The 1975’s Matty Healy shares list of his favourite albums of all time 

Matty Healy of The 1975 has shared a list of his all-time favourite albums. Find out what made the cut below.

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The singer-songwriter shared the update with fans via a new post on Tumblr, revealing which albums are his personal favourites and reminding fans quite how wide-spanning his music taste is.

Among some of the most well-known names to make the list were Bob Dylan, whose albums ‘Highway 61 Revisited’, ‘Blood On The Tracks’, ‘Time Out Of Mind’ and ‘The Freewheelin Bob Dylan’ all got featured.

The Velvet Underground’s ‘Velvet Underground And Nico’ was included too, as was Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’, LCD Soundsystem’s ‘The Sound Of Silver’, The Streets’ ‘Original Pirate Material’, and Sigur Rós’ ‘Takk’.

Other notable mentions included Radiohead albums ‘Amnesiac’ and ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’, Bon Iver’s self-titled and ‘22, a Million’, Yo La Tengo’s ‘We Have Amnesia Sometimes’, Pavement‘s ‘Crooked Rain Crooked Rain’ and My Bloody Valentine’s ‘mvb’.

Check out the full list below, which also features albums from Brian Eno, Glassjaw, Modest Mouse, Howlin’ Wolf, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and more.

Matty Healy’s favourite albums are:

Nation Of Ulysses – ’13 Point Program to Destroy America’
Compound Red – ‘Press Play and Record: Songs Played and Recorded by Compound Red’
Nahawa Doumbia – ‘La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 3’
Brainiac – ‘Bonsai Superstar’
Brainiac – ‘Hissing Prigs in Static Couture’
Brainiac – ‘Electro-Shock For President EP’
I Hate Myself – ‘Ten Songs’
Little Feat – ‘Feats Don’t Fail Me Now’
Little Feat – ‘Dixie Chicken’
The Meters – ‘Rejuvenation’
This Heat – ‘Made Available’
Modest Mouse – ‘The Lonesome Crowded West’
Daryl Johns – ‘Daryl Johns’
Howlin’ Wolf – ‘The Howlin Wolf Album’
Unwound – ‘Repetition’
Lil B – ‘6 Kiss’
Faces – ‘A Nod Is As Good As A Wink….To a Blind Horse’
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – ‘Trout Mask Replica’
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – ‘Clear Spot’
The Fall – ‘Hip Priest And Kamerads’
The Fall – ‘John Peel Session 15/9/81’
Robbie Basho – ‘Venus In Cancer’

The Streets – ‘Original Pirate Material’
Loren Connors – ‘Evangeline’
Suicide – ‘The Second Album + The First Rehearsal Tapes’
Sigur Rós – ‘Takk’
Glen Branca – ‘Ascension’
Theoretical Girls – ‘Theoretical Girls’
Trent Renor & Atticus Ross – ‘The Social Network’
Pesky – ‘Smells Like Tween Spirit’
Boards Of Canada – ‘Music Has The Right To Children’
Bob Dylan – ‘Highway 61 Revisited’
Bob Dylan – ‘Blood On The Tracks’
Bob Dylan – ‘Time Out Out Of Mind’
Bob Dylan – ‘The Freewheelin Bob Dylan’
The Velvet Underground – ‘Velvet Underground And Nico’
Joy Division – ‘Unknown Pleasures’
The Brian Jonestown Massacre – ‘Aufheben’
LCD Soundsystem – ‘The Sound Of Silver’
The Blue Nile – ‘Hats’
Steve Reich – ‘Music For 18 Musicians’
Glen Campbell – ‘Wichita Lineman’
Bon Iver – ‘Bon Iver’
Bon Iver – ’22, a million’
Labi Siffre – ‘Crying Laughing Loving Lying’
Big Star – ‘#1 Record’
James Taylor – ‘Pull Over (live)’
Brian Eno – ‘Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)’
Radiohead – ‘Amnesiac’
Radiohead – ‘A Moon Shaped Pool’
Daniel Johnston – ”Welcome To My World’ The Music Of Daniel Johnston’
xxyyxx – ‘Xxyyxx’
Little Feat – ‘Waiting For Columbus (live)’
Satie, Alena Chery – ‘Gnossienne No. 1’
Yo La Tengo – ‘We Have Amnesia Sometimes’
Chamberlain – ‘The Moon, My saddle’
Liquid Liquid – ‘Optimo’
The Durruti Collumn – ‘Vinnie Riley’
Gustav Mahler & Antoni Wit – ‘Mahler, G: Symphony No. 5’
Jannis Xenakis – ‘ORCHESTRAL WORKS VOL/5’

Life Without Buildings – ‘Any Other City’
125 Rue Montmartre – ‘Discography’
One Last Wish – ‘1986’
Texas is the Reason – ‘Do You Know Who You Are?’
Moss Icon – ‘Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly’
Rival Schools – ‘United By Fate’
Glassjaw – ‘Worship and Tribute’
Indian Summer – ‘Woolworm’
Mineral – ‘endserenading’
Cursive – ‘Domestica’
Refused – ‘Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent’
The Replacements – ‘Let it Be’
American Football – ‘American Football’
Iron & Wine – ‘Around The Well’
Braid – ‘Frame and Cavas’
Jets to Brazil – ‘Orange Rhyming Dictionary’
Embrace – ‘Embrace’
Rites Of Spring – ‘Rites Of Spring’
Heroin – ‘Discography’
Still Life – ‘from angry heads with skyward eyes’
Penfold – ‘amateurs and professionals’
Drive Like Jehu – ‘Yank Crime’
The Maple State – ‘At Least Until We’ve Settled in Hundred Reasons – Ideas Above Our Station’
Rival Schools – ‘United By Fate’
Pavement – ‘Crooked Rain Crooked Rain’
My Bloody Valentine – ‘mvb’
Rites of Spring – ‘Rites of Spring Algernon Cadwallader – Fun’
Hundred Reasons – ‘Ideas Above Our Station’
Duster – ‘Cooking’
Piebald – ‘We are the only friends we have’
Sunny Day Real Estate – ‘Diary’
Indian Summer – ‘Giving Birth to Thunder’

The post from Healy comes after The 1975 were announced as part of the stacked line-up for Glastonbury 2025 earlier this month. The indie giants are set to headline the Pyramid Stage in June, sitting at the top of the bill alongside Olivia Rodrigo and Neil Young.

The slot comes on the heels of their last global tour, which ended in March 2024. Following the run of shows being completed, the members went on an “indefinite hiatus” shortly afterwards, and Glasto is the only live show they’ve announced since then.

As well as confirming their return to the live stage, the band have also got fans talking recently by changing their logo and updating their social media profiles – leading to speculation that they could be preparing for a “new era”.

More recently, they have confirmed that a ‘Still… At Their Very Best’ live album is set for release, containing the audio from one of their shows in Manchester.

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