Below the Heavens
120. Ohbliv - Retrospective
121. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - 渋星 (=Shibuboshi)
122. United Nations - The Next Four Years
123. Mobb Deep - The Infamous
124. The Chariot - Long Live
125. Serengeti - Ajai
126. Heltah Skeltah - Nocturnal
127. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (Deluxe Version)
128. Autechre - LP5
129. Lil Ugly Mane - THIRD SIDE OF THE TAPE
130. Roc Marciano - Reloaded
131. Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
132. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
133. Open Mike Eagle & Paul White - Hella Personal Film Festival
134. Melt-Banana - Fetch
135. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
136. Deathspell Omega - Paracletus
137. Nujabes - Modal Soul
138. Nails - Unsilent Death
139. Cavalier - Private Stock
140. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
141. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
142. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain
143. Envy - Insomniac Doze
144. Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
145. The Doppelgangaz - Lone Sharks
146. System of a Down - Toxicity
147. letlive - Fake History
148. Goodie Mob - Soul Food
149. Death Grips - Ex Military
150. Jeromes Dream - Seeing Means More Than Safety
151. Standing On The Corner - Red Burns
152. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
153. maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map
154. Oddisee - The Good Fight
155. Krallice - Years Past Matter
156. tricot - T H E
157. Gorguts - Obscura
158. Kvelertak - Kvelertak
159. Shabazz Palaces - Black Up
160. Sade - Love Deluxe
161. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
162. The Fall of Troy - Doppelgänger
163. Batsumi - Batsumi
164. Deafheaven - New Bermuda
165. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
166. The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Worse Than Alone
167. Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For Mankind
168. Earl Sweatshirt - some rap songs
169. Burial - Untrue
170. Mgła - Exercises in futility
171. Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk
172. Fugazi - Red Medicine
173. Lord Finesse - The Awakening
174. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
175. Cryptopsy - None So Vile
176. The Ahmad Jamal Trio - The Awakening
177. Bohren & der Club of Gore - Black Earth
178. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
179. Bear vs Shark – Right Now, You're In The Best Of Hands
180. Wormrot - Voices
181. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
182. Swans - Swans Are Dead: Live '95-'97
183. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
184. AFI - The Art of Drowning
185. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
186. Botch - We Are the Romans
187. NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM - Éons
188. Sigur Ros - Takk...
189. Rubberoom - Architechnology
190. Herbie Hancock - Sextant
191. Big K.R.I.T. - 4eva Is a Mighty Long Time
192. Oh No - Oh No Vs. Now-Again
193. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
194. Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
195. Loma Prieta - I.V.
196. Defcee - Lacuna
197. Genesis Owusu - Smiling with No Teeth
198. Brutus - Nest
199. Bruno Pernadas - Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles...
200. The Koreatown Oddity - Little Dominiques Nosebleed
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chelsea wolfe behind the scenes of blood moon.
photo credit: ashleyrosecoutoure.
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Saw Converge in a 200 cap venue last night and life peaked right there.
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Metalcore albums as Playstation 2 games.
Heavy Metal albums as NES games.
Death Metal albums as N64 Games Part 1
Death Metal albums as N64 Games Part 2
Grindcore albums as Xbox Games
Black Metal albums as Playstation Games
Thrash Albums as Game Boy Advance Games
Nu-Metal albums as Sega Dreamcast Games
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Hi Chris! I followed you a few years back because you posted a lot of Jazz and Hip Hop but I know you're into other genres as well. I've been trying to branch out a bit and you seem like a good person to ask for recommendations, so I was wondering if maybe you could post some of your favorite band/artists currently or anything you'd recommend? Any genre is fine! Love your blog btw, glad to see you're still on here :) Cheers!
thanks for the kind words anon, always nice to feel like the time i've spent on here wasn't a complete waste. sorry it took a few days to respond to this, but i wanted to give a more in depth answer. i can throw out some recommendations for sure, i basically just went through my last.fm from the last year and added all the non hip hop / jazz stuff to a list. you didn't mention if you were into metal or hardcore at all and there's quite a bit of that on here, but if you're not interested in that let me know and i can suggest some other stuff. i'm not a genre expert or anything but i did my best to give a brief description, so maybe if you end up liking one of these artists it'd be easier to find something similar. also a good chance you might be familiar with some of the ones that are more hip hop adjacent. you can also click the name of the artist and it'll take you to an album i recommend on bandcamp or spotify. i'd also be down to do another one of these later if you want, you can even hit me up off anon if you want. i appreciate you and i hope you're doing well! peace.
tried to make this as neat as i could so i put it in alphabetical order and made it a read more.
