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5.0 classic
Animal Collective Fall Be Kind
Miles Davis Kind of Blue
This is the one jazz record owned by people who don't listen to jazz, and with good reason. The band itself is extraordinary (proof of Miles Davis's masterful casting skills, if not of God's existence), listing John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley on saxophones, Bill Evans (or, on "Freddie Freeloader," Wynton Kelly) on piano, and the crack rhythm unit of Paul Chambers on bass and Jimmy Cobb on drums. Coltrane's astringency on tenor is counterpoised to Adderley's funky self on alto, with Davis moderating between them as Bill Evans conjures up a still lake of sound on which they walk. Meanwhile, the rhythm partnership of Cobb and Chambers is prepared to click off time until eternity. It was the key recording of what became modal jazz, a music free of the fixed harmonies and forms of pop songs. In Davis's men's hands it was a weightless music, but one that refused to fade into the background. In retrospect every note seems perfect, and each piece moves inexorably towards its destiny.
Muse Absolution
Muse reach perfection on their 3rd full length release with the stunning 'Absolution.' This album highlights everything that is good about the amazing UK trio. The album opens with the fantastic 'Apocolypse Please' and does not let you go until the very end track 'Ruled By Secrecy.' The album contains no filler tracks with every song being spectacular.
Paul Dempsey Everything Is True
Paul Kelly Songs From The South - Volumes 1 & 2
Paul Kelly says, in one of his songs, that he is a legend and not a star. This statement could not be more true. Virtually unheard-of outside of Oz, Paul Kelly writes strong lyrics that perfectly capture a moment.
Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness
Rise Against hits us with a rollicking wallop of an album that further establishes the Chicago-based outfit as one of the great bright hopes for the future of the pop/punk/rock scene. Cut from the same savvy cloth as Bad Religion and Black Flag, Rise Against rocks hard during the martial opus opener, "Chamber The Cartridge," the melodic "Injection," which asks us to imagine that Iron Maiden came from sunny California and not some dreary part of London, and "Ready To Fall," which may be one of the greatest anthems of adolescent estrangement. The band also isn't afraid of a good hook and scintillating melody ("Under The Knife"), exploring complex emotions ("Roadside"), or unleashing a bit of old-school breakneck fury sans apology ("Brick"). All of these things demonstrate that Rise Against is drawing from a broader palette than many of its counterparts, one of the reasons it will (indeed, already has) rise above the masses of sound-alike acts vying for the attention of the younger generations.
Underoath Define The Great Line
Underoath have single-handedly given hope to a genre ripe with rip-offs, carbon copies, and flavor of the week musical acts. "Define the Great Line" further establishes Underoath as one of the most important and influential bands in metalcore music today.

4.5 superb
Augie March Moo, You Bloody Choir
Augie March Strange Bird
Clint Mansell and Kronos Quartet Requiem for a Dream
Howard Shore The Fellowship of the Ring
Howard Shore The Two Towers
Jeff Buckley Grace
Jimmy Eat World Futures
Karnivool Themata
Metallica Ride The Lightning
Metallica S&M
Michel Camilo One More Once
Yes, It could be one of the best Latin-Big Band cds of all time, but I hesitate to say that only because I don't own much else (a few here and there) to compare it to. I can't imagine anything being better that this disc, from the awesome soloing by everyone involved, to Faddis' lead playing and the percussion... this is a fun, summertime party kind of cd, but with beautiful ballads, that can put me in the best possible mood just from listening.
Miles Davis Bitches Brew
Miles Davis In a Silent Way
Mumford and Sons Sigh No More
Muse HAARP
Paul Kelly Songs From The South
Queen Greatest Hits
Reel Big Fish Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live
Rise Against Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Rush Moving Pictures
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Consummation
The Aquabats The Fury of the Aquabats!
Underoath Lost In The Sound Of Separation
After releasing one of the greatest metalcore albums of all time, Underoath return with the extremely tight and raw Lost In The Sound of Seperation. While still being more cacthy and pop(ier) this album feels a lot more heavy than DTGL. With more comprehensive and coherent song writing Underoath have successfully backed up DTGL.
Vampire Weekend Contra

