Destiny’s Child’s second album is the one that really launched them into the stratosphere, securing their place as one of the greatest girl groups in history and etching out a future solo career for megastar, Beyoncé Knowles.

The album starts with ‘Runnin’ With The Devil,’ but that’s not the song that was to announce Van Halen’s arrival to the world. That would be track 2, ‘Eruption;’ a song that brought together metal and classical music. A 1 minute and 42 second instrumental song that changed the way people thought about electric guitar and changed the way people played it, popularising the two-handed tap.

What originally started off as a side project, The Breeders became Kim Deal’s main gig following the sudden break up of Pixies (in the most ‘90s move ever, Black Francis informed her of the break up via fax). Joining Deal on lead guitar is twin sister, Kelley.

The debut album by Alternative Rock mainstays, Weezer. Released two years after their formation, the band had initially struggled being a non-Grunge band in the era of Grunge music. Frontman, Rivers Cuomo wanted to self-produce the record but the band’s label, David Geffen Company, insisted on a producer. Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars was brought on-board to produce the album.

When I undertook this new list, I wondered if this album would be included. It came to mind as an album that was released after the original list, an album that I consider one of the greatest albums released in recent years. Taylor Swift (#393) and Beyoncé (yet to feature, but surely she will) were obvious entries, but for the updated list to carry any weight, I would expect this album to feature. I guess the list carries weight. I was never a big fan of Daft Punk. Why? Because they weren’t my “genre.”

We seem to have hit a very concentrated patch of Neil Young. I don’t mind at all. I especially don’t mind listening to this record. It’s quite possibly my favourite record of his. This album for me is quintessentially Neil Young. It brings together the two sides of the Neil Young coin; starting off as an acoustic record, it progresses into a distorted, riff-heavy rock album.

Gabriel’s fifth album is the first to actually have a title (the previous four were all called ‘Peter Gabriel’). ‘So’ is the former Genesis vocalist’s magnum opus, an album that has sold more than 5 million copies in the States alone. 5x platinum in the US, 3x platinum in both the UK and Aus, this album was major. Led by the single, ‘Sledgehammer,’ this album transitioned Gabriel from an experimental, cult artist, into a mainstream popstar.

The debut solo album by Tom Petty was a smash hit, but it wasn’t without controversy. Following the 1987 Heartbreakers tour supporting the record, ‘Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough),’ Petty decided it was time to record a solo album. And while it was a record without his Heartbreakers, all of them with the exception of drummer, Stan Lynch feature on the album. Produced by Electric Light Orchestra’s Jeff Lynne, the album has a cleaner, more commercial sound than Petty had come to be known with the Heartbreakers.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest Blues records of all time, ‘Live At The Regal’ captures B.B. King in his prime. Opening with the blues standard ‘Everyday I Have The Blues,’ the classic gets the Chicago Blues treatment. What’s immediately evident as it starts is that B.B. King is in fine voice and we’re in for a treat.

The massive ‘Come On Over’ by Shania Twain. I listened to the original version, not the ‘International Version.’ Is there a dfference? There certainly is. I didn’t realise it until ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much.’ As the first guitar line in the song came in my thoughts were “I don’t remember this being so country.” And then I relistened and it was obvious. The original version IS so country. The ‘International Version’ was remixed for a more pop/commercial sound. Did it work? Sure did.