Last.fm Top 50 Artists
In terms of time spent listening, along with my favourite album from each. Not 100% accurate but close to it. |
| 50 |  | Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
Rec. tracks - Just Friends, Laura, Out of Nowhere, Summertime |
| 49 |  | Laura Marling
I Speak Because I Can
Rec. tracks - Made By Maid, Darkness Descends |
| 48 |  | Laura Stevenson and the Cans
Sit Resist
Rec. tracks - Halloween Parts 1 and 2, Master of Art, The Wait, The Weight |
| 47 |  | GZA
Liquid Swords
Rec. tracks - Gold, Cold World |
| 46 |  | Refused
The Shape of Punk to Come
Rec. tracks - New Noise, Tannhauser / Derive, The Deadly Rhythm |
| 45 |  | Lisa Mitchell
Wonder
Rec. tracks - So Jealous, Neopolitan Dreams |
| 44 |  | Broken Social Scene
You Forgot It In People
Rec. tracks - Almost Crimes, Looks Just Like the Sun |
| 43 |  | Florence and the Machine
Lungs
Rec. tracks - Drumming Song, Hurricane Drunk, Blinding |
| 42 |  | Feist
The Reminder
Rec. tracks - So Sorry, My Moon My Man |
| 41 |  | Poison the Well
You Come Before You
Rec. tracks - Apathy is a Cold Body, The Opinionated Are So Opinionated, Crystal Lake, For A Bandaged Iris, Sounds Like the End of the World |
| 40 |  | Led Zeppelin
Houses of the Holy
Rec. tracks - No Quarter, The Rain Song |
| 39 |  | Nick Drake
Pink Moon
Rec. tracks - Pink Moon, Things Behind the Sun, Parasite |
| 38 |  | Bill Evans
Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Rec. tracks - Gloria's Step (Take 2) |
| 37 |  | Sufjan Stevens
The Age of Adz
Rec. tracks - Now That I'm Older, Impossible Soul (if you have a spare 25 minutes) |
| 36 |  | Lykke Li
Wounded Rhymes
Rec. tracks - Rich Kid's Blues, Get Some, I Know Places |
| 35 |  | Q-Tip
The Renaissance
Rec. tracks - Gettin' Up, Johnny Is Dead, Move, You |
| 34 |  | Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced
Rec. tracks - Fire, Purple Haze, Manic Depression |
| 33 |  | Black Star
Black Star
Rec. tracks - Thieves in the Night, Respiration |
| 32 |  | Joni Mitchell
Blue
Rec. tracks - Blue, Little Green, My Old Man |
| 31 |  | St. Vincent
Actor
Rec. tracks - Laughing With A Mouth of Blood |
| 30 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
This would be higher but both Shine On You Crazy Diamond tracks don't count for their full duration. Same deal with In A Silent Way by Miles Davis. No recommended tracks - should be experienced as a whole album. |
| 29 |  | De La Soul
Stakes Is High
I actually only own a Best of - chose this for album art and also because Stakes Is High is just about the best hip hop song ever imo. |
| 28 |  | Corinne Bailey Rae
The Sea
Are lots of albums themed/based on the sea? Or is it just me? Rec. tracks - Are You Here?, Diving For Hearts, I'd Do It All Again |
| 27 |  | Cat Power
Moon Pix
Recorded in the land down under apparently. Rec. tracks - Cross Bones Style, No Sense |
| 26 |  | Sigur Ros
Takk...
Tied with ( ). ( . )( . ) lolol. Rec. tracks - Hoppipolla |
| 25 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
Tied with Revolver. Rec. tracks - Something, Because, Sun King |
| 24 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
Rec. tracks - Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem |
| 23 |  | Converge
Jane Doe
Rec. tracks - The Broken Vow, Jane Doe, Thaw (the last minute and a half especially) |
| 22 |  | The National
High Violet
Rec. tracks - England, Anyone's Ghost (just about all of them again) |
| 21 |  | Sarah Blasko
What the Sea Wants, the Sea Will Have
Rec. tracks - The Garden's End, {explain} |
| 20 |  | Janelle Monae
The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III of IV)
Rec. tracks - Locked Inside, 57821 |
| 19 |  | The Mars Volta
De-loused in the Comatorium
Rec. tracks - Eriatarka, Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt |
| 18 |  | Emiliana Torrini
Love in the Time of Science
Rec. tracks - To Be Free, Tuna Fish |
| 17 |  | At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
Rec. Tracks - One Armed Scissor, Cosmonaut, Sleepwalk Capsules (I honestly like all of them about equally. Amazing album) |
| 16 |  | Bat for Lashes
Two Suns
Rec. tracks - Daniel, Glass, Two Planets |
| 15 |  | Kate Bush
Hounds of Love
Rec. tracks - Running Up That Hill, Cloudbusting, Mother Earth |
| 14 |  | Thrice
Vheissu
Rec. tracks - For Miles, Red Sky |
| 13 |  | Elliott Smith
Either/Or
Should be higher really. Essential, phenomenal. Rec. tracks - Alameda, Between the Bars, Angeles, Ballad of Big Nothing |
| 12 |  | PJ Harvey
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Just ahead of Let England Shake. By *this much*. Rec. tracks - Good Fortune, Horses in my Dreams |
| 11 |  | Mos Def
Black On Both Sides
Rec. Tracks - Hip Hop, Umi Says, Mr Nigga, Mathematics |
| 10 |  | The Roots
How I Got Over
Game Theory I think is better but I listen to this much often because it's more positive and other stuff fills the depressing quota. Rec. tracks - Right On, Radio Daze |
| 9 |  | Bob Dylan
Blood on the Tracks
Rec. Tracks - Tangled Up in Blue, Idiot Wind, Simple Twist of Fate |
| 8 |  | David Bowie
Low
Rec. tracks - Warszawa, Subterraneans |
| 7 |  | A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
I think Midnight Marauders has better standout songs, but this is a bit more consistent. Rec. tracks - Excursions, Vibes and Stuff, Jazz (We've Got) |
| 6 |  | Charles Mingus
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Rec. Track - Duet Solo Dancers. But best heard in the entirety. |
| 5 |  | Arcade Fire
Funeral
Rec. Track - Rebellion (Lies), Wake Up, Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) |
| 4 |  | John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
Rec. Track - Resolution |
| 3 |  | Bjork
Homogenic
Rec. track - 'Joga' or 'Bachelorette', but honestly just about all of them are brilliant. |
| 2 |  | Joanna Newsom
Ys
Rec. track - 'Only Skin'. Goes for ages and worth every second. |
| 1 |  | Miles Davis
Kind of Blue
Tied with a few of his other albums. Recommended track - all of them, especially 'Blue in Green' |
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