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That's a pretty good list actually.
totally agree, it's a damn sight better than the BBC's
At least it recognises the fact that decent music actually existed outside the charts
That's a pretty good list actually.
It’s a different period so it will have different choices. Some good choices mindI prefer this list by the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. More eclectic, or perhaps more to my taste:
Les 100 albums des années 1986 - 1996
Publié en novembre 1996.
- The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead
- Pixies : Doolittle
- The Stone Roses : The Stone Roses
- The Go-Betweens : 16 Lovers Lane
- Portishead : Dummy
- PJ Harvey : Dry
- Tricky : Maxinquaye
- Morrissey : Vauxhall & I
- Massive Attack : Blue Lines
- Beck : Mellow Gold
- The Feelies : The Good Earth
- REM : Automatic For The People
- James : Stutter
- The Divine Comedy : Liberation
- The Smiths : Strangeways, Here We Come
- My Bloody Valentine : Loveless
- The La's : The La's
- De La Soul : 3 Feet High And Rising
- Bjork : Debut
- Jeff Buckley : Grace
- The Sneetches : Sometimes That's All We Have
- Sonic Youth : Sister
- Pet Shop Boys : Behaviour
- Prefab Sprout : Jordan : The Comeback
- Jean-Louis Murat : Cheyenne Autumn
- Talk Talk : Laughing Stock
- The Chills : Kaleidoscope World
- PJ Harvey : To Bring You My Love
- Nirvana : Nevermind
- Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
- Happy Mondays : Bummed
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Tender Prey
- The Trash Can Sinatras : I've Seen Everything
- New Order : Technique
- Palace Brothers : There's No-One What Will Take Care Of You
- The Auteurs : New Wave
- Oasis : (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
- Blue Nite : Hats
- The Housemartins : London 0, Hull 4
- Beastie Boys : Ill Communication
- The Waterboys : Fisherman's Blues
- Woodentops : Giant
- New Order : Brotherhood
- Public Enemy : It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- The Apartments : A Life Full Of Farewells
- Suzanne Vega : 99.9 F
- The Lilac Time : The Lilac Time
- The Sundays : Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
- Morrissey : Viva Hate
- Supergrass : I Should Coco
- Mazzy Star : So Tonight That I Might See
- Paul Quinn : The Phantom And The Archetypes
- Prince : Sign Of The Times
- Spain : The Blue Moods Of Spain
- Leonard Cohen : I'm Your Man
- Nirvana : Unplugged In New York
- The Nits : Ting
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love (Butterfly One)
- Wu-Tang Clan : Enter The Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers
- A Tribe Called Quest : People's Instinctive Travels
- Nick Cave : The Good Son
- DC Basehead : Play With Toys
- John Cale : Words For The Dying
- Miracle Legion : Me And Mr. Ray
- Cardinal : Cardinal
- Cypress Hill : Black Sunday
- KLF : The White Room
- Pixies : Bossanova
- Dominique A : La Mémoire Neuve
- The Feelies : It's Only Life
- Husker Du : Songs And Stories From The Warehouse
- Vic Chesnutt : Is The Actor Happy?
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Kicking Against The Pricks
- Dr Dre : The Chronic
- Marc Almond : Mother Fist
- Pulp : Freaks
- REM : Green
- Primal Scream : Screamadelica
- Pavement : Slanted & Enchanted
- Bats : Daddy's Highway
- Neil Young : Ragged Glory
- The Pastels : Up For A Bit With The Pastels
- Yo La Tengo : Farebook
- Oasis : Definitely Maybe
- The Verlaines : Juvenilia
- The Housemartins : The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
- Chris Knox : Croaker
- Roy Orbinson : Mystery Girl
- The Band Of Holy Joy : Manic, Magic, Majestic
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love
- Red House Painters : Red House Painters
- Stereo Mc's : Connected
- Mc Solaar : Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo
- Liz Phair : Exile In Guyville
- Beck : One Foot In The Grave
- Ron Sexsmith : Ron Sexsmith
- Miossec : Boire
- It's Immaterial : Life's Hard And Then You Die
- Xtc : Orange & Lemons
- Lou Reed & John Cale : Songs For Drella
I prefer this list by the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. More eclectic, or perhaps more to my taste
Really?
