A Personal Favourite List (after 20 yrs of of ardent listening)

Submitted by Phoust on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 08:48
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  • Pre-50s

  • EDGARD VARESE ….. Complete Works ( N/A )
  • SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRY ….. Complete Symphonies ( N/A )
  • CAGE, JOHN ….. Music For Prepared Piano ( N/A )
  • STRAVINSKY, IGOR ….. The Rite Of Spring ( N/A )
  • LEADBELLY ….. The Definitive ( 1934 )
  • ROBERT JOHNSON ….. King Of The Delta Blues Singers ( 1936 )
  • HANK WILLIAMS ….. Complete Discography ( N/A )

  • 1950s

  • JOHNNY CASH ….. His Sun Years ( N/A )
  • FRANK SINATRA ….. In The Wee Small Hours ( 1954 )
  • SONNY ROLLINS ….. Saxophone Colossus ( 1956 )
  • BUDDY HOLLY AND THE CRICKETS ….. The 'Chirping' Crickets ( 1957 )
  • FRANK SINATRA ….. Come Swing With Me ( 1957 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. Blue Train ( 1957 )
  • ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS ….. Moanin' ( 1959 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. Giant Steps ( 1959 )
  • MILES DAVIS ….. Kind Of Blue ( 1959 )
  • ORNETTE COLEMAN ….. The Shape Of Jazz To Come ( 1959 )

