oh, listen to the music

be forewarned: i've been working on this list for a while, but i have not yet added certain genres: most electronica, classical, jazz, soundtracks, lounge. i can't get my act together. also, please tell me what i'm missing. always looking for new leads, though this list is still a slight mis-representation since my other's collection makes up for some of what seems lacking here (i.e. the rolling stones, actual beatles albums, and cheesy 80s pop compilations...)

[last updated 4/1/06]

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newest gets (skipping a bunch of gets from the last 6 months which i can't recall now...)

boy least likely to, the - the best party ever
campbell, isobel & mark lanegan - ballad of the broken seas
casiotone for the painfully alone - etiquette
dawson, kimya • matty popchart - self-titled
hem - no word from tom
mates of state - bring it back
owls, the - our hopes and dreams

a

abba - greatest hits
air - moon safari
air - 10,000 hz legend
aislers set, the - how i learned to write backwards
album leaf, the - in a safe place
allien, ellen - remix collection
allison, dot - afterglow
all tomorrow's parties - 1.0
alphawezen - l'apres-midi d'un microphone
aluminun group, the - pedals
american analog set, the - through the 90s: singles and unreleased
american analog set, the - promise of love
amos, tori - boys for pelé
amos, tori - cornflake girl (single)
amos, tori - from the choirgirl hotel
amos, tori - strange little girls
amos, tori - to venus and back
anderson, laurie - bright red
anderson, laurie - in our sleep (single)
anniversary, the - your majesty
aphex twin - selected ambient works, vol. II
aphex twin - richard d. james album
aphex twin - drukqs
aphex twin - ventolin (single)
apple, fiona - tidal
apple, fiona - when the pawn
apples in stereo - the discovery of a world inside the moone
apples in stereo - tone soul evolution
apples in stereo - look away + 4
apples in stereo - velocity of sound
arab strap - monday at the hug and pint
arcade fire - funeral
architecture in helsinki - fingers crossed
architecture in helsinki - in case we die
avalanches, the - since i left you

b

badly drawn boy - the hour of bewilderbeast
badly drawn boy - about a boy (promo single)
baker, chet - chet
baker, chet - my funny valentine
baldwin brothers, the - cooking with lasers
band of blacky ranchette, the - still lookin' good to me
bangles, the - greatest hits
basement jaxx - rooty.
beach boys, the - pet sounds
beachwood sparks - beachwood sparks
beachwood sparks - once we were trees
beachwood sparks - make the cowboy robots cry
beastie boys - hello nasty
beatles, the - 1967-1970
beatles, the - anthology 2
beck - odelay
beck - mutations
beck - one foot in the grave
beck - sea change
belle and sebastian - tigermilk
belle and sebastian - the boy with the arab strap
belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister
beta band, the - the three e.p.'s
beulah - when your heartstrings break
beulah - the coast is never clear
big star - #1 record/radio city
big star - third/sister lovers
billy bragg & wilco - mermaid avenue
björk - debut
björk - post
björk - homogenic
björk - telegram
björk - selmasongs
björk - vespertine
björk - alarm call (single)
björk - the best mixes from the album-debut for all the people who don't buy white-labels
black box recorder - the facts of life
black dog, the - spanners
black star - mos def & talib kweli are black star
bloc party. - silent alarm remixed
blonde redhead - melody of certain damaged lemons
blonde redhead - melodie citronique
blonde redhead - misery is a butterfly
blur - parklife
boards of canada - music has the right to children
boards of canada - geogaddi
boards of canada - peel session
books, the - lost and safe
books, the - the lemon of pink
books, the - thought for food
bowie, david - changesbowie
bowie, david - outside
bowie, david - ziggy stardust
bragg, billy - reaching to the converted
brickell, edie - picture perfect morning
bright blue gorilla - lotus
bright blue gorilla - mantra for the american jungle
brion, jon - meaningless
brion, jon - i heart huckabees soundtrack
broadcast - the noise made by people
broken spindles - broken spindles
broken social scene - you forgot it in people
buckley, jeff - grace
built to spill - keep it like a secret