1. 10th Letter (Electronic/Jazz/Hip hop - Underappreciated producer, if you’re a fan of Flying Lotus you’d probably like this)
2. Alvvays (Indie Pop / Dream Pop)
3. At the Drive-In (Post-Hardcore, Relationship of Command is my favorite album in the genre)
4. Autonoesis (Thrash Metal / Black Metal)
5. Birds in Row (Post-Hardcore / Screamo)
6. Blood Command (Poppy Post-Hardcore/Alt Rock. Not a huge fan of their new vocalist, but the previous album and EP with Karina are both fantastic)
7. Boris (Drone, Stoner Rock, Noise Rock, Sludge, Post-Rock, Crust Punk – depends heavily on the album. )
8. Bruno Pernadas (Progressive Jazz Fusion Art Pop)
9. Brutus (Post-Hardcore / Post-Metal, Stefanie is one of my favorite vocalists right now)
10. The Callous Daoboys (Mathcore)
11. Chelsea Wolfe (Darkwave / Gothic Rock / Doom Metal / Dark Folk)
12. Cibo Matto - (Art Pop / Trip Hop)
13. Cleric (Avant-Garde Metal / Mathcore / Brutal Prog)
14. Cloud Rat (Grindcore / Punk)
15. Converge (Metallic Hardcore, another all time favorite band.)
16. Cult of Luna (Atmospheric Sludge Metal / Post-Metal)
17. The Dillinger Escape Plan (Mathcore, top 5 band of all time for me)
18. Dragged Into Sunlight (Blackened Death / Doom Metal)
19. Dreamwell (Screamo/Post-Hardcore)
20. Every Time I Die (Southern-fried Metalcore / Mathcore, an all time favorite of mine)
21. Fievel is Glauque (Jazz Pop / Progressive Pop)
22. Genesis Owusu (Hip Hop/Neo-Soul/Funk/Post-Punk - all over the place in a good way)
23. Gospel (Blend of 70s Prog Rock with Screamo/Post-hardcore, with their 2022 album being a lot more of the former but still very good.)
24. Greyhaven (Metalcore / Post Hardcore - one of the few bands i know of carrying the torch for that Southern-tinged Metalcore sound since Every Time I Die split)
25. Grouper (Ambient/drone, folk and dream pop influences)
26. Hiatus Kaiyote (Psychedelic Neo-soul / Nu-Jazz)
27. Ichiko Aoba (Minimalistic Ambient Folk)
28. Imperial Triumphant (Avant-Garde Black Metal fused with Jazz)
29. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Foundation of their sound is pretty much Psychedelic Rock but they pull from all over the musical spectrum. Last album even had a couple tracks with rapping, hard band to classify. It’d be easier to list the rock subgenres they haven’t dabbled in)
30. Knoll (Grindcore / Death Grind)
31. Krallice (Avant-Garde Black Metal)
32. Liv.e (Neo-Soul / Alternative R&B)
33. Massa Nera (Post-Hardcore / Screamo / Post-Rock)
34. Maudlin of the Well (Avant-Garde Progressive Metal - Also check Kayo Dot)
35. Messa (Doom Metal)
36. Misþyrming (Black Metal)
37. Ne Obliviscaris (Progressive Black Metal with violin except it’s actually tasteful and doesn’t feel gimmicky)
38. Neptunian Maximalism (Avant-Garde Jazz/Drone/Noise/Industrial.. like Swans meets Sun Ra meets John Zorn’s Electric Masada. These guys also have some of the best album artwork out there.)
39. The Ocean (Progressive Metal / Sludge - mainly on the earlier albums)
40. Oranssi Pazuzu (Avante Garde Psychedelic Black Metal)
41. Os Mutantes (Brazilian Psych Rock)
42. Otoboke Beaver (Noisy, High energy Hardcore / Garage Punk from Japan, very fun band)
43. Panopticon (Atmospheric Black Metal with some Bluegrass and Folk influences)
44. Protomartyr (I think I like these guys the most out of all the newer Post-Punk bands)
45. Rolo Tomassi (Mathcore, Post-Metal, Post-Hardcore)
46. Senza (Blackened Screamo/Mathcore. Chaotic in a way that reminds me of Jerome’s Dream a bit.)
47. Sigh (Black Metal, Avant-Garde Metal, Progressive Metal)
48. Soul Glo (Noisy Hardcore Punk, 2022 album incorporated some more hip hop elements and even had rap features. Shout out to McKinley Dixon who used to be on tumblr waaay back about a decade ago.)
49. Spiritbox (Alt Metal / Djent / Metalcore)
50. Stereolab (Space Age Pop mixed with Lounge Music and Krautrock)
51. Sudan Archives (Alternative R&B, Art Pop / Neo-Soul)
52. Tim Hecker (Ambient / Drone)
53. toe (Japanese Math Rock / Post-Rock - Kashikura Takashi is one of the greatest drummers ever.)
54. Tómarúm (Progressive Technical Melodic Black Metal)
55. Tricot (J-Rock / Math Rock / Pop)
56. Tropical Fuck Storm (Punk-Blues, Noise Rock)
57. U.S. Girls (Psychedelic Pop / Art Pop)
58. Ulcerate (Technical Death Metal)
59. Ultha (Atmospheric Black Metal)
60. Vanishing Twin ( Neo-Psychedelic Art Pop, check if you like Stereolab or Broadcast)
61. Wake (Black Metal / Tech Death / Sludge - Grindcore on the early releases)
62. Weyes Blood (Baroque Pop / Art Pop)
63. White Ward (Black Metal / Blackgaze /Dark Jazz)
64. Wormrot (Grindcore)
65. Yves Tumor (Unique sound blending Neo-Psych / Soul / Glam Rock / Hypnagogic Pop + some Sound Collage / Ambient stuff as well on earlier albums)
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