1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE GENERAL EDITOR ROBERT DIMERY PREFACE BY MICHAEL LYDON. 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Faichatoar tenor cine cb cot Nm ponte wth smn nd et sv commtyeaahutter ise stern a SSsmnaon eDiets sb ese oon apat nt mre targaAlbum Index+ Castro comes Cuba's president + Hawall becomes 50th Us. state + Hite offcay declared dead + Mul hoop inventedIn The Wee Small Hours 1955)The Louvin Brothers | Tragic Songs Of Life 1350 Louis Prima | The Wildest! 11956) /ehadhit records,but never * liked ’om...Rutthisisit.”This Is Fats (1950Duke Ellington Frank Sinatra The Crickets Count Basie Ellington AtNewport — Songs For Swingin’ The"Chirping” The Atomic 1956 1950) Lovers! 1sse, Crickets 1357) Mr. Basie i957, |Thelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners i957) ete heer ng “wasn’t trying to create something that would be hard to play. just composed music thatfitwith how Iwas thinking. knew musicians would dig it because it sounded good.” Sabu | Palo Congo 52 "ist played ontincansin wT 11 years old joined atrioand ee Se ee got job on 125th playing for ssomimat ime mtaest 25¢ every third night backyards.Then when |was hace ———————Birth Of The Cool 1957) Machito | Kenya css you've got rhythm, you have everything. Without you have nothingLittle Richard Here's Little Richard (1957) sa HERE'S RICHARD ik Tito Puente And His Orchestra Dance Mania, Vol. 1 (1958)Jack Elliott Sarah Vaughan Ella Fitzgerald Jack Takes Sarah Vaughan Sings The Gershwin The Floor sss) At Mister Kelly's 1958) Song Book 11959) iteplne sate oe oats ping ne Ray Charles The Genius Of Ray Charles 0930)Kind Of Blue 11950) vse PI ESMarty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs 2s») The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out (1959) ii BRUBECK QUARTET “er, 9. ~ | OS 7) (op nou ase tes xy “Idespise honest labor.” “ook forward to the day Ve recorded everything I've» Baez | Joan Baez «seoElvis Presley |Elvis Is Back! sco any) rate d_music.in my line you don't » havero, Miriam Makeba | Miriam Makeba «aco, ‘My life has been like a yo-yo.The Everly Brothers Jimmy Smith Muddy Waters Bill Evans ADateWith The Back AtThe Muddy Waters Sunday AtThe Everly Brothers ia) Chicken Shack iso At Newport isso Village Vanguard 261)Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music i362 mses {A COUNTRY AND, " ~ 5) °° WESTERN MUSICBooxerT. And The M.G.s | Green Onions 1962) Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd | Jazz Samba 11962) 9 “ othe reason why play nowisjust to bring music topeople whowantto on ee set cd SE hear musie.To me that’s the ultimate.”rice | Night Life «se ihe Beatles | With The Beatles 153Phil Spector Sam Cooke A Christmas Gift Live AtThe Harlem For You 1s) Square Club vse Charles Mingus James Brown TheBlackSaintAnd Live AtThe The Sinner Lady ss) Apollo naehe Beatles | A Hard Day's Night sesJacques Brel | Olympia 64 11960 Solomon Burke Rock ‘n’ Soul (1964) ‘Once you recorda songit becomes a part of your life.Dusty Springfield |A Girl Called Dusty «aes, TES ‘Twas a total, unadulterated, ‘broxious idiot...Buck Qwens And His Buckaroos I've Got A Tiger By The Tail sesJerry Lee Lewis The Sonics Bob Dylan Otis Redding Live AtThe StarClub, Here Are Bringing It All Otis Blue:Otis Redding Hamburgosss) The Sonics (96s) Back Home (1955) Sings Soul 196s)John Coltrane B.B.King The Beatles Bert Jansch ALove Supreme (1955) Live At The Regal 165) Rubber Soul (1965) Bert Jansch (1965)The Byrds | Mr.Tambourine Man asss) Regardless of what Dylan © meant,| was turning itinto a prayer. Bob Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited iiss Peter ben lnoe ortan cima 6: nevisiren TEES “tcouldn't goon being the lone folkie out there, you know strumming Blowin’ InThe Wind "for three hours avery night.S s 8 5 oO > 2The Beatles | Revolver rss The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds 1s dreamed! had ahalo...”Fred Neil Fred Neil (1966) The Byrds Bob Dylan The Monks Fifth Dimension 360) Blonde On Blonde sea) Black Monk Time (150)Face To Face (1956) Se:The Mamas And The Papas Paul Revere And The Raiders If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears 11966) Midnight Ride (1366) “Tvenever heard anything “like thisin my life” ‘wanted the band to befun.. not justa jukebox with legs...Aftermath (1966,Simon And Garfunke Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme 96sThe 13th Floor Elevators | The Psychedelic John Mayall’s Blues Breakers | John Mayall’s Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators i260) Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton 200) Them doctors and nurses. They couldn't hold men!” Thad an accelerator going, sacimorreivcenarmnn Uustmoved at speed.”The Yardbirds Nina Simone Astrud Gilberto Nico The Yardbirds (1966) Wild Is The Wind 1is66) Beach Samba (1967) Chelsea Girl (1967)Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (967Country Joe And The Fish Buffalo Springfield Electric Music For The Mind And Body 1967) Buffalo Springfield Aeain 11967)Captain Beefheart A Safe As Milk \is67Moby Grape Love The Beau Brummels The Monkees Moby Grape sen DaCaporsen Triangle «ss, Headquarters 17 Cconaltrmonenesteatnen >” Gents sbene Met FeTim Buckley | Goodbye And Hello (1967) Scidatsttpeaientnar “Youcan daydream with ‘cinsctnenonener™ ond eeatesa new word” takes youaway Love | Forever Changes «67 ‘har he br he ae at remetveste pearson “When | did that album, ethos ea ‘heiwerwdwr | thought was going todie.”ream | Disraeli Gears (127Pink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967, The Who | The Who Sell Out (1967) m= “"The effect pop has on society “Idon't think!'m easy to isincredible.tt’sa power thing.” talkabout.I've gota very irregularhesd.”The Velvet Underground Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967 Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967) Andy Waal “Those songsarestilse ood |The Byrds | Younger Than Yesterday sen ering once The] | et tt al suscrumeonsartasetee Reeuriee “This is my favorite Byrds senna albumof all..,.ve did really nim Gaitenotone’owsceanontones good workon that record.” inure chmobe te The Young Rascals | Groovin’ sen mize 0 Ht he srgyp hada fan dub nt eget eshte BOFOFE Anybody heard a Sonsimiastun rice tevuho next note of thelr music.” se satontannay opmJefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow 11967) The Kinks Something Else By The Kinks ise Donovan Merle Haggard Sunshine I'mA Lonesome Superman «967 Fugitive issn ‘ey otThe Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced issnThe Electric Prunes Loretta Lynn | Don't Come Home A Drinkin’ | Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) 1967 (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) 1967Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra. Hariprasad