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My Library of Albums -- This isn't a list of every album I've ever owned or listened to...not even close. Instead, my Library includes all the albums I keep in my personal collection, all the albums of artists I admire (whether I liked every album or not) and any albums I liked (three stars or more). Once upon a time, if you walked into my home you'd see bookcases filled with compact discs. Later you'd have to browse my hard drive for digital downloads. Now, with so many titles accessed via streaming, you'll just have to take my word for it. These are the albums that make up my virtual library.
If you want a list of favorite albums by year, go here:
BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR MASTER LIST
And now...
MY LIBRARY OF MUSIC -- A MASTER LIST
ABBA
ABBA Gold ****
ABC
The Lexicon Of Love *** 1/2
The Lexicon Of Love II ***
AC/DC
Highway To Hell *** 1/2
Back In Black ****
Rock Or Bust ** 1/2
OLETA ADAMS
Third Set * 1/2
RYAN ADAMS
Heartbreaker *** 1/2
Gold ****
Demolition
Rock N Roll ** 1/2
Love Is Hell
Cold Roses ***
Jacksonville City Nights
29
Easy Tiger
Cardinology
Ryan Adams ** 1/2
1989 ***
Prisoner ***
ADELE
19 ***
21 *** 1/2
25 ***/
AFGHAN WIGS
Do To The Beast **
ALABAMA SHAKES
Boys and Girls ** 1/2
Sound and Color ***
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
Eye In The Sky (1982) **
DAMON ALBARN (see also Blur and Gorillaz)
Mali Music *** 1/2
The Good, The Bad and The Queen *** 1/2
Everyday Robots *** 1/s
PABLO ALBORÁN
Prometo ** 1/2
JASON ALDEAN
Old Boots, New Dirt ** 1/2
They Don't Know ** 1/2
Rearview Town ***
ARTHUR ALEXANDER
You Better Move On ** 1/2
ALGIERS
The Underside Of Power ** 1/2
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
1971 Filmore East ****
DAVE ALVIN AND PHIL ALVIN
Common Ground ***
Lost Time ** 1/2
AMADOU AND MARIAM
La Confusion ** 1/2
LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUES
Republique Amazone **
EAST ANDERSON
Delilah ***/
ERNESTINE ANDERSON
Swings The Penthouse ***/
LAURIE ANDERSON
Big Science *** 1/2
Mr Heartbreak *** 1/2
United States Live ****
Home Of The Brave ***
Strange Angels ****
Bright Red
Life On A String
Homeland
Landfall (w Kronos Quartet) ** 1/2
THE ANDREWS SISTERS
The Original Hits *** 1/2
Complete Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters *** 1/2
THE ANIMALS
The Animals ***\
ANOHNI
Hopelessness ***
FIONA APPLE
When The Pawn...
Extraordinary Machine
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve Yuo More Than Ropes Ever Will *** 1/2
ARCADE FIRE
Funeral
Neon Bible
The Suburbs
Reflektor ** 1/2
Everything Now **
ARCTIC MONKEYS (see also The Last Shadow Puppets)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not *** 1/2
Favourite Worst Nightmare *** 1/2
Humbug
Suck It And See
AM *** 1/2
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino *** 1/2
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG
Foreverly (w Norah Jones) *** 1/2
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
The Complete Hot Fives and Sevens ****
Complete Decca Singles 1935-1946 ** 1/2
Meets Oscar Peterson (1957) ****
Bing and Satchmo (1960) ***
GREG ASHLEY
Another Generation Of Slaves *** 1/2
ASIA
Asia ***
Alpha **
Gravitas **
NICOLE ATKINS
Goodnight Rhonda Lee ** 1/2
SETH AVETT AND JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD
Sing Elliot Smith ***
THE AVETT BROTHERS
Emotionalism ***
I And Love And You *** 1/2
The Carpenter ** 1/2
Maggie And The Dandelion ***
True Sadness **
VIJAY AYER
Accelarando *** 1/2
