Trios of albums from 25 Acts I am into

Air: Moon Safari; 10 000 Hz Legend; Talkie Walkie
Anna von Hausswolff: Ceremony; The Miraculous; Dead Magic
Björk: Debut; Post; Homogenic
black midi: Schlagenheim; Cavalcade; Hellfire
Boards of Canada: Music Has the Right to Children; Geogaddi; The Campfire Headphase
Broadcast: The Noise Made by People; Haha Sound; Tender Buttons
Chelsea Wolfe: Apokalypsis; Pain Is Beauty; Abyss
Cocteau Twins: Head Over Heels; Treasure; Heaven or Las Vegas
David Bowie: Hunky Dory; "Heroes"; Blackstar
Dead Can Dance: Dead Can Dance; Spleen and Ideal; Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Emma Ruth Rundle: Some Heavy Ocean; Marked for Death; On Dark Horses
Godspeed You! Black Emperor: F#A# Infinity; Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!; Yanqui UXO
Julia Holter: Loud City Song; Have You in My Wilderness; Aviary
Lingua Ignota: All Bitches Die; Caligula; Sinner Get Ready
North Sea Radio Orchestra: North Sea Radio Orchestra; I a Moon; Dronne
Portishead: Dummy; Portishead; Third
Pram: Helium; Sargasso Sea; The Museum of Imaginary Animals
Radiohead: OK Computer; Kid A; A Moon Shaped Pool
Susanne Sundfør: The Brothel; The Silicone Veil; Music for People in Trouble
Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet; Emperor Tomato Ketchup; Dots and Loops
Swans: The Seer; To Be Kind; The Glowing Man
The Residents: Duck Stab / Buster & Glen; Eskimo; Mark of the Mole
Tortoise: Tortoise; Millions Now Living Will Never Die; TNT
Weyes Blood: Front Row Seat to Earth; Titanic Rising; And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow
William D. Drake: Briny Hooves; The Rising of the Lights; Revere Beach

These are some albums that I have been playing a lot over the last few years. Some will question my choice of albums as these are not all the most acclaimed/appreciated, but these are the ones that I have played the most over that time.

Feel free to vote based on limited knowledge, one doesn't need to know all three albums, and one can vote for an artist while mentioning a different album or albums. For instance, Susanne Sundfør's Ten Love Songs is her most acclaimed often, but I have listened to those three in the poll more.

These classics also were in my list, but I cut and down, and these have got so much love from in the past and I have returned to these many times over the past going on twenty years:

Art Zoyd: Génération sans futur; Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer; Faust
Can: Monster Movie; Tago Mago; Ege Bamyasi
Cardiacs: A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window; On Land and in the Sea; Sing to God
Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom; Shleep; Cuckooland
Van der Graaf Generator: The Least We Can Do...; H to He...; Pawn Hearts

I made a youtube playlist with a favoured track of mine from each album in the poll. That's 75 videos, but hopefully someone will want to check out something from it, or tell me what their choice would have been for their vote. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IpZxVzHouSr7xSoyGD_OXS



Again, no multiple votes.

Edited by Logan - April 12 2023 at 17:49

I listen to six artists/bands in this list (a few are not my thing). I'll try to check out the others, when/if i have some time. 

Edited by Cristi - April 13 2023 at 01:44

Portishead

Dead Can Dance

Logan wrote: Cristi wrote: I listen to six artists/bands in this list (a few are not my thing). I'll try to check out the others, when/if i have some time.  I am not expecting you to, but I do hope some people check out the youtube playlist I made -- took a long time to put together, but of course my choices might put off some other people and it is no substitute for listening to whole albums. I remember you like Emma Ruth Rundle especially for Dark Horses. Not sure how much you have listened to Chelsea Wolfe, but those two have plenty of similarities (they also recorded a single together). Good stuff, including the heavy Hiss Spin (Abyss is heavy too) which I considered listing, but have not spun as much as the three I listed. Pain Is Beauty is my favourite of hers at this time.

Edited by Lewian - April 13 2023 at 13:56

Well, black midi won out yesterday as I listened to all three of those albums again. I just love this band more and more as I listen to it. The day before it would have been Weyes Blood, Cocteau Twins, or Chelsea Wolfe, and the day before... Had thought there would be a little more response, but many thanks to those who did. EDIT: But no, I'm feeling Cocteau Twins the most right now. Good thing it's not a contest.

Edited by Logan - April 14 2023 at 09:32

^ I don't know about best, but I am confident that Dead Magic is a great album.    Which of those three Anna von Hausswolff albums I favour really depends on the day -- love all three and all three of those are five stars to me. I'm not as keen on the earlier Singing from the Grave or the later All Thoughts Fly. I do like her Live at Montreux Jazz Festival very much.

Of course this list is pretty all-around great for me, just as it would be for others who make their own lists based on their own tastes. I find that strangely humbling to think about. Not that I created any of these albums, I'm just a consumer, but I played the playlist I curated for youtube and thought somewhat jokingly, man, what an awesome collection of music, such great taste! lol. Of course people are appreciative of the music they like, and value is subjective and quality to quite an extent (I don't think we need like something to recognise if it's good and/or competent by some metric)...

The albums I have listened to the most over the last few weeks likely would be:
Weyes Blood - And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Titanic Rising
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children, Geogaddi
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty
Susanne Sundfør - Music For People in Trouble
black midi: Schlagenheim; Cavalcade; Hellfire
Anna von Hausswolff - Ceremony

Weyes Blood has been a great one for me partially because this is one that my wife actually likes, and she usually does not like the music I play. So I can happily play that on car trips. She really like her voice and it reminiscent of some classic singers she is very into like Karen Carpenter. Wonderful artist. I love her music so very much. When I made this poll, she was the first one I had in mind.

Saperlipopette! wrote: Logan wrote: Weyes Blood has been a great one for me partially because this is one that my wife actually likes, and she usually does not like the music I play. So I can happily play that on car trips. She really like her voice and it reminiscent of some classic singers she is very into like Karen Carpenter. Wonderful artist. I love her music so very much. When I made this poll, she was the first one I had in mind. Yes. It's wonderful to have a few artists like that isn't it? I'm glad my wife likes - even loves plenty of my jazz albums. Then there's always Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Dead Can Dance, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield... As for this poll I find it too difficult (as usual) to vote. Susanne Sundfør's new album Blómi will be released the 28th of April, btw.

I usually have a few particular preferences that I lean to on any given day and time depending on my mood, and that which is a newer passion (or obsession even) to me is often favoured. When you recommended Lingua Ignota for instance, I became obsessed with her music.

My wife is not a great music lover -- I remember trying to get her into classical music early on in our relationship with no success. She really likes the Carpenters and ABBA but it's more of a nostalgia thing. She does like Kate Bush, who I introduced to, and she liked Enya and Kitaro and various Alan Parsons Project.. I went to see Air Supply with her and she saw Magma with me. I haven't tried jazz on her, well not straight jazz other than jazzy music.

I look forward to the new Sundfør, something else to look forward to before the big day of May 12 when The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom gets released. My 16 year old son composes music, and Zelda music, I think, was his first inspiration.