Chaurasia | Call Of The Valley (1957) nerbemmacsusmaanee “thad been trying for yearsto ‘eta n i sea' e_get the santoor respected as a dassical—and not just a folk —instrument.lachieved that with this album.” The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat ::967) “Lalways believed that I had something important mrmar gearing HFOCK oll.” ‘ot a ied to say and saidit...My GodThe Jimi Hendrix Experience Aretha Franklin Axis: Bold As Love (1957) | Never Loved A Man The Way! Love You (162) "wanted to be listened to.”The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet 1968) | | Reling Viones | imeem me manicsn | ESS | | Se ye et because actually managed yors Banquet “itwasamagical time, ‘abv omens te mond to tue my litle juvenile ens onesies ata ay of He.” Traffic | Traffic iss "eset a hoe “We never announced we women ni were splitting up.We just have iat be eit Gros slat_ Tong Gaps between albums. st st ee ey Throwed feThe Incredible String Band |The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter ses; ‘The hangmanis the past 20 years of ourlives and the beautiful daughter is now.” CE The Kinks | The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society :9s2)Ravi Shankar | The Sounds Of India :r968) “Vmalways hungry, always ‘unhappy because | know Uhaven’t reached.1'm trying and themore try the more Ifind that there Ismothing tobe proud of.” Os Mutantes | Os Mutantes 1368) “We've heard itall and we've useditall.”The Jimi Hendrix Leonard Cohen Johnny Cash Laura Nyro. Experience The Songs Of Johnny Cash Eli And The Thirteenth Electric Ladyland 16s) Leonard Cohen (1968) At Folsom Prison 11968)Aretha: Lady Soul asoBlue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum (se) The Byrds | The Notorious Byrd Brothers iss “Rock’n’roll...is 10 percent talked to more people over technique and 90 percent the years who've sald that’s attitude. If you deliver one heir favorite Byrds album.” note with the rightattitude, itwill do more than 60.n0tes with ne attitude.”Big Brother And The Holding Company The United States Of America Cheap Thrills (96s) The United States Of America (1968) ‘eehad vision. “What we're trying to doin our musicis just get back to mi to ben re fe old-time havin’a good ti cottiremusote jumpin, gettin’ stoned.”Dr.John, The Night Tripper | Gris-Gris ase ron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida vse) ‘na cs nat ate man pease nny “You had New Orleans Sto ta he Sa et Ron seman street chythms and church tenasantentmaaniecrdrakesrhemn with Cuban, Brazilian, ijt nd we ma conguet seen som to the Midwest—with hair Ethiopian beats,all sorts peri saat te ed down to your tailbone. 0/tier cane nen "ek Itwasinteresting, Inthe late Sixties it wasn’t really asocial convenience to stuf, butitwas mixed up be going around—especially of weird shit.The Pretty Things | S.F. Sorrow css) “An unequaled masterpiece.” == Simon And Garfunkel | Bookends (1968) “Pauls a very creative artist but\'m more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut.”The Small Faces | Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake 11968) I produced withmenacing jounds throughout,Music From Big Pink 1965)Jeff Beck Truth 968) Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso i968) Scott Walker The Zombies Scott 2 tis6a) Odessey & Oracle (1968)Van Morrison | Astral Weeks (1968) towsmastoctoicsieterehersrenne “Twas really pretty happy ” with the album.ithought twas closer to the type of (itltogunoccenen, ™™"* musicl wanted to put out. ‘And stills, actually.” a The Byrds | Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1368) “We gotinto the whole country thing—playing poker drinking whiskey, wearing cowboy hats.”The Beatles The Mothers Neil Young Captain Beefheart The Beatles Of Invention With Crazy Horse And His Magic Band (a.ka.The White We're Only In It Everybody Knows Trout Mask Album) i968) For The Money 1:68) This Is Nowhere wisss, Replica cis6s) Ont esting an esCreedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country 1969) "Creedence Clearwater Revival was probably the greatest American singlesband.” Crosby, Stills And Nash Crosby, Stills And Nash (1969) “\don'thave control over = what comes out of my pen.” ido 204 _—_—_— : =Blood, Sweat, And Tears Blood, Sweat, And Tears 1969) Seamer etc mn came from...roek'n rollin Sear trie msm! q world of lard graduates.” Ripert nema Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1969) “Gram Parsons waslike the white country Jimi Hendrie.”Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash At San Quentin i369) “{had that audience where al Thad to do was ay,"Take over!’ and they would have.” Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River 965) “My favorite album is Green River.’Bad Moon Rising. ‘Green River. That's the soul of where live musically.”The Beatles The Who Miles Davis The Bee Gees Abbey Road (1965) Tommy (1969) In A Silent Way 1965) Odessa iiv62)The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed (1959) The Pentangle | Basket Of Light 11969) Pee ‘Donovan used to play t's avery rough, very violent era.The Vietnam Wer.Violence onthe screens, ‘exactly like Bert.” pillage and burning,Dusty Springfield Dusty In Memphis vises Iwas destined to becomeFrom Elvis In Memphis 1260The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground i360 “The songs areall very quiet and its kindof insane. t like the album. Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails asso) = Qoteksivs mon “Thave no qualms about “taking anything from any i «~The Band The Band 11962) Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Ilse mcs The Temptations Kick Out The Jams ise) Cloud Nine (1969) rampant tepid epteteStand! 369)Tim Buckley | Happy Sad v=) : ™ “haven't deliberately avoided fame. It's just thati'm too odd forthe white middle-class. But «there's nobody like meso they'vegot tokeep me around. Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority 19s) ‘We enjoy making people “happy with our music.”Fairport Convention Unhalfbrricking 1s) The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain «sen ry pred crac try bat an iy arate go Seager wie Isaac Hayes The Grateful Dead Hot Buttered Soul sss) Live/Dead ivesThe Kinks | Arthur—OrThe Decline And Fall Of The British Empire irs60) ny "Rellike meand be unhappy.” King Crimson | In The Court Of The Crimson King seo “The band was never " prometed.itwas totally bywordof mouth. It spread like smallpox!”Leonard Cohen | Songs From A Room 969)FairportConvention Scott Waiker Liege And Lief rss, Scott 4 960) The Stooges Alexander Spence The Stooges 11905) Oar «6Frank Zappa | Mot Rats 1960) FRANK ZAPPA ae = =~ HOT RATS The very idea! Aninstrumentat album, except forone vocal ccut—and thathad t Captain Beefheart... Why youwasting America’s precious time with this, you asshole!LUME BALANCE + US.combat troops leave Vietoam con resigns over Watergate + Firs test tube baby born + Rubik's Cube invented + Fest emaCreedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory 1970 Gbu0s FACTORY ‘Itmay actually be our best record. Derek And The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs 1570Miles Davis | Bitches Brew «370, Spirit Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus 1970 Inhigh school Fwas best in vmmeae"" «sprritwill eventually get into » total environmental field, music class on the trumpet, but the prizes wentto the Soe sto see ht ung oe " mattnas nee neeoetartaser ner boys with blue eyes. made ‘ee sotto fear en oes See mttaer ors pmy mindto outdo anybody “orviongesms es ‘ner mnie white on my horn. Ptr iryBlack Sabbath The Doors The Carpenters Stephen Stills Black Sabbath (1970, Morrison Hotel (1970) Close To You 11970) Stephen Stills (1970,John Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 11970) | : He was up and happy...but | very emotional. crying alot. Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young Déja Vu 970 “We used to believe we could change the world.Neil Young Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Van Morrison After The Gold Rush ws) Led Zeppelin Ill 570 In Rockos70) Moondance 1970) teat ee Soectasicyateey man ateNick Drake Bryter Layter v970) Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar (1270), The Who. Soft Machine Live At Leeds (1970, Third (1970)Rod Stewart | Gasoline Alle}George Harrison Simon And Garfunkel Cat Stevens Traffic AllThings Bridge Over Tea For John Barleycorn Must Pass «19701 Troubled Water (1970, The Tillerman (1970) Must Die«s70) tc erentThe Stooges | Fun House i970James Taylor | Sweet Baby James cs70 | Paul McCartney | McCartney asze [The tracks] were almostSyd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs i197 Jethro Tull | Aqualungas7» It's just writing good songs me “Tut “We're kind of out there on that matters, really.” the periphery of rockmusiDavid Crosby Sly And The Family Stone If | Could Only Remember My Name 11971) There's A Riot Goin’ Onis) ‘Ym about content. My songs "We will never sell out. are about something.”What's Going On «sr»Yes The Bee Gees The Who Carole King TheYes Albums» Trafalgar os Who's Nextas7» Tapestry 097) maShaft 971The Allman Brothers Band | At Fillmore East«is7) Vea otherpeople can write songs andi they can doit, Tetsseeitlcan.Solsat down, Sevemtcaram eran and started doing it” The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers wo» ‘tickyFingers was thefirst time ‘we added horns—that was the influence of people ike Otis me Redding and James Brawn, aImagine vor»The Beach Boys yes The Doors Can Surf's Up as) Fragile nam LA.Woman tis7 Tago Magoyis7Elton John [Madman Across The Water «srDolly Parton | Coat Of Many Colors i971 om eos Looking backta the 00d old days when times werebad. _— Don McLean | American Pie 971) ‘What does ‘American Pie’ mean? It means don't have toworkif idon’t wantto. —————Emerson, Lake, And Palmer |Tarkus v7 Peete tnctd “Thewords are about revolution... Where has. itgot anybody?” Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV 097 (irxaa wipon ta fngun mcegy enn, “ifthe feel was goodand reneed me seraunanireswodt it was. litle bit out of tune, flat or sharp,it didn't matter. We'd keep it just forthe feel.” Seo oy peck hnSerge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelsons Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story 97 Emerson, Lake, And Palmer | Pictures At An Exhibition s7) Leonard Cohen Songs Of Love And Hate 97)Joni Mitchell | Blueas7)1 think I'm lucky tohave survived that time.| don't ‘emember alot about it a Janis Joplin | Pearl as71) Don’cha understand? Music sjust about feelin’ thi and havin’ a good time! eaFela Ransome-Kuti And The Africe'70 With Ginger Baker | Live! i971) ‘refuse tolive my lifein fear .-Hfeomehady wants to do ings she harm or you, it’ better for amiinaanicn en ty nous Sol don't hinkabout it.I can say Idon’t Serna e aun tone tock‘ ses care, ready for anything.” Faces | ANod Is AsGood As AWink... To A Blind Horse (i971) Me and Ron had come from the so-celled Underground, The Faces were more pop....”‘Gene Clark White Light«971) Flamin’ Groovies Teenage Head ism John Prine John Prine «i971, Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson tis7 ive io vcuy agi tnoElectric Warrior (197David Bowie| Hunky Dory «sr» pokes, andit’s quite frightaning Randy Newman | Sail Away ava Ws greattobe an America.”Deep Purple Machine Head 11972) Big Star No.1 Record 11972) Black Sabbath Black Sabbath Vol 4 972) Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrills)Harvest 1972) “Tae ray Cen Youllg LFCurtis Mayfield | Superfly as7 de | Slayed? ns7» around us but justDeep Purple | Made In Japan 1972) Yes | Close To The Edges) a ra" the E a Sarr It's the best these numbers couldn't understand have ever been played * physically what (Jon Anderson! raisons . ‘was saying hehada very strange accent from the cn valor in strange sentences that north of England. He speak nobody can understand,Transformer 972)Hugh Masekela Milton Nascimento Todd Rundgren Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Home Is Where And Lo Borges Something/ Will The Circle The Music Is sv Clube Da Esquina asia) Anything? 972) Be Unbroken sr) ont ey orn ts ose3 8 3 > g &Stephen Stills TRex Manassas «1s The Slider 1972) David Ackles The Eagles American Gothic us Eagles 97 nmin eenGreetings From L.A.o97)Nick Drake | Pink Moon sr ‘record of quict desperation, the soundof someone hanging on by their fingernails. Paul Simon | Paul Simon 972) thet mong ot Sng fa “twas a chance to back out and gamble little bit;it’s been solong sinceit wasa gamble. =——,xy Music | Roxy Music i197Alice Cooper | School's Out ava) The Temptations | All Directions nora Trcknuntrm nonin seatwicke “God creates talented persons every day. it’s the makeup of “We hada sort of sarcastic jew of American life.” wide se cr a theperson's heart and head ebsomactneag mem that makes him anasset.” a eeDavid Bowie | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972) suthe'70s were the start * ofthe 21st centuryWar |The World Is A Ghetto 11972) “The world isstilla ghetto. © There will always bea reason m toplay our songs...because waris reality.” Al Green | Let's Stay Together (1972) “Vve noticed a lot of brawls atmy concerts, girls getting overwhelmed...”Lynyrd Skynyrd | Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band Bongo Rock (1973) Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd (1973) “Southern rock'sa dead label ahypethingforthemagazines to blow outof proportion. We rarursne don'tplay lke the Allmans... They say it's been sampled 200 times over 100 million records,1'm