A Dozen Favorite Albums Written and Recorded by Teenagers
(in order of preference, with an honorable mention for Stevie Wonder, who released many albums as a teenager but didn’t compose one from start to finish until Where I’m Coming From, recorded when he was twenty)
Alas, I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
High Land, Hard Rain by Aztec Camera
Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
The Kick Inside by Kate Bush
Selected Ambient Works 85–92 by Aphex Twin *
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina by The Left Banke
Three Imaginary Boys by The Cure
Fevers and Mirrors by Bright Eyes
Sprained Ankle by Julien Baker
Tim Buckley by Tim Buckley
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield
* born in August of 1971, so he was mostly a teenager when this was written and recorded
— July 18, 2026