Albums That Were Almost Honorable Mentions

** This list is a work-in-progress. Some of these albums might get UPGRADED, DOWNGRADED, or REMOVED entirely **

5/10s - Decent albums that are probably at least worth a listen despite not feeling essential. 

Country:

Gram Parsons - "GP" (1973)

Suzy Bogguss - "Somewhere Between" (1989)

Electronic:

As One - "In With the ARPs, and Moogs, and Jazz, and Things" (1997) [Youtube Only]

B12 - "Electro-Soma" (1993)

Carl Craig - "More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art" (1997)

The Chemical Brothers - "Dig Your Own Hole" (1997)

The Chemical Brothers - "Exit Planet Dust" (1995)

Daft Punk - "Discovery" (2001)

Dave Angel - "Classics" (1996)

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

The Irresistible Force - "Flying High" (1993)

Leftfield - "Leftism" (1995)

Moby - “Moby” (1992)

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

Orbital - "Orbital 2" (1993)

Tim Hecker - "Ravedeath, 1972" (2011)

Underworld - "Second Toughest in the Infants" (1996)

Film/Video Game Score:

Final Fantasy 6 OST (1994)

Final Fantasy 7 OST [Disc 3] (1997)

Metal/Hardcore:

Agalloch - "Ashes Against the Grain" (2006)

Opeth - "Ghost Reveries" (2005)

Pop/R&B:

Bjork - "Post" (1995)

Tom Misch - "What Kinda Music" (2020)

Tricky - "Maxinquaye" (1995)

Wild Beasts - “Present Tense” (2014)

Wild Beasts - “Two Dancers” (2009)

Rap:

Brand Nubian - "The Very Best of Brand Nubian" (2001)

Cypress Hill - "Cypress Hill" (1991)

The D.O.C. - "No One Can Do It Better" (1989)

Dr. Dre - "The Chronic" (1992)

Eminem - "The Marshall Mathers LP" (2000)

Eminem - "The Slim Shady LP" (1999)

Fugees - "The Score" (1996)

Goodie Mob - "Soul Food" (1995)

Kanye West - "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (2010)

Kendrick Lamar - "good kid, m.A.A.d city..." (2012)

The Notorious B.I.G. - "Life After Death" (1997)

Public Enemy - "Fear of a Black Planet" (1990)

Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" (1988)

Raekwon - "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx" (1995)

Slick Rick - "The Great Adventures of Slick Rick" (1988)

Viktor Vaughn - "Vaudeville Villain" (2003)

Rock/Folk:

10,000 Maniacs - “In My Tribe” (1987)

Alkaline Trio - "Goddamnit!" (1998)

Angel Olsen - "Half Way Home" (2012)

Angel Olsen - "MY WOMAN" (2016)

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

Beach Fossils - "Somersault" (2017)

The Beatles - "Magical Mystery Tour" (1967)

Beulah - "When Your Heartstrings Break" (1999)

Beulah - "Yoko" (2003)

Big Thief - "U.F.O.F." (2019)

Bill Callahan - "Apocalypse" (2011)

Bloc Party - "Silent Alarm" (2005)

Blood Orange - "Coastal Grooves" (2011)

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run" (1975)

Bruce Springsteen - “Nebraska” (1982)

The Church - "The Best of The Church [Custom Mix]" (1980s)

Courtney Barnett - "Things Take Time, Take Time" (2021)

Curve - "Doppelganger" (1992)

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

David Bowie - "Heroes" (1977)

Destroyer - "Kaputt" (2011)

East Village - "Drop Out" (1993)

Electric Light Orchestra - "Eldorado" (1974)

Elliott Smith - "Either/Or" (1997)

Elvis Costello - "Imperial Bedroom" (1982)

The Feelies - "Crazy Rhythms" (1980)

The Feelies - "The Good Earth" (1986)

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

Franz Ferdinand - "Franz Ferdinand" (2004)

Future Islands - "The Far Field" (2017)

The Futureheads - "The Futureheads" (2004)

George Harrison - "All Things Must Pass" [DISC 1 ONLY!!!] (1970)

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

The Jam - "Sound Affects" (1980)

Jen Cloher - "In Blood Memory" (2013)

Jen Cloher - "Jen Cloher" (2017)

Jetstream Pony - "Jetstream Pony" (2020)

Kurt Vile - "b'lieve i'm goin down..." (2015)
Kyuss - "Welcome to Sky Valley" (1994)

Led Zeppelin - “Houses of the Holy” (1973)

Led Zeppelin - "Physical Graffiti" (1975)

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

The Mars Volta - "Deloused in the Comatorium" (2003)

Matchbox Twenty - "Yourself or Someone Like You" (1996)

Modest Mouse - "The Moon & Antarctica" (2000)

Muddy Waters - "Folk Singer" (1964)

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

The National - "Boxer" (2007)

The New Pornographers - "Twin Cinema" (2005)

Nick Lowe - "Jesus of Cool" (1978)

Nirvana - "Live at Reading" (1992)

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

Palace Music - "Viva Last Blues" (1995)

Patti Smith - "Horses" (1975)

Purple Mountains - “Purple Mountains” (2019)

Real Estate - "Days" (2011)

Real Estate - "In Mind" (2017)

Red House Painters - "Rollercoaster" (1993)

Shopping - "The Official Body" (2018)

Slint - "Spiderland" (1991)

Sloan - "One Chord to Another" (1996)

Sloan - "Twice Removed" (1994)

Son Volt - "Honky Tonk" (2013)

Songs: Ohia - "Magnolia Electric Co." (2003)

Sonic Youth - “The Eternal” (2009)

Spoon - “Kill the Moonlight” (2002)

Steve Goodman - "Steve Goodman" (1972)

The Strokes - "Angles" (2011)

The Strokes - "Comedown Machine" (2013)

The Strokes - "The New Abnormal" (2020)

Sun Kil Moon - "Benji" (2014)

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

Tears for Fears - "Songs from the Big Chair" (1985)

Tennis - "Ritual in Repeat" (2014)

Third Eye Blind - "Third Eye Blind" (1997)

Tret Fure - "True Compass" (2007)

T. Rex - "The Slider" (1972)

Ty Segall - "Deforming Lobes" (2019)

Ty Segall - "Manipulator" (2014)

Unrest - "Perfect Teeth" (1993)

The Wedding Present - "Seamonsters" (1991)

Weezer - "Green Album" (2001)

The Who - "The Ultimate Collection" (2002)