4 "Music Nerd" Albums You Need to Check Out

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Hey everybody! Thanks for watching this video on "4 Music Nerd Albums You Need to Check Out". RateYourMusic.com is an incredibly helpful resource for discovering and learning about new music. Their charts/lists are FULL of stuff to read about and check out, the community ratings are fascinating, etc. But it can also be a vast, slightly intimidating world, and I wanted to give a few recommendations to ease you into it. Here are four projects from their best albums of all-time list for you to check out.
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[@tiIki]

"what percentage of high school and college kids know about king crimson" Oh man, you would be surprised.

[@maxijgo23]

Mostly JoJo fans I believe

[@fillername917]

Jojo and kanye fans

[@Seantendo]

But how many of them actually know the music?

[@tiIki]

@@maxijgo23 JJBA has a huge impact aswell, sure. But like, literally a 10 year old can google things like "best rock albums" or "60s albums" and ITCOTCK would pop up in the first few results.

[@fillername917]

@@Seantendo None

[@sirprintalot]

Always happy to see Kate Bush and Fishmans get the credit they deserve.

[@pixiepearl2783]

Fishmans is just on another level

[@akchubeats3758]

i love fishmans and their peak is very high but they really just have 1 classic and one good album imo

[@akchubeats3758]

@Nathan Bartuky yes, and i feel like in the "music nerd" community they are both kinda overrated and their first couple of albums are mid af.

[@francotamayo94]

“Night Cruising” got me hooked into their music.

[@RMwalktroughs]

I mean Kate Bush is a legendary artist, it's not like people don't know about her

[@huzi37709]

I'm 19 and know a fair few people who know king crimson, slint, godspeed, etc. The internet has given our generation more exposure to old/non mainstream music.

[@calvin7978]

I’m a bit younger than you and i’ll be honest, RYM opened my eyes to so many artists and albums I’d never have listened to or heard of. A lot of my favorite albums I found off RYM

[@ricomarez7834]

I feel like younger people tend to check out older music more than older people tend to check out new music.

[@loucorona2684]

I love Godspeed and I'm 59.

[@richardwallace6313]

not surprised about Slint, as they took Louisville slowcore national; other than Galaxie 500, who pretty much invented slowcore, Slint probably are the best known slowcore band there is (though of course Rodan and its one record and one tour is legendary--saw them in Cambridge, MA with Ruby Falls; yep, I saw Ruby Falls).

[@spleniuscervicis1734]

Slint, GY!BE... "old"???

[@scarcat2469]

The Kate Bush part definitely aged well

[@sandmanchase6579]

No kidding right? xD

[@ferencssalvoski3721]

Just because an stupid shown made mainstream a timeless pop classic song doesn't mean this aged well. Always was well

[@scarcat2469]

@@ferencssalvoski3721 KZbin comments are not a healthy replacement for therapy my guy

[@keisi1574]

@@scarcat2469 You overrate therapy. You obviously overrate lotsa mainstream nonsense, crap n trash. 🤪

[@loscilla]

​@@scarcat2469 bruh get over yourself

[@felentelechy]

the idea of Kate Bush being niche elsewhere, especially with her most pop-y album is so bizarre to me

[@dillberrystew6205]

same, being from a Maltese family living in the UK full of Kate Bush fans I find it so strange the lack of recognition she receives outside of the UK. I believe it is partly due to the fact she didn't tour worldwide perhaps due to her fear of flying.

[@CT68]

I'm not sure how niche it was. Granted, it wasn't being played on mainstream radio, but one of her songs from that album, Hello Earth, was on Miami Vice, which was HUGE at the time.

[@Ignatius1972]

@@dillberrystew6205 Kate bush is very known and beloved elsewhere in Continental Europe, Japan, Australia and South America (specially in Brazil, Peru and Chile). Kate is seen as a very "avant gard" or niche only in USA and the video was made with this very North American point of view

[@gregj6648]

@@Ignatius1972 I don't even think this is an accurate US perspective tbh. She was celebrated on MTV back in the 90's, especially after Utah Saints - Something Good blew up. Kate Bush probably sold as many albums in the US as an average 100 artist, but over a lengthy period instead of the short spike it takes to "be popular" in the US.

