My Coolest CDs

These are some of my coolest CDs from my music collection. I started collecting physical media when I moved out and I think it's pretty fun to see the art and the care that was put into physical releases from back in the day.

This isn't a comprehensive page of my collection, just some of my favorites.

Just click on a spine to read more, and to see the cover.

1/10/2026 Update: Added 14 new albums, on the shelf starting with The Protomen.

"At War With the Mystics"

The Flaming Lips

Spacey and chill. Psychadelic as well.

Track List:

  1. The Yeah Yeah Song
  2. Free Radicals
  3. The Sound of Failure
  4. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
  5. Vein of Stars
  6. The Wizard Turns On
  7. It Overtakes Me
  8. Mr. Ambulance Driver
  9. Haven't Got A Clue
  10. The W.A.N.D
  11. Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung
  12. Goin' On

Favorite Song: Vein of Stars

"Code Name.1: Brother Sun"

CHAGE&ASKA

Classic J-rock from duo CHAGE&ASKA. I couldn't find it online anywhere, so it had to be imported.

Track List:

  1. 君の好きだった歌
  2. Something There
  3. BROTHER
  4. 201号
  5. めぐり逢い
  6. 紫陽花と向日葵
  7. can do now
  8. ベンチ
  9. ある晴れた金曜日の朝
  10. From coast to coast
  11. NATURAL
  12. NO PAIN NO GAIN
  13. HEART

Favorite Song: Something There

"Code Name.2: Sister Moon"

CHAGE&ASKA

Arguably the first CD in my collection--I really wanted to listen to On Your Mark, but I couldn't find it anywhere online just on its own; or the rest of the album for that matter. So I imported it from discogs.
The "On Your Mark" music video animated by Studio Ghibli is now one of my favorite pieces of media.

Track List:

  1. もうすぐだ
  2. 青春の鼓動
  3. Sea of Gray
  4. river
  5. 濡れた夢
  6. I'm a singer
  7. One Day
  8. ピクニック
  9. 港に潜んだ潜水艇
  10. NとLの野球帽
  11. 好きになる
  12. On Your Mark

Favorite Song: (Obvious!)

"Fasion Nugget"

CAKE

Yeah, it's more like talking than singing, but I dig it.

Track List:

  1. Frank Sinatra
  2. The Distance
  3. Friend Is A Four Letter Word
  4. Open Book
  5. Daria
  6. Race Car Ya-Ya
  7. I Will Survive
    (2nd favorite)
  8. Stickshifts And Safetybelts
  9. Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
  10. It's Coming Down
  11. Nugget [Edit]
  12. She'll Come Back To Me
  13. Italian Leather Sofa
  14. Sad Songs And Waltzes

Favorite Song: The Distance

"Hello Nasty"

Beastie Boys

This album slaps. The case folds out to show some awesome retro-futuristic art, too.

Track List:

  1. Super Disco Breakin'
  2. The Move
  3. Remote Control
  4. Song For The Man
  5. Just A Test
  6. Body Movin'
  7. Intergalactic
  8. Sneakin' Out The Hospital
  9. Putting Shame In Your Game
  10. Flowin' Prose
  11. And Me
  12. Three MC's And One DJ
  13. The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin')
  14. Song For Junior
  15. I Don't Know
  16. The Negotiation Limerick File
  17. Electrify
  18. Picture This
  19. Unite
  20. Dedication
  21. Dr. Lee, Phd
  22. Instant Death

Favorite Song: Sneakin' Out The Hospital

"Hits To The Head"

Franz Ferdinand

Awesome English rock. The newest CD I own currently from 2022. The case is also a book and art gallery!

Track List:

  1. Darts Of Pleasure
  2. Take Me Out
  3. The Dark Of The Matinée
  4. Michael
  5. This Fire
  6. Do You Want To
  7. Walk Away [7' Version]
  8. The Fallen [7' Version]
  9. Outsiders
  10. Lucid Dreams
  11. Ulysses
  12. No You Girls
  13. Right Action
  14. Evil Eye
  15. Love Illumination
  16. Stand On The Horizon
  17. Always Ascending
  18. Glimpse Of Love
  19. Curious
  20. Billy Goodbye

Favorite Song: This Fire

"Holy Diver"

Dio

This whole album rocks. Cover is metal as fuck, and I'm sure was controversial back in the day.

Track List:

  1. Stand Up and Shout
  2. Holy Diver
  3. Gypsy
  4. Caught In The Middle
  5. Don't Talk To Strangers
  6. Straight Through The Heart
  7. Invisible
  8. Rainbow In The Dark
  9. Shame On The Night

Favorite Song: Rainbow In The Dark

"Human Clay"

Creed

Yeah it's a meme, but there ain't nothing like blasting this with my steering wheel in one hand and a white monster in the other on my way to work.