4.0 excellent
As Cities Burn Come Now Sleep
As Cities Burn Hell or High Water
Augie March Sunset Studies
August Burns Red Messengers
August Burns Red's second album Messenger's is fantastic. Backed with one very strong rythm section (Drums and a barely audible bass) and some techniquely written guitar riffs this album seems to stand out and above over other generic Metalcore albums.
Ben Folds Rockin' The Suburbs
Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever, Amen
Ben Kweller Sha Sha
Ben Kweller Ben Kweller
Cold Chisel Chisel
Coldplay Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Coldplay Prospekt's March
Crowded House Temple Of Low Men
Dave Matthews Band Crash
Dave Weckl Band Synergy
Dead Letter Circus Dead Letter Circus
Ezekiel Ox Winter In Suburbia
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Gurrumul
Gordon Goodwins Big Phat Band XXL
Haste the Day Pressure the Hinges
Jericco Jericco
Metallica Master Of Puppets
Metallica ...And Justice For All
mewithoutYou Brother, Sister
Millencolin Pennybridge Pioneers
Millencolin Home From Home
Millencolin Kingwood
Misery Signals Controller
Muse Origin of Symmetry
Muse Black Holes & Revelations
Paul Kelly Talk
Paul Kelly So Much Water So Close To Home
Paul Kelly Comedy
Paul Kelly Hidden Things
Paul Kelly Deeper Water
Paul Kelly Foggy Highway
Powderfinger Vulture Street
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
Reel Big Fish Why Do They Rock So Hard?
Reel Big Fish Turn the Radio Off
Relient K Mmhmm
Rise Against Appeal to Reason
The Amity Affliction Severed Ties
The Living End From Here On In
The Living End White Noise
The Rocket Summer Do You Feel
The Whitlams Eternal Nightcap
The Whitlams Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You: The Best Of
The Whitlams Love This City
Tom Waits Blue Valentine
U2 Achtung Baby
U2 The Joshua Tree
U2 The Best Of 1980-1990
Underoath Survive Kaleidoscope

3.5 great
All Time Low So Wrong, It's Right
Animal Collective Ark
Armor For Sleep What To Do When You Are Dead
Ben Folds Five Ben Folds Five
Ben Kweller Changing Horses
Birds Of Tokyo Universes
Blessthefall His Last Walk
Bloc Party A Weekend in the City
Crowded House Crowded House
Eskimo Joe Black Fingernails, Red Wine
Girl Talk Feed the Animals
Hans Zimmer The Lion King
Haste the Day Burning Bridges
Haste the Day When Everything Falls
House Vs. Hurricane Forfeiture
With an unique name like "House Vs Hurricane" you could be either really bad or really good. Luckily these boys are better than good. Hailing from the same country as heavyweights Parkway Drive, House Vs Hurricane are looking to captivate fans across the globe just like Parkway has done in the past. Though for an EP there is way to much filler. The standout tracks I would rate downloadable are: 'Comforting out Thought in A Continues Blue', 'Fofeiture' and 'The Only Virtue' with all 3 tracks getting the exact mix of Metalcore and 'disco' per-say correct.
In Flames Come Clarity
Inhale Exhale I Swear...
Jimmy Eat World Bleed American
John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
Metallica Metallica
Millencolin Machine 15
Missy Higgins The Sound of White
Muse Showbiz
My Chemical Romance The Black Parade
Paramore Riot!
Parkway Drive Killing With A Smile
Paul Kelly Post
Paul Kelly Under The Sun
Paul Kelly Wanted Man
Paul Kelly Words and Music
Paul Kelly ...nothing but a dream
Paul Kelly Ways & Means
Paul Kelly Songs From The South Volume 2
Powderfinger Dream Days At The Hotel Existence
Reel Big Fish Cheer Up!
Reel Big Fish Monkeys for Nothin' and The Chimps...
Rise Against Revolutions per Minute
Savage Garden Affirmation
Silverstein A Shipwreck in the Sand
Streetlight Manifesto Keasbey Nights
Sum 41 Does This Look Infected?
Sum 41 Chuck
The Amity Affliction High Hopes
The Aquabats Charge!!
The Living End The Living End
The Presets Apocalypso
The Used Lies for the Liars
The Whitlams Love
Yellowcard Lights and Sounds