[@thedarksiderebel]

Agreed, but I would say The Kick Inside or Red Shoes is her most pop-y

[@Seantendo]

Hounds Of Love is a masterpiece, but The Dreaming deserves just as much love.

[@felentelechy]

hounds of love is definitely more accessible but I think the dreaming was her peak creatively

[@voidpumpkin2600]

It's more creative in terms of subject matter but it is her first time producing and it shows, personally I think The Sensual World and Lionheart deserve more love.

[@cobwebsandstrange3832]

The Dreaming, Hounds of Love and the Sensual World is just a perfect streak of records for Kate

[@gamwisesamgee7400]

The Kick Inside and Never for Ever are great, too.

[@doorsheets2637]

More love, IMO.

[@johnnyCheeseburger]

I'm always so happy to see Nick Drake represented. He completely changed me.

[@JustinMoraFilms]

Yes 🙌 I found him in high school and his music changed me as well

[@electronbluepearl8591]

Same here. I got my first tattoo at 52...a Pink Moon on my shoulder

[@Figurebutgaming]

Same I saw the thumbnail and instantly clicked

[@fleetcomm1]

I don’t know who’s luckier, me who grew up and as a kid in 1963 was amazed at the constantly changing music scene, or you who has 65 years of rock music and all its offsprings at your fingertips. I was 9 when I got “Meet the Beatles”. I was 15 when “In the Court of the Crimson King” was in my collection. I bought every record I could find that had the Moog synthesizer, computer music, tape loops etc. I heard “How Many More Times” by Led Zeppelin being played in Sears’ record department. I was 19 when I became invested in Krautrock. Faust, Guru Guru, Tangerine Dream and others. I collected records and made it to 6000 LP’s and 1000 45’s with 50% of them having picture sleeves. When my sons grew up I asked them if they were interested in the collection and the said HELL NO. They hated all those records. I eBayed the truly collectibles and gave the other 4000 away. But it was a blast. I don’t regret selling them.

[@theothertonydutch]

I mean you got OG street cred, but new ones will more or less be able to live vicariously through stories like yours and I am sure those records found their way to some kids bedroom.

[@ashleybrown4754]

If my parents gave me tons of vinyl I wouldn't be saying "Hell No".

[@fleetcomm1]

There’re 3 reasons for my sons to say no. 1. I had 70% in a temperature controlled storage unit and every few months I’d take one of them to help go drop some off and bring some back to go through. 2. My collection was 99% 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. They were born in 1980 & 1981. Oldies never interested them. One did take my collection of The Residents & Devo. 3. I got them into computers in the 90’s. They could build a PC better than I could and they were into bulletin boards, AOL and Napster when it arrived. No need for records or CD’s. Record collecting in the 70’s & 80’s & 90’s was an entirely different game compared to today. Garage sales, flea markets, Thrift Store were it. The challenge of finding records for 25¢ to $2.00 was the goal and not very hard thanks to the invention of the CD. BY 1990 everyone was dumping vinyl. I’d never thought of paying premium price at a used record store. I had one rule which would never stand today, I would not buy a newly released record stamped as “Collector’s Edition”. What fun was that? But in 1977, the 10 year anniversary of “Sgt Pepper” I broke that rule. I believe it was also due to the upcoming release of “Sgt Pepper” the movie. The Sgt Pepper picture disc, “The White Album” “62-66” & “67-“70” were released on colored vinyl. Colored vinyl and picture discs were my addiction. But I’m leaving out one key piece of history. I worked as a rackjobber for Handleman Records from 1975 to 1979 who serviced all Kmart, Gemco, TG&Y stores nationwide. I paid cost for those Beatle collectibles. That was all I bought from the company because I didn’t have any interest in 70’s Top 40. Such family stores did not cater to the off the wall stuff. They carried the big artists like Zeppelin & Sabbath but a big NO to Zappa, Fugs, Beefheart. But it was a huge YES to Shaun Cassidy, Donny & Marie, Leif Garrett, Debbie Boone, DISCO, lots of disco, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Rick Dees Disco Duck. How degrading is that?

