Despite its large library, Spotify has gaps. A (by no means complete) list of recommended LPs that are missing.
Many of the pop giants who refused to stream in recent years have given in: Adele, Coldplay, Die Ärzte – we can now find them all on Spotify and Co. But anyone who illuminates the edges will sometimes come across sensitive gaps.
A – by no means complete – list of recommended albums that are missing from Spotify. Let’s go!
Power Plant – Power Plant (1970)
The debut that has become quiet. It’s a shame, because the roots of the later major works are clearly visible, even if the electronics are still used very selectively.
Brian Auger – This Is Brian Auger (1974)
You can put together a nice early anthology of the organ master through various “Greatest Hits” – but of all things, the dance floor hit “Tiger” is missing.
If you want to own it, you will have to buy this album.
Bow Wow Wow – See Jungle! Lake Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy (1981)
The album with the somewhat awkward title contains some of the most interesting sounds of the early eighties: percussive world music meets exalted singing meets wave structures. If you’re lucky, you’ll find it in the search box.
The songs stretch to 17 minutes, Van Dyke Parks produced. Steve Albini is at the mixing desk. The result: an enraptured ride that can probably be described as progressive folk.
Pizzicato Five – This Year’s Girl (1991)
Even though they may have disappeared from the collective memory: Pizzicato Five were a big number in the 90s with their kawaii mix of indie pop and easy listening.
Apparently Billy Corgan couldn’t come to an agreement with his former label Warner Music: Not only is ZEITGEIST missing, but also the Zwan album MANY STAR OF THE SEA and THE FUTURE EMBRACE, which was released in 2005.
Nicolette – Now Is Early (1992)
Produced to the point and with appropriate elemental power by Shut Up And Dance, plus one of the most beautiful voices of the time. Unfortunately, Nicolette was unlucky: her label went bankrupt due to unclear samples. Although her debut was re-released in 1997, the trend checkers had already turned away from so-called trip hop and turned to other genres.
Cpt. Kirk &. – Reform Hell (1992)
The coolest guys from the Hamburg school are skipping the streaming service, and that’s a shame: REFORMHÖLLE in particular is one of Tobias Levin’s most interesting works, fleeting but demanding, trained in jazz as well as postcore.
Flowerpornoes – Mama’s Peaches (1993)
Never did Liwa spit so beautifully towards the industry as in “Cover story against full-page advertisement”. And few covered “Losing My Religion” as well as he did.
International Pony – We Love Music (2002)
Cosmic DJ and Koze from Fishmob eventually got bored with hip hop. With Erobique they recorded this album, on which house and funk join hands.
One, Two – Dangerous Half-Knowledge (1999)
Neither Eins, Zwo nor Dendemann solo are represented on Spotify with a particularly large number of works. It’s a shame – because with their debut, the Hamburgers took the word game principle to the highest heights. Dendemann remained true to this principle over the years, and it’s not for nothing that we recently featured him on the cover.
Jim O’Rourke – Eureka (1999)
Jim O’Rourke’s discography also has serious gaps. For example, EUREKA is missing, an album that is sometimes a bit contrived but ultimately quite successful in approaching role models like Burt Bacharach and also has a beautiful hymn with it: “Women of the world, take over, because if you don’t, the world will come to an end, and it won’t take long.”
Jandek – Ready For The House (1978)
Jandek was never part of anything like the “music industry”. He publishes himself, doesn’t give interviews, and doesn’t have any photos taken of him. There are a few sampler contributions on Spotify, but none of his over 100 albums. Let’s start with the first one!
Baxendale – You Will Have Your Revenge (1999)
Britpop was over by the end of the 90s. Baxendale gave him one more thing: The Londoners countered the ladism of Oasis and Co. with sugary electro-pop songs about skiing in Switzerland, teenagers lying on school roofs and listening to Boards Of Canada.
X-Ecutioners – X-Pressions (1997)
The NYC Turntablists’ debut album was not a huge commercial success. Nevertheless: What the collective around Rob Swift delivers here on the record player is a real joy, at least for those in the know about the genre.
Neon Babies – Neon Babies (1981)
Quite an epochal album in terms of the mixing of NDW and pop gestures. We hear Annette Humpe’s “Blue Eyes”, later a hit for Ideal, here for the first time – sung by Sister Inga.
Time Twisters, damn it! – Girls, Gurus & Guitars (1994)
A belated side note from the almost worldwide cosmos, that little pop world around Bad Salzuflen: Instead of discourse, the duo has a mix of power pop, surf and C86 sounds. With the secret hit “On a school trip to London”.
Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra (2011)
A sample of Frank Ocean’s mixtape debut is probably responsible for the fact that it can’t be found on Spotify: In “American Wedding” the Eagles’ “Hotel California” is played at the beginning, and the rest of the melody also diligently follows the super hit. The West Coast rockers were not enthusiastic. Don Henley, who was apparently unfamiliar with the principle of sampling, called Frank Ocean a “Talentless Prick” in an interview at the time. Available on vinyl only as a bootleg.
