A random list of 50 albums that I want to buy for my new turntable

A random list of 50 albums that I don’t currently own that I think would sound perfect on my brand new turntable, some of which are my favorite albums, some of which are deeply rooted in late 90s nostalgia, some of which I just think would be great turntable fodder, and I hope someone will purchase for me because my birthday is coming up in two and a half months, hint hint, oh NO NO NO you SHOULDN’T have!:

  • Archers of Loaf – Icky Mettle
  • Bad Religion – Generator
  • The Beatles – Abbey Road
  • Billy Bragg – Back to Basics
  • Billy Bragg/Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
  • Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
  • Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
  • Built to Spill – Perfect from Now On
  • Chuck Ragan – Feast or Famine
  • Daft Punk – Discover
  • The Decemberists – The King is Dead
  • Ani Difranco – Little Plastic Castle
  • Elliott Smith – Either/Or
  • Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
  • Frank Black – Teenager of the Year
  • Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
  • Greg Brown – The Poet Game
  • The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
  • Husker Du – Flip Your Wig
  • Jawbreaker – 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
  • Jets to Brazil – Orange Rhyming Dictionary
  • LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
  • The Long Winters – Putting the Days to Bed
  • Mike Watt – Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
  • Mason Jennings – Birds Flying Away
  • Modest Mouse – Lonesome Crowded West
  • Modest Mouse – The Moon and Antarctica
  • The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee
  • Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  • Pixies – Bossanova
  • The Promise Ring – Nothing Feels Good
  • R.E.M. – Automatic for the People
  • R.E.M. – New Adventures in Hi-Fi
  • Radiohead – The Bends
  • Radiohead – OK Computer
  • The Replacements – Tim
  • Rumbleseat – …Is Dead
  • Rush – 2112
  • Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
  • Spoon – Transference
  • Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary
  • Texas is the Reason – Texas is the Reason
  • They Might Be Giants – Flood
  • Tom Waits – Mule Variations
  • Ugly Casanova – Sharpen Your Teeth
  • Ween – Chocolate and Cheese
  • Wilco – Summerteeth
  • Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  • Various – High Fidelity Soundtrack
  • Various – O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack

And while I’m at it, I’d love to get back the following albums that I used to own and lent to someone who I don’t remember:

  • Avail – Satiate
  • Avail – Dixie
  • Avail – Live at Kings Head Inn

This was lovingly handwritten on August 14th, 2012