3.0 good
Attack Attack! Someday Came Suddenly
Ben Folds Songs for Silverman
Ben Folds Five The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner
Ben Kweller On My Way
Bring Me The Horizon Count Your Blessings
Coldplay X&Y
Eric Hutchinson Sounds Like This
Estelle Shine
Fall Out Boy Take This to Your Grave
Four Year Strong Rise Or Die Trying
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard The Dark Knight
Haste the Day Dreamer
HORSE the band The Mechanical Hand
Jason Mraz Mr. A-Z
Jason Mraz We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
Josh Pyke Memories & Dust
Karnivool Persona
A great EP from a band that is uber talented. This is just a taste of the greatness they acheived on Themata. Pick it up if you can.
Fade is definatly a great listen
Lily Allen It's Not Me, It's You
Linkin Park Meteora
Lostprophets Start Something
Lostprophets Liberation Transmission
Memphis May Fire Memphis May Fire
Metallica Death Magnetic
MGMT Oracular Spectacular
MGMT Time to Pretend
Paul Kelly Stolen Apples
Paul Kelly Gossip
Paul Kelly Smoke
Paul Kelly Professor Ratbaggy
Paul Kelly Star Dust Five
Reel Big Fish We're Not Happy 'Till You're Not Happy
Savage Garden Savage Garden
Sum 41 Go Chuck Yourself
The Butterfly Effect Final Conversation of Kings
The Kooks Inside In/Inside Out
The Living End Roll On
U2 No Line on the Horizon
Underoath 777 (DVD)
Yellowcard Ocean Avenue

2.5 average
August Burns Red Lost Messengers: The Outtakes
Bring Me The Horizon Suicide Season
Cynic Traced in Air
Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism
Emarosa Relativity
Empire Of The Sun Walking On A Dream
Evermore Truth of the World: Welcome to the Show
The Devil Wears Prada With Roots Above and Branches Below
The Devil Wears Prada (TDWP) have at last done something well. Created a good album, that is average on scale to any other band. TDWP have followed the same simple generic formula, since breaking new ground seems to scary a task for a christian bias metalcore band, though at least they have got rid of all the things that made the last album horrible. But they still persist with stupid song title names such as 'Big Wiggly Style' and 'I Hate Buffering.' To borrow a line, these guys are just so good at being mediocre.
The Presets Beams
The Red Shore Unconsecrated

2.0 poor
Agraceful The Great I Am
And Then There Were None The Hope We Forgot Exists
Augie March Watch Me Disappear
Ben Folds Way To Normal
Dr. Dre 2001
Here I Come Falling Oh Grave, Where Is Thy Victory
Katy Perry One of the Boys
Parkway Drive Horizons
Something For Kate Echolalia
Something For Kate Elsewhere for 8 Minutes
The Cat Empire Two Shoes
The Devil Wears Prada Plagues

1.5 very poor
A Day To Remember Homesick
Escape the Fate This War Is Ours
Metallica St. Anger
New Found Glory Not Without a Fight
Nickelback Dark Horse
Norma Jean Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child
Saosin In Search Of Solid Ground
Something For Kate The Official Fiction
The Devil Wears Prada Dear Love: A Beautiful Discord

1.0 awful
A Skylit Drive Wires...and the Concept of Breathing
brokeNCYDE BC 13
Crazy Frog Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits
Our Last Night The Ghosts Among Us
Soulja Boy Souljaboytellem.com
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