Greatest Albums of All Times : A Personal Sojourn

Legend: Songs I like from the respective albums are mentioned. If I really like them, a single star is appended. If it is one of the songs I absolutely love, three stars are appended. These are, of course, my emotional response to these songs, and thus a very personal and subjective rating. Two stars are mostly used to distinguish a song from the other two ratings, and is obviously something I deem somewhere in the middle of "really like" and "absolutely adore".

Этажи (Etazhi) (2018) by Molchat Doma (Молчат Дома)


Songs I love from the album:
Танцевать (Tancevat) ⋆⋆⋆
Судно (Борис Рижий) (Sudno (Boris Ryzhy)) ⋆⋆⋆
Тоска (Toska) ⋆⋆⋆
Клетка (Kletka) ⋆⋆⋆
Волны (Volny) ⋆⋆⋆

Notes: Etazhi is undoubtedly the best album produced by Molchat Doma. Molchat Doma, a modern Belarusian band, is one of my favourite bands of all time. I had the privilege and opportunity to catch their live set during the EXIT festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 2022. We are bound for life since. Their drum machine ensemble is one of the best pieces of music tech I have ever witnessed — it also characterises the sound of the album in a major way.

Business As Usual (1981) by Men at Work

Songs I love from the album:

Down Under ⋆⋆⋆
Who Can It Be Now? ⋆⋆⋆
I Can See it in Your Eyes ⋆
Helpless Automaton
Be Good Johnny

Notes: Down Under is essentially the unofficial national anthem of Australia. Who Can It Be Now? is one of my favourite narrative songs, and it turns out that it has an interesting backstory - it's based on a time of the life of the lead singer/songwriter back when he resided in a seedy neighbourhood.


Songs of Innocence (2014) by U2

Songs I love from the album:

Every Breaking Wave ⋆⋆⋆
California (There Is No End To Love) ⋆⋆⋆
Song For Someone ⋆⋆⋆
Iris (Hold Me Close) ⋆⋆ 
The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) ⋆



 



Closure (2020) by Winona Oak - Extended Play (EP)

Songs I love from the album:

Let Me Know ⋆⋆
Break My Broken Heart ⋆
Lonely Hearts Club ⋆
He Don't Love Me 


 



Свиная попутка (Swinaja Poputka) (2018) by Vtoroi Ka (Второй Ка)


Songs I love from the album:

Тени от пальм
Oна совсем одна 
Bстречайте Говнюков ⋆⋆⋆
Уголовные тела 
Дура ⋆⋆⋆








Oracular Spectacular (2007) by MGMT



****Insert album cover photo here****


Songs I love from the album:

Electric Feel ⋆⋆⋆
Kids ⋆⋆⋆
Time to Pretend ⋆⋆⋆

 

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