Music Recommended Flowchart:

Step 1:
Listen to the following albums. ALL OF THEM. It doesnt take that much time and
should take a month MAXIMUM even at a slow listening pace:
1. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - X
2. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt - X
3. Faust self-titled - X
4. The Velvet Underground and Nico self-titled - X
5. The Doors self-titled - X
6. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh - X
7. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu - X
8. Twin Infinitives by Royal Trux - X
9. Fare Forward Voyagers by John Fahey - X
10. Desert Shore by Nico - X
11. Lorca by Tim Buckley - X
12. The Parable of Arable Land by Red Crayola X
13. Irrlicht by Klaus Schulze X
14. The Good Son by Nick Cave X
15. Geek the Girl by Lisa Germano X
16. Good by Morphine X
17. Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
18. Neu! self-titled - X
19. Nail by Foetus
20. Suicide by Suicide
21. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
22. Not Available by Residents
23. Y by Pop Group
24. Lullaby Land by Vampire Rodents
25. Zen Arcade by Husker Du
26. Third Ear Band self-titled
27. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
28. Psychic Powerless by Butthole Surfers
29. Third by Soft Machine
30. Slow Deep and Hard by Type O Negative

31. Uncle Meat by The Mothers of Invention - X

32. Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen
33. Repeater by Fugazi - X
34. Yerself is Steam by Mercury Rev
35. Fire of Love by Gun Club
36. Down Colorful Hill by Red House Painters
37. Spiderland by Slint
38. White Light White Heat by the Velvet Underground - X
39. Safe as Milk by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - X
40. Well Oiled by Hash Jar Tempo
41. Dream Theory in Malaya by Jon Hassell
42. Diamanda Galas self-titled
This is just meant to get you a spread of some of the more creative rock works ever. It
is directly lifted from Pierro Scaruffis top list. I chose his list as it is the best for
exposing actual creativity as opposed to other lists which are riddled with multiple very
similar Beatles albums. You are guaranteed to hate some of these. Depending on what
you liked, you can try the following:
#1. I really liked Trout Mask Replica, Safe as Milk, or Uncle Meat!
Try out some other albums by the two Los Angeles freaks. Namely, Frank Zappa and
Captain Beefheart! Try these out:
1-1 - Freak Out by The Mothers of Invention
1-2 - Absolutely Free by the Mothers of Invention
1-3 - Were Only In It For The Money by the Mothers of Invention
1-4 - Weasels Ripped My Flesh by the Mothers of Invention
1-5 - King Kong played by Jean-Luc Ponty
1-6 - Burnt Weeny Sandwich by the Mothers of Invention
1-7 - Mirror Man by Captain Beefheart
#1-1. I really like Frank Zappa/the Mothers of Invention!
Try out the following albums to see just how into Zappa you are:
1-1-1 - Lumpy Gravy
1-1-2 - Hot Rats

1-1-3 - Waka/Jawaka
1-1-4 - Grand Wazoo
1-1-5 - Roxy and Elsewhere
1-1-6 - Orchestral Favourites
1-1-7 - Perfect Stranger
1-1-8 - Zappa
1-1-9 - Jazz From Hell
If youre not tired:
-Chungas Revenge
-200 Motels
-Just Another Band From LA
-One Size Fits All
-In New York
-Studio Tan
-Sleep Dirt
-Sheik Yerbouti
-Joes Garage
-Tinseltown Rebellion
-You Are What You Is
-Them or Us
-Make a Jazz Noise Here
-Yellow Shark
-Civilization Phaze III
Youre on your own with finding stuff after this.
#1-2. I really like Captain Beefheart!
Give these a shot:
1-2-1 - Strictly Personal
1-2-2 - Lick My Decals Off
1-2-3 - Shiny Beast
1-2-4 - Ice Cream For Crow
Other:
-Spotlight Kid
-Doc At Radar Station

#2. I really liked Rock Bottom or Third!