  • 1960s

  • JOHNNY CASH ….. Ride This Train ( 1960 )
  • ORNETTE COLEMAN ….. Free Jazz ( 1960 )
  • STOCKHAUSEN, KARLHEINZ ….. Kontakte ( 1960 )
  • BILL EVANS TRIO ….. Sunday At The Village Vanguard ( 1961 )
  • OLIVER NELSON ….. The Blues And The Abstract Truth ( 1961 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. The Freewheelin' ( 1963 )
  • CHARLES MINGUS ….. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady ( 1963 )
  • CHARLES MINGUS ….. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus ( 1963 )
  • JAMES BROWN ….. Live At The Apollo (1962) ( 1963 )
  • ALBERT AYLER ….. Spiritual Unity ( 1964 )
  • ANDREW HILL ….. Point Of Departure ( 1964 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. Another Side Of Bob Dylan ( 1964 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. The Times They Are A-Changin' ( 1964 )
  • ERIC DOLPHY ….. Out To Lunch! ( 1964 )
  • HERBIE HANCOCK ….. Empyrean Isles ( 1964 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. A Love Supreme ( 1964 )
  • WAYNE SHORTER ….. Speak No Evil ( 1964 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. Bringing It All Back Home ( 1965 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. Highway 61 Revisited ( 1965 )
  • HERBIE HANCOCK ….. Maiden Voyage ( 1965 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. Ascension ( 1965 )
  • JOHNNY CASH ….. Orange Blossom Special ( 1965 )
  • OTIS REDDING ….. Otis Blue ( 1965 )
  • SUN RA ….. The Magic City ( 1965 )
  • THEM ….. The Angry Young Them ( 1965 )
  • WAYNE SHORTER ….. The All Seeing Eye ( 1965 )
  • 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, THE ….. The Psychedelic Sounds Of ( 1966 )
  • BEACH BOYS, THE ….. Pet Sounds ( 1966 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. Blonde On Blonde ( 1966 )
  • CECIL TAYLOR ….. Unit Structures ( 1966 )
  • DON CHERRY ….. Symphony For Improvisers ( 1966 )
  • DONOVAN ….. Sunshine Superman ( 1966 )
  • FRANK ZAPPA ….. Freak Out ! ( 1966 )
  • FUGS, THE ….. First Album ( 1966 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. Meditations ( 1966 )
  • KINKS ….. Face To Face ( 1966 )
  • MAMAS AND THE PAPAS ….. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears ( 1966 )
  • MONKS ….. Black Monk Time ( 1966 )
  • SIMON & GARFUNKEL ….. Sounds Of Silence ( 1966 )
  • YARDBIRDS, THE ….. Roger The Engineer ( 1966 )
  • ALBERT KING ….. Born Under A Bad Sign ( 1967 )
  • ARETHA FRANKLIN ….. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You ( 1967 )
  • BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD ….. Buffalo Springfield ( 1967 )
  • COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH ….. Electric Music For The Mind And Body ( 1967 )
  • DOORS, THE ….. The Doors ( 1967 )
  • FRANK ZAPPA ….. Absolutely Free ( 1967 )
  • HOLY MODAL ROUNDERS ….. Indian War Whoop ( 1967 )
  • JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ….. Surrealistic Pillow ( 1967 )
  • JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ….. After Bathing At Baxter'S ( 1967 )
  • JIMI HENDRIX ….. Are You Experienced? ( 1967 )
  • JIMI HENDRIX ….. Axis:Bold As Love ( 1967 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. Interstellar Space ( 1967 )
  • JOHN COLTRANE ….. Stellar Regions ( 1967 )
  • PINK FLOYD ….. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn ( 1967 )
  • RED CRAYOLA, THE ….. Parable Of Arable Land ( 1967 )
  • SUN RA ….. Atlantis ( 1967 )
  • TRAFFIC ….. Mr Fantasy ( 1967 )
  • VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE ….. The Velvet Underground And Nico ( 1967 )
  • ANTHONY BRAXTON ….. 3 Compositions Of New Jazz ( 1968 )
  • BAND, THE ….. Music From Big Pink ( 1968 )
  • BEATLES, THE ….. (The White Album) ( 1968 )
  • BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY ….. Cheap Thrills ( 1968 )
  • BILLY NICHOLLS ….. Would You Believe ( 1968 )
  • BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD ….. Buffalo Springfield Again ( 1968 )
  • BYRDS, THE ….. The Notorious Byrd Brothers ( 1968 )
  • CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND ….. Safe As Milk ( 1968 )
  • DR. JOHN ….. Gris Gris ( 1968 )
  • FLYING BURRITO BROS, THE ….. The Guilded Palace Of Sin ( 1968 )
  • FRANK ZAPPA ….. Lumpy Gravy ( 1968 )
  • FRANK ZAPPA ….. We'Re Only In It For The Money ( 1968 )
  • GRATEFUL DEAD ….. Anthem Of The Sun ( 1968 )
  • IRON BUTTERFLY ….. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ( 1968 )
  • JIMI HENDRIX ….. Electric Ladyland ( 1968 )
  • JOHNNY CASH ….. At Folsom Prison ( 1968 )
  • KINKS ….. The Kinks Are The Village Green Presevation Society ( 1968 )
  • LEONARD COHEN ….. Songs Of Leonard Cohen ( 1968 )
  • LOVE ….. Forever Changes ( 1968 )
  • MAD RIVER ….. Mad River ( 1968 )
  • PEARLS BEFORE SWINE ….. Balaklava ( 1968 )
  • PETER BROTZMANN ….. Machine Gun ( 1968 )
  • SILVER APPLES ….. Silver Apples [1968] / Contact [1969] ( 1968 )
  • STEVE MILLER BAND ….. Sailor ( 1968 )
  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE ….. United States Of America, The ( 1968 )
  • VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE ….. White Light / White Heat ( 1968 )
  • ZOMBIES, THE ….. Odessy & Oracle ( 1968 )
  • ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, THE ….. The Allman Brothers Band ( 1969 )
  • AMON DUUL II ….. Phallus Dei ( 1969 )
  • BAND, THE ….. The Band ( 1969 )
  • CAN ….. Monster Movie ( 1969 )
  • CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND ….. Trout Mask Replica ( 1969 )
  • CHARLIE HADEN ….. Liberation Music Orchestra ( 1969 )
  • CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL ….. Bayou Country ( 1969 )
  • CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL ….. Green River ( 1969 )
  • DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ….. Dusty In Memphis ( 1969 )
  • EDGAR BROUGHTON BAND ….. Wasa Wasa ( 1969 )
  • FRANK ZAPPA ….. Uncle Meat ( 1969 )
  • GRATEFUL DEAD ….. Live/Dead ( 1969 )
  • ISAAC HAYES ….. Hot Buttered Soul ( 1969 )
  • JEFF BECK GROUP, THE ….. Beck-Ola ( 1969 )
  • JETHRO TULL ….. Stand Up ( 1969 )
  • JOHNNY CASH ….. At San Quentin ( 1969 )
  • KING CRIMSON ….. In The Court Of The Crimson King ( 1969 )
  • KINKS ….. Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire ( 1969 )
  • LED ZEPPELIN ….. II ( 1969 )
  • LED ZEPPELIN ….. Led Zeppelin ( 1969 )
  • MC5 ….. Kick Out The Jams ( 1969 )
  • NEIL YOUNG ….. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere ( 1969 )
  • PHAROAH SANDERS ….. Karma ( 1969 )
  • SANTANA ….. Santana ( 1969 )
  • SLY & THE FAMILY STONE ….. Stand! ( 1969 )
  • STOOGES, THE ….. The Stooges ( 1969 )
  • VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE ….. The Velvet Underground ( 1969 )

