Dec 5, 2008

The Best Albums Of 1980

Top 50


  1. Remain in light - TALKING HEADS
  2. Closer - JOY DIVISION
  3. Sound affects - THE JAM
  4. Crocodiles - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
  5. Grotesque (after the gramme) - THE FALL
  6. Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables - DEAD KENNEDYS
  7. Is this real? - WIPERS
  8. Los Angeles - X
  9. Crazy rhythms - THE FEELIES
  10. Kilimanjaro - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
  11. Killing Joke - KILLING JOKE
  12. Kaleidoscope - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
  13. 17 seconds - THE CURE
  14. The Psychedelic Furs - THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS
  15. The Pretenders - THE PRETENDERS
  16. Get happy - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
  17. Underwater moonlight - THE SOFT BOYS
  18. Black sea - XTC
  19. In the flat field - BAUHAUS
  20. Songs the lord taught us - THE CRAMPS
  21. Jane from occupied Europe - SWELL MAPS
  22. The Birthday Party - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
  23. No questions asked - THE FLESH EATERS
  24. Freedom of choice - DEVO
  25. The correct use of soap - MAGAZINE
  26. Boy - U2
  27. Empires and dance - SIMPLE MINDS
  28. Travelogue - HUMAN LEAGUE
  29. Wild planet - THE B-52’s
  30. End of the century - RAMONES
  31. Rude intrusions - STEVE MIRO & THE EYES
  32. Further ellipses - SPHERICAL OBJECTS
  33. Searching for the young soul rebels - DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
  34. Scary monsters (and super creeps) - DAVID BOWIE
  35. Peter Gabriel III - PETER GABRIEL
  36. The river - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
  37. Absolutely - MADNESS
  38. Autoamerican - BLONDIE
  39. Gentlemen take polaroids - JAPAN
  40. Queen of Siam - LYDIA LUNCH
  41. Do animals believe in God? - PINK MILITARY
  42. For how much longer do we tolerate mass murder? - THE POP GROUP
  43. Group sex - CIRCLE JERKS
  44. Alan Vega - ALAN VEGA
  45. Jeopardy - THE SOUND
  46. Sinsemilla - BLACK UHURU
  47. Signing off - UB 40
  48. More Specials - THE SPECIALS
  49. I just can’t stop it - THE BEAT
  50. Kings of the wild frontier - ADAM AND THE ANTS
Also recommended:

The art of walking - PERE UBU, Gyrate - PYLON, Something better change - D.O.A., The black album - THE DAMNED, Nobody’s heroes - STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, Baby's got a gun - THE ONLY ONES, Strange boutique / Love zombies - THE MONOCHROME SET, Lubricate your living room - FIRE ENGINES, A-Z - COLIN NEWMAN, Half-Mute - TUXEDOMOON, Voice of America - CABARET VOLTAIRE, The return of The Durutti Column - THE DURUTTI COLUMN, Organisation / Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE DARK, Die kleinen und die bosen - D.A.F., Solid pleasure - YELLO, Waiting for a miracle - COMSAT ANGELS, A black box - PETER HAMILL, Never forever - KATE BUSH, Zennyata mondatta - THE POLICE, Flesh and blood - ROXY MUSIC, Argybargy - SQUEEZE, Hypnotized - UNDERTONES, Big smash - WRECKLESS ERIC, The absolute game - SKIDS, Vienna - ULTRAVOX, Commercial album - THE RESIDENTS, Heartattack and vine - TOM WAITS, Double fantasy - JOHN LENNON & YOKO ONO, Uprising - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS, Bass culture - LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, Hotter than July - STEVIE WONDER, Warm leatherette - GRACE JONES, Dirty mind - PRINCE, Kurtis Blow - KURTIS BLOW, Too much pressure - SELECTER, Laughter - IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS, Snap crackle & bop - JOHN COOPER CLARKE, Heathen earth - THROBBING GRISTLE, Half machine lip moves - CHROME, Half gentlemen/not beasts - HALF JAPANESE, Devils, rats and piggies: A special message from Godzilla - MEKONS, Soldier - IGGY POP, Disconnected - STIV BATORS, Metro music - MARTHA & THE MUFFINS, Making movies - DIRE STRAITS, Ace of spades - MOTORHEAD, Back in black - AC/DC, New clear days - THE VAPORS, The age of plastic - BUGGLES, The affectionate punch - THE ASSOCIATES, The Nuns - THE NUNS, American music - THE BLASTERS, Out of the tunnel - MX-80 SOUND, We buy a hammer for daddy - LEMON KITTENS, New Age Steppers - THE NEW AGE STEPPERS, Negativland - NEGATIVLAND, Black market - THE CLASH

