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The Phantom's CD Collection

This incomplete listing was generated automagically on Fri May 6 11:05:18 PDT 2005

Last three albums purchased:

# Artist Album Title Rel Comments Rating Cover
1. 10,000 Maniacs
  • Official site
  • In My Tribe 1987 Sounds much more modern than an 80s album. More upbeat than most of Natalie Merchant's recent albums A-
    2. 3 Colours Red
  • fan site
  • Pure 1998 At least they spelled colours right
    3. 3 Doors Down
  • Official site
  • The Better Life 1999
    4. 311
  • fan site
  • Transistor 1997 C
    5. ABBA
  • fan site
  • Gold 1992 For some reason I was feeling nostalgic for 1970s dance music. Hard to explain
    6. Abandoned Pools
  • Official site
  • Humanistic 2001
    7. Air
  • Official site
  • Astralwerks site
  • Talkie Walkie 2004
    8. Alison's Halo Eyedazzler 1992-1996 1998
    9. Amos, Tori
  • official site
  • From the Choirgirl Hotel 1998
    10. Andreone, Leah
  • Official site
  • Veiled 1996
    11. Ash
  • Official site
  • 1977 1996
    12. Free All Angels (ECD) 2002
    13. Ashcroft, Richard
  • Official site
  • Alone with Everybody 2000 A good but disappointing solo debut from former Verve lead singer B
    14. Ataris, The
  • Official site
  • So Long, Astoria 2003 what the deuce does this have to do with Star Raiders??
    15. B52's, The
  • Official site
  • Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation 1998
    16. Bachman, Tal
  • Official site
  • Tal Bachman 1999
    17. Bad Religion
  • fan site
  • Stranger Than Fiction 1994 That track about the 21st century digital boy gives me the creeps
    18. Badly Drawn Boy
  • Official site
  • The Hour of the Bewilderbeest 2000
    19. Ballboy
  • Official site
  • Club Anthems 2002 heard the underwear song on spinner.com and decided to try it out. Almost complete lack of melodies C
    20. Beastie Boys
  • Official site
  • Ill Communication 1994 Michael gave this to me
    21. Beatles, The Yellow Submarine soundtrack 1999
    22. Beck
  • official site
  • Mellow Gold 1994
    23. Odelay 1996 way overrated B
    24. Mutations 1998 softer sounds than previous A-
    25. Midnite Vultures 1999
    26. Belle and Sebastian
  • Official site
  • If You're Feeling Sinister 1997
    27. The Boy With The Arab Strap 1998 To paraphrase: The Phantom had a nervous breakdown at the age of 28. It could have been a brilliant career A-
    28. Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant 2000
    29. Dear Catastrophe Waitress 2003
    30. Belén, Ana
  • Sitio oficial
  • Peces de Ciudad 2001 Escuché la nueva canción Qué Pena mientras en un restaurante en Madrid, España, durante el verano 2001, entonces fui a algunas tiendas de musica pidiendo en mi español malo, pero no encontré nada. En EEUU, encontré el CD en CD Now, tomé el mp3 en Napster, y finalmente decidí comprar este albúm excellente desde Amazon A-
    31. Bethany Curve
  • Official site
  • Gold 1999
    32. Better Than Ezra
  • Official site
  • How Does Your Garden Grow 1998
    33. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 1998
    34. Bjork
  • Official site
  • Post 1995 First heard "Army of Me" on the Tankgirl soundtrack in 1995. A great CD A
    35. Telegram 1997
    36. Black Box Recorder
  • fan site
  • England Made Me 1999 dude how can a chick with such a nice voice make such an evil album? A-
    37. Blige, Mary J. Share My World 1997
    38. Blondie
  • fan site
  • Remixed, Remade, Remodeled 1995 made a nice soundtrack while playing Madden Football on 3DO B
    39. Blur
  • Official site
  • Blur 1997 First heard the woo-hoo song during an Avalanche-Red Wings game
    40. Think Tank 2003
    41. Bonham, Tracy The Burdens of Being Upright 1996 a few catchy tunes from memorable summer of 1996 B
