The Chorus.Fm Users Definitive Albums List • Page 39

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I have it in my head that I don't like Bjork but also last tried to in like 2011 or something so I should probably try again

 

So glad you liked it! I love that the band is pretty much just a super group of session guys. I think the album does a great job of letting everyone flex without it becoming inaccessible or circle jerky

 

The only thing I know about Bjork is Ricardo Lopez.

 

Post and Vespertine would have made my list if I got into her earlier. Definitely check her out if you haven’t

 

Post is very good. Did not enjoy Vulnicura. Still a lot to listen to

 

The indie alt rock band she was into before going solo, The Sugarcubes, are also well worth a listen. Life’s Too Good and Stick Around for Joy are pretty close to as great as her classic solo stuff.

 

@tomdelonge you were absolutely right about Twilley Don’t Mind. Miles ahead of Sincerely, and honestly one of the best power-pop albums I’ve heard. “Looking for the Magic” is holy-shit special

 

tried to limit myself to one album per artist, didn't use bias sorter (The 1975 get two because they're a quake band)

1. Sign O’ The Times - Prince (Adore)
2. The 1975 - The 1975 (Heart Out)
3. Brown Sugar - D’Angelo (Jonz In My Bonz)
4. Parrot Flies - Algernon Cadwallader (Parrot Flies)
5. Remain in Light - Talking Heads (Once in a Lifetime)
6. B’day - Beyonce (Freakum Dress)
7. The Sounds of the Smiths - the Smiths (Bigmouth Strikes Again)
8. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late - Drake (Jungle)
9. E•mo•tion - Carly Rae Jepsen (When I Needed You)
10. Igor - Tyler the Creator (New Magic Wand)

11. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships - the 1975 (Love It If We Made It)
12. Welcome Interstate Managers - Fountains of Wayne (Fire Island)
13. Trouble Will Find Me - The National (Don’t Swallow the Cap)
14. Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers (Punisher)
15. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party (Luno)
16. Call Me - Al Green (I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry)
17. 22, A Million - Bon Iver (00000 Million)
18. ANTI - Rihanna (Work)
19. Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan (Da Mystery of Chessboxin’)
20. The Hits – Chapter 1 - Backstreet Boys (The Call)

21. Blue – Joni Mitchell (Carey)
22. Doolittle - Pixies (Monkey Gone to Heaven)
23. Pools to Bathe In - The Japanese House (Teeth)
24. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen (10th Avenue Freeze Out)
25. DAMN – Kendrick Lamar (Fear)
26. Folklore - Taylor Swift (This Is Me Trying)
27. Sprained Ankle - Julien Baker (Something)
28. Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (I’ve Been Loving You Too Long)
29. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (Two-headed Boy, Pt.2)
30. Paul’s Boutique - the Beastie Boys (Shadrach)

31. Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest (Show Business)
32. Life’s Rich Pageant – R.E.M. (Fall on Me)
33. Brother’s Blood - Kevin Devine (Yr Husband)
34. Days Are Gone - Haim (Honey & I)
35. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin (Respect)
36. New Leaves - Owen (The Only Child of Aergia)
37. Everyone Everywhere - Everyone Everywhere (Obama House, Fukui Prefecture)
38. Aquemini - Outkast (Da Art of Storytellin’ Pt. 2)
39. The Idler Wheel - Fiona Apple (Hot Knife)
40. Josie and the Pussycats OST - Josie and the Pussycats (Spin Around)

41. Romance Is Boring - Los Campesinos! (The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future)
42. Blonde - Frank Ocean (Nights)
43. Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not - Arctic Monkeys (Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secure)
44. Watch Out! - Alexisonfire (Hey It’s Your Funeral Mama)
45. Me Against the World - 2Pac (Dear Mama)
46. Continuum - John Mayer (Gravity)
47. Low - David Bowie (What in the World)
48. Dusty in Memphis – Dusty Springfield (Breakfast in Bed)
49. A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio (Linus and Lucy)
50. Yeezus - Kanye West (Blood on the Leaves)

 

Listened to Paul Simon’s Graceland for the first time today and was pretty blown away by it. This, along with a bunch on my honorable mentions list, would probably make my top 50 if only I’d heard some of them earlier in my life.

Makes me wonder how my list would look in 2-3 years.

 

Looking For The Magic really is one of the greatest power pop/heartland rock songs ever.

I prefer Twilley Don’t Mind, but there are some heavies on Sincerely, “Baby Let’s Cruise” is too smooth

 

It doesn’t get much better than Graceland. Every song on that album has been my fave at some point

 

Oooo I like this list.

 

Tyler's recent 2 albums work better for me if I think of him more as a Quincy Jones-esque arranger of sounds. He uses a lot of other vocalists as texture to make his statements.

 

Hard to find a song more joyful on a musical level than “You Can Call Me Al”. And then the amazing middle age malaise lyrics make it even better.

 

okay, gonna cut it off now.

I'll try to get these compiled before end of the month

 

Graceland is so good.

 

Ya Graceland is great. Was tempted to include it but I haven’t spun it in a few years, and couldn’t really recall any of the songs after African Skies (which slaps)

I told you!

 

I tried but no list I came up with satisfied my brain so I gave up. I got to about 20 ranked and then a pool of probably 50 beyond that I struggled to whittle down bc it seemed arbitrary at a certain point.

 

New Breed by Dawn Richards, Ciara by Ciara and Kaleidoscope Dream by Miguel might also be up your alley

 

This is overwhelming for me but I want to try to put one together eventually

 

If you want to be counted, you’ve gotta do it quick! I think @phaynes12 is putting it together soon.

edit: never mind, too late! Would still love to see more individual lists though.

 

Oh shoot, didn't even realize that lol

 

I'd still be curious to see your list even if it doesn't count in the rankings.

 

@tomdelonge listened to that Will Ackerman album from your list and it's just plain gorgeous. Makes total sense that he started a label that would sign George Winston. Virtuosic but so beautiful.