Track List:

  1. Are you Ready?
  2. What If
  3. Beautiful
  4. Say I
  5. Wrong Way
  6. Faceless Man
  7. Never Die
  8. With Arms Wide Open
  9. Higher
  10. Wash Away Those Years
  11. Inside Us All

Favorite Song:
With Arms Wide Open / Higher
(yeah both of em)

"Lock Up The Wolves"

Dio

Yeah, Dio just rocks. Look at those dawgs. Woof.

Track List:

  1. Wild One
  2. Born On The Sun
  3. Hey Angel
  4. Between Two Hearts
  5. Night Music
  6. Lock Up The Wolves
  7. Evil On Queen Street
  8. Walk On Water
  9. Twisted
  10. Why Are They Watching Me
  11. My Eyes

Favorite Song: TBD

"Pay Attention"

The Mighty Mighty BossTones

It's Ska. And Ska is good. Listen to more Ska.

Track List:

  1. Let Me Be
  2. The Skeleton Song
  3. All Things Considered
  4. So Sad To Say
  5. Allow Them
  6. High School Dance
  7. Over The Eggshells
  8. She Just Happened
  9. Finally
  10. I Know More
  11. Riot On Broad Street
  12. One Million Reasons
  13. Bad News And Bad Breaks
  14. Temporary Trip
  15. Where You Came From
  16. The Day He Didn't Die

Favorite Song: I LOVE SKA!!!

"Violator"

Depeche Mode

Lol you can see my reflection in this one.

Track List:

  1. World In My Eyes
  2. Sweetest Perfection
  3. Personal Jesus
  4. Halo
  5. Waiting For The Night
  6. Enjoy The Silence
  7. Policy Of Truth
  8. Blue Dress
  9. Clean

Favorite Song: Enjoy The Silence

"Act II: The Father of Death"

The Protomen

Unfortunately in a paper sleeve, but this is my favorite rock opera. I first heard the Protomen from the YouTube series Video Game High School.

Track List:

  1. Intermission
  2. The Good Doctor
  3. Father of Death
  4. The Hounds
  5. The State vs. Thomas Light
  6. Give Us the Rope
  7. How The World Fell Into Darkness
  8. Breaking Out
  9. Keep Quiet
  10. Light Up The Night
  11. The Fall
  12. Here Comes the Arm

Favorite Song: The Hounds

"Twilight"

Bôa

Stop putting albums in paper sleeves!! #BringBackJewelCases

Track List:

  1. Duvet
  2. Twilight
  3. Fool
  4. Rain
  5. Elephant
  6. Scoring
  7. Deeply
  8. One Day
  9. Welcome
  10. For Jasmine
  11. Anna Maria
  12. Duvet (Acoustic)
  13. Little Miss
  14. Drinking

Favorite Song(s): Duvet, Rain (and the acoustic version of Duvet, it's so pretty)

"Clint Eastwood"

Gorillaz

This is a single disc with just a few things on it. I own The Gorillaz titular album, as well as Demon Days, and Plastic Beach. But this is cool for the collection :3

Track List:

  1. Clint Eastwood
  2. Clint Eastwood (Ed Case Refix)
  3. Dracula
  4. Clint Eastwood (Enhanced Video)

Favorite Song: TAKE A GUESS!!!

"Fallen"

Evanescence

NOW I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I'VE DONE FOR YOU.

Track List:

  1. Going Under
  2. Bring Me to Life
  3. Everybody's Fool
  4. My Immortal
  5. Haunted
  6. Tourniquet
  7. Imaginary
  8. Taking Over Me
  9. Hello
  10. My Last Breath
  11. Whisper

Favorite Song: Going Under

"Discovery"

Daft Punk

This has gotta be one of my top albums of all time. (I typed the tracklist from memory.)

Track List:

  1. One More Time
  2. Aerodynamic
  3. Digital Love
  4. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
  5. Crescendolls
  6. Nightvision
  7. Superheroes
  8. High Life
  9. Something About Us
  10. Voyager
  11. Veridis Quo
  12. Short Circuit
  13. Face to Face
  14. Too Long

Favorite Song: All of them.

"Homework"

Daft Punk

God dammit I love DAFT PUNK!!!

Track List:

  1. Daftendirekt
  2. Wdpk 83.7 fm
  3. Revolution 909
  4. Da Funk
  5. Phoenix
  6. Fresh
  7. Around The World
  8. Rollin' & Scratchin'
  9. Teachers
  10. High Fidelity
  11. Rock'n Roll
  12. Burnin'
  13. Indo Silver Club
  14. Alive
  15. Funk Ad

Favorite Song: Around The World

"Random Access Memories"

Daft Punk

This was one of the first albums I bought for myself when I started listening to music that wasn't my parent's or brother's. It'll always hold a special place in my heart, and when I hear the intro to the first track, I can see myself as a kid, spinning this record for the first time.