c

cake - motorcade of generosity
cake - prolonging the magic
cake - comfort eagle
calexico - feast of wire
califone - roomsound
call and response - call and response
camera obscura - underachievers please try harder
camper van beethoven - our beloved revolutionary sweetheart
can, ege bamyasi
candyflip - madstock
cardigans, the - gran turismo
carpenters, the - the singles 1969-1973
carpenters, the - christmas collection
case, neko - blacklisted
cash, johnny - johnny cash at folsom prison and san quentin
cash, johnny - american iv: the man comes around
cash, johnny - unchained
cash, johnny - american recordings
casiotone for the painfully alone - twinkle echo
cat power - moon pix
cat power - myra lee
cat power - what would the community think
cat power - the covers record
cat power - you are free
cave, nick, and the bad seeds - best of
cetera, peter - one more story
cetera, peter - world falling down
cex - maryland mansions
chao, manu - clandestino
chemical brothers, the - exit planet dust
chicago - greatest hits 1982-1989
chicago the musical
cho, margaret - notorious c.h.o. live at carnegie hall
chuck and danny - chuck and danny
cibo matto - viva! la woman
cibo matto - super relax
cinerama - va va voom
cinerama - torino
clem snide - the ghost of fashion
clem snide - your favorite music
clientele, the - suburban light
cocteau twins - four-calendar cafe
cocteau twins - otherness
coldplay - parachutes
coldplay - a rush of blood to the head
coltrane, john - the ultimate blue train
coltrane, john - my favorite things
colvin, shawn - holiday songs and lullabies
combustible edison - the impossible world
connick, jr., harry - we are in love
connick, jr., harry - when my heart finds christmas
cooder, ry - music by ry cooder
cornelius - fantasma
cornelius - point
cornershop - when i was born for the 7th time
cornershop - handcream for a generation
costa, nikka - everybody got their something
court and spark, the - ventura whites
court and spark, the - bless you
cowboy junkies - lay it down
cowboy junkies - the trinity sessions
cracker - kerosene hat
cracker - gentleman's blues
cracker - the golden age
cracker - garage d'or
crowded house - crowded house
cranberries, the - everybody else is doing it, so why can't we?
cranberries, the - no need to argue
crosby, bing - merry christmas
crystal method, the - tweekend
culture club, boy george and - at worst...the best of
cure, the - disintegration
cure, the - staring at the sea the singles
cure, the - love song (single)
curve - come clean

d

dave matthews band - under the table and dreaming
davis, miles - kind of blue
davis, miles - birth of the cool
davis, miles - seven steps to heaven
davis, miles - ascenseur pour l'echafaud
davis, miles - ballads and blues
davis, miles - music from siesta
davis, miles - the essence of miles davis
davis, miles and john coltrane - miles and coltrane
dawson, kimya - hidden vagenda
dead can dance - a passage of time
death cab for cutie - transatlanticism
decemberists, the - castaways and cutouts
deee-lite - world clique
depeche mode - catching up with depeche mode
depeche mode - 101 disc A/B
depeche mode - the singles 86-98
depeche mode - the singles 81>85
depeche mode - behind the wheel (single)
destiny's child - survivor
digweed, john - renaissance the mix collection part 2
dido - no angel
difranco, ani - revelling/reckoning
dirtbombs, the - ultraglide in black
ditty bops, the
dive index - holding patterns
dj format - music for the mature b-boy
dj krush - zen
dntel - life is full of possibilities
dr. dre - 2001
doors, the - greatest hits
doves - lost souls
drake, nick - way to blue
dressy bessy - dressy bessy
dubstar - goodbye

e

eagles, the - their greatest hits
earle, steve - train a comin'
echo & the bunnymen - songs to learn & sing
eels - electroshock blues
eels - beautiful freak
eels - daisies of the galaxy
elected, the - me first
elf power - a dream in sound
eminem - marshall mathers lp
enigma - mcmxc a.d.
enon - believo!
enon - hocus-pocus
enya - watermark
erasure - chorus
erasure - pop! the first 20 hits
esquivel - cabaret mañana
esquivel - more of other worlds, other sounds
esthero - breath from another
evans, bill - conversations with myself
evans, bill - bill evans trio: explorations
evans, bill - bill evans trio: highlights from turn out the stars
everclear - songs from an american movie, vol. one
everly brothers, the - the very best of the everly brothers
everything but the girl - amplified heart
evora, cesaria - café atlantico

f

fairways, the / three berry icecream - permanent vacation
fallon, jimmy - the bathroom wall
fiery furnaces, the - blueberry boat
figurine - transportation + communication = love
finn, neil - try whistling this
finn, neil - one nil
finn brothers - finn brothers
firewater - psychopharmacology
fitzgerald, ella - the best of the song books
fitzgerald, ella - the best of the song books: the ballads
flaming lips, the - the soft bulletin
flaming lips, the - yoshimi battles the pink robots
flaming lips, the - fight test
flaming lips, the - finally the punk rockers are taking acid
flaming lips, the - ego tripping at the gates of hell [ep]
fleetwood mac - greatest hits
fleetwood mac - rumours
frou frou - details
fsol - lifeforms
future bible heroes - eternal youth

