1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE GENERAL EDITOR ROBERT DIMERY PREFACE BY MICHAEL LYDON UNIVERSEContents ee Preface 006 SE iecton ow Saree consis o Ss ‘Album Index. ore “amps ne aig nie ee ‘reyoect bun acon ‘ahs General Index os poner nicarial Picture Crests 0 Weantaaten A [Acknowledgments oa events Sop2 oe Preface By Michael tydon Founding Eto of ling tone 177 nates rao cient ns, Ich orn come aladipnestrpiyto 94a imgecnasics tae map ge ea ft cameos oue Npntacssenu pmgaphin bg eam endna ce ‘Semen tom and xe fen mrs eh ‘ows Tenor er ug ts a min wo “eon ereeng ong Spe ae becine wrt ght an tena omiog pa Mo ‘ty eo ttn ins hts ‘im ee bom ae a a sept tod kW ak mod 8p ‘oc by te gh og sn oni nee spe stenensn te fom rhe pn et ote pr ml ante Fe eo Sinema nicl an as ‘hon he new de poe th abe UY ‘Set arn ak er eh ef os srt tt et nd id ey a ba ‘heat ctmny Srpo ss ina com ‘ane gen atom nny The ed ‘ic gnsig tom esos nc ame oe ee Sx omar Wire et Coe A tat Ss san Soyer ie tn ae ‘hotter S05 omeing eee mp see Pg nh sara am Wey Ying Teg Se ‘Saige pron mcr Dat ee re ‘ne bch ots Bp as yo a at era or cin oa ty ‘Sen sen ne cod wt Yl gh nk ae Fuori veo yo Bona aie Wr oy cata acs aa et po) ‘stom popes ak Sn Sng monte nt iret ate eae i apd ota man sd ee Dnslcowater coe meron ny else hnesin win ceter nd ey meen. ego ctig 8 rym Ua ey ‘Sexe tome tow ad mae stngh coe as ‘ee nid nD est a ‘Serneccane soprano shy inet Shim peeps yg mesmo mame ms Soares nee rea oC aoe eeSaaS oe aeons ener Siete oe anicenenemectcdne ie ee eee Sinpieasc coeeyiet Sawa soy SetShieanertoa brows siemicc cme ‘coe omians eka Taciptone occ tant coca Terenas ng d pe areata een Sy reecipcavaemn con haan a Fed ror tectopaerraireneroniaetipncd Saeschtkoeeees SE eee eS cra ecm eee SST Scarce Somwomnw ca secma ames SeiRacmermuma ane ee =e _ 2 Sie saa | ‘hee tp santo Inwtnangpest sbunsen mth wot eshae ‘anny on samme and cls oto Nea ‘ew int say tne cache mean oo eerIntroduction 'y Robert Dimery.General Eator ‘Prt meat atm Se cae tng aoe se a mse of an i ond sg Sectoyaati terry nar otea ace ‘thn t9 we ray dod ctr sr uate obecutteragombiy econ hte ag Notevon tnd my the winger sad et neu gees ten ha a yet {ekg tc tn hes en nid at tral bam toms rc ae at bret mo ol jo ‘eestor Sate tenn ‘sorenebowoabycnshet hn rasan Foranrsscese oem erssanmyeipeantiel See ier me Top uk te 5 recent rab sen oon eon oe ‘SSeeonsencO mney sensi racic me tnt enContributorsAlbum Index+ Castro hecomes Cuba’ president + Hawall becomes 500 Us. tate + Hit officiy declared dead + First satelite launched + Huls hoop invented 1950sInThe Wee Small Hours (1955)Elvis Presley 095sThe Louvin Brothers | Tragic Songs Of Life 11956 Louis Prima | The Wildest! (1956) The Lox Bras /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 (1956) Lovers! (1956 Crickets 11957) Mr. Basie (1957) cane cing Gv Pan SgThelonious Monk | Brilliant Corners «ssn he fn ner sna “wasn’t trying to create something that would be hard toplay.I just composed music that fit with how Iwas thinking. knew musicians would dig it because it sounded good. Sabu | Palo Congo ssn SIESTA syearsoldtjoinedatioand SoriaNeIT Sevnan ane gota job on 125th playing for ‘meraronmanitenancnmetonte:* 35¢ eyery third night.” “Fist | played on tin cansin backyards.Then when Iwas ==Birth Of The Cool i957 Machito | Kenya as “iyou've got rhythm, you have everything. Without m you have nothing.Little Richard | Tito Puente And His Orchestra Here's Little Richard «ssn | Dance Mania, Vol. 1 858Jack Elliott Sarah Vaughan Ella Fitzgerald Ray Charles Jack Takes Sarah Vaughan SingsTheGershwin The Genius The Floor iss) At Mister Kelly's 1958) Song Book 11959) Of Ray Charles (1959) ne Aemaniesegaigatnsbss Sat Angemeinmeneepeniesnpt aKind Of Blue :1950) Va Pa x nd =Marty Robbins Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs 12s») “Idespise honest labor.” The Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out (1959) “look forward to the day ~ ve recorded everything I've written, but Idon’t think thatJoan Baez | Joan Baez iso) devotion to...social Ilinto the grave.Elvis Presley [Elvis Is Back! sco Miriam Makeba | Miriam Makeba (1960) "don’t know anything about music. In my line you don't haveto.The Everly Brothers Jimmy Smith Muddy Waters: Bill Evans ADate With The Back AtThe Muddy Waters. Sunday AtThe Everly Brothers 190) Chicken Shack 11960) At Newport 1360) Village Vanguard (1961)Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music (1962) oo sans :N.COUNTRY AND. WESTERN MUSICBooxerT. And The M.G.s | Green Onions 1962) Stan Getz And Charlie Byrd | Jazz Samba 11962) ® “ othe reason why play nowisjust to bring music "0c topeople whowantto hear musie.To me that's the ultimate.” ———————Ray Price | Night Life 1962) [he Beatles | With The Beatles (1263)2 3 ev o 2 £Phil Spector Sam Cooke A Christmas Gift Live At The Harlem For You is) Square Club is) (Aeagaterocteges tua Charles Mingus The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady ses) James Brown Live AtThe Apollo isehe Beatles | A Hard Day's Night sesJacques Brel | Olympia 64 11960 Solomon Burke | Rock'n’ Soul 195) ‘Once you recorda songit becomesa part of your life. ———_— |Dusty Springfield |A Girl Called Dusty «a6 TT ES] ‘Twas a total, unadulterated, ‘broxious idiot...The Rolling S The Rolling Stones en I don’t regret nuthin’ Buck Owens And His Buckaroos I've Got A Tiger By The Tail i955) came from the dirt people.Jerry Lee Lewis The Sonics Bob Dylan Otis Redding Live AtThe StarClub, Here Are Bringing It All Otis Blue: Otis Redding Hamburg isos) The Sonics 196s) Back Home 195) Sings Soul 196s) wet ioe) Boys | The Beach Boys Today! 1965)John Coltrane B.B.King A_Love Supreme iiss) Live At The Regal.nsss) The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965) Bert Jansch Bert Jansch (1965)The Byrds | Mr.Tambourine Man ves) Bob Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited ses) eres anite “Regardless of what Dylan ssiney_a prayer I couldn't go onbeing the lone folkie out there, you know meant,| was turning itinto strumming Blowin’ In The Wind! " "for three hours every night.The Beatles | Revolver «ses The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds irsFred Neil The Byrds Fifth Dimension sss) Fred Neil 1966) Sir a vty ee Fogene no st hae Bob Dylan The Monks Blonde On Blonde i156) Black Monk Time «196s) a rae akFace To Face (1956)The Mamas And The Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears 1966) “venever heard anything |, like this in my life” = ___—. Paul Revere And The Raiders Midnight Ride «es ‘wanted the band to be fun . mt notjustajukeboxwith legs...Aftermath (1966,Simon And Garfunke Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme «16sThe 13th Floor Elevators | The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (1266) Them doctors and nurse: They couldn't hold mel John Mayall’s Blues Breakers | John Mayall's Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton i900 thadanaccelerator going, just moved at speed,The Yardbirds The Yardbirds irs60) Nina Simone Wild Is The Wind (1966) Astrud Gilberto Nico Beach Samba (1967) Chelsea Girl :1967) lence MeSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band «967Country Joe And The Fish Electric Music For The Mind And Body 1967, Buffalo Sprinafield Buffalo Springfield Again wos» “Ithink we're oneof the = most popular, mysterious. ‘American bands.”Captain Beefheart Anc Safe As Milk (1967Moby Grape Love The Beau Brummels The Monkees Moby Grape risen DaCaporssn Triangle «ss Headquarters o9sn “Soke cla ant car heyTim Buckley | Goodbye And Hello 11967) choca tcaresilentecm enemy “Youcan daydream with nena now st takes youaway Svomormnsatensnaomacaiter”” and createsa new woud.” Love | Forever Changes «967 ‘he ae ne heating sha et } entucrtmiswinctopadueste ston “When did that album, “si thought was going tadie.” sone oh tie Heo1 | Disraeli Gears senPink Floyd | The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967, The Who | The Who Sell Out (1967) ti Fi “Idon't think!'m easy to ‘ “The effect pop has on society talkabout.I've gota very : isincredible.lt’sa power thing.” irregularhead. enFrancis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim The Velvet Underground Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim i197 The Velvet Underground And Nico i967) lady Wako | m "Those songs are still so good.The Doors (1967The Byrds | Younger Than Yesterday «vsen ‘wo thn ymca