You would probably like the Canterbury scene! Try out the following:
2-1 - Flying Teapot - Radio Gnome Invisible by Gong
2-2 - Shooting At the Moon by Kevin Ayers
2-3 - End of An Ear by Robert Wyatt
2-4 - Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
2-5 - Unrest by Henry Cow
2-6 - In Praise of Learning by Henry Cow
#2-1: Those are all cool but do you have any more Soft Machine?
2-1-1 Second
2-1-2 Fourth
2-1-3 Sixth
Other:
-First
-Spaced
-Fifth
-Bundles
#2-2: I really like Gong!
2-2-1 - Camembert Electrique
2-2-2 - Angels Egg
If youre a fan:
-Continental Circus
-Banana Moon
-You
-Shamal
-Gazeuse
#2-3 I liked Kevin Ayers
2-3-1 Joy of a Toy
2-3-2 The Confessions of Dr. Dream
If youre a fan
-Whatevershebringswesing
-Bananamour

#2-4 Who cares about those other guys. Give me more Robert Wyatt!
2-4-1 Matching Mole
2-4-2 Little Red Record
2-4-3 Animals Film
If Youre a fan:
-Dondestan
-Shleep
-Cuckooland
-Comicopera
#2-5 I liked Tubular Bells!
Try out:
2-5-1 Hergest Ridge
If youre a fan:
-Ommadawn
-Incantations
-Crises
-Amarok
-The Songs of Distant Earth\
#2-6 More Henry Cow pl0x
Try:
2-6-1 Leg End
2-6-2 Desperate Straights
2-6-3 Hopes and Fears by Art Bears
2-6-4 Winter Songs by Art Bears
If youre a fan:
-Concerts
-Western Culture
-The World As It is Today by Art Bears

#2-7 Are there any other good albums on the Canterbury scene worth listening to!?
2-7-1 If I Could Do It All Over Again by Caravan
2-7-2 In the Land of Grey and Pink by Caravan
2-7-3 Well Talk About it Later by Nucleus

2-7-4 Belladonna by Nucleus

2-7-5 Dedicated to You But You Werent Listening by Keith Tippet
2-7-6 Septober Energy by Centipede
2-7-7 The Journey by Mujician
2-7-8 Colours Fulfilled by Mujician
2-7-9 1984 by Hugh Hopper
2-7-10 L by Steve Hillage
2-7-11 System 7 by Steve Hillage
#2-7-1 More Caravan lmfao
-For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
-Caravan and the New Symphonia
#2-7-2 Gimme more Nucleus theyre good fam
-Elastic Rock
-Solar Plexus
-Labyrinth
-Roots
-In Flagranti Delicto
-Old Heartland by Ian Carr
-Virtual Realities by Zyklus
#2-7-3 More Keith Tippett/Centipede/Mujician like stuff senpai
-You Are Here I Am There
-Blueprint
-Ovary Lodge (1973)
-Ovary Lodge (1975)
-Frames by Ark
-Mujician (album)
-A Loose Kite
-Mujician II
-Spirits Rejoice by Dedication Orchestra
-Une Croix Dans LOcean
-Poem About the Hero by Mujician
-Birdman by Mujician
-Spacetime by Mujician
-Theres No Going Back Now by Mujician

#2-7-4 More Hugh Hopper for some reason

-Tunity Box
-Two Rainbows Daily
-Remark Hugh Made
-Carousel
-Hispabox by Hughscore
-Delta Flora by Hughscore
#2-7-5 More Steve Hillage plz
-Fish Rising
-Live Herald
-Rainbow Dome Musick
-777
-Fire And Water
-Golden Section

#3 I really enjoyed Fausts self-titled or Neus self-titled!

Cool! Try out:
3-1 Faust IV by Faust
#3-1 Great! More by Faust lol!
Try out:
3-1-1 So Far
3-1-2 Tapes
If youre a fan:
-Rien
-You Know Faust
-Ravvivando
-Schlachtfest Session 1 by Paper Factory
-Something Dirty
#3-2 Wait a second what about Neu! !?!?!?!?!?!
3-2-1 Neu! 2
3-2-2 Neu! 75