g

gabriel, peter - so
gabriel, peter - secret world live
gainsbourg, serge - histoire de melody nelson
gainsbourg, serge - gainsbourg forever
garza, david - overdub
gibson, debbie - greatest hits
gilberto, bebel - bebel gilberto
gipsy kings - the best of the gypsy kings
g. love and special sauce - philadelphonic
godspeed you black emperor! - "lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to heaven!"
godspeed you black emperor! - f#a#∞
godspeed you black emperor! - yanqui u.x.o.
godspeed you black emperor! - peel sessions
golden boy with miss kittin - 'or'
goldfrapp - felt mountain
gomez - liquid skin
gordon, dexter - our man in paris
gorky's zygotic mynci - the blue trees
gorky's zygotic mynci - sleep/holiday
gothic archies, the - the new despair
grandaddy - the broken down comforter collection
grandaddy - sumday
green, adam - gemstones*
green, al - let's stay together
groove armada - vertigo
groove armada - back to mine
groove armada - lovebox
gusgus - (this is normal

h

hahn, hilary, barber & meyer violin concertos
hall, daryl, and john oates - greatest hits
handsome family, the - through the trees
harvey, p.j. - is this desire?
hawkes, chesney - the one and only
hayden - everything i long for
hayden - skyscraper national park
hayden - elk-lake serenade
hayes, isaac - hot buttered soul
hazelwood, lee - cowboy in sweden
hecker, maximilian - rose
hefner - the fidelity wars
helicopter girl - how to steal the world
helio sequence, the - love and distance
hem - rabbit songs
henry, joe - scar
herbert - bodily functions
herbert - secondhand sounds
herbert - around the house
hersh, kristin - strange angels
her space holiday - home is where you hang yourself
her space holiday - manic expressive
her space holiday - the young machines
her space holiday - the young machines [remixed]
her space holiday - the past presents the future
hill, lauryn - the miseducation of lauryn hill
hill, lauryn - mtv unplugged no. 2.0
hilmar örn hilmarsson & sigur ros - angels of the universe
holiday, billie - the essence of billie holiday
howells, herbert - hymnus paaradisi, an english mass

i

i am kloot - i am kloot
i am robot and proud - grace days
indigo girls - indigo girls
indigo girls - swamp ophelia
inxs - greatest hits
iron & wine - the creek drank the cradle
isley brothers, the - isley's greatest hits vol. 1

j

jam & spoon - tripomatic fairytales 2001
jam & spoon - kaleidoscope
james taylor quartet, the - creation
jayhawks, the - smile
jellyfish - spilt milk
jem - it all starts here...
jesus and mary chain, the - 21 singles
joel, billy - an innocent man
john, elton - greatest hits 1970-2002
jones, george - anniversary
joplin, janis - greatest hits
joy division - substance
jude - no one is really beautiful
jude - king of yesterday

k

k.g.b., the - the k.g.b.
kingsbury manx, the - let you down
kings of convenience - kings of convenience
kings of convenience - quiet is the new loud
kings of convenience - versus
kinky - kinky
kruder dorfmeister - the k&d sessions

l

labradford - e luxo so
ladytron - 604
ladytron - softcore jukebox
lali puna - tridecoder
lali puna - scary world theory
lali puna - faking the books
lali puna - i thought i was over that [rare, remixed and b-sides]
lamb - fear of fours
lerche, sondre - faces down
le tigre - le tigre
liars - they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top
live - throwing copper
london, julie - ultra lounge 'the artist collection'
lovett, lyle - joshua judges ruth
looper - the snare
lovage - music to make love to your old lady by
low - things we lost in the fire
low + dirty three - in the fishtank
lucia, paco de - zyryab
luscious jackson - electric honey
luscious jackson - in search of manny
lush - lovelife
lush - split

