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| Ratings: 10=best rock album ever; 9=masterpiece; 8=buy it now; 7=buy it eventually; 6=buy it if you are a fan |
| Baptist Generals | No Silver No Gold | (Subpop) | alt-country | 6/10 | |
| Bardo Pond | On the Ellipse | (All Tomorrow Parties) | psych-rock | 5/10 | |
| Basement Jaxx | Kish Kash | (Astralwerks) | dance | 5/10 | |
| Steffen Basho-Junghans | Rivers and Bridges | (Strange Attractors) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Bassholes | Out In The Treetops | (Dead Canary) | garage-rock | 6/10 | |
| Beck | Sea Change | (DGC) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Belle and Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress | (Rough Trade) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Bettie Serveert | Log 22 | (Parasol) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Beulah | Yoko | (Velocette) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Biohazard | Kill or Be Killed | (Sanctuary) | metal | 4/10 | |
| Birdsongs of the Mesozoic | The Iridium COntroversy | (Cuneiform) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Frank Black | Show Me Your Tears | (Spin Art) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Black Box Recorder | Passionoia | (One Little Indian) | psych-rock | 4/10 | |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Take Them On On Your Own | (Virgin) | noise-pop | 5/10 | |
| Kevin Blechdom | Bitches Without Britches | (Chicks on Speed) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Blink 182 | Blink-182 | (Geffen) | punk-pop | 5/10 | |
| Blithe Sons | We Walk The Young Earth | (Family Vineyard) | psych-folk | 7/10 | |
| David Bowie | Reality | (Columbia) | glam | 4/10 | |
| Brother JT | Hang In There Baby | (Drag City) | Genre | 5/10 | |
| Blood Brothers | Burn Piano Island Burn | (ArtistDirect) | hardcore | 7/10 | |
| Bonnie Prince Billy | Master And Everyone | (Drag City) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Books | The Lemon of Pink | (Tomlab) | electronica | 7/10 | |
| Bottle Rockets | Blue Sky | (Sanctuary) | alt-country | 4/10 | |
| Boxhead Ensemble | Quartets | (Atavistic) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Brad | Welcome To Discovery Park | (Redline) | grunge | 6/10 | |
| Brassy | Gettin' Wise | (Beggars Group) | hip-hop | 6/10 | |
| Brian Jonestown Massacre | And This is Our Music | (Tee Pee) | psych-pop | 6/10 | |
| British Sea Power | The Decline Of | (Rough Trade) | retro-pop | 6/10 | |
| Broadcast | Haha Sound | (Warp) | futurism | 6/10 | |
| Brokeback | Looks At The Bird | (Thrill Jockey) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| Buzzcocks | Buzzcocks | (Merge) | punk-pop | 4/10 | |
| David Byrne | Lead Us Not into Temptation | (Thrill Jockey) | soundtrack | 5/10 | |
| Cakekitchen | How Can You Be So Blind | (Hausmusik) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| John Cale | Hobosapiens | (EMI) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Calexico | Feast of Wire | (Quarterstick) | post-rock | 7/10 | |
| Califone | Quicksand / Cradlesnakes | (Thrill Jockey) | roots-rock | 6/10 | |
| Calla | Televise | (Arena Rock) | psych-rock | 6/10 | |
| Ralph Carney | This is | (BlackBeauty) | prog-rock | 7/10 | |
| Cat Power | You Are Free | (Matador) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Nick Cave | Nocturama | (Mute) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Central Falls | Love And Easy Living | (Truckstop) | folk-rock | 6/10 | |
| Cerberus Shoal | Chaiming the Knoblessone | (North East Indie) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Cerberus Shoal | The Vim And Vigor Of | (North East Indie) | prog-rock | 5/10 | |
| Charalambides | Unknown Spin | (Kranky) | avantgarde | 6/10 | |
