There are plenty of good albums, but how many great albums are out there? I mean albums that are cover-to-cover great, albums you wouldn’t skip a single song on. I think there are very few albums out there that most people would consider no-skippers. Now of course my 52 greatest albums, or rather my list of albums to listen to before you die is going to be different to other people. I chose to do 52 to give you one album to listen to a week for the year. These are not in any particular order or genre. Instead, it is a musical adventure to take you through the 2024 year and give you a little something to listen to all year long. Each Album has a link to listen to. Hopefully, there are some that are completely new to you, or even just albums you haven’t listened to all the way through before.
1: Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/0TGTGuc2vXv6ZECoAf52N0?utm_source=generator
2: Taylor Swift: Folklore
https://open.spotify.com/embed/album/1pzvBxYgT6OVwJLtHkrdQK?utm_source=generator
3: The National: First Two Pages of Frankenstein
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Mc6uebYtKnRc5I7bjlNB6?si=teWB9iUmTmip1w0CrFCUtA
4: Paul Conrad: LXXXVIII
https://open.spotify.com/album/2VHENm11PDqL4YPd5iDhIE?si=tYMVUxBjQymZYtH6qt6gRw
5: Laufey: Bewitched
https://open.spotify.com/album/1rpCHilZQkw84A3Y9czvMO?si=sZuxXMZbTJqjldeDwoJKKg
6: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium
https://open.spotify.com/album/7xl50xr9NDkd3i2kBbzsNZ?si=qNOVaNHyTTOxazfry9dRRA
7: Gorillaz: Gorillaz
https://open.spotify.com/album/0YvYmLBFFwYxgI4U9KKgUm?si=bD3Jj3afQNS-pInI441qgw
8: System of a Down: Toxicity
https://open.spotify.com/album/6jWde94ln40epKIQCd8XUh?si=JAvUp5NURme_WnsE_zfmiA
9: Moby: Reprise
https://open.spotify.com/album/1bqeVjo54gj4BjjOH8dC97?si=lPOQa2iASRyAaNqHzrE5Eg
10: Moby: Resound
https://open.spotify.com/album/2w2Pv5AdhDjgLBjcN5OEuT?si=mzFv9yvxSDeP1alApZklTA
11: Rage Against the Machine: The Battle of Los Angeles
https://open.spotify.com/album/2eia0myWFgoHuttJytCxgX?si=STUbAYfDQP6IcTUV-KADqg
12: Weezer: Blue Album
https://open.spotify.com/album/3hcrTu8zeynChXDOJt3lX2?si=Szq0KOesTV6ZnQouMu5cEw
13: Seven Mary Three – American Standard
https://open.spotify.com/album/4IWy4QGftrQZLLvN6Dq4Lm?si=A2ZOqeqdSHaPrcRjbe95cw
14: Bach: Goldberg variations
https://open.spotify.com/album/1aCpHSQE5ghxibsQ5gkBe0?si=GrVzGSU4QQCYnFv7g58JZQ
15: Stan Getz: Getz Au Go Go – Live
https://open.spotify.com/album/6QRnSOOnQtoETsFxtj43Qu?si=mA_84JJbQo2BDBgsv_kHxQ
16: Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile, featuring Aoife O’Donovan: The Goat Rodeo Sessions
https://open.spotify.com/album/3P7xbl4YB4T73vWRHgcHMa?si=dvvRx9D-TyypMCWcECIE6A
17: Streetlight Manifesto: Everything Went Numb
https://open.spotify.com/album/5slTcrsJ9B8Q4q8rA135XE?si=3oHpG6mRRhKk9ztAbvV0cA
18: Led Zeppelin: 4
https://open.spotify.com/album/5EyIDBAqhnlkAHqvPRwdbX?si=QZykqPTyTDG75PE6somxIQ
19: The Police: Synchronicity
https://open.spotify.com/album/5W9OT0a5iZlBr83a9WMKFY?si=KJ4-oNigRMywah59RJpWTQ
20: This Mortal Coil: Filigree and Shadow (Remastered)
https://open.spotify.com/album/3jxN3IOozWaRBCfhuqu2gu?si=XWB1CY3vSDSvuxy3ocnwJw
21: Funkadelic: Maggot Brain
https://open.spotify.com/album/3ywVzrwMQ3Kq43N9zBdBQm?si=4_GiYpDBQYSjlDxXiBv4VQ
22: Daft Punk: Discovery
https://open.spotify.com/album/2noRn2Aes5aoNVsU6iWThc?si=2CD_5eb2R9-dcCc-Y6z5_A
23: Run the Jewels: RTJ 4
https://open.spotify.com/album/74LenWKjMdGa2qJiI1sxwT?si=lVjzX_FiSr6x2AxIxEWYNg