    42. Boo Radleys, The Everything's Alright Forever 1992
    43. Brooks, Meredith
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Blurring the Edges 1997
    44. Buffalo Tom
  • Official site
  • Let Me Come Over 1998 Have wanted to get something by this group since hearing a song on a Volume CD/Book in 95
    45. Built to Spill
  • Official site
  • Keep It Like a Secret 1999
    46. Bush
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Sixteen Stone 1995 Contains "Machinehead," 4th greatest song of all time; also 1995-1996 Avalanche theme Comedown A-
    47. Razorblade Suitcase 1996 B
    48. Deconstructed 1997 B
    49. The Science of Things 1999 Sure, almost all their tracks on every album sound the same, but that's a good thing A-
    50. Golden State 2001
    51. Butler, Bernard
  • Official site
  • People Move On 1998 A-
    52. Friends and Lovers 2000
    53. Cake
  • Official site
  • Comfort Eage 2001
    54. Cardigans, The
  • offical site
  • First Band on the Moon 1996 A-
    55. Life 1996 Didn't know music could get this saccharine. I feel the need to brush my teeth. Daddy's Car a nice geograhic tune A-
    56. Gran Turismo 1998 Nice glossy liner notes. Recently upgraded from C after hearing Erase/Rewind in the movie The Thirteenth Floor in a positive context B
    57. Long Gone Before Daylight 2003
    58. Catatonia
  • Official site
  • International Velvet 1998 heard Road Rage on CMJ CD and was hooked A
    59. Equally Blessed And Cursed 1999
    60. Catherine Wheel, The
  • Official site
  • Ferment 1992 Another shoegazer album I bought despite the atrocity that is Adam and Eve. Bought this after hearing several mp3s via napster A
    61. Adam and Eve 1997 Really divergent from their earlier lush sounds C
    62. Wishville 2000
    63. Chapterhouse
  • fan site
  • fan site
  • Whirlpool 1991
    64. Charlatans, The
  • Official site
  • Some Friendly 1990 Highly recommended by Michael after I found it browsing Encore record store in Ann Arbour
    65. Up to Our Hips 1994
    66. Wonderland 2001 surprisingly bland brit pop C
    67. Chemical Brothers, The Dig Your Own Hole 1997
    68. Chumbawumba
  • First Church of Chumbawumba
  • Tubthumper 1997 I'm nostalgic for 1-hit wonders
    69. Church, The
  • fan site
  • Starfish 1988 To have something to discuss with Michael
    70. Citizen King
  • Official site
  • Mobile Estates 1999
    71. Clash, The London Calling 1979
    72. Cocteau Twins
  • Official site
  • BBC Sessions 1999
    73. Coldplay
  • Official site
  • Parachutes 2000 A
    74. A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
    75. Cole, Natalie Ask A Woman Who Knows 2002
    76. Cole, Paula
  • Official site
  • This Fire 1996
    77. Collective Soul
  • Official site
  • Blender 2000
    78. Coltrane, John
  • fan site
  • A Love Supreme 1964
    79. Corrs, The
  • Official site
  • In Blue 2000 Those chicks are hot B
    80. Cowboy Junkies, The
  • Official site
  • Open 2001
    81. Cranberries
  • Official site in Ireland
  • Dreams (single) 1992
    82. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Fan site
  • Willy & the Poor Boys 1969
    83. Chronical: 20 Greatest Hits 1988
    84. Crow, Sheryl
  • Official site
  • Tuesday Night Music Club 1993
    85. Sheryl Crow 1996 A-
    86. The Globe Sessions (ECD) 1998 "My Favorite Mistake" is a nice radio-friendly song, but what is there after that? Not nearly as deep as her last album C
    87. C'mon C'mon 2002
    88. Crystal Method, The
  • official site
  • Vegas 1997
    89. Cure, The
  • official site
  • Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me 1987
    90. Disintegration 1989
    91. Wish 1992
    92. Show 1993
    93. Wild Mood Swings 1996
    94. Bloodflowers 2000
    95. Curve
  • Official site
  • Pubic Fruit 1992
    96. Cuckoo 1993