Nov 23, 2008

The Best Albums of 1985 - 1989

Top 60

1. Daydream nation - SONIC YOUTH
2. Surfer Rosa - PIXIES
3. This nation’s saving grace - THE FALL
4. It takes a nation of millions to hold us back - PUBLIC ENEMY
5. Songs about fucking - BIG BLACK
6. Psychocandy - THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
7. Meat is murder - THE SMITHS
8. Document - R.E.M.
9. Bug - DINOSAUR JR.
10. Warehouse: Songs and stories - HUSKER DU
11. Mirage - MEAT PUPPETS
12. House tornado - THROWING MUSES
13. Life’s too good - THE SUGARCUBES
14. Blood and chocolate - ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE ATTRACTIONS
15. Gas, food, lodging - GREEN ON RED
16. Valley of rain - GIANT SAND
17. My invisible lantern - SCREAMING TREES
18. In the Spanish cave - THIN WHITE ROPE
19. The firstborn is dead - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
20. Isn’t anything - MY BLOODY VALENTINE
21. I - A.R. KANE
22. The Stone Roses - THE STONE ROSES
23. Bummed - HAPPY MONDAYS
24. Raising hell - RUN DMC
25. Criminal minded - BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS
26. The House of Love - THE HOUSE OF LOVE
27. Tallulah - THE GO-BETWEENS
28. Calenture - THE TRIFFIDS
29. Wild weed - JEFFREY LEE PIERCE
30. Charm world - YO
31. Bedtime for democracy - DEAD KENNEDYS
32. Mudhoney - MUDHONEY
33. Bleach - NIRVANA
34. Byram lake blues - 13 ENGINES
35. Babble - THAT PETROL EMOTION
36. Paid in full - ERIC B & RAKIM
37. 3 feet high and rising - DE LA SOUL
38. Straight outta Compton - N.W.A.
39. Saturday night! The album - SCHOOLY D
40. Our favourite shop - THE STYLE COUNCIL
41. George Best - THE WEDDING PRESENT
42. The eight legged groove machine - THE WONDER STUFF
43. Desperate fires - THE JET BLACK BERRIES
44. Hope against hope - BAND OF SUSANS
45. Frequency and urgency - SALEM 66
46. Lysergic emanations - THE FUZZTONES
47. First and last and always - THE SISTERS OF MERCY
48. Low life - NEW ORDER
49. Around the world in a day - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
50. Our beloved revolutionary sweetheart - CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN
51. Mother Juno - THE GUN CLUB
52. Inky bloaters - DANIELLE DAX
53. Lick - THE LEMONHEADS
54. Buffalo Tom - BUFFALO TOM
55. The world by storm - THE THREE JOHNS
56. Let’s play domination - WORLD DOMINATION ENTERPRISES
57. Power - ICE T
58. Locust abortion technician - BUTTHOLE SURFERS
59. Land of the lost - WIPERS
60. The Young Gods - THE YOUNG GODS

Nov 14, 2008

The Best Albums of 1980 - 1984

Top 60

1. Perverted by language - THE FALL
2. Remain in light - TALKING HEADS
3. Closer - JOY DIVISION
4. The Smiths - THE SMITHS
5. Sound affects - THE JAM
6. Zen arcade - HUSKER DU
7. Fire dances - KILLING JOKE
8. Juju - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
9. Crocodiles - ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN
10. Murmur - R.E.M.
11. The days of wine and roses - THE DREAM SYNDICATE
12. From her to eternity - NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
13. Over the edge - WIPERS
14. The fire of love - THE GUN CLUB
15. Violent Femmes - VIOLENT FEMMES
16. Before Hollywood - THE GO-BETWEENS
17. Playing with a different sex - THE AU PAIRS
18. Fresh fruit for rotting vegetables - DEAD KENNEDYS
19. Meat Puppets II - MEAT PUPPETS
20. Los Angeles - X
21. Pornography - THE CURE
22. Power, corruption and lies - NEW ORDER
23. Burning from the inside - BAUHAUS
24. Garlands - COCTEAU TWINS
25. The flowers of romance - PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED
26. Crazy rhythms - THE FEELIES
27. Damaged - BLACK FLAG
28. Double nickels on the dime - MINUTEMEN
29. Mommy’s little monster - SOCIAL DISTORTION
30. Let it be - THE REPLACEMENTS
31. Living in darkness - AGENT ORANGE
32. Atom drum bop - THE THREE JOHNS
33. Kilimanjaro - THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
34. The Pretenders - THE PRETENDERS
35. Psychedelic jungle - THE CRAMPS
36. Vs - MISSION OF BURMA
37. Hex breaker - THE FLESHTONES
38. Native sons - THE LONG RYDERS
39. Treeless plain - THE TRIFFIDS
40. Desire - TUXEDO MOON
41. Dare - HUMAN LEAGUE
42. After the snow - MODERN ENGLISH
43. The Psychedelic Furs - THE PSYCHEDELIC FUR
44. Get happy - ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS
45. World shut your mouth - JULIAN COPE
46. Underwater moonlight - THE SOFT BOYS
47. Solid gold - GANG OF 4
48. Junkyard - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
49. Tocsin - X-MAL DEUTSCHLAND
50. The crackdown - CABARET VOLTAIRE
51. My life in the bush of ghosts - DAVID BYRNE & BRIAN ENO
52. Sonic Youth - SONIC YOUTH
53. Sandinista - THE CLASH
54. Black sea - XTC
55. Computer world - KRAFTWERK
56. Sons and fascination - SIMPLE MINDS
57. War - U2
58. High land hard rain - AZTEC CAMERA
59. Gravity talks - GREEN ON RED
60. Curse of Zounds - ZOUNDS