Track List:

  1. Give Life Back To Music
  2. The Game of Love
  3. Georgio By Moroder
  4. Within
  5. Instant Crush
  6. Lose Yourself To Dance
  7. Touch
  8. Get Lucky
  9. Beyond
  10. Motherboard
  11. Fragments of Time
  12. Doin' It Right
  13. Contact

Favorite Songs: Instant Crush / Touch / Horizon (japanese bonus track from the 10th anniversary edition.)

"Tron Legacy: Original Motion Picture Sountrack"

Daft Punk

I Love Tron Legacy. It's one of my favorite movies, and a great Daft Punk music video, but not as good as Interstella 5555.

Track List:

  1. Overture
  2. The Grid
  3. The Son of Flynn
  4. Recognizer
  5. Armory
  6. Arena
  7. Rinzler
  8. The Game Has Changed
  9. Outlands
  10. Adagio for Tron
  11. Nocturne
  12. End of Line
  13. Derezzed
  14. Fall
  15. Solar Sailer
  16. Rectifier
  17. Disc Wars
  18. C.L.U.
  19. Arrival
  20. Flynn Lives
  21. Tron Legacy (End Titles)
  22. Finale

Favorite Song: Derezzed

"Tron Ares: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"

Nine Inch Nails

I have NOT watched the movie, as much as I love Tron. But this is a good soundtrack.

Track List:

  1. Init
  2. Forked Reality
  3. As Alive As You Need Me To Be
  4. Echoes
  5. This Changes Eveerything
  6. In The Image Of
  7. I Know You Can Feel It
  8. Permanence
  9. Infiltrator
  10. 100% Expendable
  11. Still Remains
  12. Who Wants To Live Forever?
  13. Building Better Worlds
  14. Target Identified
  15. Daemonize
  16. Empathetic Response
  17. What Have You Done?
  18. A Question Of Trust
  19. Ghost In The Machine
  20. No Going Back
  21. Nemesis
  22. New Directive
  23. Out In The World
  24. Shadow Over Me

Favorite Song: Who Wants To Live Forever?

"Hybrid Theory"

Linkin Park

IT STARTS WITH

Track List:

  1. Papercut
  2. One Step CLoser
  3. With You
  4. Points of Authority
  5. Crawling
  6. Runaway
  7. By Myself
  8. In The End
  9. A Place For My Head
  10. Forgotten
  11. Cure For The Itch
  12. Pushing Me Away

Favorite Songs: One Step Closer / With You / In The End / Cure For The Itch

"Once In A Long, Long, While..."

Low Roar

Introduced to me through Death Stranding. Absolutely lovely songs, very somber and beautiful.

Track List:

  1. Don't Be So Serious
  2. Bones
  3. St. Eriksplan
  4. Give Me An Answer
  5. Waiting (10 Years)
  6. Without You
  7. Gosia
  8. Once In A Long, Long While
  9. Crawl Back
  10. Poznań
  11. Miserably
  12. 13

Favorite Song: Bones

"Moving Pictures"

Rush

Rush's lyrics are inspirational to me on another level. Rest In Peace Neil Peart.

Track List:

  1. Tom Sawyer
  2. Red Barchetta
  3. YYZ
  4. Limelight
  5. The Camera Eye
  6. Witch Hunt
  7. Vital Signs

Favorite Song: Vital Signs

"The Best of Mystery Skulls"

Mystery Skulls

Obtained at a small show I saw with one of my best friends :)

Track List:

  1. Don't Fuck With My Money
  2. Losing My Mind
  3. Number One
  4. Magic
  5. Hellbent
  6. Endlessly
  7. Paralyzed
  8. Glass Casket
  9. Ghost
  10. Now Or Never
  11. One Of Us
  12. Back To Life
  13. Beam Me Up
  14. Future
  15. Starlight
  16. Money
  17. Freaking Out
  18. Amazing
  19. Music
  20. Calling My Number
  21. It's Mine

Favorite Song: Ghost

"Let's Face It"

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CLOSE TO TRAGEDY OR BEEN CLOSE TO FOLKS WHO HAVE?

Track List:

  1. Noise Brigade
  2. The Rascal King
  3. Royal Oil
  4. The Impression That I Get
  5. Let's Face It
  6. That Bug Bit Me
  7. Another Drinkin' Song
  8. Numbered Days
  9. Break So Easily
  10. Nevermind Me
  11. Desensitized
  12. 1-2-8

Favorite Song: The Impression That I Get