five numbers of comments
I recently hit 10k comments. Time to get unnecessarily personal in a milestone list. Not a favourite song list, but most important songs for me i guess |
| 1 |  | U2
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
Origin of the Species
My parents are big U2 fans and one of my earliest musical memories is singing along to this song with my family during vacation trips in France (in particular the tudu tudu part). Makes me super nostalgic! |
| 2 |  | Keane
Hopes & Fears
Bedshaped
Another band carried over from my parents. I still love Keane's early stuff. Bedshaped is their best song obviously |
| 3 |  | Coldplay
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Viva La Vida
Although truth be told, I didn't really care about music until I was like 12. I heard Viva la Vida on the radio during a crafty arts subject on school and loved it so much I got the entire album. Coldplay were my favourite band the following few years and they are still very much dear to me |
| 4 |  | The Kooks
Konk
Always Where I Need to Be
Fifa soundtracks were an important factor for my early music taste. This one was in fifa 09 i think? It was my jam and it still actually is. Kooks might be mostly kinda lame, this song still fucking goes. Don't tell me otherwise |
| 5 |  | Queen
Greatest Hits
Don't Stop Me Now
When I got my first mp3, only Viva la Vida and this album my parents owned were on it. Eventually more would follow, but how much I listened to this in those early weeks. I don't listen to Queen all that much anymore, but it would be amiss to omit them |
| 6 |  | Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
In the End
Got into them when my friend showed In the End in class someday. I guess that this makes them my introduction to more heavy music. Oh what a cliche |
| 7 |  | Muse
Black Holes & Revelations
Knights of Cydonia
Along with Coldplay, Muse were probably the most important band for early teen Pan. Not sure a lof of stuff by them has aged particularly well for me, but Knights of Cydonia is a perfect example of their overblown sillyness and I love it very much |
| 8 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
Paranoid Android
From Muse, I eventually got into Radiohead (thank you youtube's video's suggestion). As cliche as it is, Radiohead was my entry point to more adventurous music and they eventually replaced Coldplay as my favourite band. Paranoid Android was the impressive song for tiny pan |
| 9 |  | Sick Puppies
Tri-Polar
Maybe
Really got into maybe which was a minor radio hit in the Netherlands. Dressed up as Life would eventually become a very formative album for me as well (i was really into corny, emotional rock songs as a teen) |
| 10 |  | Studio Killers
Studio Killers
Ode to the Bouncer
Speaking of radio, I was really into all sorts of lists and all that. So naturally I started to closely follow the Dutch top 40 list. I would loyally tune in every week after school to carefully track each changes and new songs (if you haven't caught on, I'm a huge nerd). This is one of the best radio hits of that every, fucking banger |
| 11 |  | Gotye
Making Mirrors
Somebody That I Used to Know
At some point I enrolled into like an introduction of playing instruments elective on school with some friends. We had this song. I would years later start guitar classes and properly learn the instrument, but I have very fond memories of trying to play this song. |
| 12 |  | Passion Pit
Gossamer
Take a Walk
As I started to explore my own taste more, I began to follow the Billboard alternative and rock charts. One of the most significant findings there is Passion Pit. I still love Gossamer very much, one of my favourite pop albums to this date. So sugary, so infectious, so perfect |
| 13 |  | Twenty One Pilots
Vessel
Guns for Hands
You bet your ass I was a 21 plots fanboy. But don't worry, it was before they were well-known in the Netherlands so it was still cool to do so |
| 14 |  | AWOLNATION
Megalithic Symphony
Not Your Fault
Mostly remember this one for the claymation music video. How much I've watched that one! |
| 15 |  | Hoobastank
The Reason
The Reason
The Reason was maybe my favourite song when I was 15 or so. Don't worry little pan, we all make mistakes sometimes |
| 16 |  | The National
Trouble Will Find Me
Sea of Love
2013 was probably the most significant year for me when it comes to my music discovery. I started to lurk on sput daily and listened to all BNM tracks on pitchfork, and begun to broaden my music taste in a way I hadn't before. One of the more significant discoveries was the National, who quickly become one of my favourite bands |
| 17 |  | Vampire Weekend
Modern Vampires of the City
Step
Also was super into Modern Vampires of the City that year! Was the first concert I attended (also did it for a high school subject, c.k.v, where you had to do some cultural events of your choice). My friends weren't into them and was scared to go on my own, so I went with my dad haha. Step was one of my favourite songs that year |
| 18 |  | Todd Terje
It's Album Time
Strandbar - Disko
I wasn't really into instrumental electronic stuff at that moment, but I heard this because it was best new track on pitchfork and immediately fell in love. Listen to a ton of electronic stuff now thanks to this watershed moment. Still love Todd Terje too, so much fun goofiness |
| 19 |  | Captain, We're Sinking
The Future Is Cancelled
Adultery
This album was such an important soundtrack for my final high school year. Perfect outlet for all the angsty feelings |
| 20 |  | Justin Timberlake