cy ye ‘heen cpg tin The | “This is my favorite Byrds “xovitoe mipcnroy mat anes iiee album of al..we did really intteciivennshone"ont uty eters good workon that record.” tera shomiobete The Young Rascals | Groovin’ sen or memes = ee aoe | eae (A rascigmatonetnctrsga, “The grouphada fan dub wa tgs mimo we PRMOFBanybOUy hearda Screenname of theirmusi”The Kinks Something Else By The Kinks tise Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow cis67, Donovan Merle Haggard Sunshine I'mA Lonesome Superman (1967 Fugitive issneeThe Electric Prunes | Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (1967) Loretta Lynn | Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) :1967,Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra. Hariprasad Chaurasia | Call Of The Valley 1957) had been trying for years to nimi 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 ::267) towecin sa atl va a Va VELVET UNDERGROUN ‘stor ste we ares ton te nan “talways believed that I had something important to say and Isaidit...My God Isrock’n'rollThe Jimi Hendrix Experience Aretha Franklin Axis: Bold As Love (i957) | Never Loved A Man The Way ! Love You (1967)The Rolling Stones | Beggars Banquet 1968) Kling Hones Bergars Banquet Sts hr ea og aor “itwasamagical time, because lactually managed totum my littiejuvenile fantasies into a way of life.” ——————— Traffic | Traffic iss Se nd “We never announced we were splitting up. We just have <2atainé wie tet long gaps between albums.”The Incredible String Band |The Hangman’s The Kinks | The Kinks Are The Village Green Beautiful Daughter 196s) Preservation Society ;i3s8) ‘The hangmanis the past 20 years of ourlives and the beautiful daughter is now.”Ravi Shankar | The Sounds Of India i968) Siscicinewentecrinrgerace “Tmalways hungry, always ‘Gerearton nvcrtewindriomst unhappy because know Sotteputsiranccmiey” "| hayentreached.t'm column tryingandthemore try Stecnmrencerineriensinctsrms dhe more find that there -cyrmutentrsiens, fsnothing tobe proud of.” ping ate be =e Os Mutantes | Os Mutantes iss “We've heard itall and we've ™ useditall.” Es (aeThe Jimi Hendrix Leonard Cohen Johnny Cash Laura Nyro. Experience The Songs Of Johnny Cash Eli And The Thirteenth Electric Ladylandii96s)- Leonard Cohen «ise At Folsom Prison i968) Confession (1968)Aretha: Lady Soul asoBlue Cheer | Vincebus Eruptum (9s) The Byrds | The Notorious Byrd Brothers iiss “Rock’n’roll...is 10 percent " etalked to more people over technique and 90 percent : the years who've sald that’s attitude. Ifyou deliver one : ; ® their favorite Byrds album.” note with the right attitude, “ cise itwill do more than 60 notes e ee with ne attitude.”Big Brother And The Holding Company Cheap Thrills 136s) wy "What we're trying to dy in our musicis just get back to old-time havin’a good ti jumpin, gettin’ stoned.” (Tl The United States Of America The United States Of America 11958)Dr.John, The Night Tripper | Gris-Gris 96s) — rs You had New Orleans street chythms and church stuff,butit was mixed up crcwniestemtesmene with Cuban, Brazilian, Ethiopian bests,all sorts of weird shit. ron Butterfly | In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) Inthe late Sixties it wasn’t really a social convenience to om be going around—especially Se eae re the Midwest—with hair ‘esp puts suede. down to your tailbone. he cnan oft ame mewn "wk Itwasinteresting,The Pretty Things | S.F.Sorrow vse) Simon And Garfunkel | Bookends 11968) “An unequaled masterpiece.” | “Paulisa very creative artist but!'m more that thorough, meticulous,disciplined nut.” ————————The Small Faces | Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1268) I produced withmenacing sounds throughout,Music From Big Pink 1968)Jeff Beck Caetano Veloso Scott Walker The Zombies Truth (r968) Caetano Veloso (1968) Scott 2 11968) Odessey & Oracle (1968)Van Morrison | Astral Weeks (196s; ‘etna oro ch “was really pretty happy = with the album. thought itwas closer tothe type of ‘music! wanted to put out. wnt wonsa tiie mt And stillis, actually.” The Byrds | Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968) marin se oot thing—playiny poker, drinking “We gotinto the whole country whiskey, wearing cowboy hats.” —_— yrThe Beatles The Mothers. Neil Young Captain Beefheart The Beatles Of Invention With Crazy Horse And His Magic Band (a.k.a.The White We're Only In It Everybody Knows Trout Mask Album) 11962 For The Money (1968) This Is Nowhere 1965) Replica 196s)Creedence Clearwater Revival Crosby, Stills And Nash Bayou Country 196») se mjatenenseoe rat Crosby, Stills And Nashiis69) "Creedence Clearwater Revival was probably the greatest American singles band.” “\don'thave control over what comes out of my pen.” coy 006Blood, Sweat, And Tears Blood, Sweat, And Tears (1969) “"\eamefrom...rock'n’roll into tottenham nem Hg world of uliard graduates.” Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace Of Sin (1965) “Gram Parsons waslike the white country Jimi Hendrix.Johnny Cash | Johnny Cash At San Quentin 1369) “Thad that audience where ali had to do was ay,"Take over!’ and they would have.” Creedence Clearwater Revival | Green River (1965) een satan oa wet cnc mee “My favorite album is “| Green River.’Bad Moon Rising’ ‘Green River. That's the soul ‘conga poss Luau rr tgeyn_ Of Where ive musically.”The Beatles The Who Miles Davis The Bee Gees Abbey Road (1965) Tommy 1969) In A Silent Way (1965) Odessa v5)The Pentangle | Basket Of Light (1969) The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed (1959) A vkreea wat AAnae It’savery rough, very violent era.The Vietnam Wer.Violence onthe screens, ‘Donovan used to play 8 erira nt exactly like Bert.” pillage nd boringFive Leaves Left (1959) Dusty Springfield Dusty In Memphis «1969 was destined to becomeFrom Elvis In Memphis 1se9)The Velvet Underground Quicksilver Messenger Service The Velvet Underground ivse0) Happy Trails ose Sa me suse ceng on Quel eee wittcnareonercgbintepecnn “The songsareallvery panera omeryeaeomtnee et haveno qualms about 5 sna ve F_quiet andits kindof steon tn mentite HO aking anything from any insane. t like the album. mnt kind of music.Led Zeppelin ise»)The Band The Band 11262) Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Ilse» mcs The Temptations Kick Out The Jams ise) Cloud Nine (1960)Stand! (1969)Tim Buckley | Happy Sad «vn (acess an rn ten ad osc ts “thaven't deliberately avoided ann ey ets mer F's fame, tts just that m too odd mores for the white middle-class. But there's nobody like meso they've got to keep mearound. Tea Seek a i, Chicago | Chicago Transit Authority ses) ‘We enjoy making people * happy with our music.”Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking 0969) The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain ss» Isaac Hayes The Grateful Dead Hot Buttered Soul sss) Live/Dead ses ating mesg ai dL and aero elo unin Coma bog dows th ean an wy i an shytThe Kinks | Arthur—OrThe Decline And Fall King Crimson | In The Court Of The Of The British Empire (r960) Crimson King (1969) “The band wasnever promoted. twas totally bywordof mouth. It spread like smallpox!”1 Cohen | Songs From A Room :iss0)The Stooges Alexander Spence Fairport Convention Scott Waiker The Stooges 11965) Oar (1965) Liege And Liefssn, Scott 4 0960) | | | © Se. | Ss == Sess | easpa | Hot Rats (1969) FRANK ZAPPA 2 HOT RATS The veryidea! Aninstrumenta! spt for one+ .S.combat troops leave Vietnam + Nixon resigns over Watergate + Rubik's Cube invented OLUME BALANCECreedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory «s70 Tetras ERT ‘Itmay actually be our best record. Derek And The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs soMiles Davis | Bitches Brew 1970) Spirit | Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus 1970, Te mcd Yom 3h Inhigh school Iwas bestin “Spiritwill eventually get into music class on the trumpet, » total environmental field, but the prizes wentto the boys with blue eyes.Imade sap my mind to outdo anybody white on my hornBlack Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970, The Doors Morrison Hotel (1370) The Carpenters Stephen Stills Close To You v7) Stephen Stills sroJohn Le non John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 11970) ut very emotional, crying alot. He was up and happy Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young Déja Vuns70 "We usedtto believe we could change the werld.”Neil Young Led Zeppelin Deep Purple Van Morrison AfterThe Gold Rush iis Led Zeppelin Ill 970) In Rock 370) Moondance 1970) Steams oe Sbowctabicrsvatenyman tte: FrThe Grateful Dead | American Beauty «1s70 “The records are not total indicators, they're just products.Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar (1270), Nick Drake Bryter Layter 1970) The Who. Soft Machine Live At Leeds (1970) Third (1970) ea cascada oe cal ors he st ty a te eee Pf ed op an ‘ete dager eg ‘Sonera oy mye dn ston heen en onda tpg jr ocee s ct f ‘hee cocinaRod Stewart | Gasoline Alley «70George Harrison Simon AndGarfunkel | Cat Stevens Traffic AllThings Bridge Over Tea For John Barleycorn Must Pass 11970) Troubled Water (1970, The Tillerman (1970) Must Dies) cag Stecegectorte ene ston ‘ha ey ean i as te Con mtorr ies Be Sermonetn bane tba tnd cme fcc gt etl cy ht Timon tn ott way ce pi “inten oy one. ged sed ty Se ot oom on _ |The Stooges | Fun House 970)James Taylor | Sweet Baby James 1970 ‘We had all the fun, talmost | killed us.” Paul McCartney | McCartney sro) “(The tracks] were almost “ throwaways.Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs (1970 Jethro Tull | Aqualungas7» It's just writing good songs that matters, really.”David Crosby If Could Only Remember My Name «vs71) ‘Ym about content. My songs are about something.” Sly And The Family Stone There's A Riot Goin’ On.v97» We will never sell outWhat's Going On uis71)Yes The Bee Gees TheYes Albumos Trafalgar vor The Who Who's Next 971) Carole King Tapestry 07) dy aah i th to so a ieee mio atone Shir wentcgy eis pies aShaft (1971)The Allman Brothers Band | At Fillmore East(1971) rhe dane U asa forms mechea wy “just wentinto a sort of revolt. | said, other people can write songs,andif they can doit, ‘inccaeseucomiseis-tmnmeremy let's seeifl can.So| sat down, uceage earitnon on aienane and started doing it.” a The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers 1s71 ‘StickyFingers was thefirst time ‘we added horns—that was the influence of peoplelike Otis Cocresath ane marten tm Redding and James Brown,Imagine «37The Beach Boys Surf's Up as) Yes Fragile nam The Doors. L.A.Woman i971) an Tago Magoiis7Elton John |Madman Across The Water (1971Dolly Parton | Coat Of Many Colors ws7 ASE MAAT SHOR Looking backto the {900d old days when times werebad. aca mee Don McLean | American Pie «971 ‘What does ‘American Pie’ “= mean? tmeansidon'thave toworkif don't wantto,Emerson, Lake, And Palmer |Tarkus vs7 “clergy Beemer “The words are about revolution... Where has Itgot anybody?” Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin IV won) Jun musiog nanan “Ifthe feel was good and ‘men scree lator sharp didn’ mater itwas alittle bit out of tune, ‘Show toon sf gms een nding We'd keep it just forthe feel.”SergeGainsbourg Rod Stewart Emerson,Lake,And Leonard Cohen Histoire De Every Picture Palmer| Pictures Songs Of Love Melody Nelsonis, Tells A Story 197») AtAn Exhibition «ws And Hates “eeJoni Mitchell | Blueas7Funkadelic | Maggot Brain «197» ine ane he oan 1 think I'm lucky tohave wemwthaneancenenstneecdems= survived that time. don't remember alot about it Janis Joplin | Pearl as7 just aboutf Don’cha understand? Music and havin’a good time!Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africe'70 With Ginger Baker | Live! 1s71) ‘refuse tolive my lifein fear .-lfcomebady wants to do harm{or you,it's better for younottoknow.So! don’t thinkaboutit.Ican say Idoa’t care.|'m ready for anything.” Faces | ANod Is AsGood As AWink... To A Blind Horse i971) Me and Ron had come from the so-called Underground, The Faces were more popFlamin’Groovies Gene Clark John Prine Harry Nilsson Teenage Heads White Lights John Prine ws Nilsson Schmilsson t1s7» ere)Electric Warrior (1971David Bowie| Hunky Dory «s7» Randy Newman | Sail Away 0372 “¥mgoingtobehuge, ma W's great to be an American.” andi quite righting . inawa.”Deep Purple Machine Head 11972) Big Star No.1 Record 1972 Black Sabbath Steely Dan Black Sabbath Vol 4 1972) Can't Buy A Thrill 1972) “Saitama rs Cho wa rsp ‘ate oc wes et os sien teHarvest (1972) Y Cinese an coe | GNP oti " MFCurtis Mayfield | Superfly 972 Je | Slayed? sz.)Deep Purple| Made In Japan (12) Yes | Close To The Edges) Caage O ray It's the best these numbers couldn't understand sen "have everbeen played physically what [Jon Anderson) ‘was saying hehada very {strange accent rom the oman north of England. He speaks Sivanonmaiosoenciweceret_in strange sentences that infchnsqiewretepeicrgnnaigtrsee nobody can understand.”Transformer i972)Milton Nascimento And Lo Borges Clube Da Esquina vs7 Hugh Masekela Home ls Where The Music Is v7 Todd Rundgren Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Something/ Will The Circle Anything? «97 Be Unbroken sr) Aton tines ant it SstrezosengenieStephen Stills T.Rex Manassasiis7 The Slider js72 David Ackles The Eagles American Gothic us Eagles v7) dint oboe threo (tutu cay tty ghd ect gape Sent temacroernghce| ‘tutehunett tae tee atte sf aan am got ck ge at hsjonrniein She oscar horses onGreetings From LA.Nick Drake | Pink Moon usr ‘record of quict desperation, smh tende ete mcnveme the sound of someone hanging ing atop twoge come eng on by their fingernails. en Paul Simon | Paul Simon (1972) “twas a chance to back out and gambleallttlebit;it’s been solong sinceit wasa gamble.Viusic | Roxy Music «19721Alice Cooper | School's Out o972 “We hada sort of sarcastic jew of American life.” 1 The Temptations | All Directions 11972) “God creates talented persons every day. it’s the makeup of ahead that makes him anasset.” it wc aed wormage = onthe person's heatDavid Bowie | The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (i972)War |The World Is A Ghetto 11972) Al Green | Let's Stay Together (1972) “Ve noticed a lot of brawls “The world isstilla ghetto. “8 There will always beareason atmy concerts, ils getting Imadeteuttemnrenn_ to play OuF songs...because : overwhelmed...” vaeauedmeuna wards reality.”Exile On Main St.Lynyrd Skynyrd Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band 9 Pronounced Leh-nerd Skin-nerd (1973) Bongo Rock (1973) They say it's been sampled " 200 times over 100 million records, I'm sure we've got ‘Southern rock's a dead label, ahype thing for the magazines toblow out of proportion. We paid for only three percent.David Bowie | Aladdin Sane iss, Deets ean dy si ae Sasterntcnsiqnmsaaes | PB 2 ‘ituteinianetncrnignemense, “Its the union between the user and the art that creates and finishes the art.” soon bs roe ath a cee cious hr erent erences are King Crimson | Larks’ Tongues In Aspic srs) Micon Ieee esa tater Fm ans So a {ns bp eh oon myo on nsec toms ‘eon mie es ee eae “Youknow, that was hell rally, ‘tomake—because nobody could decide what onearth kind of musicwe were supposed to bbe playing anyway.”Bob Marley And The Wailers | Catch A Fire 973 ™ | don’t see self as being jamaican. seel selfasa Rasta eing Rasta! Soh, Jamaica mmaica ...l mana Rasta!John Caie Paris 1919 (1973) B= 7 Hawkwind Space Ritual 1979 can Lou Reed Future Days jo” Berlin (1973) ‘puncte geessecone tt a eh tS Fe Contoconinat nga fret tejatend hae Nees tempos posal pote eg ee ikGenesis | Selling England By The Pound iss) — _ “ "Wsjustkind ofmad,surreal = —the whole package always kes me smile, you just can'tpinit down.” “Marvin Gayeis as much aministerasa maninJohn Martyn Solid Air v9 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure i973) Faust Herbie Hancock Faust IV (1973) Headhunters (1973) acendyingacompenseronansece haa areesiey on encyi Sedceatindtyctarmnedenuden ahr trnne oe ha neeMott The Hoople | Mott 1273) te ane temo fi ent “Ididn't want Mick to leave. leven offered him half my royalties. Mike Oldfield | Tubular Bells 1973) nd mat wt ne hl ng ‘enensensiecotteedtpde “The truthis,| wasnever completely satistied with the result neither with the general sound,northe performing,lalways thought it could be much better.”Todd Rundgren Elton John Steely Dan Waylon Jennings AWizard, Goodbye Yellow Countdown Honky Tonk ATrue Star i973) Brick Road (1973) To Ecstasy (1973) Heroes 1973) he ing tiesto orth oO ste1k Floyd | The Dark Side Of The Moon i973)Stevie Wonder | Innervisions (1973) ‘conte ke Sis wos Kt! by ums “Innervisions gives my crema own perspective of what's Ses happening inmy world ‘Sticuan ome ¥ep ane sume tomy people, toall people. ZZ Top {Tres Hombres «97 Sicnctacmgrtnrpccrheseyinter “Everybody everywhere Zama goes to whores, drinks