The Phantom's CD Collection

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

Last three albums purchased:

• Simple Things (Zero 7)
• Rhythm/Pleasure (Rowan, Rip)
• Waiting for the Sirens' Call (New Order)

#	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
267.	Naess, Leona Official site	I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll	2001	Best album of 2001, anyone?	A
268.	New Order fan site fan site	Power, Corruption & Lies	1983	First song is greatest of all time. Indeed, listening to Age of Consent in 1990 was my first step away from mainstream music and is pretty much the foundation upon which my CD collection is built. Thanks, Phil and Michael
269.		Low Life	1985
270.		Low Life (FACD 100)	1985	Got this at Encore used records in Ann Arbour, MI. I was surprised Michael didn't want it
271.		Brotherhood	1986
272.		Substance (2D)	1987
273.		Technique	1989
274.		Regret (single)	1993	includes 4 mediocre remixes of a song that just doesn't lend itself to remixing
275.		Bizarre Love Triangle (single)	1994	includes album version, 2 remixes; I Don't Care; State of the Nation
276.		The Best of New Order	1995	Michael gave me pretty much the whole album a year earlier when he taped the first songs off all their albums
277.		Crystal (single)	2001	Actually bought it for the live version of Temptation
278.		Get Ready	2001
279.		International	2003
280.		Retro (box)	2003
281.		Waiting for the Sirens' Call	2005
282.	New Pornographers, The Official site	Electric Version	2003
283.	New Radicals Official site	Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too	1998		A-
284.	Nine Inch Nails Official site	The Downward Spiral	1994
285.	Nirvana	MTV Unplugged in New York	1994	see Hole	B
286.	No Doubt Official site	Tragic Kingdom	1995	I used to listen to this CD a lot during summer 1996	A
287.		The Beacon Street Collection	1997		B
288.		The Return Of Saturn	2000
289.		The Singles 1992-2003	2003
290.	Nova, Heather official site	Oyster	1995
291.	Oasis Official site fan site	Definitely Maybe (pre-recorded minidisc)	1994
292.		(What's the Story) Morning Glory?	1995	Hey I like sappy songs, you got a problem with that?	A
293.		Be Here Now	1997		B
294.		The Masterplan	1998	Collection of B-sides. This is the first album in a long time that I've listened to from beginning to end at the first sitting	A+