| Cheer-Accident | Introducing Lemon | (Skin Graft) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Vic Chesnutt | Silver Lake | (New West) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Chesterfield Kings | Mindbending Sounds | (Sundazed) | psych-pop | 6/10 | |
| Cinematic Orchestra | Man With A Movie Camera | (Ninja Tune) | trip-hop | 5/10 | |
| Clear Horizon | Clear Horizon | (Kranky) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Clearlake | Cedars | (Domino) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Clientele | The Violet Hour | (Merge) | pop | 7/10 | |
| Cobra Verde | Easy Listening | (Muscletone) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Console | Reset the Preset | (EMI) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| Constantines | Shine A Light | (Subpop) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Elvis Costello | North | (Deutsche Gramaphon) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Crack Pipes | Snakes In My Veins | (Emperor Jones) | garage | 5/10 | |
| Cracker | Countryside | (Cooking Vinyl) | roots-rock | 4/10 | |
| Cradle Of Filth | Damnation And A Day | (Sony) | metal | 6/10 | |
| Cramps | Fiends Of Dope Island | (Vengeance) | voodoobilly | 4/10 | |
| Crescent | By The Roads And The Fields | (Fat Cat) | psych-rock | 5/10 | |
| Criteria | En Garde | (Initial) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Crooked Fingers | Red Devil Dawn | (Merge) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Rob Crow | My Room Is A Mess | (Absolutely Kosher) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Cul De Sac | Death Of The Sun | (Strange Attractors) | prog-rock | 5/10 | |
| Cul De Sac | Strangler's Wife | (Strange Attractors) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Czars | The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People | (Manifesto) | alt-country | 7/10 | |
| Evan Dando | Baby I'm Bored | (Setanta) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Dandy Warhols | Welcome to the Monkey House | (Capitol) | pop | 4/10 | |
| Dashboard Confessional | A Mark A Mission A Brand A Star | (Vagrant) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Dead C | The Damned | (Starlight Furniture) | noise | 5/10 | |
| Dead Meadow | Shivering King And Others | (Ba Da Ding) | stoner | 5/10 | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Transatlanticism | (Barsuk) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| Decembrists | Her Majesty | (Kill Rock Stars) | emocore | 6/10 | |
| Deerhoof | Apple O' | (Kill Rock Stars) | Genre | 6/10 | |
| Deftones | Deftones | (Maverick) | metal | 5/10 | |
| Ani DiFranco | Evolve | (Righteous Babe) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Dirtbombs | Dangerous Magical Noise | (In The Red) | garage-rock | 6/10 | |
| Dirty Three | She Has No Strings Apollo | (Touch & Go) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Bob Drake | 13 Songs And A Thing | (ReR) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Dream Theater | Train of Thought | (Elektra) | metal | 5/10 | |
| Dropkick Murphys | Blackout | (Hellcat) | hardcore | 5/10 | |
| East River Pipe | Garbageheads On Endless Stun | (Merge) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Echoboy | Giraffe | (Mute) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Eels | Shootenanny | (Dreamworks) | lo-fi pop | 6/10 | |
| Mark Eitzel | Ugly American | (Thirsty Ear) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| El Guapo | Fake French | (Dischord) | post-rock | 4/10 | |
| Electric Company | It's Hard To Be A Baby | (Tigerbeat6) | electronica | 4/10 | |
| Matt Elliott | The Mess We Made (2003) | (label) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Brian Eno | Bell Studies for The Clock of The Long Now | (Opal) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Enon | Hocus Pocus | (Touch & Go) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Entropic Advance | Monkey With A Gun | (Symbolic Insight) | electronica | 6/10 | |
