Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (English hard rock/folk rock) David Bowie – Hunky Dory (English glam rock/art pop) Yes – The Yes Album (English progressive rock) Yes – Fragile (English progressive rock) Pink Floyd – Meddle (English progressive rock) Can – Tago Mago (German kraut-rock/experimental rock) The Doors – L.A. Woman (American blues-rock) Funkadelic – Maggot Brain (American funk rock) The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (English hard rock) Jethro Tull – Aqualung (English progressive rock/folk rock) The Who – Who’s Next (English hard rock) T-Rex – Electric Warrior (English glam rock) Black Sabbath – Master Of Reality (English heavy metal) Joni Mitchell – Blue (Canadian folk) Alice Cooper – Killer (American hard rock/heavy metal) Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (American soul) The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up (American psychedelic pop) Deep Purple – Fireball (English heavy metal) Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson (American pop/rock) Carole King ...

Ben Folds Five – Whatever And Ever Amen (American indie pop) Rammstein – Sehnsucht (German industrial metal) U2 – Pop (Irish alternative rock/dance rock) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It (American third wave ska) Radiohead – Ok Computer (English alternative rock/ art rock) Ween – The Mollusk (American psychedelic pop/ progressive rock, loose concept album with a nautical theme) Foo Fighters – The Colour And The Shape (American alternative rock/post-grunge) Aerosmith – Nine Lives (American hard rock/pop-rock) Faith No More – Album Of The Year (American alternative metal) The Offspring – Ixnay On The Hombre (American skate punk) Blink 182 – Dude Ranch (American pop punk) The Bouncing Souls – Bouncing Souls (American punk rock) The Muffs – Happy Birthday To Me (American pop punk) NOFX – So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes (American pop punk/ska punk) Metallica – Reload (American hard rock/heavy metal, songs written during the same sessions as their...

Johnny Cash – All Aboard The Blue Train (American country) Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan (American folk, debut) The Beach Boys – Surfin Safari (American surf rock, debut) Patsy Cline – Sentimentally Yours (American country) Stan Getz & Charlie Bird – Jazz Samba (American bossa nova / jazz) The Supremes – Meet The Supremes (American r and b, debut) Sonny Rollins – The Bridge (American jazz) The Tornados – Telstar (British surf rock, debut) Booker T & the M.G.’s – Green Onions (American instrumental soul, debut) Aretha Franklin – The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (American soul) Francois Hardy - T ous les garçons et les filles (French Yé-yé) Bill Evans Trio – Moon Beams (American jazz) Howlin’ Wolf – Howlin’ Wolf (American electric blues, compilation of previously released singles) Peter, Paul And Mary – Peter, Paul And Mary (American folk pop, debut) The Ventures – Going To The Ventures’ Dance Party (American instrumental rock) Jean Jacques Perry – Musi...

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...