The idea is to return to the time before playlists as it pertains to listening to music… first we had vinyl, play side one, then flip the record over and listen to side two… that was the sweet spot I think… cassettes dovetailed into vinyl with the same two-sided experience… then came CD’s where you would listen to an entire album in its entirety… all three of these mediums lent themselves to artists ‘sequencing’ albums in a start to finish manner that became the presentation for that collection of songs… but with the advent and now complete proliferation of streaming, playlists became the thing… the equivalent of what we used to call the ‘mixtape’… although mixtapes were much more labor intensive to put together, so there weren’t that many of them relatively speaking… but playlists, ultimately just collections of favorite songs… supplanted the act of listeners enjoying albums as a whole, in sequence, as the artist intended for them to be heard… so in my life, I’m making a concerted effort to listen to complete albums again… usually while I’m exercising, one or two a day… the following are the albums I’ve listened to this year, organized by decade so I can visually keep listens balanced.
Updated : 7/15/2026 @ 13:13
2026 Running Total : (340)
2020’s
- hexed! – aya (2025) ★★★
- The Vandalist – Noga Erez (2024) ★★★★
- Fetch the Bolt Cutters – Fiona Apple (2020) ★★★★
- Rumble of Thunder – The Hu (2022) ★★★½
- Secret Love – Dry Cleaning (2026) ★★★½
- e.t.d.s. A Mixtape by i.d.k. – IDK (2026) ★★★½
- Doppler Affection – The Cost (2025) ★★½
- Never Enough – Turnstile (2025) ★★★
- Entertainment, Death – Spirit of the Beehive (2021) ★★★
- Strangers (EP) – Queen Kwong (2024) ★★★½
- Who Is The Sky? – David Byrne (2025) ★★★½
- Imposter – David Gahan, Soulsavers (2021) ★★★
- We Mean It, Man! – Gogol Bordello (2026) ★★★½
- Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime – Beck (2026) ★★★
- The Year of Madness – Father of Peace (2024) (3) ★★★★
- Days of Ash (EP) – U2 (2026) ★★★★
- Cool It Down – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2022) ★★★½
- petal rock black – Willow (2026) ★★★★
- You Heartbreaker, You – Jehnny Beth (2025) ★★★½
- Fall Back (EP) – Florence Road (2025) ★★★½
- The Drive Home (EP) – Samara Cyn (2024) ★★★½
- Dancing Shoes (EP) – Nilüfer Yanya (2025) ★★★
- God Games – The Kills (2023) ★★★½
- Play Me – Kim Gordon (2026) ★★★½
- New Long Leg – Dry Cleaning (2021) ★★★½
- Other Worlds – The Pretty Reckless (2022) ★★★½
- Creature of Habit – Courtney Barnett (2026) ★★★
- No Separation (EP) – MSPAINT (2025) ★★½
- Irreversible – Brigitte Calls Me Baby (2026) ★★★½
- Trickle Down (EP) – SPRINTS (2026) ★★★
- KIDS – Noga Erez (2021) ★★★★
- Pull Like a Dog – The Scratch (2026) ★★★½
- Point – Yello (2020) ★★★½
- Love in the Afterlife – Kids In America (2022) ★★★
- gutta child (EP) – Gabriel Jacoby (2025) ★★★½
- Nine Inch Noize – Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize (2026) ★★★½
- Paris In The Spring – Alexis Taylor (2026) ★★★
- If We’re Really Being Honest – The Defiant (2023) ★★★½
- Baggy$$ (EP) – Fcukers (2024) ★★★½
- SHISH – Portugal. The Man (2025) ★★★½
- This Music May Contain Hope – RAYE (2026) ★★★★
- Singles (EP) – Grace Ives (2025) ★★½
- Ö – Fcukers (2026) ★★★½
- Fantasies of a Stay at Home Psychopath – The Blinders (2020) ★★★½
- Let God Sort Em Out – Clipse, Pusha T & Malice (2025) ★★★
- The Cage (EP) – Billy Idol (2022) ★★★½
