I gave myself a challenge at the beginning of 2009, when I didn't have a job, a direction, or a sense of purpose, and that was to look at what I had instead of what I didn't have. People kept telling me to do so and I wasn't that enthused for taking them up on the offer. But I did have a computer and time to waste, so I had enough faith that I could come up with something close to self-reflection.
Then I started to go through my library of music and realized there was a lot of stuff I owned -- literally bought or took the time to copy from the Salt Lake City Public Library -- that I had never listened to. Ever. I most likely copied the CD for one song, thought I'd look lame if people saw I just wanted that one single, and wasn't a true fan of the artist unless I had their entire album.
As it stands, my iTunes library has 4,298 items, which is 16.21 MB of space and eleven and half days of music straight. It was only this past week that I finished the great experiment of listening to each song, in its entirety, alphabetically by artist's name. And guess what? I've got a lot of great music I had no idea was in my possession. So, here are the following albums which, if you own them, listen to them more often and if you do not own them, well, your loss.
This guy is a genius and you will feel so French.
By the time this album came out, I was kind of done with the Strokes. Now, I'm back.
Rubber Factory will remain my favorite, but goddamn if this album doesn't blow the doors off your house.
Thank you Jamie Wilcox. Another great band who I never heard of and now love.
Common's best work. Period.
It might not be the self-titled, but Mike Ness sure does know how to capture youth on vinyl and kiss your ears with it.
Also check out The Devil And Daniel Johnston.
Sam Cooke will be my favorite singer from the past century and this proves it.
Haunting. Dark. Beautiful. Listen to it at night on an urban highway.
It's the B-Sides to Hail To The Thief and, in my humble opinion, better than the A-Sides.
I still have a handful of his singles which I love to listen to, but for a full album of autumn infused bliss, this is the one.
All right, all right...it's a good album. You got me.
Afraid of Interpol? Now you don't have to be.
Don't believe the hype. Believe the music. And to quote Dave Schmidt, "that shits for real..."
You don't like country, but you will love this woman singing country.
Nas! Yes! Can all of your albums be like this and Illmatic?
There new stuff is...eh, okay. This album is where the treasure is buried.
Maybe not as good of an album as Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, but some of this songs are absolutely mind blowing. Please don't retire after your next album Lupe.
This is Modest Mouse.
What stuff do you have sitting around that deserves a second or even a first time listen?
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