100 ALBUMS EVERYONE SHOULD OWN (WITH LINKZ. HELLA CHILLCORE. NO BEATLES.)
Self explanatory. Inspired by my hatred for entry-level alt music taste and by a staff member at my alma mater’s radio station (MISS U KSCR) that likes Lights and other faux-emocoreness. (SRSLY.)
And a lot of people probably already know 99.99% of these albums, and for that, have a sticker. Like I said, this is for entry-level hipster alt bros.
But really, SERIOUSLY…I’ve been astounded by the number of people I meet who don’t know where their favorite music sprung from. You can’t truly understand No Age without being well-versed in Husker Du, or say you avidly adore Lady Gaga without knowing some Bowie or Joy Division. There would be no Vivian Girls/Mika Miko/Whatever Girl Band of the Minute without the Slits, the Raincoats or Bikini Kill. No Nirvana without the Vaselines, the Pixies or Beat Happening, no LCD Soundsystem without Remain in Light, no MIA “Killin’ dem gingas” video without that rad Suicide sample, no JoJo Newsom without Kate Bush….You get the idea.
For those who WILL know and/or own every album on this list, the parallels will be immediately evident between the “older” albums and “newer” artists. For those for whom this list is intended, I only hope the connections make themselves apparent when you actively give every album a listen. This is not a haphazard collection of music —- it WILL make sense.
Stealing music is bad, but I live by the “try before you buy” mantra, so if anything you didn’t already know about gives you a “meaningful experience,” go buy the vinyl, CD, cassette, WHATEVER.
Feel free to repost+share or make yr own.
BEAT HAPPENING - Beat Happening
BELLE + SEBASTIAN - If You’re Feeling Sinister
BIKINI KILL - The CD Version of the First Two Albums
DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
LEONARD COHEN - Songs of Leonard Cohen
ELVIS COSTELLO - My Aim is True
ELVIS COSTELLO - This Year’s Model
DEVO - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
DINOSAUR JR. - You’re Living All Over Me
BRIAN ENO - Another Green World
ESSENTIAL LOGIC - Beat Rhythm News
FREE KITTEN – Sentimental Education
THE FRUMPIES - Frumpie One-Piece
GARY NUMAN - The Pleasure Principle
GARY NUMAN + THE TUBEWAY ARMY - Replicas
HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Happy Birthday
BUDDY HOLLY - The Chirping Crickets
IGGY AND THE STOOGES - Raw Power
JOANNA NEWSOM - Milk-Eyed Mender
DANIEL JOHNSTON - Hi, How Are You?
JOY DIVISION - Unknown Pleasures
THE KINKS - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
THE MINUTEMEN - Double Nickles on the Dime
MISSION OF BURMA - Signals, Calls and Marches
THURSTON MOORE - Psychic Hearts
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Isn’t Anything
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
NEW ORDER - Power, Corruption and Lies
PAVEMENT - Slanted and Enchanted
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS - A Place to Bury Strangers
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS - Siamese Dream
THE SMITHS - Louder than Bombs
THE SMITHS - The Queen is Dead
SPACEMEN 3 - The Perfect Prescription
SPACEMEN 3 - Playing with Fire
THE STONE ROSES - The Stone Roses
TALKING HEADS - Remain in Light
TALKING HEADS - Speaking in Tongues
THEORETICAL GIRLS – Theoretical Girls
THE VASELINES - Enter the Vaselines
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground and Nico
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - White Light/White Heat
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