At the beginning of 2025, Kavya got me a record player as an incredibly sweet wedding gift. Since then, I’ve been on a bit of a bender slurping up records at—dare I say it—record pace. What better first list to add to my website?
| Artist | Album | Date | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linkin Park | Minutes to Midnight | Jan 10, 2025 | Hyde Park Records (from Kavya) |
| ABBA | Greatest Hits | Jan 10, 2025 | Hyde Park Records (from Kavya) |
| Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory | Jan 18, 2025 | Village Vinyl & Hi Fi, Boston |
| Linkin Park | Meteora | Jan 18, 2025 | Village Vinyl & Hi Fi, Boston |
| Glass Animals | How to be a Human Being | Jan 18, 2025 | Village Vinyl & Hi Fi, Boston |
| Glass Animals | Dreamland | Jan 18, 2025 | Village Vinyl & Hi Fi, Boston |
| Tame Impala | The Slow Rush | Jan 18, 2025 | Village Vinyl & Hi Fi, Boston |
| Linkin Park | A Thousand Suns | Jan 21, 2025 | Amazon (from Siddhesh) |
| Boney M | Nightflight to Venus | Jan 26, 2025 | Hyde Park Records, Chicago |
| Tame Impala | Currents | Jan 26, 2025 | Hyde Park Records, Chicago |
| Coldplay | Viva la Vida | Jan 27, 2025 | Amazon |
| ABBA | GOLD | Feb 8, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Gorillaz | Cracker Island | Feb 8, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Coldplay | X&Y | Feb 8, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Poets of the Fall | Ultraviolet | Feb 12, 2025 | Amazon |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication | Feb 15, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Soundtrack | Back to the Future | Feb 15, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Feb 15, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Soundtrack | Charade | Feb 15, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Glass Animals | I Love You So F**king Much | Feb 15, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Billie Eilish | Hit Me Hard and Soft | Feb 21, 2025 | Target |
| Radiohead | Kid A | Mar 14, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Linkin Park | From Zero | Mar 14, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Foster the People | Torches | Mar 14, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Víkingur Ólafsson | Continuum | Mar 14, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Black Keys | El Camino | Mar 17, 2025 | Amazon |
| Poets of the Fall | Jealous Gods | Mar 17, 2025 | Amazon |
| Poets of the Fall | Carnival of Rust | Mar 29, 2025 | Poets of the Fall Shop |
| Poets of the Fall | Clearview | Mar 29, 2025 | Poets of the Fall Shop |
| Chaurasia, Sharma, Kabra | Call of the Valley | Apr 6, 2025 | Amazon |
| Radiohead | OK Computer | Apr 7, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Soundtrack | Stranger Things | Apr 7, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Queen | Greatest Hits | Apr 7, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Soundtrack | Arcane: Season 2 | Apr 17, 2025 | Boston (from Abhi) |
| Michael Jackson | Thriller | Jul 10, 2025 | Amazon (from Sujatha Atha and Vijay Mama) |
| Elliott Carter | Sonatas | Aug 3, 2025 | Chicago Logan Square Farmer’s Market |
| Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Aug 3, 2025 | (from Palash) |
| Bob Moses | The Silence in Between | Oct 18, 2025 | Bob Moses Shop |
| Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | Dec 21, 2025 | Reckless Records, Chicago |
| Cannons | Fever Dream | Apr 22, 2026 | The Salt Shed |
| Michael Jackson | Dangerous | Aug 18, 2026 | Amazon |