    97. Gold 2001
    98. Daft Punk
  • Official site
  • Homework 1996
    99. Dandy Warhols, The
  • Official site
  • Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia 2000 Hard to classify this album, so I'm not going to try A-
    100. Davis, Alana
  • Official site
  • Fortune Cookies 2001
    101. Delerium
  • Official site
  • Karma 1997 First heard of them from 1st track of Brokedown Palace while driving around Florida with Brad
    102. Depeche Mode
  • Official site
    (best-designed site for a group I've seen)
  • excellent fan site
  • my info page
  • Get the Balance Right (maxi-single) 1983 2 versions of GtBR; The Great Outdoors; Tora Tora Tora
    103. People Are People 1984
    104. Some Great Reward 1984
    105. Black Celebration 1986
    106. Music For the Masses 1987 this and INXS' Kick are excellent albums from the mid/late 1980s A
    107. Never Let Me Down Again (maxi-single) 1987
    108. 101 (2D) 1989
    109. Personal Jesus (maxi-single) 1989 includes 5 versions of PJ, 3 of Dangerous
    110. Violator 1989 No misses. There is not a doubt in my mind that this is the greatest album ever produced A++
    111. Enjoy the Silence (single) 1990 includes 6(!) remixes of EtS
    112. Policy of Truth (single) 1990 2 mixes of PofT; Kaleid
    113. Condemnation (maxi-single) 1993 bought it for the Halo live version
    114. Ultra 1997
    115. The Singles 86-98 (2D) 1998 An impressive collection of singles from "Black Celebration" to now A+
    116. The Singles 81>85 1999
    117. Exciter 2001
    118. Remixes 81-04 (3 CDs) 2004
    119. Dido
  • Official site
  • No Angel 1999 soft music A
    120. Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas 2002
    121. Dishwalla
  • Official site
  • Pet Your Friends 1995
    122. Dixie Chicks
  • Official site
  • Wide Open Spaces 1998 my eclectic taste in music went a little too far
    123. Doves Some Cities 2005
    124. Doves, The
  • Official site
    (extremely cool)
  • Lost Souls 2000 an outstanding CD at least 10-deep in good songs that I happened to come across while searching amazon. A reviewer there described "Catch the Sun" as Technique-esqe (a la New Order); I couldn't agree more. That song got me through the last year of grad school A+
    125. The Last Broadcast 2002 A bit of a let down from previous album; a bit more melancholy
    126. Duran Duran
  • fan site
  • Greatest Hits 1998
    127. Echo and the Bunnymen Songs to Live and Sing 1985
    128. Ednaswap
  • fan site
  • Wonderland Park 1998
    129. Elastica
  • Official site
  • Elastica 1995 I liked them better the first time I heard it, when they were called "Romeo Void" B
    130. Electronic
  • fan site
  • Get the Message (single) 1991 Sign from above? Probably the single most influential song in my life. Kept me on track and from scoring
    131. Raise the Pressure 1996 B
    132. Embrace
  • Official site
  • The Good Will Out 1998
    133. Eno, Brian and Budd, Harold Ambient 2 1990
    134. Evanescence
  • Official site
  • Fallen 2003
    135. Eve 6
  • official site
  • Eve 6 1998 SoCal is also my state-of-mind
    136. Horrorscope 2000
    137. Everclear
  • fan site
  • Sparkle & Fade 1995 "Santa Monica" is NOT near UCSC A-
    138. So Much For the Afterglow 1997 disappointing B
    139. Songs From An American Movie, Vol. One 2000 Totally disappointing album. It's been a steady decline for one of my favourite groups C
    140. Everything But The Girl
  • Official site
  • Walking Wounded 1996
    141. Fatboy Slim
  • Official site
  • You've Come a Long Way, Baby 1998 Did you see the video of "Praise You" shot in Westwood?
    142. Filter
  • fan site
  • Short Bus 1995 incessant screaming and a picture of someone sticking his fingers into his eye sockets highlight this family-oriented musical regale B
