Pato's Top 10

Ten essential albums in no particular order, shared about 2 months ago.

Unranked Shortlist included

Inside the selection

The shape of this Top 10.

This ten travels from 1998 to 2006, with choices from 2 decades. 8 of the ten land in the 2000s, making that era its centre of gravity. Every choice comes from a different artist. Rock is the strongest MusicBrainz genre thread, shared by 7 of the ten. Its album-type mix is led by studio albums (8 of 10).

Years: 1998–2006
Era focus: 2000s
Artists: 10/10
Genre data: 10/10

Chronology

Release timeline

Span · 8 years Median year · 2000.5

1998 No Touch Red Bodyjar
1999 S&M Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony
2000 Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water Limp Bizkit
2000 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park
2000 Pennybridge Pioneers Millencolin
2001 Alive 1997 Daft Punk
2001 Morning View Incubus
2002 The Music The Music
2005 Never Take Friendship Personal Anberlin
2006 Louder Now Taking Back Sunday

Distribution

Era mix

2000s · 8/10

1990s · 2 2000s · 8

Album types

2 types

Studio · 8 Live · 2

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Genre signals

32 distinct

Rock 7/10

7 of 10

Alternative Rock 5/10

5 of 10

Alternative Metal 3/10

3 of 10

Pop Punk 3/10

3 of 10

Electronic 2/10

2 of 10

Each bar shows how many choices share that MusicBrainz genre signal. One album can contribute to more than one genre.

The final ten

The selection

Every choice is presented equally.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park · 2000

2000s Studio Nu Metal Rap Rock
S&M

Metallica with Michael Kamen conducting the San Francisco Symphony · 1999

1990s Live Heavy Metal Symphonic Rock
No Touch Red

Bodyjar · 1998

1990s Studio Punk Pop Punk
Never Take Friendship Personal

Anberlin · 2005

2000s Studio Alternative Rock Rock
Morning View

Incubus · 2001

2000s Studio Alternative Rock Rock
Louder Now

Taking Back Sunday · 2006

2000s Studio Rock Alternative Rock
Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit · 2000

2000s Studio Nu Metal Alternative Metal
The Music

The Music · 2002

2000s Studio Rock Alternative Rock
Pennybridge Pioneers

Millencolin · 2000

2000s Studio Punk Rock
Alive 1997

Daft Punk · 2001

2000s Live Electronic House