genuinejack
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Had a convo with some friends this weekend and it got me thinking...
What are your all-time no-skips albums?
The ones you throw on and just let ride because every track hits.
Here are 5 that came to mind for me, from all corners of the music landscape...
Mac Demarco - "2"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WZ5...
Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgsm...
Brand New - "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye09...
Yussef Dayes - "Black Classical Music"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPXa...
The Circling Sun - "Spirits"
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Lots of incredible lore about Devil & God β worth a dive down the rabbit hole.
Hot Take: Yussef is probably one of the most talented musicians alive today
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Mars Volta - Deloused & Frances
the mute
Animal Collective - Merriweather
Post Pavilion
Frank Ocean - Blonde
SZA - CTRL
Coheed - second stage turbine blade & in keeping secrets
Thursday - full collapse
Arcade Fire - Suburbs
And many many more, canβt beat the end to enders. Thatβs how I pick what albums I collect on vinyl
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These recommendations are high praise coming from you β added the last few to my list.
Silent Alarm is suck a great album. I agree, no skips!
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I wish I could go back in time and listen to Dark Side of the Moon again for the first time
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the Radio Dept. - Pet Grief
Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
Daft Punk - Discovery
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Weezer - Blue Album
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
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Added a few of these to the list!
Blue Album is one of the best βanytimeβ albums and works for nearly any situation.
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Fun Fact: Rivers used to do record store shows he called Hootenannyβs and fans would bring instruments and be the backing band while he sang. We hosted one at the record store I managed in Long Beach years ago. I wrote out the set and snuck βSuzanneβ on the list
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frank ocean - channel orange
madvillain - madvillainy
kendrick lamar - gkmc
mac miller - swimming
arcade fire - the suburbs
earl sweatshirt - doris
dj rashad - double cup
mall grab - how the dogs chill vol 1
freddie gibbs - alfredo
father - come outside, we not gone jump you / hu$band
the alchemist - bread
aphex twin - drukqs
young thug - barter 6
03 greedo - purple summer / god level
benny the butcher - the plugs i met
there's a lot more but i think i'll cap it here lol
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It's always the first album that comes to mind for me.
Plus it was pay what you want model on release. So cool.
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It was indeed β I thought that was so sick at the time. I probably still have the original download somewhere.
I bought it sitting in a class my freshman year of college, an odd core memory of mine
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Deftones: Around the Fur
Failure: Magnified
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral
Ministry: Psalm 69
Mastodon: Blood Mountain
Skinny Puppy: Too Dark Park
Haujobb: Polarity
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Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
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Sadly have not found anything contemporary that matches these two giants.
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I think Sgt. Pepper is my favorite* beatles album. It's got it all
*this changes every so often but I always come back to SGTP
Grey Album is such a great pick β I managed to track down a vinyl copy a few years back