BABYFACE AND TONI BRAXTON
Love, Marriage and Divorce ***
ERYKAH BADU
But You Caint Use My Phone **
JOAN BAEZ
Joan Baez
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
Joan Baez/5
Noël
Diamonds and Rust
Day After Tomorrow *** 1/2
Whistle Down The Wind ***
DAN BAIRD
So Low ** 1/2
CHET BAKER
The James Dean Story ** (but vocals on "Let Me Be Loved" good)
(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen To You ***
Chet Baker In New York
Chet Baker In Milan
Chet Baker With 50 Italian Strings
The Best Of Chet Baker Sings ****
JULIEN BAKER
Turn Out The Lights ***
KELSEA BALLERINI
Unapologetically ***/
J BALVIN
Vibras ***
MATTHEW BARBER
The Family Album ** 1/2
BOBBY BARE
Darker Than Light ** 1/2
SARA BAREILLES
What's Inside: Songs From Waitress *** 1/2
BJ BARHAM
Rockingham ** 1/2
COURTNEY BARNETT
Double EP: A Sea Of Spilt Peas *** 1/2
Sometimes I Just Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit *** 1/2
Lotta Sea Lice (w Kurt Vile) *** 1/2
Tell Me How You Really Feel ***
RICHARD BARONE
Cool Blue Halo *** 1/2
Sorrows and Promises: Greenwich Village In The 1960s ** 1/2
KENNY BARRON
Book Of Intuition *** 1/2
KISHI BASHI
Lighght ***
JON BATISTE
The Music Of John Lewis (w Wynton Marsalis) ***
THE BEACH BOYS
The Beach Boys Christmas Album **
Today! ***
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Beach Boys' Party! *
Pet Sounds ****
Endless Summer ****
That's Why God Made The Radio
BEACH HOUSE
7 ***
THE BEAT SEE THE ENGLISH BEAT
THE BEATLES
Please Please Me *** 1/2
With The Beatles *** 1/2
A Hard Day's Night ****
Beatles For Sale *** 1/2
Help ****
Rubber Soul ****
Revolver ****
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ****
Magical Mystery Tour ****
The Beatles (White Album) ****
The Beatles (White Album) Esher Demos on 2018 boxed set ***
Yellow Submarine *
Abbey Road ****
Let It Be *** 1/2
The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red Album) ****
The Beatles 1967-1970 (Blue Album) ****
Past Masters, Volume One *** 1/2
Past Masters, Volume Two ****
Live At The BBC ***
Anthology 1 *** 1/2
Anthology 2 *** 1/2
Anthology 3 *** 1/2
Yellow Submarine Songtrack ****
1 ****
Let It Be...Naked ***
The Beatles In Mono ****
The Beatles Stereo Box Set *** 1/2
BECK
Mellow Gold ** 1/2
One Foot In The Grave ***
Odelay *** 1/2
Mutations ***
Midnite Vultures ** 1/2
Sea Change ****
Guero
The Information
Modern Guilt
Morning Phase *** 1/2
Colors **
Hyperspace
BEDOUINE
Bedouine ** 1/2
BEIRUT
No No No **
DRAKE BELL
Telegraph ***
It's Only Time *** 1/2
Ready Steady Go! ***/
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 1 EP ***
THE BELLE BRIGADE
Just Because ***/
ALEC BENJAMIN
Narrated For You ***
BEN L'ONCLE SOUL
A Coup de Reves *** 1/2
TONY BENNETT
The Beat Of My Heart *** 1/2
I Left My Heart in San Francisco ****
Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall ****
When Lights Are Low ****
If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set ****
The Movie Song Album ***
Snowfall ** 1/2
The Tony Bennett/ Bill Evans Album ****
Together Again (w Bill Evans) ***
Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist ***
Perfectly Frank ***
Steppin' Out *** 1/2
Here's To The Ladies ** 1/2
Tony Bennett On Holiday ***
The Playground **
A Wonderful World (w kd lang) *** 1/2
Duets: An American Classic * 1/2
Cheek To Cheek (w Lady Gaga) ** 1/2
The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern *** 1/2
Love Is Here To Stay (w Diana Krall) *** 1/2
GEORGE BENSON
The Best Of George Benson **
BERNHOFT
The Morning Comes ep ** 1/2