295.		Standing on the Shoulders of Giants	2000
296.		Heathen Chemistry	2002
297.	Ocean Blue, The official site	Cerulean	1991
298.	Olive	Extra Virgin	1997
299.	On	Shifting Skin	2000
300.	Orange	Orange	1994
301.	Orten, Beth fan site	Central Reservation	1998
302.	P.J. Harvey	Is This Desire?	1998
303.	Paloalto Official site	Heroes and Villians	2003
304.	Pet Shop Boys really well done fan site	Alternative (2D)	1995	collection of B-sides	A-
305.		Nightlife	1999
306.	Pixies, The fan site	Doolittle	1989
307.	Placebo Official site	Without You I'm Nothing	1998		B
308.	Poe	Haunted	2000	Ugh. Sixth-Sense-ish music kind of eerie
309.	Police, The fan site	Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (4D)	1993	excellent	A
310.	Portishead Official site fan site	Portishead	1997		B
311.	Postal Service, The	Give Up	2003
312.	Presidents of the USA fan site	Presidents of the USA	1995	why do my favourite groups always break up?	B
313.		II	1996
314.	Pretenders, The fan site	Singles	1987
315.	Prodigy, The official site	Fat of the Land	1997		B
316.	Pulp fan site	This is Hardcore	1998
317.	R.E.M.	Murmur	1983
318.		Automatic for the People	1992
319.		Daysleeper (vinyl single)	1998	What am I supposed to do with this black circular object?
320.		Up	1998	My first R.E.M. album. I've never been a big fan
321.		Reveal	2001
322.		In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003	2003
323.	Radiohead official site (weird) too many fan sites to choose from Planet Telex Green Plastic wezl.org Bootleg list Follow Me Around	Pablo Honey	1993		B
324.		The Bends	1995	Like "The Empire Strikes Back," the second one is the best of the "trilogy." Listening to this CD (via MD) in Los Alamos kept me going. An unbelievably deep, enjoyable, fantastic album. I can't believe I bought this as an afterthought thinking 'I liked OKC, I'll probably like this too.' I've listened to this album at least a hundred times	A++
325.		OK Computer	1997	The moodiest of the three	A-
326.		Airbag/How Am I Driving (EP)	1998
327.		A Radiohead Mix	1999	A collection of Radiohead songs I gave to Michael. Quite possibly the greatest collection of songs EVER. listing
328.		High and Dry (CD1) single	1999	Worth buying solely for the Planet Telex hexidecimal mix. Also includes the fantastic b-side Maquiladora, plus H&D and album version of Planet Telex (in itself a great song). Probably one of the best singles ever released. Was fortunate this was reissued	A
329.		Kid A	2000	First tracks a bit odd, but overall a great album. Tracks 6-9 are pure opiate	A
330.		Amnesiac	2001
331.		I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings	2001
332.		Knives Out (Pt. 3 CD single)	2001	includes Knives Out, Worry Wort, Fog, and Life in a Glass House
333.		Hail to the Thief	2003
334.	Red Hot Chili Peppers Official site	By the Way	2002
335.	Remy Zero Official site	The Golden Hum	2001
336.	Republica	Republica	1996
337.	Revolver	Baby's Angry	1992
338.	Rialto	Night on Earth	2002
339.	Ride fan site	Going Blank Again	1992
340.	Rolling Stones, The	40 Licks	2002
341.	Rowan, Rip	Rhythm/Pleasure	2003
342.	SR-71 Official site	Now You See Inside	2000
343.	Saint Etienne fan site	Foxbase Alpha	1992	Wanted to see what all the commotion in Clark Kerr Hall was about
344.	Saint Low Official site	Saint Low	2000
345.	Savage Garden official site	Savage Garden	1997
346.	Semisonic Official site fan site 2 fan site 3 fan site	Great Divide	1996
347.		Feeling Strangely Fine	1998	the best CD I've bought in a while	A
348.		Singing In My Sleep (single)	1998	includes really bad acoustic version of Closing Time
349.	Shakira	Laundry Service	2001
350.	Sheik, Duncan Official site	Duncan Sheik	1996		B
351.	Simon, Paul	There Goes Rhymin' Simon	1973
352.	Simpsons, The	Songs in the Key of Springfield	1997	Songs and sound bites from the show. Recently upgraded from B because The Yellow Album is so bad	A-
