My name is Amelia, and I LOVE music.
The past decade, I have found myself inundated with radio shows, mix tapes, compliation CDs, playlists, Pop-up Video, TRL (yes, that happened at one time) and now music apps like Pandora & Spotify. I rarely listen to an album in its entirety. I have challenged myself to listen to a different album every day (week days), for the entire year.
I will also be sharing my musical memoirs, and how music shaped my life.
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This is a link to every entry and a link to every album on Spotify! Enjoy! 🙂
Week 1-19:
Day 1. “Southsiders”- by Atmosphere
Day 5. “What we saw from the Cheap Seats” by Regina Spektor
Day 6. “Blackstar” by David Bowie
Day 7. “Hunky Dory” by David Bowie
Day 9. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie
Day 10. “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” by David Bowie
Day 12. “Sing Sing Death House” by The Distillers
Day 14. “Let it Happen” by MxPx
Day 15. “Clash of the Tartans”-The Real McKenzies
Day 16. “For True” by Trombone Shorty
Day 17. “Man on the Moon: The End of Day” by Kid CuDi
Day 18. “Blood on the Tracks” by Bob Dylan
Day 19. “Demon Days” by Gorillaz
Day 20. “You Forgot it in People” by Broken Social Scene
Day 21. “Whatever and Ever Amen” by Ben Folds Five
Day 22. “Pearl” by Janis Joplin
Day 23. “Bringing Down the Horse” by The Wallflowers
Day 24. “Underachievers Please Try Harder” by Camera Obscura
Day 25. “Fush Yu Mang” by Smash Mouth
Day 26. “The Art of Drowning” by A.F.I.
Day 27. “Morning View” by Incubus
Day 28. “Axis: Bold As Love” by Jimi Hendrix
Day 29. “At Folsom Prison” by Johnny Cash
Day 30. “Beethoven: Symphonies Nos.5 & 7” by Ludwig van Beethoven
Day 33. “Elephant” by The White Stripes
Day 34. “What Happened to Television” by The Greyboy Allstars
Day 35. “The Gold Record” by Bouncing Souls
Day 36. “Completely Well” by B.B. King
Day 37. “Crash” by Dave Matthews Band
Day 38. “New Found Glory” by New Found Glory
Day 39. “CrazySexyCool” by TLC
Day 40. “Dear Science” by TV on the Radio
Day 41. “Tha Carter III” by Lil’ Wayne
Day 42. “The Marshall Mathers LP” by Eminem
Day 43. “Watch the Throne” by Jay-Z and Kanye West
Day 44. “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” by Outkast
Day 45. “Big Willie Style” by Will Smith
Day 46. “Where You Want to Be” by Taking Back Sunday
Day 47. “Little Creatures” by Talking Heads
Day 48. “The Battle of Los Angeles” by Rage Against the Machine
Day 49. “Out Come the Wolves” by Rancid
Day 50. “OK Computer” by Radiohead
Day 51. “Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!” by Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Day 52. “Up From Below” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Day 53. “Nevermind” by Nirvana
Day 54. “Self Titled” by Sublime
Day 55. “Rain Dogs” by Tom Waits
Day 56. “Self Titled” by Sylvan Esso
Day 57. “Fever to Tell” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Day 58. “The Diary of Alicia Keys” by Alicia Keys
Day 59. “Dreamboat Annie” by Heart
Day 60. “Masters of My Make-Believe” by Santigold
Day 62. “Spice” by Spice Girls
Day 63. “Self Titled” by Third Eye Blind
Day 66. “The Heist” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Day 67. “Thickfreakness” by The Black Keys
Day 68. “Justified” by Justin Timberlake
Day 69. “Magnifique” by Ratatat
Day 70. “Baby Darling Doll Face Honey” by Band of Skulls
Day 71. “Strange Days” by The Doors
Day 72. “The Downward Spiral” by Nine Inch Nails
Day 73. “Moving Pictures” by RUSH
Day 74. “The Specials” by The Specials
Day 75. “Burning Bridges” by Haste The Day
Day 76. “Operation Ivy” by Operation Ivy
Day 78. “No Need to Argue” by The Cranberries
Day 79. “Original Pirate Material” by The Streets
Day 80. “The Warning” by Hot Chip