CHUCK BERRY
The Great 28 ****
Chuck * 1/2
BEST COAST
Fade Away ***
BETA RADIO
Colony Of Bees *** 1/2
Ancient Transition *** 1/2
THE BETHS
BEYONCÉ
Dangerously In Love ** 1/2
I Am...Sasha Fierce **
4 **
Beyoncé ** 1/2
Lemonade ** (visual album ***)
BIG BOI
Boomiverse ** 1/2
BIG MAYBELLE
The Complete King, Okeh and Savoy Singles ***
BIG THIEF
Capacity ** 1/2
JADE BIRD
Something American ***
BJORK
Utopia ***
THE BLACK KEYS
El Camino ***
Turn Blue ** 1/2
JAMES BLAKE
The Colour In Anything **
PAUL BLEY
Play Blue: The Oslo Concert ***
MARY J BLIGE
London Sessions *** 1/2
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
The Gospel At Colonus cast album ****
There Will Be A Light (w Ben Harper)
Atom Bomb
Talkin' Christmas (w Taj Mahal) **
CHARLY BLISS
Guppy *** 1/2
BLONDIE
Parallel Lines *** 1/2
The Best Of Blondie *** 1/2
Ghosts Of Downloads ** 1/2
LUKA BLOOM
Head and Heart **
THE BLUE NILE see also PAUL BUCHANAN
A Walk Across The Rooftops *** 1/2
Hats ****
Peace At Last ***
High ** 1/2
BLUR
Leisure
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Parklife
The Great Escape *** 1/2
Blur
13
Think Tank
The Magic Whip ***
BOMBA ESTEREO
Ayo ***
BOMBINO
Nomad *** 1/2 Deran ***
BONES
My Library of Albums -- This isn't a list of every album I've ever owned or listened to...not even close. Instead, my Library includes all the albums I keep in my personal collection, all the albums of artists I admire (whether I liked every album or not) and any albums I liked (three stars or more). Once upon a time, if you walked into my home you'd see bookcases filled with compact discs. Later you'd have to browse my hard drive for digital downloads. Now, with so many titles accessed via streaming, you'll just have to take my word for it. These are the albums that make up my virtual library.
If you want a list of favorite albums by year, go here:
BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR MASTER LIST
And now...
MY LIBRARY OF MUSIC -- A MASTER LIST
ABBA
ABBA Gold ****
ABC
The Lexicon Of Love *** 1/2
The Lexicon Of Love II ***
AC/DC
Highway To Hell *** 1/2
Back In Black ****
Rock Or Bust ** 1/2
OLETA ADAMS
Third Set * 1/2
RYAN ADAMS
Heartbreaker *** 1/2
Gold ****
Demolition
Rock N Roll ** 1/2
Love Is Hell
Cold Roses ***
Jacksonville City Nights
29
Easy Tiger
Cardinology
Ryan Adams ** 1/2
1989 ***
Prisoner ***
ADELE
19 ***
21 *** 1/2
25 ***/
AFGHAN WIGS
Do To The Beast **
ALABAMA SHAKES
Boys and Girls ** 1/2
Sound and Color ***
THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT
Eye In The Sky (1982) **
DAMON ALBARN (see also Blur and Gorillaz)
Mali Music *** 1/2
The Good, The Bad and The Queen *** 1/2
Everyday Robots *** 1/s
PABLO ALBORÁN
Prometo ** 1/2
JASON ALDEAN
Old Boots, New Dirt ** 1/2
They Don't Know ** 1/2
Rearview Town ***
ARTHUR ALEXANDER
You Better Move On ** 1/2
ALGIERS
The Underside Of Power ** 1/2
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
1971 Filmore East ****
DAVE ALVIN AND PHIL ALVIN
Common Ground ***
Lost Time ** 1/2
AMADOU AND MARIAM
La Confusion ** 1/2
LES AMAZONES D'AFRIQUES
Republique Amazone **
EAST ANDERSON
Delilah ***/
ERNESTINE ANDERSON
Swings The Penthouse ***/
LAURIE ANDERSON
Big Science *** 1/2
Mr Heartbreak *** 1/2
United States Live ****
Home Of The Brave ***
Strange Angels ****
Bright Red
Life On A String
Homeland
Landfall (w Kronos Quartet) ** 1/2
THE ANDREWS SISTERS
The Original Hits *** 1/2
Complete Bing Crosby and Andrews Sisters *** 1/2
THE ANIMALS
The Animals ***\
ANOHNI
Hopelessness ***
FIONA APPLE
When The Pawn...
