#1001otheralbums

Psst, do you need some cool music to listen to? Or perhaps want to share your thoughts on an album you love? Dig if you will the 1001 Other Albums project, a collective effort of over 130 Fedizens to create "The List" of over 1001 recommended and often over-looked albums from all genres and more than 115 different places/peoples (https:// 1001otheralbums.com/the-list/)! Think "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die", but, like, NOT just Western pop. We chose these albums not because of popularity or influencers or algorithms, but rather because they’re important to us personally as Certified Major Music Nerds™️ and/or represent bands/genres/peoples not given enough love in 'official' lists. As part of the project, for the last 2.5+ years we've featured an album from The List every few days on the 1001 Other Albums blog (https:// 1001otheralbums.com/). These spotlights are written by either guest Fedizen contributors or project steward @buffyleigh@mas.to, and are automatically cross-posted in full to the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com. New spotlights are also hand-summarized and linked here on linernotes.club. The plan is to eventually look at every album on The List, and so far we’ve spotlit 270 albums! Sometimes we also do some extra fun things like Fedi-wide AOTY lists, fake festivals, and Fedi-sourced oral history posts. Everything in the 1001 OA project - The List, the spotlights, the summaries, the header images, etc. - is conceived, developed, and constructed using human intelligence only. Give us a follow here and/or the blog, I bet you'll hear something you dig. And, if you want to share your thoughts on one of the albums not yet featured via guest post, OR want to add your favourite albums that aren't yet on The List, hmu! #introduction #music #1001OtherAlbums #MusicDiscovery #ListenToThis

R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant (1986, US) Continuing our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums, our next spotlight is on number 126 on The List, submitted by rothko. Released on this day 40 years ago, this was R.E.M.’s fourth studio album, and their first to go gold. With lyrics touching on political activism, environmentalism, and the evils of colonialism, genocide, and political oppression, these songs have barely aged a day. The album's only flaw, in fact, might be the missing apostrophe in the album title. Want to read more? See the full spotlight/recipe on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/07/28/r-e-m-lifes-rich-pageant-1986-us/ Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/1440850580 Happy listening! #REM #JanglePop #AltRock #music #1001OtherAlbums

Curtis Mayfield – Curtis / Live! (1971, US) Three stops on our journey through the epic Fedi-sourced catalogue of must-hear albums were schedule-posted on the blog while I was hiding away in a forest so, now that I'm back, I'll be posting the summaries for all those today. The first spotlight was on number 294 on The List, submitted by myself (buffyleigh). This is the first solo live album from Curtis Mayfield after he had left the soul/R&B vocal group The Impressions. Mayfield had been the primary songwriter for The Impressions and the 12 albums he released with them, so it's perhaps no surprise that half of the songs on this album are Impressions songs. Mayfield would go on to release ~20 more solo studio/soundtrack/live albums (including one after being paralyzed from the neck down, wtf), plus would pen albums for other artists. If you haven’t yet gone down the Curtis Mayfield rabbit hole, this is a great place to start. Want to read more? See the full spotlight on the Fediverse at @1001otheralbums.com or on the blog: https://1001otheralbums.com/2026/06/22/curtis-mayfield-curtis-live-1971-us/ Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: https://album.link/i/29168532 or a YT playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGASPkxjqVXa0ywqMWJCUww2UQpRr7Yfs Happy listening! #CurtisMayfield #soul #funk #music #1001OtherAlbums