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1 Radiohead - OK Computer
(1997)
Using the textured soundscapes of The Bends as a launching pad, Radiohead delivered another startlingly accomplished set of modern guitar rock with OK Computer. The anthemic guitar heroics present on Pablo Honey and even The Bends are nowhere to be heard here. Radiohead have stripped away many of the obvious elements of guitar rock, creating music that is subtle and textured yet still has the feeling of rock & roll. Even at its most adventurous -- such as the complex, multi-segmented "Paranoid Android" -- the band is tight, melodic, and muscular, and Thom Yorke's voice effortlessly shifts from a sweet falsetto to vicious snarls. It's a thoroughly astonishing demonstration of musical virtuosity and becomes even more impressive with repeated listens, which reveal subtleties like electronica rhythms, eerie keyboards, odd time signatures, and complex syncopations. …

Adele Afel Bocoum Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder Amadou & Mariam Amy Macdonald Angélique Kidjo Animal Liberation Orchestra Anna Nalick Ayub Ogada Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Boubacar Traoré Brett Dennen Cheikh Lô Cheryl Cole Djelimady Tounkara Dobet Gnahoré Geoffrey Oryema Habib Koité Ismaël Lô Issa Bagayogo Josh Kelley KT Tunstall Kate Nash Koffi Olomide Lokua Kanza Maria Mena Marina & the Diamonds Miriam Makeba Nahawa Doumbia Natasha Bedingfield Nerina Pallot Oliver Mtukudzi Orchestra Baobab Paloma Faith Pixie Lott Rokia Traoré Salif Keita Sam Mangwana Samite Sara Bareilles Siobhan Donaghy Sugababes Tabu Ley Rochereau Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate Tinariwen Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra Tshala Muana VV Brown Youssou N'Dour

1999;
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1 Tom Waits - Mule Variations
2 Underworld - Beaucoup Fish
3 Tindersticks - Simple Pleasure
4 Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun
5 Johnny Dowd - Pictures From Life's Other Side
6 Deus - The Ideal Crash
7 Le Tigre - Le Tigre
8 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
9 Zita Swoon - I Paint Pictures on a Wedding Dress
10 Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
11 Ibrahim Ferrer - Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
12 David Gray - White Ladder
13 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
14 Shack - H.M.S. Fable
15 Beth Orton - Central Reservation

1998;
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1 http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drg900/g962/g96273utdmf.jpg Fela Kuti - The Best of the Black President (1999)
Nigeria
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2 http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd800/d895/d89504jfl78.jpg Salif Keita - The Mansa of Mali...a Retrospective (1994)
Mali
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3 http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc500/c543/c543798s065.jpg King Sunny Adé - Juju Music (1982)
Nigeria
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4 http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd900/d922/d92264axo59.jpg
Thomas Mapfumo - Chimurenga Forever: The Best of Thomas Mapfumo (1995)
Zimbabwe
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5 http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dri000/i082/i08212xjpky.jpg Orchestra Baobab - Pirate's Choice (1982)
Senegal
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. . . and now the good people of Last.fm have a quick way to let me find out just how eclectic they are.

Here are the instructions and results:

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

76/100


The 76 related artists for my profile are Alanis Morissette Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder Amadou & Mariam Aretha Franklin B.B. King & Eric Clapton Beck Björk (2) Blind Faith Blondie Bob Dylan (3) Boubacar Traoré Brian Eno Brian Eno & David Byrne Bruce Springsteen Buddy Guy Can Coldplay (2) Cream Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young David Bowie (2) Elvis Presley Emerson…

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

93/100

The 93 related artists for my profile are Albert Ayler Ali Farka Touré Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder (2) Ali Farka Touré, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Jim Keltner, John Patitucci & Ry Cooder Ali Farka Touré, Jim Keltner, John Patitucci & Ry Cooder Amadou & Mariam Andy Bowers Antonio Vivaldi (2) Armen Chakmakian Bill Evans Bill Frisell Bob Dylan Boubacar Traoré Brad Mehldau Cali Lewis CBC Radio 3 CBC Radio Podcasting CBC Radio Podcasts CBC Radio: The Best of Ideas Charles Mingus Chicago…