[@jesucristo8016]

You are luckier, trust me. Im glad I can enjoy all these things but having so much content to stream makes it lose the impact it had on release. Like, I would listen to Crimson King today and enjoy it, but tomorrow I will be listening to Cocteau Twins, and the day after I will listen to Nas' Illmatic, and so on. Its good I can experience all of this, but the fact that it's so on the tip of my finger at any given moment makes it kind of lose the impact. It's obviously just my opinion, but I do think streaming services sort of kill the essence of being a real music enjoyer. PS: Would love to see your collection, make a video of your top 100 fav ones? *edit: ok fuck, you sold em :C

[@theothertonydutch]

@@jesucristo8016 Go to record shops or thrift stores. Gems are to be found. You have to make the choice to live better I think.

[@craw_daddy97]

Love that Fishmans is getting more attention these days. Not only is the music incredible, but the story of the band, 98.12.28, and Shinji Sato’s death is one of the most moving stories in all of music imo Edit: if anyone is interested in listening to 98.12.28, highly recommend listening to their discography before immediately jumping in. It only makes the album that much more rewarding

[@sethbartolome3955]

the otokotachino wakare is the greatest live album i’ve ever listened to in my life. everytime i listen to it. it’s an out of body experience

[@mikelpelaez]

I prefer long season, but that album is a masterpiece

[@abeautifulswansong]

@@mikelpelaez the version of long season on otokotachino is the best version of the song

[@mikelpelaez]

@@abeautifulswansong I personally prefer the original, despite the otokotachino version being amazing too

[@verxon6559]

Silky silky for mai laaaaiif😩

[@dillberrystew6205]

Kate Bush is one of the most well-known female solo artists in the UK, but I feel she lacks the recognition elsewhere since she did not tour worldwide perhaps due to her supposed fear of flying

[@MartijnPennings]

I seem to recall that also, she doesn't like to play live because she feels that the recorded versions of her songs are the way they are intended and she feels that she's not able to recreate them live to her own liking. I think she's a pretty introverted person who really, REALLY, values her privacy and doesn't value fame.

[@Arrwmkr]

Nah she is famous everywhere, as a kid in South Africa we had he ads in comics!

[@GuinessOriginal]

I dunno, most 80s and 90s rappers cite her as a huge influence

[@GuinessOriginal]

She didn’t like the whole fame game, she only ever toured and did chat shows once and didn’t like it so she never did any promotional work for any of her albums since. Didn’t need to

[@ashutoshbaluni3188]

well guess what

[@a.bjordi4100]

As a Fishmans enjoyer, I recommend the band Polaris. It's japanese too, but less funkier and more slowcore/dream pop focused.

[@TheDominicProject]

which album to start with? or just chronological

[@genehayes]

@@TheDominicProject start with Home

[@taifu7040]

the said bassist that was leaving after 98.12.28 actually went on to form Polaris and that's how i found them! beautifulll songs and I love how they're all 7 minutes or longer, sucks they don't seem to have much recognition :/

[@nektarpanagiotis6707]

Average fishmans enjoyer

[@Yuriding]

This was not formed by the Fishmans musicians? I think that is the same formation or something like that.

[@the_chandler]

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on Slint and maybe My Bloody Valentine, especially in the US...but pretty much any kid raised with classic rock is going to know King Crimson. It's like the first thing a high school kid becomes obsessed with after they decide Pink Floyd is their favorite band. Even with that aside, they were a huge sample on one of Kanye's biggest hits.

