I want to stick to this post https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/too1ti/best_headphone_albums/

where I could find few gems that I didn't know like "Give up - Postal Service". People usually mentions the classics like stuff from Beatles, Beatles, Hendrix and so on. I would like if you could post here more recent album, maybe less celebrated to have the chance to know new bands and singers.

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newnamesameface t1_jcmato3 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:28 PM

Anything by James Blake (not to be confused with James blunt). Start with the self titled first album.

Positive_Prompt_3171 t1_jcmgk9d wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:08 PM

His stuff is great for testing subwoofers, too

CreepyBlackDude t1_jcmuylm wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:52 PM

Play "Limit To Your Love" to someone with a sound system in their car and watch them freak out at the absolute tsunami of bass they never expected.

Positive_Prompt_3171 t1_jcox6xn wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:06 PM

That's my subwoofer test song right there. That flutter!

JediMaS10 OP t1_jcmq9vs wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:18 PM

I didn't know him.. WOW thanks a lot

newnamesameface t1_jcmzbmg wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:24 AM

Ah to be hearing James Blake in headphones for the first time again. Enjoy!!

TheeEssFo t1_jcmfh4t wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:00 PM

DJ Shadow Endtroducing is a sampling masterclass, Massive Attack's Mezzanine and The Flaming Lips Soft Bulletin are darkhorses for best albums of the 90s*.*

TheeEssFo t1_jcmfw4g wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:03 PM

Shoot, I overlooked your request for a new album. Go with Weval Remember (just came out) and the Young Fathers album Heavy Heavy, particularly "Tell Somebody."

alabasterwilliams t1_jcmbr90 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:34 PM

Anything by Miles Davis, but particularly “A Tribute to Jack Johnson”

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - Flaming Lips

Savior Sorrow - Mushroomhead

Advice From The Happy Hippopotamus- Cloud Cult

Losing the Game - The Blend

The Score - The Fugees

The Mollusk - Ween

And holy shit, I cannot recommend Shpongle highly enough. That album was life changing.

Final edit: Plantasia deserves an honorable mention.

Allpurposeblob t1_jcmkvm1 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:39 PM

Which Shpongle album?

alabasterwilliams t1_jcmqwwg wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:22 PM

Are You Shpongled?

Tales of The Inexpressible is also an absolute gem.

Allpurposeblob t1_jcmtmzf wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:42 PM

Thanks

TempleMade_MeBroke t1_jcm93am wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:16 PM

The song "Goddamn you, Jim" by the Felice Brothers. I remember when I got new headphones and realized one of them strikes a match to light up a smoke in the middle of the song

mubydram t1_jcmyfad wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:18 AM

Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

Fidelio62 t1_jcmyyqu wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:22 AM

Definitely…

John Frusciante - The Empyrean

ohsureyoudo t1_jcm6mdj wrote on March 17, 2023 at 8:59 PM

Remindme! 2 days

newnamesameface t1_jcmaxeu wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:29 PM

Remindme! 2 days

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Aplasticman t1_jcm8wkm wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:15 PM

The Blue Stones- Black holes.

Korpcake t1_jcmlqyt wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Man I want a blue stones album..

Almost bought hidden gems today but it sold very fast..

JediMaS10 OP t1_jcmqgdp wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:19 PM

I love it!

Monsieur_Moneybags t1_jcma4s7 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:23 PM

See this thread.

quinnwhodat t1_jcmax47 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:29 PM

Older - Aja by Steely Dan Newer - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix by Phoenix

JustBoredIsAll t1_jcmdd0n wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:45 PM

Wax Tailor. Fishing for Accidents and Shadows of their Suns.

umphtown t1_jcmltyh wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:46 PM

In rainbows by Radiohead.

22, a million & self titled by Bon Iver.

Sigur ros - ( )

Hailaker self titled (personal fave)

WingZombie t1_jcmy1bl wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Elder - Innate Passage

Kardashev - Liminal Rite

Edigophubia t1_jcnbudt wrote on March 18, 2023 at 2:01 AM

The other night I smoked up and put on Innate Passage while watching this 70s documentary about pyramids with the sound off. 30/10, would recommend. https://youtu.be/oP-c61CgHGE

KolhiiHead69 t1_jcn0iq8 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:33 AM

Random Access Memories by Daft Punk

Aja by Steely Dan

A lot of ambient music is good for this too. It's sort of a trait of the genre that the mixing feels crisp so you can make out the different layers. Recently I've been listening to Structures From Silence by Steve Roach and Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura.

HairyMuffinMan t1_jd0ludn wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:34 PM

JoeJas - Gaps & Nomads

bodinator1 t1_jcmdvz5 wrote on March 17, 2023 at 9:49 PM

Search binaural recordings if you want to experience stereo placement with headphones. Try this for a sampler.

https://hookeaudio.com/blog/music/best-binaural-albums/

SillyPuttyGizmo t1_jcmgbvt wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:06 PM

Reference Point - Acoustic Alchemy

Melrose - Tangerine Dream

forced_spontaneity t1_jcmn6xa wrote on March 17, 2023 at 10:56 PM

If I want to test the bass/treble spectrum on any system I always put on ‘Fat of the Land’ by The Prodigy, such rich deep bass and super crisp hi end.

I-Sort-Glass t1_jcmriky wrote on March 17, 2023 at 11:27 PM

Blonde by Frank Ocean.

Loads of little details that pop more with headphones. Especially at 4am when you can’t sleep because your mind is running.

Firestorm238 t1_jcmw4cz wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:01 AM

Hand. Cannot. Erase. by Steven Wilson

Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits

Greatest Hits by Neil Young

WingZombie t1_jcmy6w2 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 12:16 AM

Devin Townsend - Epicloud

wigster1977 t1_jcn6t5o wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:20 AM

Million Masks of God by Manchester Orchestra sounds pretty great on good headphones

butterscotches t1_jcn77jt wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:23 AM

M83 - Fantasy. It came out today.

“Oceans Niagara” is headphone fucking bliss.

Ballgame4 t1_jcn7h87 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:25 AM

Brian Eno Apollo:Atmospheres and Soundtrack. It’ll make your brain light up!

Edigophubia t1_jcnc929 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 2:04 AM

Deafheaven - Infinite Granite

Frankie Rose - Interstellar (In reverse order if possible)

taphead739 t1_jcofo7t wrote on March 18, 2023 at 9:39 AM

How do you define new and more recent?

My favorite headphone albums from the past two years were Moderat - MORE D4TA (2022) and Hans Zimmer - The Dune Sketchbook (2021).

My favorite headphone albums of all time, though I wouldn‘t call them new or recent, are Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (1999), Burial - Untrue (2007), and Jon Hopkins - Immunity (2013).

JediMaS10 OP t1_jd0qatx wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:05 AM

Very cool ones!

No-Context5479 t1_jcony2w wrote on March 18, 2023 at 11:30 AM

Anything you like and are familiar with.... Those are the ones that will show you how different your new headphones are since you're used to them on a different set so listening to the same stuff on a different set should be the strongest indicator u/JediMaS10

Block-Forsaken t1_jcq3o6f wrote on March 18, 2023 at 6:09 PM

give this one a try https://open.spotify.com/album/5rKTtC3GgrjzlAhTlAhlEj?si=7JlxTI7ZSAu2EUGniX0bYQ

Alpine Cheese for Dinner

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JediMaS10 OP t1_jdkjs18 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:37 AM

I just had the chance to listen Yosi Horikawa - Spaces

Sounds fantastic