Stook's Big 500: The Albums That Satisfy
Submitted by stooky on Tue, 07/05/2005 - 12:36
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50 Cent: Get Rich Or Die Trying (Aftermath 03)
AC/DC: Back In Black (Atco 80)
Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker (Bloodshot 2000)
Aerosmith: Pump (Geffen 89)
The Afghan Whigs: Gentlemen (Elektra 93)
Air: Moon Safari (Virgin 97)
Terry Allen: Lubbock On Everything (Sugar Hill 79)
Alice Cooper: Killer (Warner Bros. 71)
Tori Amos: Scarlet’s Walk (Atlantic 02)
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead: Source Tags & Codes (Interscope 2002)
Laurie Anderson: Big Science (Warner Bros. 82)
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (R&S 92)
The Arcade Fire: Funeral (Merge/Rough Trade, 04)
Louis Armstrong: Plays W.C. Handy (Columbia 54)
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory (Jive 92)
At The Drive-In: The Relationship Of Command (Crown Royal 2000)
The Avalanches: Since I Left You (Sire/XL, 01)
The B-52's: The B-52's (Warner Bros. 79)
Badly Drawn Boy: Hour Of The Bewilderbeast (XL 2000)
The Band: Music From The Big Pink (Capitol 68)
The Band: The Band (Capitol, 69)
Devandra Banhart: Rejoicing The Hands (Young God 04)
Basement Jaxx: Remedy (Astralwerks 99)
Basement Jaxx: Kish Kash (Astralwerks 2003)
Count Basie: April In Paris (Verve 55)
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds (Capitol 66)
The Beach Boys: Surf's Up (Caribou 71)
The Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (Capitol 89)
The Beastie Boys: Ill Communication (Capitol 94)
The Beat: I Just Can’t Stop It (Go Feet 80)
The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (Capitol 64)
The Beatles: Rubber Soul (Capitol 65)
The Beatles: Revolver (Capitol 66)
The Beatles: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol 67)
The Beatles: The Beatles (Capitol 68)
The Beatles: Abbey Road (Capitol/Apple 69)
Beck: Odelay (Geffen 96)
Beck: Mutations (DGC 98)
Beck: Sea Change (DGC 2002)
Belle & Sebastien: If You're Feeling Sinister (Enclave 96)
Belle & Sebastien: Dear Catastrophe Waitress (Enclave 2003)
Chuck Berry: The Great 28 (compilation, Chess 85)
Big Star: Third/Sister Lovers (Rykodisc 75/78)
Bjork: Post (Elektra 95)
Bjork: Homegenic (Elektra 97)
Bjork: Vespertine (Elektra 2001)
Black Box Recorder: The Facts Of Life (Jet 01)
Black Sabbath: Volume 4 (Warner Bros 72)
Bobby "Blue" Bland: Two Steps From The Blues (Duke 73)
Blink 182: Enema Of The State (MCA 99)
Blondie: Parallel Lines (Chrysalis 78)
The Blue Nile: Hats (A&M 89)
Blur: Parklife (SBK/Food 94)
Blur: Think Tank (skb/Food 2003)
Boards Of Canada: Geoggadi (Warp 2002)
David Bowie: Hunky Dory (RCA 71)
David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust (RCA 72)
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane (RCA 73)
Bright Eyes: Lifted (Saddle Creek 02)
Bright Eyes: I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (Saddle Creed 05)
Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People (Arts & Crafts 03)
James Brown: Live At the Apollo, 63 (King 63)
Jackson Browne: Late For The Sky (Asylum 74)
Dave Brubeck: Time Out (Columbia 59)
Jeff Buckley: Grace (Columbia 94)
Tim Buckley: Happy Sad (Elektra/Asylum 68)
Richard Buckner: Devotion + Doubt (MCA 97)
Buena Vista Social Club: Buena Vista Social Club Presents (World Circuit/ Nonesuch 97)
Buffalo Springfield: Again (Atco 67)
Solomon Burke: Don't Give Up On Me (Fat Possum 02)
Kate Bush: The Kick Inside (EMI 78)
Kate Bush: The Dreaming (EMI 82)
Kate Bush: The Hounds Of Love (EMI 85)
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Elektra 65)
The Buzzcocks: Singles Going Steady (IRS 79)
The Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man (Columbia 65)
The Byrds: Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Columbia 68)
John Cale: Paris 1919 (Reprise, 73)
Calexico: Feast Of Wire (Quarterstick Records 2003)
Can: Future Days (Spoon/Mute 73)
Nico Case: Blacklisted (Bloodshot 02)
Johnny Cash: At Fulsom Prison (Columbia 68)
Roseanne Cash: King’s Record Shop (Columbia 80)
Cat Power: You Are Free (Matador 2003)
Nick Cave: The Boatman's Call (Mute 97)
Sheila Chandra: Weaving My Ancestors' Voices (Real World 92)
Manu Chao: Clandestino (Virgin France 98)
Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz (Atlantic 60)
Ray Charles: Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music (Rhino 62)
The Clash: The Clash (Epic 77)
The Clash: London Calling (Epic 79)
Clem Snide: The Ghost Of Fashion (SpinART 2001)
Patsy Cline: 12 Greatest Hits (MCA 67)
Clinic: Walking With Thee (Domino/Universal 2002)
Cocorosie: La Maison De Mon Reve (Touch & Go 04)
Leonard Cohen: The Songs Of (Columbia 68)
Coldplay: A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Parlaphone 2002)
Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come (Atlantic 60)
John Coltrane: Blue Train (Blue Note 57)
John Coltrane: My Favourite Things (Atlantic 60)
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme (Impulse! 64)
John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (Impulse 63)
Sam Cooke: The Man And His Music (RCA 86)
The Coral: The Coral (Columbia/Deltasonic 2002)
Elvis Costello: My Aim Is True (Rykodisc 77)
Elvis Costello: This Years Model (Rykodisc 78)
Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom (Rhino 82)
Cowboy Junkies: The Trinity Sessions (RCA 88)
Cream: Disraeli Gears (Polydor 67)
Creedance Clearwater Revival: Green River (Fantasy 69)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Willie And The Poorboys (Fantasy 69)
The Crickets: The “Chirping Crickets (MCA 57)
Sheryl Crow: Tuesday Night Music Club (A&M 93)
Crowded House: Woodface (Capitol 91)
Cult: Electric (Sire 87)
The Cure: Pornography (Atlantic 82)
The Cure: Disintigration (Elektra 89)
Cypress Hill: Cypress Hill (Ruffhouse/Sony 91)
The Darkness: Permission To Land (Atlantic 2003)
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue (Columbia 59)
Miles Davis: In A Silent Way (Columbia 69)
Miles Davis: Tribute To Jack Johnson (Columbia 71)
Dead Kennedy's: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegatables (Alternative Tentacles 81)
Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlantacism (Barusk 03)
Death From Above 1979: You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine (Last Gang 04)
The Decemberists: Her Majesty… (Kill Rock Stars 03)
The Decemberists: Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars 05)
The Delgados: Hate (Mantra 02)
Iris Dement: My Life (Warner Bros. 95)
Derek & The Dominoes: Layla (Polydor 70)
Dire Straits: Dire Straits (Phonogram 78)
Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner (XL 2003)
DJ Danger Mouse: The Grey Album (03)
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing (Mo/Wax 96)
DJ Shadow: The Private Press (Mo/Wax 2002)
Fats Domino: My Blue Heaven: The Best Of (EMI 90)
The Doors: The Doors (Elektra 67)
The Doors: L.A. Woman (Elektra 71)
Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left (Island 69)
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (Island 70)
Nick Drake: Pink Moon (Island 72)
Dr. Dre: The Chronic (Death Row 93)
The Drive-By Truckers: Decoration Day (New West 03)
Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Columbia 63)
Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A Changing (Columbia 64)
Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia 65)
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia 65)
Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde (Columbia 66)
Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding (Columbia 68)
Echo And The Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (Sire 84)
The Eels: Electro-Shock Blues (Dreamworks 97)
Elastica: Elastica (DGC 95)
Elbow: Cast Of Thousands (V2 2003)
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (Impulse! 62)
Joe Ely: Honky-Tonk Masquerade (MCA 78)
Eminem: Marshall Mathers LP (Aftermath/Interscope 2000)
Brian Eno: Another Green World (EG Editions 75)
Brian Eno: Ambient 1: Music For Airports (EG Editions 79)
Enya: Watermark (Warner Bros. 88)
Fairport Convention: Liege & Lief (Hannibal 69)
The Fiery Furnaces: Blueberry Boat (Rough Trade/Sanctuary 04)
Ella Fitzgerald: Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook (3cds Verve 57)
Flaming Lips: Yoshimi vs. The Pink Robots (Warner Bros. 2002)
The Flatlanders: More A Legend Than A Band (Rounder 72)
Flying Burrito Brothers: Gilded Palace Of Sin (A&M 69)
Four Tet: Rounds (Domino 03)
The Four Tops: Greatest Hits (Motown 67)
Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man (Atlantic 67)
Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand (Domino 04)
Fugazi: The Argument (Dischord 01)
The Fugees: The Score (Columbia 96)
Funkadelic: One Nation Under A Groove (Casablanca 78)
Peter Gabriel: 3 (Melting Face) (Geffen 80)
Peter Gabriel: So (Geffen 86)
Gang Of Four: Entertainment! (Infinite Zero/American 79)
Dick Gaughan: Handful Of Earth (Green Linnet 81)
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (Motown 71)
Marvin Gaye: Let’s Get It On (Motown 73)
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Atlantic 74)
Stan Getz: Getz/Gilberto (Verve 64)
Stan Getz And Eddie Sauter: Focus (Verve 61)
Goldfrapp: Felt Mountain (Mute 2000)
Gomez: Bring It On (Virgin 98)
Grandaddy: The Sophtware Slump (V2 2000)
Grateful Dead: Workingman's Dead (Warner Bros. 70)
Grateful Dead: American Beauty (Warner Bros. 70)
Macy Gray: On How Life Is (Epic 99)
Al Green: Call Me (Hi/The Right Stuff 73)
Al Green: Greatest Hits (The Right Stuff 75)
Guided By Voices: Alien Lanes (Matador 96)
Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (Geffen 87)
Buddy Guy: Damn Right, I Got The Blues (Silvertone 91)
Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage (Blue Note 65)
Emmylou Harris: Wrecking Ball (Grapevine 95)
PJ Harvey: Dry (Island 92)
PJ Harvey: Rid Of Me (Island 95)
Joe Henderson: Lush Life (Verve 92)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced? (Reprise 67)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Axis: Bold As Love (Reprise 68)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (MCA 68)
Lauryn Hill: The Miseducation Of (Ruffhouse 98)
The Hives: Veni Vidi Viscious (Sire/Epitaph 2002)
The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday (French Kiss, 05)
Billie Holiday: Lady In Satin (Columbia, 55)
Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightnin' Hopkins (Smithsonian Folkways, 59)
Sun House: Father Of The Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (2cds Columbia/Legacy 65)
Howlin' Wolf: Moanin' In The Moonlight (Chess 62)
Human League: Dare! (A&M 81)
Michael Hurley & The Unholy Modal Rounders: Have Moicy! (Rounder, 76)
Ice Cube: Death Certificate (Priority 92)
Interpol: Turn On The Bright Lights (Matador 2002)
Michael Jackson: Thriller (Epic 83)
Millie Jackson: Caught Up (Spring, 74)
The Jam: All Mod Cons (Polydor 78)
Etta James: Tell Mama (Chess 68)
