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I enjoy the stats portion of Last.fm more than anything else around here, and I find that some of the tools that are out there for extending the statistics are quite impressive.

Here is something I generated that I found too big for my about me section as I already have a few things there.

It's quite amusing how some completely random listens have found their way into the "milestones".



I also find it a little funny if one does it again with 1000 track steps. Since then it shows a lot of repeated artists:

Because I've basically saved every song I've ever collected in my long life of music listening, I figured it would be fun to compile CD length playlists containing songs that best represent my music taste at various stages in my life. What's interesting is that there are very few bands that I used to listen to that I now say are terrible. It seems like my tastes haven't exactly changed; I've merely added new genres and bands to my collection, and I still listen to artists that I rocked out to as a wee youngin. See what you think of my former selves, and sound off on which one's taste sucks the most if you want. It's all kosher here.

Age 13 (When I was an awkward, fat teenager)
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Collective Soul - The World I Know
Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say
Kent - Things She Said
Meja - All About the Money
Mikael Wiehe - Flickan och Krakan
Oasis - Wonderwall
Robbie Williams - Millenium
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Sugar Ray - Falls Apart
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Verve pipe - Freshman
The Wallflowers - One Headlight
The Who - My Generation

This playlist shows the beginnings of my exploration of music. At this point in my life, I got music from two sources: my parents and my radio. My mom would buy me popular bands such as Dave Matthews Band, Sugar Ray, The Wallflowers, etc. My dad would play me records and CDs by artists such as The Beatles, The Who, Sweet, and Black Sabbath. The radio introduced me to the grunge movement, alternative rock, and The Beastie Boys. I even distinctly remember a short fascination I had with the Aqua song Barbie Girl... anyways, you might notice a few outliers there, namely Meja, Kent, and Mikael Wiehe. I spent one semester of 8th grade in Sweden, where my friends and neighbors had a considerable impact on what I listened to. So that's that, then.

Age 17 (senior year of high school)
Alizee - Moi Lolita
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - For Tha Love Of Money
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself
Death Cab for Cutie - Photobooth
Finch - What It Is To Burn
The Get Up Kids - Long Goodnight
GLAY - Two Bell Silence
Jay-Z - It's Like That (w/Kid Capri)
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
L'Arc~en~Ciel - Spirit Dreams Inside
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Noir Desir - Le Vent Nous Portera
Poison the Well - Torn
The Rasmus - In the Shadows
Red House Painters - I Feel The Rain Fall
Sigur Ros - Hjartao Hamast
Something Corporate – Hurricane (Changing Weather Patterns)
The Used - Buried Myself Alive

Ah, I remember this time in my life so clearly. This was probably the biggest change in my listening habits. I had tapped out radio-friendly music and, becoming more internet savvy, I decided to expand my music horizons through talking to people online and, probably the most effective way, searching for random words in file-sharing programs. By searching for “spirit,” I got “Spirit Dreams Inside” by L’Arc~En~Ciel. By searching for “hjarta” (Swedish for “heart”) I got “Hjartao Hamast” by Sigur Ros. By searching for “vent” (French for “wind”), I got Noir Desir etc etc. I also discovered an online game called “The Emo Game” that introduced me to bands like Bright Eyes and The Get Up Kids (although they’re admittedly not emo). I also got some rap music for blasting in my car like pretty much every other idiot jock.

Age 18 (after my first year of college)
Abandoned Pools - Start Over
Avenged Sevenfold - Remenissions
The Beautiful Mistake - Circular Parade
boysetsfire - Full Color Guilt
Dave Matthews Band - Grey Street
Erase the Grey - Rain
From Autumn to Ashes - I'm The Best At Ruining My Life
Guided by Voices - Liquid Indian
Her Space Holiday - My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Jimmy Eat World - Claire
Keepsake - Cartoon Life
Murder by Death - I'm Afraid of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Rise Against - Like The Angel
Sparta - Light Burns Clear
Sunny Day Real Estate - Pillars
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance
Thursday - Standing on the Edge of Summer

In college, I connected with people on my hall that had similar music tastes. Two of my closest friends got me into Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Thursday, Sparta, From Autumn to Ashes, Rise Against, all that jazz. I randomly heard Abandoned Pools while I was walking past a kid’s room once, and I ran in there and asked him what it was because it was so incredibly beautiful. I continued finding stuff on my own, introducing myself to Radiohead, Guided By Voices, and Murder By Death. I also had my second Dave Matthews Band resurgence; after hating Everyday, Busted Stuff and the Lilywhite Sessions came out and blew my mind with yet another sound, this one more folk/bluesy. It seemed like every other album they’ve put out are the ones that everyone cracks on for being lame (Crash (though it’s only because of Crash Into Me, the rest is awesome) Everyday, Stand Up), and the good ones they do so well on (Under The Table and Dreaming (aside from Ants Marching and What Would You Say), Before These Crowded Streets, Busted Stuff, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King) go unnoticed… but enough legitimizing my on-again-off-again romance with a band that’s trendy to hate. I listed Jimmy Eat World again because while the band moved in their mediocre pop direction (Futures, Chase This Light), I started going back in their history, checking out Static Prevails and Clarity and the various underground comps they lent singles to. They used to be so good, so raw…