24: Lil Wayne: Tha Carter III
https://open.spotify.com/album/5BGzOpea6At0Nd7tYtYZOP?si=z-AFrfoMT1asqo6Gfq3-dA
25: Incubus: Make Yourself
https://open.spotify.com/album/2i6nd4FV6y7K9fln6eelmR?si=iqnS-11zSdO9My9aG7bYMg
26: Sublime: Sublime
https://open.spotify.com/album/14eK347GdWO4mBBx78tsut?si=G_Obj5HwQ9qd4Gn67MTmYA
27: Zach Bryan: Zach Bryan
https://open.spotify.com/album/6PbnGueEO6LGodPfvNldYf?si=CBSGPoE9QKOJ85PbDHS7qw
28: Johnny Cash: The Legend of Johnny Cash
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/27EJQbgU7yrHwNMceThQWq?si=39e54e8ce7c449e9
29: Eminem: Marshall Mathers LP2
https://open.spotify.com/album/6t7956yu5zYf5A829XRiHC?si=W3QWHj0lTGe5kXRVahrAOg
30: Herb Alpert: Whipped Cream and Other Delights
https://open.spotify.com/album/7DxaerKtPdBxBZLwlgGcqP?si=lgtq0uwKReKlltHBl0mdbA
31: Dirty Heads: Dirty Heads
https://open.spotify.com/album/5roECT2OKdlszQBDtuECHW?si=NkDQ_g6VQQCOcMJnEygiSQ
32: Offspring: Americana
https://open.spotify.com/album/2RNTBrSO8U8XjjEj9RVvZ5?si=VuCmpWnpSduiYTJbF-1oBQ
33: NWA: Straight Outa Compton
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Y7qkJVZ06tS2GUCDptzyW?si=SXaD21xMSg6tIDljn-Kqog
34: Beastie Boys: Licensed to Ill
https://open.spotify.com/album/11oR0ZuqB3ucZwb5TGbZxb?si=ZEPVc1EVQ46w_pVH5iYm7g
35: The Killers: Hot Fuss
https://open.spotify.com/album/4piJq7R3gjUOxnYs6lDCTg?si=58T69CRuQzeBCkTZ_1C4hA
36: Dave Brubeck: Time Out
https://open.spotify.com/album/0nTTEAhCZsbbeplyDMIFuA?si=HY07FD2WQT6s8scsI6VU7g
37: Buddy Rich: The New One
https://open.spotify.com/album/3gj1kMBWYwxcp1QnVjjkto?si=cTBHA-JhRfW4pd4uGhvUOQ
38: The Darkness: Permission to Land
https://open.spotify.com/album/6vW9ZDllNv87WHXS3XTjlM?si=_a6Q6V55Q92stNT06R8taQ
39: Noah Kahan – Stick Season
https://open.spotify.com/album/50ZenUP4O2Q5eCy2NRNvuz?si=aOa266n0Qm-4VEZCiaWTew
40: Michael Jackson: Thriller
https://open.spotify.com/album/1C2h7mLntPSeVYciMRTF4a?si=JRJ-9LRATP-sVd_Ep7hH0Q
41: Harry Styles: Fine Line
https://open.spotify.com/album/7xV2TzoaVc0ycW7fwBwAml?si=Ilj-n3RAToyhPKYd7lW0WQ
42: Justin Furstenfeld: Songs From an Open Book
https://open.spotify.com/album/3edNNskAhXHsvLFfO0xKYo?si=HcMwymCdRWyV2gPyyDiOJQ
43: Green Day: American Idiot
https://open.spotify.com/album/5dN7F9DV0Qg1XRdIgW8rke?si=dnIpuzwXRGWGIPwgHmj7yg
44: Elvis: Moody Blue
https://open.spotify.com/album/08bROKoMarHS0jRzZOEv08?si=3MYXUHsgTdeENOhXeDWU1
45: Robyn: Body Talk
https://open.spotify.com/album/0Rzg7fqyWE39G6wKipxrns?si=da3WpDmjTDKqnuuK0lEGxw
46: Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city
https://open.spotify.com/album/3DGQ1iZ9XKUQxAUWjfC34w?si=y-gbw2JXQBu-HqArOVXmyg
47: Dr. Dre: The Chronic
https://open.spotify.com/album/2V5rhszUpCudPcb01zevOt?si=rfsJQwKMTPSw9XZFt_8fHA
48: Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake – Eugene Ormandy
https://open.spotify.com/album/7c6EXHfUsf6w1qw2avfxHE?si=4AiYzC9MT3GnhrzHP-i03Q
49: Love: Forever Changes
https://open.spotify.com/album/2amHBpP8C0EUy6yBNy6nN6?si=dIrNsSeZRumzfonvuPgKtw
50: Stan Getz, João Gilberto: Getz/Gilberto
https://open.spotify.com/album/73ZRKdD3Ds43IjHrhKgucY?si=9MkWuZQXQZGI0Nt8UdDitg
51: Brian Eno : Antoher Green World
https://open.spotify.com/album/6uoeezh45SYEb8lcT8gDTY?si=jYEiENN2Tfa7uL3lDhw4kA
52: Outkast: Aquemini
https://open.spotify.com/album/5ceB3rxgXqIRpsOvVzTG28?si=aLc7OTU4R6GFuhdGp0TiAQ
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We hope you enjoy our list of albums and would love to hear back from you if you think there are any we missed.