what albums remind you of childhood?

[bluecat]

i'm looking for dreamy sort of music, something floaty and nice. my picks are 'zdenka 2080' and 'ceres and calypso in deep time'.
the first one feels like floating in space. i don't know why, but it's very nostalgic. the candy claws album makes me think of really old picture books i used to have for some reason. the types that came with an illustration every other page.

 

[KeplerElectronics]

Probably my favorite album of all time. Been listening to it since middle school and it still never misses.

 

[slaid]

Probably my favorite album of all time. Been listening to it since middle school and it still never misses.

listened to a bit of this, gonna finish it later but WOOW this is such a.."dreamy" album in a really good way. love instrumental music and the entire album reminds me of video game menus.

on the topic of both: the album that reminds me of childhood is 2nd Collection by Nujabes/Hydeout Productions, arguably my favorite artist of all time. very solid mix of instrumental songs and vocal songs with some of the best mixing and beats nujabes had done

 

[bluecat]

i love nujabes work so much! another genre that really makes me think of childhood is late 80s early 90s hiphop for some reason. kind of the daisy age/native tongues style. but that's just because my mom played hiphop in the car while driving me to school. i miss the summer days.

 

[bluecat]

Probably my favorite album of all time. Been listening to it since middle school and it still never misses.

going to listen to this soon !! :)

 

[Scott]

i've got a ton but i don't think many of them fit the description you're really looking for. there's obvious answers for me, like a lot of the music my parents or sister would listen to when I was a kid that I'll always associate with those times even if the tone of the music itself isn't really one of nostalgia. lots of dad rock/old bands like zeppelin, black sabbath, rush, iron maiden etc from my dad. the pogues and stan rogers from my mom, and a lot of punk music from my sister.

i think the closest i've got that both fits your description and is something i found myself would be folk-y intros or interludes to a lot of atmospheric black metal albums. we would go camping pretty much every weekend, including winters, until i was about 17-18. i find that a lot of those songs really remind me of those times and can feel a lot more personal than just listening to records I heard when I was actually a child. here's a couple examples.

 

[esper]

because i spent most of 1998-2009 in the backseat of a car i was going to post "californication, by the way, and stadium arcadium by the red hot chili peppers" as a joke, but john frusciante's solo work from that era is honestly a good shout for the wistful lo-fi vibe you seem to be chasing

 

[halfprism]

EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE by Rustie! my fav album of all time.. reminds me of those hot summer vacation days

 

[bluecat]

because i spent most of 1998-2009 in the backseat of a car i was going to post "californication, by the way, and stadium arcadium by the red hot chili peppers" as a joke, but john frusciante's solo work from that era is honestly a good shout for the wistful lo-fi vibe you seem to be chasing

i love rhcp so much! i should check out frusciante's solo soon. i used to be big into hard rock when i was young. tapered off slowly to shoegaze and adjacent genres later on :)

 

[bluecat]

EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE by Rustie! my fav album of all time.. reminds me of those hot summer vacation days

i see it !!! it feels like the drive home after school in the hot summer sun for me. reminds me of it atleast