  • 1970s

  • AMON DUUL II ….. Yeti ( 1970 )
  • BLACK SABBATH ….. Paranoid ( 1970 )
  • CAROLE KING ….. Tapestry ( 1970 )
  • CAT STEVENS ….. Tea For The Tillerman ( 1970 )
  • ELTON JOHN ….. Tumbleweed Connection ( 1970 )
  • FRANK ZAPPA ….. Burnt Weeny Sandwich ( 1970 )
  • GRATEFUL DEAD ….. American Beauty ( 1970 )
  • JANIS JOPLIN ….. Pearl ( 1970 )
  • LED ZEPPELIN ….. III ( 1970 )
  • MILES DAVIS ….. Bitches Brew ( 1970 )
  • NEIL YOUNG ….. After The Gold Rush ( 1970 )
  • PHAROAH SANDERS ….. Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) ( 1970 )
  • SOFT MACHINE ….. Third ( 1970 )
  • STOOGES, THE ….. Fun House ( 1970 )
  • TIM BUCKLEY ….. Lorca ( 1970 )
  • VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE ….. Loaded ( 1970 )
  • CARAVAN ….. In The Land Of Grey And Pink ( 1971 )
  • DAVID BOWIE ….. Hunky Dory ( 1971 )
  • FAUST ….. Faust [1971]/ Faust So Far [1972] ( 1971 )
  • FUNKADELIC ….. Maggot Brain ( 1971 )
  • GENE CLARK ….. White Light ( 1971 )
  • GONG ….. Camembert Electrique ( 1971 )
  • JETHRO TULL ….. Aqualung ( 1971 )
  • LED ZEPPELIN ….. IV (Four Symbols) ( 1971 )
  • MARVIN GAYE ….. What'S Going On ( 1971 )
  • NOAH HOWARD ….. Patterns (1971) / Message To South Africa (1979) ( 1971 )
  • PHAROAH SANDERS ….. Black Unity ( 1971 )
  • PHAROAH SANDERS ….. Thembi ( 1971 )
  • TERRY RILEY ….. Rainbow In Curved Air ( 1971 )
  • VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR ….. Pawn Hearts ( 1971 )
  • YES ….. Fragile ( 1971 )
  • JOE McPHEE ….. Nation Time ( 1971 )
  • BLACK SABBATH ….. Vol 4 ( 1972 )
  • CAN ….. Tago Mago ( 1972 )
  • CLUSTER ….. Ii ( 1972 )
  • DAVID ACKLES ….. American Gothic ( 1972 )
  • ELTON JOHN ….. Honky Chateau ( 1972 )
  • MATCHING MOLE ….. Matching Mole ( 1972 )
  • NEIL YOUNG ….. Harvest ( 1972 )
  • NEU! ….. Neu! ( 1972 )
  • SLY & THE FAMILY STONE ….. There'S A Riot Goin' On ( 1972 )
  • SUN RA ….. Space Is The Place ( 1972 )
  • YES ….. Close To The Edge ( 1972 )
  • STRAWBS, THE ….. Grave New World ( 1972 )
  • BLACK SABBATH ….. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath ( 1973 )
  • CARAVAN ….. For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night ( 1973 )
  • GONG ….. Angels Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2) ( 1973 )
  • JOHN MARTYN ….. Solid Air ( 1973 )
  • KING CRIMSON ….. Larks' Tongues In Aspic ( 1973 )
  • LED ZEPPELIN ….. Houses Of The Holy ( 1973 )
  • LYNYRD SKYNYRD ….. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd ( 1973 )
  • MAGMA ….. Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh ( 1973 )
  • NEU! ….. 2 ( 1973 )
  • NEW YORK DOLLS ….. New York Dolls ( 1973 )
  • POPOL VUH ….. Hosianne Mantra ( 1973 )
  • STEVIE WONDER ….. Innervisions ( 1973 )
  • BRIAN ENO ….. Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy ( 1974 )
  • HENRY COW ….. Unrest ( 1974 )
  • KING CRIMSON ….. Starless And Bible Black ( 1974 )
  • KING CRIMSON ….. Red ( 1974 )
  • RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON ….. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight ( 1974 )
  • ROBERT WYATT ….. Rock Bottom ( 1974 )
  • ROXY MUSIC ….. Country Life ( 1974 )
  • AEROSMITH ….. Toys In The Attic ( 1975 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. The Basement Tapes ( 1975 )
  • BRIAN ENO ….. Another Green World ( 1975 )
  • KEITH JARRETT ….. The Köln Concert ( 1975 )
  • NEU! ….. Neu! 1975 ( 1975 )
  • PATTI SMITH ….. Horses ( 1975 )
  • PETER HAMMILL ….. Nadir'S Big Chance ( 1975 )
  • BOB DYLAN ….. Desire ( 1976 )
  • KISS ….. Destroyer ( 1976 )
  • MODERN LOVERS, THE ….. The Modern Lovers ( 1976 )
  • PARLIAMENT ….. Mothership Connection ( 1976 )
  • RAMONES ….. Ramones ( 1976 )
  • RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS ….. Blank Generation ( 1976 )
  • RUSH ….. 2112 ( 1976 )
  • SCRATCH & THE UPSETTERS ….. Super Ape ( 1976 )
  • CLASH, THE ….. The Clash ( 1977 )
  • DAVID BOWIE ….. Low ( 1977 )
  • FLEETWOOD MAC ….. Rumours ( 1977 )
  • SUICIDE ….. Suicide ( 1977 )
  • TELEVISION ….. Marquee Moon ( 1977 )
  • ULTRAVOX! ….. Ha! Ha! Ha! ( 1977 )
  • WIRE ….. Pink Flag ( 1977 )
  • FUNKADELIC ….. One Nation Under A Groove ( 1978 )
  • KATE BUSH ….. The Kick Inside ( 1978 )
  • MAGAZINE ….. Real Life ( 1978 )
  • MUFFINS, THE ….. Manna / Mirage ( 1978 )
  • PERE UBU ….. Dub Housing ( 1978 )
  • PERE UBU ….. The Modern Dance ( 1978 )
  • RUSH ….. Hemispheres ( 1978 )
  • SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES ….. The Scream ( 1978 )
  • STEVE REICH ….. Music For Eighteen Musicians ( 1978 )
  • TALKING HEADS ….. More Songs About Buildings And Food ( 1978 )
  • VAN HALEN ….. Van Halen ( 1978 )
  • WIRE ….. Chairs Missing ( 1978 )
  • AC/DC ….. Highway To Hell ( 1979 )
  • BOB MARLEY ….. Survival ( 1979 )
  • GANG OF FOUR ….. Entertainment ! ( 1979 )
  • JOY DIVISION ….. Unknown Pleasures ( 1979 )
  • MARIANNE FAITHFUL ….. Broken English ( 1979 )
  • POP GROUP, THE ….. Y ( 1979 )
  • PUBLIC IMAGE LTD ….. Metal Box ( 1979 )
  • SLITS, THE ….. Cut ( 1979 )
  • THIS HEAT ….. This Heat ( 1979 )
  • THROBBING GRISTLE ….. 20 Jazz Funk Greats ( 1979 )
  • WIRE ….. 154 ( 1979 )

