Track One Listening History
Below is a complete record of the albums that have been officially selected for listening and discussion during the group’s history.
The group uses a five star rating system, with the average of all member scores recorded as our final rating for each selection. Ratings are, of course, entirely subjective and can be based on whatever factors are deemed appropriate by each member.
01/17
Tracy Chapman (1988)
Tracy Chapman
★★★ ½
XO (1998)
Elliott Smith
★★★★
02/17
Discovery (2001)
Daft Punk
★★★★
Life in Cartoon Motion (2007)
MIKA
★★★
03/17
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
Courtney Barnett
★★★★ ½
Kind of Blue (1959)
Miles Davis
★★★★
04/17
Give Up (2003)
The Postal Service
★★★★
I Put a Spell on You (1965)
Nina Simone
★★★★ ½
05/17
Bleed American (2001)
Jimmy Eat World
★★★
Me Against the World (1995)
2Pac
★★★ ½
06/17
Purple Rain (1984)
Prince & the Revolution
★★★
Sunburn (1990)
Blake Babies
★★★ ½
07/17
The Grand Illusion (1977)
Styx
★★★ ½
Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987)
The Cure
★★★ ½
08/17
Demon Days (2005)
Gorillaz
★★★★
Grand (2009)
Matt & Kim
★★★ ½
09/17
The Navigator (2017)
Hurray for the Riff Raff
★★★ ½
Bishop Briggs (EP) (2017)
Bishop Briggs
★★★★
10/17
Haunted (2000)
Poe
★★★ ½
Hybrid Theory (2000)
Linkin Park
★★★ ½
11/17
Wildflowers (1994)
Tom Petty
★★★★ ½
Becoming X (1996)
Sneaker Pimps
★★★ ½
12/17
b'lieve i'm goin down... (2015)
Kurt Vile
★★★ ½
A Very She & Him Christmas (2011)
She & Him
★★★ ½
01/18
Listen to Formation, Look for the Signs (2014)
Nadia Reid
★★★★
London Calling (1979)
The Clash
★★★★ ½
02/18
Brothers (2010)
The Black Keys
★★★★ ½
At Last! (1960)
Etta James
★★★★
03/18
No Need to Argue (1994)
The Cranberries
★★★
The ArchAndroid (2010)
Janelle Monáe
★★★★
04/18
Turn Out the Lights (2017)
Julien Baker
★★★ ½
Yes I Am (1993)
Melissa Etheridge
★★★ ½
05/18
...For the Whole World to See (2009)
Death
★★★★
At Folsom Prison (1968)
Johnny Cash
★★★★
06/18
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica (1964)
The Ronettes
★★★ ½
MADE (2016)
BIGBANG
★★★ ½
07/18
Doolittle (1989)
Pixies
★★★★
Artificial Heart (2011)
Jonathan Coulton
★★★ ½
08/18
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)
Arctic Monkeys
★★★
Mothership Connection (1975)
Parliament
★★★★
09/18
How to: Friend, Love, Freefall (2018)
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
★★★★
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Lauryn Hill
★★★★
10/18
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
David Bowie
★★★
Blizzard of Ozz (1980)
Ozzy Osbourne
★★★★
11/18
The Fame (2008)
Lady Gaga
★★★★
The Fame Monster (2009)
Lady Gaga
★★★★ ½
MASSEDUCTION (2017)
St. Vincent
★★★★
MassEducation (2018)
St. Vincent
★★★ ½
12/18
MTV Unplugged in New York (1994)
Nirvana
★★★★
50 Words for Snow (2011)
Kate Bush
★★★ ½
01/19
News of the World (1977)
Queen
★★★★ ½
This Year’s Model (1978)
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
★★★ ½
02/19
Things Fall Apart (1999)
The Roots
★★★★ ½
Are You Experienced (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
★★★★
03/19
Weezer (1994)
Weezer
★★★★★
Surfer Rosa (1988)
Pixies
★★★ ½
04/19
Take Good Care (2018)
The Revivalists
★★★ ½
The Fat of the Land (1997)
The Prodigy
★★★
05/19
Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
Janet Jackson
★★★★
Future Me Hates Me (2018)
The Beths
★★★★ ½
06/19
The ‘59 Sound (2008)
The Gaslight Anthem
★★★ ½
Pet Sounds (1966)
The Beach Boys
★★★ ½
07/19
saintmotelevision (2016)
Saint Motel
★★★★
Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott
★★★★
08/19
Unknown Pleasures (1979)
Joy Division
★★★★
The Electric Lady (2013)
Janelle Monáe
★★★★ ½
09/19
For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
Bon Iver
★★★★
Sweet Baby James (1970)
James Taylor
★★★★
10/19
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Billie Eilish
★★★★
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Volume One (1992)
White Zombie
★★★★
11/19
Mule Variations (1999)
Tom Waits
★★★★
In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
King Crimson
★★★ ½
12/19
Little Queen (1977)
Heart
★★★★ ½
Magic Hour (2012)
Scissor Sisters
★★★
01/20
Future Shock (1983)
Herbie Hancock
★★★★
The Hazards of Love (2009)
The Decemberists
★★★★
02/20
Jolene (1974)
Dolly Parton
★★★ ½
Diamond Life (1984)
Sade
★★★★
03/20
Ready to Die (1994)
The Notorious B.I.G.
