#903 Doves – Lost Souls

Welcome to the year 2000. We have survived the fear of Y2K. Our first band on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is Doves. Their debut album Lost Souls was released on my birthday April 3. This is the year I came out of hibernation from my sabbatical, of sorts, from […]

#902 Sigur Rós – Ágætis byrjun

Sigur Rós has the last album Ágætis byrjun of the 90s on the list. Ágætis byrjun is the Icelandic band’s second album. Most surprisingly to me is that the album is post-rock. If I had known this information before I would have tried it out. I was extremely surprised by this album. It contains all the genres […]

#901 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication

Californication was Red Hot Chili Peppers return to the top. It is their best selling album. The album was also known for the return of John Frusciante. I know this album well. I really liked it. My favourites songs are “Parallel Universe”, “Scar Tissue“, “Otherside“, “Californication”, “This Velvet Glove”, and “Road Trippin’”. “Otherside” and “Scar Tissue” […]

#900 Basement Jaxx – Remedy

Basement Jaxx is number 900 on the list of 1001. I have no idea who they are. The released their debut album Remedy in 1999. Oddly, the first song “Rendez-Vu” sounds exactly the opposite of what the duo was trying to create. They stated that house music was too robotic and without feeling. The vocals […]

#899 Shack – H.M.S. Fable

Shack released their third album H.M.S. Fable in 1999 to mostly great critical reviews. They are still together as band, but their last album to date was in 2006. As the first song “Natalie’s Party” started I thought it was R.E.M., but it became apparent soon that it was not. Shack have a Britpop sound. Some […]

#898 Bonnie “Prince” Billy – I See A Darkness

Bonnie “Prince” Billy is a man. He real name is Will Oldham, but he adopted his stage name for his sixth album I See A Darkness. I listened to this album about four or five times. I still cannot figure out which songs I like. This is the kind of music that you out on […]

#897 Metallica – S&M

Metallica again? I have not like any of their albums. S&M, an abbreviation of Symphony and Metallica, is a live album released in 1999. The album features The San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Kamen. I hated it. I also hate live albums. I do not understand how this album made the list. It is basically a greatest hits done […]

#896 Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time

Britney Spears? Oh good lawd. How did Britney make the list? Honestly, I am so confused. Yes, it was removed when the book was updated, but it is like all those actors apologising for something they said years ago. It is too late. (I do not believe that it is too late. I am only […]

#895 Eminem – The Slim Shady LP

Eminem is someone who I have listened to on the radio. I have liked some of his music. He is an interesting character. His second studio album The Slim Shady LP was a critical hit. The album’s genres of West Coast hip hop, G-funk and horrorcore tells its stories from the perspective of his alter ego […]

#894 Le Tigre – Le Tigre

Le Tigre is the band and the name of their debut studio album. I am not excited about listening to another band of feminist playing pop music to political lyrics. I grew up with the Go-Gos, the Supremes, Blondie, Pat Benatar, and a host of other strong females and female led bands. The influence of every girl […]