cd collection

adema: self-titled @ 2001

fave tracks:

• the way you like it
• giving in

afi: sing the sorrow @ 2003

fave tracks:

• ...but home is nowhere
• paper airplanes
• this celluloid dream
• this time imperfect

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

akira yamaoka: silent hill 3 original soundtracks @ 2003

fave tracks:

• breeze - in monochrome night
• never forgive me, never forget me
• dance with night wind
• i want love (studio mix)
• rain of brass petals
• you're not here
• letter - from the lost days

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!
• copies were included with the actual silent hill 3 game. my asshole ex stole the game itself from me, but i retained the soundtrack at least
• the s in the title is not a typo; it really is officially named "original soundtrackS"
• this is one of my favorite album covers ever

alanis morissette: jagged little pill @ 1995

fave tracks:

• wake up
• not the doctor
• forgiven
• head over feet
• all i really want

fun facts:

• mom had this tape when i was a kid, and i loved it
• this is one of those rare albums where i only dislike one song on the entire thing lol

aqua: aquarium @ 1997

fave tracks:

• roses are red
• lollipop
• my oh my
• turn back time
• good morning sunshine

fun facts:

• mom got me this tape when i was a kid, for barbie girl (which, in retrospect, was not very child appropriate, and ironically doesn't make it to my top picks for this album lol.) anyway... that was the beginning of my love of techno music :,)

blink-182: self-titled @ 2003

fave tracks:

• stockholm syndrome
• easy target
• all of this
• feeling this
• i miss you

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!
• the band name is also pronounced "blink eighteen-two" which i didn't know until i was well into adulthood lmao

chevelle: point #1 @ 1999

fave tracks:

chevelle: wonder what's next @ 2002

fave tracks:

• the red
• send the pain below

chevelle: vena sera @ 2007

fave tracks:

• i get it

chevelle: sci-fi crimes @ 2009

fave tracks:

• sleep apnea
• jars

chevelle: la gargola @ 2014

fave tracks:

chevelle: this type of thinking(could do us in)@ 2004

fave tracks:

• panic prone
• the clincher
• to return
• vitamin r

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

disturbed: the sickness @ 2000

fave tracks:

• numb
• shout 2000
• stupify
• want

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection! a classmate gave it to me in middle school lol

disturbed: believe @ 2002

fave tracks:

• devour
• darkness
• remember
• prayer
• rise

fun facts:

• i technically had this in my childhood collection... as a burned copy from a friend :,)
• this is one of those rare albums i often don't skip tracks on

disturbed: ten thousand fists @ 2005

fave tracks:

• stricken
• guarded

fun fact:
apparently this version was a us release, and the original international version is on spotify. this version doesn't include forget me nots which is another song i like by them ):

disturbed: indestructible @ 2008

fave tracks:

• inside the fire

disturbed: asylum @ 2010

fave tracks:

• serpentine

hoobastank: self titled @ 2001

fave tracks:

• to be with you
• crawling in the dark
• losing my grip
• remember
• running away

evanescence: fallen @ 2003

fave tracks:

fave tracks:
• imaginary
• my last breath
• taking over me

fun facts:

• i technically still have the copy i had from my childhood collection, although i wouldn't call it a "survivor." after 20 years it was really beat up, so i got a newer copy to actually listen to
• re-l mayer from the anime ergo proxy was designed based on amy lee in on this album cover
• this is a rare album i don't often skip tracks on

fall out boy: infinity on high @ 2007

fave tracks:

• the carpal tunnel of love
• thnks fr th mmrs
• fame < infamy
• you're crashing but you're no wave

flyleaf: self-titled @ 2005

fave tracks:

• i'm so sick
• all around me
• cassie
• fully alive

gwen stefani: love. angel. music. baby. @ 2004

fave tracks:

• danger zone
• serious
• what you waiting for?

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

incubus: make yourself @ 1999

fave tracks:

• the warmth
• pardon me
• drive
• out from under
• when it comes

incubus: morning view @ 2001

fave tracks:

• warning
• aqueous transmission
• nice to know you
• wish you were here

incubus: if not now, when? @ 2011

fave tracks:

• isadore
• switchblade
• adolescents
• if not now, when?
• thieves

jimmie's chicken shack: pushing the salmonella envelope @ 1997

fave tracks:

• high
• milk
• this is not hell

korn: follow the leader @ 1998

fave tracks:

• got the life

korn: untouchables @ 2002

fave tracks:

• thoughtless

la bouche: sweet dreams @ 1995

fave tracks:

• be my lover
• sweet dreams
• where do you go

fun fact:
apparently this version was a us release, and the original international version is on spotify. this version doesn't include forget me nots which is another song i like by them ):

linkin park: hybrid theory @ 2000

fave tracks:

• pushing me away
• a place for my head
• with you
• crawling
• forgotten

fun facts:

• this is another that i technically have the og copy of, but it doesn't function well, so i got a newer copy to listen to
• this is a rare album i don't often skip tracks on

linkin park: meteora @ 2003

fave tracks:

• breaking the habit
• from the inside
• nobody's listening

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

linkin park: minutes to midnight @ 2007

fave tracks:

• what i've done

live: throwing copper @ 1994

fave tracks:

• i alone
• selling the drama
• t.b.d.
• top

live: secret samadhi @ 1997

fave tracks:

• lakini's juice
• ghost
• graze

madonna: ghv2(greatest hits volume 2)@ 2001 2001

fave tracks:

• frozen
• take a bow
• beautiful stranger
• the power of good-bye

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

marilyn manson: the high end of low @ 2009

fave tracks:

marilyn manson: we are chaos @ 2020

fave tracks:

papa roach: infest @ 2000

fave tracks:

• binge
• revenge
• hidden track (tightrope)
• last resort
• between angels and insects

panic! at the disco: a fever you can't sweat out @ 2005

fave tracks:

• build god, then we'll talk
• camisado
• time to dance
• there's a good reason [...]

fun facts:

• i soooort of had a copy as a wee'un... that a friend burned for me :,) this copy is legit tho
• camisado and time to dance are homages to the chuck palahniuk novels fight club and invisible monsters

queenadreena: drink me @ 2002

fave tracks:

• siamese almeida
• desert lullabye
• razorblade sky
• sleeping pill
• kitty collar tight

red: end of silence @ 2006

fave tracks:

• breathe into me
• wasting time
• already over
• pieces

red hot chili peppers: blood sugar sex magik @ 1991

fave tracks:

• i could have lied
• under the bridge
• breaking the girl

red hot chili peppers: one hot minute @ 1995

fave tracks:

• transcending
• falling into grace
• my friends
• shallow be thy game

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!
• this has one of my fave album covers and booklet inserts, illustrated by one of my favorite artists, mark ryden. (who has illustrated a fair number of album covers, including another one of my faves for jack off jill)
• the copy of this i have was originally my mom's, but after she got californication for me she gave this one to me lol

red hot chili peppers: californication @ 1999

fave tracks:

• around the world
• parallel universe
• this velvet glove

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

red hot chili peppers: by the way @ 2002

fave tracks:

• don't forget me
• minor thing
• this is the place

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection! although it's not my first copy of this album. a classmate stole my first copy from me in middle school

red hot chili peppers: stadium arcadium @ 2006

fave tracks:

• she's only 18
• tell me baby
• we believe
• torture me

fun facts:

• this is technically 2 albums in one, with two discs with 10+ tracks on each. thank you based peppers

smile empty soul: self-titled @ 2003

fave tracks:

• bottom of a bottle
• silhouettes
• nowhere kids
• the other side

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!
• i don't know what happened to this band, but i know this album is not available on spotify. rather, they re-recorded it...? weird. i prefer the versions of the tracks on this album

soundtrack - sailor moon: songs from the hit tv series @ 1996

fave tracks:

• rainy day man
• my only love

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

soundtrack - sailor moon and the scounts: lunarock @ 1999

fave tracks:

• ai no senshi
• i want someone to love
• moonlight densetsu

fun facts:

• this is a survivor from my childhood collection!

soundtrack - cool world: songs from the cool world @ 1992

fave tracks:

• david bowie's real cool world
• thompson twins' play with me
• my life with the thrill kill kult's her sassy kiss
• tom bailey's industry and seduction
• my life with the thrill kill kult's sex on wheelz
• electronic's disappointed

fun facts:

• i was walking through a mall when i happened to hear real cool world coming from a second-hand shop and did a double take because i've loved this (really shitty lmao) movie since i was a kid. so naturally i went in and asked if the cd was for sale lol. peak early 90s industrial techno [chef kiss]

system of a down: mesmerize @ 2005

fave tracks:

• question!
• lost in hollywood
• b.y.o.b.*

* context for the nu metal zoomers out there: does not stand for bring your own beer, but bring your own bombs. the song critizes the then-recent us war in iraq

taproot: welcome @ 2002

fave tracks:

• poem

you me at six: sinners never sleep 10 year anniversary edition @ 2011 @ 2021