1000 albums in a year - I want your suggestions!

[1000Albums]

I'm challenging myself to listen to 1000 new-to-me albums in 2025. I will listen to anything, of any genre (if it's available on Spotify or Apple Music) with the exception of death metal or Bradley Walsh's latest Christmas album😆

I love music but have got stuck in a bit of a rut over the last few years so would like to expand my horizons. What album would you like to recommend to a total stranger?

Andrew bird my finest work yet

I'm a HUGE Andrew Bird fan but rarely find anyone else who is! I've seen him live several times, he's amazing. That Fionn Regan album is a cracker too.

Public Service Broadcasting- The Last Flight.
A beautifully evocative album, available on pretty much all the streaming platforms.

@1000Albums I sadly missed him last year here in Ireland but seen him before too! I'm actually seeing fionn regan in a few weeks in my local.

Hex Induction Hour by The Fall

I don't think anyone has suggested Ben Howard-Every Kingdom?

Bruce’s The River is a double album. Does that count as 1 or 2?

Wet Leg by Wet Leg. Noticed they were on the Gavin & Stacey Finale soundtrack.

Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night

Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby

Bruno Mars - Doowops and Hooligans

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

Evanescence- Fallen

Freddie Mercury - Mr Bad Guy

Mike - Life in Cartoon Motion

James Blunt - Back to Bedlam

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

Shania Twain - Come on Over

Joss Stone - Monday Body & Soul

And one I personally have gone back to again and again ever since I bought it with my pocket money at the age of 10 and still love today...

Wham! - Make it Big

Sadly The Fall bring back too many memories of XH for me to ever want to listen to them again - great fun live though!

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake

Thank you! He's my absolute favourite artist. Check out Field Songs, his albums with Isobel Campbell too.

Also Mad Season - Above (deluxe edition). Layne Staley ( Alice in Chains) was their main vocalist and also excellent but Lanegan sings a few songs as well.

Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
Tina Turner - any album, post IKE
Rolling Stones - 1968 ( can't remember name)
Bee Gees - any. The early stuff is poetic, and the disco stuff legendary. Ignore the fake romantic ballads.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - any
Communards - any
Handel - any. But i can share names of key performers.
Akhenaten, Philip Glass, 2021 recording with Anthony Roth Costanza. Fabulous!!

Oh that's sad because MES was a genius. They're the band I saw the most - never the same twice.

My other suggestions are Chapel Perilous by Gnod and F#a#00 by God Speed You! Black Emperor

I'm going to give Chapel Perilous a go. It looks...interesting!

The House Beyond the Fires - The Virginmarys

Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

30 Something - Carter USM

This Is the Day... This Is the Hour... This Is This! - Pop Will Eat Itself

One In A Thousand - Obey Robots

Irish Tour '74 - Rory Gallagher

At Least For Now - Benjamin Clementine

Looking forward to listening to many other suggested albums new to me!

Little Earthquakes Everywhere, Tori Amos
August and Everything After, Counting Crows

Daydreams by Alice Martineau

Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors
Laura Veirs - July Flame
This is the kit - Moonshine Freeze
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (a bit creepy but brilliant)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
Niedhart - A minnesinger and his vale of tears
Fairport Convention - What We Did on our Holidays
High Contrast - High Society
Pixies - Doolittle
Plan B - the Defamation of Strickland Banks
The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
Tangerine Dream - Thief
World Party - Private Revolution
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci- The Blue Trees

All of Roxy Music’s albums. What a progression they show. In fact I’m listening to all of them tomorrow now I’ve thought of it. Sound track of my life.

@NameChanges123 have you heard case/lang/veirs? It's Laura Veirs with Neko Case and k.d.lang - gorgeous album. I'll give Boards of Canada a whirl from your list - it's one I know of but have never actually got around to playing.

Edited to add: I'll try High Contrast too!

Yes, my mum was a big Roxy fan so they hold good memories for me too.

Rory Gallagher:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdgFk-dTMiRgRBNY5Oi7a5ZzTZqJdtZSs&feature=shared

No, I haven't but I'll definitely try it out. Thanks. Always good to discover new music.

The Board of Canada's song Gyroscope (from the Geogaddi album) was used in the film Sinister.

Con Todo El Mundo - Khruangbin

I've tried everything but therapy (part one) - Teddy Swims

Voices and Choices - Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra

I love the idea.
Some random albums that come to mind:
Parquet Courts - Human Performance
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
Liars - Drums Not Dead
Sonic Youth - Evol
Swell Maps - Jane from Occupied Europe
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda
Cindytalk - Labyrinth of the Straight Line
The Gun Club - Miami
Gas - Narkopop
Asva - Presences of Absences
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Coil - Time Machines
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Godflesh - Streetcleaner (a little on the heavier side)
Polygon Window - Surfing on Sine Waves

Not necessarily my favourite albums of all time, but what I feel like listening to right now.

I also second Geogaddi by Boards of Canada!