[@albatrossflyer]

So true hahah. Pink Floyd sent me into a prog rock spiral including King Crimson, Camel, Yes etc

[@emmerick0]

Slint, MBV, King Crimson...... They are all basic bands when you are in high school and you discover /mu/core essentials

[@gravytopic]

@@emmerick0 Is there a substantial number of kids who would know KC at any given high school? Like, more than 1 out of 100? Are there still that many 15 year-olds into Pink Floyd? The world of my youth is far behind me, and I'm interested to see out it would compare.

[@macdeleon3717]

@@gravytopic probably 1/10 kids is a kc fan, with probably 25% of kids my age being pink floyd fans

[@moommoom6915]

@@macdeleon3717 Lmao no way maybe in certain circles but from what I've seen a large proportion of teenagers don't even know pink floyd despite their massive popularity

[@nedd.8479]

Pink Moon is one of the best albums of all time.

[@connor5053]

I would love to see this become a series

[@calvin7978]

Fr, he shld go over every top 50 album on RYM’s list that aren’t more popular, like Beatles Abbey Road Pink Floyd Kendrick

[@progrockdude2691]

This is a really cool vid that I hope people will check out to further expand on their tastes in music Btw the song is called CloudBUSTing not Cloudbursting (at 9:10)

[@ayoubdado7927]

he must have been confused by the hello earth lyric

[@sonyadavidson7458]

How can someone not care about Kate bush 😭 she’s a legend !!

[@TuathaTuna]

I just found out about her. I remember listening to “wuthering heights”, and immediately turning it off back in the day. I did not know what lay beyond that opening. What a fool I was.

[@jickamangah]

people often forget how incredible of a guitarist nick drake is. Listen to the john peel session EP. The live performances are nearly perfect and Nick's attitude is so in the moment and calm. He even plays rhythm guitar on Bryter Layter and outshines the lead flute player.

[@Mark.mp3]

I see Kate Bush I CLICK ❤️

[@deiiiv_id]

My bloody valentine is really popular atm, in my opinion

[@cu_cowboy2540]

Probably because it just got added to Spotify so a resurgence of hype has occurred.

[@michaelmcdonald8452]

Popularity isn’t a matter of opinion

[@M2Mil7er]

@@michaelmcdonald8452 It's a matter of opinions. Like, a lot of them. Positive ones.

[@Dirt_Master]

Kate bush is absolutely amazing.

[@rickszabo4312]

Her version of Elton's Rocketman on KZbin is awesome, to bad she didn't perform at the London Olympics

[@sindead28]

Make RYM-core a series

[@drill6739]

no

[@Mini-ln5tm]

no

[@sindead28]

no

[@user-wx2ek3uv1i]

no

[@discotequilasunset]

yes

[@plsarguewithme2665]

"what kind of highschool and college kids know king crimson?" jojo fans: well actually

[@jakekrolak6092]

God tier profile pic

[@liamaldrich2476]

God forgive these bastards pfp detected Congratulations, you have great taste

[@erossanval]

freshman. got introduced to jojo got to part 2 quit and king crimson is easily in my top 10 artists.

[@donpylon5102]

feel like there are a lot of ppl on rym that take it way too serious but it's still my go to source for anything music related and i've discovered SO many great albums and musicians through it

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

please do more of these! i'm pretty deep in the music community, but some albums (like pink moon for example) seem so hard to conquer, so inaccessible, so it's cool to hear someone talk about it in this way. And i actually never heard of the sam cooke live album, but i'l definetley check both of them out!

[@PaizuruInsanal]

You just gotta be in a certain mood you know, like if your brain craves melodies there's no fighting it, it's what I learned.