Day 81. “Is A Real Boy” by Say Anything
Day 82. “The Satanic Satanist” by Portugal The Man
Day 83. “Yours Truly (Delux)” by Sublime with Rome
Day 84. “The Walking Wounded” by Bayside
Day 85. “Self Titled” by Miike Snow
Day 86. “Let Life Flow” by Kenny Neal
Day 87. “Fleet Foxes” by Fleet Foxes
Day 88. “The Second Stage Turbine Blade” by Coheed & Cambria
Day 89. “Parachutes” by Coldplay
Day 90. “Razor Blade Suitcase” by Bush
Day 91. “Arcade Fire” by Arcade Fire
Day 92. “Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike” by Gogol Bordello
Day 93. “Goldfinger” by Goldfinger
Day 94. “The Second” by Steppenwolf
Day 95. “Under the Table and Dreaming” by Dave Matthews Band
Week 20-30:
Day 97. “Coming Home (Delux)” by Leon Bridges
Day 98. “Half the City” by St. Paul & The Broken Bones
Day 99. “Twist Shake Grind Break” by Low Volts
Day 100. “The Smiths” by The Smiths
Day 101. “Menagerie” by Bill Withers
Day 102. “Curtis!” by Curtis Mayfield
Day 103. “Communication” by Bobby Womack
Day 104. “I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You” by Aretha Franklin
Day 105. “At Last!” by Etta James
Day 106. “Lickety Split” by Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Day 107. “Fireflies” by Justine Froese
Day 108. “Gossip In The Grain” by Ray LaMontagne
Day 109. “Veneer” by José González
Day 110. “Furr” by Blitzen Trapper
Day 111. “My Shame is True” by Alkaline Trio
Day 113. “Good News for People Who Love Bad News” by Modest Mouse
Day 114. “Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo” by MxPx
Day 115. “The Ever Passing Moment” by MxPx
Day 116. “Secret Weapon” by MxPx
Day 117. “Life in General” by MxPx
Day 118. “Before Everything & After” by MxPx
Day 119. “Teenage Politics” by MxPx
Day 121. “Outlandos D’Amour” by The Police
Day 122. “Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One” by The Kinks
Day 123. “Green River” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Day 124. “The Original Soundtrack” by 10CC
Day 125. “Fleetwood Mac (1968)” by Fleetwood Mac
Day 126. “Deja Entendu” by Brand New
Day 127. “Your Favorite Weapon” by Brand New
Day 128. “Through Being Cool” by Saves The Day
Day 129. “Stay What You Are” by Saves The Day
Day 130. “Say It Like You Mean It” by The Starting Line
Day 131. “Flight of the Conchords” by Flight of the Conchords
Day 132. “Tenacious D” by Tenacious D
Day 133. “Tuxicity” by Richard Cheese
Day 134. “Incredibad” by The Lonely Island
Day 135. “Monty Python Sings” by Monty Python
Day 136. “This is the Story” by The Proclaimers
Day 137. “Appetite for Destruction” by Guns n’ Roses
Day 139. “The Joshua Tree” by U2
Day 140. Pontiac by Lyle Lovett
Day 141. “Give Up” by The Postal Service
Day 142. “Writer’s Block” by Peter Bjorn and John
Day 143. “Roseland NYC Live” by Portishead
Day 145. “Strangers to Ourselves” by Modest Mouse
Day 146. “The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me” by Brand New
Day 147. “We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank” by Modest Mouse
Day 148. “Full Circle” by Pennywise
Week 31-40:
Day 151. “Guilt Show” by The Get Up Kids
Day 152. “An Awesome Wave” by Alt-J
Day 154. “Yours, Dreamily,” by The Arcs
Day 155. “Nonagon Infinity” by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Day 156. “Light The Horizon” by Bedouin Soundclash
Day 157. “Red, Yellow & Blue” by Born Ruffians
Day 158. “Ancient Melodies Of The Future” by Built To Spill
Day 159. “Spreadin’ Honey” by The California Honeydrops
Day 160. “When in Rome, Do as the Vandals” by The Vandals
Day 161. “Horehound by The Dead Weather
Day 162. “Post Pop Depression” by Iggy Pop
Day 163. “Germ Free Adolescents” by X-Ray Spex
Day 164. “Up on the Sun” by Meat Puppets
Day 165. “Carry on the Grudge” by Jamie T
Day 166. “Steal the Light” by Cat Empire
Day 167. “Keasbey Nights” by Streetlight Manifesto
