Sean's annotated CD collection, circa 2000-2001: * an album I think is relatively accessible *for that style of music* ! indicates an album that I think is one of the best of this artist or type (albums rarely get both, as qualities that make me consider them best are often not as accessible) v album in vh1's 100 greatest (based on opinions of 500 music professionals) Laurie Anderson (performance artist, experimental) Mister Heartbreak (1984) Home of the Brave (1986) Strange Angels (1989) Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe (1974's Yes members) Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe The Art of Noise (experimental sampling-oriented pseudo-pop) Who's Afraid Of? TAoN (1984) In Visible Silence (1986) The Best of TAoN (compilation) Asia (pop prog rock) Asia (1982) Tony Banks (Genesis keyboardist) Still (1992) The Bears (with Adrian Belew, prog/alternative) Rise and Shine (1988) The Beatles Past Masters V2 (non-album singles compilation) *v Revolver Magical Mystery Tour (1967) v The Beatles [white album] (1968) v! Abbey Road (1969) Beck! Odelay (1996) Bel Canto (alternative, kinda 4ad-ish, 'Magic Box' has techno influence) Shimmering, Warm & Bright (1992) Magic Box (1996) Adrian Belew (art/prog rock) Desire of the Rhino King (compilation) Mr. Music Head (1989) Young Lions (1990) Inner Revolution (1992) Here (1994) Op Zop Too Wah (1996) Belly (guitar-heavy alternative rock, hook-heavy, radio-friendly) Star (1993) ! King (1995) Black Flag (classic california punk) The First Four Years (compilation) Who's Got the 10 1/2? [live] (1986) [Henry Rollins] Frank Black (of the Pixies) Teenager of the Year (1994) David Bowie Scary Monsters (1980) Glenn Branca (dissonant guitar symphonies [has written for Sonic Youth]) ! Symphony No. 6: Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven (1989) The Breeders (Kim Deal of the Pixies, alternative rock, not so radio-friendly) Last Splash (1993) Bill Bruford (drummer from King Crimson, early Yes, jazz fusion) Master Strokes (compilation) David Byrne (Talking Heads; progressive rock) The Catherine Wheel (1981) The Cars (pop rock) The Cars (1978) Candy-O (1979) Panorama (1980) Heartbeat City (1984) Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole (1997) Cibo Matto VIVA! La Woman (1996) Stereo Type A (1999) Cocteau Twins (4ad rock -- kinda ethereal, blah) * Blue Bell Knoll (1988) Come (Boston semi-punky semi-bluesy rock) Eleven-Eleven (1992) Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1994) Near Life Experience (1996) Gently Down the Stream (1998) Cop Shoot Cop (heavy industrial noise rock) ! Ask Questions Later (1993) Release (1994) Dead Can Dance (4ad) * Into the Labyrinth (1993) Dire Straits (rock) Dire Straits (1978) Discipline Records (sampler) Sometimes God Hides: A Young Person's Guide to Discipline (1996) Djam Karet (instrumental, semi-improv prog rock) Reflections from the Firepool (1989) Still No Commercial Potential (1998) Tanya Donelly (Belly) Lovesongs for Underdogs (1997) Dream Theater (prog rock, basically a metalified Rush) Images and Words (1992) Jon Durant (looper) Silent Extinction Beyond the Zero (1997) (Bill Bruford's) Earthworks (drummer for King Crimson, early Yes; jazz) Earthworks (1988) Dig? (1989) All Heaven Broke Loose (1991) 801 (with Brian Eno; 70's progressive-pop rock) 801 Live (1974) ??? Listen Now (1974) Elastica ("new new-wave" pop/punk rock) * Elastica (1995) The English Beat (reggae/ska-influenced rock) I Just Can't Stop It (1980) Brian Eno (prog/art rock & ambient) Desert Island Selection (Compilation) Here Come the Warm Jets (1973) ! Another Green World (1975) Before & After Science (1977) ! Ambient 4: On Land (1982) Thursday Afternoon (1985) Nerve Net (1992) Fractal Zoom (1992) [remixes] Neroli (1993) Brian Eno & David Byrne (prog rock, percussion/rhythm heavy) ! My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (1981) Faith No More (pop prog rock) The Real Thing (1989) Firewater (Cop Shoot Cop spinoff; Tom Waits-influenced klezmer etc. rock) ! Get Off the Cross... We Need the Wood For the Fire (1996) The Ponzi Scheme (1997) Fish (Marillion singer) Internal Exile Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (banjo jazz) * Bela Fleck & The Flecktones (1990) Robert Fripp & Brian Eno (ambient/weird) No Pussyfooting (1973) ! Evening Star (1974) Robert Fripp (King Crimson; weird art rock) Exposure (1979) Robert Fripp and the League of Crafty Guitarists: Live! (1986) A Blessing of Tears (1995) That Which Passes (1995) Fred Frith & Henry Kaiser (weird) With Enemies Like This, Who Needs Friends? (1987) Friends & Enemies (1999) [compilation] Fun Boy Three (members from The Specials; alterna pop) Fame (1982) Peter Gabriel (Genesis singer; prog/alterna rock) Peter Gabriel (1977) [man in car] Peter Gabriel (1978) [tearing the cover] Peter Gabriel (1980) [melting face] ! Security (1982) Plays Live (1983) [two CDs] *v So (1984) Garbage Garbage (1995) Genesis (art rock) Foxtrot (1972) Selling England by the Pound (1973) A Trick of the Tail (1976) ! Duke (1980) Lisa Germano (folk-influenced alterna rock) On the Way Down from the Moon