Albums
Most of this list was written when I was a more contrived person. I love everything here but I’m slowly adding the guilty pleasures back in.
10/10
- Have One on Me by Joanna Newsom
- Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
- 69 Love Songs by Magnetic Fields
9/10
- 20 Years of Dischord
- Inflammable Material by Stiff Little Fingers
- All Hail West Texas by Mountain Goats
- Jackson C Frank by Jackson C Frank
- Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen
- Raw Power by Stooges
- Beer in the Breakers by Wave Pictures
- Achtung Bono by Half Man Half Biscuit
- Meat Puppets II by Meat Puppets
- Double Nickels by Minutemen
- Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
- Up on the Sun by Meat Puppets
- It’s a Shame about Ray by Lemonheads
- This Leaden Pall by Half Man Half Biscuit
- My Life by Iris deMent
- MTV Unplugged In New York by Nirvana
- Fossil Fuel by XTC
- Hawaii: Part II by Miracle Musical
- Static Age by Misfits
- Four Lads Who Shook the Wirral by Half Man Half Biscuit
- Cammell Laird Social Club by Half Man Half Biscuit
- I Was So Unpopular in School by Billie the Vision
- The World According to Pablo by Billie the Vision
- The Sunset Tree by Mountain Goats
- Silent Shout by Knife
- We Love Katamari by Various
- Ys by Joanna Newsom
- People Who Can Eat People by Andrew Jackson Jihad
- CSI Ambleside by Half Man Half Biscuit
- Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
- If You Leave it Alone by Wave Pictures
- Travels with Myself and Another by Future of the Left
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
- Tallahassee by Mountain Goats
- New History Warfare Vol.2 by Colin Stetson
- Good by Morphine
- musicforprogramming() by Various
- Paralytic Stalks by Of Montreal
- The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman
- The Goat Rodeo Sessions by Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile
- Nail by Foetus
8/10
- Headhunters by Herbie Hancock
- FLCL by the Pillows
- Larkin’s Jazz by Various
- Moon Colony Bloodbath by Darnielle and Vanderslice
- Life is Killing Me by Type O Neg
- Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura
- The Stage Names by Okkervil River
- Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
- Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan
- Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
- Another Time, Another Day by Various
- Stooges by Stooges
- Loaded by Velvet Underground
- Rocket to Russia by Ramones
- Road to Ruin by Ramones
- Instant Coffee Baby by Wave Pictures
- It’s Alive by Ramones
- Inside by Bo Burnham
- Elis & Tom
- Jagged Little Pill by Alanis
- Cowboy Bebop by Seatbelts
- Utopia Parkway by Fountains of Wayne
- Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountains of Wayne
- Fresh Fruit by Dead Kennedys
- Trompettes de la Mort by Vegetables
- Koyaanisqatsi by Philip Glass
- Milo Goes to College by Descendents
- What Makes a Man Start Fires by Minutemen
- Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
- New Day Rising by Husker Du
- Pleased to Meet Me by Replacements
- 13 Songs by Fugazi
- Repeater by Fugazi
- Copper Blue by Sugar
- The Blue Album by Weezer
- Casanova by Divine Comedy
- Elliott Smith by Elliott Smith
- Sound of Mcalmont and Butler by Mcalmont and Butler
- If You’re Feeling Sinister by Belle and Sebastian
- Slush by OP8
- Final Fantasy VII by Nobuo Uematsu
- In the Aeroplane over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
- I See a Darkness by Bonnie “Prince” Billy
- A Secret History by Divine Comedy
- Bachelor No.2 by Aimee Mann
- Trouble over Bridgwater by Half Man Half Biscuit
- Motown Gold by Various
- American IV by Johnny Cash
- Labor Days by Aesop Rock
- Rock it to the Moon by Electrelane
- 20 Years of Dischord by Various
- As the Eternal Cowboy by Against Me!
