high fidelity

so, the ears are beginning to develop. i have come to a necessary and robust conclusion. rather than buy bose noise-reducing earphones (i should add that these were quickly vetoed by the spousal unit), i am going to begin playing music loudly. this child has much catching up to do and i want to give it as much a head-start as possible on record geekery. to that end, i am beginning a list of must listens. let me know of additions, subtractions, quarrels...

modest mouse: we were dead before the ship even sank
beach boys: pet sounds
babyshambles: down in albion
beatles: rubber soul, revolver, white album
the smiths: louder than bombs
lily allen: alright, still
the good, the bad, and the queen
the clash: sandinista!
bob dylan: freewheelin', bringing it all back home, john wesley harding, blood on the tracks, live '75, street legal, love and theft
sam cooke: live at the harlem square club
counting crows: august and everything after
delroy wilson: the best of
prince buster: fabulous greatest hits
bounty killer: the mystery
junior murvin: police & thieves
antony and the johnsons: i am a bird now
kate bush: hounds of love, aerial
flaming lips: at war with the mystics
the kinks: are the village green preservation society
p.j. harvey: stories from the city, stories from the sea
the killers: sam's town
morrissey: live at earl's court
beastie boys: hello nasty
elvis costello: get happy!, imperial bedroom, the delivery man
elvis presley: the sun sessions, from elvis in memphis
r.e.m.: new adventures in hi-fi
the zombies: odessey and oracle
david bowie: hunky dory, ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars
george harrison: all things must pass
jimi hendrix: live at the fillmore
miles davis: the complete bitches brew
the jam: setting sons
van morrison: astral weeks
radiohead: kid a, amnesiac
joe strummer and the mescaleros: global a go go, streetcore
sufjan stevens: illinois
talking heads: fear of music, remain in light
dwight yoakam: buenos noches from a lonely room
lucinda williams: world without tears


this seems to be a good start (modest mouse is on right now). i will probably obsessively update this post. it's kind of interesting to figure out the top albums you want to play to the person you'll probably love the most. it really puts it into perspective. and you all might laugh at me, but i am honestly not putting everything i want to on here, mostly for the sake of time. that, and some of my favorite albums, erin absolutely hates, and vice-versa. i think it's important that we have an accord on this one for at least a few months.