[@TheDominicProject]

tbh I have no idea how Pink Moon is inaccessible in any way, at it's core it's just an acoustic album that is pure and wistful and beautiful. It's basically, obviously appealing. Or do you mean the furore and conversation around it is the intimidating part? There are plenty of classic albums that today require a lot of context or familiarity with the genre. Drake isn't one hehe

[@louisturnbull1532]

Five leaves left I believe is a better album than pink moon, and probably ‘more accessible’ if you can say that pink moon isn’t. I truly believe river man is one of the best songs ever made (check out the John peel version of this song on youtube)

[@th3giv3r]

Really? Pink Moon seems mellow enough to pass over you even if you aren't trying to engage with it critically. It's not Jandek or anything

[@elijahtrotman8257]

hounds of love is unbelievable man, I love the sensual world too

[@flugshub8873]

My favorite music nerd album is The Glow pt.2 easily. The first 3 tracks are the greatest run in music history. It feels like happily relaxing in the summer near a lake at sunset with someone playing guitar, but it's distorted, corrupted, and deals with themes of suicide, loneliness, and going insane due to a breakup, but through nature and metaphors. Phil Elverum, the man behind the project, has this vulnerable, boyish voice that makes you feel everything he's singing about. The Moon has the best lyrics I have ever heard period, and the riff at the end of the title track is one of the best sounds ever.

[@gupoll]

Yea The Moon has the greatest lyricism I’ve ever heard in a song and probably my favorite song ever. That being said, Mount Eerie is still my favorite album by The Microphones. And my favorite album ever

[@morgali7493]

Fishmans live album is literally so fucking perfect

[@slumpymonke]

So glad you covered the Fishmans. the more i listened to them, the more hooked i got. The mesmerizing bass lines and synths on this album are so amazing. This band is truly a beautiful gift to this world. I’M FISH ❤️

[@ayantandon2333]

So glad to see Nick Drake being shown some love

[@joshhale9355]

Pink Moon is probably my first “music nerd” album. There’s something mesmerizing about it.

[@mctheplaywright]

This should be a series, it’s fascinating!!

[@zackzallie8735]

Hounds of Love never gets old. It balances synth-pop, art pop and experimentation that influences lot of artists until today. Probably one of my favorite albums of all time.

[@DavidKAnderson]

An absolute masterwork...

[@TheMagicalArden]

Soundtracks For the Blind-Swans Deloused in the Comatorium/Frances the Mute- The Mars Volta Lateralus- Tool ITAOTS/The Glow Pt. 2-NMH/The Microphones Everything by Tortoise, specifically albums 1-3 and 5 are my picks.

[@charliebussers2686]

Swans, Tool, NHM And microphones record are pretty famous

[@TheMagicalArden]

@@charliebussers2686 For their respective genres, yes...

[@DATTTAWESOMEGUY]

Soundtracks is one of the least accessible Swans albums for a newbie. Ease them in with TGA or TBK at least

[@TheMagicalArden]

@@DATTTAWESOMEGUY That's true, but TBK isn't considered a classic, although TGA is a better starting point.

[@DATTTAWESOMEGUY]

@@TheMagicalArden Not a classic? It's one of their most critically acclaimed albums, their most commercially successful album, the second highest rated Swans album on RYM, in RYM's Top 200 albums of all time, and the recipient of Melon Man's 10 rating (a rating that only 4 other albums received that decade). That to me sounds like a classic (or at least a future classic).

[@shayshayshayshayshayshayshay]

I won’t forget the time my old friend played Things Behind The Sun for me in my PreCalc class

[@maxima.isakov7664]

RYM genuinely changed my life a bit. I think I had been aware of it's existence since I was 13. I remember going around the city in my incredibly cheap chinese headphones, listening to Marvin Gaye, Talk Talk and Spiritualized. I don't think I could ever relive the experience of pure euphoria coming in the form of tiny soundwaves from the incredibly quiet speaker in my headset. I'd listen to 5 albums a day... And relisten them over and over... I almost feel like I've heard everything by now, even though I am clearly aware I haven't, because in less than a month I'll be celebrating my 16th birthday. Charts on RYM are really deceiving, by the way. Topsters in a genre might be good, but where I found this website most useful was the Artist's page. I would've never discovered some of my favorite albums had I not clicked on "Jorge Ben", "Auktyon", "Thinking Fellers..", "Animal Collective"...etc... Please try to explore a great musicians' less appreciated works.

