9 albums that made me social media trend graphic

Usually I am not one to partake in the current trend on social media but as this one is highlighting albums then it piqued my interest.

Not so much so I could show what albums have made the biggest impression on me but also so I could check out the albums other people have been influenced by, although that is perhaps not such a great idea as I have enough cd’s already and don’t need any excuse to buy more.

I have chosen one song from each batch that particularly stood out although again with each album I could probably choose at least three or four.

Formative Years

I made the first 9 albums list first but then I thought that actually if we are talking about albums that made me then I should do a list for the albums I got into before sixteen and the ones below were the most prominent ones that sprang to mind.

Billy Watson 9 albums that made me before age sixteen

First Nine

This batch are the albums that have had the biggest impression on me, or the ones I returned to the most over the years. I am only including one album by each artist here as Van and Bob would dominate too much otherwise.

I included the various one of The Psychedelic Years as this led to an exploration of many other artists included in it and was played to death back in the day.

Billy Watson 9 albums that made me, the most influential albums

Ten to Eighteen

I extended the first nine to another nine as I remembered a couple of others that were important to me growing up, particularly the Bruce Springsteen box set. I had to include the second edition of The Psychedelic Years Revisited for the same reason as above.

Billy Watson nine more albums that made me including Bruce Springsteen box set

Black Artists

I was waiting in an airport with time to kill and saw that a friend had done a black and female artist list so I killed some time to prepare them and indeed could list a lot more.

Female Artists

Sinead and Lucinda did make the first 18 list but they deserved to be on the female list too so I chose albums that had a big impact on me in my more youthful years.

Krautrock

The older I get the more I am appreciating krautrock although I am not sure Emma has quite the same affection for them as I do. Here are ones that have stuck out but there are a lot more I could have easily listed in their place. Tago Mago is one that would always be there though as it is a truly epic piece of work.

Female Albums - Post 2020

I couldn’t help myself make another list as I wanted to share certain albums, mainly the Lucinda Williams new one, so this list is best female albums since 2020, although Molly slips in there from 2019.

Billy Watson 9 films that made me including Grease

Female Albums - Post 2020 - 2

I forgot about including Barb so I extended the list and included another few from pre-2020 but after 2010, mainly so I could have Sinead in there. I have all the albums on this page on CD so I am very familiar with them.

Films

I saw there was a film section on the website so I quickly thought of nine films although perhaps I should have done a music documentary list instead of including some here.

You may think Grease is a strange choice but there is no denying I used to watch it a lot when I had the VHS of it and I actually performed in stage show of Grease when I was 32 which was a big thrill.

I love the Sha Na Na song, ‘Those Magic Changes’ the most from the movie but it wasn’t until rehearsing for the stage show that I realised that. This is me miming along to it in the actual show.

Billy Watson miming Those Magic Changes in a Grease stage show

Cheers!

My 9 Albums That Made Me (and a Few More Lists)