353.		The Yellow Album	1998	Lame!	C
354.		Go Simpsonic with the Simpsons	1999
355.	Siouxsie and the Banshees fan site	Twice Upon a Time - The Singles	1992	a great collection	A
356.	Sister Hazel	Fortress	2000
357.	Sixpence None the Richer fan site	Sixpence None the Richer	1998	Why do I own gospel music
358.	Sleater-Kinney fan site	The Hot Rock	1999	Too much screaming. These chicks need to try some decaf	A-
359.	Sleepy Jackson, The Official site	Lovers	2003
360.	Sloan Official site	Action Pact	2004
361.	Slowdive fan site fan site	Souvlaki	1994	Bought this after hearing mp3 of "When the Sun Hits," an incredibly beautiful, moving song (Napster's creators were right: it does get you to buy more music). This album purchase has long been advocated by Michael
362.	Smash Mouth Official site	Fush Yu Mang	1997	regrettable decision to buy this	D
363.		Astro Lounge	1999
364.	Smashing Pumpkins Official site fan site	Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2D)	1995	excellent	A
365.		Adore	1998	less excellent	B
366.		Machina / The Machines of Gods	2000	Already one of my favourites. Why do my favourite groups always break up?	A
367.		Stand Inside Your Love (single)	2000
368.		Greatest Hits (2CD limited ed)	2001	Greatest Hits DVD with videos pretty impressive as well
369.	Smith, Patti Official site	Gung Ho	2000
370.	Smiths, The fan site	Singles	1995
371.	Sneaker Pimps fan site	6 Undergound (single)	1996
372.		Becoming X	1996	Why do my favourite groups always break up?	A-
373.		Becoming RemiXed	1998
374.	Snow Patrol	Final Straw	2004
375.	Snowpony Official site	The Slow Motion World of Snowpony	1998
376.	Soft Cell	Memoribilia	1991
377.	Softies, The	Holiday in Rhode Island	2000	very soft music. go figure	B
378.	Sonic Youth Official site	Daydream Nation	1988
379.		A Thousand Leaves	1998
380.	Soundgarden official site	Superunknown	1994		A-
381.		Down on the Upside	1996	why do my favourite groups always break up?	B
382.		A-Sides	1997	early works shockingly raw. I really miss this group.	A-
383.	Soundtrack Score	Star Trek II	1991	As good as any of John Williams' Star Wars tracks	A
384.		Blade Runner Soundtrack	1994	Didn't like the dialog from movie mixed in. Music itself isn't all that great either	C
385.		Medal of Honor soundtrack	1999	Moving soundtrack to one of the best FPS games ever	A-
386.		Star Wars: The Phantom Menace	1999	The best track is the duel at the end	B
387.		Homeworld soundtrack	2000
388.		Star Wars Episode 1: The Ultimate Star Wars	2000	Can't get enough of Jar Jar
389.	Soup Dragons	Lovegod	1990
390.	South	From Here On In	2002
391.		With The Tides	2003
392.	Sparklehorse Official site	It's a Wonderful Life	2001
393.	Spinanes, The official site fan site	Arches and Aisles	1998	A pleasant collection of mellow songs	A-
394.	Spiritualized Official site	Let It Come Down	2001
395.	St. Germain	Tourist	2000
396.	Staind Official site	Break the Cycle	2001	Still not sure why I bought this	D
397.	Starsailor	Love Is Here	2002
398.	Steppenwolf Official site	All Time Greatest Hits	1999
399.	Stereolab Official site	Emperor Tomato Ketchcup	1996	I can still hear the first track 'Metronomic Underground' in Gigi's apartment playing in my head
400.		Dots and Loops	1997	Wanted to hear more of them after hearing them at Gigi's place
401.		Sound-Dust	2001	kind of a dull album	B
402.	Stills	Logic Will Break Your Heart	2003
403.	Stone Roses, The fan site	The Complete Stone Roses	1995	prominent on Giardia Cellars tapes
404.	Stone Temple Pilots official site	Purple	1994	Among the first CDs I ever bought	A-
405.		Tiny Music...Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop	1996	A much more mellow sound than previous album. At the time this was released, there were wild rumours the band would break up	A-