I prefer this list by the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. More eclectic, or perhaps more to my taste:
Les 100 albums des années 1986 - 1996
Publié en novembre 1996.
- The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead
- Pixies : Doolittle
- The Stone Roses : The Stone Roses
- The Go-Betweens : 16 Lovers Lane
- Portishead : Dummy
- PJ Harvey : Dry
- Tricky : Maxinquaye
- Morrissey : Vauxhall & I
- Massive Attack : Blue Lines
- Beck : Mellow Gold
- The Feelies : The Good Earth
- REM : Automatic For The People
- James : Stutter
- The Divine Comedy : Liberation
- The Smiths : Strangeways, Here We Come
- My Bloody Valentine : Loveless
- The La's : The La's
- De La Soul : 3 Feet High And Rising
- Bjork : Debut
- Jeff Buckley : Grace
- The Sneetches : Sometimes That's All We Have
- Sonic Youth : Sister
- Pet Shop Boys : Behaviour
- Prefab Sprout : Jordan : The Comeback
- Jean-Louis Murat : Cheyenne Autumn
- Talk Talk : Laughing Stock
- The Chills : Kaleidoscope World
- PJ Harvey : To Bring You My Love
- Nirvana : Nevermind
- Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
- Happy Mondays : Bummed
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Tender Prey
- The Trash Can Sinatras : I've Seen Everything
- New Order : Technique
- Palace Brothers : There's No-One What Will Take Care Of You
- The Auteurs : New Wave
- Oasis : (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
- Blue Nite : Hats
- The Housemartins : London 0, Hull 4
- Beastie Boys : Ill Communication
- The Waterboys : Fisherman's Blues
- Woodentops : Giant
- New Order : Brotherhood
- Public Enemy : It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- The Apartments : A Life Full Of Farewells
- Suzanne Vega : 99.9 F
- The Lilac Time : The Lilac Time
- The Sundays : Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
- Morrissey : Viva Hate
- Supergrass : I Should Coco
- Mazzy Star : So Tonight That I Might See
- Paul Quinn : The Phantom And The Archetypes
- Prince : Sign Of The Times
- Spain : The Blue Moods Of Spain
- Leonard Cohen : I'm Your Man
- Nirvana : Unplugged In New York
- The Nits : Ting
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love (Butterfly One)
- Wu-Tang Clan : Enter The Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers
- A Tribe Called Quest : People's Instinctive Travels
- Nick Cave : The Good Son
- DC Basehead : Play With Toys
- John Cale : Words For The Dying
- Miracle Legion : Me And Mr. Ray
- Cardinal : Cardinal
- Cypress Hill : Black Sunday
- KLF : The White Room
- Pixies : Bossanova
- Dominique A : La Mémoire Neuve
- The Feelies : It's Only Life
- Husker Du : Songs And Stories From The Warehouse
- Vic Chesnutt : Is The Actor Happy?
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Kicking Against The Pricks
- Dr Dre : The Chronic
- Marc Almond : Mother Fist
- Pulp : Freaks
- REM : Green
- Primal Scream : Screamadelica
- Pavement : Slanted & Enchanted
- Bats : Daddy's Highway
- Neil Young : Ragged Glory
- The Pastels : Up For A Bit With The Pastels
- Yo La Tengo : Farebook
- Oasis : Definitely Maybe
- The Verlaines : Juvenilia
- The Housemartins : The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
- Chris Knox : Croaker
- Roy Orbinson : Mystery Girl
- The Band Of Holy Joy : Manic, Magic, Majestic
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love
- Red House Painters : Red House Painters
- Stereo Mc's : Connected
- Mc Solaar : Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo
- Liz Phair : Exile In Guyville
- Beck : One Foot In The Grave
- Ron Sexsmith : Ron Sexsmith
- Miossec : Boire
- It's Immaterial : Life's Hard And Then You Die
- Xtc : Orange & Lemons
- Lou Reed & John Cale : Songs For Drella
I always find Pitchfork’s lists a bit too knowing but this is closer to my recollection than the bbc list
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=10
I take issue with the failure to mention Michael Jackson's paedophilia, however. Not a good look brushing that under the carpet.
I prefer this list by the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. More eclectic, or perhaps more to my taste:
Les 100 albums des années 1986 - 1996
Publié en novembre 1996.