[@brutanedda3107]

Damn, Long Season in the last live version is absolutely insanely beautiful. It's something divine almost. Fishmans are like the happy japanese version of Radiohead

[@billywindsock9597]

Genius is used too often, but Kate Bush is at the top table.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Discovering Kate Bush's music 5 years ago was one of the best decisions I ever made. She's probably my favorite artist of all time. It makes me happy to see her on this list along with Nick Drake who is another favorite of mine.

[@wenjun4536]

One album in particular I've discovered on the RYM charts and not really seen discussed anywhere else (at least among most English-speaking communities) is Clube da Esquina, a Brazillian MPB album. I don't understand any of the lyrics, but the guitars, string arrangements and singing are so evocative and full of emotion to me it transcends language and the some of the tracks almost sound like proto dream pop with its echoey production. Apparently its a very important album in the musical history of Brazil, so its nice that sites like RYM can sometimes bring non-English music or relatively obscure titles to some global prominence they deserve but not otherwise have.

[@djgaaabrieu]

Yess it's a very important album here in Brazil! If you like it, it's worth it to check out these albums from the musicians who worked on Clube da Esquina: Lô Borges - Self-Titled Beto Guedes - Amor de índio Milton Nascimento - Travessia The first two ones have a lot of progressive/psychadelic rock influences mixed with traditional brazilian music

[@wenjun4536]

​@@djgaaabrieu Huh I'll see about getting around to listening to their solo works. Btw what do you think of Os Mutantes? I heard Kurt Cobain was a big fan of them. Also Milton's voice is so impossibly angelic its insane.

[@djgaaabrieu]

@@wenjun4536 I love Os Mutantes! They're really important for the rock genre here in Brazil, also worthy to check the members' solo career if you like the band And I couldn't agree more on Milton's voice, he really sounds like an angel haha

[@discotequilasunset]

listen to novos baianos too!

[@fernandodannemannneto7453]

I have you to thank for, good sir, for showing me how wonderful 98.12.28 really is. Saw it on your best albums from every year I've been alive list and fell in love with it. It's the kind of thing I would NEVER find out on my own. So thank you very much and keep on with the good work. You're inspiring me to broaden my horizons in music and even to share my opinions with the world, something I never thought I'd do.

[@lorensims4846]

Oh WOW! Those "you probably never heard of" albums are some of the very best ever! I've heard of the Fishmans album before but now I've gotta get it. I've been a KateFan for decades and I have All Her Stuff, ever since she was on SNL with "Rolling the Ball" in '75. Sam Cooke was awesome! I'll have to check out that website, they really seem to know their stuff.

[@Christian-zs2xq]

The Kate Bush album is one of my all-time favorites.

[@irem8126]

I think I most love the videos like this where you recommend music and talk about stories behind them. I always end up checking some of them out and loving them. So thank you for the great videos

[@georgeplunkitt5565]

I hope John Fahey is on the list somewhere. It probably wouldn’t be as popular because it’s only acoustic guitar, but he’s the most underrated guitar player I’ve ever heard. America is an insane album, he really gives his guitar a voice and livens it to the point where you don’t even realize that a guitar is all you’re listening to.

[@Ultamik3y]

I would love to see a sequel to this vid! Here's some more essential RYMcore/music nerd albums: -Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (or Geogaddi, both are fucking classics) -My Bloody Valentine - Loveless -The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2 -Death Grips - The Money Store -Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas -Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven -Pink Floyd - Animals -Swans - Soundtracks For the Blind -Sweet Trip - Velocity: Design: Comfort.