406.		No. 4	1999
407.		Shangri-La Dee Da	2001
408.	Strokes, The Official site	Is This It	2001	Short songs, simple chords, a raspy voice; it's certainly an acquired taste	A
409.	Sugar Ray	14:59	1999
410.	Sundays, The official site	Static and Silence	1997	includes hearty endorsements for Chinese-speaking girlfriends. I'm sure Chris doesn't have a problem with that
411.	Sunny Day Real Estate Official site	Sunny Day Real Estate	1995	The Pink album
412.	Superdrag Official site	Head Trip in Every Key	1998	a vastly underappreciated album	A-
413.	Talk Show	Talk Show	1997
414.	Thievery Corporation	Mirror Conspiracy	2000
415.	Third Eye Blind Elektra site nice fan site official site	Third Eye Blind	1997		A
416.		Blue	1999	Not sure what to make of this one. Not as good as previous, but still has some keepers	B
417.		Out of the Vein	2003
418.	Torrini, Emiliana Official site	Love in the Time of Science	2000	A Bjork clone for sure, but I'm not complaining. Got the lead on this excellent album from a sampler CD Michael left me	A
419.	Train	Drops of Jupiter	2001
420.	Travis Official site	The Man Who	2000	A blissfully depressing album. CD includes videos for "Writing to Reach You" and "Driftwood." Travis signalled a British musical renaissance for me, becoming the best Brit music I'd heard since Oasis five years prior	A
421.		The Invisible Band	2001
422.		12 Memories	2003
423.	Trembling Blue Stars fan site	Broken By Whispers	2000
424.	Tricky	Angels With Dirty Faces	1998
425.	Turin Brakes Official site	Ether Song	2003
426.	Twain, Shania Official site	Come on Over	1997	my eclectic taste in music went a little too far	B
427.	U2 Official site	Boy	1980
428.		October	1981
429.		War	1983
430.		The Unforgettable Fire	1984
431.		The Joshua Tree	1987
432.		Achtung Baby	1991	Amazingly, I had never heard any U2 songs in their entirety until this came out
433.		Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses? (maxi-single)	1992
434.		Zooropa	1993
435.		Please (single)	1997	best single from Pop, also includes live versions of WtSHNN, WoWY, SatS
436.		Pop	1997	I went through stages of: disgust, dismay, dislike, disinterest, and finally, dissin'
437.		The Best of 1980-1990 Limited Edition (2D)	1998	Includes 2nd disc of B-sides. What more needs to be said about U2, it's a great album, although I've heard the a-sides a hundred times and the b-sides are rather mellow	A-
438.		All That You Can't Leave Behind	2000		A
439.		The Best of 1990-2000 (CD + DVD)	2002
440.		How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb	2004
441.	Unwritten Law Official site	Elva	2002
442.	Various Dudes	Ultra Chilled 01	01
443.		Something Wild soundtrack	1986
444.		Classic MTV - Class of 1983	1993	listing	A
445.		Living in Oblivion Vol. 1	1993	listing
446.		Living in Oblivion Vol. 2	1993	listing
447.		Living in Oblivion Vol. 3	1994	listing
448.		Living in Oblivion Vol. 4	1994	Worth owning just for Come on Eileen listing
449.		The Crow soundtrack	1994	one of my first CDs, it remains an excellent collection of grunge	A
450.		Geffen Vintage 1980's volume 1	1995		B
451.		Living in Oblivion Vol. 5	1995	listing
452.		Mortal Kombat soundtrack	1995	next to "The Crow," this is the best movie soundtrack I've bought. techno remix by Utah Saints stands out	A-
453.		Tank Girl soundtrack	1995		B
454.		Transmissions From the Planet Dog (2D)	1995	Apple gym workout music
455.		You Ready For This? Music From the Extreme-Games	1995
456.		Jock Jams Volume 2	1996	also picked up 16 MB RAM at Fry's Manhatten Beach	B
457.		The X-Files- Songs in the Key of X	1996
458.		Trainspotting soundtrack	1996
459.		Trancemode Express 1.01: Trance Tribute to Depeche Mode	1996
460.		Future: A Journey Through the Electronic Underground	1997	Wanted to buy this since 97 when I found out these electronica tracks were picked by Gillian Anderson