Extraordinary Machine
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve Yuo More Than Ropes Ever Will *** 1/2
ARCADE FIRE
Funeral
Neon Bible
The Suburbs
Reflektor ** 1/2
Everything Now **
ARCTIC MONKEYS (see also The Last Shadow Puppets)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not *** 1/2
Favourite Worst Nightmare *** 1/2
Humbug
Suck It And See
AM *** 1/2
Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino *** 1/2
BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG
Foreverly (w Norah Jones) *** 1/2
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
The Complete Hot Fives and Sevens ****
Complete Decca Singles 1935-1946 ** 1/2
Meets Oscar Peterson (1957) ****
Bing and Satchmo (1960) ***
GREG ASHLEY
Another Generation Of Slaves *** 1/2
ASIA
Asia ***
Alpha **
Gravitas **
NICOLE ATKINS
Goodnight Rhonda Lee ** 1/2
SETH AVETT AND JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD
Sing Elliot Smith ***
THE AVETT BROTHERS
Emotionalism ***
I And Love And You *** 1/2
The Carpenter ** 1/2
Maggie And The Dandelion ***
True Sadness **
VIJAY AYER
Accelarando *** 1/2
BABYFACE AND TONI BRAXTON
Love, Marriage and Divorce ***
ERYKAH BADU
But You Caint Use My Phone **
JOAN BAEZ
Joan Baez
Joan Baez, Vol. 2
Joan Baez/5
Noël
Diamonds and Rust
Day After Tomorrow *** 1/2
Whistle Down The Wind ***
DAN BAIRD
So Low ** 1/2
CHET BAKER
The James Dean Story ** (but vocals on "Let Me Be Loved" good)
(Chet Baker Sings) It Could Happen To You ***
Chet Baker In New York
Chet Baker In Milan
Chet Baker With 50 Italian Strings
The Best Of Chet Baker Sings ****
JULIEN BAKER
Turn Out The Lights ***
KELSEA BALLERINI
Unapologetically ***/
J BALVIN
Vibras ***
MATTHEW BARBER
The Family Album ** 1/2
BOBBY BARE
Darker Than Light ** 1/2
SARA BAREILLES
What's Inside: Songs From Waitress *** 1/2
BJ BARHAM
Rockingham ** 1/2
COURTNEY BARNETT
Double EP: A Sea Of Spilt Peas *** 1/2
Sometimes I Just Sit And Think And Sometimes I Just Sit *** 1/2
Lotta Sea Lice (w Kurt Vile) *** 1/2
Tell Me How You Really Feel ***
RICHARD BARONE
Cool Blue Halo *** 1/2
Sorrows and Promises: Greenwich Village In The 1960s ** 1/2
KENNY BARRON
Book Of Intuition *** 1/2
KISHI BASHI
Lighght ***
JON BATISTE
The Music Of John Lewis (w Wynton Marsalis) ***
THE BEACH BOYS
The Beach Boys Christmas Album **
Today! ***
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
Beach Boys' Party! *
Pet Sounds ****
Endless Summer ****
That's Why God Made The Radio
BEACH HOUSE
7 ***
THE BEAT SEE THE ENGLISH BEAT
THE BEATLES
Please Please Me *** 1/2
With The Beatles *** 1/2
A Hard Day's Night ****
Beatles For Sale *** 1/2
Help ****
Rubber Soul ****
Revolver ****
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ****
Magical Mystery Tour ****
The Beatles (White Album) ****
The Beatles (White Album) Esher Demos on 2018 boxed set ***
Yellow Submarine *
Abbey Road ****
