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The Phantom's CD Collection

This incomplete listing was generated automagically on Wed Jan 30 14:10:20 PST 2008

Last three albums purchased:

# Artist Album Title Released Comments Rating Cover
1. 10,000 Maniacs
  • Official site
  • In My Tribe 1987 Sounds much more modern than an 80s album. More upbeat than most of Natalie Merchant's recent albums A-
    2. 3 Colours Red
  • fan site
  • Pure 1998 At least they spelled colours right
    3. 3 Doors Down
  • Official site
  • The Better Life 1999
    4. 30 Seconds To Mars A Beautiful Lie 2005
    5. 311
  • fan site
  • Transistor 1997 C
    6. ABBA
  • fan site
  • Gold 1992 For some reason I was feeling nostalgic for 1970s dance music. Hard to explain
    7. AFI Decemberunderground 2006
    8. Abandoned Pools
  • Official site
  • Humanistic 2001
    9. Air
  • Official site
  • Astralwerks site
  • Talkie Walkie 2004
    10. Pocket Symphony 2007
    11. Alison's Halo Eyedazzler 1992-1996 1998
    12. Alkaline Trio Crimson 2005
    13. All-American Rejects, The Move Along 2005
    14. Amos, Tori
  • official site
  • From the Choirgirl Hotel 1998
    15. Andreone, Leah
  • Official site
  • Veiled 1996
    16. Angels and Airwaves The Adventure (CD single) 2006
    17. We Don't Need To Whisper 2006
    18. Aqualung Strange And Beautiful 2005
    19. Ash
  • Official site
  • 1977 1996
    20. Free All Angels (ECD) 2002
    21. Ashcroft, Richard
  • Official site
  • Alone with Everybody 2000 A good but disappointing solo debut from former Verve lead singer B
    22. Keys To The World (CD + DVD) 2006
    23. Ataris, The
  • Official site
  • So Long, Astoria 2003 what the deuce does this have to do with Star Raiders??
    24. Audioslave Out Of Exile 2005
    25. Auf der Maur Auf der Maur 2004
    26. Augustana All The Stars And The Boulevards 2005
    27. B52's, The
  • Official site
  • Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation 1998
    28. Bachman, Tal
  • Official site
  • Tal Bachman 1999
    29. Bad Religion
  • fan site
  • Stranger Than Fiction 1994 That track about the 21st century digital boy gives me the creeps
    30. Badly Drawn Boy
  • Official site
  • The Hour of the Bewilderbeest 2000
    31. Ballboy
  • Official site
  • Club Anthems 2002 heard the underwear song on spinner.com and decided to try it out. Almost complete lack of melodies C
    32. Beastie Boys
  • Official site
  • Ill Communication 1994 Michael gave this to me
    33. Beatles, The
  • Official site
  • Yellow Submarine soundtrack 1999
    34. Beck
  • official site
  • Mellow Gold 1994
    35. Odelay 1996 way overrated B
    36. Mutations 1998 softer sounds than previous A-
    37. Midnite Vultures 1999
    38. Bedingfield, Natasha Unwritten 2005
    39. Belle and Sebastian
  • Official site
  • If You're Feeling Sinister 1997
    40. The Boy With The Arab Strap 1998 To paraphrase: The Phantom had a nervous breakdown at the age of 28. It could have been a brilliant career A-
    41. Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant 2000
    42. Dear Catastrophe Waitress 2003
    43. Belén, Ana
  • Sitio oficial
  • Peces de Ciudad 2001 Escuché la nueva canción Qué Pena mientras en un restaurante en Madrid, España, durante el verano 2001, entonces fui a algunas tiendas de musica pidiendo en mi español malo, pero no encontré nada. En EEUU, encontré el CD en CD Now, tomé el mp3 en Napster, y finalmente decidí comprar este albúm excellente desde Amazon A-
    44. Bethany Curve
  • Official site
  • Gold 1999
    45. Better Than Ezra
  • Official site
  • How Does Your Garden Grow 1998
    46. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
  • Official site
  • Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 1998
    47. Bjork
  • Official site
  • Post 1995 First heard "Army of Me" on the Tankgirl soundtrack in 1995. A great CD A
    48. Telegram 1997
    49. Volta 2007
    50. Black Box Recorder
  • fan site
  • England Made Me 1999 dude how can a chick with such a nice voice make such an evil album? A-
