Favorite Records Before I Was Born
3 min readOct 6, 2020
A list of my favorite records from before I was born (pre-1993), in order, with my favorite track from each record listed under the record. Here is a link to a Spotify playlist with each of those tracks.
- Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) — The Beatles
“Getting Better” - Rumours (1977) — Fleetwood Mac
“I Don’t Want to Know” - Saturate Before Using (1972) — Jackson Browne
“A Child in These Hills” - Pet Sounds (1966)— Beach Boys
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice” - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)— Bob Dylan
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” - Ramones (1976) — Ramones
“Beat on the Brat” - London Calling (1979)— The Clash
“Train in Vain (Stand by Me) - Born To Run (1975) — Bruce Springsteen
“Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” - Graceland (1986) — Paul Simon
“You Can Call Me Al” - Blue (1971)— Joni Mitchell
“A Case of You” - Seconds of Pleasure (1980) — Rockpile
“When I Write The Book” - Closing Time (1973)— Tom Waits
“I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You” - Bonnie Raitt (1971)— Bonnie Raitt
“Bluebird” - Rubber Soul (1965)— Beatles
“Think For Yourself” - Tapestry (1971) — Carole King
“Smackwater Jack” - Highway 61 Revisited (1965) — Bob Dylan
“Like a Rolling Stone” - Sweet Baby James (1970)— James Taylor
“Fire and Rain” - The Clash (1977) — The Clash
“I’m So Bored With the U.S.A.” - Gordon (1992)— Barenaked Ladies
“Enid” - The White Album (1968)— The Beatles
“Back In The U.S.S.R.” - Straight Outta Compton (1988) — N.W.A.
“Express Yourself” - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus (1963)— Charles Mingus
“Better Get Hit In Yo’ Soul” - Astral Weeks (1968)— Van Morrison
“Slim Slow Slider” - Honky Chateau (1972)— Elton John
“Honky Cat” - Give ‘Em Enough Rope (1978)— The Clash
“English Civil War” - Back In Black (1980) — AC/DC
“Shoot to Thrill” - Prisoner in Disguise (1975)— Linda Ronstadt
“Tracks of My Tears” - Toys in the Attic (1975)— Aerosmith
“Sweet Emotion” - Bob Dylan (1962)— Bob Dylan
“Man of Constant Sorrow” - Let It Bleed (1969) — The Rolling Stones
“You Can’t Always Get What You Want” - The Low End Theory (1991)— A Tribe Called Quest
“Vibes and Stuff” - Teaser And The Firecat (1971)— Cat Stevens
“Tuesday’s Dead” - For Everyman (1973)— Jackson Browne
“These Days” - Labour of Lust (1979)— Nick Lowe
“American Squirm” - Song From a Room (1969) — Leonard Cohen
“The Partisan” - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)— Derek and the Dominos
“Bell Bottom Blues” - License to Ill (1986)— Beastie Boys
“Brass Monkey” - Road to Ruin (1978) — Ramones
“I Wanna Be Sedated” - Exile on Main Street (1972) — Rolling Stones
“Rocks Off” - Who’s Next (1971)— The Who
“Baba O’Riley” - Diamonds & Rust (1975)— Joan Baez
“Blue Sky” - Boston (1976) — Boston
“Foreplay / Long Time” - Raising Hell (1986)— Run-D.M.C.
“It’s Tricky” - Off the Wall (1979)— Michael Jackson
“Workin’ Day and Night” - The Joshua Tree (1987)— U2
“I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” - 1999 (1982) — Prince
“1999” - Paid in Full (1987)— Eric B. and Rakim
“Paid In Full” - Songs in the Key of Life (1976) — Stevie Wonder
“Isn’t She Lovely” - Rickie Lee Jones (1979)— Rickie Lee Jones
“Chuck E’s in Love” - Running on Empty (1977) — Jackson Browne
“You Love the Thunder” - Jazz (1978) — Queen
“Fat Bottomed Girls” - Ladies of the Canyon (1970) — Joni Mitchell
“Big Yellow Taxi” - Live At The Village Vanguard Again! (1966) — John Coltrane
“My Favorite Things” - The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964) — Bob Dylan
“The Times They Are A-Changin’” - Animal Boy (1986) — Ramones
“Bonzo Goes to Bitburg” - Volume III (1972) — Charlie Parker
“Bebop” - You Don’t Mess Around with Jim (1972)— Jim Croce
“Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Brighter Day” - Bringing It All Back Home (1965) — Bob Dylan
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