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?

Life In Cartoon Motion - Mika
The Boy Who Knew Too Much - Mika
The Origin Of Love - Mika
No Place In Heaven - Mika
My Name Is Michael Holbrook - Mika
Que Ta Tête Fleurisse Toujours - Mika

Yes, I'm totally obsessed with Mika 🤣

Garbage - Version 2.0

Ocean Colour Scene - B Sides, Seasides & Freerides

Cranberries- No Need To Argue

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque

The Kinks - any or a greatest hits

Are soundtracks a no-no?

If not The Lost Boys / Stand by me / Donnie Darko

I love lots of your choices - plenty more I need to check out.

Suede - Suede (1993)

Hole - Celebrity Skin

Green Day - Dookie

Madonna - True Blue

The Chicks-Fly

Oasis-what’s the story morning glory

Alanis-Jagged Little Pill

Fleetwood Mac-Rumours

Miranda Lambert-Crazy Ex Girlfriend or Four the Record

Robbie Williams - Escapology

Carole King-Tapestry

Bon Jovi-Slippery When Wet

Gerry Cinamon-Eratic Cinematic and The Bonny

The Black Crows-Shake Your Money Maker

Celine Dion-Falling Into You

Kelsea Ballerini-Subject To Change

Any Kacey Musgraves

In which case I Now want you to share most favourite recent albums!

Led Zeppelin
Kate Bush, the Kick Inside
Pink Flloyd - Wish you were Here, Dark side of the Moon

Jim Croce

Tango in the Night Fleetwood Mac

Babylon by Bus Bob Marley
Faith George Michael
all of ELO from the 1970s

Last Dinner Party
Wet Leg
Blossoms 1st album
Courteeners More Again Forever

Happy to see most things I was gearing up to suggest are already on here (and am now listening to Hunky Dory as a result)

I'll add The Race for Space by Public Service Broadcasting as I go back to it a lot
Another vote for Lemonade by Beyonce
Port of Morrow by The Shins
Wet Leg by Wet Leg

At around three a day you're not going to have time to take in any of the music.

Fontaines DC - Romance

@1000Albums mike Oldfield songs of distant earth if you want something relaxing. Rock vibes def leppard high and dry (especially switch 625 😍😍😍) . Also David gray white ladder is my all time favourite 😍 sorry couldn't pick just one album lol

Low Roar - Once in a Long, Long While...
Keaton Henson - Monument
The National - Sleep Well Beast
The Antlers - Hospice

Good to see someone suggested Skippinish.
Im going to add

• Zach Bryan; American Heartbreak
• Tidelines; Eye of the Storm
• Stevie Wonder; Songs in the Key of Life
• Maggie Rogers; Surrender

@AutoP1lot Thank you! Lots of good choices on your list too. I still need to check out Mark Lanegan's solo work. Love him on QOTSA.

English teacher - This could be Texas (mercury prize winner this year)
Chappell Roan - Rise and fall of a Midwest princess
Arcade Fire - The suburbs
The black keys - brothers
Girls aloud - Ten
Gorillas - Demon days
Jorja Smith - lost and found
Jungle - Jungle
Loyle Carner - Yesterdays gone
Reverend and the Makers - The state of things
Scissor sisters - Scissor sisters

A mix of some of my favourite full albums!

I would go way back to the big three: the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin.
I would choose:
Abbey Road, Sergeant Pepper, Revolver,
Echoes, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here,
and Led Zeppelin 2 and 4.

Close to the Edge and Fragile by Yes
Bach's Concerto for two violins, Mass in B minor and St Matthew Passion
Mozart's Requiem
Cream's Disraeli Gears
Simon and Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park
Deja Vue by Crosby Stills and Nash
Release by Afro Celt Sound System
Sverker by Corvus Corvax
Mirror Pool by Lisa Gerrard
Anything by Joni Mitchell
Something by Tool
Futha by Heilung
Gold by John Lee Hooker
Chicago Blues by Muddy Waters

The Killers - Pressure Machine

Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter (it's a story, you have to listen in order & not on shuffle!)

Goldfrapp, Seventh Tree

Self-Esteem, Prioritise Pleasure

The velvet Underground The bannana album
Stone Roses Stone Roses
Hunky Dory David Bowie
Lou Reed Transformer
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Elvis Presley 68 Comeback Special

Scene Queen - Hot Singles In Your Area (it's more nu metal than death metal but it's a little heavy in places, worth adding to the list though)

Ghost - Prequelle (extended edition ideally for the Pet Shop boys cover)

Falling in Reverse - Popular Monster

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

The Dead South - Good Company (Bluegrass sort of thing)

I love this idea!
For those wondering how - before work and after work and in the evening instead of TV?!
OP also said she wfh so that also helps.

I'm definitely going to try some of these albums too.

I agree with some others already mentioned and I offer:

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Bedouin Soundclash - Sounding a mosaic
Tom Grennan - Lighting Matches
Incubus - Make Yourself
Jack Johnson - Brushfire fairytales
Harry Styles - Harry Styles
Matchbox 20 - yourself or someone like you
Hundred Reasons - ideas above our station
Hell is for heroes - the neon handshake

Will you update the thread periodically with what you listen to and whether you liked it or not?