to start off this amazing blog, i thought what better way to do this than to share my favorite albums (and eps), what i like about them and why you should listen to them. this entry was created by me listening to each album on repeat as i wrote, so each review would be as honest as possible. i also wrote all of these out of order, so feel free to read them in whatever way you want. hopefully this will set the tone for future posts and give an idea of genres that will be covered. a lot of these albums have built my music taste from the ground up, were "gateways" to other artists or genres, have great meaning to me, or i just consider them perfect and everyone should know about them. these are personal interpretations and applications to my listening experience, so don't get upset if it's not described exactly how the band intended their album to be received. i had to pair it down to the essentials (still more to come), so without further ado, here are my favorite ...