One Man 1001 Albums

David Bowie A New Career In A New Town (1977-1982) Get It At Discogs The third installment in a comprehensive deluxe reissue series of David Bowie's entire catalog, A New Career in a New Town (1977-1982) chronicles perhaps the most artistically ambitious…

Japan Tin Drum Get It At Discogs Partially growing out of their success in the country they were named after, as well as growing friendship and affiliation with such bands as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Japan made their most unique, challenging, and striking…

Talking Heads Speaking In Tongues Get It At Discogs Talking Heads found a way to open up the dense textures of the music they had developed with Brian Eno on their two previous studio albums for Speaking in Tongues, and were rewarded with their most popul…

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Into The Great Wide Open Get It At Discogs Petty re-upped with Lynne and reunited the Heartbreakers.

Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 Get It At Discogs Wasting no time in the wake of the Gallagher brothers sudden 2009 implosion, Sony released the deluxe Time Flies 1994-2009 retrospective in the summer of 2010, just in time for the 15th anniversary of (What’s

The Killers Hot Fuss Get It At Discogs There are so many garage rock/dance-rock tunes perfectly stylized and glamorous for the pop kids in the city and in the suburbs of new-millennium America.

Kasabian Empire Japanese Edition Get It At Discogs This is an improvement of Kasabians first album: 'Kasabian.'

Cast Magic Hour Get It At Discogs Magic Hour's songwriting rises way above 1997's Mother Nature Calls, especially on tracks such as "Alien" and "Chasing the Day."

The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious Get It At Discogs Rousing, stompin' garage rock from these Swedes, with plenty of mod and frantic punk energy to keep you grooving along.

Duran Duran Rio Get It At Discogs From its Nagel cover to the haircuts and overall design -- and first and foremost the music -- Rio is as representative of the '80s at its best as it gets.

Front 242 05:22:09:12 Off Get It At Discogs A combination remix collection and wholly separate album, 05:22:09:12 Off (aka Evil Off) is a semi-sequel to 06:21:03:11 Up Evil, appearing about six months after the release of the first disc.

Camper Van Beethoven Telephone Free Landslide Victory Get It At Discogs Camper Van Beethoven were one of the great, pioneering indie rock bands.

Billy Idol Rebel Yell (1999 Expanded Edition) Get It At Discogs Rebel Yell is Billy Idol's high-water mark, the place where he spun his breakthrough hit "White Wedding" into a full-blown rock & roll lifestyle.

Galaxie 500 On Fire Get It At Discogs Having already made a fine account of themselves on Today, the three members of Galaxie 500 got even better with On Fire, recording another lovely classic of late '80s rock.

Art Brut Bang Bang Rock & Roll Get It At Discogs "Formed a Band" was such a brilliant first single, and summed up Art Brut's aesthetic so perfectly, that there almost seemed to be no need for more songs from them.

Blondie Parallel Lines (Expanded Edition) Get It At Discogs Blondie turned to Britain-based pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to new wave legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the style) and…

Def Leppard Hysteria 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Get It At Discogs Where Pyromania had set the standard for polished, catchy pop-metal, Hysteria only upped the ante.

Röyksopp Melody A.M.

Mandalay Instinct Get It At Discogs Mandalay is composed of Saul Freeman, the musical performance half of the esoteric "gallery band" Thieves, and his soaringly vocal counterpart, Nicola Hitchcock.

Lilys The 3 Way Get It At Discogs By the time of their fourth full-length album, 1999's The 3 Way, Lilys had already gone through a more dramatic evolution in just a few years than many bands experience throughout an entire career.

Th' Faith Healers Lido Get It At Discogs Th' Faith Healers' outstanding full-length debut is a wonderfully visceral experience; while often lumped in with the concurrent shoegazer movement, the group's sound is far darker and grittier, their guitars churn…

Soulsavers The Light The Dead See Get It At Discogs Having traveled the dusty road previously with alt rock singer Mark Lanegan, U.K. production duo Soulsavers turn to the equally tortured soul Dave Gahan on The Light the Dead See, but this European union…

Gavin Friday Shag Tobacco Get It At Discogs Friday's third solo effort, as always with Seezer as his main collaborator, provided another development in his musical approach with the choice of Bomb the Bass mainman Tim Simenon as producer.

The High Llamas Gideon Gaye Get It At Discogs Sean O'Hagan has obviously done his Brian Wilson homework, listening to all the albums the Beach Boys recorded between Pet Sounds and Surf's Up.

Trembling Blue Stars Her Handwriting Reissue Get It At Discogs Informed by the breakup -- both professional and personal -- of Robert Wratten and Annemari Davies, the gossamer Her Handwriting is heartbreakingly delicate and forlorn; few artists bare their…

Nitzer Ebb Showtime Expanded Collectors Edition Get It At Discogs Having arguably perfected their original formula on Belief -- as well as reaching its limitations -- Douglas McCarthy and Bon Harris started to experiment in a variety of different directio…

Clock DVA Advantage Get It At Discogs Clock Dva were a strange band in the '80s; not so much for their sounds, which were always somewhat misaligned within the Industrial scene, but for the fact that just when they seemed about to break up, they would rel…

Howard Jones Dream Into Action (Super Deluxe Edition) Get It At Discogs Dream Into Action begins with Howard Jones singing "Things Can Only Get Better," a sentiment that only hints at the good vibes touted by the synth pop singer on his second album.

Two Lone Swordsmen The Fifth Mission (Return To The Flightpath Estate) Get It At Discogs Andrew Weatherall's first post-Sabres outing (together with Keith Tenniswood) is a truly beguiling cachet of alternately moody and unexpectedly funky down- and mid-te…

The Damned Damned Damned Damned (30th Anniversary Edition) Get It At Discogs While the Sex Pistols will always have a prominent place in the story of U.K. punk, the Damned did nearly everything first, including the first single, the smoking "New Rose," and

The Shamen En-Tact Get It At Discogs Besides being one of the few early British dance albums worth its weight in artistry as well as sound, En-Tact is a truly historical gathering of the cream of the new dance music; mixing and production come from a cast…