| Erase Errata | At Crystal Palace | (Troubleman) | funk-punk | 6/10 | |
| Explosions In The Sky | The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place | (Temporary Residence) | psych-rock | 5/10 | |
| Fall | The Real New Fall LP | (Action) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Fiel Garvey | Leave Me Out Of This | (Words Music) | pop | 6/10 | |
| Figgs | Slow Charm | (Hearbox) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Firewater | The Man on the Burning Tightrope | (Jetset) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Flying Luttenbachers | Systems Emerge From Complete Disorder | (Trouble Man Unlimited) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Folk Implosion | The New Folk Implosion | (BMG) | lo-fi pop | 4/10 | |
| Fred Frith | Rivers And Tides | (Winter & Winter) | prog-rock | 6/10 | |
| Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers | (S-curve) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Four Tet | Rounds | (Domino) | techno | 6/10 | |
| Fruit Bats | Mouthfuls | (Subpop) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Fugs | Final CD - Part 1 | (Artemis) | agit-prop | 6/10 | |
| Alistair Galbraith | Radiant | (Emperor Jones) | avantgarde | 6/10 | |
| Howe Gelb | Listener | (Thrill Jockey) | alt-rock | 4/10 | |
| Howe Gelb | Listener | (Thrill Jockey) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| Lutz Glandien | Lost in Rooms - A Virtualectric Story | (ReR) | avant-rock | 6/10 | |
| Go-Betweens | Bright Yellow Bright Orange | (Jetset) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Goldfish (Barbara Gogan) | Dust | (Lulu) | avantgarde | 6/10 | |
| Goldfrapp | Black Cherry | (Mute) | trip-hop | 4/10 | |
| Gorky's Zygotic Mynci | Sleep/Holiday | (Sanctuary) | prog-rock | 4/10 | |
| Grand Ulena | Gateway To Dignity | (Family Vineyard) | post-rock | 5/10 | |
| Grandaddy | Sumday | (V2) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Antye Greie-Fuchs | Westernization Completed | (Orthlorng Musork) | avant-pop | 6/10 | |
| Growing | The Sky's Run Into The Sea | (Kranky) | avantgarde | 5/10 | |
| Guided By Voices | Pipe Dreams Of Instant Prince Whippet | (Recordhead) | alt-pop | 4/10 | |
| Guided By Voices | Earthquake Glue | (Matador) | power-pop | 6/10 | |
| Guitar Wolf | UFO Romantics | (Narnack) | punk-rock | 4/10 | |
| Ill Ease | The Exorcist | (Beggars Group) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| In Out | It Dito And Other Gestures | (Emperor Jones) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| In The Nursery | Praxis | (ITN) | dark | 5/10 | |
| Jackie-o Motherfucker | Change | (Textile) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Jane's Addiction | Strays | (Capitol) | hard-rock | 5/10 | |
| Jayhawks | Rainy Day Music | (American) | roots-rock | 5/10 | |
| Jewel | 0304 | (Atlantic) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| Joan Of Arc | So Much Staying Alive And Lovelessness | (Jade Tree) | post-rock | 6/10 | |
| Daniel Johnston | Fear Yourself | (Gammon) | songwriter | 7/10 | |
| Rickie Lee Jones | The Evening of My Best Day | (V2) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Damien Jurado | Where Shall You Take Me | (Secretly Canadian) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Khanate | Things Viral | (Southern Lord) | super-doom | 7/10 | |
| Kid 606 | Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You | (Ipecac) | dance | 5/10 | |
| Carla KihlStedt | 2 Foot Yard | (Tzadik) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Killing Joke | Killing Joke | (Zuma) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Kills | Keep on Your Mean Side | (Rough Trade) | blues-punk | 5/10 | |
| Kingsbury Manx | Aztec Discipline | (Overcoat) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Kinski | Airs Above Your Station | (Subpop) | psych-rock | 6/10 | |