- The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead
- Pixies : Doolittle
- The Stone Roses : The Stone Roses
- The Go-Betweens : 16 Lovers Lane
- Portishead : Dummy
- PJ Harvey : Dry
- Tricky : Maxinquaye
- Morrissey : Vauxhall & I
- Massive Attack : Blue Lines
- Beck : Mellow Gold
- The Feelies : The Good Earth
- REM : Automatic For The People
- James : Stutter
- The Divine Comedy : Liberation
- The Smiths : Strangeways, Here We Come
- My Bloody Valentine : Loveless
- The La's : The La's
- De La Soul : 3 Feet High And Rising
- Bjork : Debut
- Jeff Buckley : Grace
- The Sneetches : Sometimes That's All We Have
- Sonic Youth : Sister
- Pet Shop Boys : Behaviour
- Prefab Sprout : Jordan : The Comeback
- Jean-Louis Murat : Cheyenne Autumn
- Talk Talk : Laughing Stock
- The Chills : Kaleidoscope World
- PJ Harvey : To Bring You My Love
- Nirvana : Nevermind
- Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
- Happy Mondays : Bummed
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Tender Prey
- The Trash Can Sinatras : I've Seen Everything
- New Order : Technique
- Palace Brothers : There's No-One What Will Take Care Of You
- The Auteurs : New Wave
- Oasis : (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
- Blue Nite : Hats
- The Housemartins : London 0, Hull 4
- Beastie Boys : Ill Communication
- The Waterboys : Fisherman's Blues
- Woodentops : Giant
- New Order : Brotherhood
- Public Enemy : It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- The Apartments : A Life Full Of Farewells
- Suzanne Vega : 99.9 F
- The Lilac Time : The Lilac Time
- The Sundays : Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
- Morrissey : Viva Hate
- Supergrass : I Should Coco
- Mazzy Star : So Tonight That I Might See
- Paul Quinn : The Phantom And The Archetypes
- Prince : Sign Of The Times
- Spain : The Blue Moods Of Spain
- Leonard Cohen : I'm Your Man
- Nirvana : Unplugged In New York
- The Nits : Ting
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love (Butterfly One)
- Wu-Tang Clan : Enter The Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers
- A Tribe Called Quest : People's Instinctive Travels
- Nick Cave : The Good Son
- DC Basehead : Play With Toys
- John Cale : Words For The Dying
- Miracle Legion : Me And Mr. Ray
- Cardinal : Cardinal
- Cypress Hill : Black Sunday
- KLF : The White Room
- Pixies : Bossanova
- Dominique A : La Mémoire Neuve
- The Feelies : It's Only Life
- Husker Du : Songs And Stories From The Warehouse
- Vic Chesnutt : Is The Actor Happy?
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Kicking Against The Pricks
- Dr Dre : The Chronic
- Marc Almond : Mother Fist
- Pulp : Freaks
- REM : Green
- Primal Scream : Screamadelica
- Pavement : Slanted & Enchanted
- Bats : Daddy's Highway
- Neil Young : Ragged Glory
- The Pastels : Up For A Bit With The Pastels
- Yo La Tengo : Farebook
- Oasis : Definitely Maybe
- The Verlaines : Juvenilia
- The Housemartins : The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
- Chris Knox : Croaker
- Roy Orbinson : Mystery Girl
- The Band Of Holy Joy : Manic, Magic, Majestic
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love
- Red House Painters : Red House Painters
- Stereo Mc's : Connected
- Mc Solaar : Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo
- Liz Phair : Exile In Guyville
- Beck : One Foot In The Grave
- Ron Sexsmith : Ron Sexsmith
- Miossec : Boire
- It's Immaterial : Life's Hard And Then You Die
- Xtc : Orange & Lemons
- Lou Reed & John Cale : Songs For Drella
I like that list (only looked at the top 20). Credible choices and a few I'd forgotten. I take issue with the failure to mention Michael Jackson's paedophilia, however. Not a good look brushing that under the carpet.
I always find Pitchfork’s lists a bit too knowing but this is closer to my recollection than the bbc list
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-albums-of-the-1980s/?page=10
I prefer this list by the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles. More eclectic, or perhaps more to my taste:
Les 100 albums des années 1986 - 1996
Publié en novembre 1996.
