I’ve finally cracked on the 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die list. I’ve heard them all, I haven’t died. I win, right?
Ever since R introduced me to the list around three years ago, the morning routine has involved firing up the random generator for an album to listen to.
I’ve really enjoyed the exposure to music I wouldn’t normally explore, as well as having the exact same album as R. We could both leave a review, and then compare and contrast our tastes.
We long finished the list a couple of months ago. The dregs were then served up, aka listener recommendations. As R pointed out this morning, these are albums that individual users THINK you must listen to, but that is rarely the reality. Ikd-sj’s World’s End Fruit was the breaking point.
And so instead we’re exploring Colin Larkin’s list. It has many of the usual suspects, and reads a little like a Q magazine Best Albums Ever list. But I still think there are some obvious gaps in my musical listening, not to mention my CD shelves.
There’s some duplication with the 1,001 albums list. I’ll skip those. Plus also some of the absolute shite. Sorry, but I’m not starting off with Rob Zombie.
Listening to a new album at the start of every day has been in the most part, a positive experience. It’s broadened my taste, and emptied my wallet.