1. John Lee Hooker – House of the Blues (1959)
2. Miles Davis – E.S.P. (1965)
3. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – A Hard Road (1967)
4. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground With Nico (1967)
5. MC5 – Back in the U.S.A. (1970)
6. The Who – Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971)
7. Yes – Fragile (1971)
8. Black Sabbath – Volume 4 (1972)
9. The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)
10. Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974)
11. Frank Zappa – Roxy and Elsewhere (1974)
12. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
13. Led Zeppelin – Physical Grafiti (1975)
14. Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (1975)
15. Kiss-destroyer (1976)
16. Rush – 2112 (1976)
17. Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)
18. AC/DC – Let there Be Rock (1977)
19. Ace Frehley – Self Titled (1978)
20. J. Geils Band – The Best of (1979)
21. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)
22. Wire – 154 (1979)
23. The Wipers – Is This Real (1980)
24. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Kaleidoscope (1980)
25. Dead Kennedys – In God We Trust Inc. (1981)
26. Black Flag – Damaged (1981)
27. The Cure – Pornography (1982)
28. Crass – Christ the Album (1982)
29. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (1982)
30. Van Halen – Diver Down (1982)
31. The Scorpions – Blackout (1982)
32. Def Leppard – Pyromania (1983)
33. The Subhumans – The Day the Country Died (1983)
34. Quiet Riot – Metal Health (1983)
35. Swans – Filth (1983)
36. Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith (1984)
37. Ratt – Out of the Cellar (1984)
38. Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry (1984)
39. Motorhead – No Remorse (1984)
40. S.O.D. – Speak English or Die (1985)
41. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion (1985)
42. Metallica – Master of Puppets (1986)
43. Slayer – Reign in Blood (1986)
44. The Mentors – Up the Dose (1986)
45. Kreator – Pleasure to Kill (1986)
46. The Smithereens – Especially For You (1986)
47. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs (1987)
48. Anthrax – Among the Living (1987)
49. Death – Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
50. The Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
51. The Damned – The Light At the End of the Tunnel (1987)
52. Nuclear Assault – The Plague (1987)
53. M.O.D. – U.S.A. For M.O.D. (1987)
54. Wehrmacht – Shark Attack (1987)
55. Sodom – Persecution Mania (1987)
56. R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office (1987)
57. King Diamond – Them (1988)
58. The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good (1988)
59. Rancid Vat – Justice: This is What We Do to Traitors (1988)
60. Smegma – Smell the Remains (1988)
61. Voivod – Dimension Hatross (1988)
62. They Might Be Giants – Lincoln (1988)
63. Carcass – Reek of Putrefaction (1988)
64. The Birthday Party – Hee Haw (1988)
65. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
66. N.W.A. – Straight Out of Compton (1988)
67. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
68. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
69. The Ramones – Ramones Mania (1988)
70. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Tender Prey (1988)
71. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything (1988)
72. The Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
73. Fugazi – 13 Songs (1989)
74. Minor Threat – Discography (1989)
75. Ludichrist – Powertrip (1989)
76. Bauhaus – Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions (1989)
77. Nirvana – Bleach (1989)
78. Depeche Mode – Violator (1990)
79. Robyn Hitchcock – Eye (1990)
80. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1990)
81. G.G. Allin – Doctrine of Mayhem (1990)
82. Poison Idea – Feel the Darkness (1990)
83. Napalm Death – Harmony Corruption (1990)
84. Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness (1990)
85. Muddy Waters – Chess Box Set (1990)
86. The Breeders – Pod (1990)
87. The Melvins – Bullhead (1991)
88. Seaweed – Despised (1991)
89. General Surgery – Necrology (1991)
90. Flop – And the Fall of the Mop Squeezer (1992)
91. Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (1992)
