Thelonious Monk Trio Prestige 7027
Lee Perry Presents Seke Molenga and Kalo Kawongolo at the Black Ark
The Meters s/t
Wm. Parker Quartet O'Neal's Porch
Tomeka Reid Quartet Old New
Arthur Blythe Lenox Avenue Breakdown

Did anyone already mention the first Ramones record? Marquee Moon is another stone classic I could listen to any time, as many have rightly indicated. Same with Ask The Ages.

Agreed on A Love Supreme, Master Of Puppets, Marquee Moon, Fun House, Future Days, the first Meters LP, and the first four Black Sabbath albums.

Off the top of my head:
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
Science Fiction, Ornette Coleman
The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders, A Tribe Called Quest
Sly & The Family Stone's Greatest Hits and There's A Riot Goin' On
Aretha Now!, Aretha Franklin
Plain Sweeping Themes For The Unprepared, Monroe Mustang
All Bedhead LPs
Black Sunday, Cypress Hill
Souvlaki, Slowdive
Moth and Don't Tell The Driver, Mick Turner
Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Stereolab
Axes, Electrelane
Secret Wars, Oneida
Small Faces, Small Faces
Curtis and Roots, Curtis Mayfield

Vibracobra wrote: Mon Jan 05, 2026 5:41 am

numberthirty wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 11:11 pm
Boy's LifeDepartures And landfalls

Yes.

I lived off of the self-titled on Crank! for a substantial amount of time, but strangely enough never sat down with this one. I will rectify the situation and report back. Thinking of Boys Life made me consider Only Love Can Break Your Heart from Paul Newman, another record I couldn't stop spinning during that time in my life.

Yo La Tengo - Painful
Ellington, Mingus, & Roach - Money Jungle
Big Black - Atomizer
Cherubs - Heroin Man
Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
New York Dolls - s/t
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
Pasteboard - Glitter
Circle - Silver

Yep, those first 2 Paul Newman records are incredible.