Christopher from Cary, NC
Maybe You Should Drive - Barenaked Ladies (Romantic nerdy male angst at its best)
No One Is Really Beautiful - Jude (Finally, a sensitive male musician who isn't a wimp)
Pontiac - Lyle Lovett (Three million listenings and counting...)
Come Away With Me - Norah Jones (The voice of an angel)
Mobilize - Grant-Lee Phillips (The best CD to play in the car during summer drives)
Songs from the West Coast - Elton John (Elton channels an earlier version of himself)
The Stranger - Billy Joel (Vintage Billy Joel [Scenes from An Italian Restaurant!])
Drops of Jupiter - Train (It's mainstream, but it's still good in spite of it)
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (It's only six songs, but what great songs they are...)
Change of Seasons - Hall & Oates (It's classic [though somewhat hit-free] H&O)

Jason from Fridley, MN
Pop Goes The World - Men Without Hats
Lola vs. the Powerman & the
Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 - The Kinks
Sail Away - Randy Newman
Weird Tales - Golden Smog
Loaded - The Velvet Underground
Essence - Lucinda Williams
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits
Reckoning - The Grateful Dead
Mutations - Beck
OK Computer - Radiohead

Jademir from Hanover Park, IL
until the end of time - 2pac
born to reign - will smith
nellyville - nelly
enter the life of a suella - pretty willie
greatest hits - 2pac
me against the world - 2pac
all eyes on me - 2pac
r u still down - 2pac
pain is love - ja rule
t-p-2.com - r.kelly

Todd L. from New York, NY
Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
London Calling - The Clash
My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
Let It Be - The Replacements
Tapestry - Carol King
Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
The Soft Bulletin - Flaming Lips

Steve from Maplewood, NJ
Live at Fillmore East - Allman Brothers Band (synergy)
Central Park North - Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Orchestra (refined)
Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report (just a favorite)
Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (complexity)
Europe '72 - Grateful Dead (space jams)
Jazz at Massey Hall - Charlie Parker (sets the standard)
The Practice of Contentment - Gyuto Monks Tantric Choir (veggies)
Locust Abortion Technician - Butthole Surfers (opposite of 7)
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair (poetry)
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison (purity)

Aaron from Cleveland, OH
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
You Talkin' to Me? - Noe Venable
Violator - Depeche Mode
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov
Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd
Crash - Dave Matthews Band
Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
Towards the Within - Dead Can Dance
To the Unknown Man - Vangelis

Alan from Roseville, CA
IV - Led Zeppelin
Greatest Hits - Queen
Purple Rain - Prince
Back in Black - AC/DC
Abbey Road - Beatles
Let it Bleed - Rolling Stones
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Mirrorball - Sarah Mclachlan

Shly from Winnipeg, Canada
Abbey Road - The Beatles (Pure Genius!)
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips (Such depth and mystery!)
Some Girls - The Rolling Stones (Sexy grooves!)
Urban Hymns - The Verve (Rich in melodic layers!)
Ram - Paul McCartney (His best solo work ever!)
Guitarman - Jerry Reed (Great guitar pickin')
Heaven Tonight - Cheap Trick (First record I owned!)
Led Zeppelin 1 - Led Zeppelin (Great start to a career!)
Dusk - The The (Great songwriting and sounds!)
The Point - Nillson (Great songs in narrative!)

Pagoda from Hamilton, Canada
Let It Be - The Beatles
Wings Over America - Wings
Double Fantasy - John Lennon
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Everything I Long For - Hayden
Day for Night - The Tragically Hip
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Bachelor No. 2 - Aimee Mann
Colour and Moving Still - Chantal Kreviazuk

Thomas C. from New York, NY
Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms
Nevermind - Nirvana
The Wedding Singer Soundtrack - Various
Version 2.0 - Garbage
Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
Automatic for the People - R.E.M.
Dookie - Green Day
Sixteen Stone - Bush
Save Yourself - Incubus

Reid from Fort Collins, CO
Any!!! by Tom Waits ('cause it's Tom, man!)
Exile From Guyville - Liz Phair
On The Tracks - Leon Redbone
Animals - Pink Floyd
Live From Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
(orange blossom special)
Low Estate - 16 Horsepower
Toxicity - System of A Down
Live Rust - Neil Young
Highway 61 - Bob Dylan
New Favorite - Allison Krauss and Union Station

Jody from Hollywood, CA
Double Nickels On The Dime - The Minutemen
Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart -
Camper Van Beethovan
Destroyer - Kiss
Days Of Wine And Roses - The Dream Syndicate
Big Red Letter Day - Buffalo Tom
Under The Big Black Sun - X
It's A Shame About Ray - The Lemonheads
New Day Rising - Husker Du
Trace - Son Volt
Only Everything - Juliana Hatfield

