1. Syd Barrett – Barrett
  2. Julia Holter – Loud City Music
  3. Queens Of The Stone Age – Era Vulgaris
  4. Cerrone – Supernature
  5. Curve – Doppelgänger
  6. Love – Da Capo
  7. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – Black and Blue
  8. Berlin – Pleasure Victim
  9. Simple Minds – Empires And Dance
  10. Ambitious Lovers – Lust
  11. Bryan Ferry – Mamouna
  12. INXS – Kick
  13. Jackie DeShannon – What The World Needs Now Is… The Definitive Collection
  14. Rick James – Street Songs
  15. The Who – Live At Leeds
  16. Johnny Marr – The Messenger
  17. Faust – So Far
  18. Charles Bradley – No Time For Dreaming
  19. Slant 6 – Soda Pop Rip Off
  20. Nymphs – s/t
  21. Scott Walker – Scott 4
  22. Protomartyr – Relatives In Descent
  23. Rainbow – Rising
  24. LaBelle – Nightbirds
  25. Mazzy Star – She Hangs Brightly
  26. Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
  27. Mission of Burma – Vs.
  28. Tin Machine – s/t
  29. Palace Music – Viva Last Blues
  30. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
  31. k.d. lang – Ingenue
  32. Thin White Rope – Sack Full Of Silver
  33. The Police – Regatta De Blanc
  34. Radiohead – In Rainbows
  35. Danzig – s/t
  36. Blow Monkeys – Limping For A Generation
  37. v/a – This Is Lovers Rock
  38. Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
  39. Raincoats – Odyshape
  40. Game Theory – Lolita Nation
  41. Alice In Chains – Dirt
  42. Outkast – Stankonia
  43. Camper Van Beethoven – Telephone Free Landslide Victory
  44. Alvin & the Chipmunks – Chipmunk Punk
  45. Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters
  46. Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
  47. Pixies – Complete ‘B’ Sides
  48. Drive Like Jehu – Yank Crime
  49. Sonic Youth – Washing Machine
  50. Isley Brothers – 3+3

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