Maggie

E•MO•TION, by Carly Rae Jepsen (2015)

If you aren’t blown away by the first 10 notes of this album, you may want to get your hearing checked. The third studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen, E•MO•TION was a departure from the bubble-gum pop music that had defined her first two albums. Inspired by “heart-on-your-sleeve” pop music of the 1980s, Jepsen collaborated with the likes of Sia, the Cardigans, and more, culminating in a largely synth-pop effort. The finished product reinvigorated her career as an “indie darling,” garnering her a cult following, to include Maggie.

Favorite tracks include: TBD

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), by David Bowie (1980)

Let’s be honest: It was never a question of if Maggie would pick a David Bowie album, but which one. The 14th studio album by the legendary English musician, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) was Bowie’s attempt at creating a commercial record after the poor commercial reception of his artistically-celebrated Berlin Trilogy. In other words, he sold out… but in typical Bowie fashion, he did so in the most spectacular way possible. It remains one of his most critically and commercially successful albums, and is considered by many (including Maggie) to be one of the greatest albums of all time.

Favorite tracks include : TBD

Hounds of Love, by Kate Bush (1985)

The fifth studio album by English musician Kate Bush, Hounds of Love marked Bush’s return to the public eye after relatively low sales of her previous 1982 album, The Dreaming. The album is comprised of two suites: Hounds of Love and The Ninth Wave. In the latter suite, which is styled after Alfred, Lord Tennyson‘s Arthurian poems, Bush pursues a vision quest, taking the listener through a death and rebirth. The warmth of familiar sleep is cut by dangerous speed, ice and frigid water, an otherworldly trial and judgment, an out-of-body limbo, and finally a vigorous emergence and grounding in life energy.

Favorite tracks: TBD