[albumceleste]

I'm not from the playlist era, so a list of some albums that I remember listening hundreds or thousand of times those years (91-96):

Soda Stereo - Dynamo
The Rolling Stones - Out of our heads & Sticky fingers
Howlin' Wolf - The London Howlin' Wolf sessions
Led Zeppelin - II
Metallica - s/t & Kill 'em all
GnR - Use your illusion(s)
Riff - Zona de nadie
Pappo - Plan diabólico
Pappo's Blues - Blues local
Pantera - Vulgar display of power
Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
Megadeth - Countdown to extinction
Jimi Hendrix - Cornerstones (comp)
Deep Purple - Deepest purple (comp)

there's a lot more but I think those were my main obsessions at the time

[indieshins]

It's not too hard for me to remember as it wasn't too long ago, lol! That being said it would depend on the year, because my taste changed a lot throughout my high school years. In year 7 (Is that first year middle school in the States), I was still mainly into the Beatles, as well as Billy Joel and a few older pop guys. A year later, I finally realised there was some great modern music. I got into The Shins through Port of Morrow, then Vampire Weekend, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, and the Smiths. I still listen to them, but I used to be obsessed and now I think they're just OK, except the Smiths who I still like a lot. When I went into my final years of high school, I transferred to an arty school and that influenced me to get into Radiohead, Death Grips, more hip hop, and even some seriously experimental shit. Some kid introduced me to Merzbow when I was 17 or so. That kind of gives you an idea of what was going around at that school. It's hard to say what my playlist would have looked like because of how much change there was, but here's an approximation in terms of albums as opposed to tracks (I don't do playlists).

Early High

Port of Morrow - The Shins
Contra/MVotC - Vampire Weekend (one on the way to school, the other on the way back)
AM - Arctic Monkeys
The Smiths/The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

Late High

In Rainbows - Radiohead
The Money Store - Death Grips
TPAB - Kendrick
Because the Internet - Childish Gambino
Various Elvis Costello records (an anomaly, but I got into him in a big way around here)
Sea Change - Beck
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
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Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by indieshins

[RoundTheBend]

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I had one of these bad boys and it was such a cool bit of kit for a tween.

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I think it was 2GB at the time, I remember having about 200 songs on there. Some of my favourites I can recall from the time were

Porcelain - Moby
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
Apply Some Pressure - Maximo Park
19-2000 - Gorillaz
The Final Countdown - Europe (lol)
Nice Weather For Ducks - Lemon Jelly

That probably covered 2007-2009.

I spent the entirety of 2010 listening tirelessly to The Beatles discography.

I spent the entirety of 2011 listening tirelessly to R.E.M.'s discography (and a bit of Elbow).

Then in 2014 I heard D'Angelo and that's who I am now. Life story.

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

[YoungPunk]

I've heard Brown Sugar and its much better than Beatles/R.E.M.

[revolver94]

according to my last.fm, my top played songs my last semester of high school/the summer after it were:

1. Bruce Springsteen - The River
2. Buddy Holly - Rave On
3. Pixies - Where is My Mind?
4. Lou Reed - Perfect Day
5. Pulp - Babies
6. Pulp - This Is Hardcore
7. Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger
8. Kanye West - Monster
9. Lana Del Rey - Video Games
10. Girls - Vomit

also, if youre interested in my development over time, i have a chart where i plot my development through my childhood through right near the end of high school
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My top songs of the 2010s
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Spotify link

Last.fm

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