Here are some of my favorite albums. At some point in the future, I will post reviews of them.
If you have great music to recommend (especially lesser-known artists from international countries), please email me at jeff@the-pequod.com.
| Artist | Album | Year | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| !!! | Thr!!!er | 2013 | United States |
| 808 State | Utd. State 90 | 1990 | United Kingdom |
| King Sunny Ade | Juju Music | 1982 | Nigeria |
| Air | Moon Safari | 1998 | France |
| Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works 85-92 | 1992 | United Kingdom |
| Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works Volume II | 1994 | United Kingdom |
| Mulatu Astatke | Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale | 1998 | Ethiopia |
| Badly Drawn Boy | The Hour of Bewilderbeast | 2000 | United Kingdom |
| Beach House | Teen Dream | 2010 | United States |
| The Beatles | Rubber Soul | 1965 | United Kingdom |
| The Beatles | Revolver | 1966 | United Kingdom |
| The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | United Kingdom |
| The Beatles | The Beatles | 1968 | United Kingdom |
| The Beatles | Abbey Road | 1969 | United Kingdom |
| Jeff Beck | Truth | 1968 | United Kingdom |
| Jorge Ben | Africa Brasil | 1976 | Brazil |
| George Benson | The Shape of Things To Come | 1969 | United States |
| Big Star | Third | 1985 | United States |
| Black Midi | Schlagenheim | 2019 | United Kingdom |
| Blur | Parklife | 1994 | United Kingdom |
| Boards of Canada | Geogaddi | 2002 | Scotland |
| The Books | Thought for Food | 2002 | United States |
| David Bowie | Station to Station | 1976 | United Kingdom |
| David Bowie | Low | 1977 | United Kingdom |
| David Bowie | Blackstar | 2016 | United Kingdom |
| Glenn Branca | The Ascension | 1981 | United States |
| James Brown | Star Time | 1991 | United States |
| The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | East-West | 1966 | United States |
| The Byrds | Younger Than Yesterday | 1967 | United States |
| Calexico | The Black Light | 1998 | United States |
| Bill Callahan | Apocalypse | 2011 | United States |
| Terry Callier | What Color Is Love | 1973 | United States |
| Can | Tago Mago | 1971 | Germany |
| Captain Beefheart | Safe as Milk | 1967 | United States |
| Johnny Cash | At San Quentin | 1969 | United States |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | The Boatman's Call | 1997 | Australia |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! | 2008 | Australia |
| Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | Skeleton Tree | 2016 | Australia |
| Michael Chapman | Fully Qualified Survivor | 1970 | United Kingdom |
| Ray Charles | Ultimate Hits Collection | 1999 | United States |
| Clinic | Internal Wrangler | 2000 | United Kingdom |
| Cluster | Zuckerzeit | 1974 | Germany |
| Leonard Cohen | Songs of Leonard Cohen | 1967 | Canada |
| Leonard Cohen | You Want It Darker | 2016 | Canada |
| Alice Coltrane | Journey in Satchidananda | 1971 | United States |
| Alice Coltrane | The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda | 2017 | United States |
| Sam Cooke | Night Beat | 1963 | United States |
| Sam Cooke | One Night Stand! At the Harlem Square Club | 1985 | United States |
| Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Armed Forces | 1979 | United Kingdom |
| Elvis Costello & the Attractions | Trust | 1981 | United Kingdom |
| Don Covay & the Goodtimers | Mercy! | 1965 | United States |
| Culture | Two Sevens Clash | 1978 | Jamaica |
| The Cure | Staring at the Sea: The Singles | 1986 | United Kingdom |
| D'Angelo | Voodoo | 2000 | United States |
| Miles Davis | In a Silent Way | 1969 | United States |
| Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | 1970 | United States |
| Miles Davis | A Tribute to Jack Johnson | 1971 | United States |
