All-time Favorites

Albums Alphabetical (by artist)

AC/DC - Back In Black
1980 / hard rock
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
2009 / nu-rock
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92
1992 / intelligent dance music, homebrew-techno
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works II
1994 / ambient electronica
Autechre - Amber
1994 / ambient electronica, intelligent dance music
Autechre - Tri Repetae
1995 / ambient techno, intelligent dance music
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
1980 / post-punk, goth rock
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
1989 / sampledelic funky hip-hop
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
1992 / sampledelic funky hip-hop
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
1965 / rock
The Beatles - Revolver
1966/ rock
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967 / early psychedelic rock
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
1967 / early psychedelic rock
The Beatles - "The White Album"
1968 / rock
The Beatles - Abbey Road
1969 / rock
The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked
1970/2003 / rock
Beck - Sea Change
2002 / mellow emo rock
Beck - Morning Phase
2014 / mellow emo rock
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1970 / heavy rock, early metal
Blind Faith - s/t
1969 / bluesy psych rock
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
1998 / intelligent dance music, electronica
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
1959 / jazz
Donald Bryd - Electric Byrd
1970 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Donald Bryd - Ethiopian Knights
1971 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
1972 / glam-rock
Can - Tago Mago
1971 / prog-rock, rock-jazz fusion
Can - Future Days
1973 / prog-rock, rock-jazz fusion
Ian Carr - Belladonna
1972 / cosmic jazz groove fusion, kozmigroov
The Cars - s/t
1978 / new wave rock
Tracy Chapman - s/t
1988 / folk-rock
Chapterhosue - Whirlpool
1991 / shoegaze
The Charlatans UK - Some Friendly
1990 / manchester groove rock
The Charlatans UK - Between 10th and 11th
1992 / manchester groove rock
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
1995 / electronica, big beat
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
1974 / warm rock
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
1973 / jazz-rock-fusion, kozmigroov
Billy Cobham - Shabazz
1975 / jazz-rock-fusion, kozmigroov
Chick Corea - Return to Forever
1972 / brazilian jazz-fusion, kozmigroov
Chick Corea / Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
1973 / brazilian jazz-fusion, kozmigroov
The Church - Starfish
1988 / emo indie-rock
The Clash - London Calling
1979 / post-punk rock
The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion
1999 / nu-jazz-groove, kozmigroov
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
1990 / ethereal dreamy synth rock
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
1959 / free jazz
Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda
1970 / cosmic spiritual jazz, kozmigroov
John Coltrane - Blue Train
1958 / jazz
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
1965 / spiritual jazz
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Deju Vu
1970 / folk-rock
David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name...
1971 / folk-rock
Cujo - Adventures In Foam
1996 / drum-n-bass-n-jazz
The Cure - Head On The Door
1985 / emo rock
The Cure - Disintegration
1989 / emo rock
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
1959 / modal jazz
Miles Davis - In A Slient Way
1969 / modal cosmic jazz, kozmigroov
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
1970 / cosmic jazz groove fusion, kozmigroov
Miles Davis - In Concert
1973 / cosmic jazz groove fusion, kozmigroov
Miles Davis - Panthalassa
1998 / reconstructed cosmic jazz groove fusion, kozmigroov
Depeche Mode - Violator
1990 / synth dance pop
Dire Straits - Making Movies
1980 / rock
Directions In Music - s/t
1996 / instrumental out-rock
The Doors - The Doors
1967 / early psychedelic rock
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
1972 / folk-rock
George Duke - the inner source
1973 / cosmic jazz-groove, kozmigroov
George Duke - Faces In Reflection
1974 / cosmic jazz-groove, kozmigroov
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
1974 / folk-rock
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
1977 / soft-rock
Fugazi - 13 Songs
1989 / post-punk
Peter Gabriel - "Melt"
1980 / art-rock
Peter Gabriel - Passion
1989 / world fusion
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
1971 / soul, rhythm-n-blues
Stan Getz - Captain Marvel
1974 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Goldie - Timeless
1995 / drum-n-bass
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
2007 / electrified folk-rock
Grateful Dead - Cornell 5/8/77
1977 / acid folk-rock
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
1966 / modal jazz
Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi
1970 / cosmic spiritual groove jazz, kozmigroov
Herbie Hancock - Sextant
1973 / cosmic spiritual groove jazz, kozmigroov
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
1973 / cosmic jazz funk, kozmigroov
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
1974 / cosmic jazz funk, kozmigroov
Herbie Hancock - Flood
1975 / cosmic jazz funk, kozmigroov
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
1970 / rock
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
1969 / soul, rhythm-n-blues
The Headhunters - Survival of The Fittess
1975 / cosmic jazz funk, kozmigroov
Eddie Henderson - Realization
1973 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Eddie Henderson - Inside Out
1974 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Eddie Henderson - Sunburst
1975 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Eddie Henderson - Heritage
