The year was 1985 and I was a mere 14 years old. For my age, I was really into music, not only owning more albums than most people around me but I actually knew them inside and out. I was also silently developing my singing skills by singing along to albums at full blast in my bedroom, assuredly driving my mother insane. A bit to her credit, she never complained about my singing, just the volume of the music itself, by banging excessively on the adjoining wall while yelling "...turn it down!!!" At this point in time, I was looking for something new to listen to, different if you will. It was around May of 1985 and I first chose to buy the Icicle Works self titled album from 1984. This initially was a total clunker to me as I simply couldn't get into it. Now, later on, this album would do a 180 degree turn and become one of the big albums for me but initially I couldn't get my head around it at all. Because of this, two months later, I wen...
A list of albums in no specific order that influenced my life and musical creation