Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York (live acoustic album by American grunge band) Alice In Chains – Jar Of Flies (American grunge) Green Day – Dookie (American pop punk, major label debut) Weezer – Weezer (American power pop/alternative, debut) Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (American grunge) They Might Be Giants – John Henry (American alternative/college rock, first album recorded as a full band as opposed to as a duo) Beastie Boys – Ill Communication (American hip-hop) Tom Petty – Wildflowers (American heartland rock) Helmet – Betty (American noise rock/alternative mtal) Beck – Mellow Gold (American alternative rock/anti-folk) Beck – One Foot In The Grave (American lo-fi anti-folk) Sonic Youth – Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star (American experimental rock) Various – Nativity In Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath (covers of Ozzy-era Black Sabbath songs by the likes of Megadeth, Faith No More, Sepultura and others) Veruca Salt – American Thighs (American alter...

The Hives – Veni Vidi Vicious (Swedish garage rock) Green Day – Warning (American pop-punk/alternative rock) Radiohead – Kid A (British post-rock/electronic music) Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030 (Sci-fi dystopian rap opera by American hip-hop trio of Del the Funky Homosapien, Dan The Automator and Kid Koala) Eels – Daisies Of The Galaxy (American indie rock) The White Stripes – De Stijl (American garage rock/ blues rock) Boards Of Canada – In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country (Scottish (not Canadian, confusingly) ambient electronic music) They Might Be Giants – Working Undercover For The Man (American alternative rock, their second “digital only” release) A Perfect Circle – Mer De Noms (American alternative metal super-group featuring members of Tool, Queens of the Stone Age and The Vandals) The Avalanches – Since I Left You (Australian electronic music/ plunderphonics) Modest Mouse – The Moon and Antarctica (Major label debut by American indie rock band) M...

Elvis Costello – Juliet Letters Phish – Rift Belly – Star Earth – 2 Jellyfish – Spilt Milk Quicksand – Slip Dinosaur Jr – Where You Been Superchunk – On The Mouth 2Pac – Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. Radiohead – Pablo Honey Naughty By Nature – 19 Naughty III Auteurs – New Wave Firehose – Mr. Machinery Operator Cranberries – Everyone Else Is Doing It Frank Black – Frank Black Butthole Surfers – Independent Worm Saloon Onyx – Bacdafucup Suede – Suede Monster Magnet – Superjudge Tool – Undertow Polvo – Today’s Active Lifestyles Nirvana – In Utero Janet Jackson – Janet Del The Funkee Homosapien – No Need For Alarm Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Queen Latifah – Black Reign Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Mauraders Pearl Jam – Vs. Lemonheads – Come On Feel Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See Afghan Whigs – Gentleman James – Laid Swervedriver – Mezcal Head Pet Shop Boys – Very Di...

Nirvana – Incesticide Alice In Chains – Sap Alice In Chains – Dirt R.E.M. – Automatic for the People Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted The Jesus Lizard – Liar Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of The Mutilated They Might Be Giants – Apollo 18 Beastie Boys – Check Your Head Green Day – Kerplunk Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Ministry – Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 Nine Inch Nails – Broken The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame about Ray Moby – Moby Faith No More – Angel Dust Pantera – Vulgar Display Of Power Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes L7 – Bricks Are Heavy Tool – Opiate Stone Temple Pilots – Core Ween – Pure Guava The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride 2 The Pharcyde Helmet – Meantime The Fall – Code: Selfish The Prodigy – Experience Front Line Assembly – Tactical Neural Implant Tom Waits – Bone Machine Los Lobos - Kiko Dead Milkmen – Soul Rotation “Weird Al” Yanko...

Judas Priest - British Steel X - Los Angeles Talking Heads - Remain In Light Devo - Freedom Of Choice Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel ("Melt") David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) The Clash – Sandinista! Motorhead – Ace Of Spades XTC – Black Sea AC/DC – Back In Black Circle Jerks – Group Sex Squeeze – Argybargy Minutemen – Paranoid Time Ramones – End Of The Century Wipers – Is This Real? Iggy Pop – Soldier Blue Angel – Blue Angel Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell Angel Witch – Angel Witch The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta Bruce Springsteen – The River Bob Marley & The Wailers – Uprising The Pretenders – The Pretenders Queen – The Game The Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It The Vapors – New Clear Days Elvis Costello – Get Happy!!! GG Allin & The Jabbers – Always Was, Is, And Always Shall Be The B-52s – Wild Planet The Fall – Grotesque...

Ramones – Ramones The Runaways – The Runaways Bob Dylan – Desire AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Aerosmith - Rocks Steely Dan – The Royal Scam David Bowie – Station To Station The Residents – The Third Reich ‘n’ Roll Kiss – Destroyer Heart – Dreamboat Annie Tom Waits – Small Change Paul McCartney & Wings – At the Speed Of Sound Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers Blondie – Blondie Boston – Boston Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak Frank Zappa – Zoot Allures Judas Priest – Sad Wings of Destiny Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive Parliament – The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein Lynyrd Skynyrd – One More from the Road Motorhead – On Parole Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key of Life Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon Queen – A Day At The Races ZZ Top – Tejas Rush – 2112 Peter Tosh – Legalize It Eagles – Hotel California Led Zeppelin – Presence Rainbow – Rising Abba – Arrival Bee Gees – Children...

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III Neil Young – After The Gold Rush Can – Soundtracks Velvet Underground – Loaded John Cale – Vintage Violence The Beatles – Hey Jude The Beatles – Let It Be Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath Black Sabbath – Paranoid MC 5 – Back In The USA Temptations – Psychedelic Shack Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs Syd Barrett – Barrett David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World The Stooges – Fun House The Doors – Morrison Hotel Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (Jazz fusion) Funkadelic – Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow (Funk/Psychedelic rock) The Mothers of Invention – Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Jazz fusion/Experimental rock by band led by Frank Zappa) The Free Design – Sings for Very Important People (Children’s album by Sunshine Pop group) Bob Dylan – Self-Portrait (Folk rock) Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water (Folk rock) Kris Kristofferson – Kristofferson (Country) ...