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Sorted by Rating | Sort by Name5 classicAlice in Chains Black Gives Way to BlueDavid Bowie "Heroes"There are only a few perfect albums, "Heroes" being one of them. The original electronic album that carried a sweeping, moving electronic backdrop on top of Bowie's more eclectic older pop nature makes "Heroes" perhaps the best album ever made in rock music. If you listen to "Heroes", the album still sounds surprisingly modern to today's standard. The title track's swooshing and sweeping electronics and howling guitars trace Bowie's roots, mixing Ziggy with his future endeavors, putting forth the perfect mixture of Bowie's versatility and influences. A true masterpiece. (Sputnikmusic won't let me rate anything a 5...)Godspeed You! Black Emperor F# A# ∞Godspeed's so-called soundtrack to the apocalypse is very much what it is considered. Where 'Lift' was more dynamic, this one is drab, dark, and anti-establishment in it's very core, a very alternative masterpiece that captures insanity and paranoia in one damn-fine CD.Mr. Bungle CaliforniaAs far as rock musicians go, Mr. Bungle are the most talented musicians in the act. Their self-titled showed the band sticking to funk-metal too strictly, Disco Volante showed the band straying too far out of range, and California is the perfect mixture. California is a beautifully bipolar album with it's fair share of aggression that mixes with any instrument, sampling, or technique you can think of. Patton's vocals are excellent, soothing, harsh, or whatever the song calls for. A truly magnificent album.My Bloody Valentine LovelessMy Bloody Valentine's twisted mixture of fuzz, pop, and dream/shoegaze is an incessant nagging feature of the 90s bursting at their seams to sound different. At first, Loveless might sound like noise-but this noise is more diverse and clean that nearly any other, the vocals are bright and fade into the noise, creating an incredibly dense aura of sound.Nine Inch Nails The Downward SpiralThe Downward Spiral is a true rock masterpiece. Dark, decaying, demented, and emotional-it bleeds Reznor's heart in the form of songs like Reptile, Hurt, and A Warm Place without ever sounding melo-dramatic or boring for that matter. It's an insane album that lets up when necessary and truly was created as a work of pure art, nothing more nothing less. A true 90s masterpiece, there was only two before, and none sense that match it's greatness.Pink Floyd Wish You Were HereOnly so much can be said about Wish You Were Here. So I won't do it, let the music do it for you.Pixies Surfer RosaThe Pixies created a genre with Surfer Rosa-a fun, lazy album that never strays too far away from the formula; but is so damn catchy and fun that it's worth the listening.Radiohead Kid ARadiohead's beautiful 'Kid A' is a magnificent album that twists and turns into bleak solemness, an anthem for a cold, dead world. If you thought music couldn't give you a feeling, you were wrong-Kid A is a chillingly cold art form that never loses it's grip on your strings. Songs like How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque, and Everything In It's Right Place are deep anthems with tight construction and emotion bleeding from every which way. Kid A never loses it's swagger, and ends just as epic as it began.Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite SadnessMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is a perfect double album. Despite Corgan saying it's not a concept album, Mellon Collie follows life until death, the grand opening track to the symphonies of Tonight, Tonight-to the brutal teenage angst of Bullet With Butterfly Wings, to the denial of love with Bodies, to the ending of life with Farewell and Goodnight. Mellon Collie captures life as a whole in an oddly old-fashioned way, it gleaming with old-world shine. If you like Corgan's vocals, this album is the best you can listen to in Alternative Rock.The Cure DisintegrationFrom the lonesome Plainsong to the end of the album, Disintegration bleeds loneliness and human emotion. Solemn, but a true rock record, The Cure's opus is a master plan of emotion in only the way Robert Smith could do it-by making a ridiculously depressing record.The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink RobotsThe Who Who's NextThe Who's "Who's Next" was the true successor to the albums of the 60s, an album that formed rock n' roll as we know it. Courtesy of the keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, and an amazing drum player, "Who's Next" perfectly crafted the optimistic aura of the time with an album that still sounds modern to this day.4.5 superbA Place to Bury Strangers A Place to Bury StrangersA Place to Bury Strangers literally came from nowhere and have surprised music fans across the world with their retro shoegaze style. Pure sonic annihilation is a true deion of them, as the music is hypnotically heavy, feedback-wrought, and just altogether pretty damn great. It's one of the best debut albums I've ever listened to. They sound as if they've been playing together for years on their first CD.Alice in Chains Jar of FliesBoris Dronevil FinalBoris's Dronevil is a classic return to their drone/doom sound, escaping the relatively listener-friendly Stoner Rock albums of past. Dronevil is abusive to the ears, a hypnotic mix of distortion, feedback, mysterious vocals, and loose rhythms.Boris FeedbackerSome people think Feedbacker is Boris's best album. Not to call them wrong-but Feedbacker is a damn fine album but not perfect unlike Dronevil, their opus. As far as their drone albums go, this one is the most diverse and eclectic, relinquishing a bit of their Stoner sound into an aggressive, crunchy attack typical of Boris's sound.Chevelle Sci-Fi CrimesChevelle have made the album of their lives, it's such an epic album it has everything that makes Chevelle so good, has everything that they needed before, and doesn't have the junk they had that they didn't need. May become a 5 in the future.Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over MeYou're Living All Over Me showcases Dinosaur Jr at their creative peak with a very low budget. The production is hideously horrible-Furry Little Things is painful to listen to-but, the music is so strong and the lo-fi production only compliments the lazy, drab style of J Mascis's vocals and the songs. A lo-fi work of art.Explosions In The Sky The Earth is Not a Cold Dead PlaceThe title of the album is far from the truth-Explosions in the Sky's sound makes you think the earth truly is a cold and dark place. Drab, minimal, and wholly cold as well as paranoid, Explosions in the Sky mask a bleak atmosphere with their unique riffs and their post-rock leanings. Isis OceanicIsis is often claimed to want to sound like Tool. This couldn't be farther from the truth-Tool is drab and all alike, Isis is fresh, brutal, and ridiculously dense as well as tense. At every moment, their music feels at it's bursting point, about to blow your speakers, and this tension as well as attention to every detail in the music whether it be 20 mixes down in the mix, makes Isis's Oceanic a true perfect album.Kyuss Welcome To Sky ValleyMelvins BullheadMeshuggah Catch Thirty-ThreeMeshuggah obZenNeurosis Through Silver in BloodNine Inch Nails The FragileMost musicians have one album to define them. Nine Inch Nails, on the other hand, have two. One is a traditional opus with strong meaning, the other, a collection of oddities, creativity, and unusual style. The Fragile's multitude of unusual instruments, soft, piano led tunes, completely un-NIN songs, and what makes NIN, NIN made The Fragile a complete masterpiece that is astonishing all the way through.Nirvana In UteroIn Utero is Cobain's true masterpiece. Straying away from the ridiculous pop of Nevermind, it captured the pop aspects of Grunge much better than the glossy Nevermind did, and was just altogether a gritty, nasty mainstream album.Porcupine Tree In AbsentiaPorcupine Tree's method of songwriting seems all too familiar before you realize that in every song something else changes-that brutal riff that fades into a soft, clean singing part may very well go on for another 10 minutes. In Absentia is a perfect modern concise of everything Progressive, from 70s Progressive Rock, to the Progressive Metal of today, and even some Alternative Rock thrown in for good measure.Radiohead OK ComputerRadiohead danced with modern paranoia on OK Computer, a seemingly multi-faced affair that goes soft, loud, and paranoid all at once without ever sounding trite. Yorke's vocals wail behind Greenwood's flairing guitar and corky synthesizers, making a truly enveloping album-and showing a bit of what was to come with Kid A.Silversun Pickups SwoonSlowdive SouvlakiMake a much more accessible version of Loveless-going to a standard pop song formula and keeping all that noise-Slowdive's album is a pop classic.Smashing Pumpkins Siamese