The Great Album Page
In this day and age, the concept of the "album" has all but disappeared from our society. It's all about individual songs and shuffling and iTunes. While there may be something to be said for all that, I, for one, am still a big fan of the coherent, structural, cohesive, musical album. (And, believe it or not, some artists today seem to agree with me, and have produced some epic albums.)
Though there are many songs I listen to as "singles," the following is a list of albums that I always listen to, in order, all the way through. If it makes it on this list, it means that it's an album that I really like, and that has only very few "skip" tracks. The criteria aren't very strict.
Rules: There is a two album limit per band.
So with no further adieu, the Great Album list:
#:
19 Wheels - Sugareen*
19 Wheels - Jawbreaker*
A:
Arcade Fire - Funeral
B:
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt
Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
Beck - Guero
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Boston - Boston
The Brothers Creeggan - Sleepyhead
C:
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Cake - Prolonging the Magic
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country
D:
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
Deathray - Deathray
The Decemberists - Picaresque
The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
Domestic Problems - Patiently*
Dr. Dog - Easy Beat
E:
F:
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
The Flaming Lips -Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
G:
Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Guster - Keep it Together
H:
Hot Hot Heat -Make Up the Breakdown
Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
I:
J:
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
The Jim Crawford Band - The People vs. Jim Crawford*
K:
Kevin Hearn - Nightlight
L:
Lazlo Bane - All the Time in the World
Led Zeppelin - House of the Holy
Letters to Cleo - Go!
M:
Maroon5 - Songs About Jane**
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room**
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
The Mooney Suzuki - Alive and Amplified
N:
O:
P:
Phish - Pictures of Nectar
Phish - Billy Breathes
Polaris - Songs from The Adventures of Pete and Pete
The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army
Q:
R:
R.E.M. - Green
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
The Rolling Stones -Exile On Main Street
S:
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
T:
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
Trey Anastasio - Trey Anastasio
U:
U2 - War
V:
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
The Verve Pipe - Underneath*
W:
The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse
The Who - The Who by Numbers
The Who - Quadrophenia
X:
Y:
Yes - Fragile
Z:
* - These are Micigan-area bands that are amazingly good. If you can't find their stuff on your own, let me know and I will try to help.
** - I'm as surprised as you.
