SO…back in April of 2015 I made a post here about Favorite Albums, saying that I had been working on compiling a list of mine as a fun exercise to pinpoint a bunch of records that really made me, changed me, supported me, etc etc. Then again in September of 2015 I posted a follow up about not forgetting the project I gave myself that I wanted to share with whomever was interested. And now, fast forward to the present, almost two years later (which is horrifying). I have finally finished said list. It wasn’t necessarily two years in the making or anything like that, but, every time I opened the document with this sprawling list of wonderful records I always redefined it, added to it, subtracted, making subsections until finally this week I said, if not for anyone else I want to finish this crazy little project for myself for multiple reasons. One being because I always finish what I start and two, because I’m a mega music geek. I began this idea saying I was going to do a Top 25, then a Top 50 but came to the conclusion as I sat down in front of a wall of music that it’d be impossible for me, so, I decided to go for a Top 100, and even that was hard (you’ll even see an “honorable mention” section here because 100 just wasn’t enough :::wipes sweat from brow:::). On this list you’ll find: Pop, Metal, Singer/Songwriter, New Wave, Alternative, Rock and ALMOST everything in between. These selections come with a boat load of memories and inspiration for me, it’s not just because I love these records but they also hold little pieces of the puzzle that form my life. I’m happy to have them and thankful to all of these people involved in sharing what they do, because in the end that’s what it’s all about. So here, I share this list with you. Hope you have fun with it. Could this change by next month? Hahaha, it sure can so let me hit that publish button cause then I can’t turn back. If you don’t know these records, find and seek! Rock on!
| Jellyfish – Bellybutton |
| Extreme – Pornograffitti |
| Jellyfish – Spilt Milk |
| Extreme – Extreme |
| Seed – Ling |
| Marilyn Manson – Portrait of an American Family |
| White Zombie – La Sexorcisto:Devil Music Vol. 1 |
| Saigon Kick – Water |
| Moonwater – Invitation |
| Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque |
| Prince & The Revolution – (Music From) Purple Rain |
| Darlahood – Big Fine Thing |
| Mineral – EndSerenading |
| White Trash – Si O Si, Que? |
| Engine Alley – Engine Alley |
| Plexi – Cheer Up |
| Faith No More – The Real Thing |
| Wilson Phillips – Wilson Phillips |
| Nuno – Schizophonic |
| Nirvana – Bleach |
| Mr. Reality – Mr. Reality |
| Sparkler – Wicker Park |
| Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Ghost of a Dog |
| Spookey Ruben – Modes Of Transportation Vol. 1 |
| Zuckerbaby – Zuckerbaby |
| Limblifter – Limblifter |
| Hawksley Workman – For Him and the Girls |
| Animal Bag – Offering |
| The Murmurs – The Murmurs |
| Raging Slab – Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert |
| Blind Melon – Blind Melon |
| Flowerhead – The People’s Fuzz |
| Wig – Wireland |
| Placebo – Placebo |
| Jason Falkner – Presents Author Unknown |
| Sponge – New Pop Sunday |
| Saigon Kick – The Lizard |
| Marilyn Manson – Smells Like Children |
| The Age Of Electric – Make A Pest A Pet |
| Animal Bag – Animal Bag |
| Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Are You Normal? |
| Tori Amos – Boys For Pele |
| Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix |
| Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing |
| The Black Crowes – Amorica |
| Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream |
| Aimee Mann – Whatever |
| Lemonheads – It’s a Shame About Ray |
| Nirvana – InUtero |
| Savage Garden – Savage Garden |
| Reigndance – Problem Factory |
| Muzzle – Actual Size |
| White Zombie – Astro Creep:2000 Songs of Love, Destruction and other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head |
| Sugartooth – Sugartooth |
| Matthew – Everybody Down |
| Tears For Fears – Songs From the Big Chair |
| The Escape Club – Dollars and Sex |
| The Lost Boys – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
| Spookey Ruben – What’s a Boy To Do? (Modes of Transportation Vol. 2) |
| Hawksley Workman – (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves |
| Marilyn Manson – Anitchrist Superstar |
| Limblifter – I/O |
| Prince & The Revolution – Parade (Music from the Motion Picture Under The Cherry Moon) |
| Darren Hayes – The Tension and the Spark |
| Imperial Drag-Imperial Drag |
| Coward – Coward |
| Cree Summer – Street Faerie |
| Sons Of Elvis – Glodean |
| Robbie Nevil – Robbie Nevil |
| At The Drive-In – In/Casino/Out |
| Ours – Precious |
| AFI – Sing the Sorrow |
| The Age Of Electric – The Age Of Electric |
| Wendy & Lisa – Girl Bros. |
| Wig – Deliverance |
| Limblifter – Bellaclava |
| Teenage Fanclub – Songs From Northern Britain |
| The Sundays – Static and Silence |
| Veruca Salt – Eight Arms To Hold You |
| The Tories – Wonderful Life |
| Howlin’ Maggie – Honeysuckle Strange |
| Blindside – The Great Depression |
| Depeche Mode – Violator |
| The Cure – Disintegration |
| Ours – Distorted Lullabies |
| Duncan Sheik – Phantom Moon |
| Candlebox – Candlebox |
| Rasputina – Thanks For the Ether |
| Carole King – Really Rosie (Original TV Soundtrack Recordings) |
| Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories – Tails |
| Population 1 – Population 1 |
| Spookey Ruben – Bed |
| Spookey Ruben – Breakfast |
| Veruca Salt – American Thighs |
| Vince Guaraldi – A Charlie Brown Christmas |
| The Ghastly Ones – A-Haunting We Will Go-Go |
| Skid Row – Slave To the Grind |
| Dangerous Toys- Dangerous Toys |
| Martika – Martika |
| Jeff Buckley – Grace |
| -HONORABLE MENTION- |
| Prince – For You |
| Aimee Mann – Lost In Space |
| Beatnik Beatch – Beatnik Beatch |
| Juliana Hatfield – Beautiful Creature |
| Dishwalla – Opaline |
| Angie Aparo – The American |
| Depeche Mode – Some Great Reward |
| Depeche Mode – Sounds of the Universe |
| Poison – Look What the Cat Dragged In |
| Rasputina – How We Quit the Forest |
| Savage Garden – Affirmation |
| Prince – Musicology |
| Pet Shop Boys – Very |
| The Cure – Galore |
| Fudge Tunnel – Creep Diets |
| Jane Child – Jane Child |
| Culture Club – Colour By Numbers |
