Friday, March 30, 2012

School Years as Defined By Record Albums

grade school--

The soundtrack to Dirty Dancing


junior high--

The White Album by The Beatles
Like a Prayer by Madonna
the soundtrack to Imagine
Appetite for Destruction by Guns 'n' Roses
Help! by The Beatles
The Immaculate Collection by Madonna
Ride the Lightning by Metallica
Metallica by Metallica
99.9 F Degrees by Suzanne Vega
Ten by Pearl Jam
Nevermind by Nirvana
Wish by the Cure
the soundtrack to Singles
                   


high school     
                       
freshman year--
                     
Revolver by The Beatles
In Utero by Nirvana
Mr. Fantasy by Traffic
John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic                                        


summer between freshman and sophomore years of high school--

Surrealistic Pillow by The Jefferson Airplane
Incesticide by Nirvana
the soundtrack to Reservoir Dogs
So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
Pretty On the Inside by Hole
Automatic For the People by REM
                                                                           

sophomore year--

Live Through This by Hole
the soundtrack to Pulp Ficton
A Storm in Heaven by Verve
Nirvana Unplugged by Nirvana
Last Exit by Traffic


summer between sophomore and junior year:

She Hangs Brightly by Mazzy Star
Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
Saucerful of Secrets by Pink Floyd

junior year--

Space Oddity by David Bowie
Not a Pretty Girl by Ani Difranco
Geek the Girl by Lisa Germano
Relics by Pink Floyd
After Bathing at Baxter's by Jefferson Airplane
Crown of Creation by Jefferson Airplane
Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd
                   

summer between junior and senior year--

Happiness by Lisa Germano (the rare version)
Out of Range by Ani Difranco
Imperfectly by Ani Difranco
Horses by Patti Smith
Under the Pink by Tori Amos
Dummy by Portishead
Ani Difranco by Ani Difranco
Dilate by Ani Difranco
                                                              

senior year--

Piper At the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd (again)
The Velvet Underground Box Set
4-Track Demos by PJ Harvey
4-Track Demos by Rose Polenzani (I shot the cover! :)
To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey
Kaia by Kaia
Boys For Pele by Tori Amos                   


summer between high school and college--

Post by Bjork
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
Axis: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix
Nine Objects of Desire by Suzanne Vega
Live in 1969: Volume 1 by The Velvet Underground


freshman year at The Rhode Island School of Design--

Jewel by Cranes
Dig Me Out by Sleater--Kinney
Dry by PJ Harvey
Pornography by the Cure
From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos
Ray of Light by Madonna
Spice World and the Spice Girls' other album (I'm not proud to say)


summer between frosh/sophomore years @ RISD--

The CD Version of the First Two Albums by Bikini Kill


fall semester soph. year at RISD--

Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen
From the Choirgirl Hotel by Tori Amos (again)
Flood by They Might be Giants


the next spring when I took a semester off, and the summer before I started full time at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago:

Pussy Whipped by Bikini Kill


rest of undergrad--

Homogenic by Bjork
soundtrack to Almost Famous
The Singles by Bikini Kill
Julie Ruin by Julie Ruin
The Chronic by Dr. Dre
Le Tigre by Le Tigre
Feminist Sweepstakes by Le Tigre
                          

grad school--

Tales of a Librarian by Tori Amos
Feminist Sweepstakes by Le Tigre (again)
American III: Solitary Man by Johnny Cash
American IV: The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
The Creek Drank the Cradle by Iron and Wine
I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One by Yo La Tengo
Loved by the Cranes
Plague Mass by Diamanda Galas
The Singer by Diamanda Galas
All Hands On the Bad One by Sleater--Kinney
The Fakes by The Fakes
Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
Requiem Mass by Mozart
The Passion of Joan of Arc by Voices of Light
Year of Meteors by Laura Veirs
Before the Poison by Marianne Faithfull
The Beekeeper by Tori Amos
                   

                                                                                  
                                                                                                                

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