Albums I Considered but Ultimately Passed On

My third tier picks. These are my TRUE 6s and 7s out of 10 which means that although they're DEFINITELY good enough to stand out from the crowd they feel too inconsistent overall for me to strongly recommend them. Regardless... they are definitely interesting enough to be worth checking out once you've already gone through my "favorite albums" and "runner-ups" lists (if they weren’t worth checking out at all I wouldn’t have bothered sharing them). I listen to these again from time to time just in case any of them happy to grow on me enough to get bumped up to my main or runner-ups lists.

My Runner-Ups Page

Electronic:

Coldcut - "Journeys By DJ" (1995)

Daft Punk - "Homework" (1997)

The Field - "From Here We Go Sublime" (2007)

Four Tet - "Beautiful Rewind" (2013)

Global Communication - "76:14" (1994)

Goldie - "Timeless" (1995)

The Irresistible Force - “Flying High” (1991)

The Knife - "Silent Shout" (2006)

Moby - "Moby" (1992)

Mu-Ziq - “Lunatic Harness” (1997)

Oneohtrix Point Never - "Replica" (2011)

The Orb - "Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld" (1991)

The Orb - "U.F. Orb" (1992)

Plastikman - "Muzik" (1994)

Plug - "Drum 'N' Bass for Papa" (1997)

Proem - "Socially Inept" (2004)

Robert Hood - "Nighttime World Vol. 1" (1995)

Rocketnumbernine - "MeYouWeYou" (2013)

The Sabres of Paradise - “Sabresonic” (1993)

The Shamen - "En-Tact" (1990)

Slam - "Headstates" (1996)

Film/Video Game Score:

Castlevania 64

Chrono Cross

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time ** Youtube Only **

Mega Man X

Secret of Mana

Metal/Hardcore:

Converge - “All We Love We Leave Behind” (2012)

Converge - “Axe to Fall” (2009)

Converge - “Jane Doe” (2001)

Dimmu Borgir - "Death Cult Armageddon" (2003)

Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone" (2007)

Entombed - “Clandestine” (1991)

Isis - "Oceanic" (2002)

Negura Bunget - "Om" (2003)

Origin - "Entity" (2011)

Shining - “Blackjazz” (2010)

Pop/R&B:

Tennis - "Ritual In Repeat" (2014)

Tom Misch - “What Kinda Music” (2020)

Rap:

Black Sheep - “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” (1991)

Black Star - “Black Star” (1998)

Blackalicious - “Blazing Arrow” (2002)

Boogie Down Productions - "Criminal Minded" (1987)

Das EFX - "Dead Serious" (1992)

Eric B. & Rakim - "Paid in Full" (1987)

LL Cool J - “Radio” (1985)

Madvillain - "Madvillainy" (2004)

Mos Def - “Black On Both Sides” (1999)

Run-D.M.C. - “Raising Hell” (1986)

Rock/Folk:

The Adverts - “Crossing the Red Sea” (1978)

Alex Bleeker & the Freaks - "Country Agenda" (2015)

Alkaline Trio - "Goddamnit!" (1998)

Alvvays - "Antisocialites" (2017)

Angel Olsen - "Burn Your Fire For No Witness" (2014)

Arctic Monkeys - “Favourite Worst Nightmare” (2007)

Art Brut - "Bang Bang Rock & Roll" (2005)

Art Brut - “Brilliant! Tragic!” (2011)

The B-52s - "The B-52s" (1979)

Beach Fossils - "Somersault" (2017)

Beulah - "When Your Heartstrings Break" (1999)

Beulah - “Yoko” (2003)

Bill Callahan - "Apocalypse" (2011)

Black Flag - “Damaged” (1981)

The Black Watch - “The End of When” (2013)

Blink-182 - “Neighborhoods” (2011)

Bright Eyes - “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning” (2005)

Bryan Adams - “Reckless” (1984)

Built to Spill - “There’s Nothing Wrong with Love” (1994)

Built to Spill - "You In Reverse" (2006)

Camera Obscura - "Let's Get Out Of This Country" (2006)

Car Seat Headrest - "Teens of Denial" (2016)

Car Seat Headrest - "Twin Fantasy" (2018)

Cate Le Bon - "Mug Museum" (2013)

The Church - "The Blurred Crusade" (1982)

The Comsat Angels - "Sleep No More" (1981)

Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile - "Lotta Sea Lice" (2017)

The Courtneys - "The Courtneys II" (2015)

Cut Copy - "Bright Like Neon Love" (2004)

Cut Copy - "In Ghost Colours" (2008)

Darker My Love - "Alive As You Are" (2010)

Davy Graham - "The Guitar Player" (1963)

Deerhunter - "Halcyon Digest" (2010)

