What Have I Been Listening To?
Over the course of 2026, I have been trying to clean up my Apple Music library and listen to all the albums I've added under the thought process of "oh that album seems cool, I'll save it and listen to it eventually". So far, I've listened to over 100 new albums, and still haven't actually listened to all the original albums I had saved, but I have been putting together a list of all the new stuff I've listened to!
To explain how my brain works, any song that was a favourite from an album, from before I listened to the full album will be noted with an asterisk, and all singles will be marked as such, and just for fun, all albums that were recomended to me will also be noted as recomendations! An almost complete playlist of the songs listed can be found here.
The List
Part One (Spectrum, 1997)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Superbody, I'll be gone
PUNK TACTICS (Joey Valence & Brae, 2023)
5/5
Favorite song(s): GUMDROP
Untitled Goose Game (2020)
4.5/5v
Favorite song(s): not sure, they all blended together (Positive)
Notes: I understand why it was there, but untitled goose radio felt out of place with the rest of the soundtrack, and was hard to listen to with the rest of the soundtrack in the same go
Reich: The Four Sections, Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ (1990)
Favorite song(s): The Four Sections III. Winds and Brass (With Strings)
Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd,1973)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Great Gig in the Sky, Us and Them
Bones of Dreams Attacked! (Hakushi Hasegawa, 2020)
3/5
Favorite song(s): 1000 & 0
Her Abiding memory (2026 revised edition) (Pitcher56, 2026)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Dewy Rose
Notes: first two songs don't really hit for me at all 😔 everything else is lovely though :3
Act III: The city that made us (The Protomen, 2026)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Hold Back the Night
Notes: dude.
Saint seins: Carnival of the Animals (1980)
5/5
Favorite song(s): entire album blends together, hard to judge (Le Cygne is really pretty though)
Sorcereress (Opeth, 2016)
4/5
Favorite song(s): The Ward, A fleeting glance
Homerecording Tracks (Laboratório Groove, 2021)
N/A/5
Favorite song(s): Casual blues
UXLXVE (XLOV, 2025) (Recommendation)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Kiss and say Goodbye
Notes: Was certainly a vibe, but not necessarily my vibe
D.O.A The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (Throbbing Gristle,1978)
1/5
Favorite song(s): Hit By A Rock
Notes: adhd go away sounds album
WICKEDLY (Alan Chang, 2025)
3/5
Favorite song(s): No One Mourns the Wicked
Document (R.E.M, 1987)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Lightnin' Hopkins
Notes: I feel weird giving this album a lower rating, because it is good, it's just not clicking with me 😔 second half is full of bangers though
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Bronco (Orville Peck, 2022)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Let me Drown
SOPHOMORE SLUMP CALLITHUMP (STOMACH BOOK, 2024)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Casket Kids
Daiuchuhmugenryokushin (NANIAWA EXPRESS, 1982)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): JEROME
SQUARE TWO- EP (BLACKPINK, 2016)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): STAY
20 Jazz Funk Greats (Throbbing Gristle, 1979)
2/5
Favorite song(s): Walkabout
Notes: this was supposed to be 3/5, but actively lost a full point because of "Persuasion", icky song
Vilage in bubbles (Kazumi Watanabe, 1978)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Dance of Coronav
The Last Romance (Arab Strap, 2006)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): There Is No Ending
Dirty Computer (Janelle Monáe, 2018)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Make Me Feel
Notes: album keeps getting more and more banger as it progresses
Topeka Clementine (Topeka Clementime, 2023)
3/5
Favorite song(s):101
The Golden Age (Woodkid, 2013)
5/5
Favorite song(s): The Great Escape
Here, it never snowed, afterwards, it did (The Twilight Sad, 2008)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): here it never snowed, afterwards, it did
Flower of the Soul (Full Bloom) (Liana Flores, 2024)
5/5
Favorite song(s): I wish for the rain
Notes: Fuck yeah, Bossa Nova
Last September (natalie jinju, 2024)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Crush!