| Miles Davis | On the Corner | 1972 | United States |
| Destroyer | Kaputt | 2011 | Canada |
| DJ Shadow | Endtroducing… | 1996 | United States |
| Doves | Lost Souls | 2000 | United Kingdom |
| Nick Drake | Five Leaves Left | 1969 | United Kingdom |
| Nick Drake | Bryter Layter | 1971 | United Kingdom |
| Champion Jack Dupree | Blues from the Gutter | 1958 | United States |
| Bob Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | 1965 | United States |
| Bob Dylan | Love and Theft | 2001 | United States |
| Echo & the Bunnymen | Heaven Up Here | 1981 | United Kingdom |
| Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 2019 | United States |
| Brian Eno | Another Green World | 1975 | United Kingdom |
| Brian Eno & David Byrne | My Life in the Bush of Ghosts | 1981 | United Kingdom |
| Esbjorn Svensson Trio | Live in Hamburg | 2007 | Sweden |
| Cesaria Evora | Miss Perfumado | 1992 | Cape Verde |
| Faces | Stay With Me: The Faces Anthology | 2012 | United Kingdom |
| Donald Fagen | The Nightfly | 1982 | United States |
| Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 1969 | United Kingdom |
| The Fall | Grotesque | 1980 | United Kingdom |
| The Fall | Hex Enduction Hour | 1982 | United Kingdom |
| The Fall | This Nation's Saving Grace | 1985 | United Kingdom |
| The Fall | Your Future Our Clutter | 2010 | United Kingdom |
| Fennesz | Endless Summer | 2001 | Austria |
| Fishmans | Long Season | 1996 | Japan |
| Flamin' Groovies | This Band is Red Hot | 2008 | United States |
| Floating Points | Elaenia | 2015 | United Kingdom |
| Flying Burrito Brothers | The Gilded Palace of Sin | 1969 | United States |
| Franco | Francophonic, Vol. 1 and 2 | 2009 | The Philippines |
| Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand | 2004 | Scotland |
| Fugazi | The Argument | 2001 | United States |
| Funkadelic | Maggot Brain | 1971 | United States |
| Funkadelic | One Nation Under a Groove | 1978 | United States |
| Serge Gainsbourg | Comic Strip | 1997 | France |
| Gang of Four | Entertainment! | 1979 | United Kingdom |
| Gas | Pop | 2000 | Germany |
| Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | 1971 | United States |
| Marvin Gaye | Here, My Dear | 1978 | United States |
| Marvin Gaye | Live in Montreux 1980 | 2003 | United States |
| Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben | Gil E Jorge | 1975 | Brazil |
| The Go-Betweens | 16 Lovers Lane | 1988 | Australia |
| The Go-Betweens | The Friends of Rachel Worth | 2000 | Australia |
| Gorillaz | Demon Days | 2005 | United Kingdom |
| Al Green | I'm Still in Love With You | 1972 | United States |
| Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou | Emahoy | 1963 | Ethiopia |
| Happy Mondays | Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches | 1990 | United Kingdom |
| Roy Harper | Stormcock | 1971 | United Kingdom |
| Slim Harpo | The Excello Singles Anthology | 2003 | United States |
| PJ Harvey | To Bring You My Love | 1995 | United Kingdom |
| PJ Harvey | Is This Desire? | 1998 | United Kingdom |
| PJ Harvey | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea | 2000 | United Kingdom |
| Richard Hawley | Late Night Final | 2002 | United Kingdom |
| Lee Hazlewood | Cowboy in Sweden | 1970 | United States |
| Helium | The Magic City | 1997 | United States |
| The High Llamas | Gideon Gaye | 1994 | Ireland |
| James Holden | The Inheritors | 2013 | United Kingdom |
| Hole | Live Through This | 1994 | United States |
| Mark Hollis | Mark Hollis | 1998 | United Kingdom |
| Jon Hopkins | Singularity | 2018 | United Kingdom |
| Howlin' Wolf | Moanin' in the Moonlight | 1959 | United States |
| Howlin' Wolf | The Rockin' Chair Album | 1962 | United States |
| Mississippi John Hurt | Avalon Blues | 1996 | United States |
| INXS | Welcome to Wherever You Are | 1992 | Australia |
