BADBADNOTGOOD

Arthur Verocai

Arthur Verocai ·1972

"It's the reissue of Arthur Verocai's self-titled album... it's one of the most beautiful records, front to back. You've gotta hear this, it's incredible."

MM..FOOD

MF DOOM ·2004

"If I had to pick one, y'know, rapper to be alone on a desert island with... their catalog, not them, it would definitely be Doom's music because it encompasses everything that hip-hop can be. Yeah, there's so many good songs on this album."

You Think You Really Know Me

Gary Wilson ·1977

"We had the incredible opportunity to play live with Earl Sweatshirt on Jimmy Kimmel, and the song we were playing, 'Grief,' at the end, goes into a sample by Gary Wilson, the song 'You Were Too Good To Be True,' and Gary Wilson was there, and he came on stage with us and duct-taped his head in this fashion that he does."

Live At Fillmore West

Aretha Franklin ·1971

"There's a rendition that she does of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water.' It feels like an intimate performance, you can hear people yelling back at her like 'Sing it Aretha!' and she's just slaying."

The Party

Andy Shauf ·2016

"Great Canadian songwriter, musician, arranger, producer. A record I kind of got into recently because of this guy actually, but it just has really relatable music and it's just really nice. Great album. I second that."

Goon

Tobias Jesso Jr. ·2015

"Again, the songs are really well-written and emotional and it's a good record."

Transition

John Coltrane ·1970

"Transition, Coltrane. Great record. A lot of people talk about the two eras of Coltrane, kind of like the start, post-bop which is more listenable and then late, avant-garde, free-jazz stuff, and this is kind of right in the middle of those two eras, so kind of encompasses who he was as an artist, really."

In Your Eyes

George Benson ·1983

"Yeah, totally. Kind of classic sounding. Looking in someone's eyes is powerful."

America the Beautiful

Gary McFarland ·1969

"I think this album is about him traveling through America and working on forests and stuff like that, and kind of getting inspiration from that but what he does is super beautiful and expressive."