My current music collection has a lot of EG Records stable, US hardcore 1978-1984, NY avant, Windham Hill.
You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood.
Preferred format Vinyl by far, but I’m lazy so MP3s in the car.
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without:
1
Discreet Music
Brian Eno
I just get lost in these pieces and hear different rhythms and
melodies every time I listen…perfect companion for a fella by himself on
an island.
2
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
So many layers, incredible shifts and colors. Bill Laswell remix is stunning.
3
Agaetis Byrjun
Sigur Ros
Aliens have landed. This tour was maybe the best thing I’ve ever seen live, right next to 1983 Bad Brains.
4
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
Truly beautiful interplay, musicians really listening to each other.
Uninhibited passion vocally. This and Mark’s solo record super
influential.
5
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Only because it’s two records, cuz they did not make a bad
record. I’d be happy with any one of them. “In the Light” and “Kashmir”
both otherworldly, which would be needed on the desert island.
What’s your five? I carried around a list for a few months, trying the whittle it down. My top five today: 1. DISCREET MUSIC 2. BITCHES BREW 3. AGAETIS BYRGUN 4. LAUGHING STOCK 5. PHYSICAL GRAFFITI @spinmag#whatnobeatles
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5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam
Name Jeff Ament
Current city Missoula, MT
Really want to be in Essaouira, Morocco
Excited about Top secret soundscape scoring gig.
My current music collection has a lot of EG Records stable, US hardcore 1978-1984, NY avant, Windham Hill.
You wouldn’t expect me to listen to Marillion’s Misplaced Childhood.
Preferred format Vinyl by far, but I’m lazy so MP3s in the car.
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without:
1
Discreet Music
Brian Eno
I just get lost in these pieces and hear different rhythms and melodies every time I listen…perfect companion for a fella by himself on an island.
2
Bitches Brew
Miles Davis
So many layers, incredible shifts and colors. Bill Laswell remix is stunning.
3
Agaetis Byrjun
Sigur Ros
Aliens have landed. This tour was maybe the best thing I’ve ever seen live, right next to 1983 Bad Brains.
4
Laughing Stock
Talk Talk
Truly beautiful interplay, musicians really listening to each other. Uninhibited passion vocally. This and Mark’s solo record super influential.
5
Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin
Only because it’s two records, cuz they did not make a bad record. I’d be happy with any one of them. “In the Light” and “Kashmir” both otherworldly, which would be needed on the desert island.
Honorable Mentions:
This list took me five months to whittle down.
John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band
Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions
Peter Gabriel’s 1
Neil Young’s Decade
Gordon Downie’s Introduce Yerself
Public Image Limited’s Second Edition
Black Flag’s Damaged
Grizzly Bear’s Shields
Portishead’s Dummy
David Bowie’s Hunky Dory
officialament
1. DISCREET MUSIC 2. BITCHES BREW 3. AGAETIS BYRGUN 4. LAUGHING STOCK 5. PHYSICAL GRAFFITI @spinmag #whatnobeatles