I\u2019ve seen this meme floating around Facebook the past couple days and was thinking I\u2019d give it a whirl anyhow, but this morning I got tagged by a friend, so no more procrastinating for me.<\/p>\n
The idea is to come up with “15 albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you,” whatever that means. (I interpret it to mean the ones you’ve played so many times you’ve got them memorized, or they represent some kind of emotional milestone for you, or you have a specific memory or anecdote associated with them.) You’re supposed to list the first 15 titles you come up with in a maximum of 15 minutes. Like most people, I imagine, I thought of way more than just 15 titles in far less than the allotted time. I’m listing them all below the fold, along with the usual commentary.<\/p>\n
For any Loyal Readers who may also be Facebook friends, please note that I’ve tinkered with the list a bit since I posted it over there, and my commentaries are much more detailed here. If that affects your interest levels in any way…<\/p>\n
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I know, I know… Phil Collins is not<\/i> cool. But once upon a time, he was very popular<\/i>, and I still like this one. So there! And there you have it. Yet another peek into my admittedly obsolete sense of aesthetics. Hey, I like what I like, and there isn’t much music made after the early ’90s that I like. Damn grunge killed it all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve seen this meme floating around Facebook the past couple days and was thinking I\u2019d give it a whirl anyhow, but this morning I got tagged by a friend, so no more procrastinating for me. The idea is to come up with “15 albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you,” whatever that means. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memes-and-quizzes","category-music-and-pop-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jasonbennion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAnd now for the runners-up:<\/p>\n\n
\nA great<\/i> album of hard-rockin’, uncomfortably introspective, and often angry songs that served as my reintroduction to Rick after a long time away from him. It’s now out of print, which is a shame; it really should have gotten more attention.<\/li>\n
\nLike Rumours<\/i>, this one has suffered from constant airplay on the classic-rock stations, but if you can somehow look upon it with fresh eyes, it’s another perfect collection of perfect songs. Even “More than a Feeling,” which I know everyone is righteously sick of, but remains a gorgeously crafted and well-written anthem.<\/li>\n
\nWasn’t everybody automatically issued a copy of this when they turned 14? It sure seems that way…<\/li>\n
\nYeah, I turned into quite a Parrothead there for a while. I bought all of Jimmy’s albums from 1973’s A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean<\/i> up through Far Side of the World<\/i> in 2002 — hell, I even picked up his Christmas album and the soundtrack for Rancho Deluxe<\/i> — but these five were my favorites, and are about the only ones I still listen to. Honestly, I think he’s been in a state of decline since Hot Water<\/i>, which was released in 1988; every album since has increasingly pandered to the silly (but lucrative!) “Margaritaville beach party” thing instead of the honest storytelling about colorful places and characters that drew me to his music in the first place.<\/li>\n
\nI didn’t appreciate this one in its time, but like so many other folks, I picked up a copy following Michael’s untimely death and was blown away. It truly was a masterpiece that transcended musical genres and hasn’t aged one bit.<\/li>\n
\nRemember that difficult time I mentioned back on Songs You Know By Heart<\/i>? This was the other album that helped me through that. Jimmy Buffett and Jim Morrison… what can I say? It was a strange time…<\/li>\n