Four records to play start to finish
Albums that only make sense in order, with nothing else on. Turn the phone over.
A record asks for something a playlist doesn't: you have to get up halfway through and turn it over. That small interruption is part of the point.
The four
- Kind of Blue, Miles Davis. Calm, unhurried, and somehow never the same twice.
- Blue, Joni Mitchell. Ten songs that sound like the truth being told across a kitchen table.
- A Love Supreme, John Coltrane. One piece in four parts. Don't skip ahead.
- Pink Moon, Nick Drake. Twenty-eight minutes, one guitar. Short enough for any evening.
Play it once all the way through before you decide what you think.
Somewhere to keep them
Once you have more than a few, a record crate keeps them upright and easy to flick through.
Subtext