A TASTE

OF MY TASTE.

I’d like this to be the year I stop apologizing to myself for my taste in music. Maybe a good way to start is to share, ever so publicly, my favourite albums from the past decade-or-so.

(I’ve disqualified compilations of any sort - so Greatest Hits and soundtracks are out.)

In no order whatsoever, here are a hundred that I thoroughly enjoy.

INTRODUCE YERSELF

Gord Downie

CUZ I LOVE YOU (deluxe)

Lizzo

JOANNE

Lady Gaga

FAKE SUGAR

Beth Ditto

PHANTOM THREAD (original score)

Johnny Greenwood

HOW I GOT OVER

The Roots

CONTRA

Vampire Weekend

DESPERATE MAN

Eric Church

THEN CAME THE MORNING

The Lone Bellow

THE ARCHITECT

Paloma Faith

EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

W.E. (original score)

Abel Korzeniowski

LOVE’S A DOG

Kim Taylor

BEWARE

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

EVERYDAY IS CHRISTMAS

Sia

SCRAPPY HAPPINESS

Joel Plaskett Emergency

THE VS. REDUX

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

MY BEAUTIFUL DARK TWISTED FANTASY

Kanye West

A WASTELAND COMPANION

M. Ward

RABBIT & ROGUE

Danny Elfman

III

BADBADNOTGOOD

THE MUCH MUCH HOW HOW AND I (deluxe edition)
Cosmo Sheldrake

SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT

Paul Simon

CARDBOARD CARIBOUS & ARTIFICIAL TREES VOL. 1

CARDBOARD CARIBOUS & ARTIFICIAL TREES VOL. 2

CARDBOARD CARIBOUS & ARTIFICIAL TREES VOL. 3

Darren Eedens

FALL TO GRACE

Paloma Faith

THE PARK AVENUE SOBRIETY TEST

Joel Plaskett

GRAVEL & WINE

Gin Wigmore

ECHOLOCATIONS: CANYON

Andrew Bird

FOREVER ENDEAVOUR

Ron Sexsmith

THEATRE IS EVIL

Amanda Palmer and the Grand Theft Orchestra

REFLEKTOR

Arcade Fire

BORN AND RAISED

John Mayer

BLUNDERBUSS

Jack White

THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY RAY

B.O.B.

METALS

Feist

HARMONY

Serena Ryder

HURRY UP, WE’RE DREAMING

M83

THE SUBURBS

Arcade Fire

IN THE LONELY HOUR

Sam Smith

EL CAMINO

The Black Keys

AFTER IT ALL

Delta Rae

HEART OF MY OWN

Basia Bulat

THINGS ARE REALLY GREAT HERE, SORT OF…

Andrew Bird

KMAG YOYO (& OTHER AMERICAN STORIES)

Hayes Carll

I LOVE YOU, HONEYBEAR

Father John Misty

RECOVERY

Eminem

21

Adele

TRIBUTE

John Newman

SHOUT IT OUT

Hanson

THE STAND-IN

Caitlin Rose

TREATS

Sleigh Bells

SONGS OF INSTRUCTION

Kim Taylor

CHANGE THE WHOLE THING

Maggie Rose

HEY! HELLO!

Hey! Hello!

COURT YARD HOUNDS

Court Yard Hounds

TEENAGE DREAM

Katy Perry

VAMPIRE QUEEN

Inkubus Sukkubus

SAME TRAILER DIFFERENT PARK

Kacey Musgraves

BORN THIS WAY

Lady Gaga

DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS

Bruno Mars

WRANGLED

Angaleena Presley

COMING HOME

Leon Bridges

THE OUTSIDERS

Eric Church

IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU

Lily Allen

LUNE ROUGE

Tokimonsta

THE ARCHANDROID

Janelle Monáe

ALVVAYS

Alvvays

WE’RE NEW HERE

Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx

AUDRA MAE AND THE ALMIGHTY SOUND

Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound

THE BOOK OF MORMON (original cast recording)

Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, Matt Stone

THE HEIST (deluxe edition)

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

SOUL TIME!

Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

NATION II NATION

A Tribe Called Red

SIGH NO MORE

Mumford & Sons

VOLUME TWO

She & Him

PUSHIN’ AGAINST A STONE

Valerie June

THE FAME MONSTER

Lady Gaga

ADVENTURES IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD

Patrick Watson

WHO YOU ARE

Jessie J

EVERYTHING NOW

Arcade Fire

BABEL

Mumford & Sons

WOMAN

Jill Scott

THE SOCIAL NETWORK (original score)

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

ALL THE LITTLE LIGHTS

Passenger

… AND STAR POWER

Foxygen

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: LIVE IN CONCERT

Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event

STONE ROLLIN’

Raphael Saadiq

JAKE BUGG

Jake Bugg

THE EVER FONKY LOWDOWN

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis

CARNIVAL

Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line

BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (original score)

Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin

HOLD TIME

M. Ward

THREE

Joel Plaskett

LITTLE MIRACLE

Kim Taylor

DEAD MAN’S BONES

Dead Man’s Bones

DO YOU WANT THE TRUTH OR SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL?

Paloma Faith

BROTHERS

The Black Keys

UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX

Bruno Mars

VENOMOUS RAT REGENERATION VENDOR

Rob Zombie

FOREVERLY

Billie Joe + Norah

P.S. EPs…

SONGS FROM HOME

Vivian Forte

ET TU, BOOTAY?

Bodega Girls

ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME

Sara Bareilles

MIAMI MEMORIES

Alex Cameron

ONE OF THE GANG

Don’t Stop or We’ll Die