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Anri - Timely!!:
A Japanese city pop classic.

https://youtu.be/uQ9nsr9YoCQ

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbbUeLkZt74

Cocteau Twins have a very unique, ethereal sort of sound, and a lot of the modern indie pop I listen to is so clearly influenced by them. The words often sound like gibberish, but I think it's just because whatever they're saying is really esoteric, and the singer is Scottish. I like every album by them, but this one was probably their biggest - I think those of you who don't put a lot of stock in the lyrics might especially enjoy it as a whole, and not just the biggest tracks.

Curve - Cuckoo:
One of my old favorites. Kinda heavyish alternative rock (industrial?) with a lot of different sounds. And only 10 songs so it should be simpler to rank than a bunch of the last few weeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8tyE73Vaak

Mort Garson - Mother Earth's Plantasia:
I don't really know what this is - it came up third in RYM results searching for music that's happy, quirky, and hypnotic. The sample track certainly delivers. Why settle for something you've heard of when you can try something new instead?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkesIsPGlSU

Katamari Damacy Soundtrack "Katamari Fortissimo Damacy":
A hugely varied video game soundtrack that doesn't really sound like a video game soundtrack. It's hard to define the genre because it takes from so many influences. It is a bit long at 75 minutes overall, but it's more than worth it and doesn't overstay its welcome.

Sample Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuT3fgk3vzQ

The Killers - Sam's Town:
One of the albums that defined my taste in music through the early 2000s and I will stand by the statement that it is consistently a better and more thematically creative album than Hot Fuss

https://youtu.be/4H3ZgR0EESM?si=UUPFhwNVOHJmn9Ka

John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves:
https://youtu.be/GgxVktBNZjY?si=JDyanLWpEB9PUpVG

The National - Alligator:
Very difficult choice, I love both Alligator and Boxer to bits, but Alligator is just a smidge more tinged with nostalgia for me which gives it my preference.

Anyway, I always describe The National as mid-life crisis music. That sounds worse than it is, it's just...it's music for people in their thirties and forties (even if I discovered them in my teens!), there's just such a mood of both melancholy and an uproarious desire for life and purpose too. This and Boxer are perfect albums, even everything on here that could lean towards filler fills its purpose exactly in the grand scheme of the album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PY4VBirn08

Sinad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got:
I'm following up on Joni Mitchell with another singer/songwriter classic, this one from 1990. Sinad is one of those great artists who will never get the respect she deserved because of a stupid controversy where she spoke the truth before people were ready to hear it. She's a wonderful vocalist, and this is an album I've been meaning to revisit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-EF60neguk

Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever:
I can link to them if you want but the notable hits on this album are "Free Fallin'," "Runnin' Down a Dream," "I Won't Back Down," and "Yer So Bad."

Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.:
Have I nominated this before? Possibly, but I have a poor memory. Hauntingly beautiful Alt-Country album, with some of my all time favorite songs on it.

Sample Track:
https://youtu.be/1zI2ztkoeh0?si=c5QqCXB-KEdv7jte

Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds:
Kind of a random choice by me. I've never heard this album in full but I do remember enjoying some of the singles back when, so, why not, right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gOHvDP_vCs