My 233 Personal Favorite Albums (pt 4/6)

Hello y'all. 

I've wondered if I should make my blurbs longer, as though I need to show off writing skills or try to explain myself with these picks. I'll save spilling that kind of Internet Ink for the final section of this list. Still just vaguely telling you which eras of my life each album takes me back to. For now.

No albums in this background made the list.

120

Brian Wilson

Brian Wilson Presents Smile

USU spring semester 2013.

119

Sufjan Stevens

Michigan

Feb 2010. Essentially: Living life under a pile of blankets.

118

Bruce Springsteen

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Summer 2019.

117

Bruce Springsteen

Nebraska

May 2018.

116

The Postal Service

Give Up

Being 17.

115

TV on the Radio

Dear Science

JHS cross country, senior year.

114

Animal Collective

Feels

Lying awake at night on anitpsychotics.

113

Built To Spill

There's Nothing Wrong with Love

Fall 2013.

112

Kanye West

Late Registration

Cleaning the USU education building at 4am. The ultimate album for that.

111

Spoon

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Being 17.

110

Weezer

Pinkerton

My 18th birthday. And every crush I fumbled at that age.

109

Carole King

Tapestry

Childhood, Sun Valley ID, crying in my car, etc.

108

Radiohead

In Rainbows

Being a Millennial. 

107

Björk

Homogenic

Jan 2019.

106

Fleetwood Mac

Rumours

Fall 2015. 

105

James Brown

Live at the Apollo

Spring 2009.

104

Nirvana

In Utero

Feb 2013.

103

M.I.A.

Kala

Being 17.

102

D'Angelo

Voodoo

Either late nights alone, or Saturday afternoons.

101

Neil Young

On the Beach

USU fall semester 2013.

We've reached my TOP 100!

...Dang. Wish I had more to say. You either think this stuff is entertaining at this point, or you don't.

100

The Beatles

Rubber Soul

Middle school. Shoutout to the Glenwood Grizzlies.

99

Nas

Illmatic

Rap as God intended.

98

Patti Smith

Horses 

2021 (for better or worse).

97

Arthur Russell

Love Is Overtaking Me

2022. The album starts at dawn and ends at dusk.

96

Purple Mountains

Purple Mountains

Summer 2019.

95

Smashing Pumpkins

Siamese Dream

Springtime.

94

Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago

Summer 2013.

93

Bob Dylan

Highway 61 Revisited

Summer 2007, I guess... Weird time, man.

92

U2

The Joshua Tree

Feb 2008.

91

Tom Waits

Rain Dogs

Feeling American.

90

Neil Young

After the Gold Rush

Nov 2012.

89

Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here

Middle school.

88

Weyes Blood

Titanic Rising

Spring 2019.

87

Beck

Sea Change

JHS junior year, that whole winter.

86

Modest Mouse

Building Nothing Out of Something

2019.

85

Van Morrison

Astral Weeks

Spring 2018.

84

The Rolling Stones

Let It Bleed

My 17th birthday.

83

The Cure

Disintegration

Fall 2016.

82

Guided By Voices

Bee Thousand

2016.

81

Bon Iver

Bon Iver

My first winter at USU, when I started to feel music again.