The 20/20 Experience
Mirrors
Always have loved pop music so this album was important for me. Mirrors is certainly one of my favourite modern pop songs, soo good. |
| 21 |  | Alcest
Shelter
Deliverances
In 2014 I decided to listen to every album that got a featured review on sput. Obviously I didn't keep up with that for long, but it did make me discover Alcest, one of my favourites to this day. Can't wait to see them next month! |
| 22 |  | Trophy Scars
Holy Vacants
Everything Disappearing
Like many other sput fellows, I got the Holy Vacants fever. One of my favourite albums to this day |
| 23 |  | Sharon Van Etten
Are We There
Your Love Is Killing Me
Sharon had to be here somewhere of course!! So many tracks I could have picked, but your love is killing me was my earliest love |
| 24 |  | White Lung
Deep Fantasy
I Believe You
Really got into White Lung at this point, still listen to them very often (rip my 22 points for the music league) |
| 25 |  | Natalie Prass
Natalie Prass
Why Don't You Believe In Me
My first review on sput (don't read it please). Was probably not the best pick as I don't feel super strong about this album, but it will always be significant in some way because of this |
| 26 |  | Blof
Boven
Harder Dan Ik Hebben Kan
Gotta shout out one of my favourite Dutch bands. Blof make delicous pop songs with pretty good lyrics. Harder Dan Ik Hebben Kan is a classic |
| 27 |  | Mister And Mississippi
We Only Part To Meet Again
For Us To Remember
Another of my earlier reviews for a Dutch indie band. Still one of my favourite songs ever. Best example of 'indie band does explosive post-rocky song with climax' track. Gorgeous song |
| 28 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Sleep
This is the year that I really got into post rock. This is the best post rock song probably |
| 29 |  | The Beatles
The Beatles
Blackbird
Decided I want to listen to more older music, and where better to start with as with the beatles? Blackbird is probably the important beatle song for me. I needed to learn it for guitar class and really struggled with it. How many times i've practised it! |
| 30 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Carrie and Lowell
The Only Thing
Carrie & Lowell was an important album for me that year. The Only Thing still tugs at my heartstrings |
| 31 |  | The Tallest Man on Earth
Dark Bird Is Home
Little Nowhere Towns
Another one of my favourite artists I discovered around that time. This is one of his most underrated songs |
| 32 |  | Sigur Ros
Takk...
Hoppipolla
Couldn't make this list without including my all time favourite song. It just brings me with so much happiness. Can always count on it giving me a huge smile no matter how i'm feeling at that moment |
| 33 |  | Car Seat Headrest
Teens of Denial
Fill In the Blank
2016 was also an important musical year for me! listened to so much stuff. I was doing my first internship at an University and was often working alone in a lab. That lab was the location of so many album discoveries that year. Teens of Denial was one of the bigger ones for me |
| 34 |  | Refused
The Shape Of Punk To Come
Summerholidays vs Punkroutine
Another big one that year. This song has one of my fave riffs ever, so much fun |
| 35 |  | Yndi Halda
Under Summer
Golden Threads from the Sun
This is an album i have connected super hard over, to this day still. So warm and hopeful, I would often listen to this whenever I needed some inspiration. |
| 36 |  | Stimming
Alpe Lusia
Tanszfur Drei
Remember the Stimming hype that year? good times. This potentially my favourite electronic album these days. Perfect production |
| 37 |  | The Hotelier
Home, Like NoPlace Is There
Dendron
The hotelier is another band I connected super hard with that year. Still one of my most listened bands |
| 38 |  | Modest Mouse
This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Dramamine
Omg how much I listened to Modest Mouse those days. Perfect band for early uni years. There was a good year or so where I listened to modest mouse every day, probably still my most listened bands of all time. Debut is one of the best albums to jam out to |
| 39 |  | The Dear Hunter
Act V: Hymns with the Devil in Confessional
The March
2017 was the year for the Dear Hunter for me. Knew them before, but I listened to them so much this year. I did an international internship in Bristol UK that year (Love love Bristol, please take me back) and have vivid memories jamming this track alone in my little student housing room |
| 40 |  | Boards of Canada
Music Has the Right to Children
Roygbiv
Listened to boards of canada around this time. Roygbiv is maybe the most perfect song ever, love it so much |
| 41 |  | Forest Swords
Compassion
Panic
LOVED this album. So big sounding, but still melanchonic |
| 42 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Iron Man
Wanted to listen to more metal, and where better to start than with Black Sabbath?! Iron Man is one i have always loved, such a fun riff |
| 43 |  | The Menzingers
After the Party
After the Party
Such a fun album, listened to it a ton. Went to their concert a few years later and sang along so much, my voice was destroyed at the end. Worth it. |
| 44 |  | Vali
Forlatt
Dypt Inne I Skogen
Had to mention Vali at some point! I have connected super hard with both of his albums. So gorgeous |
| 45 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Monster
This album was my entry point for hip hop, a genre I struggled to appreciate previously. Still not a go-to genre for me, but definitely something I appreciate a ton now |
| 46 |  | R.E.M.
