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. Eli—Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux
8. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins
9. Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones
9. Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones
10. Todd Rundgren’s Utopia -- Utopia
11. Shiny Eyed Babies––Bent Knee
12. Jan Akkerman—Jan Akkerman
13. Aja—Steely Dan
14. Gentle Stream—The Amazing
15. Novella—Renaissance
16. The Geese and The Ghost—Anthony Phillips
17. Brilliant Trees—David Sylvian
18. Gregorian Chant—Choralschola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
19. Indian Summer––Landberk
20. Nektyr -- Demen
21. Natural Elements—Shakti
22. The Dream Academy—The Dream Academy23. Venusian Summer––Lenny White
24. Si on avait besoin d’une cinqième saison—Harmonium
25. The Mad Hatter––Chick Corea
26. Reach The Beach—The Fixx
27. Particelle—Lagartija
28. The Danish Girl Original Motion Picture Soundtrack––Alexandre Desplat
29. The Stranger—Billy Joel
30. Pelican West—Haircut One Hundred
31. Idlewild––Everything But The Girl
32. Nina Hagen Band—Nina Hagen Band33. Not This City––Five-Storey Ensemble
34. It's Better to Travel––Swing Out Sister
34. It's Better to Travel––Swing Out Sister
35. America—America
36. Rapture--Anita Baker
37. Disintegration—The Cure
38. Love Deluxe––Sade
39. Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron
40. Chakradancer—Brainscapes (Alain Eskinasi)
41. The Look of Love—Diana Krall
42. Treasure—Cocteau Twins
43. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror—Harold Budd & Brian Eno
44. Boy—U2
45. Strange Kind of Love––Love and Money
46. Lost Souls––doves
47. Night and Day—Joe Jackson
48. Walking Wounded—Everything But The Girl
49. Ram—Paul & Linda McCartney
50. Love Devotion Surrender--Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
51. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister--Magick Brother & Mystic Sister
52. The Last Broadcast—doves
53. Gone to Earth—David Sylvian
54. A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio
54. A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio
55. Puccini: Great Arias—London Records
56. Hergest Ridge—Mike Oldfield
57. What’s Going On—Marvin Gaye
58. Thrust--Herbie Hancock
58. Thrust--Herbie Hancock
59. A Distant Shore--Tracey Thorn
60. OisoLün--Oiapok
61. A Trick of The Tail—Genesis
62. Everything But The Girl (debut album, U.S. release)—Everything But The Girl
63. Rickie Lee Jones--Rickie Lee Jones
64. The Love Connection—Freddie Hubbard
65. Shadows of The Sun—Ulver
66. The Last Samurai Original Soundtrack—Hans Zimmer
67. Renaissance of The Celtic Harp—Alan Stivell
68. Waltz for Koop - Koop
69. Beyond the Veil--iNFiNiEN
70. 1984—Anthony Phillips
71. Equations of Meaning - Tony Patterson
72. Todd—Todd Rundgren
73. Open Sky––Iona
74. The Difference Machine—Big Big Train
75. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale––Colossus Magazine/Musea Records
74. The Difference Machine—Big Big Train
75. Odyssey: The Greatest Tale––Colossus Magazine/Musea Records
76. Mozart's 23 Piano Concertos––Alfred Brendel, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Phillips, 1991.
77. Holographic Codex--Alio Die & Lorenzo Montanà
78. Eden––Faun
79. Bar-do Travel––Proghma-C
80. If_then_else—The Gathering
81. Everyone into Position—Oceansize
82. Harvest Moon––Votum
83. Vaughn Williams––Iona Brown, violin, Neville Marriner and The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Argos, 1972.
84. Mind Fruit—Opus III
85. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Alexandre LeGoya
85. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Alexandre LeGoya
86. 22--Wippy Bonstack
87. Relayer—Yes
88. The Pavillion of Dreams - Harold Budd
89. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia—Ryuichi Sakamoto
90. Porcelain––Julia Fordham
91. Animals—Pink Floyd
92. The Final Breath Before November––Edison's Children
93. Remain in Light—Talking Heads
94. Secret Story—Pat Metheny
95. Cosmic Messenger—Jean-Luc Ponty
96. Hope for the Mourning--Mice on Stilts
97. Light Shining Through the Sea––Cicada
98. The Hurting—Tears for Fears
99. Formica Blues - Mono
100. Caravanserai—Santana
101. Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Op. 36––Joanna Koslowska, soprano, Karimierz Kord and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra; Decca, 1992.