- The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy – The Claypool Lennon Delirium (2026) (2) ★★★½
- Lonely Guest – Lonely Guest & Tricky (2021) ★★★½
- The Afterparty – Lykke Li (2026) ★★★
- Stumpwork – Dry Cleaning (2022) ★★★½
- Essex Honey – Blood Orange (2025) ★★★½
- How My Own Voice Sounds – Sub*T (2026) ★★★½
- A Handful of Nuggs (EP) – Primus (2026) ★★★½
- The Overload – Yard Act (2022) ★★★½
- Topical Dancer – Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupal (2022) ★★★★
- For Cryin’ Out Loud – Finneas (2024) ★★★½
- To Love Is to Live – Jehnny Beth (2020) ★★★½
- Black Hole Superette – Aesop Rock (2025) ★★★★
- Lucky Number (EP) – Kula Shaker (2025) ★★★½
- Kokoro – Sababa 5 & Yurika Hanashima (2024) ★★★½
- The Future Is Our Way Out – Brigitte Calls Me Baby (2024) ★★★½
- Fall to Pieces – Tricky (2020) ★★★½
- Sugar Girl (EP) – Little Simz (2026) ★★★½
- Flowers (EP) – Hollyy (2025) ★★★
- Iconoclasts – Anna von Hausswolff (2025) ★★★★
- Inferno – Boards of Canada (2026) ★★★½
- Dear God – The Pretty Reckless (2026) ★★★
- Something Beautiful – Miley Cyrus (2025) ★★★½
- KIDS – Noga Erez (2021) ★★★★
- 🖤 (EP) – Jane Remover (2025) ★★★
- Confessions II – Madonna (2026) ★★★½
- Simple. – IDK (2022) ★★★
- Livin’ in the USA – Low Cut Connie (2026) ★★★
- Frozen Charlotte – Jack White (2026) ★★★½
- Still Life In Decay – FACS (2023) ★★★
- FENIAN – Kneecap (2026) ★★★½
- Freak Scene – Pacifica (2023) ★★★½
- Starting Over (EP) – KOIAI (2026) ★★★
- The Mountain – Gorillaz (2026) ★★★½
2010’s
- Royal Blood – Royal Blood (2014) ★★★
- Blackstar – David Bowie (2015) ★★★½
- This Is Happening – LCD Soundsystem (2010) (2) ★★★★
- Off the Radar – Noga Erez (2017) ★★★★
- Transmission Remixes, Pt.1 – Boys Noize (2010) ★★★
- Muse – Polyphia (2014) ★★★
- Out of Our Minds – Melissa Auf der Maur (2010) ★★★½
- Midnight Sun – GOASTT (2014) ★★★½
- El Camino – The Black Keys (2011) ★★★½
- MASSEDUCTION – St. Vincent (2017) ★★★½
- Dogrel – Fontaines D.C. (2019) ★★★
- Boarding House Reach – Jack White (2018) ★★★★
- La Carotte Bleue – GOASTT (2011) ★★★½
- havoc and bright lights – Alanis Morissette (2012) ★★★½
- The Whole Buzz (EP) – The Scratch (2019) ★★★
- Columbia – The Blinders (2018) ★★★½
- Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels (2014) (2) ★★★½
- Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. Two – Beastie Boys (2011) ★★★★
- Four Foot Shack – Les Claypool (2014) ★★★½
- Toy – Yello (2016) ★★★★
- Blood Pressures – The Kills (2011) ★★★½
- untitled unmastered. – Kendrick Lamar (2016) ★★★
- Skeleton Tree – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (2016) ★★★
- Zodiac – Electric Six (2010) ★★★½
- The Impossible Kid – Aesop Rock (2016) ★★★★
- LP1 – FKA twigs (2014) ★★★
- Dirty Computer – Janelle Monáe (2018)
- Kaputt – Destroyer (2011) ★★★½
- My Neon’s Dead – Everyone Is Dirty (2017) ★★★½
- The Pretty Reckless (EP) – The Pretty Reckless (2010) ★★★½
- Hit Me Like a Man (EP) – The Pretty Reckless (2012) ★★★½
- Ash & Ice – The Kills (2016) ★★★★
- 40th Anniversary at Hyde Park London – The Cure (2019) ★★★★
- Most of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear on No Stamp – Public Enemy (2012) ★★★½
- The Black In Man – Chuck D (2014) ★★★
2000’s
- Introns – LCD Soundsystem (2006) ★★★
- Skittish – Mike Doughty (2004) ★★★½
- No Wow – The Kills (2005) ★★★½
- American Idiot – Green Day (2004) ★★★★
