Top 5 albums of peoples lifetimes

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

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