Skip James: Today! (Vanguard 66)
Jane's Addiction: Nothing's Shocking (Warner Bros. 88)
Keith Jarret: The Koln Concert (ECM 75)
Jay-z: The Blueprint (Rock-a-fella 01)
Elton John: Honky Chateau (Island/Rocket 72)
Linton Kwesi Johnson: Forces Of Victory (Mango 79)
Robert Johnson: King Of The Delta Blues Singers (Columbia 61)
Freedy Johnston: Can You Fly? (Bar/None 92)
Janis Joplin: Pearl (Columbia 70)
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (Factory 78)
Joy Division: Closer (Factory 80)
Salif Keita: The Mansa Of Mali…A Retrospective (Mango 94)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Shahen-Shah (Real World 89)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Musst Musst (Real World 90)
Albert King: Born Under A Bad Sign (Stax 67)
The Kinks: Something Else By (Reprise, 67)
The Kinks: The Village Green Preservation Society (Reprise 68)
BB King: Live At The Regal (MCA 65)
Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express (Warner Bros. 77)
Kris Kristofferson: Me And Bobby McGee (Monument 70)
Kyuss: Welcome To Sky Valley (Elektra 94)
Mark Lanegan Band: Bubblegum (Beggars Banquet 2004)
Cyndi Lauper: She’s So Unusual (Portrait 84)
Led Zeppelin: II (Swan Song 69)
Led Zeppelin: IV (Swan Song 71)
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti (2cds Swan Song 75)
Lemonheads: It's A Shame About Ray (Atlantic 93)
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band (Capitol/Apple 70)
John Lennon: Imagine (Capitol/Apple 71)
Ted Leo & The Pharmasists: Shat The Sheets (Lookout! 04)
Les Mystere Voix des Bulgares: Vol. 1 (Nonesuch/4AD 86)
The Libertines: The Libertines (Rough Trade 04)
Little Richard: 18 Greatest Hits (Rhino 85)
The London Suede: The London Suede (Nude/Columbia 93)
Los Super Seven: Canto (RCA 00)
Love: Forever Changes (Elektra 67)
Lyle Lovett: Pontiac (Curb/MCA 86)
Low: Things We Lost In The Fire (Kranky 2001)
Low: The Great Destroyer (Sub Pop 05)
Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (EMI 90)
Magic Sam: West Side Soul (Delmark 67)
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck: Djam Leelii (Palm Pictures 89)
The Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (3cds, Merge 99)
Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Kulanjan (Hannibal 99)
Bob Marley: Natty Dread (Island 75)
Bob Marley: Exodus (Island 77)
Massive Attack: Mezzanine (Virgin 98)
John Mayall With Eric Clapton: Bluesbreakers (London 66)
Curtis Mayfield: Superfly (RSO/Polygram 72)
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run (Capitol 73)
MC5: Kick Out The Jams (Elektra 68)
Mercury Rev: Deserter's Song (Columbia 98)
Metallica: Kill 'Em All (Elektra 83)
M.I.A.: Arular (XL 05)
Charlie Mingus: Ah-Um (Columbia 61)
Joni Mitchell: Blue (Reprise, 70)
Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark (Reprise 74)
Moby: Everything Is Wrong (Elektra 95)
Moby: Play (V2 99)
Moby Grape: Moby Grape (Columbia 67)
Modest Mouse: The Moon And Antarctica (Epic 2000)
Modest Mouse: Good News For People Who Love Bad News (Epic 2004)
Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners (OJC 56)
The Moody Blues: Days Of Future Passed (Polydor 67)
Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder (Blue Note 63)
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks (Warner Bros. 68)
Van Morrison: Moondance (Warner Bros. 70)
Van Morrison: St. Dominic’s Preview (Warner Bros. 72)
Van Morrison: Veedon Fleece (Warner Bros. 74)
Morrissey: Viva Hate! (Sire 88)
Morrissey: Vauxhaul & I (Sire 94)
Morrissey: You Are The Quarrey (Attack 03)
Motorhead: No Sleep Til Hammersmith (Roadrunner 82)
The Mountain Goats: The Sunset Tree (4AD 05)
