What a delightfully impossible question.

I hate it when someone names a totally obscure album that no one’s ever heard of just to be cool, but I looked through my whole collection and no other single album felt right as my Favorite Album Of All Time, which I have to underscore is different than what I think is the best album of all time.

So anyway, my personal favorite album of all time which I can listen to any time and which transports me to a different place and time in my life:

Model Engine - The Lean Years Tradition

I’ve been saying that for 15 years or so and it remains true, but I don’t expect folks will listen to it and be blown away. That said, it’s an amazing album that came along at just the right time to get baked into my personality forever.

My favorite album that’s more well known, and which I would argue is genre defining: Sunny Day Real Estate - The Pink Album

My favorite album of the last 5 years is Rosalia - Motomami

Music is so fucking great isn’t it? I think it is one of the better things to come out of humanity.