My 50 favorite records in my collection.
5 records away from hitting the 500 mark, so these are my favorite 10%, in no particular order, and only one album per artist.
Full collection here: https://www.discogs.com/user/JasonCarne/collection?page=1&sort=format%2Casc&folder=0&limit=250 |
| 1 |  | NoMeansNo
Wrong
Original pressing I snagged yesterday for $50, one of the best punk/hardcore album ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m01lPNVv90s&t=690s |
| 2 |  | Mystifier
The World Is So Good That Who Made It Doesn't Live
Bought this one in Helvete last month, that's gotta add some serious kvlt points. Easily one of my favorite black metal records of all time - raw, theatrical, over the top evil madness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MroVGqKrJe4 |
| 3 |  | ABC
The Lexicon of Love
A dirt cheap, infectious 80's new wave album you can find anywhere, but it's one of my most listened to records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g-aJJ0ku7I |
| 4 |  | Stan Getz
Getz/Gilberto
Might not be the first as many claim it to, but it's the most famous of the boosa-nova/jazz hybrid records and one of the best. This is another you can find anywhere, but always worth owning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpIV57PSeo |
| 5 |  | Tortoise
TNT
Killer jazzy post-rock from the 90's. Scored an original of this one a few months back at my local shop in "just in" used section, near mint.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGb_9UW6EU |
| 6 |  | Sacrifice
Forward to Termination
Isn't it nice when thrash actually...you know...thrashes? This record slays 90% of the so-called classics of the era with ease. Snapped this an original of this for around $20 in near mint condition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNIdzhI4ZIQ |
| 7 |  | Sade
Promise
Most people might have Love Deluxe in their top spot for this soulful songstress, but Promise has always been my favorite from her. Scored it for under $5 in a book shop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnc9bsOlIqY&list=PL-UWPlRIl68qXfwQdZ0JafM3MSo_BdElM |
| 8 |  | Bohren & Der Club Of Gore
Sunset Mission
Noir-jazz at its best. Perfect for whiskey soaked rainy nights. Until it's recent repressing, this thing was a unicorn, but it's pretty widely available now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zl5vpy__dQ |
| 9 |  | Wire
Pink Flag
THE post-punk classic, essential listening. Got an original at a record fair in Indiana on a road trip for about $40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNVdziest58 |
| 10 |  | Television
Marquee Moon
The OTHER post-punk classic, also essential listening. I own the original pressing, in damn near mint condition, it was a $60 splurge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfO9lpbbW_4 |
| 11 |  | Mare
Mare
Forget Isis, Neurosis, The Ocean, or any of the heavy hitters in the post-metal world, Mare crushes them all to dust in 25 minutes on their legendary album (the only one they ever made). Untouchable stuff, available through Hydra Head Records for not much these days - I believe they are all on blue wax like mine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4221CYMzG1w |
| 12 |  | Tenhi
Maaaet
Russian neo-folk that does it better than anyone in the business. Recently their whole discography got a re-issue (I snagged them all except for the most recent), all of them are great but none beat this one. Track 6 is a contender for one of the most gorgeous tracks ever recorded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80P1tf6fFWc&list=PL4786AC18564C14F8 |
| 13 |  | Arcturus
La Masquerade Infernale
Freak-show avantgarde black metal, and one of my personal favorite records for the last 15 years. Bought a repress on gray wax through discogs a while back for around $30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw_tJYtzKX4 |
| 14 |  | Maxwell
Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Man, this thing FUNKS. Douple LP, gold wax, always good jams for a good time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avT0Z46UAg |
| 15 |  | Diamond D
Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop
An underrated hip-hop masterpiece, this one is always in heavy rotation for me. Found this in a basement vinyl shop in KY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCQM67exwXo |
| 16 |  | The Trouble
Nobody Laughs Anymore
A severely slept on mid-2000's should-be classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzaOQIKCCjE&list=PLSDUAtVvqwhOIrMxQNdXX9bHwumkOS-WV |
| 17 |  | Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
My favorite album of all time, truly flawless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QywH5lialsU&list=PLOCL3V5HRiux1by4stXlnEtmhlji7IuuB |
| 18 |  | Aesop Rock
The Impossible Kid
Killer packaging, a MASSIVE poster with great artwork from Alex Pardee, and a double LP (one lime green, one hot pink). My favorite Aesop album, and one that has serious replay value.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSYwG-1GAXQ&list=PLJNbijG2M7OzKIR2iK3u-4NdZP5LeBQYL |
| 19 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing...
