This is an update of my continually evolving list of favorite albums from all periods and phases of my life, here limited to 100. (Oh! That hurts! Okay, maybe 200.)
To see the original list and its now 600 plus albums, you can go to the blog's page for April 2014's publications.
1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis
2. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh—Magma
3. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto––Homunculus Res
4. Dots and Loops—Stereolab
3. Limiti all'egualianza della parte con il tutto––Homunculus Res
4. Dots and Loops—Stereolab
5. Salinity Now! - Unaka Prong
6. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter—Joni Mitchell
7. Jan Akkerman—Jan Akkerman
8. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins
9. Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones
9. Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones
10. Aja—Steely Dan
11. Gentle Stream—The Amazing
12. Adventures in Utopia—Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
13. Novella—Renaissance
14. Eli—Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux
15. Beyond the Veil - iNFiNiEN16. The Geese and The Ghost—Anthony Phillips
17. Brilliant Trees—David Sylvian
18. Disintegration—The Cure
19. Love Deluxe––Sade
20. Shiny Eyed Babies––Bent Knee
21. Boy—U2
22. Indian Summer––Landberk
23. Nektyr - Demen
24. Chakradancer—Brainscapes (Alain Eskinasi)
25. The Look of Love—Diana Krall
26. Treasure—Cocteau Twins
27. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror—Harold Budd & Brian Eno
28. The Dream Academy—The Dream Academy
29. Lost Souls––doves
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31. Pelican West—Haircut One Hundred
32. Idlewild––Everything But The Girl
33. Nina Hagen Band—Nina Hagen Band34. Not This City––Five-Storey Ensemble
35. The Stranger—Billy Joel
35. The Stranger—Billy Joel
36. Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron
37. The Last Broadcast—doves
38. Gone to Earth—David Sylvian
39. A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio
39. A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio
40. It's Better to Travel––Swing Out Sister
41. America—America
42. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
43. Night and Day—Joe Jackson
44. Rapture - Anita Baker
45. Puccini: Great Arias—London Records
45. Puccini: Great Arias—London Records
46. Hergest Ridge—Mike Oldfield
47. What’s Going On—Marvin Gaye
48. Distant Shore - Tracey Thorn
48. Distant Shore - Tracey Thorn
49. Gregorian Chant—Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
50. Natural Elements—Shakti
52. A Trick of The Tail—Genesis
53. Reach The Beach—The Fixx
54. The Danish Girl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack––Alexandre Desplat
55. Walking Wounded—Everything But The Girl
56. Animals—Pink Floyd
57. Everything But The Girl (debut album, U.S. release)—Everything But The Girl
58. Shadows of The Sun—Ulver
59. Todd—Todd Rundgren
60. Ram—Paul & Linda McCartney
61. The Hurting—Tears for Fears
62. Open Sky––Iona
63. The Difference Machine—Big Big Train
64. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale––Colossus Magazine/Musea Records
63. The Difference Machine—Big Big Train
64. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale––Colossus Magazine/Musea Records
65. UK—UK
66. Mozart's 23 Piano Concertos––Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Phillips, 1991.
66. Mozart's 23 Piano Concertos––Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Phillips, 1991.
67. Light Shining Through the Sea––Cicada
68. Holographic Codex - Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà
69. The Love Connection—Freddie Hubbard
69. The Love Connection—Freddie Hubbard
70. Eden––Faun
71. If_then_else—The Gathering
72. Everyone into Position—Oceansize
73. Harvest Moon––Votum
74. The Mad Hatter––Chick Corea
75. Equation_Toxic: A - Proghma-C
76. Janet.––Janet Jackson
77. Selling England by The Pound—Genesis
77. Selling England by The Pound—Genesis
78. Crime of The Century—Supertramp
79. Bar-do Travel––Proghma-C
80. The Last Samurai Original Soundtrack—Hans Zimmer
81. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
81. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
82. Vaughn Williams––Iona Brown, violin, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Argos, 1972.
83. Mind Fruit—Opus III
84. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, LeGoya
83. Mind Fruit—Opus III
84. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, LeGoya
85. Hope for the Mourning - Mice on Stilts
86. Relayer—Yes
87. Secret Story—Pat Metheny
88. Porcelain––Julia Fordham
89. Troupeau bleu - Cortex
89. Troupeau bleu - Cortex
90. Renaissance of The Celtic Harp—Alan Stivell
91. Non-Consciousness - Singlelito
92. 1984—Anthony Phillips
93. Something/Anything—Todd Rundgren
94. The Final Breath Before November––Edison's Children
95. Let the Truth Speak - Earthside
96. Remain in Light—Talking Heads
97. Venusian Summer––Lenny White
98. Astral Traveling - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes
99. 22 - Wippy Bonstack
100. Scheherazade and Other Stories—Renaissance
101. Cosmic Messenger—Jean-Luc Ponty
102. Space Shanty—Khan
103. Caravanserai—Santana
104. Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Op. 36––Joanna Koslowska, soprano, Karimierz Kord and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Decca, 1992.