Day 168. “Rock the Plank” by Mad Caddies
Day 169. “Evildoers Beware” by Mustard Plug
Day 170. “Punk in Drublic” by NoFx
Day 171. “Busted Stuff” by Dave Matthews Band
Day 172. “Colorblind” by Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Day 173. “Rockin’ the Suburbs” by Ben Folds
Day 174. “Midnight Vultures” by Beck
Day 175. “Blood Pressures” by The Kills
Day 176. “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Dawn to Dusk” by The Smashing Pumpkins
Day 177. “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness- Twilight to Starlight” by The Smashing Pumpkins
Day 178. “Sing the Sorrow” by AFI
Day 180. “Sirens and Condolences” by Bayside
Day 181. “The Good Fight” by Oddisee
Day 182. “I don’t like shit, I don’t go outside” by Earl Sweatshirt
Day 183. “People Hear What They See” by Oddisee
Day 184. “Gazing at the Moonlight” by Hopsin
Day 185. “Phrenology” by The Roots
Day 186. “The Dresden Dolls” by The Dresden Dolls
Day 187. “Bleed American” by Jimmy Eat World
Day 188. “Prolonging the Magic” by Cake
Day 189. “Hypercaffium Spazzinate” by Descendents
Day 190. “Random Access Memories” by Daft Punk
Day 191. “Andiamo” by Authority Zero
Day 192. “Hopeless Romantic” by The Bouncing Souls
Day 193. “Quality Soft Core” by Mad Caddies
Day 194. “The World According to Gob” by Gob
Day 195. “Pennybridge Pioneer” by Millencolin
Day 196. “Respect the Van” by The Brothers Comatose
Day 197. “Common Faults” by The Silent Comedy
Day 198. “Indiscretions” by Achille Lauro
Day 199. “Salvation is a Deep Dark Well” by The Builders and The Butchers
Week 41-50:
Day 201. “Channel Orange” by Frank Ocean
Day 202. “Sleeping with Ghosts” by Placebo
Day 203. “Miike Snow” by Miike Snow
Day 204. “Master of My Make-Believe” by Santigold
Day 205. “Thriller” by Michael Jackson
Day 206. “Blonde” by Frank Ocean
Day 208. “99 Cents” by Santigold
Day 209. “Seeds” by TV On the Radio
Day 210. “InnerSpeaker” by Tame Impala
Day 211. “Helplessness Blues” by Fleet Foxes
Day 212. “Songs for Silverman” by Ben Folds
Day 213. “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac
Day 215. “Funeral” by Arcade Fire
Day 216. “Hellbilly Delux” by Rob Zombie
Day 217. “Earth Spirit” by R. Carlos Nakai
Day 218. “Buena Vista Social Club” by Buena Vista Social Club
Day 219. “It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It” by The Commercials
Day 220. “Confluence & Scrapes” by Albert React
Day 221. “All Eyez on Me” 2-Pac
Day 222. “Sundress” by Sundress
Day 223. “Portamento” by The Drums
Day 224. “This is all Yours” by Alt-J
Day 225. “Heavy Mood” by Tilly and the Wall
Day 227. “Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats” by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Day 228. “Dream Your Life Away” by Vance Joy
Day 229. “Hombre Lobo” by Eels
Day 230. “The Way We Move” by Langhorne Slim
Day 231. “Pure Heroine” by LORDE
Day 232. “Lungs” by Florence & The Machine
Day 233. “Let is Die” by Feist
Day 234. “Strange Mercy” by St. Vincent
Day 235. “Bloom” by Beach House
Day 236. “Starboy” by The Weeknd
Day 237. “low kii Savage” by Kiiara
Day 239. “Deep Cuts” by The Knife
Day 240. “Purpose” by Justin Bieber
Day 241. “Plastic Beach” by Gorillaz
Day 242. “Various Positions” by Leonard Cohen
Day 243. “Cardinal” by Pinegrove
Day 244. “The Very Last Day” by Parker Millsap
Day 245. “Silver Tears” by Aaron Lee Tasjan
Day 246. “Everything All The Time” by Band of Horses
Day 247. “Cease to Begin” by Band of Horses
Day 248. “Infinite Arms” by Band of Horses
Week 51:
Day 251. “If I Should Fall From The Grace of God” by The Pogues
Day 252. “Christmas Album” by The Jackson 5
Day 253. “Punk Rawk Christmas” by MxPx
Day 254. “Christmas Eve with Burl Ives” by Burl Ives
Day 255. “A Christmas Together” by John Denver & The Muppets
Week 52:
Driving & Music 