Age 20 (senior year of college / becoming a music snob)
The Album Leaf - On Your Way
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Ariel Kill Him - Ca-cao
Atkins Lane - Everything Was You
Bishop Allen - Ghosts Are Good Company
Dinosaur Jr. - Even You
Fugazi - Give Me The Cure
Iron & Wine - He Lays In The Reins
JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
Life at These Speeds - Land Filled
Love Lost but Not Forgotten - Perfectly Fucked
M83 - A Guitar And A Heart
Marc Broussard - Home
Matt Pond PA - The Trees And The Wild
Minus the Bear - This Ain't A Surfin Movie
Rites of Spring - For Want Of
Saetia - Venus And Bacchus
Tujiko Noriko - Aru Choten
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start - Come Away
Wilco - At Least That's What You Said

This was when I truly got into underground music. The girl I dated at the time started hating the music I listened to (and we actually broke up not long after I refused to go to a Brand New concert with her). I had a torrid love affair with Dischord and Level Planes (my man crush on Guy Picciotto supercedes all other musical emotions even today) caused by a single listen by Saetia’s Venus and Bacchus that lead to me buying over a dozen CDs in a week, including Love Lost But Not Forgotten, Fugazi, JR Ewing, Life At These Speeds, Saetia, Rites of Spring and so many more. I also started moving in the exact opposite direction, away from drum- and guitar-driven rock and hardcore and towards minimalist indie and vocal work. I bought The Album Leaf album without even hearing it, which started me on the road towards Ariel Kill Him, Tujiko Noriko, Iron & Wine, and M83. I also started seeking out rising indie bands like Arcade Fire, Up Up Down Down, and Minus The Bear, catching on right before the huge upswell in popularity. I had my first Wilco moment, and fell in love with Marc Broussard’s voice and writing at first listen even though I only listened to him to be able to mock him (I saw him on Yahoo! Music and thought he was another boy band reject from his looks). I also began getting into unknown bands through random concerts around town (Atkins Lane, matt pond PA).

Age 22 (Wasting time / looking for a job / The Guitar Hero era)
All That Remains - This Calling
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - A Classic Arts Showcase
The Appleseed Cast - Here We Are (Family In The Hallways)
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Carissa's Wierd - Ignorant Piece of Shit
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details of the War
Greenleaf - Agents of Ahriman
I Would Set Myself on Fire for You - Seven
Lightheaded - Poetry in Motion
Mac Lethal - Turn Off The Radio
The National - Fake Empire
Othello - Seasons Greetings (feat. Sirens Echos)
Scar Symmetry - Artificial Sun Projection
A Silver Mt. Zion - Take These Hands and Throw Them In The River
Strange Fruit Project - Get Live (feat. Erykah Badu)
Strata - Night Falls (The Weight of It)
Suis La Lune - Quiet, Pull The Strings
Trophy Scars - Alchemist. Alchemists.
65daysofstatic - This Cat Is A Landmine

I call this the Guitar Hero era because being introduced to that game hearkened back to high school when I actually used to try to play instruments… I returned my focus to instrument-driven work, paying more attention to technique and individual performances instead of the whole song. This lead to a lot of progressive rock and metal. Mike Martin and Olin Buchanan of All That Remains single-handedly slated my guitar-shredding thirst for almost a year. Trail of Dead, Appleseed Cast, The National, Strata, and Trophy Scars kept me happy with unusual drum-work and time-signatures and variations on the 4/4 that would blow most musicians’ minds. Suis La Lune, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, 65Daysofstatic, and A Silver Mt. Zion created beautiful and off-kilter music. Bands like Greenleaf and Scar Symmetry gave me the guitars to fill the void that All That Remains couldn’t. I also began my foray into undergroup hip-hop, using Mac Lethal as a springboard into balding white rappers and Lightheaded and Strange Fruit Project introducing me to rap music that can uplift and energize. Finally, I continued to get into indie music, playing Black Kids, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Carissa’s Wierd till my roommates wanted to kill me (insert music asshole joke about how one play is all it took here).

Age 24 (Gainfully employeed / the man I am today)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
Bottomless Pit - Leave The Light On
Dave Matthews Band - Why I Am
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Jacobi Wichita - I Only Draw Chairs
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave
Mars ILL - Fade to Black (feat. Sintax)
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Nizlopi - Last Night In Dakar
Pierce the Veil - The Cheap Bouquet
Restiform Bodies - Foul
Silversun Pickups - It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
United Nations - The Shape of Punk That Never Came
WHY? - Good Friday
Zolar X - I Pulled My Helmet Off (I'm Going to Love Her)

Once I got my life on track and got into the real world, my music tastes matured with me. The “My Grass Is Blue” movement in Blacksburg got me into The Avett Brothers and Fleet Foxes (not exactly related, I know, but bear with me), Carissa’s Wierd led me to Band of Horses, peeks at Pitchfork and last.fm led me to Justice, The Knife, and MGMT, and random music review sites turned me onto Jacobi Wichita (still only 250 listeners on last.fm is a crime!) and Zolar X (extremely awesome David Bowie’s mind meets Styx’s sound meets Rush’s instrumental insanity space-age love progressive rock). I also continued to find underground hip-hop, experiencing a love for half of Anticon (Restiform Bodies, Why, Odd Nosdam, etc) and a mixture of disgust and pity for the other half (all the straight-edge assholes like Non-Prophets). I had my third DMB sighting after Stand Up made me hate the band, but Big Whiskey made me their bitch again, and I continued to find bands in genres I thought I already nailed down (Bottomless Pit, Pierce The Veil, Niz, Silversun Pickups, United Nations).

