This post lists my all-time favourite music albums, many of which I consider to be historic events in aesthetic history. The criterion for inclusion is a 9/10 (or higher) rating. See here for a list of music I generally recommend.
A
- Akira Yamaoka [山岡晃] – Silent Hill 2 (2001)
- Akira Yamaoka [山岡晃] – Silent Hill 3 (2003)
- Avantdale Bowling Club – Avantdale Bowling Club (2018)
B
- Bilal – Love For Sale
- Bill Evans – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (1961)
- Bill Evans – Waltz for Debby (1962)
- Bill Evans – You Must Believe In Spring (1981)
C
- Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else (1986)
- Charles Mingus – The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
- The Cure – Disintegration (2010)
D
- D’Angelo – Voodoo (2000)
- D’Angelo And The Vanguard – Black Messiah (2014)
- DJ Sprinkes – Midtown 120 Blues (2008)
- The Doors – The Doors (1967)
E
- Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith (1995)
- Elliott Smith – Either,Or (1997)
- Earl Sweatshirt – Solace (2015) EP
- Earl Sweatshirt – Some Rap Songs (2018)
F
- Faye Wong [王菲] – Fúzào [浮躁] (1996)
- Fishmans [フィッシュマンズ] – 98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare [98.12.28 男達の別れ] (1999)
- The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- Frank Ocean – Blonde (2016)
G
- Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Ecophony Rinne (1986)
- Geinoh Yamashirogumi – Symphonic Suite Akira (1988)
H
I
J
- J Dilla – Donuts (2006)
- Jacqueline du Pré – Edward Elgar; Cello Concerto (2004)
- John Coltrane – Giant Steps (1960)
- John Coltrane – My Favorite Things (1961)
- John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (1965)
- Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
K
- Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2009)
- King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
- Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
- Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly (2015)
L
- Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
- Lil Ugly Mane – Mista Thug Isolation (2012)
- Lil Ugly Mane – Uneven Compromise (2012)
- Lil Ugly Mane – THREE SIDED TAPE VOLUME ONE (2013)
M
- Madvillain – Madvillainy (2004)
- Massive Attack – Mezzanine (1998)
- MF DOOM – Mm.. Food (2004)
- Mgła – Exercises In Futility (2015)
- Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (1973)
- Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1959)
- Miles Davis – In A Silent Way (1969)
- Mobb Deep – The Infamous (1995)
- My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
N
- Nas – Illmatic (1994)
- Nick Drake – Pink Moon (1972)
- Nina Simone – Pastel Blues (1965)
- The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready to Die (1994)
O
P
- Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
- Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
- Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)
- Portishead – Dummy (1994)
Q
- Quasimoto – The Unseen (2000)
R
- Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
- Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
- Radiohead – In Rainbows
S
- Sigur Rós – Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
- Slowdive – Souvlaki (1993)
- Steve Roach – Structures From Silence (1984)
- Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell (2015)
T
U
V
- Viktor Vaughn – Vaudeville Villain (2003)
- Vox Vulgaris – The Shape of Medieval Music to Come (2003)
W
- Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil (1966)
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Y
Z