    51. Black Eyed Peas Monkey Business 2005
    52. Blige, Mary J.
  • Official site
  • Share My World 1997
    53. Bloc Party Silent Alarm 2005
    54. Weekend In The City 2007
    55. Blondie
  • fan site
  • Remixed, Remade, Remodeled 1995 made a nice soundtrack while playing Madden Football on 3DO B
    56. Blue October Foiled 2006
    57. Blunt, James Back To Bedlam 2005
    58. Blur
  • Official site
  • Blur 1997 First heard the woo-hoo song during an Avalanche-Red Wings game
    59. Think Tank 2003
    60. Bonham, Tracy
  • Official site
  • The Burdens of Being Upright 1996 a few catchy tunes from memorable summer of 1996 B
    61. Boo Radleys, The
  • Official site
  • Everything's Alright Forever 1992
    62. Bravery, The The Bravery 2005
    63. The Sun And The Moon 2007
    64. Brazilian Girls Brazilian Girls 2005
    65. Talk To La Bomb 2006
    66. British Sea Power Open Season 2005
    67. Brooks, Meredith
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Blurring the Edges 1997
    68. Buffalo Tom
  • Official site
  • Let Me Come Over 1998 Have wanted to get something by this group since hearing a song on a Volume CD/Book in 95
    69. Built to Spill
  • Official site
  • Keep It Like a Secret 1999
    70. Bush
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Sixteen Stone 1995 Contains "Machinehead," 4th greatest song of all time; also 1995-1996 Avalanche theme Comedown A-
    71. Razorblade Suitcase 1996 B
    72. Deconstructed 1997 B
    73. The Science of Things 1999 Sure, almost all their tracks on every album sound the same, but that's a good thing A-
    74. Golden State 2001
    75. Butler, Bernard
  • Official site
  • People Move On 1998 A-
    76. Friends and Lovers 2000
    77. Cake
  • Official site
  • Comfort Eage 2001
    78. Cantoma Cantoma 2005
    79. Cardigans, The
  • offical site
  • First Band on the Moon 1996 A-
    80. Life 1996 Didn't know music could get this saccharine. I feel the need to brush my teeth. Daddy's Car a nice geograhic tune A-
    81. Gran Turismo 1998 Nice glossy liner notes. Recently upgraded from C after hearing Erase/Rewind in the movie The Thirteenth Floor in a positive context B
    82. Long Gone Before Daylight 2003
    83. Catatonia
  • Official site
  • International Velvet 1998 heard Road Rage on CMJ CD and was hooked A
    84. Equally Blessed And Cursed 1999
    85. Catherine Wheel, The
  • Official site
  • Ferment 1992 Another shoegazer album I bought despite the atrocity that is Adam and Eve. Bought this after hearing several mp3s via napster A
    86. Adam and Eve 1997 Really divergent from their earlier lush sounds C
    87. Wishville 2000
    88. Chapterhouse
  • fan site
  • fan site
  • Whirlpool 1991
    89. Charlatans, The
  • Official site
  • Some Friendly 1990 Highly recommended by Michael after I found it browsing Encore record store in Ann Arbour
    90. Up to Our Hips 1994
    91. Wonderland 2001 surprisingly bland brit pop C
    92. Simpatico 2006
    93. Chemical Brothers, The
  • Official site
  • Dig Your Own Hole 1997
    94. Chumbawumba
  • First Church of Chumbawumba
  • Tubthumper 1997 I'm nostalgic for 1-hit wonders
    95. Church, The
  • fan site
  • Starfish 1988 To have something to discuss with Michael
    96. Citizen King
