I’ll do thanks

For me it’s a special memory. I noticed that my son — he must have been about three years old at the time — as soon as the track started with ‘and now we have a great…’, he would burst out laughing and start dancing.

Great list. The Third Eye Blind debut is one of those records that feels bright on the surface but hits much deeper underneath. Cohen’s first album is the opposite — quiet, honest, almost like someone reading your thoughts back to you.

White Pony and Aenima are a whole different kind of growing-up lesson — more visceral, more physical. And that Gorguts double release is such a specific rite-of-passage record.

Amazing how these albums line up with the key moments in your life. Music keeps its own kind of timeline.

Three cheers for sweet revenge

The xx debut album

Burn the earth leave it behind

We are beautiful we are doomed

Remember that I love you Beautiful choices. We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed has that intelligent fragility that hits you without making any noise — it feels like it’s written by someone growing up right alongside you, line after line.

And Remember That I Love You… that one is a gentle knife. It’s one of those songs that doesn’t try to explain what you’re feeling — it just walks with you through it, without judgment.

Thank you for sharing these. They’re albums that say far more beneath the surface than they do on it.