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Really Really Good Albums

Here are some of my favorite albums ever, in no particular order. Looking for recs, preferably based off of experience.
1Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix


some of the most solid pop I've ever heard, great mix of hooks/variety/emotion
2Daft Punk
Discovery


prob. my favorite album, period, huge fan of sampling, house, funk. love the mood/the flow. unfortunately I've never been able to find anything like this.
3Rustie
Glass Swords


kind of sloppy but otherwise fantastic, love the "future beat/wonky" (or whatever it's called) style. I really like how much variety it has. particularly good: "Flash Back," "Surph," "Ultra Thizz" (Ultra Thizz is probably my fav)
4Jon Hopkins
Immunity


not the biggest fan of the first half (although I can dig "Open Eye Signal") but I love the emotion of the second half. I really like "Immunity" especially. not really sure which album by him to explore next.
5 Bon Iver
Bon Iver


the emotions/build-ups are incredible. makes life feel, ironically, "magnificent."
6James Blake
James Blake


on the opposite end of stuff like Rustie and Hudson Mohawke I also like stuff like this that's really minimal. love the emotion he shows, not as much the often headache-inducing dubstep throbs.
7TNGHT
TNGHT


weirdly even though this has Hudson Mohawke it's fairly minimal as well, with only a few key elements to each track, which I think makes it way better. love the breakdowns.
8Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion


love the build-ups, the "trippiness" (not that I know anything about psychedelia, but I do love unexpected/weird changes in music), the hooks. for lack of a better musical vocab this just has really good vibes.
9The Avalanches
Since I Left You


I like the beats/sense of humor and the sampling is absolutely incredible/seamless, but it could use a bit more of a cohesive emotional idea. very good though
10 Lemaitre
The Friendly Sound EP


recently got back into them. love the mood/the synths. I especially like the sound of "Blue Shift" (kind of feels like a better "Eple" to me)
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