102. The Dreaming—Kate Bush
103. Vimana--Nova
104. Eve—Karda Estra
104. Vespertine—Björk
105. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots--The Flaming Lips
106. Crime of The Century—Supertramp
107. The Polite Force––Egg
108. Long Distance—Ivy
109. UK—UK
110. Fragile—Yes
111. Hamburger Concerto—Focus
112. New Gold Dream—Simple Minds
113. Part The Second—maudlin of The Well
114. Mirabilis—Mediæval Bæbes
114. Mirabilis—Mediæval Bæbes
115. Codename: Dustsucker—Bark Psychosis
116. Timeloss—Päatos
117. Picchio dal Pozzo––Picchio dal Pozzo
118. Songs of Robert Burns—Andy Stewart
119. Beyond Drama--Aisles
120. Turn of the Cards--Renaissance
121. Evaporate - Midas Fall
122. Space Shanty—Khan
122. Space Shanty—Khan
123. Janet.––Janet Jackson
124. Selling England by The Pound—Genesis
125. Discipline—King Crimson
126. Romantic Warrior—Return to Forever
127. Unsound—Funin
134. Blade Runner soundtrack—The New American Orchestra (compositions by Vangelis)135. Music for 18 Musicians—Steve Reich
128. The Dark Third—Pure Reason Revolution
129. The Great Bright Horses - Ghosts of Jupiter
130. Jam on Revenge—Newcleus
131. LightDark—NoSound
132. The Following Morning—Eberhard Weber
133. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls—Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
136. The extent of damage--Battlestations
137. Scheherazade and Other Stories—Renaissance
138. Dark Side of The Moon—Pink Floyd
139. The Court of The Crimson King—King Crimson
139. The Court of The Crimson King—King Crimson
140. ~ – iamthemorning
141. Walking Up That Valley--Needlepoint
141. Walking Up That Valley--Needlepoint
142. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid soundtrack––Burt Bacharach
143. A Gift of Love—Deepak Chopra & Friends
144. Close to The Edge—Yes
145. Metamorphosis––Axon-Neuron
146. Off The Wall—Michael Jackson
149. New Wave––Soul Family Sensation
147. Innervisions—Stevie Wonder
148. December—George Winston
148. December—George Winston
150. Interstellar Original Soundtrack––Hans Zimmer
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. Let the Truth Speak--Earthside
159. Pamiec -- SBB
160. Phanerothyme--Motorpsycho
160. Inside Out--Eddie Henderson
161. Initiation—Todd Rundgren
162. One Man Tells Another––Landberk
163. The Moon and The Melodies—Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd
164. Part the Second -- Maudlin of The Well
165. Nil Novo Sol -- Nil
166. Second Life Syndrome - Riverside
167. Trance Tara––Jonathan Goldman
168. Incense & Peppermints -- Strawberry Alarm Clock
169. Interior City––The Gabriel Construct
170. Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps––Laurent Thibault
171. Bleak House -- Terje Rypdal172. Ghost in the Machine—The Police
173. Moving Waves—Focus
175. Foxtrot—Genesis
176. Even in The Quietest Moments—Supertramp
177. Café Bleu––The Style Council
178. Omphalos—Kotebel
179. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90—Johannes Brahms
180. Timeloss -- Paatos
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. Love Love - Julian Priester
187. Fuse -- Everything But The Girl
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. A Rare Moment of Insight—Brother Ape
196. Princesses Nubiennes - Les Nubians
197. A Rare Moment of Insight—Brother Ape
198. Demons and Wizards—Uriah Heep
199. Postaeolian Train Robbery––Cos
200. The Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
201. Crac! -- Area
202. Le quattro stagioni—Vivaldi