- The Grand Pecking Order – Oysterhead (2001) ★★★½
- And All That Could Have Been – Nine Inch Nails (2002) ★★★½
- Uh Huh Her – PJ Harvey (2004) ★★★½
- (ONe) – The Panic Channel (2006) ★★★½
- Them Crooked Vultures – Them Crooked Vultures (2009) ★★★★
- Trust No One – Dave Navarro (2001) ★★★½
- Icky Thump – The White Stripes (2007) ★★★★
- Haughty Melodic – Mike Doughty (2005) ★★★½
- 45:33 – LCD Soundsystem (2006) ★★★
- White Pony – Deftones (2000) ★★★½
- Ruckus – Galactic (2003) ★★★½
- Lord of the Harvest – Zillatron (2004) ★★★½
- Strays – Jane’s Addiction (2003) ★★★★
- Auf der Maur – Melissa Auf der Maur (2004) ★★★★
- The Eminem Show – Eminem (2002) ★★★½
- Musicology – Prince (2004) ★★★½
- The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga (2009) ★★★½
- Modern Guilt – Beck (2008) ★★★½
- Golden Delicious – Mike Doughty (2008) ★★★½
- Songs for the Deaf – Queens of the Stone Age (2002) ★★★½
- De-Loused In The Comatorium – The Mars Volta (2003) ★★★½
- Untrue – Burial (2007) ★★★½
- Tame Impala (EP) – Tame Impala (2008) ★★★
- Worldwide Underground – Erykah Badu (2003) ★★★
- Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People – Primus (2003) ★★★½
- The Mouse and the Mask – DANGERDOOM (2005) ★★★½
- Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (2004) ★★★½
- We Are the Night – The Chemical Brothers (2007) ★★★½
- Kid A – Radiohead (2000) ★★★½
- Aaliyah – Aaliyah (2001) ★★★½
- Bite Size Massive Attack (EP) – Massive Attack (2006) ★★★★
- Rated R – Rihanna (2009) ★★★½
- The Argument – Fugazi (2001) ★★★½
- Sad Man Happy Man – Mike Doughty (2009) ★★★½
- R – Queens of the Stone Age (2000) ★★★★½
- Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers (2006) ★★★★
- Comfort Eagle – CAKE (2001) ★★★½
1990’s
- Achtung Baby – U2 (1991) ★★★★
- Surrender – The Chemical Brothers (1999) ★★★½
- Violator – Depeche Mode (1990) ★★★★
- Blue Sky Mining – Midnight Oil (1990) ★★★★
- Geek The Girl – Lisa Germano (1994) ★★★½
- Empire – Queensrÿche (1990) ★★★½
- The Reality of My Surroundings – Fishbone (1991) ★★★★½
- The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion – The Black Crowes (1992) ★★★★
- Brown Album – Primus (1997) ★★★
- Wish – The Cure (1992) (2) ★★★★
- Star (EP) – The Cult (1994) ★★★½
- Repeater – Fugazi (1990) ★★★
- Illmatic – Nas (1994) ★★★★
- Evil Empire – Rage Against the Machine (1996) ★★★½
- Live Television – The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (1992) ★★½
- Homogenic – Björk (1997) ★★★½
- Californication – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) ★★★½
- Opiate (EP) – Tool (1992) ★★★
- Dusk – The The (1993) ★★★½
- The Gate to the Mind’s Eye – Thomas Dolby (1994) ★★★½
- A Little Ain’t Enough – David Lee Roth (1991) ★★★½
- Siamese Dream – The Smashing Pumpkins (1993) ★★★★
- Blue Lines – Massive Attack (1991) ★★★★
- Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – The Smashing Pumpkins (1995) ★★★★
- Which Doobie U B? – Funkdoobiest (1993) ★★½
- Cool and Steady and Easy – Brooklyn Funk Essentials (1995) ★★★½
- Gish – The Smashing Pumpkins (1991) ★★★½
- International Pop Overthrow – Material Issue (1991) ★★½
- Wild Mood Swings – The Cure (1996) ★★★½
- Nevermind – Nirvana (1991) ★★★★
- ’93 til Infinity – Souls of Mischief (1993) ★★★½
- Dirt – Alice In Chains (1992) ★★★½
- Superunknown – Soundgarden (1994) ★★★★½
- Euphoria Mourning – Chris Cornell (1999) ★★★½
- Out of Time – R.E.M. (1991) ★★★★
- Sailing the Seas of Cheese – Primus (1991) ★★★★
