Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

The Fall – Bend Sinister (English post-punk) They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants (American new wave / alternative rock, debut album) Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill (American hip hop / rap rock, debut album) Depeche Mode – Black Celebration (English synth pop) Bad Brains – I Against I (American hardcore punk/ alternative metal) Metallica – Master Of Puppets (American thrash metal) Run-DMC – Raising Hell (American hip-hop) “Weird Al” Yankovic – Polka Party! (American comedy music/ musical parody) Dead Milkmen – Eat Your Paisley! (American punk rock) Minuteflag – Minuteflag (American experimental rock, collaboration between the members of Minutemen and Black Flag) Slayer – Reign In Blood (American thrash metal) Camper Van Beethoven – Camper Van Beethoven (American alternative rock / psychedelic rock) The Smiths – The Queen is Dead (English post-punk/indie rock) Paul Simon – Graceland (American folk/worldbeat) Megadeth – Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying...

Iggy and The Stooges – Raw Power (American punk rock) Aerosmith – Aerosmith (American hard rock, debut) Queen – Queen (English hard rock/ progressive rock, debut) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (English progressive rock) Little Feat – Dixie Chicken (American southern rock) Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (English heavy metal) Frank Zappa – Over-Nite Sensation (American jazz fusion / comedy rock) Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On (American soul) Deep Purple – Who Do We Think We Are (English heavy metal) Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy (English hard rock/ heavy metal) David Bowie – Aladdin Sane (English glam rock) Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies (American hard rock/heavy metal) Blue Oyster Cult – Tyranny And Mutation (heavy metal/psychedelic rock) David Bowie – Pin Ups (English glam rock, cover album) New York Dolls – New York Dolls (American punk rock/glam rock) The Who – Quadrophenia (English hard rock, rock opera) Paul McCartney ...

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...