todcne’vsne bear,and drives fast.The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Band On The Run 11973) Next (1973) arcane | The more crises you have, Suen = ‘Aiex proposed we doa tango sere the more material youhave, Next”). Weall went okay, | “Sonsini toplaying,but we'llhavea go. Systane ——————\lice Cooper | Billion Dollar Babies (1973) ‘They are the worst band ever.y,nitro-burnin: rock band that y could touch s | Raw Power «s73 The 3+ 30973 Juments whe didn'tdo unds on the record,New York Dolls | New York Dolls (1973)Eno | Here Come The Warm Jets (1974) Bad Company | Bad Company ss) % “It's only in the last six years or so that anyone's ‘Thad to fight to get the * ever bothered about skill swe management and the record tisen company to accept the name @ Intock music.Genesis Shuggie Otis The Lamb Lies Down Inspiration On Broadway isa Information «s7s) Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness! First Finale 1974) Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard 19» “he eS pd tt ‘neahantenagte BE gongs uy Soy Pe ena opt atKraftwerk | Autobahn 1974) “Sometimes I cantaste 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 (1374)Joni Mitchell | Court And Spark (1974) Queen | Queen fl 1974) = ‘We're avery expensive group; we break alot of rules. .my dear.Roxy Music | Country Life 197s) “There's nothing wrong with being commercial ifi’s good.” Tangerine Dream | Phaedra v7 said;‘in about 10 years’ time, everybody wil play inn ete the guy ._ +-Said’you'rean and walked out!”Sparks |Kimono My House «s7# “When you've gota nice ballad, you really gotta try and uinit. Supertramp | Crime Of The Century sv “It wasn’t originally thought of as anything more than having the songs slightly related for good listening it'snotlike Tommy.”Richard And Linda Thon 3il Scott-Heron/ Brian Jackson Winter In America iis7s) I don'tfind bleak song: particularly depressing,ver Heart Attack 11974)Occ | Sheet Musiciis7a ise rt coy a rroviesunenane Ose couimn mer s "We were kind of bursting with ideas. Everything we ‘tae a anand eid Was right.” euch en a Nell Young |On The Beach ws7» sete by mae nna ng at coe “Iwaspretty down Iguess at ‘the time... thinkif everybody looks back at their own lives twnbinamponge supe hegearsrauwee_ they'llrealize that they went ‘through something like that.”George Jones Gene Clark steely Dan Randy Newman TheGrandTouras — No Other «sz» Pretzel Logics7s Good Old Boys 1572 "eneene wth en ge teeth nn aye oe Simard bese Oa pacsconr etary meses pms ad wh Sverre pot fee conan so te eee am alm robe medi vrou ge ss Shamim We By MOM” ye ne “ety ente m toeeroincpevetnohogeonBob Marley And The Wailers | Natty Dread sv) ‘hauacyrtonheti‘nasnyatvacneaw “Me don’t dip on the black man's side or the white man's "erat nonpaw side, me dip onGod's side,” sa happy time, really! “ Itwas physically difficult, = adjusting to wheelchairlite, but remember agreat reliof and happiness that was finally getting somewhere. aGram Parsons | Grievous Angel ners eth cma eth the greatest PRstunt you can performis dying young, but Gram would bea bit bemused by all this worship stuf.” Thehaimeatyhapers enya Eno | Another Green World 1075 “| wanted to make music that hadan emotional connection.”Go Girl Crazy! (1975) Neu! '75 (1975) Physical Graffiti (i975) The K6In Concert 197s) era oa The Dictators Neu! Led Zeppelin Keith JarrettAerosmith |Toys In The Atticis7s)David Bowie Buming Spear Bruce Springsteen Emmylou Harris Young Americans 193) Marcus Garvey «s75) Born To Run «15 Pieces Of The Sky 975) boDion Joni Mitchell Tom Waits R.D.Burman/Bappi Born To Be The Hissing OF Nighthawks Lahiri | Shalimar/ With You «1975, Summer Lawnsi97s) At The Diner is75) College Girl j975) — Sara ata Srewrntnybracernastoaaon ‘conidenafsiosmagin sigan poo epee ps ne teil Young | Tonight's The Night «ss 7 on'tthink Tonight's ThePink Floyd | Wish You Were Here (1975) Sc en a Snsiceuennsonscercoanestore “Atthebeginning of the ime rg cern fia Or ecording sessions most of ccqutnoneccoperwtonscmen us didn't wish we were there Entei ned nmanac ace mage atall, We Wished we were SCoinmanrtntamrieas Somewhere cle” Queen | ANight AtThe Opera i175) Semana memame see | offre orton pay scerertinnestmuctoe= ips unheardefto combine opera with arock theme.”Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger 275 = Earth, Wind, And Fire That's The Way Of The World 11975) ™ bbe more to people than just musicto danceto. feltchat our music shouldCurtis Mayfield There's No Place Like America Today 11975) “Mostot my sengsare songst'm surerelateto the majority of people's ‘everyday life.” toa Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers ‘Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers «is ‘Wewanted...asensibility thatwasa mixture of the Rolling Stones and The Byrds.”The Modern Lovers David Bowie The Modern Loversiis7| Station To Station (1976) Joni Mitchell Hejira var Boston Boston i976) rt mn peasy emepaarEagles | Hotel California is70 “Man will ultimately destroy heaven ifleft tohic own devices, because he has destroyed every heaven on earth.” Abba | Arrival a7 es “Pop musiciz ahere-today- "* and-gone tommorrow thing.” /Destroyer i276)Rush Jorge Ben 21120976 Africa/Brasil ns Joan Armatrading —— Joan Armatrading i976) Aerosmith Rocks (1976),Parliament | Mothership Connection is7a “Back then when everybody tookalot of acid, youhad a choice tago the way thatThe Penguin Cafe Orchestra Music From The Penguin Cafe (1976 Jean Michel Jarre Oxygene «276 You have to bea bloody perfectionist.If you don't, \tieanorg nev saten nrecor ote yOUill a lot of people.t'm not suggesting that my music “willl, but... Seri eggRamones | Ramones «1376Fela Kuti And The Afrika 70 | Zombie 976, “Peopleare playing more (Mecano Ggu te Seve Word lanetown TevOlUtionary music, \ectorsinnomseasonons political music, and they're pendrin ften of situations, and whatnot Sothen, the struggle snot very dead getting momentum ISTE EAETATT through musi” making people very aware Peter Tosh | Legalize Itis7s) “Now, today in this seesenenmame September of 1976,1ama ‘nap new mon again-as! have jus’ recently cometo realizeit.’Stevie Wonder Songs inThe Key Of Life ase) Rendgrinelsss| onda 5 tna Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! sz) oe“ attested Brian Eno Kraftwerk Before And After Trans-Europe Science ns Express tr ‘Sendatanemy csi ateBilly Joel | The Stranger «sn SSemcocemunncros ee Ps People tend todefineme aatiuaang ten outa na seein terms of my hitsand may Gam hewsinion-heeroadcetnyrsaa? not know the substantive Tse mesons amneranae elements of my composition [oo Bob Marley And The Wailers | Exodus s7n Rasta don't believe, sve Rastaknow. Yuh see, is Sabet en ‘when yuh believe is that revere mash yuh up.” oltunyatpagamnieser‘Out Of The Bluevis7) ~— Heavy Weather s77) Hard Again 11977) Rattus Norvegicus 11977) et ees amet in aa Un ry ge BA St rk ‘ms’ tor tne ne mov seen bysome 3 fa fm oe Electric Light Orchestra Weather Report Muddy Waters The Stranglers ‘temo eyThe Clash | The Clash i977David Bowie Steely Dan. Wire John Martyn Low.977 Aja usr Pink Flag 977) One World :1977) | | ignTalking Heads {Talking Heads:77 s7m TALIING EADS: 79 Wewanttomake good music ae.Rumours (1977) David Bowie |“Heroes” 1977) Itreally runs the gamut of emotions, from deep d hrough to that upward a spiraling of V2 Schneider:Dennis Wilson Suicide Iggy Pop Peter Gabriel Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) Suicide 977) The Idiot 1197 Peter Gabriel (I) 1977, = 9 ae : ooh a Notcmeneactousesreteroned 8 Catenin ihMeat Loaf | Bat Out Of Hell 977) ! Td m7 Frenetichard rock played at breakneck speed by ex-Ted jugent lead singer Meat Loaf rock's first 300-pound star ‘eno come. since Leslie Westlogy Pop| Lust For Life nsrn an Dury | New Boots And Panties!! sr oe ie ‘When I made Lust For Life, bought lot of brandy Souraasorpuonecneeecawer "| really thought America fem abun ern eed a hen Iwas courting Sand) to make her randy. was gonnarock to this : saeNever Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols 11977) NEVER MIND __ THE BOLLOCKSPere Ubu | The Modern Dance (1978) } Kraftwerk |The Man-Machine «7s) "|, “We find posing veryboring, “* Therobots are so much my etter atit,theyhave more patience.Elis Regina Pere Ubu | TheOnlyOnes Elvis Costello Vento De Maiows Dub Housing «sv The Only Ones 7 This Year's Model as7a) ‘mt hayAll Mod Cons 11978)Joe Ely Honky Tonk Masquerade 97a) The Adverts Crossing The Red Sea With The Adverts jor) Big Star The Residents. Third/ Sister Duck Stab/ Lovers i1978) Buster And Glen 11978)IfVINbe destroyed by * rock'n'roll, will make sure that rock'n'roll will be destroyed with me. I've always liked to produce records thathavea great = number of moods.Bruce Springsteen —_ Funkadelic Darkness On The One Nation Under Edge OfTown ns A Groovers Throbbing Gristle Thin Lizzy D.O.A.Third And Live And Final Report 097s) Dangerous in |Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings And Food i197» you could express yourself =" with very minimal means.” ——— Buzzcocks Another Music In A Different Kitchen 11978) ‘Itwas...something you faunched yourselfinto,Van Halen 11978)“These songs were telling stories that were familiar topeoplein Latin America... everybody identified with these songs. The Cars |The Cars 1197s) “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! 