So, I’ve decided to pull a High Fidelity stunt and post a music list. These are the albums everyone should own, in my opinion. To give you an idea of what influenced my choices — I like things with integrity, character, soul, originality, innovation, and raw emotion. I don’t like music made lazily, or music made with the sole purpose of appealing to a demographic. I feel like most of what’s out there now — “indie” included, and especially, is made that way. So here’s the list, in no particular order. I’ll probably update it from time to time.
Pere Ubu - Modern Dance
The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
John Fahey - The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites
Television - Marquee Moon
The Band - Music from Big Pink
Belle & Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
Nomeansno - The People’s Choice
Big Boys - The Fat Elvis
Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony
The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Daniel Johnston - Rejected Unknown
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing…
Jim Noir - Jim Noir
Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
Louise Attaque - Comme on a dit
M. Ward - Transistor Radio
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Nomeansno - The People’s Choice
There’s so much more. But at least it’s a start.