| The Jam | Sound Affects | 1980 | United Kingdom |
| Skip James | Today! | 1965 | United States |
| Bert Jansch | The Dazzling Stranger | 2002 | United Kingdom |
| Japan | Tin Drum | 1981 | United Kingdom |
| Jan Jelinek | Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records | 2001 | Germany |
| Waylon Jennings | Honky Tonk Heroes | 1973 | United States |
| Waylon Jennings | Dreaming My Dreams | 1975 | United States |
| Grace Jones | Nightclubbing | 1981 | United States |
| Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures | 1979 | United Kingdom |
| Joy Division | Closer | 1980 | United Kingdom |
| The Kills | Midnight Boom | 2008 | United States |
| Albert King | Born Under a Bad Sign | 1967 | United States |
| Freddie King | Hide Away | 1993 | United States |
| King Crimson | In the Court of the Crimson King | 1969 | United Kingdom |
| The Kinks | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society | 1968 | United Kingdom |
| Fela Kuti | Expensive Shit/He Miss Road | 1975 | Nigeria |
| Fela Kuti | Confusion/Gentleman | 2000 | Nigeria |
| Fela Kuti | Shakara/London Scene | 2000 | Nigeria |
| Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | 2012 | United States |
| Lambchop | Nixon | 2000 | United States |
| Mark Lanegan | Bubblegum | 2004 | United States |
| Mark Lanegan | Blues Funeral | 2012 | United States |
| Yusef Lateef | Eastern Sounds | 1961 | United States |
| Le Tigre | Le Tigre | 1999 | United States |
| Furry Lewis | Shake 'Em On Down | 1972 | United States |
| Liquid Liquid | Slip In and Out of Phenomenon | 2008 | United States |
| LFO | Frequencies | 1991 | United Kingdom |
| Little Feat | Sailin' Shoes | 1972 | United States |
| The Lounge Lizards | Voice of Chunk | 1988 | United States |
| Nick Lowe | Labour of Lust | 1978 | United Kingdom |
| Nick Lowe | The Impossible Bird | 1994 | United Kingdom |
| Nick Lowe | The Convincer | 2001 | United Kingdom |
| Lonnie Mack | The Wham of That Memphis Man! | 1964 | United States |
| Tim Maia | The Existential Soul of Tim Maia | 2012 | Brazil |
| Stephen Malkmus | Stephen Malkmus | 2001 | United States |
| Stephen Malkmus | Face the Truth | 2005 | United States |
| Stephen Malkmus | Sparkle Hard | 2018 | United States |
| Harvey Mandel | Baby Batter | 1971 | United States |
| Marz | Wir Sind Hier | 2004 | Germany |
| Massive Attack | Blue Lines | 1991 | United Kingdom |
| Matmos | A Chance to Cut Is a Chance to Cure | 2001 | United States |
| Curtis Mayfield | Superfly | 1972 | United States |
| Paul McCartney | Ram | 1971 | United Kingdom |
| Mercury Rev | Deserter's Songs | 1998 | United States |
| Metro Area | Metro Area | 2002 | United States |
| Minutemen | Double Nickels on the Dime | 1984 | United States |
| Thelonious Monk | Genius Of Modern Music, Volume One & Two | 1952 | United States |
| Moodymann | Silentintroduction | 1997 | United States |
| Motor City Drum Ensemble | DJ-Kicks | 2011 | Germany |
| Van Morrison | Astral Weeks | 1968 | United Kingdom |
| Morrissey | Vauxhall & I | 1994 | United Kingdom |
| The Mothers of Invention | Freak Out! | 1966 | United States |
| Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour | 2018 | United States |
| Charlie Musselwhite | Stand Back! | 1967 | United States |
| Os Mutantes | Os Mutantes | 1968 | Brazil |
| My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | 1991 | Ireland |
| Need New Body | UFO | 2003 | United States |
| William Onyeabor | Who Is William Onyeabor? | 2013 | Nigeria |
| Opeth | Blackwater Park | 2001 | Sweden |
| Jim O'Rourke | Insignificance | 2001 | United States |
| Shuggie Otis | Inspiration Information | 1974 | United States |
| Pale Saints | The Comforts of Madness | 1990 | United Kingdom |
| Parliament | Mothership Connection | 1975 | United States |
| Parquet Courts | Light Up Gold | 2012 | United States |