A top 5 album for me, and trip-hop/samplings finest hour. I landed an original at a shop somewhere in PA for pretty cheap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5UYr8A9y4Q |
| 20 |  | Madrugada
Industrial Silence
A late-90's alt-rock gem that should have receive a lot more acclaim that it did. Gorgeous blue vinyl in heavy gatefold packaging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVHm47bXhKU |
| 21 |  | Ulver
Blood Inside
Picture disc, white/red artwork. It was a toss up between this one and my purple wax edition of Perdition City which is just as great, but I find myself returning to this one more. Picked it up in Nashville last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bb6yvlkT9M |
| 22 |  | Swans
White Light From the Mouth of Infinity
Gira & Co's best album by a mile in my book. Got the recent re-issue online somewhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il2JaXE4zRI |
| 23 |  | Paul Desmond
Glad to Be Unhappy
The epitome of cool jazz done right - Desmond was one of the best at this sound, and this album in particular has always been a go-to for quiet nights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGICoBSLeJ4 |
| 24 |  | The Flaming Lips
The Soft Bulletin
Hands down the best Lips record in their discography, it sounds huge and full on wax in a way it never did through computer speakers for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgvlDOhRQOA |
| 25 |  | Harvey Milk
Courtesy and Good Will Toward Men
A sludge-metal masterpiece, grabbed an original of this one for like $40 at some hole-in-the-wall shop in Cleveland last summer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bebh2wLj6Nc |
| 26 |  | Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
The best psych-rock album of the 90's, and top 20 record for me period, complete with beautiful packaging and clean design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbjqPgV7xo8 |
| 27 |  | Katatonia
Saw You Drown
10" blue vinyl, limited to 1000 pieces. Katatonia's turning point from death-doom to their now staple sound of depressive rock/metal. These 4 tracks are some of my favorite this group ever released, such pure emotion in Renske's voice here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9okZvyYnj8 |
| 28 |  | Kayo Dot
Choirs of the Eye
It's not here yet, but I pro-ordered this classic that is FINALLY getting a vinyl pressing. Snagged the limited edition special edition version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJA1xQxTCU |
| 29 |  | RJD2
Deadringer
Killer trip-hop stuff, I have an original from Discogs but it's a little beat. I'll probably grab a better version someday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joOeYN5F1AA |
| 30 |  | Blood for Blood
Revenge on Society
Angry, misanthropic, trashy Boston hardcore at it's very best. The title track makes me want to crack the planet in half.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4FRmC6KTNw |
| 31 |  | Eric B and Rakim
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
If Rakim is not at least in the conversation for your top 5 MC's I don't know what to tell you. This album has FLOW with classic bars and beats for days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtvK-wHrt1g&list=PLU4kI1MEN_MAdiJ_V5IHNx2pQDxSUGsMn |
| 32 |  | AJJ
Knife Man
Sarcastic, snarky, bitter folk-punk at its finest. Snagged this one at Vintage Vinyl in NJ, I miss living so close to this shop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX7TRD6XaRs |
| 33 |  | Laaz Rockit
Annihilation Principle
Furious, buzzsaw sounding guitars and vicious vocal delivery, another thrash favorite of mine. Grabbed an original of this one at a record fair in PA - in Wilkes-Barre specifically if I recall correctly. Best opening track of any thrash record ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXji7M-Nyl4 |
| 34 |  | Carissa's Wierd
Songs About Leaving
Damn, this album is SAD, but it's so beautiful in it's pure raw emotion. I think my version of this is red.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPJw9-uWIRE&list=PLUikdB6y1SAtFL_AGK7C1G7X6EklmvAjb |
| 35 |  | Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague
What could be better than a French bossa-nova group doing covers of 70's and 80's punk classics? Not much apparently, because this thing is insanely fun and downright sexy at times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3GVd4DFFPA&list=PLm--B4L6tdcMfwUtsmIzx-dA6jF-jn8Ea |
| 36 |  | Cryptopsy
None So Vile
Possibly the best death metal album from Canada of all time, and one of my favorite in the genre. Found this somewhere in Ohio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3JeaBoBU-c |
| 37 |  | MF DOOM
Operation: Doomsday
My favorite album under this moniker from DOOM, just endlessly listenable bars and beats. Grabbed this one at Grimey's in Nashville last year. Still hoping to grab a copy of Vaudevillain Villain eventually though, that's my favorite DOOM project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w99f5iVxOtg |
| 38 |  | Scott Walker
The Drift
Terrifying, spooky stuff meant to be turned up loud in the dark. Grabbed it off of discogs for an insanely low price last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuQqFGMSN9g&list=PL2rQpgf0XqeNP3DOueagx5Hht3-sQ4NiS |
| 39 |  | Jellyfish
Spilt Milk
Grabbed this on the same trip as the MF DOOM one above at Grimey's in Nashville. This album is what would happen in you put Queen and the 90's in a blender.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu9xIyZ6ZMg |
| 40 |  | Electric Wizard
Dopethrone
Got this one very recently at my local shop in Lexington, KY - Pops Resale. Showed up for $40 in the "just in" section and grabbed it immediately - it's a purple wax reissue that sounds great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaMbKZPBruU |
| 41 |  | Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas
Shoegaze bliss, and essential listening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQpKtnLUduE&list=PLfGibfZATlGrAV2wvxpTWXR9A6zrIzWlQ |
| 42 |  | The Delgados
Hate
This album was recommended to me here as something to check out if I was digging The Flaming Lips' "Soft Bulletin" album - it was a dead on perfect rec, and it's become a personal favorite over the last few years. Paid around $25 for this on Discogs a while back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZdzoH0YMcE&list=PL8SUsFQKL7zXua_E4Q5GeirI-OizdpUGd |
| 43 |  | Khanate
Things Viral
Drone perfected - heavyweight vinyl, burgandy double LP from Hydra Head. I grabbed it along with the self-titled release from these guys when those dropped a year or two back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAIPweLLHio&list=PLDql_Y6ISXUHapP592ZEzbqllAAe_fWTG |
| 44 |  | Deltron 3030
Deltron 3030
Possibly my favorite hip-hop release ever, I got this one on white vinyl, it was one of my first in my collection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6YJjkO7F5A |
| 45 |  | Captain Beyond
Captain Beyond
Grabbing a mint original of this one at a record fair in Wilkes-Barre PA, required psych-rock listening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHbjySOJ7Hw |
| 46 |  | Low
I Could Live in Hope
An OG pressing of this slowcore classic snagged at the punk rock flea market in Asbury Park, NJ a few years ago for dirt cheap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvec96wI6GI |
| 47 |  | Overcast
Fight Ambition To Kill
A record in the pantheon of metalcore royalty, this thing came CHEAP off of Discogs, and I thrown it on all of the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF-oEeJ3-Kk |
| 48 |  | Immolation
Close to a World Below
Recent reissue on fire orange vinyl, limited to like 300 pieces or something like that - got it along with Failure For Gods and Here In After, both also limited to the same pressing count. This album is the soundtrack of hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPQL2mhK79k |
| 49 |  | Bad Religion
Suffer
One of my favorite punk albums, Graffin's a lyrical wizard and this was where they were at the top of their game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXs3ENJ1W7A |
| 50 |  | Cave In
Jupiter
My very first vinyl record I ever purchased, I got off to a good start - this is progressive metalcore perfection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlAuzXGC_JM |
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