Probably my fave Björk album from those that I was already familiar with. Fave tracks - well, "All Is Full of Love" is an absolute all-timer. Love the more-ambient album mix, but the video mix is great too, and it, along with the Chris Cunningham video, are deservedly considered capital A Art. On these play throughs, "Pluto" really stood out for me, too. I wasn't as in to it back in the day, but I really enjoy the crunchiness now!

Yeah, I can get on with driving-synth Sparks. Haven't heard this album before, I don't think. It doesn't have any absolute earworms, as some Sparks albums do, but it doesn't have any grating tracks either. Quite enjoyed the Peter Cook promo spots that were included as bonus tracks of the edition I listened to, too, though I wouldn't want to hear them every time. Fave tracks - "Tryouts for the Human Race" is a great kick off. "My Other Voice" is nice atmospheric interlude, and the title track is great too!

Probably my fave Björk album from those that I was already familiar with. Fave tracks - well, "All Is Full of Love" is an absolute all-timer. Love the more-ambient album mix, but the video mix is great too, and it, along with the Chris Cunningham video, are deservedly considered capital A Art. On these play throughs, "Pluto" really stood out for me, too. I wasn't as in to it back in the day, but I really enjoy the crunchiness now!

Huh. I could have sworn there was a Marillion album on the main list? Looking at my records, it seems I gave their album "Fugazi" a couple of spins in 2021, apparently for non-list reasons. 🤷 This is competent enough prog, I guess. I enjoy the flow of the tracks into each other. Doesn't quite click for me overall - I think I need more psychedelic touches. Fish's voice and delivery doesn't quite do it for me, either. If I'd encountered this album back when I was first getting into prog, I expect I'd have quite a bit of fondness for it. Fave track - "Waterhole (Expresso Bongo)" has a fun energy!

Hmmm, this could be the reference specimen for a certain flavor of indie rock. Definitely some Radiohead worship in the mix, maybe some Grandaddy, etc. There are lots of albums that do this exact thing that I have strong affection for - if I'd heard this album when first exploring this genre, I imagine this would be one of them too, so I can't really fault it for not breaking any new ground. Fave track - "Hello Vagina", despite the cringe name - I dug the cicada-like feedback drone.

Eh, braggadocio rap - not really my thing. The production was plenty swish, and the flows competent enough, but the subject matter rarely kept my interest. Fave track - "Shitsville", let's say.

Oh yeah, this was great! I've had a "best of" compilation of theirs in my library for ages, obtained when absorbing a friend's music collection in the early 00s, but I don't think I've actually listened to it, just heard the odd track on shuffle here and there over the years. It's pretty far from the post-punk template - more alt rock, with some gothy bits. Very much my jam. If the original list had had sane limits on how many times an artist can appear on it and gone for breadth rather than depth, this should definitely have been on there... Fave tracks - "I Love the World" is a great opener, and I'm surprised at myself for liking a song with that sentiment, heh. 😏 I dig "The Charge" and "The Mermaid Song" for injecting some folkiness. "Archway Towers" and "125 MPH" are bangers.

Ah, very cool - the music nerds of bluesky recommended this to me recently, but I hadn't gotten around to it yet. Initially I was thinking, though I was enjoying it, my lack of Spanish would keep it getting a 5, but it just kept on spitting out unexpected and charming inventions, and by the end of my first listen it had really won me over. I've picked out some fave tracks on the second listen, but I feel like they could change with each listen. Just imagine if Dimery, having learned there was interest in another edition of his book, had spent even a couple of days' effort on broadening the scope and talked to some people knowledgeable about music in other languages? It would be such a more interesting list! Fave tracks - "El Borrego" for the industrial metal, "24 Horas" for the indie pop, "El Fin de la Infancia" for the oompa-oompa brass, "El Baile Y El Salón" for the balladry.

Yes! YES! I've been lucky enough to see them live and it was awesome. You probably need to be in the right state of mind to be receptive to this - it's a special occasion listen, rather than an every day listen, for me, but when it hits the spot... <Antonio_Banderas_leans_away_from_laptop.gif> Fave tracks - doesn't make sense to talk about separate tracks with this one. Really dig the clarinet(?) bit from "The Manifold Curiosity" and the strings bit from "Wayfarer", but I will generally plump for taking the whole album in one go!