Body Talk, by Robyn

It took me years, technically decades, to heed my brother’s counsel and listen to Robyn. And when I finally sat down and listened, I just kept coming back and back and back to Body Talk.

Released in 2010, this album is technically a compilation of two earlier EPs. The music here is dance-pop on a high: the writing is so sharp and catchy, the electro-futuristic sounds are edgy yet still accessible, and Robyn is just dripping of cool on this record when she belts lines like “Stockholm syndrome and misery, there’s a penalty for love crimes.”

I’m not original here  - almost everyone points to this album as THE Robyn album. So if you don’t trust me, well, trust everyone else.