Musical Years In A Metaphorical Hat

Daft Punk – Daft Club (French electronic music, remix album) “ Weird Al” Yankovic – Poodle Hat (American comedy music) Belle And Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Scottish indie pop) Blue Man Group – The Complex (American experimental rock/performance art, concept album contrasting the urban workplace with rock concerts, guest appearances by Gavin Rossdale, Tracy Bonham, and Dave Matthews) Cave In – Antenna (American alternative metal/space rock, major label debut) The Exploding Hearts – Guitar Romantic (American punk rock/power pop, their only full-length album) Broadcast – Haha Sound (English indie electronic / dream pop) Fountains Of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers (American power pop) Mitch Hedberg – Mitch All Together (American stand up comedy) Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Streetcore (English alternative rock/reggae rock, final album by the former Clash frontman) Cheap Trick – Special One (American power pop) Ministry – Animositisomina (Am...

  XTC - Rag And Bone Buffet: Rare Cuts And Leftovers (English new wave, b-side and rarity compilation) Angelo Badalamenti - Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (American ambient/jazz/dream pop, score to the first season of the television show)  They Might Be Giants - Flood (American new wave, major label debut) They Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (American new wave, EP/extended single featuring three b-sides and a remix) The Roches - We Three Kings (American folk, Christmas music) A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm (American hip-hop, debut album) Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills 'n' Bellyaches (English alternative dance) Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas (Scottish dream pop) Prince - Music From Graffiti Bridge (American funk/r and b, soundtrack to the movie musical and Purple Rain sequel, also featuring George Clinton, Mavis Staples, Tevin Campbell, and The Time)  The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (American...

  Belle & Sebastian – The Life Pursuit (Scottish indie pop) Ben Folds - Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP (American alternative rock, remixed compilation of songs previously released on EP’s, singles and soundtrack albums) B ennie Smith – All-Star Sessions (Live American electric blues) Boards of Canada - Trans Canada Highway EP (Scottish electronic music, companion EP to their previous album The Campfire Headphase, featuring four new songs and two versions of the previously released single “Dayvan Cowboy”) The Bottle Rockets – Zoysia (American alt ernative country) B roadcast – The Future Crayon (Englis h art rock, b-side and rarities compilation) C omets On Fire – Avatar (American psychedelic rock, the band’s last album ) Damone – Out Here All Night (American power pop/hard rock) Danileson – Ships (American art rock by the group previously known as Danielson Famile) D ear Leader – The Alarmist (American indie rock/ emo ) Disco Biscuits- Rocket 3 (Live album by ...

  Big Star – Record City (American power pop) David Bowie – Diamond Dogs (English glam rock/ art rock, concept album loosely inspired by George Orwell’s 1984 ) Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (‘) (American progressive rock/comedy rock) Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (American jazz-rock) Kiss – Kiss (American hard rock/ glam rock, debut) Kiss – Hotter Than Hell (American hard rock/ glam rock) Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (English progressive rock, rock opera, their last album with vocalist Peter Gabriel) Roxy Music – Country Life (English glam rock/ art rock) Sparks – Kimono My House (American glam rock/art rock) Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark (Canadian jazz-pop) Queen – Sheer Heart Attack (English hard rock/glam rock) Billy Joel – Streetlife Serenade (American pop rock/soft rock) King Crimson – Red (English progressive rock) Kraftwerk – Autobahn (German electronic pop) Yes – Relayer (English progressive rock) Lou Reed – Rock And Roll Animal (Live American glam roc...

Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin (English hard rock/blues rock, debut) The Meters- The Meters (American funk, debut) Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (American jazz fusion) Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II (English hard rock/blues rock) Jethro Tull - Stand Up (English blues rock/progressive rock, their first album with Ian Anderson as the sole lead vocalist) Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (American country rock) Beach Boys - 20/20 (American pop rock/ psychedelic pop) The Beatles - Abbey Road (English rock, the last album to be released while the band were still together) The Beatles / George Martin- Yellow Submarine (English psychedelic rock/film score, soundtrack to the animated film featuring songs by The Beatles and a score by George Martin) King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King (English progressive rock, debut) David Bowie- David Bowie (English folk rock/ psychedelic rock, also released under the titles Space Oddity and Man Of Words/Man Of Music) Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (Eng...

Ben Folds - So There (American chamber pop, the singer songwriter collaborates with yMusic Ensemble on eight chamber pop songs, and with Nashville Symphony on a piano concerto) They Might Be Giants - Glean (American alternative rock) FFS - FFS (indie rock/art rock, collaboration between Scottish group Franz Ferdinand and American duo Sparks) Toro y Moi - What For? (American psychedelic rock/chillwave) They Might Be Giants- Why? (American children's music) Adele- 25 (English pop/soul) Kacey Musgraves- Pageant Material (American country) The Fall - Sublingual Tablet (English garage rock/post punk) Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (Canadian dance pop) The Casket Girls- The Piano Album (American dream pop, a full album based around piano instead of their usual use of drum machines and synthesizers) Faith No More - Sol Invictus (Alternative metal, their first album in 18 years) Tame Impala - Currents (Australian psychedelic pop/alternative dance music) Alabama Shakes - Sound &...

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...