| Pavement | Slanted and Enchanted | 1992 | United States |
| Pavement | Wowee Zowee | 1995 | United States |
| Peaking Lights | 936 | 2013 | United States |
| The People's Temple | Sons of Stone | 2011 | United States |
| The Perfect Disaster | Up | 1989 | United Kingdom |
| Pere Ubu | Dub Housing | 1978 | United States |
| Grant-Lee Phillips | Mobilize | 2001 | United States |
| Wilson Pickett | The Exciting Wilson Pickett | 1966 | United States |
| Pixies | Come on Pilgrim | 1987 | United States |
| Pixies | Surfer Rosa | 1988 | United States |
| Pixies | Doolittle | 1989 | United States |
| Michel Polnareff | Polnareff's | 1971 | France |
| The Pop Group | Y | 1979 | United Kingdom |
| Baden Powell | Os Afro-Sambas | 1996 | Brazil |
| Prefab Sprout | Steve McQueen | 1985 | United Kingdom |
| Elvis Presley | From Elvis in Memphis | 1969 | United States |
| Ray Price | Night Life | 1962 | United States |
| Primal Scream | Screamadelica | 1991 | Scotland |
| Public Enemy | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | 1988 | United States |
| Public Image Ltd. | Second Edition | 1979 | United Kingdom |
| Pulp | His 'N' Hers | 1994 | United Kingdom |
| Pulp | Different Class | 1995 | United Kingdom |
| Queens of the Stone Age | Rated R | 2000 | United States |
| Rachel's | Music for Egon Schiele | 1996 | United States |
| Radiohead | In Rainbows | 2007 | United Kingdom |
| Otis Redding | Otis Blue | 1965 | United States |
| Jerry Reed | The Man with the Golden Thumb | 1982 | United States |
| Jimmy Reed | Speak the Lyrics to Me, Mama Reed | 1993 | United States |
| R.E.M. | Chronic Town | 1982 | United States |
| R.E.M. | Murmur | 1983 | United States |
| R.E.M. | Lifes Rich Pageant | 1986 | United States |
| R.E.M. | Automatic for the People | 1992 | United States |
| Emitt Rhodes | Emitt Rhodes | 1970 | United States |
| Mark Ribot | Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos | 1998 | United States |
| Terry Riley & Bang on a Can | In C | 2001 | United States |
| Marty Robbins | Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs | 1959 | United States |
| Rocket from the Tombs | The Day the Earth Met the Rocket from the Tombs | 2002 | United States |
| Rockpile | Seconds of Pleasure | 1980 | United Kingdom |
| Roxy Music | For Your Pleasure | 1973 | United Kingdom |
| Arthur Russell | The World of Arthur Russell | 2004 | United States |
| Gil Scott-Heron | We're New Here | 2020 | United States |
| Bob Seger | Live Bullet | 1976 | United States |
| The Seeds | The Seeds | 1966 | United States |
| Sonny Sharrock | Ask the Ages | 1991 | United States |
| Silver Jews | American Water | 1998 | United States |
| Paul Simon | Paul Simon | 1972 | United States |
| Paul Simon | Graceland | 1986 | United States |
| Paul Simon | Rhythm of the Saints | 1990 | United States |
| Paul Simon | So Beautiful or So What | 2011 | United States |
| Sir Douglas Quintet | The Return of Doug Saldana | 1971 | United States |
| Sleaford Mods | Divide and Exit | 2014 | United Kingdom |
| Sly & the Family Stone | Stand! | 1969 | United States |
| Sly & the Family Stone | There's a Riot Goin' On | 1971 | United States |
| Lonnie Liston Smith | Expansions | 1974 | United States |
| The Smiths | Hatful of Hollow | 1984 | United Kingdom |
| The Smiths | The Queen is Dead | 1986 | United Kingdom |
| Son House | Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions | 1992 | United States |
| Sonic Youth | Sister | 1987 | United States |
| Sonic Youth | Daydream Nation | 1988 | United States |
| Sonic Youth | Washing Machine | 1995 | United States |
| The Soul Stirrers | Shine on Me | 1992 | United States |
| The Sound | From the Lion's Mouth | 1972 | United Kingdom |
| Spacemen 3 | The Perfect Prescription | 1987 | United Kingdom |
| Otis Spann | Walking the Blues | 1972 | United States |