Notes: the instrumentation of this album feels like old animal crossing music, it's lovely
Transfer Station Blue (Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze & Kevin Shrieve, 1984)
2/5
Favorite song(s): Transfer Station Blue
Flower Boy (Tyler the Creator, 2017)
3/5
Favorite song(s): See you Again (feat. Kali Uchis)
Note: this album is certainly a vibe, but unfortunately it's not my vibe 💔
Bongo Fury (Frank Zappa, 1975)
2/5
Favorite song(s): Muffin Man
Set It Off (Set It Off, 2025) (Recommendation)
3/5
Favorite Song(s): Creating Monsters, Worst Case Scenarios
Jazz Dispensary: Hotel Jolie Damie
2.5/5
Favorite song(s): Don’t let me be lonely tonight
1st Album [Dystopia : The Tree of Language] (Dreamcatcher, 2020)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Tension
Fairyforest: Temptation (PIXY, 2021)
2/5
Favorite song(s): Intro (End of the Forest)
Savage - The 1st Mini Album - EP (aespa, 2021)
2.5/5
Favorite song(s): Savage
Neuromantic (2021 Yoshinori Sunahara Remastering) ( Yukihiro Takihashi, 1981)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): Grand Espoir, Connection
Snowflakes Are Dancing (Isa Tomita, 1974)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Claire de Lune*
Richie Blackmore's Rainbow (Rainbow, 1975)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Black Sheep of the Family
Rising (Rainbow, 1976)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Stargazer
Bruton BRS8: Wipe out (Martin John Kershaw & Duncan Lamont, 1984)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Dazzler
Alchemical: Volume 1 (Dove Cameron, 2023)
3/5
Favorite song(s): FRAGLE THINGS
How to Be a Human Being (Glass Animals, 2016)(Recommendation)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Season 2 Episode 3
I let it in and took everything (Loathe, 2020)
3/5
Favorite song(s): A Sad Cartoon
Follow the Leader (Korn,1998) (Recommendation)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Dead Bodies Everywhere
Korn (Korn, 1994) (Recommendation)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Shoots and Ladders
Um Comma Jennifer Question Mark (Um, Jennifer? ,2025) (Recomendation)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Girl Class
Salt of the Earth (The Soul Searchers,1974)
5/5
Favorite Song(s): Ashley's Roachclip
Qaurto Azul (Amaranto, 2011)
5/5
Favorite Song: Se Não Vem, Se Não for...
Just A little Bit (PHELIX, 2024) (Single)
おやすみルナモス (Frenesi, 2025) (Single)
In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson, 1969)
4/5
Favorite Song(s): Epitaph, Moonchild
Wake Up (Hannah Geller, 2025) (Single)
Good God!- EP (Rio Romeo, 2022)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): Twice
You Are The Ugliest Part Of My Body (The Histrionics, 2023)
2/5
Favorite song(s): Twist
Amyl and the Sniffers (Amyl and the Sniffers,2019) (Recomendation)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)
John Prine (John Prine, 1971) (Recomendation)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Flashback Blues
MetroJackz (Sasakure.Uk, 2012)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): The UniversaL ElekiteL, BAd Companyz
Garden Tour (Omoi, 2018)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Chit Chat March
Rosie (ROSÉ,2024)
4/5
Favorite song(s): call it the end
Rock 'n' Roll Station (Nurse with Wound, 1994)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Two Golden Microphones
Ninteen (Rob Araujo,2018) (Single)
Uncle John Farquhar (Goodnight, Texas, 2014)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Cold Riders
Rumors (Fleetwood Mac, 1977)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Songbird
Rockferry (Duffy, 2008)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Warwick Avenue
Hate (The Delgados, 2002)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Child Killers
HEARTY NOTES (Casiopea,1994)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): Sombrero
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System of a Down (System of a Down, 1998)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Peephole
Toxicity (System of a Down, 2001)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Bounce
Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr, 1970)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Stardust
K-12 (Melanie Martinez, 2019) (Recommendation)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Nurse's Office
Steal this Album! (System of a Down, 2001)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Streamline
Mezmerize (System of a Down, 2005)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Question!
Hypnotize (System of a Down, 2005)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s):Kill Rock 'n Roll
The Planets (Isao Tomita, 1991)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity/Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
The Hard Way (Cameron Whitcomb,2025) (Recomendation)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Hundred Mile High
Different Night Same Rodeo (Bailey Zimmerman,2025) (Recomendation)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Everything But Up
Fairy- Ai (Mayo Suzukaze, 2021)
5/5
Favorite song(s):My Way
Vikings of the Sunrise: Fantasy On the Polynesian Star Navigatiors (Stephan Scott,1996)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): The Great Ocean of Kikiwa
Soundtracks For the Blind (Swans,1996) (Recomendation)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Blood section
Noah (Noah Floersch, 2023)
5/5
Favorite song(s): I Will Always Find You
Live It Out (Metric, 2005) (Recommendation)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Empty
Metallica (Metallica,1991)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Sad But True
The Sweetest Illusion (Basia,1992)
5/5
Favorite song(s): She Deserves It/ Rachel's Wedding
The World is a Ghetto (War,1972)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): Four Cornered Room
Under the Table and Dreaming (Dave Matthews Band, 1994)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Ants Marching
Surfer Rosa (The Pixies, 1997)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Where is my Mind*
CHROMAKOPIA+ (Tyler, The Creator, 2024)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Sticky (feat. GloRilla, Sexyy Red & Lil Wayne)
Hunky Dory (1971, David Bowie)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Quicksand
Crash (Dave Mathews Band, 1996)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Too Much
Hooked (Dizzy and Fay, 2022)
5/5
Favorite song(s): All the Yous
Closing Time (Tom Waits, 1993)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Lonely, Rosie
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (50th Anniversary Edition) (Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim, 1967)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Baubles, Bangles and Beads
Son of Perdition (Wretched, 2012)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Stellar sunset of evolution pt.1-3
Pork Soda (Primus, 1973)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): DMV
Notes: really fun album though
If You Wait (London Grammer, 2013)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Shyer
AiAiA (Ado, 2026) (Single)
DRAWING 101 (Apollo Flowerchild,2023)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s):Palavras No Osso
12 (Ryuichi Sakamoto,2023)
4/5
Favorite song(s):20220123
Rebirth (Ivycomb,2025)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Get Rowdy!