    143. Title of Record 1999 When I heard Take A Picture, I thought 'This is filter? Where's all the screaming?'
    144. Fixx, The
  • fan site
  • One Thing Leads to Another 1989
    145. Flaming Lips Transmissions From the Satellite Heart 1993
    146. Flaming Lips, The
  • Official site
  • Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2002
    147. Foo Fighters
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • fan site
  • Foo Fighters 1995 B
    148. My Hero (UK ECD single) 1997 Bought this because it reminded me of John Elway; also contains Dear Lover; Baker Street; Everlong video
    149. The Colour & the Shape 1997 Excellent album. You gotta like any American group that spells "colour" correctly A-
    150. There is Nothing Left to Lose 1999 One of my favourite bands. Very good album A-
    151. One By One (CD + DVD) 2002
    152. Franz Ferdinand
  • Official site
  • Franz Ferdinand 2004
    153. Front 242
  • official site
  • 06:21:03:11 Up Evil 1993
    154. Fuel
  • fan site
  • Sunburn 1998 Debuted at about the same time as Eve 6, which has gotten more publicity but isn't as good
    155. Galaxie 500
  • Fan site
  • On Fire
    (Rykodisc 1997 reissue)
    1989 Lush, dreamy sounds from pre-shoegazing group. American, to boot
    156. Garbage
  • Official site
  • Garbage 1995 A-
    157. Version 2.0 1998 B
    158. Beautifulgarbage 2001
    159. Gearwhore
  • astralwerks site
  • Drive 1998
    160. Gin Blossoms
  • fan site
  • New Miserable Experience 1992 They sounded just like the Goo Goo Dolls, so you're really not missing anything B
    161. Girls Against Boys
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Freak*on*ica 1998 Good album. Out-of-control guitars B
    162. Go-Go's, The
  • Official site
  • God Bless the Go-Go's 2001
    163. Gomez In Our Gun 2002
    164. Split the Difference 2004
    165. Goo Goo Dolls
  • Official site
  • Gutterflower 2002
    166. Gordon, Nina
  • Official site
  • Tonight and the Rest of My Life 2000
    167. Grant Lee Buffalo
  • Official site
  • Jubilee 1998
    168. Gray, Macy
  • Official site
  • On How Life Is 1999
    169. Green Day
  • Official fan site
  • Dookie 1994 Includes the battle hymn of my life on track 7 A-
    170. Insomniac 1995 album's total crap D
    171. Nimrod 1997 all tracks surprisingly good A
    172. Warning 2000
    173. American Idiot 2004
    174. Groove Armada
  • Official site
  • Vertigo 2000
    175. Hal featuring Gillian Anderson
  • Official site
  • Extremis (single) 1997 techno-rapping
    176. Hanson
  • Official site
    (you know you want to see it)
  • Middle of Nowhere 1997 I recently got past the Hanson phase of my life when I was wearing my hair really really long with blond hilights
    177. Happy Mondays
  • fan site
  • The Double Easy 1993
    178. Harvey Danger
  • official site
  • Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? 1998 Official jury-duty music of 1998. First heard the album via Real Audio on their web site B
    179. Hatfield, Juliana
  • fan site
  • Only Everything 1995
    180. Hayes, Gemma
  • Official site
  • Night On My Side 2003
    181. Hole
  • fan site
  • Live Through This 1994 Bought this along with Nirvana; listened to 'em contently while working late at Apple A-
    182. Celebrity Skin 1998 less screaming and more soft-rock, from Hole of all groups B
    183. Hooverphonic
  • official site
  • A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular 1997 I'm usually not into techno-Portishead-ish music, but this was pretty good A-
    184. Blue Wonder Power Milk 1998 Beautiful sounds. Got interested in this after hearing "Renaissance Affair" in a VW car commercial A-
    185. The Magnificent Tree 2000
    186. Hum
  • fan site
  • You'd Prefer an Astronaut 1995 When exactly is that train to Mars leaving
    187. INXS
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Kick 1987 Not as good as their next album, X, but still excellent A
    188. Shine Like It Does - The Anthology 2001 Outstanding double CD. The loss of this group is one of the great tragedies of the music world. At their height, INXS could be mentioned alongside U2, R.E.M., and Depeche Mode. I really miss this group. "Disappear" is my favourite INXS song A+
    189. Imbruglia, Natalie
  • almost-official site
  • Left of the Middle 1997 A one-hit wonder who didn't even write her one hit
    190. Ivy
  • fan site
  • Realistic 1994 enjoyable perky chick-rock B
    191. Apartment Life 1998 super-smooth mellowness A-
    192. Jamiroquai
  • fan site
  • Travelling Without Moving 1997
    193. A Funk Odyssey 2001
    194. Jesus Jones
  • official site
  • Doubt 1991 Humming "Right Here, Right Now" got me through a chem midterm once
    195. Jesus and Mary Chain, The