1976 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
1967 / early psychedelic rock
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
1968 / psychedelic blues rock
Jimi Hendrix - Live At Berkeley
1970 / heavy psychedelic blues rock
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
2002 / indie-rock
Michael Jackson - Thriller
1982 / soulful pop-rock
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
1988 / heavy trip rock
Jawbox - Novelty
1992 / post-punk, indie-rock
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
1967 / early psychedelic rock
Jesus Jones - Liquidizer
1989 / dance-rock
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1979 / goth-rock
Joy Division - Closer
1980 / goth-rock
The Keyboard Circle - 1976
1976 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
King Tubby - Dub From The Roots
1974 / reggae dub
Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions
1998 / downtempo electronica
Fela Kuti - London Scene
1971 / afro-jazz-beat
Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit
1975 / afro-jazz-beat
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
1969 / heavy stoner rock
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
1969 / heavy stoner rock
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
1971 / heavy stoner rock
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
1973 / heavy stoner rock
LFO - Frequencies
1991 / techno, electro-house, acid idm
Lorde - Pure Heroine
2013 / indie electro-pop
Lush - Gala
1990 / blissful heavy shoegaze
Bob Marley - Exodus
1977 / reggae dub
Bob Marley - Legend
1984 / reggae dub
John Martyn - Solid Air
1973 / electrified folk-rock
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
1971 / soul, rhythm-n-blues
Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon
1992 / industrial dance
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
1959 / jazz
Joni Mitchell - Hejire
1976 / out post-folk-rock
Roy Montgomery - Temple IV
1996 / drone rock, slocore shoegaze
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
1968 / jazz folk-rock
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
1991 / shoegaze
New Order - Movement
1981 / new wave
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
1983 / new wave
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
1989 / dark industrial synth emo
Nirvana - Nevermind
1991 / hard alt-rock
Sinead O'Connor - Lion and the Cobra
1987 / emo alt-rock
Orbial - Orbital 2
1993 / techno
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
1992 / lo-fi indie-rock
Peace Orchestra - s/t
1999 / downtempo electronica, chill-out
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2009 / nu-rock
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
1973 / trip rock
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
1975 / trip rock
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
1988 / trip rock
Pixies - Doolittle
1989 / indie-rock
Placebo - 1973
1973 / jazz-fusion, kozmigroov
Polygon Window - Surfing On Sine Waves
1993 / techno, intelligent dance music
Portishead - Dummy
1994 / trip-hop
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1988 / intelligent hip-hop
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
1990 / intelligent hip-hop
Radiohead - Ok Computer
1997 / indie-rock
Radiohead - Kid A
2000 / nu-rock
R.E.M. - Murmur
1983 / indie-rock
R.E.M. - Green
1988 / indie-rock
Ride - Nowhere
1990 / shoegaze
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
1971 / rock-n-roll
The Rolling Stones - Tatoo You
1981 / rock-n-roll
Rush - Moving Pictures
1981 / prog-rock
Rush - Exit... Stage Left
1981 / prog-rock
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
1996 / downtempo trip-hop
Shellac - At Action Park
1994 / math rock
Slint - Spiderland
1991 / math rock
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
1991 / epic heavy rock
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1993 / epic stadium rock
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
1974 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Lonnie Liston Smith - Live
1977 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
1975 / blues rock
Smoke - Everything
1973 / cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1988 / epic post-punk
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
1991 / hard stoner grunge rock
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
1997 / drum-n-bass-n-jazz
Steely Dan - Aja
1977 / yatch-rock
Stereolab - Dot and Loops
1997 / nu-groove rock
The Stone Roses - s/t
1989 / manchester groove rock
Sven Van Hees - Gemini
1999 / downtempo electronica
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
1980 / new wave, indie-rock
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
2010 / psychedelic rock
Tame Impala - Live Versions
2014 / psychedelic rock
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
1997 / drum-n-bass-n-jazz
Amon Tobin - Permutation
1998 / drum-n-bass-n-jazz
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
1996 / instrumental out-rock
Tosca - Suzuki
2000 / downtempo electronica dance
Erik Truffaz - The Mask
2000 / modern cosmic jazz groove, kozmigroov
U2 - Boy
1980 / indie-rock
U2 - The Joshua Tree
1987 / indie-rock
Van Halen - Van Halen
1978 / hard rock
Van Halen - 1984
1984 / hard pop-rock
Velvet Underground - Loaded
1970 / proto-punk indie-rock
Verve - A Storm In Heaven
1993 / shoegaze
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
2014 / psychedelic rock
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
1973 / cosmic jazz groove fusion, kozmigroov
The Who - Who's Next
1971 / hard rock
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2002 / indie-rock
Amy Winehouse - Frank
2003 / soulful rhythm-n-blues-n-jazz
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
2006 / soulful rhythm-n-blues-n-jazz
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
1973 / soul
Yes - yessongs
1972 / prog-rock