Judy Mowatt: Black Woman (Mango 79)
Junior Murvin: Police And Thieves (Island 77)
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (Sire 91)
Oliver Nelson: Blues And Abstract Truth (Impulse 61)
Willie Nelson: Shotgun Willie (Atlantic 73)
Willie Nelson: Phases and Stages (Atlantic 73)
Willie Nelson: Stardust (Columbia 78)
Neutral Milk Hotel : In An Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge, 97)
The Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon (A&M 89)
New Order: Substance (2cds Factory 87)
The New Pornographers: Mass Romantic (Mint 00)
The New Pornographers: Electric Version (Mint 03)
New York Dolls: New York Dolls (Mercury 73)
Randy Newman: Sail Away (Reprise, 72)
Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral (Interscope/TVT 94)
Nirvana: In Utero (DGC 93)
The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready To Die (Bad Boy 94)
The Notwist: Neon Golden (City Slang/Domino 2002)
Nuggets: Various Artists (Rhino 68)
Oasis: Definitely Maybe (Epic 94)
Oasis: (What's The Story) Morning Glory (Epic 95)
Sinead O’Connor: I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (Chrysalis 90)
Mary Margaret O'Hara: Miss America (Koch 88)
O'Jays: Backstabbers (Philidelphia International 72)
Okkervil River: Black Sheep Boy (Jagjaguwar, 05)
The Orb: Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld (Blue Plate 91)
Orbital: 2 (Ffrr 92)
Orchestro Baobab: Pirate's Choice (World Circuit 82)
Outkast: Stankonia (LaFace 2000)
The Charlie Parker Quintet: Jazz At Massey Hall (OJC 53)
Graham Parker: Howlin' Wind (Mercury 76)
Graham Parker & The Rumour: Squeezing Out Sparks (Arista 79)
Gram Parsons: Grievous Angel (Warner Bros. 73)
Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt: Trio (Warner Bros. 87)
Pavement: Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (Matador 94)
Pavement: Brighten The Corners (Matador 97)
Pearl Jam: Ten (Epic 91)
Pere Ubu: Terminal Tower: The Archival Collection (Twin/Tone 85)
The Pernice Brothers: Yours, Mine & Ours (Ashmont 03)
Pet Shop Boys: Discography: The Complete Singles Collection (EMI 91)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Damn The Torpedoes (MCA 79)
Liz Phair: Exile In Guyville (Matador 93)
Sam Phillips: A Boot And A Shoe (Nonesuch 04)
Astor Piazzolla: Tango: Zero Hour (American Clave 92)
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon (Capitol 73)
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here (Columbia 75)
Pink: Mizzunderstood (Arista 2001)
Pixies: Surfer Rosa (4AD/Elektra 88)
Pixies: Doolittle (4AD/Elektra 89)
Plastikman: Consumed (Nova/Mute 98)
The Pogues: Rum, Sodomy & The Lash (MCA 85)
The Police: Regatta De Blanc (A&M 79)
Portishead: Dummy (go discs!/London 94)
The Postal Service: Give Up (Sub Pop 2003)
Elvis Presley: From Elvis In Memphis (RCA 69)
Pretenders: The Pretenders (Sire 79)
Prince: Dirty Mind (Warner Bros. 80)
Prince: Purple Rain (Warner Bros. 84)
Prince: Sign O The Times (Paisley Park 87)
John Prine: John Prine (Atlantic 72)
Public Enemy: Fear Of Black Planet (Columbia 90)
Pulp: Different Class (Island 96)
Queen: A Night At The Opera (Hollywood 75)
Queens Of The Stone Age: Rated R (Interscope 2000)
Radiohead: The Bends (Parlaphone 95)
Radiohead: OK Computer (Parlaphone 97)
Radiohead: Kid A (Parlaphone 2000)
Rage Against The Machine: Battle Of Los Angeles (Epic 99)
Ramones: Rocket To Russia (Sire 78)
Otis Redding: Otis Blue: Otis Sings Soul Ballads (Stax 65)
Otis Redding: The Very Best Of (Rhino 93)
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Blood Sugar Sex Magic (Warner Bros. 91)
Lou Reed: Transformer (RCA 72)
Lou Reed: Berlin (RCA 73)
