| Neil Strauss's "100 Most Influential Alternative Albums" |
A
couple of months ago, I found something on the internet called
"Neil Strauss' 100 Most Influential Alternative Albums"
list. I think Strauss is the main rock reviewer for the New York
Times. Unfortunately, the site may be defunct or else I just
cannot find it anymore, so I do not know for sure where the list
came from. However, I'm pretty sure that the list is from Rolling
Stone, sometime after 1992 ('93, I believe). <Maxinquay7@aol.com>
Additional Information
"Neil Strauss's 100 Most
Influential Alternative Albums"
It appeared in the book called "Rolling Stone's
Alt-Rock-A-Rama", credited to Scott Schinder & the
Editors of Rolling Stone Press, published by Delta Trade
Paperbacks in 1996. Neil Strauss writes for Rolling Stone, The
New York Times, The Village Voice and Option, among other
publications.
1966:
- Freak Out - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
- The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators - 13th Floor Elevators
1967:
- The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
1968:
- Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
1969:
- Kick Out the Jams - The MC5
- Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
- Philosophy of the World - The Shaggs
1970:
- Fun House - The Stooges
- The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
1971:
- Tago Mago - Can
- Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
1972:
- Neu! - Neu
- Roxy Music - Roxy Music
1973:
- The Faust Tapes - Faust
- New York Dolls - New York Dolls
1974:
- Radio City - Big Star
1975:
- Unrest - Henry Cow
- Horses - Patti Smith
- Nighthawks at the Dinner- Tom Waits
- Another Green World - Brian Eno
- Metal Machine Music - Lou Reed
1976:
- Ramones - Ramones
- Blondie - Blondie
- The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
- The Runaways - The Runaways
- Burn My Eye - Radio Birdman
- Third Reich & Roll - The Residents
1977:
- Blank Generation - Richard Hell and the Voidoids
- Marquee Moon - Television
- Talking Heads 77- Talking Heads
- Suicide - Suicide
- Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
- Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
- My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
- In the City - The Jam
- Pink Flag - Wire
1978:
- Second Annual Report - Throbbing Gristle
- The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
- No New York - Various Artists
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! - Devo
- Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Spex
- Alien Soundtracks - Chrome
1979:
- Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
- Drums and Wires - XTC
- Live at Maxs Kansas City - The Heartbreakers
- The Specials - The Specials
- The Raincoats - The Raincoats
- Cut - The Slits
- The B-52s - The B52s
- Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.
- London Calling - The Clash
- Entertainment! - Gang of Four
- Broken English - Marianne Faithfull
- Rappers Delight - The Sugar Hill Gang
1980:
- Crocodiles - Echo and the Bunnymen
- Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
- Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants
- ½ Gentlemen/Not Beasts - Half Japanese
- In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
- Boys Dont Cry - The Cure
- Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys
- Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
- The Pretenders - The Pretenders
1981:
- Damaged - Black Flag
- Prayers on Fire - The Birthday Party
- Signals, Calls, And Marches - Mission of Burma
1982:
- Hex Enducation Hour - The Fall
- The Days of Wine and Roses - Dream Syndicate
1983:
- Murmur - R.E.M.
- Out of Step - Minor Threat
- Meat Puppets II - Meat Puppets
- Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
1984:
- Zen Arcade - Husker Du
- Let It Be - The Replacements
- Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen
- The Smiths - The Smiths
- The Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Repo Man - Soundtrack
1985:
- Psychocandy - Jesus and Mary Chain
1986:
- EVOL - Sonic Youth
- Atomizer - Big Black
- Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
- I Against I - Bad Brains
1987:
- Janes Addiction - Janes Addiction
- Youre Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
- Escape From Noise - Negativland
- Gluey Porch Treatments - The Melvins
- Dry As a Bone - Green River
1988:
- Jamboree - Beat Happening
- My Bloody Valentine Isnt Anything - My Bloody Valentine
- Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
1989:
- Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
- Tweez - Slint
1990:
- Moby - Moby
1991:
- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld - The Orb
- Gimme Indie Rock (EP) - Sebadoh
- Nevermind - Nirvana
1992:
- Slanted And Enchanted - Pavement
- Bikini Kill EP - Bikini Kill
- Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
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09 October 2005