An Abecedarium of Bands

(The rule: You can retain the music of only one band (or solo artist) per letter of the alphabet. Which artists do you choose?)

A: Alog (favorite album: Miniatures)
B: The Blue Nile (favorite album: Hats)
C: Leonard Cohen (favorite album: You Want It Darker)
D: Dexys Midnight Runners (favorite album: Searching for the Young Soul Rebels)
E: Sidsel Endresen (favorite album: Duplex Ride)
F: FKA twigs (favorite album: LP1)
G: Marvin Gaye (favorite album: What’s Going On)
H: Matthew Herbert (favorite album: Bodily Functions [as Herbert])
I: Ryoji Ikeda (favorite album: Dataplex)
J: Japan (favorite album: Tin Drum)
K: Kings of Convenience (favorite album: Riot on an Empty Street)
L: Luxuria (favorite album: Beast Box)
M: Van Morrison (favorite album: Astral Weeks)
N: New Model Army (favorite album: Thunder and Consolation)
O: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (favorite album: Architecture and Morality)
P: Prince (favorite album: Purple Rain [as Prince and the Revolution])
Q: Morten Qvenild (favorite album: Melody Mountain [as Susanna and the Magical Orchestra]*)
R: Rilo Kiley (favorite album: The Execution of All Things)
S: David Sylvian (favorite album: Secrets of the Beehive)
T: Talk Talk (favorite album: Spirit of Eden)
U: Ultravox (favorite album: Systems of Romance)
V: The Verlaines (favorite album: Bird Dog)
W: Stevie Wonder (favorite album: Songs in the Key of Life)
X: XTC (favorite album: English Settlement)
Y: Dhafer Youssef (favorite album: Birds Requiem)
Z: The Zombies (favorite album: Odessey and Oracle)

* or if that’s an alphabet cheat, then his solo album Personal Piano

— September 27, 2021