Instant 10/10 Records We Can’t Help But Return To
Brand New Eyes, Imaginal Disk, Nothing Happens, and Is This It are 10/10 records.
For publications like Off the Record, October’s arrival means revisiting the year’s best releases in search of contenders for year-end best-of lists. And while we are diligently preparing for the return of our CTRL+ALT+REPEAT series, music enjoyment can’t be all new all the time. Whether it’s a nostalgia-soaked standard, an other-worldly concept album, or a masterfully-produced modern classic, here are Off the Record’s 10 out of 10 records worth revisiting this Oct. 10 (or, frankly, any time).
In no particular order…
Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
Brand New Eyes by Paramore
What Do You Think About the Car? by Declan McKenna
Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
Imaginal Disk by Magdalena Bay
Nothing Happens by Wallows
Charm by Clairo
Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter
Hatful of Hollow by The Smiths
Lost Weekend by Phoebe Bridgers
Ctrl by SZA
Music, Fashion, Film by Charli xcx
July, December by Racecourse
Ghostholding by venturing
U by underscores
BB/ANG3L by Tinashe
The Seams by James Ivy
Is This It by The Strokes
Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads
Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins
Speak for Yourself by Imogen Heap
Blondshell by Blondshell
Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club
Calico by Ryan Beatty
Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party by Hayley Williams
In Rainbows by Radiohead
Two Star & The Dream Police by Mk.gee
Absolutely by Dijon
God Said No by Omar Apollo
Angles by The Strokes
Supermodel by Foster The People
Feel Something by Movements
Believer by Angela Autumn
Entropy by Foxtide
Raven by Kelela
Vows by Kimbra
Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
All We Know Is Falling by Paramore
R is for Rocket by Rocket
Nothing’s About to Happen to Me by Mitski
Girlfriend by The Driver Era
Do That Again by Malcolm Todd
Star by Valley James