- Okey Dokey by Boom Boom Kid
- You Know the Rules by Gay
- Aberrant Years by Feedtime
- Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn
- Parallelograms by Linda Perhacs
- The Power Out by Electrelane
- Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor
- Black Messiah by D’Angelo
- I Am a Bird Now by Antony and the Johnsons
- **Classics ** by Ratatat
- Curses by Future of the Left
- Ten Years of Tears by Arab Strap
- The Warning by Hot Chip
- Whatever People Say I Am by Arctic Monkeys
- Begin to Hope by Regina Spektor
- Ma Fleur by Cinematic Orchestra
- Release the Stars by Rufus Wainwright
- Dim Lit by Polar Bear
- Made in the Dark by Hot Chip
- ArchAndroid by Janelle Monae
- The Original Transatlantic Sessions by Various
- Larkin’s Jazz by Various
- 90 Bisodol by Half Man Half Biscuit
- Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
- Loud City Song by Julia Holter
- Pale Green Ghosts by John Grant
- Divers by Joanna Newsom
- Exo Crystallis by TNJX
- YMO (1979) by Yellow Magic Orchestra
- Chet Baker Sings
- Lost in Space by Aimee Mann
- Goddamnit by Alkaline Trio
7/10
- Om Shanti Om by Don Cherry
- Freewheelin’ by Bob Dylan
- Public Void by Penelope Scott
- Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett
- Ramones by Ramones
- Aesthethica by Liturgy
- End of the Century by Ramones
- Long Black Cars by Wave Pictures
- London Calling by The Clash
- LA by X
- The Resterberg by Paul Westerberg
- PACIFIC by Haruomi Hosono
- Fire of Love by Gun Club
- Sorry Ma Forgot to Take Out the Trash by Replacements
- English Settlement by XTC
- Walk Among Us by Misfits
- Hootenanny by Replacements
- Let it Be by Replacements
- FTL by Ben Prunty
- Various Positions by Leonard Cohen
- Flip Your Wig by Husker Du
- Licensed to Ill by Beastie Boys
- Back to Basics by Billy Bragg
- Hate Your Friends by Lemonheads
- Warehouse: Songs and Stories by Husker Du
- I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen
- Suffer by Bad Religion
- A Black and White Night by Roy Orbison
- No Control by Bad Religion
- Flood by They Might Be Giants
- Mush by Leatherface
- Live In Our Town by Iris deMent
- Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair
- Autogeddon by Julian Cope
- Punk in Drublic by NOFX
- Roman Candle by Elliott Smith
- Zopilote Machine by Mountain Goats
- …and Out Come the Wolves by Rancid
- Nine Black Poppies by Mountain Goats
- Endtroducing by DJ Shadow
- Full Force Galesburg by Mountain Goats
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Road by Half Man Half Biscuit
- End Hits by Fugazi
- American II by Johnny Cash
- **The Slim Shady LP ** by Eminem
- 100 Broken Windows by Idlewild
- and And For the Little Children Sing by Putrid Flowers
- Finding Forrester by Various
- Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
- Stankonia by OutKast
- From Here to Infirmary by Alkaline Trio
- 28 Days Later by John Murphy
- HATE by Delgados
- Chutes too Narrow by Shins
- Myths & Imaginary Musicians by Even in Blackouts
- Disintegration Loops by William Basinski
- Electric Version by New Pornographers
- Rainy Day Music by Jayhawks
- Friday Night Lights by Explosions in the Sky
- Discovered Covered by Daniel Johnston
- Stubbs the Zombie by Various
- A Certain Trigger by Maximo Park
- Lookaftering by Vashti Bunyan
- A Thirst for Romance by Cherry Ghost
- Burial by Burial
- Cuban Ballerina by Dead to Me
- A Brighter Beat by Malcolm Middleton
- Cassadaga by Bright Eyes
- Future Future Perfect by Freezepop
- Stunt by Barenaked Ladies
- Panic Prevention by Jamie T
- Ringleader of the Tormentors by Morrissey
- Orange Rhyming Dictionary by Jets to Brazil
- Untrue by Burial
- Good Luck Everybody by AJJ
- Can’t Maintain by Andrew Jackson Jihad
- Here’s the Tender Coming by Unthanks
- I Told You I Was Freaky by Flight of the Conchords
- Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know by Múm
- All Day by Girl Talk
- Contra by Vampire Weekend
- Polyfonia by Apparat Organ Quartet
- Matilda by Tim Minchin
- The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton by Clogs
- Tron: Legacy by Daft Punk
- Far by Regina Spektor
- Sing the Delta by Iris DeMent
- Fragments of Memories by TPR
- Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend
- Theory of Justice: the Musical by Eylon Aslan-Levy
- Square Enix Jazz by Yasumasa Kumagai, Hikari Ichihara et al
- The Wave Pictures Play Artistic Vice by Wave Pictures
Yet to settle
- Out of the Blue Blue Gene Tyranny
- Ba Power Ngoni Ba
- Currents Tame Impala
- Depression Cherry Beach House
- Electric Ladyland [Redux] Magnetic Eye Records
- London Overgrown John Foxx
- The Wave Pictures Play Artistic Vice
- Ones and Sixes Low
- So The Flies Don’t Come Milo
- Another Time Another Day
- Electric Ladyland [redux] by Magnetic Eye Records
- Ten Years of Tears - Arab Strap
- Latin Lounge (Best of Jazz Disc 6)
- Songbird - Willie Nelson
- A Thirst for Romance - Cherry Ghost
- _Bonkers 15 _ - Bonkers
- Burial - Burial
- _Classics _ - Ratatat
- Cuban Ballerina - Dead to Me
- Curses - Future of the Left
- He Poos Clouds - Final Fantasy
- His Hands - Candi Staton
- _Sno Angel _ - Howe Gelb
- Sound Grammar - Ornette Coleman
- The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen
- The Warning - Hot Chip
- The Sunset Tree
- Potemkin City Limits
- Out-of-State Plates
- Black One
- Diabolicus Felinae Pandemonium by Pryapisme
- Pilgrimage and Rampages by Johnny Morrice
- Metaphorical Villainy
- Mm Food
- Super What? by Czarface and DOOM
- All of Me (1979) by Masayoshi Takanaka
Not on Spotify
- We Love Katamari by Various
- Joanna Newsom
- Almost all of Joni Mitchell
- Almost all of Neil Young
- Samhain
- The good De La Soul albums
- Friday Night Lights by Explosions in the Sky
- Om Shanti Om
- Exmilitary
- The Grey Album
- You Reposted In the Wrong Neighborhood
- Yuki C Honda