Steve from Ottawa, Canada
Fight Club Soundtrack - Dust Brothers
Run Lola Run - Tykwer, Klimek, Heil
Doolittle - Pixies
Achtung Baby - U2
Haunted - Poe
Siamese Dream - The Smashing Pumpkins
In Utero - Nirvana
Downard Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemian - The Dandy Warhols
Outside - David Bowie

Cary from San Francisco, CA
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
anything by Radiohead - Radiohead
Revolver - The Beatles
In Utero - Nirvana
Live Through This - Hole
The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most - The Dashboard Confessional
Little Earthquakes (or anything by Tori) - Tori Amos
Doolittle - The Pixies
anything by Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen

Steve from Chicago, IL
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (Nothing has ever been so fluid and dreamy.)
Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones (The last rock album?)
OK Computer - Radiohead (Blips, beeps and paranoia.)
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs (Not all men blame themselves, even if they should.)
Let It Be - Replacements (Because they just didn't give a shit.)
Live At The Apollo (1962) - James Brown (If there was a better performer, God's keeping him for himself.)
What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye (Because we don't have to escalate.)
Month Of Sundays - Chamber Strings (They don't make 'em like this anymore.)
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips (Everything can collide at once and be okay.)
Doolittle - Pixies (Because I'm white and I like to geek out.)

Tessa from Atlanta, GA
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos (It's the CD I played the week my mother died. It's just that good.)
Pinkerton - Weezer (A hugely underrated, and largely unheard of album.)
Out of Time - REM (Maybe it's a GA thing, but give it a try!)
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette (Ultimate sing-along power.)
Everybody Else Is Doing It, Why Can't We? - The Cranberries (Every track's a winner.)
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers(Just listen to it!)
Boots - Noe Venable (You won't be disappointed -- I spent months searching for her name.)
Run Lola Run Soundtrack - Tykwer, Klimek, Heil (Keeps me focused, no matter what I'm doing.)
Funky Divas - En Vogue (The original, unimitable girl power group.)
Arepa 3000 - Los Amigos Invisibles (The first time through, the originality of this CD may scare some listeners--its unique sound is fantastic, and ages well.)

Michael from Humble, TX
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Led Zeppelin Zoso(4) - Led Zeppelin
Phenomenon - U F O
After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane
First Glance - April Wine
LoveDrive - The Scorpions
Songs From The Wood - Jethro Tull
Sonic Temple - The Cult
Tres Hombres - ZZ TOP

Anonymous
Nightfall In Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian
IV - Led Zeppelin
Welcome To My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Aamunodottaja - Verenpisara
Itku Pitkästä Ilosta - Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus
Rautakantele - CMX
Psycho Circus - Kiss
Machine Head - Deep Purple

Mike from Scottsdale, AZ
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
All the World's a Stage - Rush
Couldn't Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Diver Down - Van Halen
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Joshua Tree - U2
Eliminator - ZZ Top
See the Light - Jeff Healey

Peter from Truro, MA
Double Nickels on the Dime - The Minutemen
Revolver - The Beatles
The Action is Go - Fu Manchu
Swordfishtrombone - Tom Waits
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Cure for Pain - Morphine
London Calling - The Clash
Fresh - Sly and the Family Stone
Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin
The London Sessions - Howlin' Wolf

Alex G. from Montreal, Canada
Debaser - Pixies
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Mighty Joe Moon - Grant Lee Buffalo
OK Computer - Radiohead
London Calling - The Clash
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
Louder Than Bombs - The Smiths
Pleased to Meet Me - The Replacements

Anthony from Des Moines, IA
The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
Let It Be - The Replacements
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
Forever Changes - Love
Double Nickles On The Dime - Minutemen
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
Sign O The Times - Prince

Heather from Dallas, TX
The Joshua Tree - U2 (A terrific blend of rock, blues, soul and country.)
Solo Para Ti - Ottmar Leibert (Relaxing, but cool.)
Achtung Baby - U2 (A hard rockin', funky mix.)
Allegria - The Gypsy Kings (Who could believe french guys could jam like this?)
The Sky is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughan (The best by the king of Texas blues, I will miss him.)
The Immaculate Collection - Madonna (Just plain fun.)
Kick - INXS (Rockin' pop music, fun to work out to.)
Legend - Bob Marley and the Wailers (Sit back, smoke a joint if you got it, and be jammin'.)
Amadeus Soundtrack - Various Artists (Seriously excellent classical music.)
Dazed and Confused Soundtrack - Various Artists (Seriously excellent classic rock!)