DreamSiamese Dream is truly the last of the great noise rock records, as it confided in making My Bloody Valentine as accessible as possible while retaining their sound and throwing in a few tricks of their own. Out of all the Pumpkins' albums, Billy's ever-changing voice fits in with the fuzz best here, creating a visceral slice to the neck on a lot of songs, seeming as a part of the music. The guitar tone they create is legendary, forming epics like 'Soma' and 'Mayonaise'-Siamese Dream is a classic whether you like Billy Corgan and his antics or not.Smashing Pumpkins AdoreThis album made the fans and critics lurch in their seats-while a song like 'Ava Adore' could have easily been featured on Mellon Collie, the darker, slower burning electro-pop tracks on Adore could have not. But they hold their own, with Corgan's true emotion bleeding from these tracks and the pure songwriting talent of Corgan shining through.Sonic Youth Daydream NationSonic Youth Murray StreetThe Dillinger Escape Plan Miss MachineThe Dillinger Escape Plan Ire WorksThe Fall Of Troy Phantom on the HorizonThe Flaming Lips The Soft BulletinThe Flaming Lips At War With The MysticsThe Jesus and Mary Chain PsychocandyThe Jesus and Mary Chain made shoegaze and noise rock accessible by down-tuning their guitars and engulfing them in noises of feedback. It's shocking to see these guys make these noises with just a guitar-but they do, making Psychocandy, their one true noise album, a classic.The Mars Volta Frances the MuteIt's a damn mystery how The Mars Volta have gotten so popular-same mystery that made Kid A popular, I guess. I guess it just proves people do want good music. But whatever, Frances the Mute shows at the band at the brink of making a perfect album, a lengthy, fast-sped, multi-faced affair with lots of guitar wankery, deep meaning, and epic vocals.The Mars Volta The Bedlam In GoliathThe Bedlam in Goliath shows the band pushing out what they were criticized for-75 minutes of unrelenting rock music, backed up by extremely odd vocal effects, high register vox, furious guitars, and insane drum fills.Weezer PinkertonI don't want Rivers to go and get all depressed and sad, but it's obvious when sane, he is a complete loser musically. Pinkerton is a gritty, edgy power pop work of art bleeding Cuomo's heart, at times emo but never overbearing or fake.4 excellentA Perfect Circle Thirteenth StepAlice in Chains FaceliftAlice in Chains Alice in ChainsBeck Odelay!Beck Modern GuiltBoris SmileBoris FloodCreed My Own PrisonCynic Traced In AirCynic's Traced in Air is the most beautifully aggressive metal album I've ever heard. A mixture of loose electronics and sweeping guitars packaged with crunching, brutal guitar work makes one of the best metal albums of all time.David Bowie Scary monstersDavid Bowie LowDavid Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust...Deftones Saturday Night WristDeftones White PonyAlong with Korn, the Deftones helped create a genre destined to birth some truly bad talent. However, White Pony shows the band moving onto better things. Increasing the atmosphere, darkness, and Chino's vocal talent, White Pony is a depressing masterpiece of human emotion and things that go 'bump in the night'.Dinosaur Jr. BeyondDinosaur Jr. BugExplosions In The Sky All of a Sudden, I Miss EveryoneExplosions In The Sky Those Who Tell the Truth...Faith No More Angel DustGodspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas ToPost-Rock can be very boring. However, Godspeed keep it as interesting as possible by making the music as loud and dynamic as possible. Sounding as apocalyptic by instruments as possible, Godspeed strays away from the norm and typical by keeping their music interesting, fresh, and varied throughout the extreme length of the album. Double-albums are usually tests in self-indulgence, but Godspeed pulls it off successfully by brutally attacking the listener before letting up, and repeating as necessary until you are pounded into submission and realize the gravity of the album.Have A Nice Life DeathconsciousnessIsis PanopticonIsis In the Absence of TruthKayo Dot Blue Lambency DownwardKayo Dot Dowsing Anemone With Copper TongueKings of Leon Only By The NightKings of Leon Because Of The TimesKMFDM Hau RuckKMFDM AngstKorn KornKyuss Blues for the Red SunM83 Saturdays=YouthM83 Before The Dawn Heals UsMastodon LeviathanMastodon Blood MountainMastodon Crack the SkyeMelvins HoudiniMeshuggah Destroy Erase ImproveMetallica Master