  • 1980s

  • AC/DC ….. Back In Black ( 1980 )
  • ANGEL WITCH ….. Angel Witch ( 1980 )
  • BAUHAUS ….. In The Flat Field ( 1980 )
  • CRAMPS, THE ….. Songs The Lord Taught Us ( 1980 )
  • CRASS ….. Stations Of The Crass ( 1980 )
  • CURE, THE ….. Seventeen Seconds ( 1980 )
  • DEAD KENNEDYS ….. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables ( 1980 )
  • ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN ….. Crocodiles ( 1980 )
  • JOY DIVISION ….. Closer ( 1980 )
  • JUDAS PRIEST ….. British Steel ( 1980 )
  • KILLING JOKE ….. Killing Joke ( 1980 )
  • LYDIA LUNCH ….. Queen Of Siam ( 1980 )
  • PLASMATICS ….. New Hope For The Wretched ( 1980 )
  • SOFT BOYS ….. Underwater Moonlight ( 1980 )
  • SUICIDE ….. The Second Album ( 1980 )
  • TEARDROP EXPLODES, THE ….. Kilimanjaro ( 1980 )
  • ULTRAVOX ….. Vienna ( 1980 )
  • BLACK FLAG ….. Damaged ( 1981 )
  • BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE ….. My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts ( 1981 )
  • CABARET VOLTAIRE ….. Red Mecca ( 1981 )
  • CRASS ….. Penis Envy ( 1981 )
  • FALL, THE ….. Slates ( 1981 )
  • GLENN BRANCA ….. The Ascension ( 1981 )
  • GUN CLUB ….. Fire Of Love ( 1981 )
  • JON HASSELL ….. Dream Theory In Malaya ( 1981 )
  • KIM WILDE ….. Kim Wilde ( 1981 )
  • VENOM ….. Welcome To Hell ( 1981 )
  • BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ….. Nebraska ( 1982 )
  • DESCENDENTS ….. Milo Goes To College ( 1982 )
  • DISCHARGE ….. Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing ( 1982 )
  • DONALD FAGEN ….. The Nightfly ( 1982 )
  • DREAM SYNDICATE, THE ….. Days Of Wine And Roses ( 1982 )
  • IRON MAIDEN ….. Number Of The Beast ( 1982 )
  • MISSION OF BURMA ….. Vs ( 1982 )
  • VENOM ….. Black Metal ( 1982 )
  • WITCHFINDER GENERAL ….. Death Penalty ( 1982 )
  • AZTEC CAMERA ….. High Land, Hard Rain ( 1983 )
  • BAD BRAINS ….. Rock For Light ( 1983 )
  • BLACK FLAG ….. My War ( 1983 )
  • EXCITER ….. Heavy Metal Maniac ( 1983 )
  • MEAT PUPPETS ….. Meat Puppets Ii ( 1983 )
  • MERCYFUL FATE ….. Melissa ( 1983 )
  • SLAYER ….. Show No Mercy ( 1983 )
  • SUICIDAL TENDENCIES ….. Suicidal Tendencies ( 1983 )
  • SWANS ….. Filth ( 1983 )
  • TOM WAITS ….. Swordfishtrombones ( 1983 )
  • VIOLENT FEMMES ….. Violent Femmes ( 1983 )
  • BATHORY ….. Bathory ( 1984 )
  • HUSKER DU ….. Zen Arcade ( 1984 )
  • IRON MAIDEN ….. Powerslave ( 1984 )
  • MADONNA ….. Like A Virgin ( 1984 )
  • MERCYFUL FATE ….. Don'T Break The Oath ( 1984 )
  • METALLICA ….. Ride The Lightning ( 1984 )
  • MINUTEMEN ….. Double Nickels On The Dime ( 1984 )
  • R.E.M. ….. Reckoning ( 1984 )
  • REPLACEMENTS, THE ….. Let It Be ( 1984 )
  • SADE ….. Diamond Life ( 1984 )
  • SWANS ….. Cop ( 1984 )
  • U2 ….. The Unforgettable Fire ( 1984 )
  • BATHORY ….. The Return... ( 1985 )
  • CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN ….. Telephone Free Landslide Victory ( 1985 )
  • CELTIC FROST ….. To Mega Therion ( 1985 )
  • EXODUS ….. Bonded By Blood ( 1985 )
  • HUSKER DU ….. New Day Rising ( 1985 )
  • JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, THE ….. Psychocandy ( 1985 )
  • MEAT PUPPETS ….. Up On The Sun ( 1985 )
  • POGUES, THE ….. Rum Sodomy & The Lash ( 1985 )
  • RITES OF SPRING ….. Rites Of Spring ( 1985 )
  • SLAYER ….. Hell Awaits ( 1985 )
  • SMITHS, THE ….. Meat Is Murder ( 1985 )
  • SONIC YOUTH ….. Bad Moon Rising ( 1985 )
  • STORM TROOPERS OF DEATH ….. Speak English Or Die ( 1985 )
  • TOM WAITS ….. Rain Dogs ( 1985 )
  • BIG BLACK ….. Atomizer ( 1986 )
  • CANDLEMASS ….. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus ( 1986 )
  • DEPECHE MODE ….. Black Celebration ( 1986 )
  • FELT ….. Forever Breathes The Lonely Word ( 1986 )
  • HUSKER DU ….. Candy Apple Grey ( 1986 )
  • MEGADETH ….. Peace Sells...But Who'S Buying ( 1986 )
  • METALLICA ….. Master Of Puppets ( 1986 )
  • R.E.M. ….. Lifes Rich Pageant ( 1986 )
  • SLAYER ….. Reign In Blood ( 1986 )
  • SONIC YOUTH ….. Evol ( 1986 )
  • UNIVERS ZERO ….. Heatwave ( 1986 )
  • BATHORY ….. Under The Sign Of The Black Mark ( 1987 )
  • BIG BLACK ….. Songs About Fucking ( 1987 )
  • CELTIC FROST ….. Into The Pandemonium ( 1987 )
  • DEATH ….. Scream Bloody Gore ( 1987 )
  • DEATH ANGEL ….. The Ultra - Violence ( 1987 )
  • DEF LEPPARD ….. Hysteria ( 1987 )
  • DINOSAUR JR ….. You'Re Living All Over Me ( 1987 )
  • ERIC B & RAKIM ….. Paid In Full ( 1987 )
  • GUNS N' ROSES ….. Appetite For Destruction ( 1987 )
  • NAPALM DEATH ….. Scum ( 1987 )
  • R.E.M. ….. Document ( 1987 )
  • SONIC YOUTH ….. Sister ( 1987 )
  • VOIVOD ….. Killing Technology ( 1987 )
  • BAD RELIGION ….. Suffer ( 1988 )
  • BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS ….. By All Means Necessary ( 1988 )
  • DEAD CAN DANCE ….. Serpents Egg ( 1988 )
  • DEATH ….. Leprosy ( 1988 )
  • DINOSAUR JR ….. Bug ( 1988 )
  • EPMD ….. Strictly Business ( 1988 )
  • GALAXIE 500 ….. Today ( 1988 )
  • JUNGLE BROTHERS ….. Straight Out The Jungle ( 1988 )
  • MINISTRY ….. The Land Of Rape And Honey ( 1988 )
  • MY BLOODY VALENTINE ….. Isn'T Anything ( 1988 )
  • PIXIES ….. Surfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim ( 1988 )
  • PUBLIC ENEMY ….. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back ( 1988 )
  • SONIC YOUTH ….. Daydream Nation ( 1988 )
  • TALK TALK ….. Spirit Of Eden ( 1988 )
  • ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S ….. Critical Beatdown ( 1988 )
  • BEASTIE BOYS, THE ….. Paul'S Boutique ( 1989 )
  • CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN ….. Key Lime Pie ( 1989 )
  • DE LA SOUL ….. 3 Feet High And Rising ( 1989 )
  • GALAXIE 500 ….. On Fire ( 1989 )
  • GODFLESH ….. Streetcleaner ( 1989 )
  • JUNGLE BROTHERS ….. Done By The Forces Of Nature ( 1989 )
  • MINISTRY ….. The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste ( 1989 )
  • MINOR THREAT ….. Complete Discography ( 1989 )
  • MORBID ANGEL ….. Altars Of Madness ( 1989 )
  • N.W.A. ….. Straight Outta Compton ( 1989 )
  • SEPULTURA ….. Beneath The Remains ( 1989 )
  • TERRORIZER ….. World Downfall ( 1989 )