m

m83 - dead cities, red seas & lost ghosts
madonna - the immaculate collection
madonna - ray of light
madonna - music
magnetic fields, the - 69 love songs, vol. 1
magnetic fields, the - 69 love songs, vol. 2
magnetic fields, the - 69 love songs, vol. 3
magnetic fields, the - holiday
mancini, henry - martinis with mancini
mancini, henry - as time goes by
mandalay - empathy
mann, aimee - humpty dumpty [s]
mann, aimee - lost in space
martin, dean - the very best of
martin, dean - a winter romance
matmos - a chance to cut is a chance to cure
matmos - this cd is not nice
matmos - california rhinoplasty ep
mazzy star - she hangs brightly
mazzy star - so tonight that i might see
mazzy star - among my swan
mc honky - i am the messiah
mclachlan, sarah - fumbling towards ecstasy
mclean, don - american pie
mcnally, shannon - bolder than paradise ep
mellow - another mellow spring
merchant, natalie - tigerlily
mercury rev - deserter's songs
metric - old world underground, where are you now?
metric - live it out
michael, george - ladies and gentlemen: the best of george michael
minders, the - cul-de-sacs & dead ends
minekawa, takako - recubed ep
minekawa, takako - ximer
mingus, charles - the complete town hall concert
mingus, charles - the charles mingus quintet plus max roach
mirah - advisory committee
mirah - you think it's like this but it's really like this
mirah yom tov zeitlyn & ginger brooks - songs from the black mountain project
mirah - c'mon miracle
mitchell, joni - blue
mitchell, joni - ladies of the canyon
moby - ambient
moby - move
moby - moby
moby - disk (single)
moby - hymn.alt.quiet.version
modest mouse - the moon & antarctica
modest mouse - good news for people who love bad news
mogwai - rock action
mogwai - happy songs for happy people
mojave 3 - ask me tomorrow
mojave 3 - who do you love
mojave 3 - excuses for travellers
moldy peaches, the - greatest hits
monk, thelonius - thelonius monk with john coltrane
monk, thelonius - thelonius monk/sonny rollins
mono - formica blues
mono - under the pipal tree
monroe, marilyn - heat wave
montgolfier brothers - seventeen stars
morrissey - kill uncle
morrissey - vauxhall and i
mountaineers, the - messy century
mozart - coronation mass, k317
múm - finally we are no one
múm - green grass of tunnel [single]
my morning jacket - sweatbees ep
my morning jacket - ch 1 the sandworm cometh early

n

nabors, jim - christmas
nash, jennifer - lay it on
nelly, country grammar
nelly, nellyville
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
new order - the best of new order
new pornographers, the - electric version
nightmares on wax - carboot soul
nightmares on wax - smoker's delight
nightmares on wax - dj kicks:
nine inch nails - further down the spiral
nine inch nails - the fragile
nirvana - nevermind
nirvana - mtv unplugged
no doubt - tragic kingdom
nordenstam, stina - and she closed her eyes
nordenstam, stina - this is
notwist, the - neon golden

o

oakenfold, paul - tranceport
olivia tremor control, the - presents singles and beyond
orb - the orb's adventures beyond the ultraworld
orb - orbus terrarum
orb - auntie aubrey's excursions beyond the call of duty
orbison, roy - mystery girl
orbit, william - pieces in a modern style
orchestra baobab - specialist in all styles
orchestral manoeuvres in the dark - the best of omd
orton, beth - trailer park
orton, beth - central reservation

p

pablo, augustus - east of the river nile
pan-american - 360 business/360 bypass
parker, charlie - jazz masters 15
parsons, gram - grievous angel
pearl jam - ten
pedro the lion - it's hard to find a friend
pedro the lion - winners never quit
piano magic - open cast heart ep
piano magic - disaffected
pink martini - sympathique
pink martini - hang on little tomato
pizzicato five - five by five
pizzicato five - antique 96
pizzicato five - unzipped ep
pizzicato five - quickie ep
pizzicato five - combinaison spaciale ep
pet shop boys - discography
plumbline - circles
poe - hello
police, the - every breath you take the singles
portastatic - the summer of the shark
portishead - dummy
portishead - portishead
portishead - sour times (single)
postal service, the - give up
prefuse 73 reads the books - ep
prince - the hits/the b-sides
propellerheads - decksanddrumsandrockandroll
puffy amiyumi - an illustrated history
puffy amiyumi - nice.

q

r

radar bros. - [ep]
radiohead - kid a
radiohead - amnesiac
rainer maria - long knives drawn
rapture, the - out of the races and onto the tracks
rapture, the - echoes
real mccoy - another night
red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik
red house painters - songs for a blue guitar
redman, joshua - joshua redman quartet: moodswing
red snapper - making bones
reindeer section, the - y'all get scared now, ya hear!
reindeer section, the - son of evil reindeer
r.e.m. - document
r.e.m. - automatic for the people
rilo kiley - take offs and landings
rilo kiley - the execution of all things
rilo kiley - more adventurous
rinôçérôse - installation sonore
rinôçérôse - music kills me
rodriguez, silvio - rabo de nube
roots, the - phrenology

s

sade - love deluxe
sadies, the - favourite colours
sadies, the - tremendous efforts