  • Official site
  • Mobile Estates 1999
    97. Clash, The
  • Official site
  • London Calling 1979
    98. Cocteau Twins
  • Official site
  • BBC Sessions 1999
    99. Coldplay
  • Official site
  • Parachutes 2000 A
    100. A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
    101. X & Y 2005
    102. Cole, Natalie Ask A Woman Who Knows 2002
    103. Cole, Paula
  • Official site
  • This Fire 1996
    104. Collective Soul
  • Official site
  • Blender 2000
    105. Coltrane, John
  • fan site
  • A Love Supreme 1964
    106. Corinne Bailey Rae Corinne Bailey Rae 2006
    107. Corrs, The
  • Official site
  • In Blue 2000 Those chicks are hot B
    108. Cowboy Junkies, The
  • Official site
  • Open 2001
    109. Cranberries
  • Official site in Ireland
  • Dreams (single) 1992
    110. Creedence Clearwater Revival
  • Fan site
  • Willy & the Poor Boys 1969
    111. Chronical: 20 Greatest Hits 1988
    112. Crow, Sheryl
  • Official site
  • Tuesday Night Music Club 1993
    113. Sheryl Crow 1996 A-
    114. The Globe Sessions (ECD) 1998 "My Favorite Mistake" is a nice radio-friendly song, but what is there after that? Not nearly as deep as her last album C
    115. C'mon C'mon 2002
    116. Wildflower (Limited Ed w/DVD) 2005 Incredibly touching songs A+
    117. Crystal Method, The
  • official site
  • Vegas 1997
    118. Cure, The
  • official site
  • Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me 1987
    119. Disintegration 1989
    120. Wish 1992
    121. Show 1993
    122. Wild Mood Swings 1996
    123. Bloodflowers 2000
    124. Curve
  • Official site
  • Pubic Fruit 1992
    125. Cuckoo 1993
    126. Gold 2001
    127. Daft Punk
  • Official site
  • Homework 1996
    128. Musique Vol 1. 1993-2005 2006
    129. Damone Out Here All Night 2006
    130. Dandy Warhols, The
  • Official site
  • Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia 2000 Hard to classify this album, so I'm not going to try A-
    131. Dashboard Confessional A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar 2003
    132. Davis, Alana
  • Official site
  • Fortune Cookies 2001
    133. Dean and Britta Back Numbers 2007
    134. Death Cab For Cutie Plans 2005
    135. Delerium
  • Official site
  • Karma 1997 First heard of them from 1st track of Brokedown Palace while driving around Florida with Brad
    136. Depeche Mode
  • Official site
    (best-designed site for a group I've seen)
  • excellent fan site
  • my info page
  • A Broken Frame (CD+DVD) 1982 2006 reissue by Rhino
    137. Get the Balance Right (maxi-single) 1983 2 versions of GtBR; The Great Outdoors; Tora Tora Tora
    138. People Are People 1984
    139. Some Great Reward 1984
    140. Black Celebration 1986
    141. Music For the Masses 1987 this and INXS' Kick are excellent albums from the mid/late 1980s A
    142. Never Let Me Down Again (maxi-single) 1987
    143. 101 (2D) 1989
    144. Personal Jesus (maxi-single) 1989 includes 5 versions of PJ, 3 of Dangerous
    145. Violator 1989 No misses. There is not a doubt in my mind that this is the greatest album ever produced A++
    146. Enjoy the Silence (single) 1990 includes 6(!) remixes of EtS
    147. Policy of Truth (single) 1990 2 mixes of PofT; Kaleid
    148. Violator (CD+DVD) 1990 2006 reissue by Rhino