11978) Dire Straits | Dire Straits oars) Fram the start, Dire Straits wasa classic case of wrong time, wrong place.”The Saints Eternally Yours 1975 Marvin Gaye Here, My Dear o70) Willie Nelson Chic Stardust i979) Cest Chic «is7s) “pened nth PeaX-Ray Spex | Germ Free Adolescents 1570) petretctrmertertd carers i.g9on gotspoltby adults Sotumamencrnemcerin bute ewasourthing ern Tnadageadtina." ‘wuts oedema sihagenoewraneneattencigehe Srian Eno | Ambient 1: Music For Airports 1978) roctoteccnieaty sehend Otianern “On the one hand, the music wz mat I soundsto me very emotional, bbut the emotions are confused, cneranmbhecrtnattwamern, theyrenot straightforward:in ie tt sac te ene 0 things that are very up-tempo andifrenzied, there's nearly Mrucnevcwresont alwaysa melancholy edge.” ‘nino ae treAC/DC | Highway To Hell 157» “They say to me,/Are you AC or C?,’and I say,"Neither, 'm the ‘nemgh head nde lightning flash in the middle” Mracroa c es Sister Sledge | We Are Family «a7, “eve nm one cawmrnie “with Sister Sledge we...have completecontrol onwhat goes down in the studio from startto finish.’Crusaders Street Life 1979) The Germs (GI) 979 The B-52's Holger Czukay The B-52'5 979 Movies i970) ster eigen ome ‘Smibectsonttnanenineryutre mercer ‘Cont uty pe ee, ate ae Ry Conc ey Jrstnde ietarbecov irdeto ‘sy esate thi tu so a ep em ‘Bonestgpietterstneatecey ta eyaeuchneeaed_ su mm erm nse ase Lamps sumangnntt c e Pederyocantr ger usando wihtReggatta De Blanc 979The Fall | Live At The Witch Trials 11979 ‘People sed to cal the Fall a punk band, butwe were outside ofthat.Chic | Risqué as7) The Undertones | The Undertones 1975) re talking to people offinancial and puttinga bright faceThe Clash Japan Marianne Faithfull The Slits London Calling 1979 Quiet Lifes75) Broken English (1979) Cut «i979Rust Never Sleepsiis7» Elvis Cost a Armed Forces (1979) mabe RE avery ofits timeGang Of Four Cheap Trick Fleetwood Mac Pink Floyd Entertainment! 1979) At Budokan (1979) Tusk 01970) The Wall ;1979)Publiclmage Ltd. | Metal Box 11979) | Michael Jackson | Off The Wall :1975, we can donothing ) maa artery but eefityourdreary H my life twanted to see an entertainer like Michael litte lives. really do his thing withno:When Ifirst started to write songs, it wasall for 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) Punkis notanarchy...” couldn't walk down the sown roadifl wore dungareesBack In Black 1980)The Cramps Songs The Lord Taught Us«iseo seis rigs Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1380, re The Soft Boys Underwater Moonlight «isto Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel Il (a.ka.Melt) 980)The Cure | Seventeen Seconds (1980) Echo And The Bunnymen | Crocodiles (1980) eres ‘We've neverb of any movement. We don't follow fashion.S 3 8 a 6 g <Killing Joke Judas Priest The Circle Jerks Talking Heads Killing Joke (1980) British Steel ;1280) Group Sex irve0) Remain In Light «1980 ‘Senate ntimannece netsJoy Division | Closer asso CLOSER “I’salmostasif writing that album contributed tohisstate: heimmersed himsolfinit, rather than justexpressing it.” Iron Maiden | Iron Maiden tise0) “All we wanted to do was records and go outand play. But then when things started really happening...1es Hypnotised 1280)The Jam | Sound Affects seo {tall ends upthat you can'thelp butbe affected Jom Waits | Heartattack And Vine (1280) Tom Maits. | Heartattack ‘And Vine “used tothink was making mories for the ears—writing them, directing them, releasingthem.”UB40 The Teardrop Explodes The Specials ‘Steve Winwood Signing Off sso Kilimanjaro so More Specials iss) Arc OF A Diver ise0) ‘abana ont 10 ere | eth 0Pretenders (1980) PRETENDERSEinsturzende Siouxsie And | Neubauten The Banshees Kollaps ise Juju sen } Formed tn wc le elt oes arenes | bowen i Heaven 17 The Go-Gos Penthouse And Beauty And Pavement 221) The Beatiisen Suclnrbe tigi convakand evaacnrcorne see Ostet mse) pate we odMotérhead | No Sleep Til Hammersmith (1981) wee “Thanks to Smirnofand = Carlsberg without whom lots of this would have been coherent. Soft Cell | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981) moran ‘We wanted the album tobe a peep-showof sounds, glimpse intoa seedy world,a soundtrack toa striptease clip joint.”Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark } Brian Eno And David Byrne Architecture And Morality «12 My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts i181 = , sonar iS | Crear nore Dat } : oa | “[Synthesizers] are the ideal : “what we wanted wasto or punkinstrument. " “create something mysterious.”Black Flag x Damaged isi Wild Gift sen The Psychedelic Furs ~The Human |eague Talk, Talk, Talk 1981) Dare! (1981) bn me ‘oar ‘novel nny athe ibe th wenn hen (rt ee and ie yt berThe Gun Club | Fire Of Love vse “ye conjured up and released °” many different malevolent spirits on that one.” 2 Bauhaus | Maskios1)Bobby Womack TomTom Club Rush Abba The Poet (1981) TomTom Club (1981) Moving Pictures 1981) The Visitors i981) hese tae of art ou Tse ty ea Sana ext nd sn {imipenem Combs haon ce” He 1 hehe Petia alaABC | The Lexicon Of Love (1982) st producers lookin terms limitations. Trevor Horn looked in terms of possibilities Prince | 1999 1982)Elvis Costello And The Attractions Grandmaster Flash AndThe Furious Five Imperial Bedroom 1922) The Message ssa { “Somebody said we should dox raprecord,and we said hell na.” STMidnight Runners Simple Minds New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) 11982) Kevin Row Too-Rye-Ay (1982) used to argue with EMIMat The Rise And Fall :1982)Donald Fagen The Nightfly ses Haircut One Hundred Pelican West 11982) Kate Bush ‘Orange Juice The Dreaming (1982) Rip It Up 1982)The BirthdayParty Venom Junkyard «sea Black Metal ssa) Bruce Springsteen Nebraska (922) Associates Sulk (1982)‘The Number Of The Beast (1982)Duran Duran | Rio sea Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes iiss mere re We providea service thathelps ‘westerns “What we're saying is,Here's eee Fowucnsvane” your face...Here'sraw emotion SIT eee Can you deal with his? romanticism thrown backin people get through theirlives.”MalcolmMcLaren Def Leppard REM, TheThe Duck Rock ie) Pyromania tise) Murmur ces) Soul Mining «ses ‘se may he ‘ee rst ane Panag aSwordfishtrombones (1983)The Blue Nile AWalk Across The Rooftops (1983) Hanoi Rocks BackTo ‘Mystery City sea) Cyndi Lauper She's So Unusual (1983) Paul Simon Hearts And Bones (1243)Echo And The Bunnymen | Porcupine ase) ZZ Top | Eliminator ses) iewayoany | ® *ZZTop will never be “considered a punk,new wave, orhighly electronic band.”‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) ::9s3v2 The Police War ise) Synchronicity 098») Meat Puppets Culture Club Meat Puppets lliixs3) Colour By Numbers aoe) Sime ae ny Sart et eat sree tee te teen palsy ua Sosy Eo Spm ‘ening nm aeFrankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasuredome ses) Run-DMC Run-DMC (1988) The big labels wouldn’teven womans nvcettuch. | lookatus because they thought Rap wasn’tselling nothinSade Diamond Life tives) Cocteau Twins Treasure (1984) Minor Threat Out OF Step sea) Van Halen 1984 (1984)Prince And The Revolution Purple Rainhe Replacements |Let It Be sea he Style Council | Café Bleu see 1 wanted to be Bob Dylan,Private Dancer 11904)Echo AndThe Bunnymen Ocean Rain i1se0 Minutemen Double Nickels On The Dime (ise) Lloyd Cole And Youssou TheCommoticns N'Dour Rattlesnakes (ise Immigrés sea ntotaipsnena dutta ereThe Fall Abdullah Ibrahim A-ha Tears For Fears This Nation's Water From An Hunting High Songs From Saving Grace (1985) Ancient Well i985) ' And Low 1985) The Big Chair (185)Dire Straits | Brothers In Arms (10s “> indication ef the quality of Vd written alot of wanted to record’em.Prefab Sprout Mekons Big Black Suzanne Vega Steve McQueen (19s) Fear And Whiskey «ses Atomizer sss) Suzanne Vega i935) spac1e Pogues | Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash 1385Kate Bush | Hounds Of Love rises I ~ “Ws almost like two separate albums...ifthey'relinked it's only by the theme of love.” The Smiths | Meat Is Murder (92s) “Just as the publiccan be inspired they can also begin ‘toyawnat the very notion of "yet another cong fora cause.”Tom Waits The Jesus & Mary Chain New Order Simply Red Rain Dogs 1905) Psychocandy «199s; Low-Life 198s) Picture Book (192s) Thetis 2Dexy’s Midnight Runners Scritti Politti Don't Stand Me Down woes) Cupid And Psyche 85 ses) ™ “IneverlistentomyElvis Costello And The Attractions Afrika Bambaataa And The Soul Sonic Force Blood And Chocolate 1980. Planet Rock—The Album 198») This became the birth of the electio funk.... sound,Metallica | Master Of Puppets (20) The lyrics I write,t write pretty ‘much for myself..m not telling people how to think. The The | Infected isa) I've been a perfectionist in the studio, which isa neurotic condition where you just want utingr snc coum ae peng pte everything to be as good asit possibly canbe.Nanci Griffith The Last Of The True Believers 11286, Billy Bragg Talking With The Taxman About Poetry (1986) TalkTalk Megadeth The Colour Peace Sells... Of Spring «1580 But Who's Buying? sesSlippery When Wet:Sonic Youth Evol 1986) Slayer Reign In Blood «iss Throwing Muses Throwing Muses 11986 Paul Simon Graceland (1286) Sheeran ten tein me ‘Moher sector mt ont hye ss Pesaran ‘ost sophnbom 8 ‘Mipeetenginammettorongene A ines sip me hey ‘Sos stance ean fe mini Rrsuning nnRaising Hell :1286XTC Skylarking seo Steve Earle Guitar Town 1986) Bad Brains Against | a20s) Anita Baker Rapture 11386)XTC Steve Earle Bad Brains Anita Baker Skylarking (1986) Guitar Town (1986) 1 Against | (1986, Rapture (1986)Peter Gabriel | Soxsee - tended to hide from some things, both personaland in my music... itwas partofa coming-out process. became a musician because! wanted to grab aguitar and play onit. meiwenengvnen twasmtabout sex!Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris DinosaurJr. You're Living All Over Me 11387) Trio 11987) “I've made alot of mistakes “We peaked, we'dachieved inthe minds of some people.” * everything we'd wanted frombeinga band.”Def Leppard REM. Prince The Cult Hysteria osen Document iver) Sign O'The Times ise Electric sen Pedr age Tetons 51367Depeche Mode | Music For The Masses (1987) “americans more than anyone have suffered fromten years of oto re-runs...we came alongat the righttime.” ag The Sisters Of Mercy | Floodland «sen Itseemed like a good idea atthe time tohave forty people singingat once, (Wve no idea why.”Hiisker Du Butthole Surfers Warehouse: Locust Abortion Songs And Stories 187) Technician 1987 Astor Piazzolla The Smiths And Gary Burton “Strangeways, The NewTango xen Here We Come” sen ‘po orb Sone wt awe aed suntineeyattedathycaitnraind nics aaraarhere’a i euler epate ‘otrencn eecetcnteerorane soe interning hte 253Guns N’ Roses | Appetite For Destruction iseThe Jesus And Mary Chain | Darklands «1987 Ladysmith Black Mar >| Shaka Zulu (i987) m “Everything wemake sounds likea song, even fits differentto because it comes any other pop song, rom the blood.Laibach Napalm Death Opus Deivi287) Scum 11987) Sonic Youth The Triffids Sister i987) Calenture irs87)Michael Jackson | Bad sen wcenr ith 'm never pleased with * anything. 'ma perfectionist. Itspartof who lam. © “Ifelt at this time thatwe had the secret of contemporary pop music.”The Joshua Tree (1987)Terence Trent D’Arby | Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby i267) * “Laman artist. Absolutely.’ The Pogue If | Should Fall From Grace With God 1198s) Te PocusLeonard Cohen | I'm Your Man ses) The Waterboys | Fisherman's Blues (1988) LEONARD f Everything changed comfort and deep solace * and stimulationfor the "imagination and courage.Fishbone Everything But The Girl Living Colour Mudhoney Truth And Soul iss) Idlewild 2s Vivid «see Superfuzz Bigmuff ss Stomison aay ang Gomme sig eo cymeHappy Mondays The Go-Betweens Cowboy Junkies Tracy Chapman Bummed ses) 16 Lovers Lane ses) The Trinity Session sss) Tracy Chapman «ses ‘etna hanesMy Bloody Valentine | Isn't Anything ses) Pixies | Surfer Rosa ses) tthad a Bible upbringing.”‘And Justice For Allises) Dinosaur Jr.| Bug ns Now, looking back onit, was the blueprint . Vimlike, “Jesus, we are so tamer fora whole musical movement. not normal! Nobody really cae nestor ri. 208 played like that Siang arte Gere we he ayDagmar Krause K.D.Lang American Music Club Morrissey Tank Battles i168) Shadowland :isee) California i980) “Viva Hate" ise tw on heSonic Youth | Daydream Nation (1288) SRGehae SST “Styingtogethersotonaves craalinbeing taken sous The Sugarcubes | Life's Too Good ses Everything must be done with passion.dwight Yoakam Jane's Addiction Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room ses Nothing's Shocking ise) 1 don't journal mylife.>ublic Er It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back iis22)Faith No More |The Real Thing 189) Lenny Kravitz | Let Love Rule (1989) 9, oups that cameJohn | ee Hooker |The Healer ase Saunt WoL Youlook at John and you realize that there will neve be another like him New Order | Technique ase ‘We were heavily influenced by ibiza, butnot to the point did any workLike A ~~Queen Latifah All Hail The Queen (ise) Playing With Fire «se» Fromohio 1969 Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique ise eter snr De fafa occ ove ph tam btn no ef ge Ieorne tis wou st intense Comte Siestcrminshm rps a tyThe Young Gods John Zorn | Spy Vs.Spy—The Music Of LEau Rouge 11989 Ornette Coleman «se» “There were alot of question : ms re marks hanging over what weThe Stone Roses |The Stone Roses (1980) ‘estan te ne a "We're justa simple beat group, simple downtrodden folk. Neneh Cherry | Raw Like Sushi (1985) ‘pmdaaltynvarteegoterteacnte, — “op ..is justabout making, something thatcomes across ina simple way.”Baaba Maal And Mansour Seck Djam Leelii senKate Bush | The Sensual World 1:09) “Growing up for most people < isjust trying to stop escaping ihe oon went Oo “Butl'mnot sure if people Sessa Br ah cveaes gees sod @VEF GFOW Up proporly. The Cure | Disintegration (1282)808 State | 808:90 1909) Coldcut |What's That Noise? 1999) oLpcur ATS THAT NOISE! J mon? it really did my head in when eran ine Guru dosh got to Spain first ‘The Doors, butit'sabit ‘wint late now.” and got 17 weeks at number ‘one when’Pacific State” ‘sarees nc mins mos should've done it.Barry Adamson | Moss Side Story i969) Aerosmith | Pump ses) MOSS Si apyt STORY Ina blackand white world : We just love to get up on murder bringsa touch of color. " stage and play.Pixies | Doolittle 128s) Ym justacollege dropout Bonnie Raitt | Nick Of Time 1389) Vn still a bronco buil in the chute.'m ready.Fugazi Repeater 0909) Soul || Soul | Club Classics Vol. One (1989) ~ “We owe younothing. You haveno control. You ‘We couldn'tget any more ‘= people inour parties... ne because there was noone leftin the streets.”DeLa Soul Janet Jackson Jungle Brothers NWA, 3 Feet High Rhythm Nation Done ByTheForces Straight Outta And Rising 1s 1814 cise) Of Nature 909) Compton ise»)Cocteau Twins | Heaven Or Las Vegas 1390) scree terme [uz Fraser] wes hiding behind the sounds she made. = The Shamen | En-Tact (1990) watt "Eloctronic musicissuch a powerful way of composing asthie album hopefully shows.”The La’s |The La’s 11990) Ws like, the closer you getto perfection the closer you get toiunperfection, simple as. EE, The Black Crowes | Shake Your Money Maker 2:0 ‘Some guys know how to * party and some justdon't. aPixies Megadeth Digital Underground Pet Shop Boys Bossanova (1990) Rust In Peace 990) Sex Packets (1350) Behaviour i930)Pills 'N’Thrills And Bellyaches 1220)George Michael Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990) ‘Justthought twas very * important to explain myself ———— Neil Young And Crazy Horse Ragged Glory :1ss0) re eT it’s allone big, growing, smoldering sound.Ice Cube Jane's Addiction LL Cool J Public Enemy AmerikKKa's Ritual De Lo Mama Said Fear OfA Most Wanted 1990) Habitual (1990) Knock You Outi1980 Black Planet (1220)ine Connor || Do Not Want What Tribe Called Quest | People's Instinctive | Haven't Got 1990) Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm (1920)Sonic Youth Goo 1960 wn | SOME ZOE aaioin 1 10'ed everything...at the * end, youheara pop whereit lowe up,Ride | Nowhere 220) My Bloody Valentine | Loveless ise SEER SS -vounaeoundertand Stas etna cS We started out onthe =" if you take any of the wrong foot and never got cloments out of Ride,the back on the right one. "| sound goas completely.’ °Nirvana | Nevermind (1921)‘Crowded House Woodface (1991) Cypress Hill Cypress Hill ooo) Julian Cope Peggy Suicide ass») Gang Starr Step In The Arena 29» tn end ny a ed ‘nin te abun tng ponm snd“ tepeinecmbeaipe natu KY mahrrtecshgnouiaonci rsa vty ie ‘SaathMC Solaar } Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart Qui Séme Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo cise) Rising Above Bedlam (1991) SES NG EyeBlood Sugar Sex Magik 2Ice-T Mudhoney Public Enemy ATribe Called Quest 0G Original Every Good Boy Apocalypse 91...The The LowEnd Gangster «v0 Deserves Fudge ise Enemy Strikes Black 2) Theory ise) ‘atmo rete etyoucspensgeateramone A oehebaieSaint Etienne | Foxbase Alpha os) "We threw in as many of the things weloved as we could. We nan te Sepultura | Arise woo ‘We could have paid ...more attention tosome things, but * then again, it might not sound Tks we had fun makingjit.Slint | Spiderland (1991) ‘lint was unspoken. ttwas about subtlety awareness the fraternal order of Louisville, Kentucky.Few peopleseem to r mit cyan RAVE UITeNit but what the rosiretne teasrpsnecrsimen fuckdoes that matter?” aE U: \chtung Baby 191) “We have to go away—anid dream itallup eg: eeThe KLF |The White Room :1s91) Massive Attack | Blue Lines 91) en mee el “black, nobody ripped us off, yet we felt absolutely awfulPrimal Scream | Screamadelica ise “The best thing about ‘Loaded’ was that it proved we were right.” Teenage Fanclub | Bandwagonesque os» ‘Rumi oan ne sone tcann min ne “The concept behind The Seaton concept.”Metallica (199Pavement | Slanted And Enchanted 1992) Aphex Twin | Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1992) My music’s my favoriteArrested Development |3 Years,5 Months And 2Days In The Life Of Arrested Developmentiiss2) Koffi Olomide | Haut De Gamme —Koweit, Rive Gauche (1992) “(Tcha-Teho] means‘let'sbe sah yes mony nis waenn we WWEauthentic—every time,” ‘te wks ute mac posts am different, Ihave class.”Morrissey |"Your Arsenal” 1992) wanted to make as physical an album as| possibly could, Baaba Maal | Lam Toro (1992) wen cot machine MA in africa unication.tys ike an library burning down, ——————onheads Rage Against The Machine It’s A Shame About Ray 999 Rage Against The Machine (1992) lama damn good singer. SO “Fight the war, i“experiences of falling inlove, andit’s the most personally evealing record "ve ..made.” Dr.Dre | The Chronic ssaAutomatic For The People (i392; he Pha Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde 192)Spiritualized | Lazer Guided Melodies (1952) What | want to convey are 5 the sort offeelings that think one cto everyone's felt in their life. Sugar | Copper Blue sen ‘certainly don't anticipate Nirvana's success opening m the way for Sugar...Ifight my own fight.Tom Waits Sonic Youth | Stereo MCs Ministry Bone Machine (1992) Dirty (1992) Connected (1992) Psalm 69 1992)Tori Amos| Little Earthquakes (1992) Ice Cube | The Predator (1992) TORI AMBS you call mean airy-fairy, new-age hippy waif will cut your penis off.Pantera [Vulgar Display Of Power se2) Sones, ‘Now with Philin the band "we've gota chance to make those rifs fully happen eg Alice In Chains | Dirtirss2 When I'm writing music, Hind myselfin my head esNi Henry's Dream sea Nusrat Fate Devotional Songs 12:2 ust songs that don’ within thPJ. Harvey | Dry 9aSuede (1993) Wild Woad 11993) er NGSiamese DreatLiz Phair Exile In Guyville 993) Auteurs New Wave 11993) ‘teu rc ste hi Pa he Mtn nee ‘Sheena Saigo ‘iw ne epee a ase ‘eo tema » wd) eed ww ugh shy heen ose comma ayaa oe Eamenemneeratt Aimze Mann “Whatever” 1923) The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen ise sated thee cea Feat abs ear ps Cones een nee (Sctumrmacoobuer manson itis feenighy wrote ete bose heAipripstomesya 0) seman gere ahh wtGrant Lee Buffalo | Fuzzy vss» Nirvana |In Uteronsss) Some musicis...anintlmate perience, other musicis more.ofabroader celebration.Emergency On Planet Earth 199») svn vamiroquaiPet Shop Boys | Very cis) PJ. Harvey | Rid Of Me «992. simstamndsemsenn “DOIwantloads of people to know whof am?" Tuityinetiomeniangntncniee “IThe Pet Shop Boys] rein * pop butnot oftBlur Sheryl Crow The Fall Modern Life Tuesday Night The Infotainment Is Rubbish (1993) Music Club (1993) Scan ig93) ko Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 1993)i PA WNTT ——Orbital Snoop Doggy Dogg Sebadoh The Boo Radleys Orbital tases) Doggystyle ass» Bubble And Scrape iss) Giant Steps i003)Strange Cargo III (1993) Tical 1994)Frank Black Girls Against Boys Jeru The Damaja Pavement Teenager Venus Luxure The Sun Rises Crooked Rain, Of The Year (1990) No.1 Baby 199.) In The East sea) Crooked Rain ise) SsBeth a backing track, Je will chaniTt f jise | Haunted Dancehall 1994) Mlmatic 11994) S————Beastie Boys Elvis Costello Il Communication ieee) Brutal Youth 999) coer Morrissey TLC Vauxhall Andlns) —_CrazySexyCool sea tothe cmc ie ye " ‘ns sue a9 oe a veasis | Definitely Maybe i199)fe Like Jehu | Yank Crime irs) DRWE LIKE JEHU Yank The Offspring | Smash 990 Co) y$ orb m Ned chime se “Ithinkbands...take Ijust wantto be really themselves too seriously...” fucking shit hot on fire.”Parklife (1994)G.Love And Special Sauce G.Love And Special Sauce 9) Ali Farka Touré With Ry Cooder Talking Timbuktu 1953) rely 4 matemmesecame | “For some people, Timbuktu islike the end of the world... [but] we are right at the heart.”Live Through ThisMassive Attack Manic Street Preachers Suede The Notorious B.I.G. Protection (1994) The Holy Bible 11994) Dog Man Star (994) Ready To Die (1994) ‘ay br or oe at mo ae her ya yea ed oeOrbital | Snivilisation i129) UNPLUGGED TH NEWYORK. zations have been : " ent wtto change our style de ‘conquered and sustaining itself much longer.a a z 8 a g = e\digy | Music For The Jilted Generation (199) Dookie (1994)Foo Fighters | Foo Fighters ss the band’s natural instinct isto be more aggressive, louder,looser,and rawer..." Garbage | Garbage 195, ~ "lamsweet, but fuck with me andt'll mop the floor with you.smokers Delight 0995 Maxinquaye assRaekwon The Smashing Pumpkins Rocket From The 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 i1951 Should Coco (1995)Guided By Voices Alien Lanes (1955) Femi Kuti Femi Kuti 1995) The Verve ANorthern Soul 11995) Genius/GZA Liquid Swords (1995) ‘awe netbeans ‘wer honey pce 9 Pinecone west eben sent ‘sera eat ah oem sade ema tot odd hy hw aed nena ta parr ig ‘thse nahn (es ro apo i nn to sete ran nd 4s innoyour sounds influenced : ‘im making black music by the development of the " That's the only boundary to + machines you use. a os stay with.asis | (What's The Story) Morning Glory? 199s)Goldie Alanis Morissette Screaming Trees Super Furry Animals Timeless 1205 Jagged Little Pill w»95 Dust (9961 Fuzzy Logic issFatboy Slim Dr.Octagon Stereolab Tortoise Better Living Through Dr.Octagonecologyst Emperor Tomato Millions Now Living Chemistry 1950 (1961 Ketchup. Will Never Diewa toed ntrooon ATOdelay 1996)Belle And Sebastian |"Tigermilk" 1996) = SEBASTIAN] tes a waits “Inthree months, we hadto een nea wt get a full bandtogether and makea properrecord...” DJ Shadow | Endtroducing ... 