Talking Heads - Fear of Music

8.3

towering above, down the rabbit hole, the shakes, Funkytown, stimulation

Standouts:

"I Zimbra"

"Drugs"

"Memories Can't Wait"

The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle

8.6

in the garden, lovebirds, dreamy, as it was, bittersweet

Standouts:

"I Want Her She Wants Me"

"Care of Cell 44"

"This Will Be Our Year"

Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food

8.0

open road, oddball, work ethic, looking for the one, lost track

Standouts:

"The Big Country"
"Thank You for Sending Me an Angel"

"Found a Job"

The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters

9.0

in a vacuum, morning haze, feeling lonely, mass transit, like it was yesterday

Standouts:

"Keen On Boys"

"Lost and Found"

"Strange Things Will Happen"

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

8.0

cost of living, conscious, crashing down, conductor, taking shots

Standouts:

"North American Scum"

"All My Friends"

"Someone Great"

Korallreven - An Album by Korallreven

8.6

weightless feeling, in paradise, ocean waters, tingling skin, everything imagined and more

Standouts:

"Comin' Closer"

"The Truest Faith"

"As Young as Yesterday"

ABBA - Arrival

8.8

perfect moment, stuff of dreams, cold hard truth, what the heart wants, these eyes have ever seen

Standouts:

"Arrival"

"Dancing Queen"

"My Love, My Life"

Brian Eno - Before and After Science

8.0

floating world, air land sea, great beyond, stop and wonder, atmospheric entry

Standouts:

"Here He Comes"

"Backwater"

"Spider and I"

LCD Soundsystem - American Dream

8.4

so dramatic, reverberating, empty shell, infinite, back at the rodeo

Standouts:

"oh baby"

"other voices"

"american dream"

Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

8.6

hyperbole, public eye, no holds barred, terror at large, standing alone

Standouts:

"Stan"

"Who Knew"

"The Real Slim Shady"

New Order - Movement

8.2

encircled, downpour, wretched, choke hold, shadow of a doubt

Standouts:

"Chosen Time"

"ICB"

"Denial"

Whitney Houston - Whitney

8.0

head spinning, shivering cold, all you can handle, go out fighting, open on all sides

Standouts:

"Where Do Broken Hearts Go"

"Didn't We Almost Have It All"

"Just the Lonely Talking Again"

Prince - Around the World in a Day

8.0

fairy tale, Prince of Darkness, American nightmare, reflecting, twinkle in the eyes

Standouts:

"Paisley Park"

"Raspberry Beret"

"Pop Life"

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

8.0

boiling over, out-of-body, p.s., what's done is done, heaven's doors

Standouts:

"You Sure Love to Ball"

"Let's Get It On"

"Just to Keep You Satisfied"

Common - Be

8.4

all or nothing, protege, captain of your own ship, path to glory, first chapter

Standouts:

"Faithful"

"The Food"

"Love is..."

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

8.3

balls of fire, chaos agents, mind of a dog, in the pits, up in flames

Standouts:

"Can You Get to That"

"Super Stupid"

"Hit It and Quit It"

Bjork - Biophilia

8.0

unseen reaches, synapses, husk, celestial, surfacing

Standouts:

"Cosmogony"

"Virus"
"Crystalline"

Paul Simon - Paul Simon

8.5

blown along, beaten path, grassroots, street wisdom, finding home

Standouts:

"Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard"

"Mother and Child Reunion"

"Peace Like a River"

R.E.M. - Reckoning

8.0

vacation, sense of belonging, make a break for, journey back, memories for company

Standouts:

"Camera"

"Time After Time (Annelise)

"(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

8.3

expressway, heating up, not a single word, once was, all about image

Standouts:

"Cut Your Hair"

"Silence Kid"

"Gold Soundz"

The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

8.7

uprooted, life in the gutter, gnashing teeth, freight train, combustion

Standouts:

"Prodigal Son"

"Sympathy for the Devil"

"Jigsaw Puzzle"

Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)

8.8

then it's gone, blink and you might miss, highs and lows, when you need me, deposited ground

Standouts:

"Sugar Daddy"

"Landslide"

"Blue Letter"

Bob Dylan - Infidels

8.6

as the world turns, hand-to-mouth, head up high, speaking freely, brother's keeper

Standouts:

"Jokerman"

"License to Kill"

"Man of Peace"

New Order - Brotherhood

8.0

runs cold, staring daggers, scattered remains, from a place of pain, into little pieces

Standouts:

"Way of Life"

"Bizarre Love Triangle"

"All Day Long"

Kate Bush - Never For Ever

8.1

heart racing, gone too soon, theatrics, candlelight, stir in the night

Standouts:

"Army Dreamers"

"Babooshka"

"The Wedding List"

Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love

8.4

jolt through the skin, between the sheets, no rest, sweet nothings, pleasure principle

Standouts:

"'Til Tomorrow"

"My Love is Waiting"

"Sexual Healing"

The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

8.7

learned the hard way, place to hang your hat, bloodlust, in a fit, kicked to the curb

Standouts:

"Midnight Rambler"

"You Can't Always Get What You Want"

"Gimme Shelter"

Peaking Lights - 936

8.2

unlike another, foliage, rush of color, sacrificial altar, cloud cover

Standouts:

"All the Sun that Shines"

"Amazing and Wonderful"

"Marshmellow Yellow"

Prince - Controversy

8.0

media frenzy, ballsy, turn on its head, raised brows, little helper

Standouts:

"Sexuality"

"Jack U Off"

"Private Joy"

Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

8.5

smile through pain, sticking through with it, while away, gritted teeth, ties that bind

Standouts:

"Luv N' Haight"

"Poet"

"Family Affair"

The Rolling Stones - Aftermath

8.1

at odds with, at love's mercy, hot and cold, trekker, had a shot

Standouts:

"Under My Thumb"

"Lady Jane"

"Take It or Leave It"

Stone Temple Pilots - Core

8.2

stoking the coals, urchin, lake of fire, place of wretchedness, guilty intentions

Standouts:

"Creep"

"Plush"

"Sex Type Thing"

R.E.M. - Murmur

8.5

on the cold side, indie hurts, whole life ahead, launching forward, false comfort

Standouts:

"Perfect Circle"

"Talk About the Passion"

"Radio Free Europe"

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

8.4

limpid scene, weightless feeling, upward formations, pinhole light, slipstreams

Standouts:

"A Eagle in Your Mind"

"Turquoise Hexagon Sun"

"Telephasic Workshop"

The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

8.3

fire in the veins, bawdiness, free from clutches, time caught up, bed of ashes

Standouts:

"Wild Horses"

"Sway"

"Brown Sugar"

Radiohead - The King of Limbs

8.7

forest floor, cold cove, out-of-body, spindly, decentralization

Standouts:

"Bloom"

"Give Up the Ghost"

"Lotus Flower"

The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

8.6

tonight, storm heading in, sharp contrast, open arms, from below

Standouts:

"Catch"

"All I Want"

"Just Like Heaven"

Aaliyah - Aaliyah

8.0

damage done, warm to hold, real smooth, constant motion, where it hurts

Standouts:

"We Need a Resolution"

"It's Whatever"

"Rock the Boat"

R.E.M. - Green

8.4

an empty space, happy thoughts, malaise, salted earth, divisions

Standouts:

"Hairshirt"

"You Are the Everything"

"Stand"

Beach House - 7

8.8

voluminous, cannot keep contained, lightspeed travel, hopeless romantic, unknown place

Standouts:

"L'Inconnue"

"Dive"

"Woo"

John Lennon - Imagine

8.3

free to dream, vision, peace fighter, plain to see, weight of the world

Standouts:

"Jealous Guy"

"Imagine"

"How?"

case/lang/veirs - case/lang/veirs

8.4

protective cover, mountain pass, back on the road, smoke rising, to oblivion

Standouts:

"Delirium"

"Best Kept Secret"

"Georgia Stars"

Bob Dylan - New Morning

8.2

in flashes, like a million bucks, special someone, daily grooves, snapshots

Standouts:

"Time Passes Slowly"

"If Not for You"

"Sign on the Window"

Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear

9.0

deep focus, state of grace, snafu, age like wine, compassion

Standouts:

"Sparrow"

"Everybody Needs Love"

"When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You"

Cream - Disraeli Gears

8.1

sunbeam, vivid imagination, disquiet, in dreams, hardly there

Standouts:

"Dance the Night Away"

"Sunshine of Your Love"

"Swlabr"

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

8.6

long ways away, peregrination, changing states, sheer, sent blessing

Standouts:

"Holocene"

"Calgary"

"Towers"

Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music

8.3

canopy, hair standing up, cyclone, powdery, connected dots

Standouts:

"Hearing Voices"

"Sorry"

"Way Up High"

Depeche Mode - Violator

8.6

to the core, descent, cold to the touch, seeping through the cracks, fixation

Standouts:

"World in My Eyes"

"Personal Jesus"

"Enjoy the Silence"

Judee Sill - Judee Sill

9.1

incantations, in the light, slow-beating, companion, carved out

Standouts:

"The Lamb Ran Away With the Crown"

"My Man on Love"

"Jesus Was a Cross Maker"

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

8.7

fruits of our labor, liquefied, miles above, vaporous, edge of the world

Standouts:

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)"

"Wish You Were Here"

"Have a Cigar"