of PuppetsMetallica MetallicaMetallica Death MagneticMr. Bungle Mr BungleMuse Origin of SymmetryNeurosis A Sun That Never SetsNine Inch Nails The SlipNine Inch Nails Year ZeroNirvana NevermindOpeth Still LifeOpeth DeliveranceOpeth WatershedPink Floyd Dark Side of the MoonPixies DoolittlePorcupine Tree Fear Of A Blank PlanetPorcupine Tree DeadwingPorcupine Tree SignifyRadiohead AmnesiacRadiohead The BendsSilversun Pickups CarnavasSlowdive PygmalionSmashing Pumpkins GishSmashing Pumpkins Machina: The Machines of GodSmashing Pumpkins Machina II - Friends and Enemies of Modern MusicSonic Youth SisterSonic Youth Washing MachineSwervedriver Mezcal HeadSwervedriver RaiseThe Butterfly Effect Final Conversation of KingsThe Butterfly Effect ImagoThe Cure 4:13 DreamThe Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss MeThe Cure The Head on the DoorThe Cure PornographyThe Fall Of Troy DoppelgangerThe Flaming Lips ZaireekaThe Killers Sam's TownThe Killers Hot FussThe Killers Day & AgeThe Mars Volta De-Loused in the ComatoriumThe Mars Volta AmputechtureThe White Stripes Icky ThumpThe White Stripes De StijlThe Who TommyThe Who QuadropheniaI don't quite like The Who's endless rock operas-but luckily the music on Quadrophenia is good enough to keep me interested.Thrice VheissuWeezer The Blue Album3.5 greatAlice in Chains DirtBeck Mellow GoldBeck Sea ChangeBoris Vein (Hardcore version)Boris PinkBoris Amplifier WorshipCynic FocusDavid Bowie HeathenDavid Bowie Black Tie White NoiseDavid Bowie Diamond DogsDavid Bowie Hunky DoryDeftones DeftonesGodspeed You! Black Emperor Yanqui U.X.OKanye West 808s And HeartbreakKayo Dot Choirs of the EyeMastodon RemissionMelvins StagMeshuggah ChaosphereMeshuggah NothingMetallica Ride the LightningMr. Bungle Disco VolanteNeurosis The Eye of Every StormNickelback The StateNine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IVNine Inch Nails StillNine Inch Nails Broken [EP]Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate MachineOpeth My Arms, Your HearseOpeth Blackwater ParkOpeth DamnationProtest the Hero KeziaRadiohead In RainbowsRadiohead Hail To The ThiefSonic Youth A Thousand LeavesSonic Youth Rather RippedThe Dillinger Escape Plan Calculating InfinityThe Fall Of Troy ManipulatorThe White Stripes Get Behind Me SatanThe White Stripes ElephantThe White Stripes White Blood Cells3 goodA Perfect Circle Mer de NomsBeck GueroBeck The InformationBoris The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 2Boris The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked 3Boris Akuma no utaBoris Heavy RocksBoris Absolutego+David Bowie RealityDavid Bowie EarthlingDeftones Around The FurDinosaur Jr. Where You Been?Dinosaur Jr. Green MindFaith No More The Real ThingFaith No More King For A Day, Fool For A LifetimeFaith No More Album Of The YearKMFDM WWIIIMetallica Kill Em AllMetallica ...And Justice for AllMuse AbsolutionNeurosis Given to the RisingOpeth Ghost ReveriesPorcupine Tree Stupid DreamSonic Youth GooThe Butterfly Effect Begins HereThe Cure BloodflowersTool AenimaTool UndertowTrivium Ascendancy2.5 averageArctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am....Boris Vein (drone version)Boris The Thing Which Solomon OverlookedCreed Human ClayDinosaur Jr. Hand It OverKyuss ...And The Circus Leaves TownMuse Black Holes and RevelationsNickelback Dark HorseNickelback The Long RoadNickelback Silver Side UpNine Inch Nails With TeethPorcupine Tree Lightbulb SunThe Cure Wild Mood SwingsThrice The Artist In The AmbulanceTrivium ShogunVAST Me and You2 poorA Perfect Circle eMOTIVeArctic Monkeys Favourite Worst NightmareCreed WeatheredDavid Bowie Let's DanceDeftones AdrenalineMuse The ResistanceWHERE THE FUCK DID MUSE GO this is awful, outside of a few songs. Seriously, were they listening to a Maroon 5 album when they wrote it. What a cock-block of an album. Stop trying to appeal to teenyboppers in America you play freaking incredible hard rock, and where did it all go?Protest the Hero FortressRadiohead Pablo HoneyThe Cure The CureThe Killers SawdustThrice The Illusion of SafetyThrice The Alchemy Index: Vols. I and II...Thrice The Alchemy Index Vols. III and IV...Tool 10,000 DaysTool Lateralus1.5 very poorDinosaur Jr. Without a SoundGuns N' Roses Chinese DemocracyMetallica St. AngerNickelback All the Right ReasonsSmashing Pumpkins ZeitgeistTrivium The CrusadeWeezer The Red Album1 awfulWeezer Make BelieveWeezer MaladroitWeezer Green Album
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