Let It Be *** 1/2
The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red Album) ****
The Beatles 1967-1970 (Blue Album) ****
Past Masters, Volume One *** 1/2
Past Masters, Volume Two ****
Live At The BBC ***
Anthology 1 *** 1/2
Anthology 2 *** 1/2
Anthology 3 *** 1/2
Yellow Submarine Songtrack ****
1 ****
Let It Be...Naked ***
The Beatles In Mono ****
The Beatles Stereo Box Set *** 1/2
BECK
Mellow Gold ** 1/2
One Foot In The Grave ***
Odelay *** 1/2
Mutations ***
Midnite Vultures ** 1/2
Sea Change ****
Guero
The Information
Modern Guilt
Morning Phase *** 1/2
Colors **
Hyperspace
BEDOUINE
Bedouine ** 1/2
BEIRUT
No No No **
DRAKE BELL
Telegraph ***
It's Only Time *** 1/2
Ready Steady Go! ***/
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
How To Solve Our Human Problems Part 1 EP ***
THE BELLE BRIGADE
Just Because ***/
ALEC BENJAMIN
Narrated For You ***
BEN L'ONCLE SOUL
A Coup de Reves *** 1/2
TONY BENNETT
The Beat Of My Heart *** 1/2
I Left My Heart in San Francisco ****
Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall ****
When Lights Are Low ****
If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set ****
The Movie Song Album ***
Snowfall ** 1/2
The Tony Bennett/ Bill Evans Album ****
Together Again (w Bill Evans) ***
Astoria: Portrait Of The Artist ***
Perfectly Frank ***
Steppin' Out *** 1/2
Here's To The Ladies ** 1/2
Tony Bennett On Holiday ***
The Playground **
A Wonderful World (w kd lang) *** 1/2
Duets: An American Classic * 1/2
Cheek To Cheek (w Lady Gaga) ** 1/2
The Silver Lining: The Songs Of Jerome Kern *** 1/2
Love Is Here To Stay (w Diana Krall) *** 1/2
GEORGE BENSON
The Best Of George Benson **
BERNHOFT
The Morning Comes ep ** 1/2
CHUCK BERRY
The Great 28 ****
Chuck * 1/2
BEST COAST
Fade Away ***
BETA RADIO
Colony Of Bees *** 1/2
Ancient Transition *** 1/2
THE BETHS
BEYONCÉ
Dangerously In Love ** 1/2
I Am...Sasha Fierce **
4 **
Beyoncé ** 1/2
Lemonade ** (visual album ***)
BIG BOI
Boomiverse ** 1/2
BIG MAYBELLE
The Complete King, Okeh and Savoy Singles ***
BIG THIEF
Capacity ** 1/2
JADE BIRD
Something American ***
BJORK
Utopia ***
THE BLACK KEYS
El Camino ***
Turn Blue ** 1/2
JAMES BLAKE
The Colour In Anything **
Play Blue: The Oslo Concert ***
MARY J BLIGE
London Sessions *** 1/2
THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA
The Gospel At Colonus cast album ****
There Will Be A Light (w Ben Harper)
Atom Bomb
Talkin' Christmas (w Taj Mahal) **
Guppy *** 1/2
BLONDIE
Parallel Lines *** 1/2
The Best Of Blondie *** 1/2
Ghosts Of Downloads ** 1/2
LUKA BLOOM
Head and Heart **
THE BLUE NILE see also PAUL BUCHANAN
A Walk Across The Rooftops *** 1/2
Hats ****
Peace At Last ***
High ** 1/2
BLUR
Leisure
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Parklife
The Great Escape *** 1/2
Blur
13
Think Tank
The Magic Whip ***
BOMBA ESTEREO
Ayo ***
BOMBINO
Nomad *** 1/2 Deran ***
BONES
