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70's child of California Hippies -> turned GenX Goth/Punk -> turned Jazz n Funk lover

Denver, CO

Hot RatsFrank Zappa

Favorite Zappa Album. I remember it being one of those records on my parents shelf where the picture was kind of scary but also had to know more. Peaches En Regalia is just the best psychedelic weirdness.

Standout tracks
  1. 1Peaches En Regalia3:37
  2. 2Willie The Pimp9:23
  3. 3Son Of Mr. Green Genes8:57
Nothing's ShockingJane's Addiction

This is the first cassette I played when I got a new stereo installed in my first car in 1991. I drove to my uncle's house and said "You've gotta listen to this" and proceeded to play Up the Beach followed by the explosion of Ocean Size. Still remember the hair standing up on my arms at that moment. So many good songs on this album, Mountain Song is fierce.

Standout tracks
  1. 2Ocean Size4:19
  2. 6Summertime Rolls6:19
  3. 7Mountain Song4:03
Joy as an Act of Resistance.IDLES

Love the IDLES so hard. The first live show I took both my sons to when they were 15 and 16 years old. They're the first modern band that captured the emotion and energy of some of the formative bands I grew up listening to, but like the 2.0 version where they care about your heart and mental health as well. Love their message, their music, the scum

Standout tracks
  1. 1Colossus5:39
  2. 2Never Fight a Man with a Perm3:48
  3. 3I'm Scum3:09
Sound & ColorAlabama Shakes

I find this album to be flawless. Another that sounds sublime on vinyl. I could listen to it over and over. Brittany Howard's voice embodies all the soul and grit of humanity. It restores my sense of awe when I'm feeling like a total grouch.

Standout tracks
  1. 4Future People3:21
  2. 1Sound & Color3:03
  3. 6This Feeling4:28
MezzanineMassive Attack

This albums sounds supurb on vinyl. I add a colored dot sticker to albums that sounds so good they just transport you. Whenever I want to sit and really be absorbed by a record and have that kind of listening experience, I look for that stack of colored dot records in my collection. And Elisabeth Fraser's voice has my heart forever as a goth kid from the 80s/90s.

Standout tracks
  1. 1Angel6:19
  2. 2Risingson4:58
  3. 3Teardrop5:30
Songs for the DeafQueens of the Stone Age

I'm obsessed with Albums that take you on a journey with some creative overarching theme. The way this album interweaves snippets of desert radio stations is fantastic - I can literally envision myself driving through the pitch black Palm Desert in my old beatup Toyota pickup truck headed for US 395 to get up North. And Dave Grohl on drums, come on.

Standout tracks
  1. 2You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire3:12
  2. 5Song for the Dead5:52
  3. 15Mosquito Song (Hidden Track)5:38
The Joshua TreeU2

Fantastic album, just rocks the whole way through. Great option for a long drive with the windows rolled down

Standout tracks
  1. 4Bullet the Blue Sky4:31
  2. 6Red Hill Mining Town4:52
  3. 10Exit4:13
Abbey Road (Remastered)The Beatles

I mean, it's Abby Road....is there anyone on the planet who hasn't been influenced by this album? One of my favorite things about it is the order in which the songs follow each other. I remember as a very young child especially loving the sequence from "You never give me your money" to "The End". I had a plastic horse on springs and I used to ride the hell out of that horse during this stretch of the album. The best of times

Standout tracks
  1. 13She Came In Through the Bathroom Window1:58
  2. 14Golden Slumbers1:31
  3. 15Carry That Weight1:36