If anyone's cool with another puzzle to solve, have at this:
A1 is a debut albumA2: Return To Forever- Where Have I Seen You Before (Pols Voice)
A3: Radiohead- Amnesiac (Mladen)
A4: The Kinks - Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) (Zydar)
A5: Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation (adace)
B1: Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen (Big Hath)
B2: Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures (adace)
B3: The Cure- Seventeen Seconds (Big Hath)
B4 is a major change in style; some fans love it, others say it's when the band jumped the shark.
B5 is an album which involved Brian EnoC1: Motorhead - Overkill (Big Hath)
C2: The Who- Who's Next (jingle.boy)
C3 also involved Brian EnoC4: Queen- Queen II (Lowdz)
C5: Depeche Mode - Violator (Zydar)
D1 is unpopular among its band's fanbase
D2 is not for everyone
D3 is purple, like everything else by its band
D4 is from a couple years ago. Some people love it, others detest it. The word 'hipster' is sometimes tossed around by those who detest it.
D5 is heavy metalE1: Rush - Permanent Waves (Big Hath)
E2 is by a band that's way popular among normal, non-proghead people
E3 is one of many solo albums by a guitar hero
E4 is from 1975E5: Joe Satriani- Flying In A Blue Dream (Big Hath)