sure we've got paid for only three percent.’David Bowie | Aladdin Sane srs) | King Crimson | Larks’ Tongues In Aspic 1973) shat nae niger | sr mac He nt ene user and the art that creates “Ws the union between the Sittatt pee aeaytoe city, “YOUKNOW, that washell,realy, Seeninironmmirdcirenmenes to make because nobody and finishes the art.” Tercmotavemedininaetat could decide whaton ea incadtncee ‘tog ol at tvs Son oe pusonne Of Music We Were supposed to san tnt tw oe a howe ‘omen mse iar eye mayan 26 Paying anyway.” ind Seman oe Sur ene gy ton ots mmecoerearcene ae ‘Sars “uinesnrsnstean te mBob Marley And The Wailers | Catch A Fire 11973)Hawkwind John Caie Can Lou Reed Space Ritual 11973) Paris 1919 1973) Future Days (1973) Berlin 1273) (seater hry neroGenesis | Selling England By The Pound «srs mS cWsjusthindofmad surreal maemo tome“ avin Gaye is as much mt —the whole package always saab isterasamanin makesme smile, you just can'tpinit down.” 1 any pulpit.Jolin Martyn Roxy Music Faust Herbie Hancock Solid Air (1973) For Your Pleasure (1973) Faust IV (1973) Headhunters (1973)Mott The Hoople | Mott 1973) Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells i197) tes he tg a he i ipa ma et he hl! ng sare i eer ees “didn't want Mick to leave. ons “Thetruthis,I was never stems ns tite! | even offered him half gmuvanaainznicanattermieresie completely satisfied with eee ree my royalties...” SOMME TAT the result neither with Secrapernaneroueumneae swe 0 SOWONA Sarat oun coming the general sound, nor ths eect oth tom rcs sett performing.L always thought Suutenttacmtonenane”” itGOUd be much better.” ws ‘soecnnont wetter ingot tr a "Lassner oat Sate mie ows ae Sion upenwelongh reedaTodd Rundgren AWizard, ATrue Stars) Elton John Steely Dan Waylon Jennings Goodbye Yellow Countdown Honky Tonk Brick Road (1973) To Ecstasy (1973) Heroesi973)1k Floyd | The Dark Side Of The Moon i973)Stevie Wonder | Innervisions (1973), “Innervisions gives my own perspective of what's fmpee wth ease on es) happening in my world, tomy people, toall people. ZZ Top | Tres Hombres (1973) “Everybody everywhere 7» se! © goes to whores, drinks et'-snng_beat.and drives fast.”Paul McCartney And Wing} Band On The Run «7s The more crises you have, |, the more material youhave Next (1973) | | Riex proposed wedoatango ‘Next went okay, > it’snotexactly what we'es ; toplaying, but we'llhavea go.\lice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies (1973) ‘They are the worst band ever.he Stooges | Raw Power 11973) We were a rip-snortin; avy,nitro-burnin; ed rock band that body could touch The 3+3 11973 We played our own ‘uments when black ps didn’t do that...th: the sounds on the record,Eno | Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) “Is only in the last six years or so that anyone's ever bothered about skill Bad Company | Bad Company ass) BE “Ihad to fightto get the management andthe record {cise company to accept the name "Bad Company’Genesis Shuggie Otis Stevie Wonder Eric Clapton TheLamb Lies Down Inspiration Fulfillingness’ 461 Ocean On Broadway s74 Information «srs First Finale ovo Boulevard 0972) oontrattrstn a monetary hcKraftwerk | Autobahn i197) “Sometimes Icantaste * the sounds.Thereare alot more feelings than just the feeling going through the ears.The whole body can feel the sounds.” ‘Van Morrison | It’s Too Late To Stop Now us»nel Queen | Queen fl 974 “Welrea very expensive group; we break alot of rules..my dear.Roxy Music | Country Life 97) “There's nothing wrong with being commercial ifit’s good.” Tangerine Dream | Phaedra vs “When Phaedra got released, said,‘in about 10 years’ time, everybody will play synthesizers'—the guy + -said’you'rean and walked out!”Sparks |Kimono My House 1197s) “When you've got ballad, you really gotta try and uinit. Supertramp | Crime Of The Century 197 twasn'toriginally thought of as anything more than related for good listening it’s not like Tommy.Richard And Linda Thon IWant To See The Bright Lights Tonight ox» Idon'tfind blea "particularly sil Scott-Heron /Brian Jackson Winter In America ins7s) Prt y I don't hearOcc | Sheet Music.vs7a Nell Young |OnThe Beach ws7» “We were kind of bursting ‘miwat at ae “1was pretty down |guessat with ideas. 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Go Girl Crazy! 11975) Neu! '75 ;1975), Led Zeppelin Keith Jarrett Physical Graffiti (175) © The KdIn Concert 1975) ay Siete on rar tu enghsee ‘Sparing tnapsumaneey mw smntavayanygsotereee 5 ‘Mestre nabonewantemyAerosmith |Toys In The Atticirs7s)David Bowie Burning Spear Young Americans iss) Marcus Garvey as7s) a ‘abana Bruce Springsteen Born To Run i) Emmylou Harris. Pieces Of The Sky «s7s)Dion Joni Mitchell Tom Waits R.D.Burman/Bappi Born To Be The Hissing Of Nighthawks Lahiri | Shalimar/ With You 090s) Summer Lawnsii7s) AtThe Diner as75) College Girl 975) aelpspcimn aan aNeil Young | Tonight's The Night ass) Dylan | Blood On The Tracks (1975) 1 don'tthink Tonight's The haven't heen able tospend. friendly much time withmy wife as dikePink Floyd | Wish You Were Here (1975) ‘ic met be ued ur wh Siralemcyonrescitndatnnesmactnge “Atthe beginning of the ime ay nny cere of etal OI. wecording sessions most of na imars us didn’t wish we were there tall, we wished we were somewhere else.” Queen | A Night AtThe Opera vss) eed tM pe “Wsunheardef to combine opera with arock theme.”Willie Nelson Earth, Wind, And Fire Red Headed Stranger (1975) That's The Way Of The World 11975) © «1 feltthat our music should ™_ be more to people than just musicto danceto.Curtis Mayfield Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers There's No Place Like America Today 11975), Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1976) “Mostot my sengsare ‘Wewanted...asensibility thatwasa mixture of the Rolling Stones and The Byrds.” ER songst'm surerelateto the majority of people's ‘everyday life.” centr © E———————The Modern Lovers David Bowie Joni Mitchell Boston The Modern Loversiis7s) Station To Station «9761 Hejira ns76, Boston (1976)Eagles | Hotel California 1976 SS “Man will ultimately destroy heaven ifleft to his own devices, because he has destroyed every heaven on earth.” Abba | Arrival ass eye “Pop musics ahere-today- and-gone tommorrow thing.”Destroyer «1976Rush 21120: 976) Jorge Ben Africa / Brasil 70 Joan Armatrading _— Joan Armatrading «976 Aerosmith Rocks (1976)Parliament | Mothership Connection i976 ck then when everybody tookalotof acid, youhad a choice tago the way thatThe Penguin Cafe Orchestra Music From The Penguin Cafe (1976 Spe ay ce a Ty Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene i975 You have to bea bloody perfectionist. fyoudon't, ‘tory. na a ben pencare whe YOU Killa lot of people.t'm een not suggesting that my music Shenae Se ene il butRamones | Ramones 1976)Fela Kuti And The Afrika ‘70 | Zombie 1976) Peter Tosh | Legalize It 1276) ge ua tndtant mca oars (hin toweseieatdteugatosgth ions political music, and they're “Peopleare playing more Cera oan e sommes “NOW, today in this revolutionary music, September of 1976,1ama new mon again-as! have jus’ making people very aware SS recently cometorealizeit.’ of situations,and whatnot. Sothen,the struggle isnot som te ante very dead, getting momentum SMoreamnantanimnsonimateie ghrough muse.”Stevie Wonder Peter Frampton. Brian Eno. Kraftwerk Songs In The Key Frampton Comes Before And After Trans-Europe Of Life 11976) Alive! (1976) ) Science a7 Express (i977)Billy Joe! |The Stranger us77 } Bob Marley And The Wailers | Exodus (1977 crieagor nme ims teers '* «peopietendtodefineme Sciocimcsvorscnnysmrsecee “Rasta don'tbelleve, ‘on ae Rasta know. Yuh sei interms of my hitsand may enon na not know the substantive eset ‘when yuh believe,is that TRnstaneyentsSne neon tworovoneme elements of my composition.” ‘ging rote mash yuh up.” ‘Mtns ratte omungegntemcgard otOut Of The Bluewis7 ~— Heavy Weather 977) Hard Again 1977) Rattus Norvegicus 11977) Electric Light Orchestra Weather Report =| Muddy Waters The Stranglers auc sumoneThe Clash | The Clash 977David Bowie Steely Dan Wire John Martyn Lowa Aja nor Pink Flag os One Worlditvr,Talking Heads | Talking Heads:77 (1977. TAVEISING ETEADS 79 want to make good music 19 format.”Fleetwood Mac | Rumours.s77) David Bowie |"Heroes” 1977) p FLEETWOOD MA edo ‘Sees ne VCS ‘an Itreally runs the gamut of motions, from deep despair through to that upward spiraling of 'V2 Schneider: yooDennis Wilson Suicide Iggy Pop Peter Gabriel Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) Suicide 977) The Idiot (1977 Peter Gabriel (1) (1977) TSTelevision | Marquee Moon «sn Meat Loaf | Bat Out Of Hell 17» m7 Frenetichard rock played at breakneck speed by ex-Ted jugent lead singer Meat Loaf rock's first 300-pound star since Leslie Westg 2 a E < > =logy Pop | Lust For Life ws7 an Dury | New Boots And Panties!! sr eee | bought lot of brandy ‘When I made Lust ForLife, I really thought America hen Iwas courting Sandy was gonnarock to this took eight to make her randy, motherfuckerNever Mind The Botlocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) NEVER MIND __ THE BOLLOCKS RES THEPere Ubu | The Modern Dance (197) } Kraftwerk |The Man-Machine (1978) } “22%, “We find posing veryboring. “* Therobots are somuch better att, theyhave more patience.Paratiel Lines (1972)Elis Regina Pere Ubu | TheOnlyOnes Elvis Costello Vento De Maiovs, Dub Housing is7= The Only Ones This Year's Model as7a)All Mod Cons 11978)Joe Ely The Adverts Big Star The Residents Honky Tonk Crossing The Red Sea Third/ Sister Duck Stab/ Masquerade (1978) With The Adverts (1978) ) Lovers i197) Buster And Glen 1978)ae FVII be destroyed by : \'ve always liked to produce -ock'n'roll,| will make sure records thathavea great that rock'n'roll will be em number of moods.’ destroyed withme. ks roBruce Springsteen —_ Funkadelic Darkness On The One Nation Under Edge OfTown vs A Groovers Throbbing Gristle Thin Lizzy D.O.A.Third And Live And Final Report 097s) Dangerous irTalking Heads Buzzcocks More Songs About Buildings And Food 197 Another Music In A Different Kitchen 978 "Itwas...something you faunched yourselfinto, you could express yourself with very minimal means.” i.——_———Van Halen (1978)Willie Colon And Ruben Blades | Siembra i978) Ser Se these songs wereteling ‘isin mes te MME storias that were familiar nsdn to peoplein atin Amerie. rains So ra, ee everybody identiied with Surmmetrentmy these songs The Cars |The Cars i1s7s) “Inever wanted to really bea ‘musician and don't careabout musicianship that much.|care about style and content”Devo | Q:Are We Not Men? A:We Are Devo! :1973) Dire Straits | Dire Straits oo) nt [S| “From the start, Dire Straits wasa classic case of wrong time, wrong place.”The Saints Marvin Gaye Willie Nelson Chic Eternally Yours is Here, My Dear s7a) Stardustisr Crest Chic rsX-Ray Spex | Germ Free Adolescents 1570) Sencar Leguinebergnepresy econ “TtS0ON got spoilt by adults, ont: bot whl warearmes thada good time.” twas our thing Brian Eno | Ambient 1:Music For Airports 178 tov eusogWonten’ oxmenncan “ON the one hand, the music ‘cae tt i none wf soundsto me very emotional, mata entenmene, “oe but the emotions are confused, utetramtincrtinactenmeniss theyrenot straightforward:in ‘sy oe tos) hings that are Very up-tempo Sninenigcintetannttectanes and frenzied, there's nearly omit alwaysa melancholy edge.”fe And The Banshees | The Scream 1197sAC/DC | Highway To Hell 157 sesrateelntremdieerine “Theysay tome ‘Are you AC or ‘coniitm rstewormaininn DC?,’and I say Neither, |'m the peah tetas lightning flash in the middle” ‘Sister Sledge | We Are Family (1979) “with Sister Sledge have completecontrol onwhat goes down in the Tearewoe studio from start to finish.Crusaders The Germs Street Lifesis79) (Gl) 979) The B-52's The B-52's (1979) Holger Czukay Movies 0979) sete he pot men tb tommy eermen nonin ogresReggatta De Blanc (1979)People Uted to cal the Fall a punk band, bu nays outside ot alking Heads | Fear Of Music (1979)er the Lat ayChic | Risqué «1979 re talking to| ina time of financial ch and putting a bright face The Undertones | The Undertones 11972) TTEUNDETONESThe Clash Japan Marianne Faithfull The Slits London Calling 97) Quiet Life iss72) Broken English 1979) Cut 979)Elvis Cost a Attractions N ung And Horse Armed Forces (1979) Rust Never Sleeps i979) irae a mene avery ofits timeGang Of Four Cheap Trick Fleetwood Mac Pink Floyd Entertainment! (1979) At Budokan (1979) Tusk «97, The Wall i979) ‘aah tr shame wom of ek ‘anoua eon sma may fos Necsus bt creaPubliclmage Ltd. | Metal Box 1979, | Michael Jackson | Off The Wall :1979, we ean do nothing ) buthenefit yourdreary litte lives, ) H my life t wanted to see " anentertainer like Michael really do his thing withno. limitae Damned | Machine Gun Etiquette as7») G When Ifirst started to rite songs,itwasallfor the love of music.| Adam And The Ants Dexy’s Midnight Runners | Kings Of The Wild Frontier (1980) i Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1280) se couldn't walk down the roadifl wore dungareesC | Back In Black (1980)| The Cramps Dead Kennedys | Songs The Lord Fresh Fruit For Rotting Taught Us (1980) Vegetables 11980) soe\ae rigs Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel III (a.k.a. Melt) 380) The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight (1stThe Cure | Seventeen Seconds (1980) ere ‘We've never been part of any movement. We don't follow fastion. Echo And The Bunnymen | Crocodiles seoAce Of Spades ise)Killing Joke Judas Priest The Circle Jerks Talking Heads Killing Joke (1980) British Steel (1280) Group Sex.1s80) Remain In Light 1980)Joy Division | Closer asso CLOSER: “It’salmostasif writing that album contributed tohisstate: heimmersed himsolfinit, rather than justexpressing it.” Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden cise) wane some win oon “All we wanted to do was recordeand go out and play Butthen when things Socata startedrealy happening.”Hypnotised (1980) LThe Jam | Sound Affects 1980) Jom Waits | Heartattack And Vine (1980) ~ Tom Baits | Heartattack f ‘And Vine ae “Itallends upthat you can'thelp butbe affected by yourtimes.” * “lused to think! was making movies for the ears—writing them, directing them, nea " releasingthem.”B40 The Teardrop Explodes The Specials ‘Steve Winwood Signing Off sso Kilimanjaroasen More Specials is) Arc OF A Diver «se0) perry pan im sn sn ens | etihin ss00Pretenders (1980) PRETENDIRSEinstiirzende Siouxsie And ) Heaven 17 The Go-Gos Neubauten The Banshees | Penthouse And Beauty And Kollaps ase Juju en) Pavement i921) The Beat nse» ae |Motérhead | No Sleep Til Hammersmith (1981) ‘emu toe oni amt wn» “Thanks to Smimoft and Carlsberg without whom lots of this would have been coherent. 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Brian Eno And David Byrne My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts se) “What we wanted was to * 2" create something mysterious.”Black Flag x The Psychedelic Furs The Human League Damaged 81) Wild Gift 221) | Talk, Talk, Talk vss») Dare! 91)The Gun Club | Fire Of Love cei) Bauhaus |Maskosan) __ —— pa “ye conjured up and released °” many different malevolent spirits on that one.” —_——_—Bobby Womack TomTom Club Rush Abba The Poet (1281) TomTom Club (1981) Moving Pictures (1381) The Visitors i981) a SUE utc tx a awd by Son oe atcha eget sta or pal naira he a 2 intone He CRihtapeinoanan sabe eth lanABC | The Lexicon Of Love 11282) Prince | 1999 1982) st producers lo limitations Trevor HornGrandmaster Flash AndThe Furious Five Elvis Costello And The Attractions. The Message ssa Imperial Bedroom 982) GRAD MASTER FLASH & Wis PUMIOUS FIVE rap record,and we said hell na.”Kevin Rowland And Dexy’s Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay ose used to argue with EMI Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (1982)The Rise And Fall ;1982) agabses GEESDonald Fagen HaircutOneHundred =, _—_Kate Bush Orange Juice The Nightfly ise Pelican West 982) The Dreaming ass —-Rip It Up ise.) pe ete ne ety aeThriller (1982)The Birthday Party Venom Junkyard ise Black Metal (1362) Bruce Springsteen Nebraska (1922) Associates Sulk (1982)‘The Number Of The Beast BANE mineDuran Duran | Rio tse) Anacamctareberismeionaton’ people getthrough their lives.” wt na providea servicethathelps Violent Femr s | Violent Femmes 1982) What we're saying is, Here's romanticism thrown backin your face... Here's raw emotion, "Can you deal with this?Malcolm McLaren Duck Rock 1983) DefLeppard Pyromaniacises R.E.M. 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Bones (ss3)Echo And The Bunnymen | Porcupine cise) ZZ Top | Eliminator ase “ZZ Top will never be ‘considered a punk, new wave, orhighly electronic band.”Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) rssv2 The Police Meat Puppets Culture Club War ses Synchronicity 098») Meat Puppets live) Colour By Numbers 1983) sccm tendon St harman ecierbnsoe ‘Gg spotetan A ‘elias esaFrankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasuredome ise) Run-DMC Run-DMC i198, The big labels wouldn’teven lookatus because they thought Rap wasn’tselling nothinSade Cocteau Twins MinorThreat Diamond Life (i084) Treasure (i984) Out Of Step rise, Van Halen 1984 i984)he Replacements | Let It Be 11984) he ‘council | Café Bleu 1984)Private Dancer (1924Echo And The Bunnymen Ocean Rain i1se0 Minutemen Double Nickels On The Dime (ise) Lloyd Cole And Youssou TheCommoticns N'Dour Rattlesnakes cise Immigrés se sceccupnce hte ae patents engi, sages nae wih od Sen ee ‘mc whi efor teat oso rye eneingst Born In The USA ise) NSThe Fall Abdullah Ibrahim A-ha Tears For Fears This Nation's Water From An Hunting High Songs From Saving Grace (1985) Ancient Well :ise5) ; And Low 11285) The Big Chair (1255)Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms (iss ‘Commercial succ the quality of tten alot of record’em.Prefab Sprout Mekons Big Black Suzanne Vega Steve McQueen i193 Fear And Whiskey «ses Atomizer «oea) Suzanne Vega i935)re Pogues | Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash «esKate Bush | Hounds Of Love jives “Ws almost like two separate albums...ifthey'relinked it’s ‘only by the theme of love.” The Smiths | Meat Is Murder ses) i i : THE SMITHS Trotters Seton etten “Justa the publiccan be nastnesionsooionta yeni". ingpived they can also begin ‘toyawnatthe very notion of yetanother cong fora cause.”Tom Waits The Jesus & Mary Chain New Order Simply Red Rain Dogs «ses Psychocandy i985) Low-Life 098s) Picture Book (1285)Dexy’s Midnight Runners Scritti Politti Don’t Stand Me Down woes) Cupid And Psyche 85 ses) a . “| “Inever listento my “We were just being ly meticulous " andit took forever.”Elvis Costello And The Attractions Blood And Chocolate 1980) sommes ILO TeO FA —_ Afrika Bambaataa And The Soul Sonic Force Planet Rock—The Album 1:80) This became the birth of the electio funk.... sound,Metallica | Master Of Puppets (188 The lyrics I write,| write pretty ‘much for myself..m not telling people how to think. 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My Bloody Valentine | Loveless css ‘We started out on the wrong foot and never got back on the right one.Nirvana | Nevermind ,1s21)Crowded House Cypress Hill Julian Cope Gang Starr Woodface «ss Cypress Hill 0» Peggy Suicides Step In The Arena uss»)Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart Rising Above Bedlam (1991) MC Solaar Qui Séme Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo cis) ¥'m so convinced of allthis thati'm giving up my day job.”Ice-T Mudhoney Public Enemy ATribe Called Quest 0G Original Every Good Boy Apocalypse 91...The The LowEnd Gangster ioe.) Deserves Fudge 1191 Enemy Strikes Black 9» Theory 1391)Pearl Jam | Ten senWe threw in as many of the things weloved as we could. re Sepultura | Arise aon ‘We could have paid ...more roar un te like we had fun making it. attention to some things, but then again, it might not soundSlint | Spiderland (1991) ‘lint was unspoken. twas about subtlety, awareness the fraternal order of Louisville, Kentucky.Few peopleseem to vi un ave gorTenit,butwhat the tmcisnertamnetecsacccrrns fuckdoes that matter?” m “We have to go away—and dream itallup eg:The KLF | The White Room (1991) ‘We came out ofitin the black, nobody ripped us off, yet we felt absolutely awful Massive Attack | Blue Lines «991Primal Scream | Screamadelica ase) Teh emtad cee “The best thing about Mt ecprsntetey ‘Loaded’ was that it proved Themen aeraas ened