3-2-3 LA Dusseldorf
If youre a fan
-Viva
-Flammende Herzen by Michael Rother
#3-3 Anything besides Neu! and Faust that are kind of worth listening to that are kind
of in the same ballpark?
3-3-1 Cluster self-titled
3-3-2 Cluster II by Cluster
3-3-3 Zuckerzeit by Cluster
3-3-4 Musik Von Harmonia by Harmonia
3-3-5 Groesses Wasser by Cluster
3-3-6 Kraftwerk self-titled
3-3-7 Kraftwerk 2 by Kraftwerk
3-3-8 Ralf & Florian by Kraftwerk
3-3-9 Autobahn by Kraftwerk
#3-3-1 If you liked Cluster:
-Sowiesoso
-Cluster Und Eno
-Rastakraut Pasta by Moebius
-Zero Set by Moebius
-Ludwigs Law by Moebius
-Durch Die Wuste by Roedelius
-Jardin Au Feu by Roedelius
-Selbstportrait by Roedelius
-Lustwandel by Roedelius
-Wenn Der Sudwind Weht by Roedelius
-Offene Turen by Roedelius
-Geschenk Des Augenblicks by Roedelius
-Wie Das Wespern Des Windes by Roedelius
-Variety of Moods by Roedelius
-Der Ohren Spiegel by Roedelius
-Cuando Adonde by Roedelius
#3-3-2 Dude Kraftwerk lmao XDDD
-Trans-Europe Express

-Die Mensch Maschine

#4 I liked the Velvet Underground & Nico or White Light/White Heat!!
You should like the psychedelic rock of the New York Boheme. Try out:
4-1 Live (1974) by the Velvet Underground
4-2 Balaklava by Pearls Before Swine
4-3 United States of America Self-Titled
#4-1 Is there anything else from the Velvet Underground that is essential listening?
If you are a fan:
-The Velvet Underground (the 1969 one, not with & Nico)
-Loaded
#4-2 More Pearls Before Swine Pl0x
4-2-1 One Nation Underground
#4-3 Any more of that good ol USA?
4-3-1 American Metaphysical Circus
#4-4 Any other good albums from this general area?
4-4-1 Psychedelic Lillipop by The Blue Magoos
4-4-2 Hard Rock From the Middle East by Devils Anvil
4-4-3 Orgasm by Cromagnon
#5 I really liked the Doors self-titled album!
You might like the Los Angeles psychedelic scene and the acid pop scene. Try out:
5-1 Da Capo by Love
5-2 Strange Days by the Doors
#5-1 Got anything else by Love?
5-1-1 Forever Changes
If youre a fan:
-Love

-Out Here
#5-2 More by the Doors!
5-2-1 Waiting For The Sun
5-2-2 Absolutely Live
5-2-3 L.A. Woman
If youre a fan:
-Morrison Hotel
#5-3 Any more good albums in this general area?
5-3-1 Seeds self-titled
5-3-2 A Web Of Sound by the Seeds
5-3-3 Heavy by Iron Butterfly
5-3-4 Part One by West Coast Pop Art Experimental BAnd
5-3-5 Spirit self-titled
5-3-6 The Family That Plays Together by Spirit
5-3-7 Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit
5-3-8 Mass In F Minor by the Electric Prunes
#6 I loved Hosianna Mantra!
You would probably like spiritual krautrock! Try out:
6-1 Silence is the Answer by Deuter
6-2 In Den Gaerten Pharaos by Popol Vuh
#6-1 Any more Deuter there?
6-1-1 D
6-1-2 Aum
6-1-3 Haleakala Mystery
6-1-4 Ecstasy
6-1-5 Nirvana Road
If youre a fan:
-San
-Sambodhi Music
-Celebration
-Cicada

-Land Of Enchantment
#6-2 Got more Popol Vuh?
Sure, try:
6-2-1 Affenstunde
6-2-2 Einsjaeger & Siebenjaeger
6-2-3 Das Hohelieds Solomons
6-2-4 Letzte Tage Letzte Naechte
If youre a fan:
-Seligpresiung
-Auguirre
-Herz Aus Glas/Coeur De Verre
-Brueder Des Schattens - Nosferatu
-Die Nacht Der Seele - Tantric Songs
-Sei Stille, Wisee Ich Bin
#6-3 Any more good albums along these lines?
Try:
6-3-1 Meditation by Eberhard Schoener
6-3-2 Sky Music/Mountain Music by Eberhard Schoener
#6-3-1 Any more stuff by Schoener?
-Trance/Formation
-Flashback
-Spuernsicherung
-Eberhard Schoener System
-Bon Voyage
-Das Erbe der Guldenburgs
-Trance Mission
-Harmonia Mundi
-Time Cycle
-Potsdamer Platz
-Beleza Negra/Eine Rache
#7 I liked the Modern Dance!
Cool! You would like the Akron blank generation music from the late 1970s. Try:

7-1 New Picnic Time by Pere Ubu

7-2 Art of Walking by Pere Ubu
#7-1 Any more crap by Pere Ubu?
7-1-1 Dub Housing
7-2-2 Song of the Bailing Man
7-3-3 The Tenement Year
7-4-4 Cloudland
If youre a fan:
-Worlds In Collision
-The Story of My Life
-Datapanik in the year Zero
-Ray Gun Suitcase
-Pennsylvania
-St Arkansas
#7-2 Wait is this entire section Pere Ubu!?!
No. Try out:
7-2-1 Are We Not Men by Devo
7-2-2 Girl Crazy by Styrenes
7-2-3 Isnt Tomorrow Wonderful by the Waitresses
7-2-4 After Birth of the Cool by Swollen Monkeys
7-2-5 Young Loud and Snotty by Dead Boys
7-2-6 Happiness Finally Comes to Them by Ralph Carney
7-2-7 This is Ralph Carney
#7-2-1 More Devo?
-Duty Now For The Future
-Ptwaaang!!! by Wipeouters
#7-2-2 More Sytrenes?
-A Monster and the Devil
-We Care so You Dont Have To
-All The Wrong People Are Dying
#7-2-3 More Waitresses?

-Contents Dislodged During Shipment by Tin Huey

-Bruiseology
#8 I liked Twin Infinitives or Repeater!
There literally isnt anything like Twin Infinitives. Not even close. Its lumped with
Repeater because its in the late 80s Washington noise rock scene and there would be
no other way of branching out. Sorry, Twin Infinitives fans. Try out:
8-1 Tink of Southeast by Unrest
8-2 Imperial f.f.r.r. by Unrest
8-3 Fugazi self-titled EP
8-4 Red Medicine by Fugazi
#8-1 Any more Unrest?
Sure! Try out:
8-1-1 Malcolm X Park
8-1-2 Isabel Bishop
8-1-3 Perfect Teeth
If youre a fan:
-Kustom Karnal Backxploitation
-Cold Morning by Phil Krauth
-Goya by Grenadine
-Me Me Me by Air Miami
-A-OK by Flin Flon
#8-2 Got any more Fugazi?
8-2-1 Margin Walker
8-2-2 13 Songs
8-2-3 Steady Diet of Nothing
8-2-4 In On the Kill Taker
If youre a fan:
-Three Songs
-End Hits
-Instrument
-The Argument

#8-3 D-did Royal Trux make anything else :`(

8-3-1 Royal Trux (1988)
8-3-2 Royal Trux
8-3-3 Cats and Dogs
If youre a fan:
-Thank You
-Accelerator
-Singles Live Unreleased
-Veterans of Disorder
-Pound for Pound
- Neil Michael Hagerty by Neil Hagerty
-Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll by Neil Hagerty
8-4 Any other good albums from Washington experimental?
8-4-1 Right Now by Pussy Galore
8-4-2 Dial M by Pussy Galore
#9 I like Fare Forward Voyagers!
You would probably like other entries in the progressive folk movement! Check out:
9-1 Fantasias For Guitar & Banjo by Sandy Bull
9-2 America by John Fahey
9-3 Venus in Cancer by Robbie Basho
9-4 Song of the Stallion by Robbie Basho
#9-1 Anything else by Sandy Bull?
9-1-1 Inventions for Guitar & Banjo
9-1-2 E Pluribus Unum
If youre a fan:
-Demolition Derby
-Jukebox School of Music
-Vehicles
#9-2 Any more John Fahey?
9-2-1 The Great San Bernardino Party
9-2-2 Requia