Oct 30, 2008

Top Tracks: 70 songs from the late 70s

The Sex Pistols - God save the queen
The Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K
The Clash - London calling
The Clash - Janie Jones
The Jam - Down in the tube station at midnight
The Jam - The Eton rifles
The Damned - New rose
The Damned - Smash it up
Ramones - Blitzkrieg bop
Ramones - Sheena is a punk rocker
Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank generation
New York Dolls - Personality crisis
Television - Marquee moon
Dead Boys - Sonic reducer
Gang Of Four - Damaged goods
The Fall - Rowche rumble
The Fall - Rebellious jukebox
The Saints - (I’m) stranded
The Saints - This perfect day
Talking Heads - Life during wartime
Talking Heads - Cites
Blondie - Heart of glass
Blondie - Atomic
Suicide - Ghost rider
The Cramps - Human fly
Dead Kennedys - California uber alles
The Undertones - Teenage kicks
Joy Division - She’s lost control
Joy Division - Transmission
Killing Joke - Are you receiving?
Public Image Ltd - Public Image
Wire - I am the fly
Wire - Outdoor miner
Pere Ubu - Final solution
Pere Ubu - Non alignment pact
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong garden
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Mirage
The Cure - Killing an Arab
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's dead
Magazine - Shot by both sides
Buzzcocks - Ever fallen in love
XTC - Making plans for Nigel
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - (I don’t want to go to) Chelsea
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Oliver’s army
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
Patti Smith - Free money
David Bowie - Heroes
Iggy Pop - The passenger
Television Personalities - Part time punks
Young Marble Giants - Credit in the straight world
The Slits - Typical girls
X-Ray Spex - Oh! Bondage up yours!
X-Ray Spex - Identity
The Au Pairs - You
Delta 5 - Mind your own business
The Raincoats - Fairytale in the supermarket
Swell Maps - Midget submarines
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag nag nag
Kraftwerk - The model
Simple Minds - Changeling
The B-52s - Rock lobster
The B-52s - Planet Claire
The Specials - Too much too young
Madness - One step beyond
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & drugs & rock & roll
The Stranglers - No more heroes
The Only Ones - Another girl, another planet
Radio Birdman - Burn my eye
Crime - Hot wire my heart

Oct 29, 2008

The Best Albums of 1975 - 1979

Top 30

1. Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - THE SEX PISTOLS

2. Live At The Witch Trials - THE FALL

3. Unknown Pleasures - JOY DIVISION

4. Entertainment! - GANG OF FOUR

5. London Calling - THE CLASH

6. Ramones - RAMONES

7. All Mod Cons - THE JAM

8. This Year's Model - ELVIS COSTELLO

9. Fear Of Music - TALKING HEADS

10. Pink Flag - WIRE

11. Suicide - SUICIDE

12. The Modern Dance - PERE UBU

13. The Scream - SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES

14. Real Life - MAGAZINE

15. Germ Free Adolescents - X-RAY SPEX

16. Damned Damned Damned - THE DAMNED

17. (I'm) Stranded - THE SAINTS

18. Cut - THE SLITS

19. Second Edition - PUBLIC IMAGE LTD

20. Marquee Moon - TELEVISION

21. Born To Run - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

22. Parallel Lines - BLONDIE

23. The B-52's - THE B-52'S

24. Drums And Wires - XTC

25. The Undertones - THE UNDERTONES

26. Radios Appear - RADIO BIRDMAN

27. Singles Going Steady - BUZZCOCKS

28. The Man Machine - KRAFTWERK

29. Horses - PATTI SMITH

30. Young, Loud And Snotty - DEAD BOYS