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mschostokmschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
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Are there any albums you associate with any specific season and/or can really only listen to an album during a particular season? Can be PJ or any other artist. 

For example, Vs., Vitalogy and Mellon Collie scream Fall to me and it’s always weird to listen to those albums in the summer or spring. Nevermind, Superunknown and Avocado are always in the summer for me. Just a few examples, I can’t be the only one…
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  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 7,057
    Now is the time for Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" although it's still too damn warm in Ohio for the gales of November.

    Mid-winter (after Christmas) when it's snowing, windy and dark... I'm Still Here.
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  • Ukuleddie VeggerUkuleddie Vegger Posts: 515
    Your spot on with your Fall snd summer elections mshoshok. I love Tom Waits from Fall-Winter. 
  • mschostokmschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    edited October 2021
    Backspacer is one that I really only listen to in the summer, it feels weird to listen to in the dead of winter lol. Chili Peppers are pretty strictly summer for me, too.
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  • iOnlyownMymindiOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,884
    Tough to beat Riot Act in the fall when it's dark out and raining. 
  • im an earim an ear San Diego, CA Posts: 245
    Just now realizing that the albums do kinda chronologically flow with the seasons… 🤯

    Ten = summer (“Indian summer and I hate the heat”)
    Vs. = fall (artwork and tone feels like fall to me)
    Vitalogy = winter (darker/colder album)
    No Code = spring (little more hopeful/rebirth)
    Yield = summer (feels like a summer album to me)
    Binaural = fall (getting darker again…)
    Riot Act = winter (“no matter how cold the winter”)
    Avocado = spring (rebirth again)
    Backspacer = summer (more upbeat/sunnier)
    Lightning Bolt = fall (embracing darker songs again)
    Gigaton = winter (artwork/tone feels like winter)
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  • GibsonGibson Toronto Posts: 2,654
    Very interesting question...

    I can't think of anything for the seasons, but I do know that City and Colour, The National, Counting Crows come out when it's rainy and sad.

    WAIT - Dave Matthews was built for summer.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    Vs, Riot Act, Coldplay's first and second records, all Lord Huron, and all War on Drugs
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    No Code and Ten are summer albums for me. 
    Backspacer, LB, —-early Fall

    you know what. They all remind me of the month they were released.  I have nothing of substance to add here LOL
  • mschostokmschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    Gibson said:
    Very interesting question...

    I can't think of anything for the seasons, but I do know that City and Colour, The National, Counting Crows come out when it's rainy and sad.

    WAIT - Dave Matthews was built for summer.
    DMB is the definition of summer music. I can't think of a weirder band to listen to in the colder months lol
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    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • mschostokmschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    cp3iverson said:
    No Code and Ten are summer albums for me. 
    Backspacer, LB, —-early Fall

    you know what. They all remind me of the month they were released.  I have nothing of substance to add here LOL
    Ten is definitely summer - roll down the windows and blast that kind of album. 
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    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • mschostokmschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    Deftones Diamond Eyes is another one that is pretty much strictly spring and summer for me. 
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    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    Nick Drake and Simon and Garfunkel are fall.

    Beach boys and sixties pop are summer.
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  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,433
    Always thought QotSA album Songs for the Deaf was a great summer album. I remember a few scorching Aussie summers with this bad boy being played in the car with windows down. 
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,364
    edited October 2021
    Soundgarden's King Animal = Winter
    Explosions In The Sky's How Strange, Innocence = Autumn
    Jack Johnson's In Between Dreams = Summer
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,676
    For me Van Halen I and Van Halen II I've always equated with summer.  Mostly because remember getting into VH in the mid 80s and cruising around the area and the Jersey Shore with those albums blasting.

    Riot Act is a fall album for me mostly because I had it on repeat every weeknight riding the stationary bike in the basement when it came out.  
  • JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 5,025
    Murmur and Life's Rich Pageant by R.E.M. have always seemed like Fall, while Green seems like Summer to me. 
  • Go AnimalGo Animal Posts: 6,259
    Type O Negative - October Rust: Fall
    Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head: Winter
    Pink Floyd - The Division Bell: Spring
    Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way: Summer
    Ghost - Prequelle: Fall
    The Shins - Wincing the Night Away: Winter

    (conversely, here's PJ -
    Ten: Fall
    No Code: Winter
    Vs: Spring
    Vitalogy: Summer
    Yield: Fall
    Binaural: Winter
    Lightning Bolt: Spring
    Avacado: Summer
    Backspacer: Fall
    Gigaton: Fall/Winter
    Riot Act: Winter/Spring)

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  • rb173565rb173565 Posts: 115
    pearl jam xmas singles with.... oh wait....
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,364
    edited October 2021
    Different strokes for different folks...
    Ten = Autumn
    Vs. = Summer
    Vitalogy = Winter
    No Code = Spring
    Yield = Summer
    Binaural = Spring
    Riot Act = Summer
    Pearl Jam = Spring
    Backspacer = Autumn
    Lightning Bolt = Summer
    Gigaton = Spring
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  • DW139059DW139059 Posts: 362
    Dunno about albums by anybody, but I cant listen to Spirits In The Material World (Police) without envisioning a 36 degree day, looking out the window, everything covered in a deep layer of snow... :i_dunno: Random.
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