105. The Dreaming—Kate Bush
105. The Dreaming—Kate Bush
106. Eve—Karda Estra
107. Vespertine—Björk
108. The extent of damage--Battlestations
109. Formica Blues - Mono
110. The Polite Force––Egg
111. Long Distance—Ivy
112. Fragile—Yes
113. Hamburger Concerto—Focus
114. New Gold Dream—Simple Minds
115. Part The Second—maudlin of The Well
116. Mirabilis—Mediæval Bæbes
116. Mirabilis—Mediæval Bæbes
117. Codename: Dustsucker—Bark Psychosis
118. Swept—Julia Fordham
119. Evaporate - Midas Fall
120. Unsound—Funin
120. Unsound—Funin
121. The Dark Third—Pure Reason Revolution
122. Timeloss—Päatos
123. Picchio dal Pozzo––Picchio dal Pozzo
124. Songs of Robert Burns—Andy Stewart
128. Jam on Revenge—Newcleus
125. LightDark—NoSound
126. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia—Ryuichi Sakamoto
127. The Following Morning—Eberhard Weber
129. Blade Runner soundtrack—The New American Orchestra (compositions by Vangelis)
128. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls—Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
131. The Court of The Crimson King—King Crimson
132. Waltz for Koop - Koop
133. Bleak House - Terje Rypdal
134. Discipline—King Crimson
135. Romantic Warrior—Return to Forever
136. ~ – iamthemorning
137. Demons and Wizards—Uriah Heep
138. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid soundtrack––Burt Bacharach
139. A Gift of Love—Deepak Chopra & Friends
140. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister--Magick Brother & Mystic Sister
141. Close to The Edge—Yes
142. Metamorphosis––Axon-Neuron
143. Off The Wall—Michael Jackson
146. New Wave––Soul Family Sensation
147. Vimana—Nova
148. Interstellar Original Soundtrack––Hans Zimmer
149. Equations of Meaning - Tony Patterson
150. The Pavillion of Dreams - Harold Budd
144. Innervisions—Stevie Wonder
145. December—George Winston
145. December—George Winston
147. Vimana—Nova
148. Interstellar Original Soundtrack––Hans Zimmer
149. Equations of Meaning - Tony Patterson
150. The Pavillion of Dreams - Harold Budd
151. Nil novo sub sole––Nil
152. October—U2
153. Falling Deeper––Anathema
154. Playing The Piano––Ryuichi Sakamoto
155. High Land, Hard Rain—Aztec Camera
156. Ga'an––Ga'an
157. Discontinuance - Ghost Medicine
158. Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant
159. The Great Bright Horses - Ghosts of Jupiter
160. Phanerothyme - Motorpsycho
161. One Man Tells Another––Landberk
162. Initiation—Todd Rundgren
163. The Moon and The Melodies—Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd
164. Second Life Syndrome - Riverside
165. Trance Tara––Jonathan Goldman
166. Particelle—Lagartija
167. A Rare Moment of Insight—Brother Ape
168. Constellations—Karda Estra
169. Postaeolian Train Robbery––Cos
170. Interior City––The Gabriel Construct
171. Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps––Laurent Thibault
172. Ghost in the Machine—The Police171. Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps––Laurent Thibault
173. Moving Waves—Focus
175. Foxtrot—Genesis
176. Even in The Quietest Moments—Supertramp
177. Café Bleu––The Style Council
178. Omphalos—Kotebel
179. Music for 18 Musicians—Steve Reich
180. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90—Johannes Brahms
181. Steve McQueen—Prefab Sprout
182. I Robot—Alan Parsons Project
183. Peaceful Evening––Steve & David Gordon
184. Déjà Vu—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
185. City of the Sun––Seven Impale
186. Green Asphalt - Green Asphalt
187. Ghosts Don't Dance with Shoes––Tree Tops
188. Luna - Faun
189. Per un amico—PFM
189. Per un amico—PFM
190. Renaissance - Faun
191. West Indian Girl—West Indian Girl
192. Baduizm - Erykah Badu
192. Baduizm - Erykah Badu
193. Overgrown - James Blake
194. In The Wee Small Hours—Frank Sinatra
195. Bonfires on The Heath - The Clientele
196. Princesses Nubiennes - Les Nubians
197. The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears
196. Princesses Nubiennes - Les Nubians
197. The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears
198. Le quattro stagioni—Vivaldi
199. Pieseň z hôľ (Songs from Ridges) - Fermáta
200. Heart String - Earl Klugh
201. async--Ryuichi Sakamoto
202. OisaLün - Oiapok
203. Walking Up That Valley - Needlepoint
204. Houses of The Holy—Led Zeppelin
205. Vixit - Battlestations
206. Change We Must—Jon Anderson
207. Spirited Away OST - Joe Hisaishi
207. Spirited Away OST - Joe Hisaishi
