I'm gonna do this again
okay so I did it last time but I liked Marcus' comments, and I decided to do it again for my own purposes
you don't have to read this if you don't wanna, and apologies if this sounds dumb or sappy
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- I got this for Christmas from my grandmother when I was eight. She inadvertently made me love music forever. Thanks grandma. You would have to have lived under a rock for the last sixteen years or so to not know how important this album was - an entire generation (including myself) drank it like water and breathed it like air. And I was there for it.
2. Radiohead - Amnesiac
- I got all my Radiohead albums from Joe at once and they were all in alphabetical order, so this was the first one I heard. I used to sit in my driveway with the seat laid back playing Pyramid Song over and over. In terms of emotional impact, this is one of the more important albums in my life.
3. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
- This is the first album that made me seriously respect hip hop as a genre, and in my opinion it's one of the greatest hip hop albums ever recorded. I spent many a winter day listening to this and feeling totally justified in all of my deep seated hatred of everything ever.
4. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
- This album is everything good about every summer condensed into the raddest fifty one minutes I've ever heard.
5. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
- This was my first Tom Waits album. I got it when I was twelve and it made me realize that a guy like Tom Waits could get by in this world. Turn that one over in your head if you please.
6. Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
- This is the second most beautiful, peaceful album I've ever heard. When I listen to this everything is soft warm fuzzy memories of Saturday morning cartoons.
7. Metallica - Master of Puppets
- This album is me during puberty. Fast, loud, and obnoxious if you don't like it already. It was also my first real experience with truly heavy music.
8. Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
- This album is the spring break of my junior year of high school. It made me realize it was okay to be a hopeless romantic, and it made it easier for me to see how fucking beautiful this world could be.
9. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
- I heard this album the first time at 2 in the morning walking along a beach on lake Michigan. When I was eighteen I would put it on repeat and look at my ceiling for hours at a stretch. It was with me for some of the hardest times of my entire life. Thanks Nick Drake.
10. Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
- I "got it" when I heard this the fifteenth time. This album made me realize that heavy music didn't always have to be angry - it just had to be intense. And this album is still one of the most intense things I've ever heard.
11. Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
- Every romantic inclination towards the West I've ever had has roots in this album. To me, this is what America sounds like. No joke.
12. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
- This album made me realize that country music was, in fact, a legitimate genre. I just didn't get it yet.
13. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Volume II
- I fell asleep listening to this album for two years straight. Rhubarb, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful sounds ever, ever recorded.
14. True Widow - True Widow
- I listened to this album when I was truly, completely at the bottom of the barrel in my life. I still think of being in that situation when I hear it, but there's a massive emotional connection to it now that will never leave.
15. The Flaming Lips - In a Priest Driven Ambulance
- I heard this the first time driving on Kessler Avenue with Eliot for what seemed like hours. It sounds like good drives with friends on good roads, breathing in life and not regretting a damn thing.
you don't have to read this if you don't wanna, and apologies if this sounds dumb or sappy
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- I got this for Christmas from my grandmother when I was eight. She inadvertently made me love music forever. Thanks grandma. You would have to have lived under a rock for the last sixteen years or so to not know how important this album was - an entire generation (including myself) drank it like water and breathed it like air. And I was there for it.
2. Radiohead - Amnesiac
- I got all my Radiohead albums from Joe at once and they were all in alphabetical order, so this was the first one I heard. I used to sit in my driveway with the seat laid back playing Pyramid Song over and over. In terms of emotional impact, this is one of the more important albums in my life.
3. Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
- This is the first album that made me seriously respect hip hop as a genre, and in my opinion it's one of the greatest hip hop albums ever recorded. I spent many a winter day listening to this and feeling totally justified in all of my deep seated hatred of everything ever.
4. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
- This album is everything good about every summer condensed into the raddest fifty one minutes I've ever heard.
5. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
- This was my first Tom Waits album. I got it when I was twelve and it made me realize that a guy like Tom Waits could get by in this world. Turn that one over in your head if you please.
6. Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country
- This is the second most beautiful, peaceful album I've ever heard. When I listen to this everything is soft warm fuzzy memories of Saturday morning cartoons.
7. Metallica - Master of Puppets
- This album is me during puberty. Fast, loud, and obnoxious if you don't like it already. It was also my first real experience with truly heavy music.
8. Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
- This album is the spring break of my junior year of high school. It made me realize it was okay to be a hopeless romantic, and it made it easier for me to see how fucking beautiful this world could be.
9. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
- I heard this album the first time at 2 in the morning walking along a beach on lake Michigan. When I was eighteen I would put it on repeat and look at my ceiling for hours at a stretch. It was with me for some of the hardest times of my entire life. Thanks Nick Drake.
10. Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
- I "got it" when I heard this the fifteenth time. This album made me realize that heavy music didn't always have to be angry - it just had to be intense. And this album is still one of the most intense things I've ever heard.
11. Earth - Hex: Or Printing in the Infernal Method
- Every romantic inclination towards the West I've ever had has roots in this album. To me, this is what America sounds like. No joke.
12. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
- This album made me realize that country music was, in fact, a legitimate genre. I just didn't get it yet.
13. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works, Volume II
- I fell asleep listening to this album for two years straight. Rhubarb, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful sounds ever, ever recorded.
14. True Widow - True Widow
- I listened to this album when I was truly, completely at the bottom of the barrel in my life. I still think of being in that situation when I hear it, but there's a massive emotional connection to it now that will never leave.
15. The Flaming Lips - In a Priest Driven Ambulance
- I heard this the first time driving on Kessler Avenue with Eliot for what seemed like hours. It sounds like good drives with friends on good roads, breathing in life and not regretting a damn thing.