Friday, February 27, 2009

Best Of: 100 Favourite All-Time Records



Two years ago I posted a first version of this list, but since then it has naturally evolved and changed. Tomorrow it will be 3 years since I first started this blog so, as to commemorate, it now seems a good time to re-upload this list in an updated version. I'm sure (and thankful) that there's still so much out there or to come...so, as always, stay tuned and stick around.

Here is the updated list (in chronological order):

BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds (1966)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
DR JOHN - Gris Gris (1968)
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Trout Mask Replica (1969)
MARVIN GAYE - What's Going On (1971)
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE - There's A Riot Goin'On (1971)
SERGE GAINSBOURG - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
NEU! - Neu! (1972)
MILES DAVIS - On The Corner (1972)
FUNKADELIC - America Eats Its Young (1972)
CAN - Future Days (1973)
ROXY MUSIC - For Your Pleasure (1973)
DAVID BOWIE - Aladdin Sane (1973)
CURTIS MAYFIELD - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)
BRIAN ENO - Another Green World (1975)
DAVID BOWIE - Station To Station (1976)
SUICIDE - Suicide (1977)
KRAFTWERK - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
TELEVISION - Marquee Moon (1977)
DAVID BOWIE - Low (1977)
WIRE - Chairs Missing (1978)
GANG OF FOUR - Entertainment! (1979)
P.I.L. - Metal Box (1979)
DAVID BOWIE - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS - Colossal Youth (1980)
TALKING HEADS - Remain In Light (1980)
JOY DIVISION - Closer (1980)
PRINCE - Dirty Mind (1980)
GRACE JONES - Nightclubbing (1981)
KRAFTWERK - Computer World (1981)
TOM TOM CLUB - Tom Tom Club (1981)
PRINCE - Controversy (1981)
WAS (NOT WAS) - WAS (NOT WAS) (1981)
A CERTAIN RATIO - Sextet (1982)
MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller (1982)
PRINCE - 1999 (1982)
NEW ORDER - Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION - Purple Rain (1984)
ARVO PÄRT - Tabula Rasa (1984)
MADONNA - Like A Virgin (1984)
SONIC YOUTH - Evol (1986)
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION - Parade (1986)
JANET JACKSON - Control (1986)
PRINCE - Sign'O'The Times (1987)
BIG BLACK - Songs About Fucking (1987)
SONIC YOUTH - Daydream Nation (1988)
PUBLIC ENEMY - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
PET SHOP BOYS - Introspective (1988)
NEW ORDER - Technique (1989)
DE LA SOUL - 3 Feet High And Rising (1989)
BEASTIE BOYS - Paul's Boutique (1989)
THE KLF - Chill Out (1990)
PET SHOP BOYS - Behaviour (1990)
PUBLIC ENEMY - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)
THE KLF - The White Room (1991)
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - Loveless (1991)
MADONNA - Erotica (1992)
UNDERWORLD - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (1993)
NIRVANA - In Utero (1993)
SANDALS - Rite To Silence (1994)
PAVEMENT - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (1994)
JON HASSELL AND BLUESCREEN - Dressing For Pleasure (1994)
BLUR - Parklife (1994)
TRICKY - Maxinquaye (1995)
GOLDIE - Timeless (1995)
PULP - Different Class (1995)
BJÖRK - Post (1995)
BECK - Odelay (1996)
MOTORBASS - Pansoul (1996)
BJÖRK - Homogenic (1997)
KELIS - Kaleidoscope (1999)
BECK - Midnight Vultures (1999)
D'ANGELO - Voodoo (2000)
SIGUR RÓS - Ágætis byrjun (2000)
MIRWAIS - Production (2000)
BJÖRK - Vespertine (2001)
THE STROKES - Is This It? (2001)
DAFT PUNK - Discovery (2001)
JAY-Z - The Blueprint (2001)
THE NOTWIST - Neon Golden (2002)
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - Justified (2002)
OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2003)
BJÖRK - Medúlla (2004)
THE TOUGH ALLIANCE - The New School (2005)
KHONNOR - Handwriting (2005)
BLOC PARTY - Silent Alarm (2005)
GORILLAZ - Demon Days (2005)
THE KNIFE - Silent Shout (2006)
KODE9 + THE SPACEAPE - Memories Of The Future (2006)
BEYONCE - B'Day (2006)
CLIPSE - Hell Hath No Fury (2006)
JENS LEKMAN - Night Falls Over Kortedala (2007)
THE TOUGH ALLIANCE - A New Chance (2007)
STUDIO - Yearbook 1 (2007)
BURIAL - Untrue (2007)
BRITNEY SPEARS - Blackout (2007)
ROBYN - Robyn (2007)
PATRICK WOLF - The Magic Position (2007)
KANYE WEST - 808s & Heartbreak (2008)
LOS CAMPESINOS! - Hold On Now, Youngster... (2008)

1 comment:

AM said...

é pá, eu sei que estás de parabéns e tudo o mais mas uma lista dos 100 + (ainda que provisória...) sem Beatles, Dylan, Cohen, Neil Young... (The jam, Specials...)

outra coisa (uma lista é uma lista é uma lista) gosto mais do "off the wall"