For Brit rocker Suzi Quatro, this is pretty funky. From 1975: "I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew" - produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman (aka Chinn/Chapman, who were behind many Brit pop acts - including Sweet).

Some are linked so this will show up on Last FM feeds

Artist Album
99 Live at Pep's
801 801 Live
10 cc 10 cc
801/ Manzanera, Phil 801
AC/DC Back in Black
AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Adam and the Ants Kings of the New Frontier
Adans, Bryan Reckless
Affinity Affinity
Alan Parsons Project Vultuer Culture
Alan Parsons Project, The Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe
America History, America's Greatest Hits
Andrea True Connection, The White Witch
Animals Best of the Animals
Anka, Paul Young, Alive and in Love
Anvil Metal on Metal
April Wine Electric Jewels
Audio Army Get This Message
Austin, Patti Getting' Away with Murder
Aznavour, Charles Chante En Multiphonie Stereo
Bachman Turner Overdrive Bachman Turner Overdrive II
Bachman Turner Overdrive Freeways
Bachman Turner Overdrive Not Fragile
Baez, Joan Joan Baez
Baldry, Long John Baldry's Out
Baldry, Long John Everything Stops for Tea
Baldry, Long John It Ain't Easy
Barbieri, Gato El Gato
Beatles, The Beatles '65
Beatles, The Help
Beatles, The Hey Jude
Beatles, The Let it Be
Beatles, The Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles, The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles, The Something New, Something New
Beatles, The The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
Beatles, The The Beatles Story
Beatles, The Yesterday and Today
Beck, Jeff Wired
Belafonte, Harry Swing dat Hammer
Belew, Adrian Lone Rhino
Belew, Adrian Twang Bar King
Benatar, Pat Crimes of Passion
Benatar, Pat In the Heat of the Night
Benson, George Breezin'
Benton, Barbie Something New
Berry, Chuck Golden Decade
Bim (Roy Forbes) Kid Full of Dreams
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Blakey, Art Thermo
Blondie Autoamerican
Blondie Parallel Lines
Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears Child is Father to the Man
Blue Rodeo Outskirts
Boston Boston
Bowie, David Hunky Dory
Bowie, David Scary Monsters
Bowie, David Young Americans
Box, The All the Time, All the Time, All the Time…
Brel, Jacques Jacques Brel 8/Brel en Public Olympia 1961
Brown, James It's a Mother
Brown, James Super Bad
Brubeck, Dave Time Out
Bush, Kate Hounds of Love
Bush, Kate Never for Ever
Bush, Kate The Dreaming
Bush, Kate The Kick Inside
Bush, Kate The Sensual World
Cambridge Concepy of Timothy Clover A Harvard Square Affair
Captain & Tennille, The Love Will Keep us Together
Caribou Andorra
Cars, The Candy-O
Cars, The Shake It Up
Cars, The The Cars
Cash, Johnny Johnny Cash at Fulsom Prison
Cheap Trick All Shook Up
Cheap Trick at Budokan
Cheap Trick Dream Police
Cheap Trick Found All the Parts
Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight
Cheap Trick In Color
Cheetah Rock & Roll Women
Clarke, Stanley School Days
Clash, The London Calling
Cockburn, Bruce Stealing Fire
Cockrobin Cockrobin
Cohen, Leonard The Best of Leonard Cohen
Cohen, Leonard Various Positions
Contino, Dick Accordion Magic
Costello, Elvis King of America
Costello, Elvis Trust
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Almost Blue
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Armed Forces
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Blood and Chocolate
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Get Happy
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Goodbye Cruel World
Costello, Elvis and the Attractions Imperial Bedroom
Cougar, John American Fool
Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Dallas Taylor & Greg Reeves déjà vu
Cross Country Cross Country
Cross, Christopher Christopher Cross
Crowbar Heavy Duty
Crowded House Crowded House
Cutler, Ivor Jammy Smears
Davis, Miles On the Corner
de Brugh, Chris Spanish Train and Other Stories
Deep Purple Deep Purple in Rock
Deep Purple Fireball
Deerhoof Offend Maggie
Def Leppard Pyromania
Denver, John Aerie
Denver, John An Evening with John Denver
Denver, John Farewell Andromeda
Denver, John John Denver's Greatest Hits
Denver, John Poems, Prayers & Promises
Devo Duty Now for the Future
Diamond, Neil Hot August Night
Do Make Say Think & Yet & Yet
Do Make Say Think You, You're a History in Rust
Dolby, Thomas Hyperactive (single)
Dolby, Thomas The Flat Earth
Doobies Brothers, The Minute By Minute
