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40. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik -1991-USA Why: The start of the departure from heavy noise that characterized the band previously. Expansion of the themes too, withe 'Under the Bride' showing that RHCP could do serious songs as well as the fun stuff. Example Tracks: Suck My Kiss, Under The Bridge 39. Santana - Supernatural -1999- USA Why: It was the first album I'd heard that had a guest artist on every song. So it was like listening to a playlist. Not the best work Santana has ever done (I like the 70's and 80's stuff) but it was a creative concept that he's been carrying forward ever since. Example Tracks : Maria Maria, Smooth 38. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West -1997 -USA Why: The best indie album of the 90's probably. Awesome overdriven guitars as a backdrop to polarizing themes of overconfidence and vulnerability; the country and the city. The worries of the disenfranchised youth is all over this album. Example Tracks: Hea...

80. Between the Buried and Me - Selkies :The Endless Obsession (2005) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKQSe3TatPQ Why: A song that showcases BTBAM's style of merging multiple genres. It starts out as progressive, turns into metalcore, has moment of death metal and then ends up as alternative. 79. Sizzla - Just One of Those Days (2002) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvKme7NmzMA Why: Sizzla somehow manages to put out about two albums a year. But from 2002-2004 every album was excellent. No one did the sad songs better than he did and the lyrics from this apt break-up song are soaked in reality. 78. Muse - Knights of Cydonia (2006) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8WP7aOD_9Q&ob=av2n Why: An upbeat guitar track about making your own chances and controlling your destiny. A bit of crazy space rock which is exemplified by the intro coming from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 77. Dizzee Rascal - Fix up, Look Sharp (2003) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZGvnI37mxk Why: Took a samp...