Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine (American art-pop, re-recording of an unreleased album from 2003) The Fall – Fall Heads Roll (British post-punk) Weezer – Make Believe (American power pop) Gorillaz – Demon Days (Alternative dance/hip hop “virtual band” led by Blur singer Damon Albarn) The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree (American folk-rock) The New Pornographers – Twin Cinema (Canadian indie rock/power pop) System Of A Down – Mesmerize (American alternative metal, one of two albums released within months of each other) Bloc Party – Silent Alarm (British post-punk/indie rock, debut) System Of A Down – Hypnotize (American alternative metal, the other one) Clutch – Robot Hive / Exodus (American stoner rock/blues rock) Audioslave – Out Of Exile (American hard rock/alternative metal supergroup consisting of Chris Cornell and ¾ of Rage Against The Machine) Kanye West – Late Registration (American hip-hop) Judas Priest – Angel of Retribution (British heavy met...

Mission Of Burma – Signals Calls And Marches (American post-punk) Devo – New Traditionalists (American new wave) Black Sabbath – Mob Rules (British heavy metal, second album with Ronnie James Dio on lead vocals) Squeeze – East Side Story (British new wave, first album with keyboardist/vocalist Paul Carrack, co-produced by Elvis Costello) The Human League – Dare (British synth-pop) Iron Maiden – Killers (British heavy metal, second and final album with Paul Di’anno on vocals and first with Adrian Smith on guitar) Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman (second solo album for British heavy metal vocalist and his last to feature late guitarist Randy Rhoads) Wipers – Youth Of America (American punk rock) King Crimson – Discipline (British progressive rock) Men At Work – Business As Usual (Australian new wave, debut) Kiss – Music from “The Elder” (Progressive rock concept album by American hard rock group) Brian Eno and David Byrne – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Elect...

Weezer – The Green Album (American alternative/power pop) Modest Mouse – Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks (American indie rock, EP consisting of their 1999 Night On The Sun 12" and outtakes from their 2000 album The Moon And Antarctica) Bob Dylan – Love And Theft (American folk rock/roots rock) Chris Clark – Clarence Park (British electronic music/IDM) They Might Be Giants – Mink Car (American alternative rock) System Of A Down – Toxicity (Armenian-American alternative metal/nu-metal) The Strokes – Is This It (American garage rock/indie rock, full length debut) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (American post punk/indie rock, debut) Rob Zombie – The Sinister Urge (American industrial metal/groove metal by former White Zombie singer) Ozzy Osbourne – Down To Earth (British heavy metal by former Black Sabbath singer) Pig Destroyer – Prowler In The Yard (American grindcore) Low – Things We Lost In The Fire (American dream-pop/slow-core) Jay-Z – MTV ...

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...