Top 50 albums thought of before some other albums (one per artist)

Harmonia it is

this is the one where I finally get to vote for Paul's Boutique

Ugh great list, picked Budd and disappointed I didn’t put the pavilion of dreams on my list. Great stuff putting the Charlie Brown Christmas album there too, love that one

Nice to see Dead Can Dance make am appearance

voted jordan in a different poll, so gonna go with that incredible raphael saadiq album

Emp Tom Ket

Man, I should have put Charlie Brown Christmas in among mine

22 albums I love here. Welcome to the party, The The's "Dusk."

i really don't know what i'd vote for in my own poll. i might go with Tonight's the Night. I had to add the Maren Morris last second after it having lived in my car all summer, it's an excellent driving album. my most listened-to album for cooking at home is the CFCF, ideally w/the back door open and a breeze coming in.

it was really hard to pick between releases by a few of these artists, especially Steely Dan. i probably could have chosen any one of their first seven except Pretzel Logic (a genuine classic, but for whatever reason not the Dan i usually want to turn to.)

Catherine Wheel obvs

Aja

Man, I should have put Charlie Brown Christmas in among mine

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Same

I thought it was gonna be Badmotorfinger but that Alice Coltrane album (and Alice Coltrane in general) is next level

regretting not including some Thin Lizzy or Yo La Tengo or Eno. but this list is probably more honest without them in some ways.

I love:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
CFCF - The Colours of Life
Def Leppard - Hysteria
New Order - Substance
Prefab Sprout - Jordan: The Comeback
Saint Etienne - Good Humor
The The - Dusk
U2 - Achtung Baby
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants

Wouldn't be my choice of Raphael Saadiq but I like seeing it here

I don’t know that Louis Jordan comp but it gets my vote anyway.

The one on MCA with 20 cuts? Longtime favorite, all classics. My vote as well.

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this one. amazing music, some of the best ever recorded. he receives about 1% of the notice he should.

OK I gotta check that out

the Charlie Brown Christmas album is the only Christmas album i listen to year round. Willie Nelson, Duke Pearson, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Kylie, they all go into hiberation. but not this one.

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Neil, Gene, or the Gza, hard to choose! many other great options.

I’m not really into compilation albums, but how could you argue with New Order’s Substance

Ceremony
Everything’s Gone Green
Temptation
Blue Monday
Confusion
Thieves Like Us
The Perfect Kiss
Sub-culture
Shellshock
State of the Nation
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith

It's perfect, except that it's missing the greatest tracks from Power, Corruption and Lies, their best album - Age of Consent, Your Silent Face, and Leave Me Alone

I think some people aren’t down with some of the remixes (temptation, confusion eg) but I’m with you, it’s an amazing comp

Thought about Jordan, went with Charlie Brown.

i think omar's and nostormo's have had the most artist/album overlap in my hypothetical top 50

went with studio

Consider my Roisin entry to actually be Aphrodite by Kylie Minogue I uh changed my mind about the one per artist rule.

Ian, it's hard to not vote for the Gene Clark, it's kind of unbelievably beautiful.

i would encourage everyone to listen to the Ex Hex album too, it's one i heard in the store right before i bought it and it blew me away. i think the CW is it's a step down from the debut, but i think it's one of the best pure glorious rock albums in recent memory. it's like a halfway point between Transmaniacon by RTX and California Nights by Best Coast, in a Pac NW indie style.

Voted Gene Clark because "Strength of Strings" was on a hugely influential mixtape a friend made almost, uhhhh, 30 years ago. First time I heard Can, J. Cope, Autechre, Pentangle, W. Oldham, Nick Drake, "Supervixens," all in one package.

Number of albums heard: 18

Favourite: Harmonia over Gene Clark

Least-favourite: Structures From Silence left zero impression

Nicest surprise: "Nice to see Dead Can Dance make an appearance"

Unheard, but most want to hear: Kendrick Lamar

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teh first of the flood

nice vote spread here

Great vote spread. As mentioned, I love the Charlie Brown album but how is it getting 3 VOTES (!) in a list like this? Think this will be the only stereolab winner, and they deserved at least one

I didn't notice this one! Lots to like here. Let's pretend I voted in time to spread the love to Telephone Free Landslide Victory.

I'm totally overdue for a fresh listen to that Studio thingy.

Oh so ILM still loves Studio. It’s been a while since I revisit that one.

i listen to Studio on repeat every several months, it really continues to sound unlike anything else.