- Adore – Smashing Pumpkins (1998) ★★★★
- Monster – R.E.M. (1994) ★★★½
- Cure for Sanity – Pop Will Eat Itself (1991) ★★★★½
- Spybreak! (EP) – Propellerheads (1997) ★★★½
- One Hot Minute – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1995) ★★★★
- Highball With the Devil – Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel (1996) ★★★★
- Home – Spearhead (1994) ★★★★½
- No Need to Argue – The Cranberries (1994) ★★★½
- (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis (1996) ★★★★
- Some Friendly – The Charlatans (1990) ★★★½
- Ill Communication – Beastie Boys (1994) ★★★★
- Weirdo (EP) – The Charlatans (1992) ★★★½
- The Looks or the Lifestyle – Pop Will Eat Itself (1992) ★★★½
- Emperor Tomato Ketchup – Stereolab (1996) ★★★
- Alive at Twenty-Five (Live) – Jane’s Addiction (1990) ★★★★
- Fashion Nugget – CAKE (1996) ★★★★
- Vintage Reserve – Galactic (1990) ★★★½
- Teeth and Tissue – Headstones (1995) ★★★½
1980’s
- Rio – Duran Duran (1982) ★★★★
- In Your Face – Fishbone (1986) ★★★
- Rattle & Hum – U2 (1988) ★★★★½
- Lovesexy – Prince (1988) ★★★½
- This Is Big Audio Dynamite – Big Audio Dynamite (1986) ★★★½
- Oh, No! It’s Devo – Devo (1982) ★★★
- Combat Rock – The Clash (1982) ★★★½
- 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Midnight Oil (1982) ★★★★
- The Power Station – The Power Station (1985) ★★★½
- Skyscraper – David Lee Roth (1988) ★★★½
- Floodland – The Sisters of Mercy (1987) ★★★½
- Boi-Ngo – Oingo Boingo (1987) ★★★½
- Concrete Blonde – Concrete Blonde (1987) ★★★★
- Freeze Frame – J.Geils Band (1981) ★★★★
- 4 – Foreigner (1981) ★★★½
- 1999 – Prince (1982) ★★★★½
- Zenyatta Mondatta – The Police (1980) ★★★★
- Love At First Sting – Scorpions (1984) ★★★½
- Psychocandy – The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985) ★★★
- Seventeen Seconds – The Cure (1980) ★★★★
- Faith – The Cure (1981) ★★★½
- Under a Blood Red Sky (Live) – U2 (1983) ★★★½
- One Second – Yello (1987) ★★★★
- Empty Glass – Pete Townshend (1980) ★★★½
- Chronic Town (EP) – R.E.M. (1982) ★★★
- Pornography – The Cure (1982) ★★★½
- The Top – The Cure (1984) ★★★½
- The Head on the Door – The Cure (1985) (2) ★★★★
- Remain In Light – Talking Heads (1980) ★★★★
- Songs From the Big Chair – Tears for Fears (1985) ★★★★½
- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me – The Cure (1987) ★★★½
- Disintegration – The Cure (1989) ★★★★½
- Dare – The Human League (1981) ★★★
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These) – Eurythmics (1983) ★★★
- Parade – Prince (1986) ★★★
- Ghost In The Machine – The Police (1981) ★★★★
- Paul’s Boutique – The Beastie Boys (1989) ★★★★½
- Billy Idol – Billy Idol (1982) ★★★
- Mirror Moves – The Psychedelic Furs (1984) ★★★
- The Swing – INXS (1984) ★★★★½
- The Golden Age of Wireless – Thomas Dolby (1982) ★★★½
- Rebel Yell – Billy Idol (1983) ★★★★
- The Flat Earth – Thomas Dolby (1984) ★★★½
- The Uplift Mofo Party Plan – Red Hot Chili Peppers (1987) ★★★★
- Aliens Ate My Buick – Thomas Dolby (1988) ★★★★
- One On One – Cheap Trick (1982) ★★★½
- Controversy – Prince (1981) ★★★½
- Back In Black – AC/DC (1980) ★★★★
- Mudhoney – Mudhoney (1989) ★★★
- Truth and Soul – Fishbone (1985) ★★★★
- Permanent Vacation – Aerosmith (1987) ★★★½
- Live 1980/86 – Joe Jackson (1988) ★★★½
- Nebraska – Bruce Springsteen (1982) ★★★
- Learning to Crawl – The Pretenders (1984) ★★★★
- Golden Shower of Hits – Circle Jerks (1983) ★★★½