Doobies Brothers, The Takin' It To the Streets
Doobies Brothers, The The Captain & Me
Doobies Brothers, The What Were Once Vices Now Are Habits
Doors, The Morrison Hotel
Douglas, Carl Kung Fu Fighting
Dr. Hook Pleasure & Pain
Dr. Hook Sometimes You Win
Duran Duran Seven and the Ragged Tiger
Dury, Ian Do It Yourself
Dury, Ian New Boots and Panties!!
Dylan, Bob Desire
Dylan, Bob The Times They Are A Changin'
Eagles One of These Nights
Easy Star All-Stars Radiodread
Edgar Winter Group, The They Only Come Out at Night
Electric Light Orchestra Discovery
Electric Light Orchestra Ole ELO
Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue
English Beat, The I Just Can't Stop It
Eno and Bowie Lodger
Eno, Brian Before and After Science
Eno, Brian Here Come the Warm Jets
Eno, Brian; Byrne, David My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Enya Watermark
Eruption featuring Precious Wilson Eruption
ESG Come Away with ESG
Fabulous Poodles Think Pink
Feliciano, Jose 10 to 23
Feliciano, Jose Feliciano!
Feliciano, Jose Sings
Feliciano, Jose Souled
Fever Ray Fever Ray
Fine Young Cannibals Johnny Come Home (EP)
Fine Young Cannibals The Raw and the Cooked
Fleetwood Mac Rumours
Flock, The Dinasaur Swamps
Flock, The The Flock
Flower Travelling Band Satori
Focus In and Out of Focus
Foreigner 4
Foreigner Agent Provocateur
Foreigner Foreigner
Fripp, Robert God Save the Queen/Under Heavy Manners
Fripp, Robert The League of Gentlemen
Gabriel, Peter Peter Gabriel
Gabriel, Peter So
Genesis A Trick of the Tail
Genesis Genesis Live
Genesis Presenting
Genesis Selling England by the Pound
Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis Trespass
Genesis Wind & Wuthering
Gentle Giant Octopus
Getz, Stan Getz Au Go Go
Getz, Stan Getz/ Gilberto
Glass Tiger The Thin Red Line
Glass, Phillip The Photographer
Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat
Gowan Strange Animal
Grandmaster Flash The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel White Lines
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five The Party Mix
Grant, Eddy Killer on the Rampage
Grapes of Wrath, The Now and Again
Greatful Dead Skeletons from the Closet
Green, Al Greatest Hits
Guess Who, The American Woman
Guess Who, The Flavours
Guess Who, The Share the Land
Guthrie, Arlo Alice's Restaurant
Hagar, Sammy Three Lock Box
Hagar, Sammy VOA
Hall & Oates Out of Touch
Hancock, Hebie Future Shock
Hancock, Hebie Headhunters
Handy, John Carnival
Harmonicats Love Theme from the Motion Pictiure El Cid & Other Motion Picture Songs and Themes
Harmonicats Peg O' My Heart
Harrison, George 331/3
Harrison, George Concert for Bangladesh
Harrison, George Living in the Material World
Hart, Corey Boy in the Box
Hart, Corey First Offence
Hartman, Dan Instant Replay
Havens, Richie Mixed Bag
Havens, Richie Stonehenge
Hawkwind In the Hall of the Mountail Grill
Hayes, Isaac Live at the Sahara Tahoe
Headboys, The The Headboys
Heart Bebe le Strange
Heart Dog & Butterfly
Heart Dreamboat Annie
Heart Little Queen
High Places High Places
Hillage, Steve Fish Rising
Hillage, Steve L
Hillage, Steve Motavation Radio
Hollyridge Strings, The The Beatles Songbook
Huey Lewis and the News Fore!
Humperdink, Englebert A Man Without Love
Humperdink, Englebert Englebert
Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds
Ian & Sylvia Ian & Sylvia
Idol, Billy Billy Idol
Idol, Billy Rebel Yell
Iron Maiden Dance of Death
Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark
Iron Maiden Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden Live After Death
Iron Maiden Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden Powerslave
Iron Maiden Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden Somewhere in Time
Jackson, Michael Thriller
James, Rick Street Songs
Jennings, Waylon; Nelson, Willie Waylon & Wille
Jesus and Mary Chain, The Automatic
Jesus and Mary Chain, The Darklands
Jesus and Mary Chain, The Psychocandy
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts I Love Rock and Roll
Jobim, Antonio Carlos Greatest Hits
Jobim, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Jobim, Antonio Carlos Samba, Saudada & Bossa Nova
John, Elton A Single Man
John, Elton breaking hearts
John, Elton Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
John, Elton Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
John, Elton Here and There
John, Elton Ice on Fire
John, Elton Live 17-11-70
John, Elton Original Soundtrack Recording "friends"
John, Elton Rock of the Westies