Lifes Rich Pageant
I Believe
I listened to very little music in 2018 and for the first had no desire to check any new music. This translated to an inactivity on sput where I had like months where I didn't even open the website, let alone comment. I did go through some discogs this year, R.E.M being one of them. Great band |
| 47 |  | AJJ
Christmas Island
Getting Naked, Playing With Guns
I listened to a lot of AJJ this period. Super silly band, but their style and lyrics always appealed to me a lot |
| 48 |  | Tears for Fears
The Hurting
Mad World
Remember listening to this song a lot, one of my favourite pop songs ever. So unique, so manic, but still incredibly infectious. We don't talk about the cover here |
| 49 |  | The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
Really got into the Smiths in this period, particularly this song. One of my favourtie songs of all time |
| 50 |  | Sophie
Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
It's Okay to Cry
Got back to sput at the end of the year, just in time to vote for the user list with the only 10 albums i heard that year lol. This album was the most important of those. This song is an unpopular pick, but I have connected super hard with it from the beginning |
| 51 |  | La Dispute
Panorama
Fulton Streep pt1
But in 2019 i was back in sput and more active than ever. A big reason for that was the casual convo thread, which became a safe haven for me on this site. Met most of my closesr sput friends on there (you know who you are). Already met quite a few people irl, but i would to have a coffee and sweatpants brrakfast some day with the gang. Thanks guys, not sure I would be on sput still without you all. Oh yeah Panorama was my favourite album that year |
| 52 |  | Kishi Bashi
Lighght
Carry On Phenomon
2019 was also the year of Kishi Bashi for me, love that man. Saw him in concert that year and it remains to be one of my favourite concert experiences to this day. So many tracks I could have picked, but I remember this one being stuck in my head for an entire week while delivering post (I worked as a post deliverer during my final bachelor thesis until I started my master) |
| 53 |  | Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Holland, 1945
Connected super hard with this album during this time. Best first half of any album ever maybe? I remember listening to it before doing an expansive English test to get admission for my master, where I got in before even getting the results for my test. Uhh thanks guys??? |
| 54 |  | The Shins
Oh, Inverted World
New Slang
My most listened song of 2019. Not big on The Shins otherwise but this song is just perfect |
| 55 |  | Metallica
...And Justice for All
One
Jammed the Metallica discog this year. I remember jamming One in the car with my friends while in vacation in USA, my first time outside of Europe |
| 56 |  | Vi Som Alskade Varandra Sa Mycket
Det Onda. Det Goda. Det Vackra. Det Fula.
Karleken Ar Dod
Totally got into the hype of this one at the end of the year. Heard a bit of skramz before, but this was about the first one i strongly loved. Favourite skramz vocals to this day |
| 57 |  | The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
In the Morning of the Magicans
Was on a super high Flaming Lips high as well, particularly yoshimi at first. Such a nice album |
| 58 |  | Perfume Genius
Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
Jason
2020 was by far my most productive music listening years (thanks pandemic) and eventually hit the 1000 rating milestone later that year. A lot of stuff I heard, but i was absolutely obsessed with this album in particular |
| 59 |  | Laura Stevenson
Wheel
L-Dopa
It took me about 3-4 listens, but eventually I got obsessed with this one as well. Like all tracks of this were in my spotify most listened at the end |
| 60 |  | Agnes Obel
Philharmonics
Riverside
Got super hard into Agnes Obel after checking her 2020 album. Super beautiful music. She even restarted my music reviewing renaissance (can we still call it a renaissance with 3 reviews in over 3 years? uh yeah let's go) |
| 61 |  | Paysage d'Hiver
Im Wald
Im Winterwald
I wasn't really into any 'extreme' metal before this year, but decided to try this on the fly and absolutely loved it. Perfect hypnotizing atmosphere. Got super into black metal after this point, also thanks my bm buddy garas |
| 62 |  | Ulver
Bergtatt - Et eeventyr i 5 capitler
Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need
Another super important album for my early black metal explorings. Still one of my faves to this day. Also did an Ulver discog run after, such a good band! |
| 63 |  | Portishead
Dummy
It's a Fire
It's a fire defense squad! (accepting new members) |
| 64 |  | The Ocean
Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic
Jurassic | Cretaceous
Had to get into this one of course! This song is so good, but it also signals the breakup of Pangea, so it is a sad one for me as well |
| 65 |  | Mount Eerie
Wind's Poem
Stone's Ode
Joined the song of the day team in march of 2020! Just before corona lockdowns hit, SotD was such a nice distraction from everything around and the community in it was amazing. Loved that and it was big part of my sput life in the coming three years. The first theme I joined was winter and naturally I picked this one from one of the best winter albums ever |
| 66 |  | Darkthrone
A Blaze in the Northern Sky
In the Shadow of the Horns
At the end of 2020 I started my ambitious sput project to check the full discog of 101 older artists to get myself more familiar with the classics (there haven't been any updates lately; I haven't given up on it, but I needed some kind of break). I started with Darkthrone and it was a very good time |
| 67 |  | Arab Strap
As Days Get Dark
The Turning of the Bones
2021 was a big year for me: finished my masters and started my first full time job as a PhD. This also meant a lot of less music as 2020, but still quite a lot. As Days Get Dark was my favourite of the year |
| 68 |  | Charles Mingus
Let My Children Hear Music
The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers
Charles Mingus was my main introduction to jazz (heard some stuff before, but not much). Great discog, definitely worth to check some his less-known stuff as well |
| 69 |  | Anna von Hausswolff
Dead Magic
Ugly and Vengeful
Started a thing where I checked every album in the user decade list. Some regrettable listens were had (sun kil moon, between the buried & me oof), but also many gems were found! Dead Magic was one of my favourites i have heard this way, incredible stuff |
| 70 |  | Kvelertak
Kvelertak
Offernat
Most fun album ever?? maybe |
| 71 |  | 4 Bonjour's Parties
Okapi Horn
Optical Song
Randomly found this because of a casual convo gimmick and was amazing by how good it is. Even briefly got an Ars 5 out of it. It is now my and Ars' bonding album. Met him with Roberstona and Snake laster year in New York, great times! |
| 72 |  | Joana Serrat
Hardcore from the Heart
Easy
Got this from a Trif rec and it's immediately became of one my main comforting albums. So warm & cozy and lovely |
| 73 |  | Brutus (BE)
Burst
Drive
Some lad with a fabulous moustache told me to listen to this. Have been listening to them much ever since, super fun band |
| 74 |  | Violet Cold
Empire of Love
We Met During the Revolution
This was a big love from me in 2021 and on replay a lot. So silly, but so uplifting |
| 75 |  | mewithoutYou
Pale Horses
Mexican War Streets
Got obsessed with this album and listened to it weekly at least for like a year. It took me 2 years to listen to all MwY albums because I kept replaying this one instead of listening to others |
| 76 |  | Ethel Cain
Preacher's Daughter
Sun Bleached Flies
This album was easily one of my bigger obsessions in 2022, listened to it so much. Seeing Sun Bleached Flies live (wirh JesperL!!) was one of the best experiences that year |
| 77 |  | Gospel
The Moon Is a Dead World
What Means of Witchery
Had a lot of fun checking this after their comeback album. Was the soundtrack of many runs that year |
| 78 |  | ABBA
Voulez-Vous
Angeleyes
Abba's music makes me so happy. Best drunk music |
| 79 |  | Gang of Youths
Angel in Realtime
Spirit Boy
Saccarine bullshit, but i do love to listen to it |
| 80 |  | Boris
Flood
Flood 2
My 2023 has been very quiet, i have just felt very little desire to check new stuff due to busyness and other personal reasons. It did make me appreciate the albums i already know more and i had a lot of fun checking discogs slowly. One of them being Boris! Great, versatike band and Flood is just stupidly beautiful |
| 81 |  | Natural Snow Buildings
Daughter of Darkness
Carnal Flowers
Had a lof of fun finally checking this album on (over two work days of course haha) after already loving carnal flowers for a while |
| 82 |  | The Field
Looping State of Mind
Looping State of Mind
The field is one of the best working music out there, listened to them a ton lately |
| 83 |  | The Veils
Nux Vomica
Under the Folding Branches
The veils is my latest music love, great band. Saw them with the london bois (anat, phero, fogza & johnny) in June and it was a fabulous time. Under the folding branches has been on repeat, one of the most beautiful romantic songs |
| 84 |  | Rolo Tomassi
Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It
Aftermath
Heard this album before but it didn't click until fairly recently. Listen to it a lot now |
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