For this 100th issue, John and I tried to think of some of the albums that captured the attention of our contributors and interviewees in our early years, as well as what has made for good listening in the studio and at the "luxurious" Tape Op offices. Think of this list as part of the soundtrack for reading Tape Op back issues. And by no means is this a complete version of anything. Far from it in fact. Yes, there is a lot of indie rock. But that's not all we listen to...
-LC & JB
Beastie Boys Hello Nasty
Beck Sea Change
Bonnie "Prince" Billy Master and Everyone
Bon Iver For Emma Forever Ago
Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake it's Morning
Calexico The Black Light and Feast of Wire
Calvin Newborn New Born
Chris Knox Beat
Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head
David Byrne & Brian Eno Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
DJ Shadow Endtroducing
East River Pipe Poor Fricky
Elliott Smith Either/Or and Figure 8
Fugazi The Argument
Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator)
Grandaddy The Sophtware Slump
Guided By Voices Bee Thousand
Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days
Jeremy Enigk Return of the Frog Queen
Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around
John Frusciante The Will to Death
John Vanderslice Cellar Door
Lambchop Nixon
Latin Playboys S/T
Low Things We Lost in the Fire
Macha See It Another Way
Madonna Ray of Light
Magnetophone Sea Saw
Massive Attack v. Mad Professor No Protection
Moby Play
Nada Surf Let Go
Neko Case Blacklisted
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nine Inch Nails Ghosts
Papas Fritas Helioself
Pedro the Lion Achilles Heel
Quasi R&B Transmogrification
Radiohead OK Computer and Kid A
Rilo Kiley The Execution of All Things
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand
Sam Phillips Martinis and Bikinis
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Dap Dippin' with...
Shellac 1000 Hurts
Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun
Sparklehorse Good Morning Spider and It's a Wonderful Life
Spoon Girls Can Tell
Steve Fisk 999 Levels of Undo
Talk Talk Laughing Stock
The Apples in Stereo Fun Trick Noisemaker
The Chills Kaleidoscope World
The Clean Unknown Country
The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin
The Mammals Evolver
The White Stripes Elephant
The Yayhoos Fear Not The Obvious
Tim Bluhm California Way
Tobin Sprout Moonflower Plastic
Tom Petty Wildflowers
Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Trans Am TransAm
Varnaline Man of Sin
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
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