Nicholasville (1992–1995)

 

Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos

Rites of Passage – Indigo Girls

Our Time in Eden – 10,000 Maniacs

Us – Peter Gabriel

 

Passion: Music for the Last Temptation of Christ – Peter Gabriel

99.9F⁰ – Suzanne Vega

Automatic for the People – R.E.M.

Red Heaven – Throwing Muses

Johann Sebastian Bach Collection – John Rutter & the City of London Sinfonia

 

The Piano – Michael Nyman

Under the Pink – Tori Amos

Shaking the Tree – Peter Gabriel

Out of Time – R.E.M.

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy – Sarah McLachlan

Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? – The Cranberries

 

Blue – Joni Mitchell

Murmur – R.E.M.

Post – Bjork

Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell

No Need to Argue – The Cranberries

Pop! The First 20 Hits – Erasure

 

      Chicago (1995–1999)

 

Hips and Makers – Kristin Hersh

Suzanne Vega – Suzanne Vega

Night Ride Home – Joni Mitchell

Escape from Noise – Negativland

 

New Adventures in Hi-Fi – R.E.M.

The Red Shoes – Kate Bush

Boys for Pele – Tori Amos

King – Belly

Days of the Open Hand – Suzanne Vega

Ladies of the Canyon – Joni Mitchell

Everything Is Wrong – Moby

 

OK Computer – Radiohead

Bloom – Tasmin Archer

The Very Best of Elvis Costello & the Attractions

The Singles – The Smiths

Interiors – Roseanne Cash

 

The Magic City – Helium

From the Choirgirl Hotel – Tori Amos

Extreme Honey – Elvis Costello

Life’s Rich Pageant – R.E.M.

Fables of the Reconstruction – R.E.M.

This Is Hardcore – Pulp

Floating into the Night – Julee Cruise

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill – Lauryn Hill

 

Anthology of American Folk Music – Harry Smith

The End of Evangelion

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Adore – Smashing Pumpkins

 

      Lexington (1999–2002)

 

Low – David Bowie

Discreet Music – Brian Eno

The Supreme Collection – Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

When the Pawn… – Fiona Apple

Celebrity Skin – Hole

 

Music for 18 Musicians – Steve Reich

Another Green World – Brian Eno

The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths

Kid A – Radiohead

Either/Or – Elliott Smith

Mountains – Mary Timony

Hunky Dory – David Bowie

Red Dirt Girl – Emmylou Harris

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – PJ Harvey

 

Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks – Brian Eno

Stankonia – Outkast

Disintegration – The Cure

Talking Heads 77 – Talking Heads

Things We Lost in the Fire – Low

Vespertine – Bjork

It’s a Wonderful Life – Sparklehorse

Heartbreaker – Ryan Adams

Treasure – Cocteau Twins

 

Time (The Revelator) – Gillian Welch

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco

This Is Our Music – Galaxie 500

Aquemini – Outkast

Rockin’ the Suburbs – Ben Folds

Fear of Music – Talking Heads

Essence – Lucinda Williams

Wildflowers – Tom Petty

Alice – Tom Waits

 

      Santa Fe (2002–2003)

 

89/93: An Anthology – Uncle Tupelo

The Creek Drank the Cradle – Iron & Wine

( ) – Sigur Ros

Failer – Kathleen Edwards

And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out – Yo La Tengo

Sea Change – Beck

Hail to the Thief – Radiohead

Soul Journey – Gillian Welch

No More Shall We Part – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

 

      Iowa City (2003–2006)

 

The Disintegration Loops – William Basinski

Blacklisted – Neko Case

Outside – David Bowie

Good Morning Spider – Sparklehorse

Satellite Rides – Old 97’s

Loveless – My Bloody Valentine

 

Wrecking Ball – Emmylou Harris

Decoration Day – Drive-By Truckers

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea – Neutral Milk Hotel

Funeral – Arcade Fire

The Milk-Eyed Mender – Joanna Newsom

Sevens Swans – Sufjan Stevens

Our Endless Numbered Days – Iron & Wine

 

Alligator – The National

Apologies to the Queen Mary – Wolf Parade

Before the Poison – Marianne Faithfull

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Under Construction – Missy Elliott

The Great Destroyer – Low

I Am a Bird Now – Antony & the Johnsons

 

Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) – Henryk Gorecki

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads – Talking Heads

Paris 1919 – John Cale

The Real Ramona – Throwing Muses

 

      D.C. (2006–2007)

 

Ys – Joanna Newsom

Souvlaki – Slowdive

Shut Up I Am Dreaming – Sunset Rubdown

Return to Cookie Mountain – TV on the Radio

Takk… – Sigur Ros

Little Cat – Little Cat

 

      Mianyang (2007–2010)

 

I See a Darkness – Bonnie “Prince” Billy

Random Spirit Lover – Sunset Rubdown

Neon Bible – Arcade Fire

Boxer – The National

In Rainbows – Radiohead

Ghosts of the Great Highway – Sun Kil Moon

From Here We Go Sublime – The Field

 

Asking for Flowers – Kathleen Edwards

Scarlet’s Walk – Tori Amos

Bee Thousand – Guided by Voices

Dear Science – TV on the Radio

At Mount Zoomer – Wolf Parade

 

Best of Wang Fei (bootleg)

Dragonslayer – Sunset Rubdown

Portrait of a Legend – Sam Cooke

Saturdays = Youth – M83

It’s Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

xx – The xx

 

Sir Lucious Left Foot – Big Boi

Have One on Me – Joanna Newsom

Lust for Life – Iggy Pop

Expo 86 – Wolf Parade

The Suburbs – Arcade Fire

Who Killed Amanda Palmer? – Amanda Palmer

 

      Monterey (2011–2013)

 

The Age of Adz – Sufjan Stevens

Bon Iver – Bon Iver

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West

We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves – John Maus

Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I’d Hoped – Moonface

 

Bloom – Beach House

Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – Nicki Minaj

Let England Shake – PJ Harvey

50 Words for Snow – Kate Bush

On the Water – Future Islands

 

      Mountain View (2013–2023)

 

Illmatic – Nas

Trouble Will Find Me – The National

Scraps – Liz Ryerson

 

Skeleton Tree – Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Anti – Rihanna

Memoryhouse – Max Richter

DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar

Art Angels – Grimes

Puberty 2 – Mitski

 

Pastel Blues – Nina Simone

Hounds of Love – Kate Bush

Norman Fucking Rockwell! – Lana Del Rey

Closing Time – Tom Waits

 

An Elephant Sitting Still – Hualun

Pure Heroine – Lorde

The Turning Wheel – SPELLLING

Chinese Folk Songs of Sichuan, Vol. 1–7

 

      Chongqing (2023–)

 

She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She – Chelsea Wolfe

I Saw the TV Glow soundtrack

Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Lana Del Rey

Bright Future – Adrianne Lenker

 

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