the ones that stuck around (Coda Club,2025)
3/5
Favorite song(s): a day late (and a dollar short)
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The downward spiral (Nine Inch Nails, 1994)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): March of the Pigs
Your Neighborhood (The Toxhards, 2025)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Get Creative! Or Get Radicalized!
Pay Attention to Meeee (Boy Jr, 2022)
3/5
Favorite Song: Do you really like me, or do you just need a therapist?
Burn Pygmalion!!! A Better Guide to Romance (The Scary Jokes, 2019)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Sleepyhead
Man's Best Friend (Bonus track Version) (Sabrina Carpenter, 2025)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Nobody's Son
Lamp Genso (Lamp, 2008)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Ame Furo Yoru No Moukou
Closer (Coda Club, 2026) (Single)
Faith in the future (Deluxe) (Louis Tomlinson, 2022) (Recommendation)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): Lucky Again
<|°_°|> (Electric Caravan, 2015)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Mighty (feat. JFTH)
In This Beautiful World (MilliSen,2026) (Single) (Recomendation)
Decline (SKYTE,2025) (Single)
A Matter of Time: The Final Hour (Laufey, 2026) (Listened to just the new tracks on this release)
N/A
Favorite Song(s): I Wait, I Wait, I Wait
Nothing to Miss (eria kudrow, 2025)
2.5/5
Favorite song(s): Pale Blue Dot
Animals (Pink Floyd, 1977)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Sheep
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea ( Neutral Milk Hotel, 1998)
3/5
Favorite song(s): The Fool
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Fishing for Fishies (King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, 2019)
4/5
Favorite song(s): This Thing
Everybody Scream (Florence + The Machine, 2025) (Recommendation)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Witch Dance
Conscious Since Last Night- EP (Max Javelino,2019)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Weightless Divine (Blushing)
MM..FOOD (MF DOOM, 2004)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Hoe Cakes
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DEEP LOVE - EP (KOIAI, 2023)
2.5/5
Favorite song(s): A New Breath
BABYMETAL (Babymetal,2015)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!
Let It Be (The Beatles, 1970)
3/5
Favorite song(s): Dig a Pony
NEW BEGINNING (Bandmaid, 2015)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Arcadia Girl
Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles, 1967)
5/5
Favorite song: The Fool On the Hill
Twist (The Wiyos, 2012)
4/5
Favorite song(s): Tinman
Legend (Poco, 1978)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Crazy Love*
Apocalypse Pop (Xx-Dartdarling-xX, 2025)
4/5
Favorite song(s): hoes r killing my buzz
Carol of the Bells (Xx-Dartdarling-xX, 2025) (Single)
The Perfect LUV Tape (Lil Uzi Vert, 2016)
2/5
Favorite song(s): SideLine Watching (Hold Up)
THE MOUSE AND THE MASK (DANGERDOOM, MF DOOM & Danger Mouse, 2005)
4.5/5
Favorite song(s): Old School Rules (Feat. Talib Kweli)
Neverneverland (The Pink Fairies,1971)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): War Girl, Teenage Rebel
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Aerosmith (Aerosmith, 1973)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): One Way Street
Everything I Know About Love (Laufey, 2022)
5/5
Favorite song(s): Above the Chinese Restaurant
Swordfishtrombones (2023 Remaster) (Tom Waits, 1983)
3/5
Favorite song(s): In the Neighborhood
Notes: This album is weird, I kind of love it, but also it's so incredibly jarring at the same time
Cutie Cinema Replay (CAPSULE, 2003)
3.5/5
Favorite song(s): French Lesson (feat. Sabou et Mamie)
Phony Phonic (CAPSULE, 2003)
4/5
Favorite song(s):RGB