Top 100 Albums:(*new update 2024)
1. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen (This is something else. Had a profound spiritual impact on me)
2. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick ( Erupts through earphones. An emotional roller coaster start to finish)
3. The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus ( An incredible display of pop songwriting, every song is catchy)
4. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds! ( pop music perfected here.)
5. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
6. Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
7. Kara - Revolution (This is Pet Sounds-level pop songwriting
8. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (Greatest experimental music I have ever heard, only quibble is the weaker songwriting and the songs arent memorable afterwards. But it’s incredible)
9. Yes - Close to the Edge (Prog rock was my first musical love)
0. Deepchord Presents Echospace - Liumin
0. Dadub - You Are Eternity (Deeply relaxes me)
0. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven! (Storm is incredible. Godspeed albums are far more sublte and profound than they appear messy at first impressions. With a bit of patience this can be rewarding after multiple listens )
10. Crass - The Feeding of the Five Thousand
11. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
12. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste (One of most emotionally satisfying rock albums ever made
13. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
14. Steve Reich and Musicians - Music for 18 Musicians
15. Jon Hassell - Fourth World Volume Two: Dream Theory in Malaya
16. Wipers - Youth of America(one of the few better punk albums out there. Tension builds and explosions form in ways that Godspeed You Black Emperor are known for)
18. Pixies - Doolittle (First half their songwriting excels in every aspect, second half is run-of-the-mill)
20. Legend of Galactic Heroes - Theme Song Collection
21. Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (Porcupine Tree are the best modern era rock band, They are not pushing boundries but they do the basics of songwriting near-flawless)
22. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (Mind-blowing catchy moments)
23. Camel - Moonmadness
24. Camel - Mirage
25. NEU! - NEU! '75 (A lot more groove is happening here than your average empty electronic music)
26. Rush - A Farewell to Kings ( one of prog rock masterpiece)
28. Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun (First half is profound. Second half is throwaway)
29. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F♯A♯∞
30. Enigma - The Cross of Changes (well-written catchy ambient. dreamlike atmospheres)
31. Basic Channel - BCD-2 ( “Phylyps Trak” is one of grooviest techno song)
32. Biosphere - Substrata (one of the rare groove-y ambient)
34. Wire - Pink Flag (Pop music is often remembered through massive repetition. Pink Flag is a collection of catchy choruses that rarely repeat, short songs concept, lesser monotony)
35. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
36. Big Black - Atomizer (Kerosene the greatest guitar solo of all time)
37. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
36. Kraftwerk - Computerwelt( groovy electronic music, computer love is especially remarkable)
37. Gentle Giant - The Power and the Glory
38. The Pop Group - Y(aesthetics oriented album for relaxation)
9. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Great classic, I think the hooks and songwriting could've been better)
00. Burial - Untrue (very spiritual and such a relaxing music. Grew on me tbh)
39. Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
40. Genesis - Foxtrot
42. Various Artists - Decay Product (1997)
43. cv313 - Seconds to Forever
44. Cerberus Shoal - The Land We All Believe In (First 3 songs are explosive spiritual singalong. Campfires, happy singing and dancing. Must listen. Second half is post rock style messiness where songwriting becomes weaker)
00. Jorge Ben - Fôrça bruta ( Classic well-written album à la Beatles. Sometimes genius enters the brain)
45. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (aesthetics orientated album, sometimes genius enter the brain)
00. Dadub - Way to Moksha
00. Andy Stott - Passed Me By
00. Boards of Canada - Music has right to children(BoC make uncanny/eiree music)
00. Deepchord - The Coldest Season
00. Deepchord - Sommer
00. Harold Budd - The Plateaux of The Mirror( Grew on me. Far more peaceful and relaxing than I initially thought)
00. Harold Budd - The Pearl
00. Harold Budd - Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
00. Harold Budd - The White Arcades
45. Arcade Fire - Funeral (Solid high quaity pop music. Vocals are bit annoying)
46. X - X-Aspirations (Obscure punk masterpiece. This has Dolittle level songwriting. Its problem is low quality sound production aesthetics)
00. Enigma - MCMXC a.D
47. Monolake - Alaska Melting
48. Comus - First Utterance (solid writing)
49. The Microphones - The Glow Part 2 (Coziest aesthetics, This is one of few well written folk album out there)