Bands Alphabetical

AC/DC
Adele
Aphex Twin et al
Arcade Fire
Autechre
Roy Ayers

Bauhaus
Beach House
Beastie Boys
The Beatles et al
Beck
Black Sabbath
Boards of Canada
Bonobo
David Bowie
James Brown
Dave Brubeck
Donald Bryd
Built To Spill

CAN
Ian Carr / Nucleus
The Cars
Cat Power
The Charlatans
Ray Charles
The Chemical Brothers
The Clash
Eric Clapton et al
Chick Corea
The Cinematic Orchestra
Cocteau Twins
Alice Coltrane
John Coltrane
Crosby Stills Nash & Young
The Cure

Miles Davis
Dire Staits
DJ Shadow
The Doors
Nick Drake
George Duke
Bob Dylan

The Eagles
Brian Eno

Fink
Fleet Foxes
Foo Fighters
Fugazi

Peter Gabriel
Marvin Gaye
Genesis
GoGo Penguin
Jose Gonzalez
Grateful Dead et al

Herbie Hancock
Isaac Hayes
Eddie Henderson
Jimi Hendrix
Ben Howard
Freddie Hubbard

Iron & Wine

Michael Jackson
Jaga Jazzist
Janes Addiction
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Elton John
Norah Jones
Joy Division
Junip

Khruangbin
King Gizzard and The Lizzard Wizard
King Tubby
Kruder & Dorfmeister
Fela Kuti

Ray Lamontagne
LCD Soundsystem
Led Zeppelin
LFO
Love & Rockets
Low
Lush

Bob Marley
John Martyn
Massive Attack
Curtis Mayfield
Meat Beat Manifesto
Charles Mingus
Joni Mitchell
Roy Montgomery
Kevin Morby
Van Morrison
My Bloody Valentine

Israel Nash
The National
New Order
Nine Inch Nails (NIN)
Nirvana
Nucleus

The Orb
Orbital

Pavement
Peace Orchestra
Tom Petty
Pink Floyd
Pixies
The Police
Portishead
Prince
Public Enemy

Queen

Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine
REM
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ride
Rival Consoles
The Rolling Stones
Rush

Shellac
Skalpel
Slowdive
Smashing Pumpkins
Siouxsie and The Banshees
Lonnie Liston Smith
Sonic Youth
Soundgarden
Spiritualized
Bruce Springsteen
Squarepusher
Steely Dan
Stereolab
Still Corners
The Stone Roses

Talking Heads
Tame Impala
Tool
Tortoise
Tosca
Traffic
Erik Truffaz

U2

Van Halen

The War On Drugs
Weather Report
Weval
The Who
Wilco
Amy Winehouse
Stevie Wonder

The XX

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yes
Yo La Tengo
Neil Young

ZZ Top