1956 ..an introduction to what hip hop used to represent =eEels The Divine Comedy Fiona Apple Wilco Beautiful Freak js) Casanova 1090) Tidal 35s) Being There (1995) testy ond tr cosponnno em i ‘ong ssh apc ety ns Ha | tomoe cucaBarry Adamson Fun Lovin’ Criminals Maxwell The Charlatans Oedipus Come Find Maxwell's Urban Tellin’ Schmoedipus 11995) Yourself (1996) Hang Suite (1296) Stories (1996)Manic Street Preachers | Everything Must Go :1»%5 There was just...elation. Everything But The Girl |Walking Wounded 1298 SVERYTHING seb RRO 8 dike to think that restraint isthe underlying strength of everything that we de.Murder Ballads (1996)L.T.i.Bukem Underworld The Jon Spencer The Cardigans Logical Second Toughest Blues Explosion First Band Progression (1996) In The Infants :199) Now [Got Worry (193) On The Moon (1996)L.T.J.Bukem Underworld The Jon Spencer The Cardigans Second Toughest Blues Explosion First Band Logical In The Infants 0990) Now | Got Worry os) OnThe Moonee Progression 150)Antichrist Superstar 996,|The Score 11996) 1 |1977 (1956)| If You're Feeling Sinister 96) ur| Blurass7 el ctr will feel alot better when are buying ..the songs.Radiohead | OK Computer (1997) ) Finley Quaye | Maverick A Strike 997 “There wasa real shortage of strong songwriters around.”Supa Dupa Fly. Dig Your Own Hole isonPrimal Scream | Vanishing Point 1997) “Vanishing Foint sounds like steroeteeenarin a ones wera junkyard breaking down ‘emai ns t's punk rock for 1997." Robert Wyatt | Shleep «ssn mene coe “There arenotes and intervals and chords and rhythms, ‘Some Ilike,somel don't.”Itfeels good to makearecordThe Fat Of The Land 1997Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Buena Vista Social Club 11997) The Boatman's Call :1997) Words endure, flesh does not. ==A Short Album About Love (1997) When | Was Born For The 7th Time i997)bie Willi Life Thru A Lens (1997) Ma Butterfly 997 jolve around eGSupergrass In ItForThe Money «sen seme ‘ovetel swans Senn any mse ty ce Finer yt st Sains eee Stl Sn ma come on eo ‘tcp al fe “eto pr Taw dandes sang bie oe Bob Dylan Time Out Of Mind «1997 nde sn ao, ‘Saco omega a ck he sighs hp one Pra nits inns tong mre oo ‘Monts res sl mia 0 mo Roni Size/Reprazent New Forms ssn ‘ari nee erg eb Trott we pr age evo ray ht Ro sueostnm ten tnt i Soto masse ‘hediatanhageinctiann Elliott Smith Either /Or 997 Sie dc ech yy Tiecte ye tir See aged nog Sc a San oh a ‘etmitingntonan pba tows mg el an ayThe Dandy Warhols | The Dandy Warhols Come Down 11997) Spiritualized |Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space iss» The songs work acapella.”Bob Dylan Manu Chao Billy Bragg And Wilco Turbonegro Live 1966 11998 Clandestino vse Mermaid Avenue «ss Apocalypse Dudes (108Fatboy Slim | You've Come A Long Way, Baby «1s David Gray | White Ladder 1550) ‘That was my template: "It’s generally unhealthy to make something much be concerning yourselftoo more soulful.” ‘ hat other peopleCar Wheels On A Gravel Road 1998) UCINDA wittsams2ulp | This Is Hardcore ise)Laur The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 199Hole | Celebrity Skin (1998) Rev | Deserter’s Songs i959) eresSystem Of A Down Queens OFT Ag ‘System Of A Down 1998) Queens Of The Stone Age 11998)Air |Moon Safari (1998) Talvin Singh | OK «1998 stra nn, “Wearea free band. We don't see eee neste nteenes care about being on the radio SE Shaving ahi” See Corbounl uti te ec et “The industry needs to accept ‘music that’s bit colorful. am nota minority anymorKorn | Follow The Leader (199) Khaled | Kenza (1999)Kid Rock Devil Without A Cause 1998) Boards Of Canada Music Has The Right To Children (1398) Suba Sao Paulo Confessions (1999) XTC Apple Venus Volume 1 (1999)Incubus The Magnetic Fields Make Yourselfiss 69 Love Songs i190» Travis The Man Who «:95) Slipknot Slipknot 1350ett Central Reservation 1995) Beyond Skin 1995)‘Wewantedittobe organic, like Krautrock or th psychedelic stuff, we wanted tohave that raw soul Moby | Play 92sThe Flaming Lips Les Rythmes Digitales LeTigre Eminem The Soft Bulletin 1s, Darkdancer 1995) LeTigre cise The Slim Shady LP 1399) “aMetallica Bonnie“Prince” Billy S&M (9999) 1 See A Darkness (1999) Shack H.M.S. Fable i199») Basement Jaxx Remedy i950Red Hot Chili Peppers | Californication 11999) Sigur Ros | Agzetis Byrjun 199) It’s definitely fantastic that people appreciate what redoing.+ Premiere of MTV The Osbournes + First privately funded human space fight + Ali forces invade ina + Euro introduced + iPod launched 2000ss | Lost Souls (2x00) Air | The Virgin Suicides (2000)Ryan Adams Heartbreaker 2000 Bebel Gilberto Tanto Tempo 2000 M.J.Cole Sincere (2000) Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl aos)np Bizkit | Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water zoRadiohead | Kid A 200 U2 | All That You Can't Leave Behind (2000), “You pour yourlife inta songs, ouwant them to be heard.”Linkin Park | Hybrid Theory 2000 ‘We aren'ta mainstream act:the mainstream cametous. Elliott Smith | Figure 8 200:Badly Drawn Boy The Hour Of Bewilderbeast 000) P.J. Harvey Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (2000Coldplay | Parachutes i200)Common Mike Ladd Like Water Welcome To: For Chocolate (2000) The Afterfuture (2000) Red Snapper Our Aim Is To Satisfy 2000) Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000)1p | Felt Mountain (2000,Giant Sand | Chore Of Enchantment (2000), Lambchop | Nixon oo) aint “Mashvillesthought of asthe memntrmintentensetiens+ country-music capital and all ‘me cue ws» that crap, but ithasa nice R&B history, too,Jte Lemper | Punishing Kiss 2000) eanbeastrict authoritarian, oralittle flower, ora powerful erotic femme fatale.’ ———_—_—_—— Madonna | Music 2000 “"What can you expect? Funky, ‘electronic musicblended withThe Avalanches Outkast Since | Left You (2000) Stankonia 2000) Radiohead Amnesiac (2001) Silver Jews Bright Flight 2conBjork | Vespertine 200» ‘This album s partly about * creating acocoon.” Gorillaz | Gorillaz:a00»The Strokes Is This It 200»,Gillian Welch | Time (The Revelator) 200) ‘My God, the stuff that Davidisdoing,it'snot traditional atall.” Gotan Project | La Revancha Del Tango 2) ihinkeitwas important Just to say thattangois m= notdead.”White Blood Cells 2001)The Beta Band | Hot Shots Il,200» “Hot Shots thas ended up being afair representation of the work of a good collective. Jay-Z |The Blueprint aconMelody A.M..20»)Drive-ByTruckers Super Furry Animals Jurassic 5 Wilco Southern Rock Rings Around The Power In Yankee Hotel Opera oon) World con «Numbers 2002) Foxtrot 2002) Te Se i Cosine ebALittle Deeper 2002) cS = Tai £s | 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 IV:The Man Comes Around ;2002 Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002)> The Last Broadcast (2002)Bruce Springsteen Christina Aguilere The Rising (2002) Stripped aco.) The Roots Phrenology ca) Beck Sea Change (2002) . | i et mon ptt cee papa ned athjustin T mberlake | Justified ;2002) ‘When you writea bunchof songs,they'relike your babies, The Vines | Highly Evolved (2002) “Guitars are sacred...Except acoustic guitars. They're the devil'sinstruments.”The Hives |Your New Favorite Band (2002) Radiohead | Hail To The Thief (2003)Calexico | Feast Of Wire 2003) Cc CANEPermission To Land 2003)The White Stripes |Elephant 200s) Boy In Da Corner (2003) I bashedit out quickKings of Leon | Youth And Young Manhood (200) The Thrills | So Much For The City oa) eis Ifyou dissect the stories, like to call this more [our songs] are not beautiful.” of an escapist record than ® a California roadmap.oS. Fever To Tell 2003)Outkast 50Cent ) TheMars Volta Lightning Bolt Speakerboxx/ Get Rich De-loused In The Wonderful The Love Below (2003, Or Die Tryin’ 2003) i Comatorium (2003) Rainbow (2003)yt |Want One (2003) landinv Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters :2008) janted to make music people could enjoy.Mylo Brian Wilson The Icarus Line Arcade Fire Destroy Rock & Roll ;2002) Smile coo) Penance Soirée 201, Funeral 200) ae cay th oy eo srgniog we eben of hy the sy ep ny a cs aay ye tenn ne oye ha Sees on tgs oe heme tno we one ut es rahe Stay ead gee at ee mon ange he ena ‘Siocon het te fe sets she cmpony ea spe oct eae perercgweimptraghtedinisnte! gyi mats ne epee mcr et Toe meh eh fly Pobrepran mdaeny cre etn hme nes reDevendra Banhart Rejoicing In The Hands coo») Nick Cave And The Rad Seeds Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus 2004)NERD. The Beta Band Ozomatli The Libertines Fly Or Die 200s Heroes To Zeros 2008 Street Signsizc0 The Libertines 01Kanye West ‘Cee-Lo Green TV On The Radio Liars The College Cee-Lo Green....Is The Desperate Youths, TheyWereWrong, Dropout i008) Soul Machine oo» Blood Thirsty Babes aco So We Drowned i008)AGrand Don't Come For Free (2004)The Zutons | Who Killed ...The Zutons? (2008) The Killers | Hot Fuss (2004) re ts all about finding the weirdest music you can be into.Aha Shake Heartbreak 200=) Arular 2005)Beck| Guero coos) ‘Guero! was a song! wanted towritefor 10 years.” The White Stripes | Get Behind Me Satan oes) ‘This album is an exploration of ..the ideal of truth.”Artist Index, General Index : al H Ait daliflsat He,ROTEL TELNET HHL AF Picture Credits Acknowledgments