15 Albums

The list of 15 Albums has been completed by Christielli and Galapagos and now it's my turn!

Here are the rules:
Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Remember: List records in no particular order.

1. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

The first time I heard of Tori Amos...yeah it was 1994. It was an album review in a reader produced issue of Sassy magazine (which was another big part of my life). I was living in Regina, I headed out right away in -40C (-40F) to walk to the record store to buy it. It was love at first listen and I was hooked.

2. The Tragically Hip - Day for Night

This album takes me back to 1993, the first Another Roadside Attraction concert. First row with my friend Dustin, we stood there for hours in the baking sun, squished in the mosh pit. It was so worth it. I was a huge Hip fan. I love every song on this album.

3. Sonny Stitt sits in with The Oscar Peterson Trio

I dated a jazz musician for a little while in Regina, he introduced me to this album. It's amazing.

4. The Tragically Hip - Full Completely

I grew up on the prairies, so it's like I was pre-programmed to love The Hip. This album is epic. Every song is stunning, belted out perfectly, amazing poetry.....it is a classic and will always be one of my favourite albums.

5. Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner

This is the first Tom Waits album I got my hands on and it delivers. I don't even know where this concert was performed (I should look it up, I mean really....) but I like to imagine it actually takes place in a run down diner. Tom Waits is my all time, all time favourite musician. This album brought me into his world and I'm still amazed at what he produces.

6. Operation IvyI remember driving around the city when I was in high school with my friend Sam with this album cranked. And singing top volume of course. I'm surprised we weren't in an accident.
This album was hard to find where I was growing up. There was a super cool 'alternative' record store in Regina that I would haunt and I found it there.

7. David Bowie - Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust go hand-in-hand for me. I grew up listening to this stuff. My mom had the vinyls. I remember running around the house dancing to this album. This is one of my favourite albums of all time. (Next to Ziggy Stardust.)

8. Alanis Morissette - Bitter Little Pill

I was in college when this album came out and my boyfriend had just dumped me for one of my friends. This was JUST what I needed: a good album full of bitter songs, obviously it spoke to me at the time.

9. Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot

I love, love, love this album. I was a big Smashing Pumpkins fan, but this album spoke to me more than the others for some reason. When I listen to it I remember taking the Oak bus to work in downtown Vancouver.....I was 21. Frail and Bedazzled and Plume especially take me back.....

10. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut

Again, most people would choose The Wall or another album as their favourite Pink Floyd album, but not me. I like this one, there is such a great storyline here and the message is super powerful. I listened to it over and over when I was drawing millwork for the yacht place I worked at when I 'discovered' this album.

11. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

In 1994 I was living in Regina and I had a crush on my neighbour. He had really dark hair, sweet eyes and wore a black feather boa. I was at his place one time and he put this on, I was hooked from the first listen. I love Dylan and this is my favourite album of his.

12. The Presets - Beams

This is one of the first Electronica groups that Rawbean introduced me to. I knew there was another type of music out there that I would love, but I needed someone to show me the way. This album reminds me of my wedding (I choose a couple songs to play at the party) but it reminds me more of flying back and forth to Vancouver on the float planes for work.

13. Tori Amos - To Venus and Back

Like I said, Tori Amos stuck with me for years. I saw her in concert for the first time during the tour for this album, and it was intense. I love the song 'Liquid Diamonds' and it still remains one of my favourites of hers to this day.

14. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & the Spider from Mars

One of the best albums ever made. Hands down. Like Hunky Dory, this album has been in my life since I can remember. Only once I got to Vancouver did I really develop my serious love of this music. It never leaves my ipod. Never. It's comforting just to know it's close by.

15. Nirvana - Nevermind

Yeah, as if. When this came out, it was so crazy. While growing up on the prairies limited me to seeing these groups in concert, I still felt like I was part of something new and interesting.