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Tag: Martini Lounge
Amy Winehouse – Back to Black: #286 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I told you I was trouble – you know that I’m no good.
The Beta Band – The Three E.P.’s: #314 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Take me in and dry the rain.
Garbage – Garbage: #373 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You wanna hear about my new obsession? I’m riding high upon a deep depression. I’m only happy when it rains.
Portishead – Dummy: #480 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’m so tired of playing, playing with this bow and arrow. Gonna give my heart away, leave it to the other girls to play.
Various Artists – Mad Men (Music from the Original TV Series), Vol. 1: #590 of best 1,000 albums ever!
From series composer David Carbonara’s contributions to period-specific pieces that zooms you back to the early 1960s, the music is one of the elements that makes Mad Men so special.
Class Actress – Journal of Ardency: #699 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The most incredible ‘80s album… of 2010.
Sneaker Pimps – Becoming X: #752 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Spin, spin, sugar.
Moby – Play: #789 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s the ambient techno stuff, the delicate downtempo stuff, the use of strings and subtle vocals with electronic backbeats.
The Mike Flowers Pops – A Groovy Place: #839 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Groovy and swinging (and clever and funny).
Bitter:Sweet – The Mating Game: #874 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Orchestral strings, hip hop beats, and gorgeous lounge vocals that keeps it moving while keeping it chill.
Zero 7 – Simple Things: #883 of best 1,000 albums ever
Nine to five, living lies, everyday, stealing time.
The Beta Band – Hot Shots II: #885 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Daydream, I fell asleep amid the flowers.
Thunderball – Scorpio Rising: #889 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An incredible soundtrack for a movie that doesn’t exist.
Ursula 1000 – The Now Sound of Ursula 1000: #912 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hip length and hip swinging breakbeats and super stylish swinging samples.
Bitter:Sweet – Drama: #917 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Let’s get nuts. Let’s spend some money.
Ratatat – Classics: #922 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Electronic lounge journeys, dark and synth-y at times, with great energy, pulse, and beats.
Etta James – At Last! #959 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Spanning elegant, gorgeous pop, soul, and down and dirty blues.
Yerba – Sleepdealer: #962 of best 1,000 albums ever!
YouTube’s lofi girl and Spotify yield lofi hip hop bliss. That’s a bingo!
Thievery Corporation – The Mirror Conspiracy: #640 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Too low to find my way, too high to wonder why.
Milt Jackson & Thelonious Monk Quintet – Milt Jackson With John Lewis, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke, Lou Donaldson and the Thelonious Monk Quintet: #982 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Exquisite 1950s-era New York City jazz replete with vibraphone tidings and jazz lounge vibes.
Doc Heller – Terribly Mysterious: The Goat Boy Origins: #996 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This album represents the best of the kind of music listening I do these days while working or hanging out with family and friends during cocktail hour.