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[Joe]

The Anthology of American Folk Music is one of the best "albums" I've listened to on this list.

It's a collection of 84 folk songs from 1926-1933 and it's amazing. The music is obviously dated but it's just so damn interesting to listen to.

Someone created a playlist of the collection on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/3twenty6/playlist/6yHprflPWiTiiVELXDIVrs

About a dozen songs appear twice on the playlist but it's the only list I can find.

 

[Joe]

Two things:

1) I enjoy Leonard Cohen a lot more than Bob Dylan, am I crazy? (I still enjoy Bob though)

2) Jeff Buckley. Holy shit right?

 

[LionPride]

Two things:

1) I enjoy Leonard Cohen a lot more than Bob Dylan, am I crazy? (I still enjoy Bob though)

2) Jeff Buckley. Holy shit right?

No, Dylan sucks tbh

 

[Joe]

I actually like listening to Dylan but only when I'm in the mood for it. He's a very specific sound and if I'm not in the mood for it then it definitely gets annoying.

 

[Joe]

Finished up to #300. Here are some of my favorites from albums #251-300 (YouTube links)

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Metallica - Of Wolf And Man

Tracy Chapman - Why?

Willie Nelson - Blue Skies

Janet Jackson - Velvet Rope

The Who - Please, Please, Please

Blood, Sweat & Tears - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Taste The Floor

Sleater-Kinney - One More Hour

X - Nausea

Mary J. Blige - Mary Jane (All Night Long)

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat

The Cars - Don't Cha Stop

The Kinks - Death Of A Clown

Stevie Wonder - Girl Blue

U2 - The Ground Beneath Her Feet

MC5 - Motor City Is Burning

 

[Joe]

List completed up to #350, over 70% listened in total.

Here are some of my favorites from albums #301-350 (YouTube links)

Jeff Buckley - So Real

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Effigy

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Apache Rose Peacock

Jane's Addiction - Ocean Size

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Louisiana Rain

The Velvet Underground - What Goes On

Pixies - Bone Machine

The O'Jays - Listen To The Clock On The Wall

Bob Marley And The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror

Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun

The Police - Omegaman

Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot

X - Some Other Time

Graham Parker - Protection

Soundgarden - Head Down

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Big Brother And The Holding Company - Flower In the Sun

Tom Waits - New Coat of Paint

Moby - Find My Baby

Lou Reed - Men Of Good Fortune

De La Soul - Eye Know

 

[Joe]

Stankonia...wow.

 

[Joe]

Almost done with the entire list and this is the first album that was completely new to me and added every song to my favorites playlist on the first listen.

 

[Joe]

six albums left

 

[Joe]

Done. Listened to every song of every album on the list.

What I liked most about it, besides discovering great music, was hearing and learning a lot of context and history of music. I started to develop a large, but very general, sense of a music timeline. It was like a crash course in Music Listening 101. Listening to music from different genres and eras helped me start to hear the influences of older music mixing and evolving within newer music.

If you're like me and haven't listened to a lot of the music on the list and you think you would enjoy listening to it then definitely do it. It was awesome and I highly recommend it.

 

[flyover]

Congrats on finishing! It really did have to be a bit of an education.

 

[ErasureAcer]

Disintegration at 326? ha, no.

No Erasure? Fuck this list.