John, Elton The Fox
John, Elton The Thom Bell Sessions
John, Elton Too Low for Zero
John, Elton Victim of Love
Jon and Vangelis The Friends of Mr Cairo
Jones, Howard Dream Into Action
Jones, Quincy Mellow Madness
Jones, Ricky Lee The Magazine
Jones, Tom Country
Jones, Tom The Tenth Aniversary Album of Tom Jones
Jones, Tom Tom
Journey Departure
Journey ESC4PE
Journey Journey
Journey Look into the Future
Journey Next
Judas Priest British Steel
Judas Priest Hero Hero
Judas Priest Point of Entry
Juluka Stand Your Ground
Kansas Leftoverture
Kas Product Bypass
King Krimson In the Wake of Poseidon
Kingston Trio, The The Best of Kingston
Kiss Destroyer
Kiss Love Gun
Koffman, Moe Live at George's
LaBelle Nightbirds
Led Zepplin In Through the Out Door
Led Zepplin Led Zepplin II
Led Zepplin Led Zepplin III
Led Zepplin Led Zepplin IV
Led Zepplin Presence
Lennon, John Double Fantasy
Lennon, John Mind Games
Lennon, John Rock n' Roll
Lennon, John Shaved Fish
Lennon, John Unfinished Dialogue
Liberace Liberace Now!
Linus Pauling Quartet All Things Are Light
Loggins & Messina Full Sail
Loggins & Messina MotherLode
Loggins & Messina Sittin' In
Loggins, Kenny Alive
Loggins, Kenny Keep the Fire
Loverboy Loverboy
Lovitch, Lene Flex
Lovitch, Lene Stateless
Madness Madness
Madness One Step Behind
Mamas and the Papas, The 16 of Their Greatest Hits
Mamas and the Papas, The Papas and the Mamas
Mancini, Henry Combo!
Mangione, Chuck Feels so Good
Manzanera, Phil Diamond Head
Marley, Bob; and the Wailers Blackout
Marley, Bob; and the Wailers Soul Revolution
Marley, Bob; and the Wailers Uprising
Mathieu, Mireille En Direct de L'Olympia
Max Webster A Million Vacations
Max Webster Diamonds Diamonds
Max Webster Live Magnetic Air
Mayfield, Curtis Roots
MC 900 Ft Jesus I'm Going Straight to Heaven
McCartney, Paul McCartney
McCartney, Paul Tug of War
McDonald, Michael if that's what it takes
Meat Puppets Mirage
Meat Puppets Out of My Way
Meat Puppets Up on the Sun
Meco Encounters of Every Kind
Men at Work Business as Usual
Messer, Don; and his Islanders The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders Volume 1
Metallica …and Justice for All
Metallica Master of Puppets
Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust
Mitchell, Joni Clouds
Mitchell, Kim Akimbo Alogo
Mitsou El Mundo
Molina, Juana Son
Molly Hatchett Beatin' the Odds
Monkees, The The Monkees
Montgomery, Wes A Day in the Life
Murray, Anne ThisWay is My Way
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Nascimento, Milton Milton Nascimento
Nelson, Willie His Very Best
Nelson, Willie Pretty Paper
Nelson, Willie Red Headed Stranger
Newman, Randy 12 Songs
Newman, Randy Born Again
Newman, Randy Little Criminals
Newman, Randy Sail Away
Newman, Randy Trouble in Paradise
Newton, Juice Juice
Nilsson Midnight Cowboy
Ocean, Billy Suddenly
Ochs, Phil There But For Fortune
Oldfield, Mike Airborn
Oldfield, Mike Discovery
Oldfield, Mike Hergets Ridge
Oldfield, Mike Incantations
Oldfield, Mike Ommadawn
Oldfield, Mike Tubular Bells
Olsson, Nigel Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus
Ono, Yoko Season of Glass
Orbison, Roy The Very Best of Roy Orbison
O'Rourke, Jim Halfway to a Threeway
Os Mutantes Mutantes
Ostanek, Walter The Walter Osatanek Band
Outlaws Lady in Waiting
Page, Larry Presenting The Larry Page Orchestra
Palmer, Robert Some People Can Do What They Like
Parker, Charlie Jam Session
Parker, Graham Squeezing Out the Sparks
Parton, Dolly Both Sides of Dolly Parton
Patti Smith Group Wave
Pavarotti, Luciano O Holy Night
Pavement Terror Twighlight
Pearl Harbour and the Explosions Pearl Harbour and the Explosions
Pink Floyd Meddle
Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon
Pixies Come on Pilgrim
Plastic Crimewave Sound No Wonder Land
Platters, The Encore of Golden Hits
Pointer Sisters, The The Pointer Sisters
Police, The Ghost in the Machine
Police, The Regatta de Blanc
Police, The Synchronicity
Police, The Zenyatta Mondatta
Police, The
Presley, Elvis Elvis' Golden Records
Pretenders Pretenders
Prince 1999
Proclaimers, The Sunshine on Leith
Pterodactyl Worldwild
Queen A Night at the Opera
Ramones End of the Century
Ramones Leave Home
Ramones Ramones
Ratt Out of the Cellar
Red Hot Chilli Peppers Freaky Styley
Redbone, Leon Double Time
Reed, Lou Mistrial
Reed, Lou New York
Reed, Lou Rock n Roll Animal
REO Speedwagon Hi Infedelity
Riley, Marc, with the Creepers Creeping at Maida Vale (Peel Session)
Riley, Terry A Rainbow in Curved Air
Riperton, Minnie Perfect Angel