Doc Watson - "Southbound" (1966)

Ducktails - “The Flower Lane” (2013)

Eleanor Friedberger - "Personal Record" (2013)

Eternal Summers - “Correct Behavior” (2012)

Eternal Summers - “The Drop Beneath” (2014)

Eternal Summers - “Every Day It Feels Like I'm Dying” (2018)

Eternal Summers - “Gold & Stone” (2015)

Fergus & Geronimo - "Funky Was the State of Affairs" (2012)

Field Music - "Open Here" (2018)

A Flock of Seagulls - “A Flock of Seagulls” (1982)

Foster the People - “Torches” (2011)

Foxygen - “We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic” (2013)

The Futureheads - "The Chaos" (2010)

The Futureheads - “News & Tributes” (2006)

The Futureheads - “This Is Not the World” (2008)

Gorillaz - "Gorillaz" (2001)

Green Day - "American Idiot" (2004)

The Hold Steady - "Boys & Girls In America" (2006)

The Hold Steady - “Heaven is Whenever” (2010)

The Hold Steady - "Separation Sunday" (2005)

Iron & Wine - "Our Endless Numbered Days" (2004)

James Taylor - "James Taylor" (1968)

Jane's Addiction - "Nothing's Shocking" (1988)

Jane’s Addiction - “Ritual de lo Habitual” (1990)

Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Sorry Is Gone" (2017)

Kitchens of Distinction - "Strange Free World" (1991)

Kurt Vile - "b'lieve i'm goin down..." (2015)

LCD Soundsystem - "This Is Happening" (2010)

The Libertines - "Up the Bracket" (2000)

Lurkers - "Fulham Fallout" (1978)

Mark Kozelek - "Mark Kozelek" (2018)

Maroon 5 - "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" (2007)

The Mars Volta - “Deloused in the Comatorium” (2003)

Martin Courtney - "Many Moons" (2015)

MC5 - "Kick Out the Jams" (1969)

Moby Grape - "Moby Grape" (1967)

The Moody Blues - “On the Threshhold of a Dream” (1969)

The Mooney Suzuki - “Electric Sweat” (2002)

Nada Surf - "You Know Who You Are" (2016)

The National - "Boxer" (2007)

New Order - "Power, Corruption & Lies" (1983)

The New Pornographers - "Electric Version" (2003)

The New Pornographers - "Mass Romantic" (2001)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - "Let Love In" (1994)

Nine Inch Nails - "Downward Spiral" (1994)

NRBQ - “Tiddly Winks” (1980)

Of Montreal - "Satanic Panic In The Attic" (2004)

Palace Music - "Viva Last Blues" (1995)

Paramore - "Paramore" (2013)

Passion Pit - "Manners" (2009)

Paul McCartney - "Ram" (1971)

Paul Siebel - "Woodsmoke & Oranges" (1970)

The Postal Service - “Give Up” (2003)

Primal Scream - "Screamadelica" (1991)

Queens of the Stone Age - "Rated R" (2000)

Queens of the Stone Age - "Songs for the Deaf" (2002)

Real Estate - “Days” (2011)

Red House Painters - "Rollercoaster" (1993)

Sgt. Barry Sadler - "Ballads of the Green Berets" (1966)

Sebadoh - "III" (1993)

Simple Minds - "Sparkle in the Rain" (1983)

Ski Lodge - “Big Heart” (2013)

Sleater-Kinney - "Dig Me Out" (1997)

Sloan - "One Chord to Another" (1996)

Sloan - "Twice Removed" (1994)

Son Volt - "Honky Tonk" (2013)

Squeeze - “East Side Story” (1981)

The Strokes - “Angles” (2011)

The Strokes - "Comedown Machine" (2013)

The Strokes - “First Impressions of Earth” (2006)

Sufjan Stevens - "Carrie & Lowell" (2015)

Sugar - "File Under: Easy Listening" (1994)

Superchunk - "What A Time to Be Alive" (2018)

Supergrass - "Supergrass Is 10: The Best of 94-04" (2004)

The Tallest Man On Earth - "The Wild Hunt" (2010)

Tame Impala - “Currents” (2015)

Tame Impala - "InnerSpeaker" (2010)

Tame Impala - "Lonerism" (2012)

Ty Segall - "Deforming Lobes" (2019)

Ty Segall - "Fudge Sandwich" (2018)

Ty Segall - "Manipulator" (2014)

Unrest - "Perfect Teeth" (1993)

Velocity Girl - "Copacetic" (1993)

The White Stripes - “Elephant” (2003)

Wilco - "A.M." (1995)

Wilco - “Sky Blue Sky” (2007)

Wild Flag - "Wild Flag" (2011)

The XX - "XX" (2009)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Fever To Tell" (2003)