Palace (1993) ! Happiness (1994) Geek the Girl (1994) Excerpts from a Love Circus (1996) OP8 featuring Lisa Germano: Slush (1997) Slide (1998) Philip Glass Songs from Liquid Days God Lives Underwater Life in the So-Called Space Age (1998) The Golden Palominos (percussion-heavy instrumental art rock) The Golden Palominos Jerry Harrison/Casual Gods (alterna rock) Casual Gods Walk on Water PJ Harvey (rock / alterna-rock) Dry 4-Track Demos Jon Hassel (Eno-esque trumpet weirdness) Power Spot Juliana Hatfield Hey Babe Become What You Are Only Everything Please Do Not Disturb Bed Beautiful Creature Juliana's Pony: Total System Failure The Jimi Hendrix Experience (rock) v Are You Experienced? Hole (alterna rock) Live through This Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives It's Not as Bad as I'm Making It Sound (2000) Richard D James Aphex Twin Jethro Tull (prog/art rock) Aqualung King Crimson (art rock) In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) In the Wake of Poseidon Lizard Islands ! Lark's Tongue in Aspic (1972) Starless and Bible Black (1974) Red (1974) ! The Nightwatch (live 1974) Great Deceiver (live) [4 CDs] Discipline (1981) Beat Three of a Perfect Pair (1984) Vrooom (1994) Thrak (1995) B'Boom Laraaji (ambient hammer dulcimer) Day of Radiance (Eno's Ambient 3) Led Zeppelin (semi-metal rock) Houses of the Holy Machines of Loving Grace (NIN-influenced industrial alterna rock) Concentration Aimee Mann (alterna pop rock) Whatever ! I'm With Stupid Music from the motion picture Magnolia Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music guitarist; prog rock) Guitarissimo (compilation) Marillion (art/prog rock) Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) Fugazi (1984) ! Misplaced Childhood (1985) Clutching at Straws (1987) Seasons End (1989) Mary's Danish (guitar-heavy alterna rock) * American Standard Sarah McLachlan (alterna pop rock) Touch (1989) ! Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993) Surfacing (1997) MC 990ft Jesus Welcome to my Dream (1991) One Step Ahead of the Spider Miranda Sex Garden Fairytales of Slavery (1994) Morphine (alterna lite-jazz rock? uhh... difficult to describe) * Good *! Cure For Pain Yes Like Swimming Morrissey (Smiths' singer; whiny alterna rock) Viva Hate Bona Drag Kill Uncle Your Arsenal Vauxhall and I Southpaw Grammar Maladjusted Mr. Bungle (metal jazz circus music) Mr. Bungle California Nine Inch Nails (pop industrial dance music, and heavy alterna rock) * Pretty Hate Machine Broken ! The Downward Spiral The Fragile Nirvana (alterna rock) v Nevermind The Orb U.F.Orb Alan Parsons Project (pop rock) Eye in the Sky Vulture Culture Ammonia Avenue Liz Phair v Exile in Guyville Whip-Smart whitechocolatespaceegg Pink Floyd (prog rock) ! Meddle ! Dark Side of the Moon Wish You Were Here Animals The Wall A Momentary Lapse of Reason The Division Bell Pixies (alterna rock) Doolittle Tromp le Monde Bossanova The Police (rock) Outlandos d'Amour Regatta de Blanc Zenyatta Mondatta *! Ghost in the Machine v Synchronicity Portishead (atmospheric alterna pop rock) ! Dummy Portishead Roseland NYC Live Pretenders (rock) v Pretenders The Singles (compilation) Learning to Crawl !Viva el Amor! ProjeKct Two (King Crimson spinoff) Space Groove R.E.M. (light alterna rock) v*! Murmur Reckoning Reconstruction of the Fables (Fables of the Reconstruction) Document Green The Residents (weird rock) Heaven (compilation) Roxy Music (prog rock) Roxy Music (1972) For Your Pleasure Country Life Stranded Siren Avalon Rush (prog rock) Rush Caress of Steel 2112 A Farewell to Kings Hemispheres Permanent Waves Moving Pictures Signals Grace Under Pressure Power Windows Hold Your Fire Presto Test for Echo The Smiths (alterna rock) Hatful of Hollow (alternate mixes/compilation) Louder than Bombs (compilation of non-album singles) The Smiths (1984) Meat is Murder (1985) ! The Queen is Dead (1986) Strangeways, Here We Come (1987) Rank (live) Soul Coughing (groove-oriented hip-hop-influenced white-rap alterna rock) ! Ruby Vroom Irresistable Bliss El Oso The Specials (ska rock) The Specials (1980) Steely Dan (jazz-influenced pop rock) Can't Buy A Thrill Countdown to Ecstasy Katy Lied ! Aja Stereolab Mars Audiac Quintet Sting (pop rock) * Dream of the Blue Turtles Nothing like the Sun The Soul Cages ! Ten Summoner's Tales Andy Summers & Robert Fripp (art/prog rock instrumentals) I Advance Masked Bewitched Talking Heads (arty prog rock) 77 Fear of Music v! Remain in Light Speaking in Tongues * Stop Making Sense (live) Little Creatures Therapy? (progressive metal) ! Troublegum Infernal Love Suicide Pact--You First They Might Be Giants (quirky rock) *! Flood Apollo 18 Too Much Joy (fun pop rock) Green Eggs and Crack Cereal Killers ...Finally David Torn (looper) Cloud About Mercury Tribe (prog rock from some people dfan and I know [on a major label]) Abort Sleeper Suzanne Vega (folky rock) Suzanne Vega The Violent Femmes (alterna rock) * The Violent Femmes Widespread Panic Everyday XTC English Settlement Skylarking Yes (prog rock) Close to the Edge Fragile Frank Zappa Thing Fish ! Joe's Garage John Zorn Naked City