Ritchie, Lionel Can't Slow Down
Robinson, Smokey Being With You
Robinson, Tom North by Northwest
Rockwell Somebody's Watching Me
Roges, Stan Between the Breaks… Live!
Roges, Stan Fogerty's Cove
Roges, Stan For the Family
Roges, Stan From Fresh Water
Roges, Stan Northwest Passage
Roges, Stan Turnaround
Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
Roxy Music Avalon
Roxy Music Country Life
Roxy Music Country Life
Roxy Music Flesh + Blood
Roxy Music For Your Pleasure
Roxy Music Roxy Music - The First Roxy Music Album
Roxy Music Siren
Roxy Music Stranded
Rush Moving Pictures
Rush Permanent Waves
Sade Promise
Saga Heads or Tails
Saga Images at Twilight
Saga In Transit
Saga Saga
Saga Silent Night
Saga Worlds Apart
Savatage Hall of the Mountain King
Schilling, Peter Error in the System
Scorpions Virgin Killer
Seals and Crofts Year of Sunday
Shorter, Wayne Introducing Wayne Shorter
Simon & Garfunkel Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel Parsley Sage Rosemary and Thyme
Simon, Carly No Secrets
Simon, Paul Graceland
Simon, Paul Greatest Hits, Etc.
Smith, Patti Wave
Som Imaginario Som Imaginario
Sonny & Cher Live in Las Vegas
Souljazz Orchestra Manifesto
Spooky Tooth The Mirror
Springsteen, Bruce Born in the U.S.A.
Springsteen, Bruce Born to Run
Squeeze Babylon and on
Squeeze Cosi Fan Tutti Fruity
Squeeze Frank
Starr, Ringo Goodnight Vienna
Starr, Ringo Ringo
Starr, Ringo Ringo's Rotogravaure
Steeler's Wheel Steeler's Wheel
Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill
Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
Steppenwolf 16 Greatest Hits
Steppenwolf Steppenwolf
Stevens, Cat Numbers
Stewart, Rod Foot Loose and Fancy Free
Stewart, Rod Sing it Again Rod
Sting Nothing Like the Sun
Sting The Dream of the Blue Turtles
Streisand, Barbara A Christmas Album
Styx Cornerstone
Styx Kilroy Was Here
Sugarcubes, The Motorcrash (single)
Sugarhill Gang Rapper's Delight
Supertramp Breakfast In America
Supertramp Crime of the Century
Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis
Supertramp Even in the Quietest Moments
Supertramp Supertramp
Sweet Cut Above the Rest
Sweet Desolation Boulevard
Sweet Give Us A Wink
Sweet Level Headed
Sweet Off the Record
Sword, The Age of Winters
Sword, The Gods of the Earth
tackhead Friendly as a Hand Grenade
Taco After Eight
Talking Heads Naked
Talking Heads The Name of This Band is the Talking Heads
Taylor, James Sweet Baby James
Tears for Fears Songs From the Big Chair
They Might Be Giants Lincoln
They Might Be Giants They Might Be Giants
Thompson Twins Here's to Future Days
Thompson Twins Into the Gap
Tijuana Brass !!Going Places!!
Til Tuesday Voices Carry
Tosh, Peter Equal Rights
Toto Toto
Toto Toto IV
Tower of Power Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die
U2 Live "Under a Blood Red Sky"
U2 Rattle and Hum
Ustinov, Peter Peter and the Wolf
Valdy Valdy and the Hometown Band
Van Halen 1984
Van Halen Diver Down
Van Halen Van Halen II
Van Halen Women and Children First
Vanilla Fudge Rock & Roll
Various Artists Arthur, The Album
Various Artists Metal Meltdown
Village People Macho Man
Voivod Rrroooaaarrr
Waite, John No Brakes
Waits, Tom Blue Valentine
Waits, Tom Frank's Wild Years
Wakeman, Rick Journey To the Centre if the Earth
War Deliver the Word
War Platinum Jazz
Weird Al Yankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
Whitesnake Whitesnake
Whittaker, Roger Roger Whitakker in Kenya - A Musical Safari
Whittaker, Roger Travelling with Roger Whittaker
Who, The The Kids Are Alright
Who, The Tommy (the Original Movie Soundtrack)
Wings At the Speed of Sound
Wings Back to the Egg
Wings Daytime Nightime Suffering
Wings Ram
Wings Venus and Mars
Wings Wild Life
Wings, McCartney, Paul Band on the Rum
Wings; McCartney, Paul Red Rose Speedway
Wonder, Stevie Fulfilingness First Finale
Wonder, Stevie Innervisions
Wonder, Stevie Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
Wonder, Stevie Songs in the Key of Life
Wonder, Stevie Where I'm Coming From
World Party Goodbye Jumbo
Yaz Upstairs with Eric
Yaz You and Me Both
Yes 90125
Yes Close to the Edge
Yes Fragile
Yes Relayer
Yes Tales from Topographical Oceans
Yokum, Dwight Guitars, Cadillac's Etc. Etc.
Young, Neil Decade
Zamfir The Lonely Sheppard
Zappa, Frank Joe's Garage Act I
Zappa, Frank Sheik Yerbouti
Zappa, Frank Zoot Allures
Zappa, Frank and The Mothers Overnite Sensation
Zevon, Warren Exitable Boy
ZZ Top Deguello
ZZ Top Eliminator
ZZ Top Fandango
ZZ Top Tres Hombres

Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits
The Animals - The Best of the Animals
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Best of B.T.O.
The Beach Boys - Endless Summer
The Beatles - Introducing the Beatles
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Bob Dylan - Street Legal
Boston - Don't Look Back
Carpenters - Close To You
David Bowie - Let's Dance
David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
Donovan - Donovan's Greatest Hits
Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John - Greatest Hits
Eric Clapton - Backless
Eric Clapton - No Reason to Cry
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Foghat - Fool for the City
The Guess Who - Born In Canada
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Jefferson Starship - Modern Times
John Lennon - Double Fantasy
John Lennon - Shaved Fish
John Mellencamp - Scarecrow
Journey - Escape
Kansas - The Best of Kansas
The Kinks - Low Budget
The Kinks - State of Confusion
Leonard Bernstein - West Side Story
Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram
Paul McCartney - Wingspan - Hits And History
Paul McCartney & Wings - Back to the Egg
Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway
Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus and Mars
Pink Floyd - A Collection of Great Dance Songs
The Police - Synchronicity
The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
Queen - The Game
Queen - Greatest Hits
Queen - News Of The World
Ramones - Ramones Mania
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Ringo Starr - Goodnight Vienna
Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Simon & Garfunkel - Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Small Faces - First Step
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Various Artists - Grease

This is the most recent list of my vinyl collection available online. I'll have to go around and edit every other place it's in, but hopefully someone will find enjoyment in and spark a little conversation about select pieces of the collection. Sorted by artist, alphabetical order.

# artist names: (2) [3 total]
5th Dimension - "Age of Aquarius"
10cc - "Live and Let Live" (2 records)

Artists beginning in A: (7) [9 total]

ABBA -"ABBA"
ABBA - "Arrival"
ABBA - "The Very Best Of Abba" (2 records)
ABBA - "Voulez-Vous"
AC/DC - "Back in Black"
AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Willie Alexander & The Boom Boom Band - "Willie Alexander And The Boom Boom Band"
The Association - "Greatest Hits"

Artists beginning in B: (13)

Bangles - "Different Light"
Beatles - "20 Greatest Hits"
Beatles - "Introducing: England's No. 1 Vocal Group"
Beatles - "Love songs"
Beatles - "Magical Mystery Tour"
Pat Benatar - "Crimes Of Passion"
Pat Benatar - "Get Nervous" [Unplayable]
Pat Benatar - "Live From Earth"
Pat Benatar - "Precious TIme"
Blondie - "Parallel Lines"
David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
David Bowie - "Never Let Me Down"
David Bowie & Mick Jagger - "Dancing in the Street" (12" maxi single)

Artists beginning in C: (21) [25 total]

Captain & Tennille - "Greatest Hits"
Carpenters - "A Kind Of Hush"
Carpenters - "A Song For You"
Carpenters - "Carpenters"
Carpenters - "Close To You"
Carpenters - "Horizon"
Carpenters - "Now and Then"
Carpenters - "The Singles: 1969-1973" [2 copies]
The Cars - "Candy-O"
The Cars - "Heartbeat City"
The Cars - "Panorama"
The Cars - "Shake It Up"
The Cars - "The Cars"
Petula Clark - "Petula" [3 record collection]
The Clash - "Combat Rock"
The Clash - "London Calling"
Elvis Costello - "Armed Forces"
Elvis Costello - "Taking Liberties"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Live In Europe" [2 record set]
Culture Club - "Kissing To Be Clever"

Artists beginning in D: (8) [9 total]

Devo - "Freedom of Choice"
The Doors - "13"
The Doors - "An American Prayer"
The Doors - "Doors"
The Doors - "Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine" [2 record set]
Duran Duran - "Carnival"
Duran Duran - "Seven And The Ragged Tiger"
Bob Dylan - "Greatest Hits"

Artists beginning in E: (3)

Eagles - "Greatest Hits" [Unplayable]
Eagles - "Hotel California"
Dave Edmunds and Rockpile - "College Radio Presents" [promo press]

Artists beginning in F: (4) [5 total]

Fleetwood Mac - "Rumours"
Foreigner - "Agent Provocateur"
Peter Frampton - "Frampton Comes Alive" [2 record set]
Peter Frampton - "Where I Should Be"

Artists beginning in G: (2)

Genesis - "Abacab"
Go-Go's - "Beauty And The Beat"

Artists beginning in H: (6) [8 total]

Merle Haggard - "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" [unplayable]
Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" [12-inch Single]
Herbie Hancock - "Rockit Megamix" [12-inch maxi] [2 copies]
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Are You Experienced?"
Herman's Hermits - "Best Of"
Holly, Buddy - "A Rock N' Roll Collection" [2 record set]

Artists beginning in I: (1)

Billy Idol - "Vital Idol"

Artists beginning in J: (7) [9 total]