[@Romhec321]

Another One Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975) William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops III (2003) Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (II) (2010) Yellow Magic Orchestra - Naughty Boys (1983) David Wise - Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) Flipper's Guitar - Three Cheers for Our Side (1989) Cristobal Tapia de Veer - Utopia² (2014) Dubmood - Best of 2001-2003 (2011) [Comp] 河名伸江 - のぶえの海 (1975) The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn (1972) Basic Channel - BCD-2 (1999) [Comp]

[@Kidsmakemovies2]

I enjoyed this video, and I would be more than happy if you did more installments of this sort of thing.

[@pdub4600]

More!!!!! Dude thank you so much for sharing this. You have just completely opened up my mind to some absolutely amazing music!!

[@MrsWhiterock]

One of my Dad's favourite songs back then used to be Running up That Hill (much to the dismay of my Mom ^^) and I share his feelings for it! It still, albeit rarely, gets played on one radio station here in Germany that exclusively plays 60s, 70s and 80s and everytime it does come on while I'm at work I catch myself humming along :)

[@ipercreeper3300]

you were really close with that comment about jig of life

[@cornifsh]

lol i was abt to comment this

[@rosejaydasinclair]

man fishmans is fantastic, long season is my favorite song of all time and i'm so glad they're getting recognition

[@puransu20]

What an amazing video, that Fishmans live album and Bingka Moon are among two of my most played albums of all time.

[@therainbowlibrary1879]

I love your videos and your passion for music. I really needed a reminder that there are people who appreciate art and care about artists. Thank you 💛

[@NikWaterfalls]

I love how varied this list is! I need to listen to more live albums.

[@LeonvanBokhorst]

Insightful and inspiring. You pointed me towards a couple of new gems. Thanks 🙏

[@thefreewave]

It's really great to see RYM get a shout out and from a favorite music channel. Was not expect to see that when i was surfing past but it was great to see and a good video to match. Thank you. .

[@zorkwhouse8125]

Really happy you picked that Kate Bush album - Hounds of Love is just nuts-o good and yet still overlooked by so many. Echoing your endorsement, "Running up that hill" is to me a near perfect song and one of my favs.

[@ryanmcmeans6133]

Loved this video. Its very informative. I think it would be cool if u did a video similar to this in the future but for specific genres.

[@benbrian9884]

pink moon is such a comforting and beautiful album, one of my favourites

[@henrikibsen6258]

Your love for this music is palpable. Thanks.

[@thenotoriusg]

One of your best videos in ages and that's saying somen, make more please, introduced me to so many best of all times

[@h8ydencha0tic52]

Ah nick drake....

[@mitchelltreaty7269]

I listened to that Nick Drake record for the first time on a whim the other day and man it is just so pretty.

[@shiitakestick]

“5 leaves left” I thought was so depressing a song title . Like about a dying tree .. then I heard the title was a warning notice printed in a pack of rolling papers ..!

[@WoodysAR]

I live in the US, Male, 53 years old... KATE BUSH has been at the tiptop of my very most favorites since the Hounds of Love came out, and I've bought all of her work on Tape and CD!

[@tonyhunt768]

Thanks for the heads up for Fishmans. What a great album! Am listening to it now.

[@Stepherner]

thanks for the very wide range of your recommendations! Fishman and the Sam Cooke album are a great tip! Greetings from Germany.

[@rusti1910]

Loved this video. Please do another one, already hooked on that Sam Cooke album.

[@calebdickerson2003]

Please make another video like this, brilliantly stated , I also became rather infatuated with rym after noticing how my taste matched nearly perfectly to their "best albums charts"

[@williamjackson6705]

Thanks for giving some love to Nick Drake . His music is timeless. Bryter Layter was My favorite.

