13. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea (1994)It's just a commercial pop album right. I guess. So why is it so high on this list. I don't know. I've spent much of the late 90's and early 2000's obsessing over Toad the Wet Sprocket. Glen Phillips is a GREAT singer and is masterful at capturing the moment and emotion of a song. This band is great and there are so many creative twists in the music itself. I don't know why but I just love this album so much.
I actually do know why I love this album. In the mid 90's I sang and played in a band that had a sound very similar to this music. I was living in Columbia, South Carolina at the time and Hootie & the Blowfish had become superstars. They were very loyal to their South Carolina roots and decided to do an MTV unplugged performance live and right there on the campus of the University of South Carolina. The concert was fairly unremarkable. However, they asked Glen Phillips to join them because in Darius Rucker's words, "we love Toad". So Glen Phillips made an impression on me during that concert and I went out bought this album. I actually have several of their albums now but this one is such an amazing piece of art.
Favorite Songs: Fly From Heaven, Something's Always Wrong, Crowing, Listen, Windmills, Fall Down, Begin