    149. Condemnation (maxi-single) 1993 bought it for the Halo live version
    150. Songs Of Faith And Devotion (CD + DVD) 1993 2006 reissue by Rhino
    151. Ultra 1997
    152. The Singles 86-98 (2D) 1998 An impressive collection of singles from "Black Celebration" to now A+
    153. The Singles 81>85 1999
    154. Exciter 2001
    155. Enjoy the Silence (Remixes) 2004 contains four remixes of EtS: Mike Shinoda Reinterpretation Mix (3:32), Timo Maas Extended Mix (8:42), Ewan Pearson Extended Remix (8:39), Richard X Extended Mix (8:22); World In My Eyes Cicada Mix (6:18); Something To Do Black Strobe Remix (7:11)
    156. Remixes 81-04 (3 CDs) 2004
    157. Playing The Angel (Deluxe Ed w/DVD) 2005 Much better than last several studio albums, but that's not saying much. 'Suffer Well' is a new favourite song of mine A-
    158. Precious (CD single) 2005
    159. Suffer Well (Pt. 2) single 2006
    160. The Best of Depeche Mode (CD+DVD) 2006
    161. Dido
  • Official site
  • No Angel 1999 soft music A
    162. Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas 2002
    163. Dishwalla
  • Official site
  • Pet Your Friends 1995
    164. Dixie Chicks
  • Official site
  • Wide Open Spaces 1998 my eclectic taste in music went a little too far
    165. Donnas, The Gold Medal 2004
    166. Doves Lost Souls 2000 an outstanding CD at least 10-deep in good songs that I happened to come across while searching amazon. A reviewer there described "Catch the Sun" as Technique-esqe (a la New Order); I couldn't agree more. That song got me through the last year of grad school A+
    167. The Last Broadcast 2002 A bit of a let down from previous album; a bit more melancholy
    168. Some Cities 2005
    169. Duran Duran
  • fan site
  • Greatest Hits 1998
    170. Echo and the Bunnymen Songs to Live and Sing 1985
    171. Editors, The The Back Room 2006
    172. Ednaswap
  • fan site
  • Wonderland Park 1998
    173. Eisley Room Noises 2005 don't ask
    174. Elastica
  • Official site
  • Elastica 1995 I liked them better the first time I heard it, when they were called "Romeo Void" B
    175. Electronic
  • fan site
  • Get the Message (single) 1991 Sign from above? Probably the single most influential song in my life. Kept me on track and from scoring
    176. Raise the Pressure 1996 B
    177. Embrace
  • Official site
  • The Good Will Out 1998
    178. Out Of Nothing 2005
    179. Eno, Brian and Budd, Harold Ambient 2 1990
    180. Evanescence
  • Official site
  • Fallen 2003
    181. Eve 6
  • official site
  • Eve 6 1998 SoCal is also my state-of-mind
    182. Horrorscope 2000
    183. Everclear
  • fan site
  • Sparkle & Fade 1995 "Santa Monica" is NOT near UCSC A-
    184. So Much For the Afterglow 1997 disappointing B
    185. Songs From An American Movie, Vol. One 2000 Totally disappointing album. It's been a steady decline for one of my favourite groups C
    186. Everything But The Girl
  • Official site
  • Walking Wounded 1996
    187. Adapt Or Die: Ten Years of Remixes 2005
    188. Fair The Best Worst-Case Scenario 2006
    189. Fall Out Boy From Under The Cork Tree 2005
    190. Fatboy Slim
  • Official site
  • You've Come a Long Way, Baby 1998 Did you see the video of "Praise You" shot in Westwood?