sakamoto, ryuichi - smoochy
sakamoto, ryuichi - bttb
samples, the - no room
sandoval, hope, & the warm inventions - bavarian fruit bread
sasha and john digweed - northern exposure
scanner - > ash 1.7
sea and cake, the - the fawn
seksu roba - pleasure vibrations
sergent garcia - un poquito quema'o
sexsmith, ron - blue boy
sheik, duncan - phantom moon
shins, the - oh, inverted world
shonen knife - brand new knife
sigur ros - recycle bin
sigur ros - [ ]
sigur ros - takk...
simian - chemistry is what we are
simon and garfunkel - collected works
simon and garfunkel - greatest hits
simon, paul - negotiations and love songs 1971-1986
simon, paul - graceland
simon, paul - the rhythm of the saints
simon, paul - songs from the capeman
sinatra, frank - songs for swingin' lovers
singh, talvin - ok
six parts seven, the - lost notes from forgotten songs
6ths, the - hyacinths & thistles
6ths, the - wasps' nests
smith, elliott - xo
smith, elliott - either/or
smith, elliott - figure 8
smith, elliott - from a basement on a hill
smithereens, the - blown to smithereens, best of
smiths, the - best...I
smiths, the queen is dead
smiths, the - louder than bombs
sneaker pimps - becoming x
softies, the - holiday in rhode island
softies, the - winter pageant
solex - pickup
somasonic - future
songs: ohia - didn't it rain
sparklehorse - it's a wonderful life
springsteen, bruce - greatest hits
stars - nightsongs lp
stars - heart
stars - set yourself on fire
stereolab - emperor tomato ketchup
stereolab - dots and loops
stevens, connie - as cricket
sting - the dream of the blue turtles
sting - nothing like the sun
sting - the soul cages
sting - ten summoner's tales
streisand, barbra - back to broadway
st germain - tourist
sufjan stevens - presents greetings from michigan the great lake state
sugarcubes, the - it's it
supreme beings of leisure - supreme beings of leisure
survivor - greatest hits

t

takemura, nobukazu - 10th
10,000 maniacs - hope chest
10,000 maniacs - in my tribe
10,000 maniacs - our time in eden
10,000 maniacs - mtv unplugged
telefon tel aviv - fahrenheit fair enough
telepopmusik - genetic world
the the - dusk
thievery corporation - the mirror conspiracy
thompson twins, the - best of, greatest mixes
tindersticks - "curtains"
tindersticks, waiting for the moon
tindersticks - trouble everyday/sweet release [single]
timms, sally - cowboy sally
tlc - crazysexycool
tobin, amon - bricolage
tomie, satoshi - full lick
tosca - opera
tosca - suzuki
travis - the man who
travis - the invisible band
travis - why does it always rain on me? (single)
trespassers william - different stars
tricky - maxinquaye
tyde, the - once

u

u2 - the joshua tree
u2 - achtung, baby
utah saints - two
u.n.k.l.e. - psyence fiction
us - first album

v

van morrison - moondance
vega, suzanne - nine objects of desire
village people, the - best of
vines, the - highly evolved
voice farm - bigger cooler weirder

w

waits, tom - beautiful maladies
walkmen, the - everyone who pretended to like me is gone
washington, dinah - ultimate
weakerthans, the - reconstruction site
webster, charles - born on the 24th of july
whiskeytown - pneumonia
wilco - being there
wilco - summerteeth
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
williams, dar - the green world
williams, kathryn - old low light
williams, kathryn - little black numbers
williams, lucinda - car wheels on a gravel road
wright, shannon - maps of tacit
wu-tang clan - enter the wu-tang

x

y

yeah yeah yeahs - yeah yeah yeahs
yorn, pete - musicforthemorningafter
young and sexy - stand up for your mother
yume bitsu - auspicious winds

z

zero7 - simple things

compilations, exotica, etc.

big noise: a mambo inn compilation
bummed out christmas!
in flight entertainment
a john waters christmas
kcrw rare on the air, live performances, volume three
kcrw sounds eclectic
kcrw sounds eclectic too
kindercore 50
kindercore christmas two
lemonline... volume one
ministry of sound - the annual 2003 america
popshopping 2 (more music from german commercials 1962-1977)
punk rock xmas
the reindeer room: a christmas chillout
rough trade: indiepop 01
seasonal greetings - a compilation of winter songs
's marvelous: the gershwin songbook
the very thought of you: jazz for lovers
total lee!: the songs of lee hazlewood
ultra lounge volume one: mondo exotica
ultra lounge volume two: mambo fever
ultra lounge volume four: bachelor pad royale