203. Tilt -- Arti e Mestieri
204. Onda - Jambinai
205. Etna--Etna
206. Tarot, Part 1--Magick Brother & Mystic Sister
207. Silver--Say She She
208. Sounds Good--Brainstory
209. Life--KNOWER
210. 'Live' at Monterey !--Don Ellis Orchestra
211. boygenius--boygenius
212. Ghosts--Hania Rani
213. async--Ryuichi Sakamoto
214. Houses of The Holy—Led Zeppelin
215. Green Asphalt--Green Asphalt
216. Something/Anything—Todd Rundgren
217. Blue Cello—David Darling
218. Mother Focus––Focus
219. Le Horla de Montpassant—The Box
220. Strange Valleys--Starving Daughters
221. Change We Must—Jon Anderson
222. Spirited Away OST - Joe Hisaishi
223. A Tab in The Ocean—Nektar
224. Sound-Dust—Stereolab
225. Kaleidoscope World––Swing Out Sister
226. Blue Bell Knoll––Cocteau Twins
227. 13 Moons--Hands of the Heron
228. Nursery Cryme—Genesis
229. Art Official Age - Prince
230. Get in Touch with Yourself - Swing Out Sister
231. Margot - Unaka Prong
232. Peter Gabriel (1)—Peter Gabriel
233. No Borders Here—Jane Siberry
234. Seven—Magenta
234. Seven—Magenta
235. Cavalcade--black midi
236. Fish Out of Water--Chris Squire
237. Kontinuum—Klaus Schulze
238. Love Over Fear-- Pendragon
239. Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth - Billie Bottle's Temple of Shibboleth
240. Strands - Steve Haushildt
241. The Oubliette - The Reticent
242. Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques - Anthony Phillips
243. Szobel--Hermann Szobel
244. Apparition - Jambinai
245. The Greatest Show on Earth - Airbag
246. Time Control—Hiromi’s Sonicbloom
247. Infernal Machina—Jannick Top
249. The Sensual World—Kate Bush
250. Shake It Up––Boney James & Rick Braun
251. Preda—Mad Crayon
252. Guérison––Setna
253. Double Negative - Low
254. Jurassic Shift—Ozric Tentacles
253. Double Negative - Low
254. Jurassic Shift—Ozric Tentacles
255. Prelude—Deodato
256. Tingri—Jonn Serrie
257. Dead Magic - Anna Von Hausswolff
258. Pamiec - SBB
258. Pamiec - SBB
259. Ikaro--Aalto
262. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan260. Identity—Airbag
261. Stealing Fire—Bruce Cockburn
263. Halflights - Starsabout
264. 4—Dungen
265. Waking The Dead, Live in Japan 2005 - Anekdoten
266. In The Land of Grey and Pink—Caravan
267. Giant Sky--Giant Sky
268. Posthumous Silence - Sylvan
269. Free Hand—Gentle Giant
270. UR---Accordo Dei Contrari
271. Gaucho--Steely Dan
272. Apocalypse Now - RanestRane
273. No Frontiers--Mary Black
274. Leaving Your Bodymap—maudlin of The Well
275. Chicago Transit Authority—Chicago
276. Tirill--Said the Sun to the Moon
278. Kind of Blue—Miles Davis
279. Moonshine—Collage
280. Songs for The Inner Child—Shaina Noll
281. Antimemory -Vaneta
282. Silencia--Hammock
282. Silencia--Hammock
283. Mourning Sun––Fields of the Nephilim
284. Days of Future Passed––Moody Blues
285. Winter Dreams––R. Carlos Nakai & William Eaton
286. Trespass—Genesis
287. Wind and Wuthering—Genesis
288. Gifts from Enola - Gifts from Enola
289. Frozen There - Alto Palo
289. Frozen There - Alto Palo
290. Seal II - Seal
291. Hugsjá - Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik
292. Temperamental—Everything But The Girl
293. III—Focus
293. III—Focus
294. Mummer––XTC
295. La marmite cosmique, no. 6 - Arnaud Bukwald
296. Original Soundtrack—Godspell
297. Songs from The Big Chair—Tears for Fears
298. Winds of Devotion - R. Carlos Nakai, Nawang Khechog & Peter Kater
299. Sound Mirrors––Syd Arthur
299. Sound Mirrors––Syd Arthur
300. Purple Rain - Prince
