A Dozen Favorite Albums About the End of the World
(alphabetically by artist)
The Crying Light by Antony and the Johnsons (key track: Another World)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie (key track: Five Years)
Waiting for a Miracle by The Comsat Angels (key track: On the Beach)
Boomerang by The Creatures (key track: Killing Time)
Metamatic by John Foxx (key track: Underpass)
Plague Mass by Diamanda Galas (key track: Let My People Go)
Bad Contestant by Matt Maltese (key track: As the World Caves In)
The Great American Bootleg Tape by David Massengill (key track: Nothing)
Thunder and Consolation by New Model Army (key track: I Love the World)
Henry’s Dream by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (key track: Straight To You)
Fear of Music by Talking Heads (key track: Life During Wartime)
Bone Machine by Tom Waits (key track: Earth Died Screaming)
— February 16, 2021