And we're all still alive. Hurrah! All of the albums on this page featured in previous editions of the book, but have now been expunged, as old father time marches on and new recommendations come into play. I'd still recommend Neon Bible to anyone mind you. And The Age Of The Understatement. And Arular. Just for good old fashioned enjoyment, ye know?

50 Cent
Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (2003)

Adele
21 (2011)

Adele
25 (2015)

Christina Aguilera
Stripped (2002)

Christina Aguilera
Back To Basics (2006)

Antony and The Johnsons
I Am A Bird Now (2005)

Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (2007)

Arcade Fire
The Suburbs (2010)

Badly Drawn Boy
The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (2000)

Beck
Guero (2005)

The Bees
Sunshine Hit Me (2002)

Beta Band
Hot Shots II (2001)

Beta Band
Heroes To Zeros (2004)

Björk
Medúlla (2004)

David Bowie
The Next Day (2013)

Calexico
Feast Of Wire (2003)

Bill Callahan
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle (2009)

Johnny Cash
American IVː The Man Comes Around (2002)

MJ Cole
Sincere (2000)

The Coral
The Coral (2002)

The Dandy Warhols
The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997)

The Darkness
Permission To Land (2003)

Destiny’s Child
Survivor (2001)

Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca (2009)

Doves
The Last Broadcast (2002)

Fever Ray
Fever Ray (2009)

Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand (2004)

Ghostface Killah
Fishscale (2006)

Giant Sand
Chore of Enchantment (1999)

Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree (2008)

The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Good, The Bad And The Queen (2007)

Gorillaz
Gorillaz (2001)

Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest (2009)

The Hives
Your New Favourite Band (2001)

The Icarus Line
Penance Soiree (2004)

Norah Jones
Come Away with Me (2002)

The Killers
Hot Fuss (2004)

Kings Of Leon
Youth And Young Manhood (2003)

Kings Of Leon
Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)

Kings Of Leon
Only By The Night (2008)

Klaxons
Myths Of The Near Future (2007)

Kendrick Lamar
Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)

The Last Shadow Puppets
The Age Of The Understatement (2008)

Liars
They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004)

The Libertines
The Libertines (2004)

Lightning Bolt
Wonderful Rainbow (2003)

Limp Bizkit
Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water (2000)

Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory (2000)

M.I.A.
Arular (2005)

Madonna
Music (2000)

MGMT
Oracular Spectacular (2007)

Morrissey
You Are The Quarry (2004)

Ms. Dynamite
A Little Deeper (2002)

Muse
Black Holes and Revelations (2006)

My Bloody Valentine
mbv (2013)

N*E*R*D
Fly Or Die (2004)

The National
High Violet (2010)

Ozomatli
Street Signs (2004)

Radiohead
Amnesiac (2001)

Radiohead
Hail To The Thief (2003)

Red Snapper
Our Aim Is To Satisfy (2000)

Scissor Sisters
Scissor Sisters (2004)

Skunk Anansie
Post Orgasmic Chill (1999)

Slipknot
All Hope Is Gone (2008)

Songhoy Blues
Music In Exile (2015)

Britney Spears
…Baby One More Time (1999)

The Thrills
So Much For The City (2003)

Justin Timberlake
Justified (2002)

TV On The Radio
Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (2004)

The Vines
Highly Evolved (2002)

Rufus Wainwright
Want One (2003)

The War On Drugs
Lost In The Dream (2014)

Kanye West
The College Dropout (2004)

The White Stripes
Get Behind Me Satan (2005)

Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2004)

Amy Winehouse
Frank (2003)

The Zutons
Who Killed…… The Zutons? (2004)