Album selection, rock and not


Below is a short selection of artists and works which I consider particularly important. This page is a work in progress.

Amon Düül II

  • Phallus Dei (1969)
  • Yeti (1970)
  • Tanz Der Lemminge (1971)

Kevin Ayers

  • Joy Of A Toy (1969)
  • Shooting At The Moon (1970)

Syd Barrett

(go to discography)

  • The Madcap Laughs (1970) - review
  • Barrett (1970) - review
  • Opel (1988)

Tim Buckley

  • Lorca (1970)
  • Star Sailor (1970)

Calexico

(go to discography)

  • The Black Light (1998)
  • Hot Rail (2000)
  • Feast Of Wire (2003)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

(go to discography)

  • From Her To Eternity (1984)
  • The Firstborn Is Dead (1985) - review
  • The Good Son (1990)
  • Murder Ballads (1996)

Cul De Sac

  • China Gate (1996)
  • Crashes To Light Minutes To Its Fall (1999)

Fabrizio De Andrè

  • Tutti Morimmo A Stento (1968)
  • Non Al Denaro Non All'Amore Nè Al Cielo (1971)
  • Creuza De Ma (1984)
  • Anime Salve (1996)

Dirty Three

(go to discography)

  • Dirty Three (1994)
  • Horse Stories (1996)
  • Ocean Songs (1998)
  • What Ever You Want You Are (2000)
  • Live! At Meredith (2005) - review

The Doors

  • The Doors (1967)
  • Strange Days (1967)

Nick Drake

  • Five Leaves Left (1969)
  • Pink Moon (1972)

Dream Syndicate

  • The Days Of Wine And Roses (1982)
  • The Medicine Show (1984)
  • Live At The Raji's (1989)

Bob Dylan

  • Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
  • Blonde On Blonde (1966)
  • Blood On The Tracks (1975)

John Fahey

  • America (1971)
  • Fare Forwad Voyagers (1974)

Faust

  • Faust (1971)
  • The Faust Tapes (1973)
  • IV (1973)

Robert Fripp

  • The First Day (1993, with David Silvian)
  • A Blessing Of Tears (1995) - review
  • Gates Of Paradise (1998)

Gong

  • Camambert Electric (1971)
  • Flying Teapot (1973)
  • Angel's Eggs (1973)
  • You (1974)

Grateful Dead

(go to discography)

  • Anthem Of The Sun (1968)
  • Aoxomoxoa (1969)
  • Live Dead (1969)
  • Grateful Dead (1971)
  • Europe '72 (1972)
  • Reckoning (1980)

Henry Cow

  • Leg End (1973)
  • Unrest (1974)

Husker Du

  • Zen Arcade (1984)
  • New Day Rising (1985)

Jefferson Airplane

  • After Bathing At Baxter's (1967)
  • Volunteers (1969)

Jefferson Starship

  • Blows Against The Empire (1970)

Jimi Hendrix

  • Are You Experienced (1967)
  • Electric Ladyland (1968)

King Crimson

(go to discography)

  • In The Court Of The Crimson King (1969) - review
  • In The Wake Of Poseidon (1970)
  • Lizard (1970)
  • Island (1971)
  • Larks Tongues In Aspic (1973)
  • Red (1974)
  • Discipline (1981)

Low

  • I Could Live In Hope (1994)
  • Long Division (1995)
  • Trust (2002)

Matching Mole

(go to discography)

  • Matching Mole (1972) - review
  • Little Red Record (1972)

My Bloody Valentine

  • Isn't Anything (1988)
  • Loveless (1991)

Pink Floyd

(go to discography)

  • The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
  • A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968)
  • More (1969) - review
  • Ummagumma (1969) - review
  • Atom Heart Mother (1970)
  • Meddle (1971)

Popol Vuh

  • In den Garten Pharaos (1971)
  • Hosianna Mantra (1972)
  • Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte (1976)

Primus

  • Suck On This (1990)
  • Frizzle Fried (1990)
  • Sailing The Sea Of Cheese (1991)

Quicksilver Messenger Service

  • Quicksilver Messenger Service (1968)
  • Happy Trails (1969)

Robert Rich

(go to discography)

  • Stalker (1995) - review
  • Fissures (1997)
  • Below Zero (1998)
  • Seven Veils (1998)
  • Bestiary (2001)
  • Somnium (2001)

Steve Roach

  • Structure From Silence (1984)
  • Dreamtime Return (1988)
  • Strata (1991)

Klaus Schulze

  • Irrlicht (1972)
  • Cyborg (1973)

Slint

  • Tweez (1989)
  • Spiderland (1991)

Soft Machine

  • Volume Two (1969)
  • Third (1970)
  • Six (1973)

Spring Heel Jack

  • Amassed (2002)
  • Live (2003)

Alan Stivell

  • Renaissance de la Harpe Celtique (1972)
  • Symphonie Celtique (1980)

Talk Talk

  • Spirit Of Eden (1988)
  • Laughing Stock (1991)

Tangerine Dream

  • Zeit (1972)
  • Atem (1973)
  • Phaedra (1974)

Television

  • Marquee Moon (1977)

Thin White Rope

  • Moonhead (1987)
  • In The Spanish Cave (1988)
  • The One That Got Away (1993)

David Torn

  • Polytown (1994)
  • Tripping Over God (1995)
  • What Means 'Solid', Traveller? (1996) - review

Velvet Underground

  • The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967)
  • White Light White Heat (1967)

Violent Femmes

  • Violent Femmes (1983)
  • Halloweed Ground (1985)

Tom Waits

  • Swordfishtrombones (1983)
  • Rain Dogs (1985)
  • Mule Variations (1999)

Robert Wyatt

(go to discography)

  • The End Of An Ear (1970)
  • Rock Bottom (1974)
  • Shleep (1997)

Neil Young

  • Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
  • After The Gold Rush (1970)
  • On The Beach (1974)
  • Tonight's The Night (1975)
  • Rust Never Sleeps (1979)

Frank Zappa

  • Freak Out (1966)
  • Uncle Meat (1969)
  • Hot Rats (1969)

And (alphabetic order):

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