  • 1990s

  • DEICIDE ….. Deicide ( 1990 )
  • DEPECHE MODE ….. Violator ( 1990 )
  • DIGITAL UNDERGROUND ….. Sex Packets ( 1990 )
  • ICE CUBE ….. Amerikkka'S Most Wanted ( 1990 )
  • JANE'S ADDICTION ….. Ritual De Lo Habitual ( 1990 )
  • JESUS LIZARD ….. Head / Pure ( 1990 )
  • MEGADETH ….. Rust In Peace ( 1990 )
  • NOCTURNUS ….. The Key ( 1990 )
  • OBITUARY ….. Cause Of Death ( 1990 )
  • PANTERA ….. Cowboys From Hell ( 1990 )
  • PUBLIC ENEMY ….. Fear Of A Black Planet ( 1990 )
  • A TRIBE CALLED QUEST ….. The Low End Theory ( 1991 )
  • BOLT THROWER ….. War Master ( 1991 )
  • CARCASS ….. Necroticism / Descanting The Insalubrious ( 1991 )
  • DARKTHRONE ….. A Blaze In The Northern Sky ( 1991 )
  • DEATH ….. Human ( 1991 )
  • GANG STARR ….. Step In The Arena ( 1991 )
  • ICE CUBE ….. Death Certificate ( 1991 )
  • MERCURY REV ….. Yerself Is Steam ( 1991 )
  • MORBID ANGEL ….. Blessed Are The Sick ( 1991 )
  • MY BLOODY VALENTINE ….. Loveless ( 1991 )
  • PAVEMENT ….. Slanted & Enchanted ( 1991 )
  • PEGBOY ….. Strong Reaction / Three Chord Monte ( 1991 )
  • PESTILENCE ….. Testimony Of The Ancients ( 1991 )
  • SCRATCH ACID ….. The Greatest Gift ( 1991 )
  • SEPULTURA ….. Arise ( 1991 )
  • SLINT ….. Spiderland ( 1991 )
  • SOUNDGARDEN ….. Badmotorfinger ( 1991 )
  • SUFFOCATION ….. Effigy Of The Forgotten ( 1991 )
  • TALK TALK ….. Laughing Stock ( 1991 )
  • U2 ….. Achtung Baby ( 1991 )
  • ALICE IN CHAINS ….. Dirt ( 1992 )
  • APHEX TWIN ….. Selected Ambient Works 85-92 ( 1992 )
  • BABES IN TOYLAND ….. Fontanelle ( 1992 )
  • BATHORY ….. Twilight Of The Gods ( 1992 )
  • DEICIDE ….. Legion ( 1992 )
  • FAITH NO MORE ….. Angel Dust ( 1992 )
  • GANG STARR ….. Daily Operation ( 1992 )
  • JESUS LIZARD ….. Liar ( 1992 )
  • KYUSS ….. Blues For The Red Sun ( 1992 )
  • LEMONHEADS ….. It'S A Shame About Ray ( 1992 )
  • MORPHINE ….. Good ( 1992 )
  • NEUROSIS ….. Souls At Zero ( 1992 )
  • NOCTURNUS ….. Thresholds ( 1992 )
  • OBITUARY ….. The End Complete ( 1992 )
  • PEARL JAM ….. Ten ( 1992 )
  • PHARCYDE, THE ….. Bizarre Ride Ii The Pharcyde ( 1992 )
  • R.E.M. ….. Automatic For The People ( 1992 )
  • RED HOUSE PAINTERS ….. Down Colorful Hill ( 1992 )
  • TORI AMOS ….. Little Earthquakes ( 1992 )
  • A TRIBE CALLED QUEST ….. Midnight Marauders ( 1993 )
  • BJORK ….. Debut ( 1993 )
  • BURZUM ….. Huis Lyset Tar Oss ( 1993 )
  • DARKTHRONE ….. Under A Funeral Moon ( 1993 )
  • EMPEROR ….. In The Nightside Eclipse ( 1993 )
  • IMMORTAL ….. Pure Holocaust ( 1993 )
  • MORBID ANGEL ….. Covenant ( 1993 )
  • NEUROSIS ….. Enemy Of The Sun ( 1993 )
  • NIRVANA ….. In Utero ( 1993 )