Lou Reed: New York (Sire 89)
Refused: The Shape Of Punk To Come (Epitaph 99)
REM: Life’s Rich Pageant (IRS 86)
REM: Document (IRS 87)
REM: Automatic For The People (Warner Bros. 92)
The Replacements: Let It Be (Twin/Tone 83)
Damien Rice: O (Vector 03)
Rilo Kiley: The Execution Of All Things (Saddle Creek 02)
Marty Robbins: Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs (Columbia 59)
Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like A Wheel (Capitol 74)
Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet (Abkco 68)
Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed (Abkco 69)
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (Virgin 70)
Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street (Virgin 72)
Sonny Rollins: Saxaphone Colossus (Prestige 56)
The Roots: Phrenology (MCA 2002)
Roxy Music: Siren (EG Editions 75)
Roxy Music: Avalon (Reprise 82)
The Sabri Brothers: Ya Habib (Real World 90)
Oumou Sangare: Ko Sira (World Circuit 93)
Jill Scott: Who Is Jill Scott? (Hidden Beach 2001)
Sebadoh: III (Homestead 93)
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bullocks (Warner Bros. 77)
The Shins: Oh, Inverted World (Sub Pop 01)
The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow (Sub Pop 03)
Michelle Shocked: Short, Sharp, Shocked (Mercury 88)
Wayne Shorter- Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 62)
Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun (Fat Cat 2001)
Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Out Troubled Water (Columbia 70)
Paul Simon: Still Crazy After All These Years (Warner Bros. 73)
Paul Simon: Graceland (Warner Bros. 86)
Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours (Columbia 55)
Slayer: Reign In Blood (Def American 86)
Sleater-Kinney: Dig Me Out (Kill Rock Stars 97)
Slint: Spiderland (Touch & Go 91)
Sly & The Family Stone: Stand! (Epic 69)
Sly & The Family Stone: There's A Riot Going On (Epic 71)
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream (Virgin 93)
Elliot Smith: Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars 97)
Elliot Smith: The Basement On The Hill (Dreamworks 04)
Patti Smith: Horses (Arista 75)
The Smiths: The Smiths (Sire 84)
The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead (Sire 86)
Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation (SST 88)
Soul Coughing: Ruby Vroom (Slash/Warner Bros. 94)
Soundgarden: Superunknown (A&M 94)
Alexander "Skip" Spence: Oar (Sundazed 69)
Spiritualized: Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (RCA 97)
Spoon: Kill The Moonlight (Merge 2002)
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Band (Columbia 73)
Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run (Columbia 75)
Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska (Columbia 82)
Bruce Springsteen: Born In The U.S.A. (Columbia 84)
The Squeeze: Singles: 45’s And Under (A&M 82)
Steeleye Span: Please To See The King (Shanachie 71)
Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup (Elektra 96)
Sufjan Stevens: Seven Swans (Sounds Familyre, 04)
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells A Story (Mercury 71)
Stooges: Fun House (Elektra 70)
The Streets: Original Pirate Material (Vice/Atlantic 02)
The Streets: A Grand Don’t Come For Free (Vice/Atlantic 04)
The Strokes: This Is It (RCA/Rough Trade 01)
The Strokes: Room On Fire (RCA/Rough Trade 03)
Sunny Day Real Estate: Diary (Sub Pop 94)
Super Furry Animals: Rings Around The World (2cds, Flydaddy 01)
Supergrass: I Should Coco (Parlaphone 95)
System Of A Down: Toxicity (American 2001)
June Tabor: Aquaba (Shanachie 88)
Talk Talk: Laughing Stock (Polydor 91)
