Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

U2 - The Joshua Tree (Irish rock/post punk) The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot (English psychedelic pop/psychedelic rock, alter-ego/side project of the band XTC) Pixies - Come On Pilgrim (American alternative rock, debut) R.E.M. - Document (American alternative rock) Camper Van Beethoven- Vampire Can Mating Oven (American alternative rock/psychedelic rock) Big Black - Songs About Fucking (American industrial rock, their last album) The Cure - Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (English alternative rock/ gothic rock) Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (English gothic rock) Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (American hard rock, debut album) The Cult - Electric (English hard rock) The Smiths- Strangeways Here We Come (English indie rock, their last studio album) Faith No More - Introduce Yourself (American post-punk/funk metal, major label debut and their last album with original vocalist Chuck Mosley) Replacements- Pleased To Meet Me (American alternative rock / po...

Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (American indie rock)  Linkin Park - Minutes To Midnight (American alternative metal - Billboard's 10th best selling album of 2007 in the US)  The Fall - Reformation Post-TLC (English post-punk) Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta! (American "gypsy punk") Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (American indie rock) They Might Be Giants- The Else (American alternative rock) They Might Be Giants- Cast Your Pod To The Wind (American alternative rock, compilation of songs featured on the band's official podcast) MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (American psychedelic pop, debut album) The Shins - Wincing The Night Away (Anerican indie rock)  Feist - The Reminder (Canadian indie pop) Rivers Cuomo - Alone: The Home Recordings Of Rivers Cuomo (American alternative rock/lo-fi, demo recordings by the Weezer frontman made between 1992 and 2005) Avril Lavigne -The Best Damn Thing (Canadian pop/rock, best-selling album of 2007 globally according...

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (English pop/rock, soundtrack to the film of the same name) The Beatles- Beatles For Sale (English pop-rock/country rock) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones (English blues rock, debut) The Rolling Stones - 12 x 5 (English blues rock) The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (American surf rock/Christmas music) The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (American surf rock) Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - Getz / Gilberto (Portuguese/American bossa nova) The Beach Boys- All Summer Long (American surf rock) Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' (American folk / protest song) Bob Dylan - Another Side Of Bob Dylan (American folk) The Kinks - Kinks (English garage rock, debut album) Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line (American country) Prince Buster- Fly Flying Ska (Jamaican ska) The Animals- The Animals (English blues rock, debut album) The Ventures - Walk Don't Run Vol. 2 (American instrumental rock/surf rock) Muddy Waters ...

Weezer- Pinkerton (American emo/pop-punk) Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah (American grunge/alternative rock, live album) "Weird Al" Yankovic- Bad Hair Day (American comedy music) Butthole Surfers - Electriclarryland (American alternative rock/noise rock) Aphex Twin- The Richard D James Album (English electronic music) Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy EP (English electronic music) Ministry- Filthpig (American industrial rock) Eels - Beautiful Freak (American alternative rock, debut) They Might Be Giants - Factory Showroom (American alternative rock) Frank Black - Cult Of Ray (American alternative rock) Beck - Odelay (American alternative rock/rap rock) Cibo Matto - Viva La Woman (Japanese-American trip-hop/experimental hip hop)  The Fall - The Light User Syndrome (English post punk/dance rock) Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (American dance pop/vocal pop) The Spice Girls - Spice (English dance pop/r and b, debut) Metallica - Load (American hard rock/heavy m...

(Adapted from Facebook group posts) Barenaked Ladies - Self-titled Demo (aka The Yellow Tape I'm more of a Barenaked Ladies fan than most people I know irl in that I've heard more than 2 songs, but I wouldn't count myself as a major fan. By 1991 they had a few short demos to their name, and "the yellow tape" was the last one before moving on to proper albums. Though it's not live, this feels like what it would be like to see them in an open mic setting - acoustic and kinda tinny but the songs are well-developed and performed with energy. The only arguable low point is a questionable Public Enemy cover, and it was 1991, so the "band of white guys doing hip hop covers - WaCkY!" thing was still relatively novel I guess.  The Tragically Hip - Road Apples / Rush - Roll The Bones  I think it's partly just because I listened to both in a row, but I see odd similarities between Road Apples and Roll The Bones - I guess it's funky bass + alter...

Nirvana – Nevermind (American alternative rock/grunge, major label debut) Barenaked Ladies – Barenaked Ladies (aka "the yellow tape") (Canadian alternative rock/comedy rock, their last self-released demo tape before their proper debut Gordon) The Tragically Hip – Road Apples (Canadian alternative rock) Rush – Roll The Bones (Canadian progressive rock) Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – God Fodder (English alternative rock/grebo, debut album) The Wonder Stuff – Never Loved Elvis (English alternative rock/grebo) A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (American hip-hop) Metallica – Metallica (aka "the black album") (American heavy metal)  Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger (American alternative metal/grunge) Cypress Hill – Cypress Hill (American hip hop, debut) Enya – Shepherd Moons (Irish Celtic new age) Chapterhouse – Whirlpool (British shoe gaze/dream pop, debut) Pixies – Trompe Le Monde (American alternative rock, their last full album to feature original bassist/vocal...

Van Halen – 1984 (American heavy metal/hard rock) Prince – Purple Rain (American pop/rock/r and b, soundtrack to the film of the same name) Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets II (American cowpunk) Metallica – Ride The Lightning (American heavy metal) Weird Al Yankovic – In 3D (American comedy music) Spinal Tap – This Is Spinal Tap (American comedy rock/ heavy metal, soundtrack to the mockumentary of the same name) Neil – Neil’s Heavy Concept Album (English comedy rock/psychedelic rock, performed by actor Nigel Planer in-character as Neil, his character from comedy series The Young Ones) The Cure – The Top (English post-punk/gothic rock) Skinny Puppy – Remission (Canadian electro-industrial, 12 inch EP later expanded to album length in 1985) Cocteau Twins – Treasure (Scottish dream pop) Dead Can Dance – Dead Can Dance (Australian post-punk/gothic rock, debut album) Ray Lynch – Deep Breakfast (American electronic music/new age) The Fall – The Wonderful And Frighteni...