This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 41 through 32 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 51 through 42 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 61 through 52 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 71 through 62 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 81 through 72 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 91 through 82 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
This year, I have discovered #365NewToMeAlbums.
Throughout December, I'll be reviewing my #Top31NewToMeAlbums2025.
For now though, here's 101 through 92 for my favourite discoveries of an absolutely incredible year 🎶👇
#365NewToMeAlbums
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365/365
🗣️ The Beach Boys
💿 The Beach Boys' Christmas Album
What a special way to finish.
We decorated the house for Xmas yesterday, and I coaxed the family into listening to my final new-to-me record of this wonderful and illustrious year...
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364/365
🗣️ Neil Young
💿 Trans
I've been deliberating over how to finish my year of exploration, trying to find the perfect albums to end on.
Then I realised, I'm not that organised. And so I went for Young's critically berated synth record...
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363/365
🗣️ New Order
💿 Substance
New Order were one of my big disappointments in 2024 - I liked a lot, but loved very little.
But in the last week, that's all changing, and now I've gone whole hog by adding to the full 146 minute version...
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362/365
🗣️ Scott Walker
💿 Tilt
I've only heard a couple of Walker's earlier albums, which are famously worlds away from this.
In fact, I tried this album a long time ago and didn't get halfway through.
How the times have changed...
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361/365
🗣️ Pharoah Sanders
💿 Jewels Of Thought
This is the record that came out straight after Karma, which is almost impossible to follow up.
To me, the first track, which isn't too dissimilar to The Creator Has A Masterplan is superb...
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360/365
🗣️ John Martyn
💿 Bless The Weather
Another morning of filling in peak Martyn gaps is another morning well spent.
Coming directly before the seminal Solid Air, I didn't want to expect too much here, but it was an absolutely gorgeous listen.
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359/365
🗣️ The Choir
💿 Circle Slide
This album was recommended from a Facebook post on Laughing Stock.
Naturally, I couldn't resist. A completely new-to-me band, and honestly, what an absolutely fascinating discovery.
This is breaktaking...
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358/365
🗣️ Bob Dylan
💿 Desire
These albums have got to stop being so bloody good when I've decided on my favourites for the year already.
Hurricane, Isis, One More Cup Of Coffee, Joey, Romance In Durango, so many great songs here...
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357/365
🗣️ John Martyn
💿 Inside Out
I'm fast approaching the end of another fantastic year of discovery.
Martyn has been one of my favourite new-to-me artists, but still with considerable gaps in my listening.
His jazz-influenced record is next up...
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356/365
🗣️ Spirit
💿 Spirit
Having enjoyed 12 Dreams... so much, it was only a matter of time before trying out the debut, which seems to even more revered.
Of course, it's with good reason. This is a joy right from the off...
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355/365
🗣️ Mahavishnu Orchestra
💿 Apocalypse
Recorded with London Symphony Orchestra to add grandiosity to MO's MO of dramatic and atmospheric soundscapes, there's so much more good than bad to be found here, even if it can get a tad tedious...
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354/365
🗣️ Spirit
💿 Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus
Been far too long since listening to a recommendation, but what a place to restart.
Perception seems that Spirit were and are underrated because they couldn't agree on a defined sound...
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353/365
🗣️ Sun Ra
💿 Discipline 27-II
With over 100 albums and scores as many songs and movements to his name, picking out the next Sum Ra record to listen to is akin to going in blind to pick 'n' mix - and lord knows I have a sweet tooth...
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352/365
🗣️ Pharoah Sanders
💿 Black Unity
Consisting of just one 37-minute long track, this is seemingly commonly revered as one of Sanders' finest works.
I have to agree; at times it felt even more transcendental than Karma; no mean feat...
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351/365
🗣️ The Doors
💿 Waiting For The Sun
There was a moment, however briefly, when I thought that the disdain for The Doors' third album was overblown.
It was during the closing moments of Wintertime Love, the third decent song in a row here...
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350/365
🗣️ Holger Czukay
💿 Movies
I adore Can. And I am fascinated by the pioneering found audio and sampling records.
It's common knowledge that My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts was groundbreaking, but this came first, and is similarly magnificent.
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349/365
🗣️ Duster
💿 Stratosphere
A cult record whose reputation has grown aptly into the stratosphere thanks to RYM, it finally piqued my interest enough last night to get over my slowcore boredom and try it out.
I was not disappointed...
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348/365
🗣️ The Kinks
💿 ...Are The Village Green Preservation Society
My hunches are often right.
And for some reason, I had a hunch I wouldn't like this album as much as the previous two.
But my hunches are only often right...
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347/365
🗣️ The Doors
💿 Strange Days
Before today, I only knew the debut.
Much as I liked it, I had no inclination to seek anything further out.
I'm not sure why I had a hankering for changing that, but I've played this three times this afternoon
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346/365
🗣️ Pharoah Sanders
💿 Wisdom Through Music
The consensus appears to be that this is one of Sanders' most divisive recordings, but the party nature of proceedings is right up my street.
Love Is Everywhere is absolutely magical...!
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345/365
🗣️ Sun Ra
💿 Jazz In Silhouette
I've said before that there's little to no rhyme nor reason behind listening to the Sanders and Sun Ra albums I am.
I picked this one for the cover alone, only seeing after it was one of his first records.
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344/365
🗣️ Pharoah Sanders
💿 Summun, Bukmun, Umyun
Really, bloody good stuff here. It's spiritual jazz as you'd expect from Sanders, but the second track especially is a gorgeous cacophony of percussion and rhythms combining to stupendous effect.
