Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

Sure, you've heard Nirvana's 'Nevermind' and Wilco's 'Summerteeth' before. But have you heard them the way true audiophiles (and Jack White) prefer?

Pulp's fifth album put a witty spin on working-class angst and cemented the band's place among Britpop's elite.

On their landmark second album, Deftones infused elements of new wave and shoegaze to define their future direction. Alt-metal would never be the same.

On their first album in seven years, Josh Homme and Jesse Hughes once again offer up another slice of unadulterated (but clever and richly arranged) fun.

For the follow-up to 'OK Computer,' Radiohead stripped their sound of guitars, live drums, and even vocals, resulting in 'Kid A' after months of difficulty.

Alice in Chains' sophomore album still crackles with an affirming thirst for life at the heart of its unrelenting gloom and despair.

This time around, the Soundgarden frontman breaks new ground by blending rustic British folk, vintage American folk-rock and light electronica with pop.

In a career defined by ambition, Nine Inch Nails' 1999 double-disc classic, 'The Fragile,' still stands out as Trent Reznor's most ambitious work.

Metric's transition from indie rock to arena-scale pop becomes complete on their sixth full-length, the first of two they wrote this year.

On his new album with the chamber group yMusic, the former Ben Folds Five leader blends pop and classical while retaining the qualities that made him famous.

Wallace dishes at length with juicy anecdotes from the long, colorful history of Faith No More long and his time working with the Replacements.

On his second album under his own name, the prolific lo-fi icon plays tunes with the ease, discretion and maturity of a master songwriter at work.