I don't have a great deal to add to the conversation that hasn't already been said about this album. We all know the impact Bob Dylan's voice had on music in the 60s. He was 22 when this album came out.

This album came out a year into my undergrad experience at UNLV. I had seen The Killers perform in a tiny practice shed with a friend of the band a few months before the album dropped and we all kinda knew they'd be big. It dropped like a bomb and it was inescapable at the time and eventually got overplayed on the radio, but the record does have some undeniable classics that are still resonating with younger generations today. I tip my cap to this era of rock music and what this album brought to the conversation.

“The Bends” is a defining album of the ’90s, and for someone born in 1985, it hits a nostalgic sweet spot. Yes, I was 9 when it came out but found Radiohead in my teens, and with each new album fell in love with the band again and again for how new and innovative their sound was. Thom Yorke’s vocals on tracks like “Fake Plastic Trees” and “High and Dry” are spectacular and the rawness of “Just” has one slapping the ever-rock-fucking hell out of their steering wheel. Bend me, Mr. Yorke.

This Year’s Model is a standout album and remains a pivotal work in Costello’s career. The influence it’s had on pop and rock music cannot be understated, so feel free to recommend it to just about anyone with two working ears. Except my two-year-old daughter. She didn’t want anything to do with it and much preferred “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” on the car ride home.

Björk is a singular voice and her music has always reached me on an emotional level. Her live shows are truly something to behold and I believe her music will stand the test of time as one of the boldest and most innovative of her (and my) generation. She's an alien. An Icelandic angel. Debut might be the most accessible record for any Björk newcomers, but that doesn't make it any less distinct or imaginative. It's a daring first effort that will only become more refined and sonically cohesive with each progressive release. Standouts, "Human Behaviour", "Venus as a Boy", "Big Time Sensuality" and "Come to Me" each highlight a different facet of Björk's diverse collection of styles and influences on this album. It's fantastic debut to what would become a legendary career. Fun fact: Björk was the first woman to headline Coachella and the only woman to headline it twice.

"It was a stone groove, my man" Standouts: The 15min-long "Chameleon" and "Watermelon Man"