Albums that actually defined my music tastes.

I'm working on putting together my new music website and I thought it would be interesting to look at what path I'm going to go with it by looking at my current and past music tastes. The criteria for an album to "define" the kind of music that I listen to is twofold. It must be an album that I played the absolute shit out of and it has to introduce me to a type of music I didn't really listen to before that album. What it really did was make me realize that all I listened to was rap for a really long time.



Billy Joel - Billy Joel Greatest Hits, Vols. 1-2
Favorite song: "Big Shot"
Released: 1985
Got me into these artists: Meat Loaf, Tom Petty



Boyz II Men - II
Favorite song: "Vibin'"
Released: 1994
Got me into these artists: All-4-One


2Pac - All Eyez On Me

Favorite song: "California Love", "I Ain't Mad At Cha"
Released: 1996
Got me into these artists: Coolio, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, LL Cool J


Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Favorite song: "Kill You"
Released: 2000
Got me into these artists: Xzibit, 50 Cent


Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game
Favorite song: "40/80"
Released: 2001
Got me into these artists: Basically, made me stop listening to rap music all the time.


Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Favorite song: "Saves the Day"
Released: 2002
Got me into these artists: Sage Francis, Eyedea, Brother Ali



Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
Favorite song: "Cabron"
Released: 2002
Got me into these artists: The Strokes


Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Like Bad News
Favorite song: "Ocean Breathes Salty"
Released: 2004
Got me into these artists: The Shins


The Streets - The Hardest Way to Make An Easy Living
Favorite song: "All Goes Out the Window"
Released: 2006
Got me into these artists: Kanye West?



Radiohead - In Rainbows
Favorite song: "15 Step", "Videotape"
Released: 2008
Got me into these artists: Bon Iver