9-2-3 Voice of the Turtle

9-2-4 Womblife
If youre a fan:
-Dance of Death
-Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
-Days Have Gone By
-Yellow Princess
-Visits Washington D.C.
-The Epiphany of Glenn Jones
-City of Refuge
#9-3 Any more Robbie Basho?
Try out:
9-3-1 Seal of the Blue Lotus
9-3-2 The Grail and the Lotus
9-3-3 Falconers Arm
If youre a fan:
-Zarthus
#9-4 Any other good prog folk albums?
9-4-1 The Solo Guitar by Bola Sete
9-4-2 Ocean by Bola Sete
9-4-3 Shambhala Moon by Bola Sete
9-4-4 Al Oud by Hamza El Din
#10 I loved Desert Shore!
Try out the post-Greenwich singer-songwriters!
10-1 Have a Marijuana by David Peel
10-2 Marble Index by Nico
#10-1 Anything else by Peel?
If youre a fan:
-American Revolution
-Pope Smoke Dopes

#10-2 Anything else by Nico?

10-2-1 The End
10-2-2 Camera Obscura
If youre a fan:
-Drama of Exile
#10-3 Any other good post-Greenwich albums?
10-3-1 More Than a New Discovery by Laura Nyro
10-3-2 Ali and the Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro
10-3-3 New York Tendaberry by Laura Nyro
10-3-4 Blue River by Eric Andersen
10-3-5 Ghosts Upon the Road by Eric Andersen
10-3-6 The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda by Angus MacLise
10-3-7 Back to the Front by Bob Neuwirth
#11 I liked Lorca by Tim Buckley!!
You would like late 60s folk rock! Try out:
11-1 Happy Sad by Tim Buckley
11-2 Starsailor by Tim Buckley
#11-1 Anything else by Tim Buckley?
11-1-1 Goodbye and Hello
11-1-2 Blue Afternoon
If youre a fan:
-Greetings from L.A.
#11-2 anything besides Buckley!?
11-2-1 Mr Tambourine Man by the Byrds
11-2-2 Younger Than Yesterday by the Byrds
11-2-3 Notorious Byrd Brothers by the Byrds
#11-2-1 Really!? Thats it? Anything Else by the Byrds?
If youre a fan:
-Turn Turn Turn
-Fifth Dimension
-Sweetheart of the Rodeo

-Ballad of the Easy Rider

#12 - Parable of Arable Land ruled!
They come from Texas psychedelia, which basically consists of Red Krayola and the
13th Floor Elevators. Pick your poison.
#12-1 Anything from the 13th Floor Elevators?
12-1-1 The Psychedelic Sound of the 13th Floor Elevators
If youre a fan:
-Easter Everywhere
-And the Aliens by Roky Erickson
#12-2 Wow, that was short. Lets get more Red Crayola then!
12-2-1 God Bless
12-2-2 Soldier Talk
If youre a fan:
-Coconut Hotel
-Corkys Debt to his Father
-Corrected Sogans
-Kangaroo
-Black Snake
-Red Krayola
-Hazel
-Fingerpainting
-Five American Portraits
#13 I enjoyed Irrlicht!
You would like the kosmiche musik of early 1970s Germany! Listen to:
13-1 Zeit by Tangerine Dream
13-2 Cyborg by Klaus Schulze
13-3 X by Klaus Schulze
#13-1 Anything else by Tangerine Dream thats good?
13-1-1 Alpha Centauri
13-1-2 Atem

13-1-3 Phaedra
13-1-4 Rubycon
13-1-5 Ricochet
If youre a fan:
-Electronic Meditation
-Green Desert
-Stratosfear
-Force Majeure
#13-2 Anything else by Klaus Schulze thats good?
13-2-1 Picture Music
13-2-2 Blackdance
13-2-3 Cosmic Jokers
13-2-4 Timewind
13-2-5 Audentity
13-2-6 Dresden Performance
If youre a fan:
-Cosmic Jokers: Glactic Supermarket
-Moondawn
-Mirage
-Body Love
-Dune
-Richard Wahnfried: Miditation
-Mediterranean Pads
-Royal Festival Hall vol. 1
-Royal Festival Hall vol. 2
-The Dome Event
-Siler Edition
-Totentag
-Das Wagner Desaster-Live
-Historic Edition
-In Blue
#14 I enjoyed The Good Son!
Try out the 1980s British singer songwriters:

14-1 World Shut Your Mouth by Julian Cope

14-2 From Her to Eternity by Nick Cave
14-3 The Firstborn is Dead by Nick Cave
14-4 The Lion and the Cobra by Sinead OConnor
#14-1 Anything Else by Juilan Cope?
14-1-1 Fried
14-1-2 Peggy Suicide
If youre a fan:
-Saint Julian
-My Nation Underground
-Joheovahkill
-Queen Elizabeth
-Autogeddon
-20 Mothers
-Interpreter
-Odin
-Citizen Caind
#14-2 Anything else by Nick Cave?
14-2-1 Your Funeral My Trial
14-2-2 Tender Prey
14-2-3 Henrys Dream
14-2-4 Grinderman
if youre a fan:
-Let Love In
-Murder Ballads
-Boatmans Call
-No More Shall We Part
-Nocturama
-Abattoir Blues
-Dig Lazarus Dig
-Grinderman 2
#14-3 Anything else by Sinead OConnor?
If youre a fan:
-I Do Not Want What I havent Got

-Faith and Courage

#14-4 Anything else thats good from British 1980s songwriters?

14-4-1 Black Snake Diamond by Robyn Hitchcock
14-4-2 Fegmania by Robyn Hitchcock
14-4-3 Pop Eyes by Danielle Dax
14-4-4 Jesus Egg that Wept EP by Danielle Dax
14-4-5 Moss Side Story by Barry Adamson
#14-4-1 For fans of Robyn Hitchcock:
-I Often Dream of Trains
-Element of LIght
-Jewels for Sophia
-Ole Tarantula
#14-4-2 for fans of Danielle Dax:
-Inky Bloaters
-Dark Adapted Eye
#14-4-3 For fans of Barry Adamson
-Soul Murder
-Oedipus Schmoedipus
-As Above So Below
-Motorlab #3
#15 - I Really liked Geek the Girl
You might like early 1990s post-feminism. Try:
15-1 Robin Holcomb s/t
15-2 On the Way Down from Moon Palace by Lisa Germano
15-3 Excerpts From a Love Circus by Lisa Germano
#15-1 More from Robin Holcomb:
15-1-1 Rockabye
If youre a fan:

-Larks They Crazy

-Little Three
-The Big Time
#15-2 More from Lisa Germano
15-2-1 Happiness
15-2-2 Slide
If youre a fan:
-Slush
-Lillaby For Liquid Pig
-Magic Neighbor
#15-3 More worthwhile albums in this area:
15-3-1 Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
15-3-2 Under the Pink by Tori Amos
15-3-3 Boys for Pele by Tori Amos
15-3-4 Debut by Bjork
15-3-5 Homogenic by Bjork
15-3-6 Indescribable Night by Kate St. John
#15-3-1 for fans of Tori Amos
-From the Choirgirl Hotel
-Scarlets Walk
#15-3-2 For fans of Bjork
-Post
-Vespertine
-Medulla
#15-3-3 for fans of Kate St. John
-The Familiar
-Excellent Spirits
-Second Sight
#16 I liked Good by Morphine
You might enjoy early 1990s non-pop. Try:

16-1 Yes by Morphine

#16-1 More Morphine
16-1-1 Cure for Pain
16-1-2 The Night
For fans:
-Treat Her Right s/t
-Whats Good For You by Treat Her Right
-Like Swimming
-Twinemen s/t
-Happiness by AKACOD
#16-2 Other good albums of early 1990s non-pop
16-2-1 Pod by the Breeders
16-2-2 Last Splash by the Breeders
16-2-3 Star by Belly
16-2-4 Magnapop self-titled
16-2-5 Bring It Down by Madder Rose
16-2-6 Hello June Fool by Madder Rose
16-2-7 Sometimes Chimes by Further
16-2-8 Icky Mettle by Archers of Loaf
16-2-9 Vs the Greatest of All Time EP by Archers of Loaf
16-2-10 Barry Black s/t
16-2-11 Vee Vee by Archers of Loaf
16-2-12 Bring on the Snakes by Crooked Fingers