Category Milestones in Music

Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy

Part of the series Milestones in Music (1991) This song was a mystery to me for a long time. I would see part of the fantastic video on MTV every now and then. Awestruck every time. Both by the one-take video, the singing and the music. It was only after buying Protection that I realised…

Enigma – MCMXC a.D.

Part of the series Milestones in Music (1990) This album was really one of a kind at the time. I think it turned me towards a lot of “Chillout” -type music and was one of the albums that inspired me technically. Samplers could make evocative tunes? Who knew?

Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet

Part of the series Milestones in Music (1990) This was the first CDs I ever bought. I always liked Public Enemy but this is one of the few albums of theirs I’ve bought. I know every sound, every beat and every rhyme by heart. Epic Hip Hop.

Philip Glass – The Thin Blue Line (OST)

Part of the series Milestones in Music (1988) I listened to the soundtrack for at least a few years before I managed to see the actual film. I really love that a lot of dialogue is left on top of the music but I also wish I could listen to the score on its own.…

Pink Floyd – The Wall

Part of the series Milestones in Music (1979) My favorite album during early childhood. I still listen to this one a lot. I just never got bored with it. I remember thinking the album was about Star Wars. The marching on Waiting For The Worms and The Trial were storm troopers and “the defendant” in…