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| roast me
ive never made a comprehensive fav albums list so here take it | | 1 |  | david bowie
low
listened for the first time ever during the month of his death last year. only ever listened to ziggy stardust before that point. ambient wasnt new to me, neither was brian eno, but they were magic together. granted, the ambiance was mostly eno, but the aesthetic and the personality, the significance behind the wordlessness and the otherworldliness was all bowie. such a beautiful and significant album to me and many others im sure. you can feel the isolation in the tracks whether bowie's belting over them over more traditional instruments or simply humming over eno's canvases. the one album i'll never get tired of. | | 2 |  | cocteau twins
heaven or las vegas
i get so crazy with lust when i listen to this album. lust for life, lust for beauty, lust for fulfillment. truly such a beautiful thing. frasier's gibberish has brought me to tears numerous times. love that woman. | | 3 |  | john fahey
The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick
i was skeptical of this when first listening. i never found or imagined the acoustic guitar to be a very multidimensional instrument. fahey proved me very wrong. besides opening the door of american primitivism for me, he showed me beauty can come from anything. just kidding thats gay but this album is something else. another wordless beauty, except for the charmingly awkward interludes from fahey which are beautiful in their own right. | | 4 |  | galaxie 500
on fire
to this day i dont know what i found so appealing about this album, or what caused it to stick to me. im sure a bit of emotional turbulence had something to do with it, but the whiny wails and the subtle, improv esque solos, along with moments of brilliance such as the sax in decomposing trees make this much more than just another shoegaze album. | | 5 |  | grouper
a i a
liz harris was my first love when venturing into more obscure music. none of the drone folk i listened to after this ever truly stood up to it, except the odd side project from the woman herself (and the rest of her discography of course). this definitely was the stand out album from her though. it's more droney and less folk than her other works. utterly out of this world. ive never listened to something so massive yet so intimate and soft at the same time. come softly for daniel d is life changing in the early hours of the morning. so is the rest of the album. | | 6 |  | have a nice life
deathconsciousness
i listened to this around the same time i discovered grouper. i still remember the first time i listened to this album. i promise you'll remember the first time too. sitting in a dimly lit living room with the house to myself and my headphones on. god i was so awestruck. one of the few times i needed no stimulation or anything else to occupy me except for the music for over an hour. the closer terrified me and sent chills down all my limbs. i didnt even know what to do with myself after i finished the album, i just sat there and stared at the wall. | | 7 |  | frank ocean
channel ORANGE
soundtrack to happiness. i rode the bus home one august afternoon after school after i asked a girl i'd crushed on for months on a date and i completely butchered my delivery. i stuttered everything. she said yes. i couldnt wipe the smile off my face. i listened to frank harmonize and wail over the dreamy, beautiful, warbly backdrop of sierra leone. "I'll sing a lennon lullaby, she can have a pretty dream,
baby girl if you knew what I know" | | 8 |  | unwound
leaves turn inside you
my first time listening to this in full was spent staring at the ceiling in a pitch black room. the music isn't colourful or vivid. it wont light up the room or take you someplace else. i was in this stunned, mesmerized trance. i lost myself in every chord progression, every melody, every cryptic lyric. i felt like my soul had left my body by the time terminus was over. | | 9 |  | the weeknd
House of Balloons
my go to album for any kind of hedonistic debauchery i find myself indulging in. sexual awakenings, drug experimentation, self pity and wallowing, narcissism. I wouldn't have any other album soundtrack degeneracy. nothing could compare anyways. | | 10 |  | deafheaven
sunbather
ive had innumerable experiences with this album. the most notable would probably be when i was on vacation and i went down to the hotel pool. i'd learned to swim here as a kid. i had a summertime playlist ready and i closed my eyes and listened to it by the poolside. i remembered spinning this a couple times in the past and thought it'd accompany the moment nicely. man lol shit was life changing. i'll never forget opening my eyes as dream house climaxed. the image of the giant tree hanging over the pool gently swaying in the breeze will forever be crystallized in my mind. the sun glanced through every leaf, every opening onto me. the water looked like liquid sapphire. i cant even describe the feeling i got, it was greater than any chill or moment of awe ive ever experienced. its cliche but i think i felt god. | | 11 |  | modest mouse
the lonesome crowded west
this album made my summer last year. so liberating and beautiful in so many ways. | | 12 |  | the velvet underground
White Light/White Heat
funny, dark, exhilarating, dirty, fucking awesome | | 13 |  | brian eno
another green world
so simplistic and bare bones at times but it conveys so much. | | 14 |  | natural snow buildings
The Dance of the Moon and the Sun
i havent listened to this in much too long, but it deserves a spot. honestly could be a solid contender for the best album of all time. massive drone pieces, folk improvisations, post-rock flirtations, and a few gems with vocals. | | 15 |  | the stooges
fun house
funny, dark, exhilarating, dirty, fucking awesome[2]
(but with jazz) | |
alienobserver
03.19.17 | i went with more personal albums that i could talk about rather than ones i enjoy for sound alone so its a short list but whateva | FullOfSounds
03.19.17 | Awesome awesome, needta get to some of these and you sold them hella well.
frasier's gibberish has brought me to tears numerous times. love that woman. [2]
cried to treasure recently :[ | alienobserver
03.19.17 | treasure was the first album i ever heard from them, i was tryin to get into some older goth/post-punk stuff and it just left me stunned dude i wasnt expecting something so timeless and beautiful | FullOfSounds
03.19.17 | it was a grower at first, it felt very distant at first and then one day it all clicked and i can now say i believe the whole band to be angels taking a short trip to earth cuz they were bored.
something like that, dunno. | elliootsmeuth
03.19.17 | "it won't take you someplace else"
"i felt like my soul had left my body"
lolwut. Cool list tho. | pizzamachine
03.19.17 | You believe in aliens.
#roasted | butcherboy
03.19.17 | some great stuff on here.. and cool write-ups.. | Chortles
03.19.17 | dude nice | alienobserver
03.19.17 | thanks yall | GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
03.19.17 | Lotta gayniggacore afoot. | alienobserver
03.19.17 | tbh its basically a synonym for stuff i dig | GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
03.19.17 | Is Avril gayniggacore or nah? | alienobserver
03.19.17 | depends do you like avril | GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
03.19.17 | Obvs. | alienobserver
03.19.17 | then yes | ArsMoriendi
03.19.17 | 1 rules, but Scary Monsters is better,
2 rules but Treasure is better
I actually heard 14 once, but I don't remember what it sounds like
| unclereich
03.19.17 | List is digs | SandwichBubble
03.19.17 | http://i.imgur.com/hQk4U0i.png | alienobserver
03.19.17 | am i a pretty girl | 50iL
03.19.17 | Nice descriptions | alienobserver
03.19.17 | preesh |
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