Your 20 favourite albums of all time

Non Morrissey/Smiths list

1, Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunnymen
2, Love Bites - Buzzcocks
3, Brotherhood - New Order
4, It's Alive - Ramones
5, Dry - PJ Harvey
6, Electronic - Electronic
7, Sleep Well Beast - The National
8, Live! - Status Quo
9, Still - Joy Division
10, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
11, Home - Terry Hall
12, Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
13, The IT Girl - Sleeper
14, ON - Echobelly
15, Low Life - New Order
16, Jollification - Lightning Seeds
17, Script Of The Bridge - The Chameleons
18, Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
19, Once More with Feeling - Placebo
20, Definitely Maybe - Oasis
 
Lou Reed - Transformer
The Sound - Jeopardy
The Psychedelic Furs - Forever now
Cocteau Twins - Blue bell knoll
Joy Division - Unknown pleasure
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
The Smiths - Meat is murder
Trembling blue stars - Lips that taste of tears
Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Associates - Sulk
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean rain
The Fall - Extricate
James - Stutter
The Cure - Faith
The Durutti Column - LC
The Housemartins - London 0 , Hull 4
Morrissey - Viva Hate
The Charlatans - Some friendly
David Sylvian - Brilliant trees
The Smiths - The queen is dead
 
Lou Reed - Transformer
The Sound - Jeopardy
The Psychedelic Furs - Forever now
Cocteau Twins - Blue bell knoll
Joy Division - Unknown pleasure
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
The Smiths - Meat is murder
Trembling blue stars - Lips that taste of tears
Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Associates - Sulk
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean rain
The Fall - Extricate
James - Stutter
The Cure - Faith
The Durutti Column - LC
The Housemartins - London 0 , Hull 4
Morrissey - Viva Hate
The Charlatans - Some friendly
David Sylvian - Brilliant trees
The Smiths - The queen is dead
Oh yes! The Housemartins!
 
  • Syd Barrett, Barrett
  • Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs
  • The Beatles, Help!
  • The Beatles, Revolver
  • Billy Bragg, Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
  • Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
  • Buddy Holly, The Buddy Holly Story
  • Morrissey, Vauxhall & I
  • Nico, Desertshore
  • Sinéad O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
  • Roy Orbison, Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
  • Pixies, Doolittle
  • Elvis Presley, Elvis' 40 Greatest
  • Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
  • Ramones, Rocket to Russia
  • Lou Reed, American Poet
  • R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction
  • The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow
  • The Smiths, Meat Is Murder
  • The Velvet Underground & Nico, [self-titled]
 
  1. White Album
  2. Let it bleed
  3. The Queen Is Dead
  4. Highway 61 Revisited
  5. Tender Prey
  6. I’m Your Man
  7. Vauxhall & I
  8. Parklife
  9. Are You Experienced?
  10. Different Class
  11. Hunky Dory
  12. Doolittle
  13. The Kick Inside
  14. Live at Folsom Prison
  15. Thriller
  16. AM
  17. Tapestry
  18. Woodface
  19. Bridge Over Trouble Water
  20. What’s the Story
    Admittedly a bias towards "everyone gets an album" but these all still get a good run on the Technics.
 
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
Lou Reed - Berlin
John Coltrane - Blue train
Miles Davies - Kind of Blue
The Kinks - Village Green
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
De La Soul - De La Soul Is dead
Prince - Sign Of A Time
T Rex - Electric Warrior
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Clash - London Calling
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à tête de choux
Jeanne Moreau - Jeanne Moreau
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garcon
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
REM - Automatic For The People
Daniel Darc - La taille de mon âme
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
 
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
Lou Reed - Berlin
John Coltrane - Blue train
Miles Davies - Kind of Blue
The Kinks - Village Green
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
De La Soul - De La Soul Is dead
Prince - Sign Of A Time
T Rex - Electric Warrior
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Clash - London Calling
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à tête de choux
Jeanne Moreau - Jeanne Moreau
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garcon
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
REM - Automatic For The People
Daniel Darc - La taille de mon âme
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Watertown!! 🙌🏻
 
what a tough thing to do! there's quite a few right on the outside looking in.