  • Sub Pop site
  • Honey's Dead 1992
    196. Jet
  • Official site
  • Get Born 2003
    197. Jewel
  • official site
  • Pieces of You 1995
    198. 0304 2003
    199. Jimmy Eat World
  • Official site
  • Bleed American 2001 A
    200. Joy Division
  • fan site
  • Permanent 1995
    201. K's Choice
  • official site
  • Paradise in Me 1996 Bland alterna-chick-rock B
    202. Kaiser Chiefs Employment 2005
    203. Kara's Flowers Fourth World 2004
    204. Keane
  • Official site
  • Hopes and Fears 2004
    205. Killers, The
  • Official site
  • Hot Fuss 2004
    206. Kraftwerk
  • Official site
  • The Mix 1991
    207. Kravitz, Lenny Lenny 2001
    208. Kruder and Dorfmeister The K&D Sessions 1998
    209. Lavigne, Avril
  • Official site
  • Let Go 2002
    210. Led Zeppelin
  • fan site
  • Led Zeppelin 1969
    211. Led Zeppelin II 1969
    212. Led Zeppelin III 1970
    213. Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Saying this is a great album is like me walking into the Sistine Chapel and saying the ceilings are beautiful. It's already been said a billion times A+
    214. Houses of the Holy 1973
    215. Physical Graffiti (2D) 1975
    216. Presence 1976
    217. In Through the Out Door 1979
    218. Coda 1982
    219. Remasters (3CD) 1992 Two discs plus interview disc. 2nd disc contains the two great songs Kashmir and Achilles Last Stand
    220. BBC Sessions 1997
    221. Lemonheads, The
  • fan site
  • Best of the Lemonheads 1998
    222. Letters to Cleo
  • official site
  • Wholesale Meats and Fishes 1995 B
    223. Lightning Seeds, The
  • Official site
  • Cloudcuckooland 1990
    224. Lilys In the Presence of Nothing 1992 A
    225. Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 2000
    226. Lo Fidelity Allstars On the Floor at the Boutique 1999
    227. London Suede, The
  • official site
  • Dog Man Star 1994
    228. Loop A Gilded Eternity 1990
    229. Luna
  • Official site
  • Pup Tent 1997
    230. Luscious Jackson
  • Official site
  • Fever In Fever Out 1996
    231. Lush
  • fan site
  • Lovelife 1996 Supposedly they were a shoegazing group, but this sounds like typical female brit-pop akin to Elastica and Republica C
    232. Lynne, Shelby
  • Official site
  • I Am Shelby Lynne 2000 A good album with some decent songs. B
    233. Madder Rose
  • Official site
  • Bring It Down 1993
    234. The Love You Save (maxi-single) 1995
    235. Tragic Magic 1997 Loved their previous album; was lucky to find this in a used record store in Ann Arbour. Mary Lorson has the kind of sultry voice you wish could narrate your dreams A-
    236. Hello June Fool 1999 Picked this up along with my (first) Dreamcast. This is a great group no one's ever heard
    237. Madness
  • Official site
  • Madness 1983
    238. Madonna Ray of Light 1998 my first and last madonna CD B
    239. Music 2000
    240. Mann, Aimee
  • Official site
  • I'm with Stupid 1995
    241. Bachelor No. 2 1999
    242. Mansun
  • Official site
  • Attack of the Grey Lantern 1997 First track ruined at end by (of all things) mooing cows. A brilliant album otherwise A-
    243. Six 1999
    244. Marcy Playground
  • official site
  • Marcy Playground 1997 1HW C
    245. Maroon 5
  • Official site
  • Songs About Jane 2002
    246. Marvelous 3 Hey! Album 1999
    247. Massive Attack Mezzanine 1998
    248. Mazzy Star
  • fan site
  • So Tonight That I Might See 1993
    249. McLachlan, Sarah
  • Official site
  • Surfacing (ECD) 1997 A-
    250. Mehldau, Brad
  • Official site
  • Art Of The Trio, Vol. 3 1998 Bought it for cover of Radiohead's Exit Music, but other tracks are excellent as well A
    251. Merchant, Natalie
  • Official site
  • Tigerlily 1995
    252. Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • official site
  • Let's Face It 1997
    253. Ministry
  • fan site
  • The Land of Rape and Honey 1988
    254. Moby
  • Official site
  • Everything is Wrong 1995
    255. Modern English
  • fan site
  • After the Snow 1982
    256. Modest Mouse
  • Official site
  • The Moon and Antarctica 2000
    257. Mogwai
  • Official site
  • Come on Die Young 1999
    258. Mono
  • Official site
  • Formica Blues 1998 a great album A
    259. Moore, Abra
  • Official site
  • Stangest Places 1997
    260. Morcheeba
  • Official site
  • Charango (2CD) 2002
    261. Morissette, Alanis Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie 1998 Ok, I also have her first CD; I'm surprised I'm not too embarassed to put up this one, either
    262. So-Called Chaos 2004
    263. Morrissey You Are the Quarry 2004
    264. Muse Absolution 2004
    265. My Bloody Valentine
  • fan site
  • Loveless 1991 So lush and velvety, you need to listen to it with a lint brush
    266. Mya Fear of Flying 2000