    191. Feist The Reminder 2007
    192. Filter
  • fan site
  • Short Bus 1995 incessant screaming and a picture of someone sticking his fingers into his eye sockets highlight this family-oriented musical regale B
    193. Title of Record 1999 When I heard Take A Picture, I thought 'This is filter? Where's all the screaming?'
    194. Five For Fighting Two Lights 2006
    195. Fixx, The
  • fan site
  • One Thing Leads to Another 1989
    196. Flaming Lips, The
  • Official site
  • Transmissions From the Satellite Heart 1993
    197. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots 2002
    198. The Soft Bulletin (CD + DVD) 2006
    199. Foo Fighters
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • fan site
  • Foo Fighters 1995 B
    200. My Hero (UK ECD single) 1997 Bought this because it reminded me of John Elway; also contains Dear Lover; Baker Street; Everlong video
    201. The Colour & the Shape 1997 Excellent album. You gotta like any American group that spells "colour" correctly A-
    202. There is Nothing Left to Lose 1999 One of my favourite bands. Very good album A-
    203. One By One (CD + DVD) 2002
    204. Fort Minor The Rising Tied 2005
    205. Franz Ferdinand
  • Official site
  • Franz Ferdinand 2004
    206. You Could Have It So Much Better 2005
    207. Fray, The How To Save A Life 2005
    208. Front 242
  • official site
  • 06:21:03:11 Up Evil 1993
    209. Fuel
  • fan site
  • Sunburn 1998 Debuted at about the same time as Eve 6, which has gotten more publicity but isn't as good
    210. Galaxie 500
  • Fan site
  • On Fire
    (Rykodisc 1997 reissue)
    1989 Lush, dreamy sounds from pre-shoegazing group. American, to boot
    211. Garbage
  • Official site
  • Garbage 1995 A-
    212. Version 2.0 1998 B
    213. Beautifulgarbage 2001
    214. Gaye, Marvin #1's 2007
    215. Gearwhore
  • astralwerks site
  • Drive 1998
    216. Gin Blossoms
  • fan site
  • New Miserable Experience 1992 They sounded just like the Goo Goo Dolls, so you're really not missing anything B
    217. Girls Against Boys
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Freak*on*ica 1998 Good album. Out-of-control guitars B
    218. Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere 2006
    219. Go-Go's, The
  • Official site
  • God Bless the Go-Go's 2001
    220. Gomez In Our Gun 2002
    221. Split the Difference 2004
    222. Five Men In A Hut (1998-2004) 2006
    223. Goo Goo Dolls
  • Official site
  • Gutterflower 2002
    224. Gordon, Nina
  • Official site
  • Tonight and the Rest of My Life 2000
    225. Gorillaz Demon Days 2005
    226. Grant Lee Buffalo
  • Official site
  • Jubilee 1998
    227. Gray, Macy
  • Official site
  • On How Life Is 1999
    228. Green Day
  • Official fan site
  • Dookie 1994 Includes the battle hymn of my life on track 7 A-
    229. Insomniac 1995 album's total crap D
    230. Nimrod 1997 all tracks surprisingly good A
    231. Warning 2000
    232. American Idiot 2004
    233. Groove Armada
  • Official site
  • Vertigo 2000
    234. The Best Of 2004
    235. Hal featuring Gillian Anderson
  • Official site
  • Extremis (single) 1997 techno-rapping
    236. Hanson
  • Official site
    (you know you want to see it)
  • Middle of Nowhere 1997 I recently got past the Hanson phase of my life when I was wearing my hair really really long with blond hilights
    237. Happy Mondays
  • fan site
  • The Double Easy 1993
    238. Harvey Danger
  • official site
  • Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone? 1998 Official jury-duty music of 1998. First heard the album via Real Audio on their web site B
    239. Hatfield, Juliana
  • fan site
  • Only Everything 1995
    240. Hayes, Gemma
  • Official site
  • Night On My Side 2003
    241. Head Automatica Popaganda 2006