92. Ween – Pure Guava (1992)
93. Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)
94. Deicide – Legion (1992)
95. Incantation – Onward to Golgotha (1992)
96. Antiseen – Eat More Possum (1993)
97. The Posies – Frosting on the Beater (1993)
98. Pearl Jam – Vs. (1993)
99. Darkthrone – Transylvanian Hunger (1994)
100. Anal Cunt – Everyone Should be Killed (1994)
101. Pantera – Far Beyond Driven (1994)
102. Man is the Bastard – D.I.Y.C.D. (1995)
103. Karp – Suplex (1995)
104. Heatmiser – Mic City Sons (1996)
105. Robert Pollard – Not In My Airforce (1996)
106. Eyehategod – Dopesick (1996)
107. Guided By Voices – Mag Earwhig (1997)
108. Spazz – Sweating to the Oldies (1998)
109. Phobia – Means of Existence (1998)
110. Master P – The Last Don (1998)
111. Nile – Among the Catacombs of Nephren Ka (1998)
112. Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk (1999)
113. Deftones – White Pony (2000)
1950s: 1 release for .8% of the total list
1959: (1)100%
1960s: 3 releases for 2.65% of the total list
1965: (1)33.3%
1967: (2)66.6%
1970s: 18 releases for 15.92% of the total list
1970: (1)5.5%
1971: (2)11.1%
1972: (1)5.5%
1973: (1)5.5%
1974: (3)16.6%
1975: (2)11.1%
1976: (2)11.1%
1977: (2)11.1%
1978: (1)5.5%
1979: (3)16.6%
1980s: 55 releases for 48.67% of the total list
1980: (2)3.63%
1981: (2)3.63
1982: (5)9.09%
1983: (4)7.27%
1984: (4)7.27%
1985: (2)3.63%
1986: (5)9.09%
1987: (10)18.18
1988: (16)29.09%
1989: (5)9.09%
1990s: 35 releases for 30.97% of the total list
1990: (9)25.71%
1991: (3)8.57%
1992: (6)17.14%
1993: (3)8.57%
1994: (3)8.57%
1995: (2)5.71%
1996: (3)8.57%
1997: (1)2.85%
1998: (4)11.42%
1999: (1)2.85%
2000s: 1 release for.8% of the total list
2000: (1)100%
The year which hosts the most releases is 1988 with 16 comprising 14.15% of the total list.
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "metal" genre: 18.75%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "alternative" genre: 50%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "rap / hip hop" genre: 12.5%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "punk" genre: 18.75%
47 albums on the list are “metal” which comprises 41.59% of the total list.
2. Miles Davis – E.S.P. (1965)
3. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – A Hard Road (1967)
4. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground With Nico (1967)
5. MC5 – Back in the U.S.A. (1970)
6. The Who – Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971)
7. Yes – Fragile (1971)
8. Black Sabbath – Volume 4 (1972)
9. The Stooges – Raw Power (1973)
10. Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Treaties (1974)
11. Frank Zappa – Roxy and Elsewhere (1974)
12. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
13. Led Zeppelin – Physical Grafiti (1975)
14. Steely Dan – The Royal Scam (1975)
15. Kiss-destroyer (1976)
16. Rush – 2112 (1976)
17. Pink Floyd – Animals (1977)
18. AC/DC – Let there Be Rock (1977)
19. Ace Frehley – Self Titled (1978)
20. J. Geils Band – The Best of (1979)
21. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)
22. Wire – 154 (1979)
23. The Wipers – Is This Real (1980)
24. Siouxsie and the Banshees – Kaleidoscope (1980)
25. Dead Kennedys – In God We Trust Inc. (1981)
26. Black Flag – Damaged (1981)
27. The Cure – Pornography (1982)
28. Crass – Christ the Album (1982)
29. Iron Maiden – The Number of the Beast (1982)
30. Van Halen – Diver Down (1982)
31. The Scorpions – Blackout (1982)
32. Def Leppard – Pyromania (1983)
33. The Subhumans – The Day the Country Died (1983)
34. Quiet Riot – Metal Health (1983)
35. Swans – Filth (1983)
36. Judas Priest – Defenders of the Faith (1984)
37. Ratt – Out of the Cellar (1984)
38. Twisted Sister – Stay Hungry (1984)
39. Motorhead – No Remorse (1984)
40. S.O.D. – Speak English or Die (1985)
41. Celtic Frost – To Mega Therion (1985)
42. Metallica – Master of Puppets (1986)
43. Slayer – Reign in Blood (1986)
44. The Mentors – Up the Dose (1986)
45. Kreator – Pleasure to Kill (1986)
46. The Smithereens – Especially For You (1986)
47. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs (1987)
48. Anthrax – Among the Living (1987)
49. Death – Scream Bloody Gore (1987)
50. The Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician (1987)
