First listened in High School, got me through some angst for sure. Still a classic. It’s no Siamese Dream, but it’s a great ridiculous mess with so many classic Pumpkins tracks. I’ve got the box set on vinyl and it’s one of the best purchases I’ve ever made.

First heard this in my car in high school, it must have been junior or senior year. I had heard that this was a punk rock masterpiece, but this did not sound like punk rock at all. This is reggae, this is soul, this is (Jimmy) jazz, this is revolution rock.

Not the first Dylan record I heard, not my favorite Dylan record, but unfucking deniable. The cliche is that the first snare hit at the beginning of “Like a Rolling Stone” is the sound of the door of your mind being kicked open. Not sure if that song blew my mind, but I still love it regardless of how many times I hear it. “Queen Jane Approximately” and “Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues” are two of my favorite Dylan songs. They capture a perfect combination of melancholy, sarcasm, and drugged out poetry that he does so well in this phase of his career. It’s a perfect record, but it’s no Blonde on Blonde. But hell, what is?

Some good tracks, but plenty that I skip. Still haven’t picked it up on vinyl for this reason. Better than most of White’s solo stuff, but that’s a pretty low bar.

Arguably the best solo McCartney record. Seeing the cover makes me hear the first little guitar lick play in my head, then the ear worm wakes up, and now I have to listen to the whole fucking thing. This record is unstoppable.

Haven’t listened, but it’s been on my list

Perfect, just perfect. Probably 2nd favorite after Blonde on Blonde. The “topical” songs were never really topical, they expressed universal truths that ring just as true today as they did then. This is the quintessential timeless record. It spins like it’s always been and always will be.

Goddamn, been too long since I’ve given this one a spin and listen to Crazy Horse blow doors down. Cinnamon Girl/Down By the River/ Cowgirl in the Sand make this record, the rest of the record is solid, but it doesn’t waste time with a lot of filler. It breathes easy and leaves plenty of room for just the right amount of jamming when necessary.

The only record I stole from my mom. My #2 favorite Boss. Haunting, but not creepy, sad, but not depressing. It’s a record that you can’t always throw on, and it’s weird, but I somehow always forget that it exists, because it’s such an oddball Springsteen record. That’s it. It’s a ghost.

First afrobeat album I ever heard! Wish I had stumbled upon this on my own, but this is why we make friends with people cooler than ourselves. Simple and powerful message, funky and primal as fuck.