aworks ordered meme :: albums from the past

Cover of Hoodoo Man Blues

Via Iron Tongue of Midnight:

Think of 15 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world. When you finish, tag 15 others, including me. Make sure you copy and paste this part so they know the drill. Get the idea now? Good. Tag, you're it.

In rough order of listening:

1. More of the Monkees. The Monkees.
2. Symphony No. 5. Leonard Bernstein. New York Philharmonic. (Beethoven).
3. White Album. Beatles.
4. We're an American Band. Grand Funk Railroad.
5. Born to Run. Bruce Springsteen.
6. Mysterious Traveller. Weather Report.
7. Bitches Brew. Miles Davis.
8. Interstellar Space. John Coltrane.
9. Hoodoo Man Blues. Junior Wells. or Hard Again. Muddy Waters.
10. Reich: Variations; Adams: Shaker Loops. Edo De Waart. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra.
11. Early Works. Steve Reich. or Chamber Music. Wilhelm Killmayer.
12. Einstein on the Beach. Philip Glass. or The Well-Tuned Piano. La Monte Young.
13. Amnesiac. Radiohead.
14. In a Landscape. Stephen Drury. or Daughters of the Lonesome Isle. Margaret Leng Tan. 
15. Ives: Symphonies no 1 & 2. Neeme Järvi. Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Let's see. Pop, Deutsche Gramophone, rock, jazz (followed by adulthood), a side-trip into Chicago blues,  minimalism/contemporary classical, Radiohead and finally Cage/Ives. Yes, that's a reasonable overview of my musical journey...