memos We Were Fight.” ‘inn got oo a Teenage Fanclub | Bandwagonesque ssn “Theconceptbehind’The concept.”Metallica 1991Pavement | Slanted And Enchanted (1952) Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992) My music’s my favoriteArrested Development |3 Years,5 Months And 2 Days In The Life Of Arrested Development iss2) Koffi Olomide | Haut De Gamme —Koweit, Rive Gauche 11992) won “[Tcha-Tcho] means'let’sbe "= true—authentic—every time! lam different, have class.”wanted to make ‘ = “Musicin Afticais an album as| possibly could, ation. fs like an Id man, and ifitdies,it slike library burning down. —— ,Lemonheads It’s A Shame About Ray sea Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine (1992) Fight the war,KD.Lang | Ingénue i952) | ‘Ingénue is basedon my experiences of falling in ove, andit’s the most personally ‘revealing record I've... made.” Dr.Dre | The Chronic se2Automatic For The People (i992) i Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992)Spiritualized | Lazer Guided Melodies (1992) What | want to convey are the sort offeelings that I think everyone's felt in their life. 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Liz Phair | TheAfghanWhigs Aimee Mann New Wave 1193) Exile In Guyville 993) Gentlemen 9» “Whatever” 1s»)Grant Lee Buffalo | Fuzzy 993) Nirvana | In Uterorses) Some musicis...anintlmate ‘ = We wanted to pay tibute.” perience, other musicis “= ses more.ofa broader celebration. = stateEmergency On Planet Earth 0993)Pet Shop Boys | Very «is ‘iunsiegttarionsaen “IThe Pet Shop Boys] arein cn ex pop butnot of it P.J.Harvey | Rid Of Me (1993) cane ae ‘Do want loads of people orn to know who tam?” Te whe med by te odBlur Sheryl Crow The Fall Wu-Tang Clan Modern Life Tuesday Night The Infotainment —_Enter the Wu-Tang Is Rubbish 1999) Music Club i993) Scans) (36 Chambers) 1993) Sa kf.Debut (1993)Orbital Snoop Doggy Dogg Sebadoh The Boo Radleys Orbital les, Doggystyle ass» Bubble And Scrape iss) Giant Steps 1003)Strange Cargo Ill ssa jethod Man | Tical ses— Frank Black Girls Against Boys Jeru The Damaja Pavement Teenager Venus Luxure The Sun Rises Crooked Rain, Of The Year i950) No.1 Baby 119) In The East 90 Crooked Rain isejise | Haunted Dancehall 1994) Mlmatic 1994) ———Beastie Boys Elvis Costello Morrissey TLC MI Communication 194 Brutal Youth (1994) Vauxhall And | (199) CrazySexyCool (1994) ca cto a can Pal ‘eee Hois | Definitely Maybe see Soundgarden | Superunknown 112%) andThe Offspring | Smash i290) OFFSPRING Drive Like Jehu | Yank Crime ass “DRIVE LIKE JEM Yan | ime | think bands ...take themselves too seriously...” just wantto be really fucking shit hot on fire.” ———Parklife iss)G.Love And Special Sauce G.Love And Special Sauce 099s) Ali Farka Touré Wich Ry Cooder Talking Timbuktu 1s She “For some people, Timbuktu islike the end of the world... but] we are right atthe heart.”Live Through This «1998Massive Attack Manic Street Preachers Suede The Notorious B..G. Protection (1994) The Holy Bible 11994) Dog Man Starii994) Ready To Die 11994) ‘hey a se at mo ee emu ar den 99s Not aa on LeOrbital | Snivilisation 1990) UNPLUGGED TH NEWYORK. ilizations have been itto change our style sustaining itself much longer.S zg 3 z 2 8 4 a 2 e‘odigy| Music ForThe Jilted Generation (1994) r Dookie 1994) Soca ce tcould have been the death the band.Foo Fighters | Foo Fightersiis9s) (ot. en the band’s natural instinct * istobe more aggressive, louder,looser,and rawer..." ! “Lamsweet, but fuck with me and I'll mop the floor with you.Smokers Delight 1985) Maxinquaye issRaekwon The Smashing Pumpkins Rocket FromThe Crypt The Chemical Only Built 4 Mellon Collie And The Scream, Dracula, Brothers Cuban Linx (1995) Infinite Sadness (1995) Scream! (1995) Exit Planet Dust 1995)Me Against The World 10sElastica | Elastica 10s I Should Coco 2s)‘Guided By Voices Femi Kuti The Verve Genius/G7A Alien Lanes (1995) Femi Kuti (1995) ANorthern Soul i995) Liquid Swords (995)‘Ym making black music "by the developmentof the That’ the only boundary to machines you use, stay with,asis | (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 1995Goldie Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill 1995) Timeless 11995) Screaming Trees Super Furry Animals Dust v6 Fuzzy Logic 13sFatboy Slim Dr.Octagon Better Living Through Dr.Octagonecologyst Chemistry i980 (1986 Stereolab Emperor Tomato Ketchup i980 Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Diese;Odelay 1990)Belle And Sebastian |"Tigermilk" 96) at nen eb In three months, we had to ‘mic wins cone aan eb get a full band together and ferontcnjatmaanivmlcnsrnecoet make properrecord DJ Shadow | Endtroducing ....0956 mat sl tert hip hop used to representEels The Divine Comedy Beautiful Freak :295) Casanova (1996) BS — Ee “i Toop grpetnant Fiona Apple Tidal (1995) ‘rvmatay mn nce Wilco Being There iss nom th seen ae 92Roots 11996)Barry Adamson Fun Lovin’ Criminals Maxwell The Charlatans Oedipus Come Find Maxwell's Urban Tellin’ Schmoedipus (1995) Yourself (1996) Hang Suite 11996) Stories 1996)| |Walking Wounded (1996 Manic Street Preachers | Everything Must Go :19%5 Everything But Thy There was just...elation. : dike to think that restraint isthe underlying strength of everything that we de.Murder Ballads (1996)L.T.J.Bukem Underworld The Jon Spencer The Cardigans Logical Second Toughest Blues Explosion First Band Progression (1996) In The Infants 199) Now [Got Worry (1936) On The Moon i996)L.T.J.Bukem Underworld The Jon Spencer The Cardigans Logical Second Toughest Blues Explosion First Band Progression «1986 In The Infants 0295) Now 1Got Worry «sss OnThe Moon assAntichrist Superstar (1996)ugees | The Score 11996) 1 |1977 11996"ony on bE ‘rene cetiaeed 5% “Iwill feel alot better when are buying ..the songs. 1 | IfYoutre Feeling Sinister is%0 lur| Blur sss)Radiohead | OK Computer i1997) Sg | “There wasa real shortage of strong songwriters around.”Misder Supa Dupa Flysis97) Dig Your Own Hole sss7) ifPrimal Scream | Vanishing Point oon “Vanishing Foint sounds like ajunkyard breaking down... 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Robert Wyatt | Shleep sen cogeenpnge “Thereare notes and intervals fet wera ne tum ane t—=* and chords and rhythms. ‘Some Ilike,someldont.”Let's Get Killed (1997) ally wethoughtit'd bea ica Pe od to makea record bitmore....alive.”The Fat Of The Land 1997Buena Vista Social Club (1997 Bad Seeds Nick Cave And Tr The Boatman's Call 1997) Words endure, flesh does not greeneA Short Album About Love (1997) When | Was Born For The 7th Time (1997)Mariat Butterfly (1997)Supergrass Bob Dylan In ItFor The Money (1997) Time Out Of Mind 997) ‘ingyen ae semen tet he ‘ate bane ned de shan, RoniSize/Reprazent Elliott Smith New Forms as57 Either/ Oren itawnon wan ae rok nds OF ag cian ng amaSpiritualized | Ladies And Gentlemen, The Dandy Warhols | The Dandy Warhols Come Down 997) The Songs work acapella.”Bob Dylan Live 1966 11988 Manu Chao Billy Bragg And Wilco Clandestino see Mermaid Avenue 1520) Turbonegro Apocalypse Dudes i155, mn on ay ce eg Sey cnFatboy Slim | You've Come A Long Way, Baby «198 That was my semplate: make something much more soulful.” David Gray | White Ladder (1998) It’s generally unhealthy to be concerning yourself too much with what other peaple - ” might think.Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 11998) {cucinoa witctams2ulp | This Is Hardcore 1238)Hole |Celebrity Skin (1998) Deserter’s Songs i998)System Of ADown Queens Of The j System OF A Down «rss Queens Of The Stone Age «vssAir Moon Safari (1998) ‘ence ope ee menacing pa “Weare a free band. We don't care about being on the radio orhaving ahit.” Talvin Singh |OK tv»e) “The industry needs to accept ‘music that’s bit colorful. am ‘Camp auceorenemae hecumom nota minority anymore...Korn | Follow The Leader (1995) Khaled | Kenza senKid Rock Boards Of Canada Suba XTC Devil Without Music Has The Right Sao Paulo Apple Venus A Cause (1998) To Children 11998) Confessions (1999) Volume 1 (1999)Incubus The Magnetic Fields Make Yourself i990) Travis 69 Love Songs 11999) Slipknot The Man Who 11999) Slipknot 1250Bet Central Reservation (1999) Sawhr Beyond Skin (199) aeDeath In Vegas | The Contino Sessions (1999) ‘Wewantedittobe organic, like Krautrock or the psychedelic stuff, we wanted tohave that raw soul. — Moby | Play 19The Flaming Lips LesRythmesDigitales , _—_LeTigre Eminem The Soft Bulletin 1s) Darkdancer ses LeTigre ive The Slim Shady LP 99»)..Baby One More Time «v0Metallica Bonnie“Prince’ Billy Shack Basement Jaxx S&M 0999) ISee A Darkness i199) H.MS. Fable sx) Remedy (1999)Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication 11999) Sigur Ros | Agzetis Byrjun 1999) 2 “It’s definitely fantastic that people appreciate whatspace fight + Allied frees invade lag + Euro introduced + Hod launched 2000ss | Lost Souls ico Air| The Virgin Suicides 2000) ‘People know the words.Ryan Adams Bebel Gilberto M.J.Cole Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl (2000) Heartbreaker vom Tanto Tempo eo) Sincere 2000np Bizkit | Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water ooRadiohead | Kid A (2000) U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000), “You pour yourlife inta songs, youwant them tobe heard.”Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory 20.0 Elliott Smith | Figure 8 00, ‘We aren'tamainstream act:the mainstream cametous.Badly Drawn Boy P.J. Harvey The Hour Of Bewilderbeast joo) Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000Coldplay | Parachutes i000)Common Mike Ladd Red Snapper Eminem Like Water Welcome To. Our Aim The Marshall For Chocolate :2000) The Afterfuture (2000) ‘ Is To Satisfy (2000) Mathers LP (2000)p | Felt Mountain 12000)Giant Sand | Chore Of Enchantment (2000 Lambchop | Nixon (2000 monte fy con no te ee hy » that crap, but ithasa nice R&B Nashville isthought of as the country-music capital and all history, too,Jte Lemper | Punishing Kiss co00) -_ eanbea strict authoritarian, oralittleflower,ora powerful erotic femme fatale.’ a Madonna | Music 2000 “"What can you expect? Funky, ‘electronic musicblended with futuristic folk.The Avalanches Outkast Since | Left You :2000) Stankonia (2000) Radiohead Silver Jews Amnesiac oo) Bright Flight 200») : or yh a uy oaBjork | Vespertine aoo») Gorillaz | Gorillaz:a0o “This album s partly about creating acocoon.”Ryan Adams | Gold acon 5 Chile | Survivor oonThe Strokes | Is This It 2001,Gillian Welch | Time (The Revelator) oo» My God, the stuff that * Davidisdoing isnot Gotan Project | La Revancha Del Tango aon gotan | | “S "1thinkit was important wn justto say that tangois not dead.”Jay-Z |The Blueprintaoo» The Beta Band | Hot Shots Il,201) “Hot Shots thas ended up being afair representation of the work of a good collective.> | Melody A.M. 200»Drive-ByTruckers Super Furry Animals Jurassic 5 Wilco Southern Rock Rings Around The Power In Yankee Hotel Opera i001) World oon © Numbers 2002) Foxtrot 2002 neem ck ec bo emi “mca ernALittle Deeper i202 £T 5 | Sunshine Hit Me 2002) Come Away With Me (2002)The Coral | The Coral ,2002) Htwelike the sound of something then we'll exploreit further.American lV:The Man Comes Around 2002 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)The Last Broadcast (2002) \issy Elliott | Under Construction (2002) nota party person.Bruce Springsteen Christina Aguilere The Roots Beck The Rising (2002) Stripped 2.02) Phrenology e002) Sea Change oo. y= eS a aren on pay wdc srrJustin Timberlake | Justified 202 The Vines | Highly Evolved i202) ‘When you writea bunchof “Guitarsare sacred...Except songs,they’relike your babies, : iit 8 mnt acoustic guitars. They're the “_devil'sinstruments.”The Hives | Your New Favorite Band (2002), . Aadionead | Hail To The Thief (2003)Calexico | Feast Of Wire 2003)Permission To Land ;2003)The White Stripes |Elephant 2003)Kings of Leon | Youth And Young Manhood :203) you dissect thestories, [our songs] are not beautiful.” The Thrills | So Much For The City (2003) mere “like to vall this more of an escapist record than ® a California roadmap.Fever To Tell :2003)‘Outkast 50 Cent ) The MarsVolta Lightning Bolt Speakerboxx / Get Rich De-loused In The Wonderful The Love Below (2003) Or Die Tryin’ (2003) ' Comatorium (2003) Rainbow 2003) (fetedotae tages arp ‘Gedutcrtwtan saosin asp rspeectge tira newegg | | = | |ight [Want One aoe) Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters 2000 anted to make musie |, landin Wal-Mart. m people could enjoy.Mylo Brian Wilson The Icarus Line Arcade Fire Destroy Rock & Roll ;2002) Smile (2004), Penance Soirée (2004) Funeral ;2004) _ 7 jwonesuch ry “ol ge er Soong" | iy) sscke -B cei By — ‘ny ph than ab 8 a ‘ena sn ayn "scan! ptr ie at Ing In oe ete om sn esoDevendra Banhart Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Rejoicing In The Hands 200») Abattoir Blues /The Lyre Of Orpheus axesNE.R.D. The Beta Band Fly Or Die 200 Heroes To Zeros (2004) Ozomatli The Libertines Street Signs\2008) The Libertines 2004)Kanye West ‘Cee-Lo Green TV On The Radio Liars The College Cee-Lo Green...Is The Desperate Youths, They Were Wrong, Dropout 2008) Soul Machine (200 Blood Thirsty Babes oon) So We Drowned 2008)T reets | A Grand Don't Come For Free (2004) Rufus Wainwright | Want Two e204) ate albumsThe Zutons | Who Killed ...The Zutons? (2008) ts all about finding the weirdest music you can be into. The Killers | Hot Fuss oonAha Shake Heartbreak (2004) Arular (2005)Beck | Guero coos a tne tee "Guero! was a song | wanted, towritefor 10 years.” woe) “This album s an exploration sind of ..theideal of truth.”Artist IndexGeneral IndexEHITEFEEEE iPicture Credits Acknowledgments