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Derek & The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues

The Beach Boys - God Only Knows

The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping

Roxy Music - More Than This

Joy Division - Decades

R.E.M. - Man on the Moon

The Church - Under the Milky Way

Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

The Eagles - New Kid in Town

The Smiths - Reel Around the Fountain

Pretenders - Brass in Pocket

Love - Alone Again Or

The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin'

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Souvenir

Matthew Sweet - Thought I Knew You

NEW: I am curating a YouTube playlist of TOP 80s songs - you can find it here. Also discovered Princess Chelsea and Jonathan Bree.

Since I am somewhat of a music nerd, here is a meticulously curated list of my favorite albums.

Update (Feb-Mar 2024.): Seen a couple of tribute bands lately: The Dire Straits Experience, ABBA Symphonic Tribute Show.

Update (26.01.2024.): Klinika Denisa Kataneca and several other bands in Tvornica kulture, Zagreb.

Update (20.01.2024.): Arctic Monkeys tribute Stereo Deficit band in Boogaloo, Zagreb.

Update (22.11.2023.): Halestorm in Tvornica kulture, Zagreb. Not a big fan of this genre (although the artist is fine) - mostly tagging along with my gf.

Update (1.11.2023.): King Krule (and OK Kaya) in Tvornica kulture, Zagreb.

Update (18.10.2023.): 50 Cent (and Busta Rhymes/Spliff Star) in Zagreb! "I don't know what you hear about me..."

Update (xx.09.2023.): Attended multiple interesting gigs in Mochvara, Zagreb - Zarkoff, Incirrina, Nürnberg, She Past Away. Also a small solo performance by Denis Katanec. Also a gig by Klinika Denisa Kataneca in Tvornica, Zagreb,

Update (15.07.2023.): Attended a concert by Sigur Ros in Sibenik, Croatia

Update (01.04.2023.): Discovered Crosby Stills Nash & Young (and realized one of them is Neil Young, guess which one?).

Update (25.03.2023.): SZA time!

Update (24.12.2022.): Listening to Florist by Florist. Merry Christmas :)

Update (27.11.2022.): Listening to 10,000 Maniacs.

Update (04.11.2022.): Listening to PJ Harvey.

Update (24.10.2022.): I've been exploring Fairport Convention albums lately - namely, the following three ones: Unhalfbricking, What We Did on Our Holidays, and Liege & Lief, all published back in 1969.

1960s

The Beatles - Revolver (1966)

Love - Forever Changes (1967) ♛

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)

The Beatles - The Beatles (aka The White Album) (1968)

The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)

The Mamas and the Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (1966)

Chris Lucey - Songs of Protest and Anti-Protest (1965)

Love - Da Capo (1966) ♛

The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)

The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (1968)

Fairport Convention - What We Did on Our Holidays (1969)

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969)

The Band - The Band (1969)

The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

1970s

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)

Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run (1973)

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon (1970)

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

Bryan Maclean - Ifyoubelievein (1997)**

Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs*

Television - Marquee Moon (1977)

Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (1979)

Steely Dan - Aja (1977)

The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus (1977)

Roxy Music - Siren (1975)

Judee Sill - Judee Sill (1971)

Yoshiko Sai - Mangekyou (/佐井好子 - 萬花鏡) (1975)

Eagles - Hotel California (1976)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu (1970)

Brian Eno - Before and After Science (1977)

The Pretenders - Pretenders (1979)

*Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton's muse and ex-wife (and also George Harrison's ex-wife), inspired the choice of the cover art.

** What an esoteric little gem of an album! Love's Bryan Maclean's collection of recordings.

1980s

The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come (1987)** ♛

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead (1986)

The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)

The Church - Starfish (1988)

Joy Division - Closer (1980)

Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)

Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (1984)

Tears for Fears - The Hurting (1983) ♛

OMD - Architecture & Morality (1981)

Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights (1982)

Jon & Vangelis - Page of Life (1986)

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)*

Roxy Music - Avalon (1982)

New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)

Galaxie 500 - On Fire (1989)

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe (1987)

The The - Soul Mining (1983)

The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You (1981) ♛

* Thanks to Petar Paradžik for bringing up this album.

** The Smiths happen to be my #1 favorite band by far.

1990s

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)* ♛

Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)

Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About (1996)

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (1999)

Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)

Portishead - Dummy (1994)

The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (1990)

The Innocence Mission - Glow (1995)

Air - Moon Safari (1998)

Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend (1991)

Slint - Spiderland (1991)

Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)

R.E.M. - Automatic for the People (1992)

Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)

Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)

*"I can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all" - lyrics from the homonymous song. Is this related to the philosophical "problem" of "Why is there anything at all?"

2000s

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)*

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (2007)

The Strokes - Is This It (2001)

Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)

Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life (2001)

Built to Spill - You in Reverse (2006)

They Might Be Giants - Mink Car (2001)

Wilco - Sky Blue Sky (2007)

* Although its was recorded before 9/11, it eerily alludes to the attack by cover art and some of its lyrics. ("I would like to salute the ashes of American flags.", ""Tall buildings shake, Voices escape singing sad sad songs ... Voices whine, Skyscrapers are scraping together, your voice is smoking.")

2010s