Rocket2Russia's List of Albums to Listen to Because He Told You To

[Rocket2Russia]

These are my favorite albums just randomly selected and added to. There's no specific number on this. Multiple albums per artist are allowable. This is jus ta list of albums I personally enjoy, so some may be lolgeneric.

Album (Artist, Year)

Amesoeurs (Amesoeurs, 2009)
Autoamerican (Blondie, 1980)
Autobahn (Kraftwerk, 1974)
Automatic for the People (R.E.M., 1992)
Bandwagonesque (Teenage Fanclub, 1991)
The Bends (Radiohead, 1995)
The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse (The Besnard Lakes, 2007)
The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night (The Besnard Lakes, 2010)
Black on Both Sides (Mos Def, 1999)
Blood on the Tracks (Bob Dylan, 1975)
"Born Into Trouble As the Sparks Fly Upward." (The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, 2001)
Boy (U2, 1980)
Bug (Dinosaur Jr., 1988)
The Cars (The Cars, 1978)
Chairs Missing (Wire, 1978)
The Chronic (Dr. Dre, 1992)
Closer (Joy Division, 1980)
Completely Removed (Medications, 2010)
Computerwelt (Kraftwerk, 1981)
Crocodiles (Echo & the Bunnymen, 1980)
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (Pavement, 1994)
Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth, 1988)
Die Mensch Maschine (Kraftwerk, 1978)
Dirty (Sonic Youth, 1992)
Discovery (Daft Punk, 2001)
Disintegration (The Cure, 1989)
Donuts (J Dilla, 2006)
Doolittle (Pixies, 1989)
Écailles de Lune (Alcest, 2010)
Embryonic (The Flaming Lips, 2009)
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Stereolab, 1996)
Endtroducing..... (DJ Shadow, 1996)
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang Clan, 1993)
Entertainment! (Gang of Four, 1979)
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (Sonic Youth, 1994)
Exploding Head (A Place to Bury Strangers, 2009)
Flood (They Might Be Giants, 1990)
Fun House (The Stooges, 1970)
Gemini (Wild Nothing, 2010)
Goat (The Jesus Lizard, 1991)
Goo (Sonic Youth, 1990)
Goodbye Enemy Airship the Landlord Is Dead (Do Make Say Think, 2000)
Gyrate (Pylon, 1980)
Have One on Me (Joanna Newsom, 2010)
Heaps of Nothing (Naked on the Vague, 2010)
Heartland (Owen Pallett, 2010)
Hex Enduction Hour (The Fall, 1982)
Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan, 1965)
Hippies (Harlem, 2010)
Horses (Patti Smith, 1975)
Hospice (The Antlers, 2009)
Hunky Dory (David Bowie, 1971)
I'm Not As Good at It As You (S, 2010)
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (Yo La Tengo, 1997)
Illmatic (Nas, 1994)
In the Aeroplane over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel, 1998)
In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson, 1969)
In the Flat Field (Bauhaus, 1980)
IRM (Charlotte Gainsbourg, 2009)
jj n° 2 (jj, 2009)
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (Spiritualized, 1997)
Laughing Stock (Talk Talk, 1991)
Let It Be (The Replacements, 1984)
Leviathan (Mastodon, 2004)
Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, 2000)
Lincoln (They Might Be Giants, 1988)
Liquid Swords (GZA/Genius, 1995)
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine, 1991)
Low (David Bowie, 1977)
The Mantle (Agalloch, 2002)
Marquee Moon (Television, 1977)
Metal Box (Public Image Ltd., 1979)
Mines (Menomena, 2010)
Mirrored (Battles, 2007)
Murmur (R.E.M., 1983)
Neu! (NEU!, 1972)
New York Dolls (New York Dolls, 1973)
Odelay (Beck, 1999)
Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys, 1989)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd, 1967)
A Place to Bury Strangers (A Place to Bury Strangers, 2007)
Plastic Beach (Gorillaz, 2010)
Popular Songs (Yo La Tengo, 2010)
Post-Nothing (Japandroids, 2009)
Psychic Chasms (Neon Indian, 2009)
Psychocandy (The Jesus and Mary Chain, 1985)
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Devo, 1978)
The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths, 1986)
Raw Power (The Stooges, 1973)
Real Life (Magazine, 1978)
Remain in Light (Talking Heads, 1980)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie, 1972)
Rocket to Russia (Ramones, 1977)
Since I Left You (The Avalanches, 2001)
Sister (Sonic Youth, 1987)
Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement, 1992)
The Soft Bulletin (The Flaming Lips, 1999)
Soundtracks for the Blind (Swans, 1996)
Souvenirs d'un autre monde (Alcest, 2007)
Spiderland (Slint, 1991)
The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses, 1989)
A Sufi and a Killer (Gonjasufi, 2010)
Surfer Rosa (Pixies, 1987)
Swim (Caribou, 2010)
Teen Dream (Beach House, 2010)
There Is Love in You (Four Tet, 2010)
Third/Sister Lovers (Big Star, 1978)
Tim (The Replacements, 1985)
Trans Europa Express (Kraftwerk, 1977)
A Trip to Marineville (Swell Maps, 1979)
Trompe le Monde (Pixies, 1991)
Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division, 1979)
The Velvet Underground (The Velvet Underground, 1969)
The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground, 1967)
Violent Femmes (Violent Femmes, 1983)
Volume One (She & Him, 2008)
Washing Machine (Sonic Youth, 1995)
White Light/White Heat (The Velvet Underground, 1968)
Wild Smile (Suckers, 2010)
Wowee Zowee (Pavement, 1995)
Ys (Joanna Newsom, 2006)
Zen Arcade (Hüsker Dü, 1984)
#1 Record (Big Star, 1972)

[neckermanncj]

very cliche'd choices, still good none-the-less

and Crocodiles > Ocean Rain ....although The Killing Moon is BY FAR their best song


EDIT: also Tim > Let It Be (still 2nd best Replacements album)

EDIT#2: i'm glad you picked New Day Rising over Zen Arcade, i somewhat prefer it over the latter

[Rocket2Russia]

Thanks for the feedback, especially the negative stuff, as I've been trying to find another Echo album. And I frequently go back and forth between Tim and Let It Be, but I think Let It Be is winning this week because I've fallen so in love with "Androgynous".

Also, expect this to expand. This is both a showcase and a journal of my taste to watch it evolve in the coming months (and over Christmas, as I'll have a lot of new music and a lot of free time on the trains in Europe!).

[supernova1324]

Sixteen Blue is one of my favorite tracks of all time.

Also, Zen Arcade>>>>>>>>New Day Rising.

[MrFruitLord]

Zen Arcade is better. And I think a lot of people have heard most of those albums.

[neckermanncj]

I think Let It Be is winning this week because I've fallen so in love with "Androgynous".

that happened to me too

And I think a lot of people have heard most of those albums.

very cliche'd choices, still good none-the-less

[Gowienczyk]

Descriptions why you like it? Are you trying to outplay the rest of us?

[LegendofRock3021]

Great list, I'll keep a close eye on your thread for your updates.

[Rocket2Russia]

Zen Arcade is better. And I think a lot of people have heard most of those albums.

Please note the list is more a favorite albums list than an albums to hear before you die. It's more to showcase some great albums and get your thoughts/suggestions, not really show you an obscure rap-tweecore band or something.

[schmeankman]

I have these... I need to catch up on my alt hipster albums I figure. Either way..

Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City 10/10 & 10/10
The Cars - The Cars 7/10
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising 5/10
Lou Reed - Transformer 9/10