Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

They Might Be Giants – No! (American alternative rock, their first album of “children’s music”) Weezer – Maladroit (American alternative rock/power pop) David Bowie – Heathen (English art rock) Hot Hot Heat – Make up the Breakdown (Canadian indie rock / new wave, debut album) Interpol – Turn On The Bright Lights (American indie rock/ post-punk, debut album) The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Vs the Pink Robots (American indie rock/dream pop) Hella – Hold Your Horse Is (American instrumental math rock, debut) Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton – Irony Is A Dead Scene (American math metal, collaboration with Faith No More/Mr. Bungle/etc. vocalist) System Of A Down – Steal This Album! (American alternative metal, songs written during the sessions for the previous album Toxicity) The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas (American indie folk) Eminem – The Eminem Show (American hip hop) Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way (American alternative rock/funk rock) Rilo Kile...

The Cure – Pornography (English gothic rock/post-punk) A Flock Of Seagulls – A Flock Of Seagulls (English new wave/ synth pop, debut album) R.E.M. – Chronic Town (American college rock, debut EP) Fear – The Record (American punk rock/ hardcore punk, debut album) Michael Jackson – Thriller (American pop/ r and b) Devo – Oh, No! It’s Devo (American new wave/synth pop) The Fall – Hex Enduction Hour (English post-punk) The Fall – Room To Live (English post-punk) The B-52s – Mesopotamia (American new wave, produced by David Byrne of Talking Heads) Duran Duran – Rio (English new wave) Dead Kennedys – Plastic Surgery Disasters (American punk rock) Thomas Dolby – The Golden Age Of Wireless (English new wave) Fang – Landshark (American punk rock) The Clash – Combat Rock (English punk rock/new wave) Wall Of Voodoo – Call Of The West (American new wave/post punk) XTC – English Settlement (English new wave) Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five – The Message ...

The Beatles – Please Please Me (English rock) The Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA (American surf rock) The Beach Boys – Surfer Girl (American surf rock) Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (American folk) The Ventures – Play Telstar The Lonely Bull and Others (American instrumental rock) Charles Mingus – Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (American jazz) Sam Cooke – Mr. Soul (American soul) The Crystals – He’s A Rebel (American girl group) Charles Mingus – The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (American jazz) Roy Orbison – In Dreams (American rock) The Kingston Trio - #16 (American folk) Bo Diddley – Beach Party (American rock, live album) Peter Paul And Mary – In The Wind (American folk) Johnny Cash – The Christmas Spirit (American country / Christmas music) Various – A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector (American r & b, Phil Spector-produced Christmas album with vocals by Darlene Love, The Ronettes, The Crystals, and Bob B. Sox & The Blue Jean...

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...