Ten (and a Half) Favorite Scottish Albums
(arranged In order of release, with a strong bias toward post-punk, new wave, and sophisti-pop bands of the 1980s)
Author! Author! by Scars
Camouflage Heart by Cindytalk
Treasure by Cocteau Twins
Here Comes Everybody by The Wake
Fisherman’s Blues by The Waterboys
Hats by The Blue Nile
Stray by Aztec Camera
Mouth Music by Mouth Music
God’s Home Movie by Horse
The Bones of What You Believe by Chvrches
and the half-album, by a Scotsman and an Englishman
Diamond Mine by King Creosote and Jon Hopkins
— March 27, 2023