I liked and appreciated some songs that came out before this, but Phrazes for the Young is the first album I ever adored, and the one that made me realize music could be amazing and emotionally resonant. (Yes, I know I’m young. I guess the album was aptly named.) I hardly ever listen to its songs anymore, to be honest. To me the album is emblematic of my early teenage youth, and the fact that I thought it would always be my “favorite thing ever” is equally emblematic of the process of growing up and the changing tastes and interests and mentalities that I never imagined would happen to me.