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Ian's Favorite Albums

In no particular order. Hover for more details. Favorite track is italicized.


King Crimson: Discipline (1981)
Progressive Rock
"Thela Hun Ginjeet"
Weather Report: Heavy Weather (1977)
Jazz Fusion
"Havona"
Emerson Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery (1973)
Progressive Rock
"Karn Evil 9 First Impression Part 1"
Yes: Close to the Edge (1972)
Progressive Rock
"Close to the Edge"
Pantera: Vulgar Display of Power (1992)
Groove Metal
"Live in a Hole"
Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007)
Alternative Rock
"Jigsaw Falling into Place"
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Polygondwanaland (2017)
Progressive Rock
"Crumbling Castle"
King Crimson: Lark's Tounges in Aspic (1973)
Progressive Rock
"Lark's Tounges in Aspic Part Two"
Radiohead: Kid A (2000)
Alternative Rock / Electronic
"In Limbo"
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: Nonagon Infinity (2015)
Noise Rock
"People Vultures"
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works II (1994)
Ambient Electronic
"#3 (AKA Rhubarb)"
Aphex Twin: Syro (2014)
Electronic
"Xmas_Evet10"
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Progressive Rock
"Any Colour You Like"
Pink Floyd: Animals (1977)
Progressive Rock
"Sheep"
Animals as Leaders: The Joy of Motion (2014)
Progressive Metal
"Physical Education"
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (1973)
Jazz / Funk
"Sly"
Return to Forever: Where Have I Known You Before (1974)
Jazz Fusion
"Vulcan Worlds"
Black Sabbath: Paranoid (1970)
Heavy Metal
"Fairies Wear Boots"
Primus: Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Funk Metal
"Tommy the Cat"
Metallica: Ride the Lightning (1984)
Thrash Metal
"Ride the Lightning"
Sungazer: Volume 1 (2014)
Jazz / Electronic
"Sequence Start"
Rush: Moving Pictures (1981)
Progressive Rock
"YYZ"
King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
Progressive Rock
"21st Century Schizoid Man"
System of a Down: Steal this Album! (2002)
Alternative Metal
"Innervision"
Oneohtrix Point Never: Garden of Delete (2015)
Electronic
"Freaky Eyes"
PilotRedSun: Achievement (2016)
Electronic
"Greetings"
HOME: Odyssey (2014)
Synthwave
"Resonance"
Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica (2011)
Electronic
"The Power of Persuasion"
Frank Zappa: Hot Rats (1969)
Jazz / Progressive Rock
"Peaches in Regalia"
Tame Impala: Currents (2015)
Pop / Synthwave
"Let it Happen"
J Dilla: Donuts (2006)
Instrumental Hip-hop
"Workinonit"
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing... (1996)
Electronic / Hip-Hop
"Midnight in a Perfect World"
Deep Purple: Machine Head (1972)
Blues Rock
"Maybe I'm a Leo"
Talking Heads: Remain in Light (1980)
World / New Wave
"Crosseyed and Painless"
The Alan Parsons Project: Eye in the Sky (1982)
Pop / Progressive Rock
"Childen of the Moon"
King Crimson: Red (1974)
Progressive Rock
"One More Red Nightmare"
King Crimson: The Power to Believe (2003)
Progressive Metal
"Facts of Life"
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1992)
Electronic / Ambient
"Xtal"
Tool: Lateralus (2001)
Progressive Metal
"Parabola"
Oneohtrix Point Never: Memory Vague (2009)
Ambient / Electronic
"Unmaking the World"
Radiohead: OK Computer (1997)
Alternative Rock / Progressive Rock
"Paranoid Android"
King Crimson: Lizard (1971)
Progressive Rock / Jazz
"Indoor Games"
Radiohead: The King of Limbs (2011)
Electronic / Experimental Rock
"Little by Little"
Disasterpeace: Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar (2011)
Chiptune
"Wagering Lights"
Metallica: Master of Puppets (1986)
Thrash Metal
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
Dave Greenslade: The Pentateuch of the Cosmogony (1979)
Progressive Rock/Jazz Fusion
"Mischief"
Witan: Alchemy (2022)
Ambient/Dungeon Synth
Alchemist's Tower"
Dominique Guiot: L'Univers De La Mer (1978)
Progressive Rock/Jazz Fusion
"Les Pingouins S'Amusent"
Autechre: Tri Repetae (1995)
Electronic
"Eutow"