[@connorbiddle4703]

Thanks for repping Nick Drake. I heard Hounds of Love for the first time about a month ago and it’s changed me. Gonna give these live albums a shot

[@MoonPact]

RYM has gotta be one of the best ways to discover music on the internet

[@buried4430]

It’s a tie for me between RYM and LastFM

[@tejptape9394]

i love when you recommend websites like this, it really helps

[@carw8127]

From these albums I had only listened to fishmans. I have just heard the Kate Bush one and OMG, how can this be that amazinh

[@alexblake4167]

This is great, I love finding new music.

[@emanuelcovic3189]

great video, would love to see more recommendations from RYM !

[@austenholritz7554]

Would LOVE to see more videos like this man :)

[@martinlynch1295]

These are all some of my favourite records, great list! Hopefully a 98.12.28 vinyl reissue follows the release of the Fishmans documentary...

[@DavidG-rg5bz]

Nice! I like your passion.

[@martijnaalbers3705]

Please more, love this kind of stuff!!

[@ACircadianRhythm]

Great showcase dude

[@pavese1379]

I fucking love Kate Bush in every level

[@modifiedcontent]

Kate Bush' Jig Of Life, 'never never say goodbye to my part of your life'. The B-side of Hounds Of Love is a story about a woman drowning at sea at night, going under in Under Ice, Waking The Witch, Watching You Without Me. Jig Of Life is where her old self is imploring her not to give up. And then she finds her way back to life in the stunning Hello Earth and Morning Fog. Hounds Of Love is not about hits or weirdness for weirdness sake; it's all the multiple layers and emotional depth that make it such a timeless beloved classic.

[@joshpoppie6305]

Agree, there’s so many gems on Side 2. I love side 1 more, it’s basically perfect, but side 2 really grows on you. Lots of beautiful quieter moments that hit you at unexpected times after the “weird” moments have become normal.

[@ycantiusegeorgiantextforhandle]

Hey man, since you're open to listening to non-english music, I'd be interested in seeing your thoughts on bands like Dewa 19, Dir En Grey, WITCH and Sun City Girls (they're American, one of the members was the drummer in The Velvet Underground, but they write songs in Arabic, Hindi and Indonesian). There's a lot of influential and interesting music with bands that have very interesting stories and histories that I don't see being talked about a lot in the internet music community and it would be great if someone who has a platform to introduce them to a larger audience.

[@Rishi-nv7bp]

Things behind the sun by nick Drake goes so hard

[@carlosparra6521]

Absolutely, I got into Nick Drake last year and it silla surprises me

[@josefinebliss2801]

Please make more of these! Thanks

[@collisw8302]

Just listened to 98.12.28 thanks to this video, what an album! Thank you for the recommendation.

[@rg3825]

Great choices!

[@youngkeontae3378]

Thank god the Fishmans are getting recognition and glad people are stepping out der regular music boundary to listen to dis🙏🏾💯

[@loops9742]

long season is so god damn amazing, thanks for putting this band out there more!

[@jakee3368]

All of Nick Drake's albums are phenomenal, I'm so glad RYM was able to recommend me his work.

[@joshuagibbs6918]

Great video! V informative, I've got some music to check out. Please make another!

[@theralphster3260]

long season is a brilliant song. i’ve known these albums for a while and i’m so so happy to see these albums get the recognition they deserve.

[@michaelmccloskey8718]

Just showed my partner pink moon before seeing this video. Nick Drake is amazing, love your videos Alfo!

[@tejptape9394]

omg congrats on 300k subs!!!

[@bumblethebeadle3504]

Kate is my absolutely favourite musical artist of all time. I realize that no one asked. It always kills me that so few people know about Kate as I have gone out of my way to collect even the Japanese Fruitopia ads and no one I know even know one of her songs.

[@elias7758]

Boy, it’s cloudbusting

[@shayshayshayshayshayshayshay]

I saw Nick Drake in the thumbnail and got excited

[@willsellfrog429]

Great video would love more

[@erinm3585]

as soon as a saw the little pink moon album art in the thumbnail i was 💖💖💖 - i like all of nick drakes albums though :)

[@JohnMushitu]

Never heard of RYM before, will definitely check it out