Just 5 is an impossible task. I've whittled it down to 75.
Punk
The Clash – The Clash The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus Sex Pistols – Great Rock N Roll Swindle The Damned – The Black Album Birthday Party – Prayers On Fire
New Wave
Buzzcocks – Going Steady (Singles) Magazine – Real Life Blondie – Parallel Lines The Photos – The Photos Siouxsie and the Banshees – Once Upon A Time (Singles)
Electronic
Tangerine Dream – Ricochet Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express Depeche Mode – Violator Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret Japan – Tin Drum
Old Indie
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – From Her To Eternity The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead The The – Mind Bomb Beck – Mutations The Cure - Pornography
New Indie
Milburn – Well, Well, Well Maxïmo Park – A Certain Trigger The Killers – Hot Fuss The Fratellis – Costello Music The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Britpop
Pulp – Different Class Oasis – What’s The Story Morning Glory Blur – The Great Escape Stone Roses – Stone Roses Kula Shaker – K
Industrial
Fad Gadget – Gag Throbbing Gristle – A Beginners Guide UndergrouNDW D.A.F. – Alles ist Gut Scraping FOETUS Off the Wheel - Hole
Prog/Glam/Psychedelic
David Bowie – Hunky Dory Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing Syd Barrett – Barrett Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
Humorous
Kevin Bloody Wilson – Kalgoorlie Love Songs Madness – One Step Beyond Smiley Culture – Tongue In Cheek John Cooper Clarke – Snap Crackle & Bop Ted Chippington – Man In A Suitcase
Foreign Language
Prototypes – Prototypes Yat Kha – Tuva Rock Kraftwerk – Autobahn Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares Flipper’s Guitar フリッパーズ・ギター – Camera Talk
Compilations
The Kinks - Ultimate Collection Bob Marley - Africa Unite Bauhaus – Crackle The Jam – Snap Squeeze - Singles
The Fall
Early Fall 77-79 Perverted By Language The Wonderful And Frightening World Of This Nation’s Saving Grace Grotesque
Jazz
Lee Morgan – Sidewinder Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch Art Blakey & James Moody – New Sounds Fats Waller – 1934-5 (compilation) Ben Webster – For The Guv’nor
Classical
Erik Satie – Piano Music (inc. Three Gymnopédies) Saint-Saëns – Symphonie Nr.3 Chopin – Etudes Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto (Kyung Wha Chung) Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Wish I’d Thought Of These - Five Albums Picked By Other Lifers
Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Specials – The Specials Duran Duran – Duran Duran Tear For Fears – The Hurting
Portishead - Portishead Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head Interpol - Antics Interpol - Turn on the Bright lights Oasis - Whats the Story Morning Glory New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies Depeche Mode - Violator
Comments
Donald Fagan - The nightfly
The Killers - Sam's Town
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Who - Who's Next
Razorlight - Razorlight
Ignore the earlier list
Punk
The Clash – The Clash
The Stranglers – Rattus Norvegicus
Sex Pistols – Great Rock N Roll Swindle
The Damned – The Black Album
Birthday Party – Prayers On Fire
New Wave
Buzzcocks – Going Steady (Singles)
Magazine – Real Life
Blondie – Parallel Lines
The Photos – The Photos
Siouxsie and the Banshees – Once Upon A Time (Singles)
Electronic
Tangerine Dream – Ricochet
Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
Depeche Mode – Violator
Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
Japan – Tin Drum
Old Indie
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – From Her To Eternity
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
The The – Mind Bomb
Beck – Mutations
The Cure - Pornography
New Indie
Milburn – Well, Well, Well
Maxïmo Park – A Certain Trigger
The Killers – Hot Fuss
The Fratellis – Costello Music
The Dandy Warhols – Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Britpop
Pulp – Different Class
Oasis – What’s The Story Morning Glory
Blur – The Great Escape
Stone Roses – Stone Roses
Kula Shaker – K
Industrial
Fad Gadget – Gag
Throbbing Gristle – A Beginners Guide
UndergrouNDW
D.A.F. – Alles ist Gut
Scraping FOETUS Off the Wheel - Hole
Prog/Glam/Psychedelic
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Kevin Ayers - Whatevershebringswesing
Syd Barrett – Barrett
Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
Humorous
Kevin Bloody Wilson – Kalgoorlie Love Songs
Madness – One Step Beyond
Smiley Culture – Tongue In Cheek
John Cooper Clarke – Snap Crackle & Bop
Ted Chippington – Man In A Suitcase
Foreign Language
Prototypes – Prototypes
Yat Kha – Tuva Rock
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
Flipper’s Guitar フリッパーズ・ギター – Camera Talk
Compilations
The Kinks - Ultimate Collection
Bob Marley - Africa Unite
Bauhaus – Crackle
The Jam – Snap
Squeeze - Singles
The Fall
Early Fall 77-79
Perverted By Language
The Wonderful And Frightening World Of
This Nation’s Saving Grace
Grotesque
Jazz
Lee Morgan – Sidewinder
Eric Dolphy – Out To Lunch
Art Blakey & James Moody – New Sounds
Fats Waller – 1934-5 (compilation)
Ben Webster – For The Guv’nor
Classical
Erik Satie – Piano Music (inc. Three Gymnopédies)
Saint-Saëns – Symphonie Nr.3
Chopin – Etudes
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto (Kyung Wha Chung)
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Wish I’d Thought Of These - Five Albums Picked By Other Lifers
Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Specials – The Specials
Duran Duran – Duran Duran
Tear For Fears – The Hurting
Live After Death
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden
Powerslave
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Interpol - Antics
Interpol - Turn on the Bright lights
Oasis - Whats the Story Morning Glory
New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
Depeche Mode - Violator
Take That - take that and Party
Boyzone - Greatest Hits
Westlife - Westlife
Spice Girls - Spice
classics......
Sounds like medders' cd collection