  • SMASHING PUMPKINS ….. Siamese Dream ( 1993 )
  • WU-TANG CLAN ….. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) ( 1993 )
  • ALICE IN CHAINS ….. Jar Of Flies ( 1994 )
  • BURZUM ….. Det Som Engang Var ( 1994 )
  • CRYPTOPSY ….. Blasphemy Made Flesh ( 1994 )
  • LISA GERMANO ….. Geek The Girl ( 1994 )
  • LIVE ….. Throwing Copper ( 1994 )
  • LOW ….. I Could Live In Hope ( 1994 )
  • MAYHEM ….. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas ( 1994 )
  • NAS ….. Illmatic ( 1994 )
  • NINE INCH NAILS ….. The Downward Spiral ( 1994 )
  • NOTORIOUS B.I.G.,THE ….. Ready To Die ( 1994 )
  • PAVEMENT ….. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain ( 1994 )
  • PORTISHEAD ….. Dummy ( 1994 )
  • SATYRICON ….. The Shadowthrone ( 1994 )
  • SHELLAC ….. At Action Park ( 1994 )
  • SOUL COUGHING ….. Ruby Vroom ( 1994 )
  • SOUNDGARDEN ….. Superunknown ( 1994 )
  • ULVER ….. Bergtatt ( 1994 )
  • AUTECHRE ….. Tri Repetae++ ( 1995 )
  • CRYPTOPSY ….. None So Vile ( 1995 )
  • DARKTHRONE ….. Panzerfaust ( 1995 )
  • DISSECTION ….. Storm Of The Light'S Bane ( 1995 )
  • FUGAZI ….. Red Medicine ( 1995 )
  • MOBB DEEP ….. The Infamous… ( 1995 )
  • MORBID ANGEL ….. Domination ( 1995 )
  • PEARL JAM ….. Vitalogy ( 1995 )
  • RADIOHEAD ….. The Bends ( 1995 )
  • RUINS ….. Hyderomastgroningem ( 1995 )
  • SPRINGBOK NUDE GIRLS ….. Neanderthal 1 ( 1995 )
  • SWANS ….. The Great Annihilator ( 1995 )
  • APHEX TWIN ….. Richard D. James Album ( 1996 )
  • BETHLEHEM ….. Dictius Te Necare ( 1996 )
  • DR. OCTAGON ….. Dr. Octagonecologyst ( 1996 )
  • GRAVELAND ….. The Celtic Winter ( 1996 )
  • JUDAS ISCARIOT ….. Distant In Solitary Night ( 1996 )
  • NEUROSIS ….. Through Silver In Blood ( 1996 )
  • PANTERA ….. The Great Southern Trendkill ( 1996 )
  • SATYRICON ….. Nemesis Divina ( 1996 )
  • SEPULTURA ….. Roots ( 1996 )
  • TOOL ….. Aenima ( 1996 )
  • WEEZER ….. Pinkerton ( 1996 )
  • AMON TOBIN ….. Bricolage ( 1997 )
  • COMPANY FLOW ….. Funcrusher Plus ( 1997 )
  • ELLIOTT SMITH ….. Either / Or ( 1997 )
  • IMMORTAL ….. Battles In The North ( 1997 )
  • MAYHEM ….. Wolf'S Lair Abyss ( 1997 )
  • ULVER ….. The Madrigal Of Night ( 1997 )
  • BETHLEHEM ….. Sardonischer Untergang Im Zeichen Irreligioser Darbietung ( 1998 )
  • BORIS ….. Amplifier Worship ( 1998 )
  • MASSIVE ATTACK ….. Mezzanine ( 1998 )
  • SPARKLEHORSE ….. Good Morning Spider ( 1998 )
  • ABIGOR ….. Channeling The Quintessence Of Satan ( 1999 )
  • BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY ….. I See A Darkness ( 1999 )
  • DJ SHADOW ….. Entroducing….. ( 1999 )
  • NARGAROTH ….. Herbstleyd ( 1999 )

