-These are my favorite albums and mine only.

-Due to a minor oversight on my part, Cheap Trick's self-titled album was left off of the list. Know that you need to rush out and buy five or six copies of the record. On vinyl, of course.

-Nowhere on this list wll you find anything by REM, Beastie Boys, or the Red Hot Chili Peppers. At various times these three bands have been my favorite band, and I think that they've made some incredible albums. But...they all suck now. And they suck HARD.

-I'm not much on the Beatles. Don't ask.

25)Neil Young - "Harvest Moon"
This would be the follow-up to the '74 classic "Harvest." I dig the dog shit out of this album. Neil is all over the place on this album, as is the band. Neil doesn't use Crazy Horse this time around, instead going with Stray Gator. He does work with Ben Keith, so that's all good. He also plays a broom on the title track.

24)Mike Ness - "Cheating at Solitaire"
The best album of '99, hands down. Too bad no one told the rest of the world it had been released. You might recognize Ness as the frontman for Social Distortion. I'd describe this as being a country album that sounds almost punk in places. Mike goes off on songs like "Crime Don't Pay," and the coolest track on the album "The Devil in MIss Jones." The Boss makes a cameo, too.

23)Body Count - "Body Count"
Yes, i'm serious. Yes, it's the "Cop Killer" album. But it absolutely rocks. This album makes me ashamed to be a cracker. In addition to "Cop Killer," you simply must check out "KKK Bitch" and "There Goes the Neighborhood."

21)Fun Girls from Mount Pilot - Lunch Box
This EP is what Nashville sounds like to me. I've listened to this tape and seen this band more than just about any other. This is one of those local bands that the entire scene will have forgotten about until they decide to STOP FUCKING SQUABBLING and play that reunion show I keep starting rumors about. Tee-hee.

20)Run DMC - "Raising Hell"
Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocks rhymes. I love this album. Looooove this album. This is the "Pet Sounds" of hip-hop. Does that make any sense?

19)Elvis Costello - "Armed Forces"
Wait...you mean on one album you can get "Accidents Will Happen," "Oliver's Army," "Green Shirt," AND "Peace, Love, and Understanding?" Okay...sign me up. You need this album.

18)Motley Crue - "Too Fast For Love"
The Crue at their Crueiest. Let me direct your attention to the title track, as well as a slow ballady number called "Live Wire." If Vince Neil and Co. can't convince you to take your fist and break down walls, then it just ain't happening.

17)The B-52s - "The B-52s"
Let's get one thing straight. I am madly in love with this album. And I'm into chicks. Yes, I'm that one guy. If anyone ever dicounts the musical merit of Schneider and Friends, whup this bad boy on the hifi and demonstrate why this band is one of the most underrated ever.