- The Smiths : The Queen Is Dead
- Pixies : Doolittle
- The Stone Roses : The Stone Roses
- The Go-Betweens : 16 Lovers Lane
- Portishead : Dummy
- PJ Harvey : Dry
- Tricky : Maxinquaye
- Morrissey : Vauxhall & I
- Massive Attack : Blue Lines
- Beck : Mellow Gold
- The Feelies : The Good Earth
- REM : Automatic For The People
- James : Stutter
- The Divine Comedy : Liberation
- The Smiths : Strangeways, Here We Come
- My Bloody Valentine : Loveless
- The La's : The La's
- De La Soul : 3 Feet High And Rising
- Bjork : Debut
- Jeff Buckley : Grace
- The Sneetches : Sometimes That's All We Have
- Sonic Youth : Sister
- Pet Shop Boys : Behaviour
- Prefab Sprout : Jordan : The Comeback
- Jean-Louis Murat : Cheyenne Autumn
- Talk Talk : Laughing Stock
- The Chills : Kaleidoscope World
- PJ Harvey : To Bring You My Love
- Nirvana : Nevermind
- Boo Radleys : Giant Steps
- Happy Mondays : Bummed
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Tender Prey
- The Trash Can Sinatras : I've Seen Everything
- New Order : Technique
- Palace Brothers : There's No-One What Will Take Care Of You
- The Auteurs : New Wave
- Oasis : (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
- Blue Nite : Hats
- The Housemartins : London 0, Hull 4
- Beastie Boys : Ill Communication
- The Waterboys : Fisherman's Blues
- Woodentops : Giant
- New Order : Brotherhood
- Public Enemy : It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
- The Apartments : A Life Full Of Farewells
- Suzanne Vega : 99.9 F
- The Lilac Time : The Lilac Time
- The Sundays : Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
- Morrissey : Viva Hate
- Supergrass : I Should Coco
- Mazzy Star : So Tonight That I Might See
- Paul Quinn : The Phantom And The Archetypes
- Prince : Sign Of The Times
- Spain : The Blue Moods Of Spain
- Leonard Cohen : I'm Your Man
- Nirvana : Unplugged In New York
- The Nits : Ting
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love (Butterfly One)
- Wu-Tang Clan : Enter The Wu-Tang Clan, 36 Chambers
- A Tribe Called Quest : People's Instinctive Travels
- Nick Cave : The Good Son
- DC Basehead : Play With Toys
- John Cale : Words For The Dying
- Miracle Legion : Me And Mr. Ray
- Cardinal : Cardinal
- Cypress Hill : Black Sunday
- KLF : The White Room
- Pixies : Bossanova
- Dominique A : La Mémoire Neuve
- The Feelies : It's Only Life
- Husker Du : Songs And Stories From The Warehouse
- Vic Chesnutt : Is The Actor Happy?
- Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds : Kicking Against The Pricks
- Dr Dre : The Chronic
- Marc Almond : Mother Fist
- Pulp : Freaks
- REM : Green
- Primal Scream : Screamadelica
- Pavement : Slanted & Enchanted
- Bats : Daddy's Highway
- Neil Young : Ragged Glory
- The Pastels : Up For A Bit With The Pastels
- Yo La Tengo : Farebook
- Oasis : Definitely Maybe
- The Verlaines : Juvenilia
- The Housemartins : The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
- Chris Knox : Croaker
- Roy Orbinson : Mystery Girl
- The Band Of Holy Joy : Manic, Magic, Majestic
- The House Of Love : The House Of Love
- Red House Painters : Red House Painters
- Stereo Mc's : Connected
- Mc Solaar : Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo
- Liz Phair : Exile In Guyville
- Beck : One Foot In The Grave
- Ron Sexsmith : Ron Sexsmith
- Miossec : Boire
- It's Immaterial : Life's Hard And Then You Die
- Xtc : Orange & Lemons
- Lou Reed & John Cale : Songs For Drella
I like that list (only looked at the top 20). Credible choices and a few I'd forgotten. I take issue with the failure to mention Michael Jackson's paedophilia, however. Not a good look brushing that under the carpet.
I take issue with the failure to mention Michael Jackson's paedophilia, however. Not a good look brushing that under the carpet.