5 Classic Albums To Get You Through Quarantine

by Edward Kosinsky

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

With all the craziness going on in the world right now, why not set the world a little right and finally try Jazz? My personal recommendation for anyone trying out the genre would be this album which is a little bit more melodic and straight forward than a lot of stuff in the genre. But it still shares a lot in common with other classical Jazz albums making this the perfect place to start your journey in swing.

Daughters - You Won’t Get What You Want

Maybe you need a little catharsis. To allow all the fear, anger and dread that has been building up inside be finally released. This album will be that release. It is terror and animal tendencies manifest in a noise rock album. Fair warning this one is a little unsettling and abrasive, but that's part of the appeal. Play at full blast.

ELO - Out of the Blue 

Or maybe you want to forget about the quarantine right now, and drive out the angst and terror with happiness and bliss. I could not think of a candidate for a happier album than this one. With cuts like “Turn to Stone '' and “Mr. Blue Sky '' being fun and light-hearted songs it's really hard to not feel some ease come over your heart when listening to this album. “Jungle” is literally about a group of animals holding a massive musical festival, how can you get any better than that?

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Yeah it's three hours long, so what? Not like you have anything better to do.

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Probably no other album better soundtracks the times we live in then this one. This ode to the end of days on this album may be a little bit of a far stretch for how serious the coronavirus is. But the mood of it just seems so appropriate. The melodies are all so lonesome yet ominous. They seem to echo over the trash and bodies that civilization left behind. The field recordings especially are eerie now, “They don’t sleep on the beach anymore”. A haunting album for a haunting time.