51. The Damned – The Light At the End of the Tunnel (1987)
52. Nuclear Assault – The Plague (1987)
53. M.O.D. – U.S.A. For M.O.D. (1987)
54. Wehrmacht – Shark Attack (1987)
55. Sodom – Persecution Mania (1987)
56. R.E.M. – Dead Letter Office (1987)
57. King Diamond – Them (1988)
58. The Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good (1988)
59. Rancid Vat – Justice: This is What We Do to Traitors (1988)
60. Smegma – Smell the Remains (1988)
61. Voivod – Dimension Hatross (1988)
62. They Might Be Giants – Lincoln (1988)
63. Carcass – Reek of Putrefaction (1988)
64. The Birthday Party – Hee Haw (1988)
65. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
66. N.W.A. – Straight Out of Compton (1988)
67. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
68. Cocteau Twins – Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
69. The Ramones – Ramones Mania (1988)
70. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Tender Prey (1988)
71. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything (1988)
72. The Pixies – Surfer Rosa (1988)
73. Fugazi – 13 Songs (1989)
74. Minor Threat – Discography (1989)
75. Ludichrist – Powertrip (1989)
76. Bauhaus – Swing the Heartache: The BBC Sessions (1989)
77. Nirvana – Bleach (1989)
78. Depeche Mode – Violator (1990)
79. Robyn Hitchcock – Eye (1990)
80. Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (1990)
81. G.G. Allin – Doctrine of Mayhem (1990)
82. Poison Idea – Feel the Darkness (1990)
83. Napalm Death – Harmony Corruption (1990)
84. Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness (1990)
85. Muddy Waters – Chess Box Set (1990)
86. The Breeders – Pod (1990)
87. The Melvins – Bullhead (1991)
88. Seaweed – Despised (1991)
89. General Surgery – Necrology (1991)
90. Flop – And the Fall of the Mop Squeezer (1992)
91. Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (1992)
92. Ween – Pure Guava (1992)
93. Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the Mutilated (1992)
94. Deicide – Legion (1992)
95. Incantation – Onward to Golgotha (1992)
96. Antiseen – Eat More Possum (1993)
97. The Posies – Frosting on the Beater (1993)
98. Pearl Jam – Vs. (1993)
99. Darkthrone – Transylvanian Hunger (1994)
100. Anal Cunt – Everyone Should be Killed (1994)
101. Pantera – Far Beyond Driven (1994)
102. Man is the Bastard – D.I.Y.C.D. (1995)
103. Karp – Suplex (1995)
104. Heatmiser – Mic City Sons (1996)
105. Robert Pollard – Not In My Airforce (1996)
106. Eyehategod – Dopesick (1996)
107. Guided By Voices – Mag Earwhig (1997)
108. Spazz – Sweating to the Oldies (1998)
109. Phobia – Means of Existence (1998)
110. Master P – The Last Don (1998)
111. Nile – Among the Catacombs of Nephren Ka (1998)
112. Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk (1999)
113. Deftones – White Pony (2000)
1959: (1)100%
1960s: 3 releases for 2.65% of the total list
1965: (1)33.3%
1967: (2)66.6%
1970s: 18 releases for 15.92% of the total list
1970: (1)5.5%
1971: (2)11.1%
1972: (1)5.5%
1973: (1)5.5%
1974: (3)16.6%
1975: (2)11.1%
1976: (2)11.1%
1977: (2)11.1%
1978: (1)5.5%
1979: (3)16.6%
1980s: 55 releases for 48.67% of the total list
1980: (2)3.63%
1981: (2)3.63
1982: (5)9.09%
1983: (4)7.27%
1984: (4)7.27%
1985: (2)3.63%
1986: (5)9.09%
1987: (10)18.18
1988: (16)29.09%
1989: (5)9.09%
1990s: 35 releases for 30.97% of the total list
1990: (9)25.71%
1991: (3)8.57%
1992: (6)17.14%
1993: (3)8.57%
1994: (3)8.57%
1995: (2)5.71%
1996: (3)8.57%
1997: (1)2.85%
1998: (4)11.42%
1999: (1)2.85%
2000s: 1 release for.8% of the total list
2000: (1)100%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "metal" genre: 18.75%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "alternative" genre: 50%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "rap / hip hop" genre: 12.5%
Percentage of those releases which would fall within the "punk" genre: 18.75%
17 albums on the list are “punk” which comprises 15.04% of the total list.
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This list of course could change with any given day but most of these are mainstays in my musical diet / development and have provided me with tons of inspiration. Do yourself a favor and give some of these releases a listen.
Bye. Roaster.
