I’ve decided that I would like to start exploring more music, especially since I’m in the process of compiling a list of great non-musical theatre pop-rock audition songs. So I’m going to be keeping track of any non-musical theatre album I listen to below.
Albums I’ve Listened to: 128
Rating: 5/5 – Albums I Loved
☑ A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
☑ Blues Traveler – Four
☑ Bob Dylan – Love and Theft
☑ Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book
☑ Gang of Four – Entertainment!
☑ Incubus – A Crow Left of the Murder
☑ Incubus – Make Yourself
☑ Incubus – Morning View
☑ Janet Jackson – Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814
☑ Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
☑ Lionel Ritchie – Can’t Slow Down
☑ Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
☑ Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
☑ Michael Jackson – Thriller
☑ Oh Land – Oh Land
☑ OutKast – Stankonia
☑ Randy Newman – Sail Away
☑ Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela
☑ Santana – Abraxas
☑ Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
☑ Steely Dan – Aja
☑ SZA – Ctrl
☑ The Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
☑ TLC – CrazySexyCool
☑ Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
☑ Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
☑ Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
☑ Van Morrison – Moondance
Rating: 4/5 – Albums I Really Liked
☑ Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
☑ Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
☑ Beyoncé – 4
☑ Churupaca – Churupaca
☑ Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys
☑ D’Angelo – Voodoo
☑ Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
☑ Eagles – Hotel California
☑ Elton John – Honky Château
☑ Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac
☑ Flight of the Conchords – I Told You I Was Freaky
☑ George Michael – Faith
☑ Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf
☑ Incubus – Light Grenades
☑ John Coltrane – Giant Steps
☑ John Mayer – Room for Squares
☑ Johnny Cash – Unchained
☑ Labelle – Nightbirds
☑ Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
☑ Lou Reed – Berlin
☑ Manu Chao – Próxima Estación: Esperanza
☑ Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey
☑ Mary J. Blige – My Life
☑ Michael Jackson – Bad
☑ Otis Redding – The Dock of the Bay
☑ OutKast – Aquemini
☑ Prince – Purple Rain
☑ Santana – Santana
☑ Sara Bareilles – Amidst the Chaos
☑ Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
☑ Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
☑ Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
☑ The Police – Synchronicity
☑ The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
☑ Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Rating: 3/5 – Albums I Liked
☑ Albert King – Born Under a Bad Sign
☑ Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
☑ Barry White – Can’t Get Enough
☑ Billy Joel – 52nd Street
☑ Bob Marley & The Wailers – Natty Dread
☑ Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
☑ Cheap Trick – In Color
☑ Earth, Wind & Fire – That’s the Way of the World
☑ EPMD – Strictly Business
☑ Eurythmics – Touch
☑ Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swingin’ Lovers!
☑ Madonna – Ray of Light
☑ Marc Anthony – 3 (.0)
☑ Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
☑ Jackson Browne – For Everyman
☑ John Prine – John Prine
☑ Journey – Escape
☑ Los Lobos – How Will the Wolf Survive?
☑ Megan Thee Stallion – Suga
☑ Nas – Illmatic
☑ N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
☑ Phil Spector – A Christmas Gift for You
☑ Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
☑ Stan Getz & João Gilberto – Getz/Gilberto
☑ Taylor Swift – Taylor Swift
☑ The B-52’s – The B-52’s
☑ The Beatles – Let It Be
☑ The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
☑ Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
☑ Toots & The Maytals – Funky Kingston
☑ U2 – Boy
☑ Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
☑ Willie Nelson – Stardust
Rating: 2/5 – Albums I Thought Were OK
☑ B.B. King – Live in Cook County Jail
☑ Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
☑ Eric Clapton – Slowhand
☑ Fugees – The Score
☑ James Brown – In the Jungle Groove
☑ KISS – Destroyer
☑ MGMT – Oracular Spectacular
☑ Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain
☑ Randy Newman – 12 Songs
☑ Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
☑ Steve Miller Band – Fly Like an Eagle
☑ The Paul Butterfield Blues Band – The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
☑ The Police – Outlandos d’Amour
☑ The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
☑ The Ronettes – Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
☑ Tracy Chapman – One Bright Future
☑ War – The World Is a Ghetto
☑ ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
Rating: 1/5 – Albums That Weren’t My Personal Favorite
☑ Bonnie Raitt – Give It Up
☑ Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets
☑ Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs
☑ Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
☑ Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
☑ Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky
☑ LL Cool J – Radio
☑ Loretta Lynn – All Time Greatest Hits
☑ PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
☑ Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
☑ Steve Earle – Guitar Town
☑ The Stooges – Funhouse
☑ The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
☑ The White Stripes – White Blood Cells