461.		Splashed With Many A Speck (2 CD)	1997
462.		120 Minutes Live	1998
463.		Blowout	1998	Bought this for a mix (which I had napster'ed) of Radiohead's Planet Telex
464.		Last Days of Disco soundtrack	1998
465.		Lilith Fair - A Celebration of Women in Music	1998
466.		Sound:Check (2CD)	1998	23 summer 1998 tracks from Sub Pop's groups
467.		X-Files: the Album	1998	Not as moody as I thought it would be. Foo Fighters track is new version of Walking After You from TCatS. Interesting last track at 10:13	B
468.		Brokedown Palace soundtrack	1999	The movie's incredibly depressing. But this CD has a nice mix of ambient and techno. This will always remind me of St. Marks Wildlife Refuge south of Tallahassee, FL
469.		Cruel Intentions soundtrack	1999	Bought it for the cover listing
470.		Magnolia Soundtrack	1999	Great soundtrack that reflects the sad loneliness of the movie. Aimee Mann's tracks are fantastic	A-
471.		The Beach Soundtrack	2000	Includes a New Order track (surprisingly, not The Beach): a new single, their first in 7 years
472.		Malcolm In The Middle soundtrack	2001
473.		MTV2 Handpicked	2002
474.		Garden State Soundtrack	2004
475.		Wicker Park Soundtrack	2004
476.	Veils, The Official site	The Runaway Found	2004
477.	Velocette	Fourfold Remedy	1999		A-
478.	Verve, The fan site Official site	A Storm in Heaven	1993
479.		No Come Down	1994
480.		A Northern Soul	1995
481.		Urban Hymns	1997	An excellent albeit depressing album, front to back	A+
482.		The Drugs Don't Work Pt. 2 (cd single)	1998
483.	Vigilantes of Love	Slow Dark Train	1997
484.	Vitamin C fan site	Vitamin C	1999
485.	Walkmen, The Official site	Bows and Arrows	2004
486.	Wallflowers, The official site	Bringing Down the Horse	1996	I've really got to stop buying albums just for one song	C
487.	Weezer official site fan site	Weezer	1994	Great first album, then promptly dropped off face of planet	B
488.		Weezer (the green album)	2001
489.	Wheatus	Wheatus	2000
490.	White Stripes, The Official site	Elephant	2003
491.	Wilco Official site	Summer Teeth	1999		A-
492.		Yankee Hotel Foxtrot	2002
493.	Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs	Fever To Tell	2003
494.	Zero 7	Simple Things	2001
495.	Zwan Official site	Mary Star of the Sea	2003

Stats: 495 albums, 285 artists, 3 albums from this calendar year.

Albums receiving really good ratings:

Bjork		Post		A
Catatonia		International Velvet		A
Catherine Wheel, The		Ferment		A
Coldplay		Parachutes		A
Depeche Mode		Music For the Masses		A
Depeche Mode		The Singles 86-98 (2D)		A+
Depeche Mode		Violator		A++
Dido		No Angel		A
Doves, The		Lost Souls		A+
Green Day		Nimrod		A
INXS		Kick		A
INXS		Shine Like It Does - The Anthology		A+
Jimmy Eat World		Bleed American		A
Led Zeppelin		Led Zeppelin IV		A+
Lilys		In the Presence of Nothing		A
Mehldau, Brad		Art Of The Trio, Vol. 3		A
Mono		Formica Blues		A
Naess, Leona		I Tried to Rock You But You Only Roll		A
No Doubt		Tragic Kingdom		A
Oasis		(What's the Story) Morning Glory?		A
Oasis		The Masterplan		A+
Police, The		Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (4D)		A
Radiohead		High and Dry (CD1) single		A
Radiohead		Kid A		A
Radiohead		The Bends		A++
Semisonic		Feeling Strangely Fine		A
Siouxsie and the Banshees		Twice Upon a Time - The Singles		A
Smashing Pumpkins		Machina / The Machines of Gods		A
Smashing Pumpkins		Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (2D)		A
Soundtrack Score		Star Trek II		A
Strokes, The		Is This It		A
Third Eye Blind		Third Eye Blind		A
Torrini, Emiliana		Love in the Time of Science		A
Travis		The Man Who		A
U2		All That You Can't Leave Behind		A
Various Dudes		Classic MTV - Class of 1983		A
Various Dudes		The Crow soundtrack		A
Verve, The		Urban Hymns		A+

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