the name

Alligator

The National

Matt Berninger's baritone delivery obsessively circles identity and naming throughout this anxious, wine-soaked record.

Mezzanine

Massive Attack

A shadowy, atmospheric record where identity dissolves into texture, drone, and unnameable dread.

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie

The ultimate album about constructing and inhabiting a name as a persona, a myth, and a costume.

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

Names of people and places carry the full weight of grief, memory, and longing throughout this devastating record.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

Walker wrestles with selfhood and existence on a record that feels like searching for what your name even means.

It's a Wonderful Life

Sparklehorse

Mark Linkous crafted an elusive, haunted record where identity flickers just out of reach like a forgotten name.

World of Echo

Arthur Russell

A deeply personal record where Russell's voice and cello blur the line between self, sound, and something without a name.