Janet Jackson - "Control"
Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
Tommy James and The Shondells - "Crimson and Clover"
Billy Joel - "Greatest Hits: Vol. I & II" [2 record set]
Billy Joel - "The Stranger" [2 Copies, 1 copy unplayable]
Elton John - "Greatest Hits" [Unplayable]
John Entwistle's Ox - "Mad Dog"

Artists beginning in K: (4)

KISS - "Rock And Roll Over"
The Knack - "But The Little Girls Understand"
The Knack - "Get The Knack"
The Knack - "Round Trip"

Artists beginning in L: (4)

John Lennon - "Imagine"
John Lennon - "Shaved Fish"
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - "Double Fantasy"
The Liverpools - "Beatlemania" (record status unknown)

Artists beginning in M: (3) [5 total]

Paul McCartney And Wings - "Wings Over America" [3 record set]
Barry Manilow- "Tryin' to Get the Feeling"
Musical Youth - "Pass the Dutchie" [12 inch single]

Artists beginning in N: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in O: (2)

Ric Ocasek - "Beatitude"
Ric Ocasek - "This Side of Paradise"

Artists beginning in P: (5) [6 total]

Peter, Paul, and Mary - "A Song Will Rise"
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Pink Floyd - "The Wall" [2 record set]
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
Elvis Presley - "Elvis Now" [presumed unplayable]

Artists beginning in Q: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in R: (4)

The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls"
Roxy Music - "Avalon"
Roxy Music - "For Your Pleasure"
Roxy Music - "Greatest Hits"

Artists beginning in S: (47) [49 total]

Leo Sayer - "Endless Flight"
Leo Sayer - "Living in a Fantasy"
Seals & Crofts - "Greatest Hits"
Sex Pistols - "Never mind the Bullocks ..."
Paul Simon - "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"
Simon and Garfunkel - "Greatest Hits"
Simon and Garfunkel - "Sounds Of Silence"
Nancy Sinatra - "Boots"
Rex Smith - "Sooner Or Later"
Sparks - "All You Ever Think About Is Sex" / "Dance Godammit" (12" single)
Sparks - "Angst In My Pants"
Sparks - "A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing"
Sparks - "Beat the Clock" (yellow 12" single)
Sparks - "Big Beat"
Sparks - "Hello Young Lovers" (pink vinyl)
Sparks - "Indiscreet"
Sparks - "In Outer Space"
Sparks - "Interior Design"
Sparks - "Introducing" (2 copies, 2nd copy on red vinyl)
Sparks - "I Predict" (12" single)
Sparks - "I Predict"/"Moustache" (12" single)
Sparks - "Just Got Back From Heaven" (12" Single)
Sparks - "Kimono My House"
Sparks - "Music That You Can Dance To"
Sparks - "Music That You Can Dance To" (12" Single)
Sparks - "No. 1 in Heaven" (2 copies)
Sparks -"Now That I Own the BBC" (12" Single)
Sparks - "One And A Half Nelson"
Sparks - "Pretending to Be Drunk" / "Kiss Me Quick" (12" single)
Sparks - "Propaganda"
Sparks - "Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat"
Sparks - "Sparks"
Sparks - "Terminal Jive"
Sparks - "Tryouts for the Human Race" (orange 12" single)
Sparks - "With All My Might"/"Progress"/"Sparks in the Dark" (12" maxi)
Sparks - "When Do I Get to Sing My Way" (12" DJ maxi)
Sparks - "(When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing" (12" DJ maxi)
Sparks - "Whomp That Sucker"
Squeeze - "Cool for Cats"
Squeeze - "Singles 45 & Under"
Squeeze - "UK Squeeze" (limited red vinyl)
Rod Stewart - "A Night on the Town"
Rod Stewart - "Blondes Have More Fun"
Donna Summer - "Love To Love You Baby"
Donna Summer - "On the Radio" (2 Records)
Sweet - "Desolation Boulevard"

Artists beginning in T: (4)

Talking Heads - "Speaking in Tongues"
The Tubes - "Trash - Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits"
The Turtles - "Battle Of The Bands"
Twisted Sister - "Stay Hungry"

Artists beginning in U: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in V: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in W: (1)

We Five - "You Were on My Mind"

Artists beginning in X: (0)

Artists beginning in Y: (1)

Young Lovers - "Feelings"

Motion picture soundtracks: (4) [7 total]

[Soundtrack] "Grease Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" [2 record set]
[Soundtrack] "Saturday Night Fever Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" [2 record set]
[Soundtrack] "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" [2 record set]
[Soundtrack] "The Big Chill Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"

Various artists: (10)

[Various] "Fonzie Favorites"
[Various] Irwin the Disco Duck - "In the Navy" [Unplayable]
[Various] K-Tel "Believe in Music)
[Various] K-Tel "Blast Off"
[Various] K-Tel "Hit After Hit"
[Various] K-Tel "Out of Sight"
[Various] "The Original" [60's]
[Various] Rock n' Roll Record from 60's [similar to listed above]
[Various] Holiday record (from my mother's childhood) Santa Claus is Coming to Town (c.1960s)
[Various] Springboard "Guitar Greats" [from the 70's]

Right now there are 182 10/12" records in my collection. 7" singles are soon to come.

Enjoy.