00. Intrusion - The Seduction of Silence (2009)
00. Burial - Kindred
00. Eno - Another Green World (satisfying once in a while)
50. Constance Demby - Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate
51. House of Five Leaves OST anime (wow this was amazing)
00. Alice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders - Journey to Sachitananda
74. Deepchord Presents Echospace - Silent World
00. Deepchord - 20 Electrostatic Soundfields
00. Harold Budd - Mysterious Skin OST
00. Deepchord - Hash bar loop
00. Deepchord - Vantage isle sessions
76. Soul Junk - 1958 (cozy aesthetics)
00. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die ( Kroutrock style relaxation although it’s bit inconsistent here and there. "Glass Museum" especially stands out)
53. Faust - Faust
55. NEU! - NEU! (Negativland is groundbreaking stuff for its period)
56. Steve Roach - Structures From Silence (The title track creeped out my mother. that she'd ask me to turn it off)
57. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
000. Santana - Abraxas
58. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
59. Steely Dan - Aja (near flawless pop music when I'm playing it in the right time, Its rarely satisfying tho)
60. Rod Modell - Incense & Black Light
62. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
63. Fugazi - Repeater (Some sections come across as uncatchy. Although incredible display of punk agressiveness throughout. Satisfying only in the rare moment, so I listen it only once an year)
00. Santana - Caravanserai( Grew on me tbh. Far more relaxing than I initially hated it)
00. Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill
00. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady ( Duet Solo Dancers is quite incredible )
54. King Crimson - Red
00. Gas - Zauberberg
63. The Beatles - Abbey Road (Beatles are masters of creating pop songs. Their albums are solid but not mind-blowing or anything)
64. Ghost in the shell movie - OST
66. Gong - Angel's Egg
00. Gong - Flying Teapot
67. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
68. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
41. Godspeed You Black Emperor - Slow Riot For Zero Kanada
69. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
70. X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (above average songwriting, it gets the job done. its fine. this can borderline come across as as pop music
71. Yes - The Yes Album
72. Yes - Fragile
00. Pink Floyd - Meddle ( rare moment required)
73. Stephan Micus - Implosions (liking it alot more after multiple listens
75. Andy Stott - We Stay Together
10. Exuma - Exuma (incredible aesthetics. Songwriting is 5/10. Melodies come across as undercooked)
77. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (Little Red Riding Hood is profound. But the album as whole could have been intense, groove-y and crazier.)
78. Monolake - Interstate (ear candy)
00. Boards of Canada - In a beautiful place out in the Country
00. Monolake - Gravity
00. Monolake - Silence
125. Shed - The Traveller
00. Gas - Konigsforst
00. Porter Ricks - Biokinetiks
79. Pink Floyd - Animals ( imo Sheep is the best Pink Floyd song they ever made)
00. GFRIEND - Season of Glass
00. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
00. Porcupine Tree - In absentia
61. Television - Marquee Moon ( its inconsistent. See no evil, Venus, Elevation are classic well-written rock songs. Rest is mid)
00. John Coltrane- Love Supreme( It is not groovy-y like Karma. Just cozy and ear candy)
53. Magnetic Fields - Get Lost (I couldn't memorize it for years. Finally I 'get it' now)
00. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
00. Biosphere - Dropsonde
87. Can - Tago Mago (Halleluwah is mind blowing. Songwriting of the album is mess)
89. Slint - Slint
90. Slint - Spiderland ( Not as great as it used to at one point. I like the punk agressiveness in Nosferatu Man, Good Morning, Captain. Slint despite having amazing, energetic drumming work, their sense of melody/songwriting is flawed to me
00. Matt Uelmen- Diablo 2 Original Soundtrack
00. Ron Trent - Altered States
93. Slowdive - Just for a Day
94. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
00. Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come
00. Dadub- Monad Viii
82. Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy
106. Autechre - Amber(nice asthetics, just not a whole lot of groove or depth)
107. Slowdive - Souvlaki
119. GAS - Pop
121. The Soft Moon - Zeros
Top 100 Singles
1. Camberwell Now - Working Nights (Stroke of a genius from an unknown obscure band. Greatest punk rock song ever made)
2. Madonna - Like A Prayer ( Campfires, happy singing and dancing)
3. Alex Morph - Eternal Flame (masterfully written groove/depth)
4. The Zombies - Care of Cell 44 / Maybe After He's Gone (highest quality pop songwriting. It seems like these songs are your songs and already know it)
5. The Mars Volta - L' Via L' Viaquez (intense, agressive and crazier. This is my type of favorite music)
6. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (one of rare groovy funk songs I have heard)
7. Red House Painters - Katy Song