| Knotworking | The Garden Below | (One Mad Son) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Thomas Koner | Zyklop | (Mille Plateaux) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Kopernik | Kopernik | (Eastern Developments) | instrumental | 7/10 | |
| Kraftwerk | Tour De France Soundtracks | (Astralwerks) | synth-pop | 4/10 | |
| Pete Krebs | I Know It By Heart | (Cavity Search) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| DJ Krush | The Message At The Depth | (Sony) | hip hop | 5/10 | |
| Ladybug Transistor | The Ladybug Transistor | (Merge) | pop | 4/10 | |
| Ladytron | 604 | (Emperor Norton) | synth-pop | 4/10 | |
| Laibach | Wat | (Mute) | alt-rock | 4/10 | |
| Laika | Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing | (Too Pure) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Lamb | Between Darkness and Wonder | (Mercury) | trip-hop | 6/10 | |
| Landing | Passages Through | (K) | ambient | 6/10 | |
| Daniel Lanois | Shine | (Anti) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| Legendary Pink Dots | All The King's Horses | (SPV) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Legendary Pink Dots | All The King's Men | (ROIR) | pop | 5/10 | |
| Lenola | Sharks & Flames | (Homesleep) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Ted Leo | Hearts of Oak | (Lookout) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Less Than Jake | Anthem | (Warner) | ska-punk | 4/10 | |
| Alan Licht | A New York Minute | (XI) | avantgarde | 6/10 | |
| Lightning Bolt | Wonderful Rainbow | (Load) | noise | 6/10 | |
| Lilys | Precollection | (Manifesto) | alt-rock | 4/10 | |
| Lithops | Scrypt | (Sonig) | avant-rock | 6/10 | |
| Litium | Short Stories | (Twist & Shout) | roots-rock | 6/10 | |
| Bob Log III | Log Bomb | (Fat Possum) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Lonesome Organist | Forms And Follies | (Thrill Jockey) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Loop Guru | Bathtime | (Hypnotic) | electronica | 5/10 | |
| Loose Fur | Loose Fur | (Drag City) | avant-pop | 6/10 | |
| Los Straitjackets | Supersonic GUitars in 3D | (Yep Roc) | surf | 6/10 | |
| Nina Nastasia | Run To Ruin | (Touch & Go) | songwriter | 6/10 | |
| Nebula | Atomic Ritual | (Sweet Nothing) | grunge | 4/10 | |
| Neurosis | Neurosis & Jarboe | (Neurot) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| New Pornographers | Electric Version | (Matador) | pop | 6/10 | |
| New Wet Kojak | This Is The Glamorous | (Beggars) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Harris Newman | Non-Sequiturs | (Strange Attractors) | instrumental | 6/10 | |
| Phill Niblock | Touch Food | (Touch) | avantgarde | 7/10 | |
| NOFX | The War On Terrorism | (Epitaph) | punk-pop | 4/10 | |
| Nurse With Wound | Salt Marie Celeste | (United Dairies) | industrial | 5/10 | |
| Of | album The Infant Paths | (Jewelled Antler) | avant-rock | 6/10 | |
| Offspring | Splinter | (Sony) | hardcore | 4/10 | |
| 1 Mile North | Minor Shadows | (Ba Da Ding) | electronica | 5/10 | |
| Oneida | Each One Teach One | (Jagjaguwar) | alt-rock | 7/10 | |
| Pelt | Pearls From The River | (VHF) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| Pennywise | From the Ashes | (Epitaph) | punk-pop | 5/10 | |
| Pernice Brothers | Yours Mine & Ours | (Ashmont) | alt-country | 6/10 | |
| Liz Phair | Liz Phair | (Capitol) | songwriter | 5/10 | |
| Placebo | Sleeping with Ghosts | (Astralwerks) | dance | 4/10 | |
| Planet Earth | Blackout | (Jive) | rap-metal | 4/10 | |
| Plaid | Spokes | (Warp) | techno | 5/10 | |
| Plastikman | Closer | (Mute) | techno | 5/10 | |
| Pleasure Forever | Alter | (Subpop) | alt-rock | 6/10 | |
| +/- | You Are Here | (Teenbeat) | alt-rock | 5/10 | |
| Pole | Pole | (Mute) | dub | 5/10 | |
| Robert Pollard | Motel of Fools | (Fading Captain) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| Iggy Pop | Skull Ring | (Virgin) | songwriter | 4/10 | |
| Postal Service | Give Up | (Subpop) | synth-pop | 5/10 |