Talking Heads: '77 (Sire 77)
Talking Heads: Remain In Light (Sire 80)
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra (Virgin 74)
James Taylor: Sweet Baby James (Warner Bros. 70)
Television: Marquee Moon (Elektra 77)
The Temptations: Sing Smokey (Motown 65)
The The: Soul Mining (Epic 83)
Linda Thompson: Fashionably Late (Rounder 2002)
Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (Hannibal 74)
Thursday: War All The Time (Island 2003)
Tool: Aenima (BMG/Zoo 97)
Traffic: John Barleycorn Must Die (Island 70)
Travis: The Man Who (Epic/Indipendiente 99)
Randy Travis: Storms Of Life (Warner Bros. 86)
T-Rex: Electric Warrior (Reprise 71)
Tricky: Maxinquaye (4th & Broadway, 95)
U2: The Joshua Tree (Island 87)
U2: Achtung Baby! (Island 91)
U2: All You Can't Leave Behind (Island 2002)
Uncle Tupelo: Anodyne (Sire 93)
Various Artists: Hitsville U.S.A. (4cds Motown 92)
Sarah Vaughan: Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown (Emarcy 54)
Sarah Vaughan: Swingin' Easy (EmArcy 54)
Suzzanne Vega: Suzzanne Vega (A&M 85)
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve 67)
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground (Verve 69)
The Velvet Underground: Loaded (Warner Bros. 70)
The Violent Femmes: The Violent Femmes (Slash 83)
Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones (Island 83)
Tom Waits: Rain Dogs (Island 85)
Tom Waits: Alice (Anti 03)
Jennifer Warnes: Famous Blue Raincoat (Private Music 87)
Muddy Waters: At Newport 1960 (Chess 60)
Muddy Waters: Hard Again (Blue Sky 77)
The Waterboys: Fisherman’s Blues (Ensign 88)
Weezer: Weezer (Blue) (Geffen 94)
Weezer: Pinkerton (Geffen 96)
Gillian Welch: Revival (Alvo Sounds 96)
Gillian Welch: Hell Among The Yearlings (Almo Sounds 98)
Gillian Welch: Time (The Revelator) (Acony/Stoney Plane 01)
Junior Wells: Hoodoo Man Blues (Delmark 65)
Kanye West: The College Dropout (Rocafella 2004)
The White Stripes: White Blood Cells (Sympathy for The Music Industry 2001)
The White Stripes: Elephant (Sympathy For The Record Industry 2003)
The Who: Who's Next (MCA 71)
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch 02)
Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Mercury 98)
Lucinda Williams: Sweet Old World (Reprise, 92)
Lucinda Williams: World Without Tears (Mercury, 2003)
Cassandra Wilson: Blue Light 'Til Dawn (Blue Note 93)
Wire: Pink Flag (Restless 77)
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions (Tamla 73)
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (Tamla 72)
The Wrens: Meadowlands (Absolutely Kosher 03)
Wu-Tang Clan: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Loud/RCA 93)
X-Ray Spex: Germfree Adolescents (Blue Plate 78)
XTC- Apple Venus Vol. 1 (Idea/TVT 99)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Fever To Tell (Interscope 2003)
Yo La Tengo: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One (Matador 97)
Yo La Tengo: And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out (Matador 00)
Dwight Yoakum: If There Was A Way (Reprise 90)
Neil Young: After The Goldrush (Reprise 70)
Neil Young: Harvest (Reprise 72)
Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps (Reprise 79)
Neil Young: Tonight's The Night (Reprise 75)
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money (Rykodisc 68)
The Zombies: Odyssey And Oracle (Ace 68)
John Zorn: Naked City (Elektra/Nonesuch 89)
Author Comments:
I can't do 500 reviews without going insane and taking you all with me, so imagine a sterling review written with Whitman-esque skill and I'll be happy.
I've made a personal album recommendation for you as part of this game. You should check it out!