OTG's Year-End Music Reviews
Back in 1987, a former co-worker (and fellow music geek) and I exchanged top ten album lists at the end
of the year. In 1988, we did the same thing, adding a few more reviews and passing them around to
friends at work. It's grown since then. I moved the reviews to the web in the early 90s, and started
adding graphics in 1996.
In 2005, it struck me just how many of these I've done, so I figured an overall index page would be handy.
You can look at the FAQ for my reviews here, as well as jump to a particular year's review, or just browse by artist. Hope you have fun.
Feel free to drop me a note if you've got any comments.
-- Owen
Reviews By Year
Reviews By Artist
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DOUGLAS ADAMS
WOODY ALLEN
THE ANDERSON COUNCIL
ASIA
ATOMIC 7
SYD BARRETT
THE BEARS
THE BEATLES
BECK
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS/THE MAGIC BAND
ADRIAN BELEW
JELLO BIAFRA
BIFFY CLYRO
BIG COUNTRY
BIG STAR
LEWIS BLACK
BLOWOFF
ERIC BOGOSIAN
THE BONZO DOG BAND
BOWLING FOR SOUP
JAMES DEAN BRADFIELD
BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
KATE BUSH
JOHN CALE
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
CAST
CHEECH & CHONG
ALEX CHILTON
THE CHURCH
ERIC CLAPTON
THE CLASH
COLDPLAY
THE COOLIES
ELVIS COSTELLO
CRACKER
CREAM
ROGER DALTREY
THE DANDY WARHOLS
JOHN DOE
DOVES
DREAD ZEPPELIN
E
EELS
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER
JOHN ENTWISTLE
FAIRPORT CONVENTION
BIBI FARBER
THE FLAMING LIPS
FLEETWOOD MAC
FOO FIGHTERS
FRANZ FERDINAND
FRENCH, FRITH, KAISER, THOMPSON
FOXBORO HOT TUBS
THE FUTUREHEADS
PETER GABRIEL
NOEL GALLAGHER
THE GRAYS
GREEN DAY
THE GUTTER TWINS
PETRA HADEN
HARD-FI
GEORGE HARRISON
HARVEY DANGER
GRANT HART
BILL HICKS
JOE HISAISHI
ROBYN HITCHCOCK
THE HOLD STEADY
JOHN LEE HOOKER
ERIC IDLE
NEIL INNES
JACK'S MANNEQUIN
THE JAM
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
JET
ELTON JOHN
ROBERT JOHNSON
HENRY KAISER
MIKE KENEALLY
KING CRIMSON
THE LA'S
DENIS LEARY
TOM LEHRER
RICHARD LLOYD
JEFF LYNNE
STEVE LOUIS
LOVE
THE MAGIC BAND
MAN OR ASTRO-MAN?
MANIC STREET PREACHERS
MARILLION
PAUL McCARTNEY
MIDNIGHT OIL
THE MINUTEMEN
THE MOCK TURTLES
THE MODERN LOVERS
KEITH MOON
VAN MORRISON
BOB MOULD
THE MOVE
MUDCRUTCH
NEGATIVLAND
THE NEMATOADS
MARTIN NEWELL
FRANZ NICOLAY
RANDY NEWMAN
THE NO WTO COMBO
OASIS
OCEAN COLOUR SCENE
MIKE OLDFIELD
P. HUX
JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT
GRAHAM PARKER
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS
PHONO-COMB
PINK FLOYD
PLUNDERPHONICS
THE POLYPHONIC SPREE
PRETENDERS
DON PYLE & ANDREW ZEALLEY
R.E.M.
THE RACONTEURS
RAMONES
RADIOHEAD
LOU REED
CARL REINER AND MEL BROOKS
AMY RIGBY
RUSH
THE RUTLES
MIKE SCOTT
SCRAWL
THE SEAHORSES
SEMISONIC
SHADOWY MEN ON A SHADOWY PLANET
THE SHINS
FRANK SIDEBOTTOM
SIGUR RÓS
SIMIAN
PATTI SMITH
THE SMITHEREENS
THE SOFT BOYS
SPIN 1NE 2WO
SQUID VICIOUS
THE SQUIRRELS
STARDEATH AND WHITE DWARFS
STEELY DAN
STEREOPHONICS
ANDY M. STEWART & MANUS LUNNY
THE STYLE COUNCIL
SUGAR
SUNDAY ALL OVER THE WORLD
SUPER FURRY ANIMALS
SUPERGRASS
MATTHEW SWEET
DAVID SYLVIAN & ROBERT FRIPP
LARRY TAYLOR
TEENAGE FANCLUB
TELEVISION
10,000 MANIACS
MORIS TEPPER
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
RICHARD THOMPSON
RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON
TINTED WINDOWS
PETE TOWNSHEND
TRAVELING WILBURYS
TRAVIS
KT TUNSTALL
THE TWILIGHT SINGERS
U2
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
TOM VERLAINE
THE VINES
WAGS & ELLIOTT
TOM WAITS
THE WATERBOYS
ROGER WATERS
WAVEWALKERS
PAUL WELLER
THE WHITE STRIPES
THE WHO
X
XTC
NEIL YOUNG
FRANK ZAPPA
WARREN ZEVON
(VARIOUS ARTISTS)
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Owen Gwilliam (OwenGwilliam@columbus.rr.com)