★★★ ½
Post (1995)
Björk
★★★★ ½
04/20
The Specials (1979)
The Specials
★★★★
How to Be a Human Being (2016)
Glass Animals
★★★★ ½
05/20
Time Out (1959)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
★★★★
Whack World (2018)
Tierra Whack
★★★★ ½
06/20
Nightclubbing (1981)
Grace Jones
★★★★
Dig Me Out (1997)
Sleater-Kinney
★★★★ ½
07/20
DAMN. (2017)
Kendrick Lamar
★★★★★
The Machine Stops (2016)
Hawkwind
★★★ ½
08/20
Live in Cook County Jail (1971)
B.B. King
★★★★
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
David Bowie
★★★★★
09/20
Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
Leonard Cohen
★★★★
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)
Bob Dylan
★★★★ ½
10/20
The Great Milenko (1997)
Insane Clown Posse
★★★ ½
Dead Man’s Party (1985)
Oingo Boingo
★★★★
11/20
Rage Against the Machine (1992)
Rage Against the Machine
★★★★★
Sounds of Silence (1966)
Simon & Garfunkel
★★★
12/20
The Cold Vein (2001)
Cannibal Ox
★★★★
Rockin’ the Suburbs (2001)
Ben Folds
★★★★ ½
01/21
Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) (1971)
Led Zeppelin
★★★★★
Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings (1970)
Bo Hansson
★★★★
02/21
Dirty Computer (2018)
Janelle Monáe
★★★★★
Blue (1971)
Joni Mitchell
★★★★ ½
03/21
Demons and Wizards (1972)
Uriah Heep
★★★★ ½
Actually (1987)
Pet Shop Boys
★★★ ½
04/21
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978)
Jeff Wayne
★★★★
Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
Digable Planets
★★★★★
05/21
Midwest Farmer’s Daughter (2016)
Margo Price
★★★★
Poses (2001)
Rufus Wainwright
★★★★
06/21
Beauty and the Beat (1981)
The Go-Go’s
★★★★
CrazySexyCool (1994)
TLC
★★★★ ½
07/21
2112 (1976)
Rush
★★★
Vivid (1988)
Living Colour
★★★★
08/21
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan
★★★★ ½
Funky Divas (1992)
En Vogue
★★★★
09/21
MCMXC a.D. (1990)
Enigma
★★★★
Psychopomp (2016)
Japanese Breakfast
★★★★
10/21
The Number of the Beast (1982)
Iron Maiden
★★★★ ½
Witchazel (2009)
Matt Berry
★★★★
11/21
Sound & Color (2015)
Alabama Shakes
★★★★ ½
Dusty in Memphis (1969)
Dusty Springfield
★★★
12/21
Fallen (2003)
Evanescence
★★★★ ½
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
The Smashing Pumpkins
★★★★ ½
01/22
Blowout Comb (1994)
Digable Planets
★★★★
The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Pink Floyd
★★★★ ½
02/22
Tragic Kingdom (1995)
No Doubt
★★★★
The Divine Comedy (1994)
Milla
★★★ ½
03/22
Sweet Dreams (1995)
La Bouche
★★★
Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Meat Loaf
★★★★
04/22
Ænima (1996)
Tool
★★★★
All American Made (2017)
Margo Price
★★★★
05/22
It’s a Shame About Ray (1992)
The Lemonheads
★★★★
First Take (1969)
Roberta Flack
★★★★ ½
06/22
Saturday Night Fever (Original Soundtrack) (1977)
Various Artists
★★★★
Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017)
Japanese Breakfast
★★★★ ½
07/22
Hounds of Love (1985)
Kate Bush
★★★★
Violator (1990)
Depeche Mode
★★★★
08/22
Germfree Adolescents (1978)
X-Ray Spex
★★★★
80’s Ladies (1987)
K.T. Oslin
★★
09/22
Illmatic (1994)
Nas
★★★★ ½
Ingénue (1992)
k.d. lang
★★★★ ½
10/22
Existential Reckoning (2020)
Puscifer
★★★★
Let Love In (1994)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
★★★ ½
11/22
Transformer (1972)
Lou Reed
★★★★ ½
Rumours (1977)
Fleetwood Mac
★★★★
12/22
Pauls’ Boutique (1989)
Beastie Boys
★★★ ½
The Bends (1995)
Radiohead
★★★★★