8. New Order - True Faith / 1963
9. The Smiths - The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
10. King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic Part Two (avant rock masterpiece. Climax is mind blowing)
10. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
11. Efdemin - April Fools (peak electronic music. Well-written groove)
12. Santana - Waves Within
13. Sword of The Stranger - Ihojin No Yaiba
14. Texhnolyze - Guardian Angel
00. Led Zeppelin- Communication Breakdown
15 Enigma - The Child in Us
16. Elden Ring - Trailer Soundtrack Medley by Timothy Richards
16. Nier Automata - Alien Manifestation
00. Nick Drake - Place to Be
00. Led Zeppelin- Good Times Bad Times
17. The Clash - Train in Vain (wildly overrated band. one of their better songs)
17. Buzzcocks - Harmony in My Head
18. Devilman Crybaby - DVMN
00. Fluxion - Lark
19. Deva Shree Ganesha
00. Red House Painters - Medicine Bottle
20. The Beach Boys - California Girls
21. The Beatles - She Loves You
23. Gfriend - Neverland (from my experience, pop music in general are incredible for the first 20 listens. Then they aren't that good due to overexposure)
24. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Appena un po'
25. Radiohead - The National Anthem ( wildly overrated band, their only great song)
26. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - An Angel's Love
27. Cul de Sac - Etaoin Shrdlu (King Crimson-level transcendence)
00. Gohan Anger Theme Epic Rock Cover
41. Wu Tang Clan - Shame on A Nuh
28. Rangilo Maro Dholana
28. IP Man - Theme Song
00. Underworld - Born Slippy
00. Captain Beefheart - I’m Glad
86. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
30. Fugazi - Waiting Room
31. King Crimson - Thela Hun Jingeet
31. The Paradise - In Love With You
32. Wire - Dot Dash / Options R
34. Shooters · Juelz
35. Juno Reactor - Pistolero
36. Serial Experiments Lain - Antidepressant
35. Gentle Giant - The Runaway
00. Nujabes - Luv Sic Pt 2
36. Jiya Lage Na
37. Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing
22. Berserk -Forces
37. X- World A Mess Its in My Kiss
00. Mr. Kitty - After Dark
10. The Clash - Rock The Casbah
00. Talking Heads - Great Curve
00. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
38. Girls' Generation - Genie
39. Girls' Generation - Gee
42. Wu Tang Clan - Bring The Ruckus
43. Ultramagnetic MCS - Moe Luv (Power-packed. Its very similar to how punk agressiveness works. One of greatest rap songs)
44. Ice Cube - Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit
45. DJ Shadow - Stem
00. Gang of Four - At Home He is Tourist
00. Captain Beefheart- ABBA Zabba
46. The Beatles - In My Life
00. Radiohead - Tourist
47. Kandi & Neumann - Lovin' Feeling / Let Go
49. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love
50. Buzzcocks - Why can't I touch it
52. Porcupine Tree - Piano Lessons
53. Lady Gaga - So Happy I Could Die
54. Porcupine Tree - Stars Die
55. Riverside - The Curtain Falls
55. Michael Jackson - Beat it
56. Don Caballero - Stupid Puma
59. Slowdive - Shine
60. The Clash - I Fought The Law
61. Aloo Chaat(title track)
62. The Smiths - This Charming Man
63. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb / Hey You
64. Pink Floyd - We Breath / Any Color You Like
65. Interstellar - Main Theme
66. X - Halfway Round The World
67. Beach House - Space Song
68. Björk - Bachelorette
69. Björk - Joga
69. The Motifs - The Dots
70. Jennifer Lopez - Waiting for Tonight
71. Nicki Minaj - High School
72. Len - Steal My Sunshine
73. Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
74. The Flaming Lips - Waitin' for a Superman
75. Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact (rap music done right, tension is agressive and verse are catchy. So much rap comes across as meandering to me)
76. The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
77. Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall Part 2/ Young Lust
78. Big Black - Bad Penny
79. The Zombies - Time of The Season
80. Rank 1 - Airwave
81. Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Intro
82. The Beach Boys - I Get Around / Don't Worry Baby
00. The Clash - London Calling
85. Genesis - The Fountain of Salmacis
86. MOMOLAND - BBoom BBoom
87. The Jesus Lizard - Nub
88. Beethoven - Moonlight
89. Talk Talk - Such a Shame
90. Charlie Puth - Attention
91. Chris Jericho Debut WWE Theme Song - "Break the Walls Down" (V1)
92. David Guetta - I'm Good
93. David Bowie - Soul Love
94. Akira - Kaneda
95. Pink Floyd - Run like Hell
97. Joy Division - Shadowplay
98. WWE: CM Punk Theme This Fire Burns
00. Fugazi - Do You Like Me
00. Fugazi - Bed For The Scraping
99. f (x) - Signal
100. Prince - Lets Go Crazy
101. The Residents - N-ER-GEE
102. Genesis - Invicible Touch
105. Avicci - Levels Radio edit
106. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
107. Wipers - Alien Boy
108. Riverside - Reality Dream 2/Believe
109. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
000. The Doors - Light my Fire
000. Captain Beefheart - Sure Nuff I do
00. Love - Alone Again Or
00. Love - Andmoreagain
00. Burial - Stolen Dog
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