  • 2000s

  • AESOP ROCK ….. Float ( 2000 )
  • CLINIC ….. Internal Wrangler ( 2000 )
  • DELTRON ….. 3030 ( 2000 )
  • GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR! ….. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven ( 2000 )
  • GRANDADDY ….. The Sophtware Slump ( 2000 )
  • MODEST MOUSE ….. The Moon & Antarctica ( 2000 )
  • NILE ….. Black Seeds Of Vengeance ( 2000 )
  • QUASIMOTO ….. The Unseen ( 2000 )
  • ABORYM ….. Fire Walk With Us ( 2001 )
  • AESOP ROCK ….. Labor Days ( 2001 )
  • ANAAL NATHRAHK ….. Codex Necro ( 2001 )
  • CANNIBAL OX ….. The Cold Vein ( 2001 )
  • HATE FOREST ….. Scythia ( 2001 )
  • MATMOS ….. A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure ( 2001 )
  • THORNS ….. Thorns ( 2001 )
  • INTERPOL ….. Turn On The Bright Lights ( 2002 )
  • JOSH ROUSE ….. Under Cold Blue Stars ( 2002 )
  • LIARS ….. They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top ( 2002 )
  • AUTECHRE ….. Draft 7.30 ( 2003 )
  • HATE FOREST ….. Purity ( 2003 )
  • MADVILLAIN ….. Madvillainy ( 2004 )
  • PAN SONIC ….. Kesto (234.48:4) ( 2004 )
  • AKRON / FAMILY ….. Akron / Family ( 2005 )
Author Comments: 

These are albums I return to regularly and never really get bored of. I'm sure there's some I left out.