    242. Higgins, Missy The Sound of White 2005
    243. Hole
  • fan site
  • Live Through This 1994 Bought this along with Nirvana; listened to 'em contently while working late at Apple A-
    244. Celebrity Skin 1998 less screaming and more soft-rock, from Hole of all groups B
    245. Hooverphonic
  • official site
  • A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular 1997 I'm usually not into techno-Portishead-ish music, but this was pretty good A-
    246. Blue Wonder Power Milk 1998 Beautiful sounds. Got interested in this after hearing "Renaissance Affair" in a VW car commercial A-
    247. The Magnificent Tree 2000
    248. Hum
  • fan site
  • You'd Prefer an Astronaut 1995 When exactly is that train to Mars leaving
    249. INXS
  • Official site
  • fan site
  • Kick 1987 Not as good as their next album, X, but still excellent A
    250. Shine Like It Does - The Anthology 2001 Outstanding double CD. The loss of this group is one of the great tragedies of the music world. At their height, INXS could be mentioned alongside U2, R.E.M., and Depeche Mode. I really miss this group. "Disappear" is my favourite INXS song A+
    251. Imbruglia, Natalie
  • almost-official site
  • Left of the Middle 1997 A one-hit wonder who didn't even write her one hit
    252. Interpol Our Love To Admire 2007
    253. Ivy
  • fan site
  • Realistic 1994 enjoyable perky chick-rock B
    254. Apartment Life 1998 super-smooth mellowness A-
    255. Jamiroquai
  • fan site
  • Travelling Without Moving 1997
    256. A Funk Odyssey 2001
    257. Jesus Jones
  • official site
  • Doubt 1991 Humming "Right Here, Right Now" got me through a chem midterm once
    258. Jesus and Mary Chain, The
  • Sub Pop site
  • Honey's Dead 1992
    259. Jet
  • Official site
  • Get Born 2003
    260. Jewel
  • official site
  • Pieces of You 1995
    261. 0304 2003
    262. Jimmy Eat World
  • Official site
  • Bleed American 2001 A
    263. Jones, Norah Come Away With Me 2002
    264. Joy Division
  • fan site
  • Permanent 1995
    265. K's Choice
  • official site
  • Paradise in Me 1996 Bland alterna-chick-rock B
    266. K.T. Tunstall Eye To The Telescope 2006
    267. Kaiser Chiefs
  • Official site
  • Employment 2005
    268. Yours Trule, Angry Mob 2007
    269. Kara's Flowers Fourth World 2004
    270. Kasabian Kasabian 2005
    271. Keane
  • Official site
  • Hopes and Fears 2004
    272. Kenna Make Sure They See My Face 2007
    273. Killers, The
  • Official site
  • Hot Fuss 2004
    274. Kings Of Convenience, The Riot On An Empty Street 2004
    275. Kraftwerk
  • Official site
  • The Mix 1991
    276. Kravitz, Lenny
  • Official site
  • Lenny 2001
    277. Kruder and Dorfmeister
  • Fan site
  • The K&D Sessions 1998
    278. LCD Soundsystem Sound Of Silver 2007
    279. Last Goodnight, The Poison Kiss 2007
    280. Lavigne, Avril
  • Official site
  • Let Go 2002
    281. Led Zeppelin
  • fan site
  • Led Zeppelin 1969
    282. Led Zeppelin II 1969
    283. Led Zeppelin III 1970
    284. Led Zeppelin IV 1971 Saying this is a great album is like me walking into the Sistine Chapel and saying the ceilings are beautiful. It's already been said a billion times A+
    285. Houses of the Holy 1973
    286. Physical Graffiti (2D) 1975
    287. Presence 1976
    288. In Through the Out Door 1979
    289. Coda 1982
    290. Remasters (3CD) 1992 Two discs plus interview disc. 2nd disc contains the two great songs Kashmir and Achilles Last Stand
    291. BBC Sessions 1997
    292. Lemonheads, The
  • fan site
  • Best of the Lemonheads 1998
    293. Letters to Cleo
  • official site
  • Wholesale Meats and Fishes 1995 B
    294. Lightning Seeds, The
  • Official site
  • Cloudcuckooland 1990
    295. Lilys In the Presence of Nothing 1992 A
    296. Linkin Park
  • Official site
  • Hybrid Theory