As I was listening to The Best of Blur in the shower, I was thinking of how each song reminded me of a season in my life, as I have often thought before. The Trainspotting soundtrack reminds me of fall, and my first big romance....The Great Escape reminds me of a car trip with my brother when I was really young. I realize this is incredibly sentimental, but...what the hell? Richarddawson's thread about the cd's he recently bought made me yearn for more discussion of albums.

These are just a few off the top of my head:

Wilco - Being There = FALL
Gene - Olympian = WINTER
Blur - The Great Escape = SPRING
Oasis - Be Here Now = SUMMER

aah, so true. it reminds me of summer as well.

I cannot listen to any song without it bringing back a memory of some sort. There are even certain albums that I can't listen to unless it is 'that time of year' ("The Man Who" being a prime example). Nice topic....

Winter
Travis "The Man Who"
Shins "Oh, Inverted World!"
Oasis "The Masterplan"
Interpol "Turn On The Bright Lights"

Spring
All Weezer Albums
Talking Heads "Fear Of Music"

Summer
The La's "The La's"
Oasis "Be Here Now"
The Hives "Veni Vidi Vicious"

Fall
The Strokes "Is This It?"
White Stripes "De Stijl"
Beck "Midnite Vultures"

Great topic. I think I associate the album with the time I buy it. I too have CDs to which I only listen at certain times...

Fall
The Black Rider - Tom Waits
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - Flaming Lips
New Adventures in Hi Fi - REM

Winter
Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Chest - Nels Cline Trio
Straight, No Chaser - Thelonious Monk

Spring
Reveal - REM
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
A Thousand Leaves - Sonic Youth
The Soft Bulletin - Flaming Lips
Emperor Tomato Ketchup - Stereolab

Summer
Dirty - Sonic Youth
Simpatico - Vandermark 5
NYC Ghosts and Flowers - Sonic Youth
Double Nickels on the Dime - REM

Summer
AFI -- Very Proud Of Ya

Last part of Summer/First part of Fall
AFI -- Black Sails In The Sunset

October
Radiohead -- The Bends
Misfits -- Collection 2
Cindy Lauper -- She's So Unusual

November
Elliott Smith, any album

Winter
Descendents -- Somery
Beck -- Midnight Vultures
Gorillaz -- Gorillaz

February
Counting Crows, any album

Spring
The Strokes -- Is This It
Miles Davis -- Kind Of Blue
Saves The Day -- Through Being Cool

My freshman year roommate and I used to debate this topic endlessly. Wonderful topic.

(Edited by deathscythe257 at 10:31 pm on Jun. 9, 2003)

My seasonal tastes fluctuate every year but there are those few bands that do stand out every single year!

Fall is a season for The Cure for me. Alll of thier albums go well with the attitude and dark nature of how the weather shifts during the fall. REM is also present quite a bit during these months. Mostly New Adventures and Murmur. Sonic Youth with Sister and Evol. Some appearances can be made by Dinosaur Jr and Shellac. U2 can also help aid the fall.

The dead winter is an odd season for my music. Mostly Smashing Pumpkins and The Violent Femmes. The Frogs are also quite good during the cold months. You can keep warm with Tool and some Nirvana. I recomend Bleach during the cold weather. Winter is also good for anything punk rock. winter aggression must be let out and what better way to do it?

Spring and Summer is filled with lots of Flaming Lips, Pearl Jam, Fluid Ounces and of course Pink Floyd. The Beatles and Led Zeppelin make frequent visits along with a heavy amount of Cheap Trick. Sonic Youth can pop up with some NYC Ghosts and Flowers. Nirvana's In Utero is perfect for the warm weather.

(Edited by ghostflower at 11:30 pm on Jun. 9, 2003)

Hey, great topic. I used to fight it but I've come to terms with my sentimentality. After a lot of thought, here goes

Fall: (J.C. beat me to it) Being There, Wilco. This is THE QUINTESSENTIAL autumn album. My best memories have always been in the fall and this album is the perfect soundtrack. Others: Neil Young, any combo of Gold Rush, Harvest, Harvest Moon, Silver/Gold. Elliot Smith, E/O and XO. Belle & Sebastian, The Replacements

December/Christmas: any Phil Spector; Stereolab, dots and loops

Winter: Combo Jazz in general, esp Monk, early 50's Duke Ellington, Mid-period Coltrane, etc.

March: Simian, Chemistry is what we are; Dylan, Hwy 61

Spring: Any Flaming Lips

Summer: Pet Sounds; Olivia Tremor Control; The White Album; Wilco, Summerteeth

Forgot, Bringing it all Back Home is a great summer album

Olivia Tremor Control is sooooo summer. Especially Black Foliage...

i didnt want to do this but i found myself thinking about it all night.

spring
belle and sebastian: tigermilk; velvet underground & nico; billy bragg & wilco: mermaid I; badly drawn boy: hour of bewilderbeast; nick drake: pink moon; any motown

summer
wilco: summerteeth; jay-z: blueprint; the donnas: the donnas turn 21; travis: man who; beck: midnite vultures; almost any rap

fall
elliott smith: elliott smith; son volt: wide swing tremelo; ben folds: rockin suburbs; wilco: being there and a.m.; sea and cake: oui; beck: odelay; the strokes: is this it

winter
pearl jam: ten; radiohead: ok computer; phil spector: christmas album; beach boys: christmas album; fiona apple: both; anything sad

(Edited by stopforme at 12:06 pm on Jun. 10, 2003)

Winter: Chelsea Girls- Nico; Closer- Joy Division

Spring: Village Green Preservation Society- The Kinks; Oh! Inverted World- The Shins;

Summer: Hootenanny- The Replacements; Muswell Hillbillies- The Kinks (it's just the boozy, shit-kicking sound that just reminds me of hot weather)

Fall: Kid A- Radiohead; Is this it- The Strokes

(Edited by ray davies at 2:42 pm on Jun. 10, 2003)

Interesting... I've always seen Kid A as more of an early summer piece... when it's just starting to get hot and you're not used to the heat yet, and uncomfortable... basically Kid A always felt uncomfortable. It was almost the antithesis to OK Computer for me in the fact that OK Computer put me at ease with my anxieties... but I digress... I just found it interesting that you picked fall. any reason in particular?

no reason, i just usually break it out in the fall.....i usually break out more of my weirder albums during the fall. it eases the tension of school.....

It was released in the fall, if I remember correctly. I associate albums with seasons much more often because of the season of the year that it was the soundtrack for my life than because of any sonic qualities. There are exceptions, though.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 3:15 pm on Jun. 10, 2003)

Very good question. This is a concept I've just recently started thinking about. Mostly it was inspired by the many projects of Ben Gibbard. The little I've come up with...

Summer: Everclear, Phantom Planet, Pearl Jam, Radiohead--The Bends and early B-Sides
Fall: Danzig/Misfits, Death Cab for Cutie, Led Zepellin, Radiohead-- Kid Amnesiac
Winter: All-Time Quarterback, Elliott Smith, Coldplay (I'll always have a vivid memory of walking home from work in the snow listening to AROBTTH a few months ago), Travis
Spring: Ben Folds Five, Postal Service

So true, Carl. That album was my soundtrack for those snowstorms. It will always remind me of that time.

yes yes yes!!!

this album is LATE summer all the way for me!

summer - led zeppelin, goldfinger, weezer, misfits

fall- pavement, idlewild, counting crows

winter - tori amos, sleater kinney, jeff buckley

spring - pretty much any and all punk rock