afi - art of drowning
dredg - el cielo
doors - waiting for the sun
smiths - meat is murder (or hatful of hollow)
the cure - faith
james - laid
tori amos - from the choirgirl hotel
morrissey - vauxhall and i
tool - aenima
black uhuru - red
depeche mode - exciter
comsat angels - sleep no more
rem - fables of the reconstruction
peter gabriel - melt
modest mouse - the moon and antarctica
clash - london calling
scientist rids the world of the evil curse of vampires
eno - before & after science (or eno/byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts)
bert jansch - birthday blues
red hot chili peppers - by the way
 
1. Death In June - But What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?
2. The Smiths - The Smiths
3. Air - The Virgin Suicides (Score)
4. The Jam - Sound Affects
5. Scars - Author! Author!
6. Crass - Yes Sir, I Will
7. Nico - Chelsea Girl
8. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
9. Molchat Doma - Этажи
10. Dexys Midnight Runners - Too Rye Aye
11. Happy Mondays - Bummed
12. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
13. XTC - Drums And Wires
14. Cocteau Twins - Four Calender Café
15. Mazzy Star - Among My Swan
16. Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex
17. Magazine - Real Life
18. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
19. Angelic Upstarts - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
20. Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always

not in any order though top 7 are probably somewhat sensible, tried not to repeat any artists too
 
Not in order:

01 Los Planetas. Una semana en el motor de un autobús
02 Love: Forever changes
03 Matthew Sweet: Blue sky on Mars
04 Denueve: El adiós salvaje
05 Belle & Sebastian: The life pursuit
06 Los hermanos Dalotn: Revolución
07 Suede: Dog man star
08 El niño gusano: El escarabajo más grande de Europa
09 The Speedways: Radio sound
10 La habitación roja: Nuevos tiempos
11 The Posies: Blood/candy
12 Chucho: Los diarios de petróleo
13 Kurt Baker: Brand new beat
14 Nosoträsh: Popemas
15 David Bowie: The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
16 Ellos: Cardiopatía severa
17 Fountains of Wayne: Utopia Parkway
18 Sr. Chinarro: Ronroneando
19 Family: Un sopolo en el corazón
20 Astrud: Tú no existes

Plus:

01 Ross: Supersonic spacewalk
02 The Reflectors: First impression
03 Cooper: Fonorama
04 The Lemonheads: It's a Shame About Ray
05 La granja: Tobogán
06 Beck: Odelay
07 La buena vida: Soidemersol
08 The bech boys: Pet sound
09 Nada surf: Let go
10 La costa brava: Llamadas perdidas
11 Pixies: Doolitle
12 Los Punsetes: ¡Viva!
13 Gene: Olympian
14 Los brujos: Sin ver el sol
15 Teenage fanclub: Songs From Northern Britain
16 Dinosaur Jr.: Green mind
17 Ana Lógica: Apueste su vida
18 Niños mutantes: Todo es elmomento
19 Malconsejo: Vivir bajo el agua
20 Airbag: Manual demontaña rusa

 
Morrissey - Maladjusted
Morrissey - World Peace is None of Your Business (deluxe)
The Smiths - Meat is Murder
Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place
Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
Death Grips - No Love Deep Web
The Fall - Shift Work (compilation)
Billy Bragg - Back to Basics (compilation)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Allah-las - Worship the Sun
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radio Dept - Clinging to a Scheme
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Trembling Blue Stars - Lips that Taste of Tears
Kaizo Slumber - How Are We Feeling Today?
Vieux Farka Toure/Khruangbin - Ali
The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column
The Frightnrs - Nothing More to Say
 
80s top 10:

1. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

2. Joy Division - Closer

3. The Cure - Disintegration

4. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow

5. Michael Jackson - Thriller

6. Ebba Grön - Kärlek och uppror

7. Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter

8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Firstborn is Dead

9. a-ha - Hunting High and Low

10. Ramones - Pleasant Dreams
 
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