| Spiritualized | Laser Guided Melodies | 1992 | United Kingdom |
| Spiritualized | Ladies and Gentlemen… We Are Floating in Space | 1997 | United Kingdom |
| Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga | 2007 | United States |
| Dusty Springfield | Dusty in Memphis | 1969 | United Kingdom |
| Steely Dan | Countdown to Ecstasy | 1973 | United States |
| Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic | 1974 | United States |
| Steely Dan | Aja | 1977 | United States |
| Stereolab | Emperor Tomato Ketchup | 1996 | United Kingdom |
| The Streets | Original Pirate Material | 2002 | United Kingdom |
| Suicide | Suicide | 1977 | United States |
| Suicide | Alan Vega/Martin Rev | 1980 | United States |
| Yma Sumac | Mambo! | 1954 | Peru |
| Supergrass | Life on Other Planets | 2002 | United Kingdom |
| Supergrass | Road to Rouen | 2005 | United Kingdom |
| The Swan Silvertones | Pray for Me/Let's Go to Church Together | 2000 | United States |
| Swans | To Be Kind | 2014 | United States |
| The Swell Maps | Jane from Occupied Europe | 1980 | United Kingdom |
| David Sylvian | Secrets of the Beehive | 1987 | United Kingdom |
| T. Rex | Electric Warrior | 1971 | United Kingdom |
| Talk Talk | Spirit of Eden | 1988 | United Kingdom |
| Talk Talk | Laughing Stock | 1991 | United Kingdom |
| Talking Heads | Talking Heads: 77 | 1977 | United States |
| Talking Heads | More Songs About Buildings and Food | 1978 | United States |
| Talking Heads | Remain in Light | 1980 | United States |
| Talking Heads | The Name of This Band is Talking Heads | 1982 | United States |
| Ebo Taylor | Life Stories | 2011 | Ghana |
| The Temptations | Anthology | 1973 | United States |
| The The | Dusk | 1993 | United Kingdom |
| This Heat | Deceit | 1981 | United Kingdom |
| Tindersticks | Tindersticks II | 1995 | United Kingdom |
| Tindersticks | Curtains | 1997 | United Kingdom |
| Tindersticks | Live at the Botanique, May 2001 | 2001 | United Kingdom |
| Amon Tobin | Supermodified | 2000 | Brazil |
| Trees | Sleep Convention | 1982 | United States |
| A Tribe Called Quest | We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service | 2015 | United States |
| Tricky | Maxinquaye | 1995 | United Kingdom |
| U2 | War | 1983 | Ireland |
| James Blood Ulmer | Odyssey | 1983 | United States |
| The Upsetters | Super Ape | 1978 | Jamaica |
| Victor Uwaifo | Guitar Boy Superstar, 1970-1976 | 2008 | Nigeria |
| Alan Vega | Cubist Blues | 1996 | United States |
| The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground | 1969 | United States |
| Caetano Veloso | Omaggio a Federico e Giulietta | 2000 | Brazil |
| Scott Walker | Boy Child: 67-70 | 2000 | United Kingdom |
| Leon Ware | Musical Massage | 1976 | United States |
| Kamasi Washington | The Epic | 2015 | United States |
| Ween | Pure Guava | 1992 | United States |
| Barry White | All-Time Greatest Hits | 1995 | United States |
| Bukka White | The Complete Sessions 1930-1940 | 1976 | United States |
| Wild Beasts | Two Dancers | 2009 | United Kingdom |
| Lucinda Williams | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | 1998 | United States |
| Brian Wilson | Smile | 2004 | United States |
| Jenny Wilson | Exorcism | 2018 | Sweden |
| Wire | Pink Flag | 1977 | United Kingdom |
| Wire | 154 | 1979 | United Kingdom |
| XTC | Fossil Fuel | 1996 | United Kingdom |
| The xx | The xx | 2009 | United Kingdom |
| Yellow Magic Orchestra | Solid State Survivor | 1979 | Japan |
| Yo La Tengo | Painful | 1993 | United States |
| Yo La Tengo | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One | 1997 | United States |
| Susumu Yokota | Symbol | 2005 | Japan |
| Neil Young | Zuma | 1975 | Canada |
| Young Gods | L'eau rouge | 1989 | Switzerland |
| Tom Ze | Estudando O Samba | 1990 | Brazil |
| The Zombies | Odessey and Oracle | 1968 | United Kingdom |