Top 20 Records of 2025
Welcome to the year-end edition of the Paradise Found Records…
In Celebration of Neil’s 80th Birthday: His Ten Best Records
No other rock musician has been more prolific over the past sixty years than Neil Young, who turns eighty in November.
Top Eleven Fictional Music Acts
From Spinal Tap to the Commitments, the Soggy Bottom Boys to Llewyn Davis, Bad Blake and Stillwater and more
Music Memoir Roundup
The book section at Paradise Found Records is always well-stocked with new and used titles. Here are five recent releases I’d recommend.
Grateful Dead Studio Albums From Worst to First
2025 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the formation of the Grateful Dead, an American musical institution still thriving all these years later... To help newbies navigate a large and intimidating discography, here are their studio albums ranked from worst to first.
Ten Best Prog-Rock Albums
Here is peak prog, presented in chronological order over its less than a decade long heyday.
Top Five: Bob Dylan’s Best Records
Not counting live and archival releases–of which there are many–Bob Dylan has released forty (!) albums since his 1962 debut. With rare exceptions all have been original material. To help newbies navigate this intimidating discography, here are his five best albums.
Top 20 Records of 2024
There are good years for new music and there are great years for new music, and 2024 definitely fit the latter category. It seemed like high-quality new albums were released every week.
Top Five: David Bowie’s Best Records
2024’s comprehensive Rock ’N’ Roll Star! 5CD box set features a deep dive into David Bowie’s legendary The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars and is a great reason to celebrate a highly influential artist. Nearly eight years after his death, Bowie is still as important as ever and it’s easy to spot devotees across the full spectrum of music.
Beyond One Love: Buyer’s Guide to Bob Marley
One of the biggest film success stories of 2024 has been the…
Record Store Day is Saturday April 20
Are you ready for Record Store Day 2024? This year RSD is on…
Insider’s Guide to Vinyl Shopping–Part One
Welcome to the latest Paradise Found Records blog. One of my…
Top 20 Records of 2023
2023 was another great year for music and for Paradise Found…
Black Friday Means Exclusive Record Store Day Releases!
Welcome to the November Paradise Found Records blog. Have you…
Steely Dan’s Ten Best Songs
At this point in the evolution of popular music, most seventies…
Fleetwood Mac: Beyond Rumours
Ever wonder which albums sell the most at Paradise Found Records?…
Record Store Day is Saturday April 22!
Spring in Boulder can only mean one thing: we are gearing up for another Record Store Day, with a huge selection of exclusive vinyl.
Unheard Musical Delights
As anyone who's thrown a listening party can tell you, there are few things more fun than blowing someone's mind with some obscure, lesser-known musical gem. In that spirit, here are ten albums guaranteed to enrich your ears.
Sticker Mule
Dig our custom stickers? If so, head over to stickermule.com and support a local business!
2023 Music Preview
Here are a few of the musical offerings we're excited about in 2023, in order of release date. But first, I want to call attention to a 2022 release I recently discovered.
Top 20 Records of 2022
Here are my twenty favorite albums of 2022 in alphabetical order ...
Black Friday & Holiday Shopping Guide
There is a stacked slate of music and music-related books out this holiday season, as well as more than a hundred Record Store Day "Black Friday" exclusives. To help you navigate the plethora of choices, here is a guide for the music lover on your shopping list ...
Steely Dan’s Gaucho — Treasure or Trash?
Does Steely Dan's Gaucho deserve to be included among their best work or is it emblematic of what made them overrated and spurred a backlash against their sound?
Pink Floyd’s Animals: Treasure or Trash?
This month's musical offerings include the "2018 Remix" of Pink Floyd’s Animals, originally released in 1977. Why, you may ask, is the 2018 Remix being released in 2022?