- Security – Peter Gabriel (1982) ★★★★
- Globe of Frogs – Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (1988) ★★★½
- Gaucho – Steely Dan (1980) ★★★★
- Radio K.A.O.S. – Roger Waters (1987) ★★★★
- Document – R.E.M. (1987) ★★★★
- Pyromania – Def Leppard (1983) ★★★½
- Three Sides Live – Genesis (1982) ★★★½
- Jody Watley – Jody Watley (1987) ★★★½
- Rage for Order – Queensrÿche (1986) ★★★★
- Vision Thing – The Sisters of Mercy (1985) ★★★½
- Once Upon a Time – Simple Minds (1985) ★★★★
- Love and Rockets – Love & Rockets (1989) ★★★★
- Reckless – Bryan Adams (1985) ★★★½
- Love – The Cult (1985) ★★★½
- Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven – Love & Rockets (1985) ★★★½
1970’s
- London Calling – The Clash (1979) ★★★★
- Made in the Shade – the Rolling Stones (1975) ★★★½
- The Cars – The Cars (1978) ★★★½
- Tago Mago – Can (1971) ★★★
- Chicago IX – Chicago (1975) ★★★½
- Rocks – Aerosmith (1976) ★★★
- Risqué – Chic (1979) ★★★½
- Frampton Comes Alive! (Live) – Peter Frampton (1976) ★★★½
- Diamond Dogs – David Bowie (1974) ★★★½
- Stranger in the Night (Live) – UFO (1979) ★★★½
- Black Sabbath, Vol.4 – Black Sabbath (1972) ★★★½
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars – David Bowie (1972) ★★★★½
- Van Halen II – Van Halen (1979) ★★★½
- Three Imaginary Boys – The Cure (1979) ★★★
- Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen (1978) ★★★★
- Secret Treaties – Blue Öyster Cult (1974) ★★★★
- Machine Head – Deep Purple (1972) ★★★½
- Look Sharp! – Joe Jackson (1979) ★★★★
- Heaven Tonight – Cheap Trick (1978) ★★★½
- In Through The Out Door – Led Zeppelin (1978) ★★★½
- Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen (1975) ★★★★
- Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin (1975) ★★★★
- Heroes – David Bowie (1977) ★★★★
- Royal Scam – Steely Dan (1976) ★★★★
- Station to Station – David Bowie (1976) ★★★★½
- The Song Remains the Same (Live) – Led Zeppelin (1976) ★★★★
- The Wall – Pink Floyd (1979) ★★★★½
- Blue Öyster Cult – Blue Öyster Cult (1972) ★★★½
- The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein – Parliament (1976) ★★★
- Paranoid – Black Sabbath (1970) ★★★★½
- Jesus Christ Superstar (OMPS) – Various Artists (1970) ★★★★
- Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon (1976) ★★★½
- Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd (1975) ★★★★
- Out of the Blue – Electric Light Orchestra (1977) ★★★
- At The Fillmore East – The Allman Brothers Band (1971) ★★★½
- Pronounced Leh-Nerd-Skin-Nerd – Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973) ★★★½
- Some Girls – The Rolling Stones (1978) ★★★★
- Three Friends – Gentle Giant (1972) ★★★
- Deguello – ZZ Top (1979) ★★★★
- I Am – Earth, Wind & Fire (1979) ★★★½
- Greatest Hits : 1974-1978 – Steve Miller Band (1978) ★★★½
- Tusk – Fleetwood Mac (1979) ★★★½
1960’s & Earlier
- Strange Days – The Doors (1967) ★★★½
- The Monkees – The Monkees (1966) ★★★
- A Saucerful of Secrets – Pink Floyd (1968) ★★★
- Kinda Blue – Miles Davis (1959) ★★★★
- Axis : Bold As Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) ★★★★½
- Hot Rats – Frank Zappa (1969) ★★★½
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969) ★★★½
- Revolver – The Beatles (1966) ★★★½
- Space Oddity – David Bowie (1969) ★★★½
- Forever Changes – Love (1967) ★★★½
- Rubber Soul – The Beatles (1965) ★★★★
- Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) ★★★★
