Sounds all time top 100's

All Time top 100 Albums & Singles

Sounds, a now defunkd weekly UK publication which was the market leader for a while in the early mid ‘80s. Once again THANKYOU to Gordon Stephen of Melbourne, Australia for compiling and supplying these lists.

SOUNDS ALL TIME TOP 100 ALBUMS

Published Sometime in 1985

1. The Clash - The Clash

2. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

3. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico

4. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

5. Patti Smith - Horses

6. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

7. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

8. Television - Marquee Moon

9. The Doors - The Doors

10. T Rex - Electric Warrior

11. Joy Division - Closer

12. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

13. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

14. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

15. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

16. David Bowie - Heroes

17. Talking Heads - Remain In Light

18. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power

19. Love - Forever Changes

20. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

21. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life

22. Japan - Tin Drum

23. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure

24. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On

25. David Bowie - Station To Station

26. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

27. David Bowie - Young Americans

28. Suicide - Suicide

29. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

30. Echo And The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

31. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

32. Ian Dury And The Blockheads - New Boots And Panties

33. The Ramones - The Ramones

34. Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Scream

35. David Bowie - Low

36. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

37. Lou Reed - Transformer

38. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

39. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

40. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

41. The Stooges - The Stooges

42. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

43. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

44. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy

45. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

46. Gang Of Four - Entertainment

47. Iggy Pop - The Idiot

48. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

49. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

50. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

51. Can - Tago Mago

52. Alice Cooper - Love It To Death

53. The Clash - Give 'Em Enough Rope

54. The Clash - London Calling

55. Alice Cooper - Killer

56. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades

57. Prince - 1999

58. ZZ Top - Eliminator

59. Alice Cooper - School's Out

60. New York Dolls - Too Much, Too Soon

61. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath

62. Dream Syndicate - Medicine Show

63. Lou Reed - Berlin

64. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

65. The Smiths - The Smiths

66. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music

67. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Armed Forces

68. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love

69. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

70. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA

71. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday

72. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The First Born Is Dead

73. Cream - Disraeli Gears

74. New York Dolls - New York Dolls

75. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear

76. The Slits - Cut

77. Bob Marley - Live At The Lyceum

78. Bob Marley - Natty Dread

79. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace

80. Otis Redding - Otis Blue

81. The Human League - Dare

82. The Jam - Setting Sons

83. Magazine - Real Life

84. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

85. The Doors - Strange Days

86. The Jam - All Mod Cons

87. Public Image Ltd - Metal Box

88. The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money

89. Generation X - Generation X

90. Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy

91. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

92. Brian Eno/David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

93. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies

94. The Only Ones - Even Serpents Shine

95. Bruce Springsteen - The River

96. Alan Vega - Saturn Strip

97. Buffalo Springfield - Again

98. Holger Czukay - Movies

99. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

100. AC/DC - Highway To Hell

SOUNDS ALL TIME TOP 100 SINGLES

Published Sometime in 1985

1. The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK

2. David Bowie - Heroes

3. The Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen

4. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine

5. The Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant

6. The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais

7. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

8. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers - Road Runner

9. Elvis Costello And The Attractions - Watching The Detectives

10. Roxy Music - Virginia Plain

11. James Brown - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine

12. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer

13. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax

14. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey

15. Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

16. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Chile

17. The Specials - Ghost Town

18. The Patti Smith Group - Because The Night

19. Judy Clay And William Bell - Private Number

20. Alice Cooper - School's Out

21. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit

22. The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

23. Echo And The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon

24. Joy Division - Transmission

25. Ike And Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High

26. The Police - Every Breath You Take

27. The Byrds - Eight Miles High

28. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay

29. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears

30. The Rolling Stones - Jumping Jack Flash

31. Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove

32. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

33. Al Green - Let's Stay Together

34. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us

35. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

36. The Clash - Complete Control

37. Marvin Gaye - (Sexual) Healing

38. The Fall - Cruiser's Creek

39. T Rex - Get It On

40. Diana Ross - Remember Me

41. David Bowie - Space Oddity

42. Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer

43. The Velvet Underground - Waiting For The Man

44. Public Image Limited - Public Image

45. The Clash - White Riot

46. T Rex - Telegram Sam

47. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

48. The Temptations - Ball Of Confusion

49. Love - Alone Again Or

50. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead

51. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere

52. The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man

53. The Doors - Riders On The Storm

54. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)

55. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze

56. Art Of Noise - Close (To The Edit)

57. The Beatles - Help!

58. The Dammed - New Rose

59. The Jackson Five - I'll Be There

60. Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

61. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising

62. The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

63. The Doors - Hello I Love You

64. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

65. The Cure - In Between Days

66. Smokey Robinson And The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown

67. Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Sex And Drugs And Rock 'N' Roll

68. Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods (EP)

69. The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil

70. David Bowie - Golden Years

71. Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower

72. Love - Seven And Seven Is

73. The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight

74. David Bowie - Let's Dance

75. The Patti Smith Group - Gloria/My Generation

76. Suicide - Dream Baby Dream

77. The Supremes - Baby Love

78. The Doors - Light My Fire

79. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset

80. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

81. Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

82. Richard Hell And The Voidoids - Blank Generation

83. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet

84. Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel

85. The Sex Pistols - My Way

86. The Buzzcocks - Spiral Scratch (EP)

87. Japan - Visions Of China

88. Prince - 1999

89. Scritti Politti - Woodbeez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)

90. The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

91. Generation X - Your Generation

92. The Human League - Don't You Want Me

93. The Mekons - Where Were You

94. The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket

95. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together?

96. The Kinks - You Really Got Me

97. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music

98. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden

99. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go

100. Husker Du - Makes No Sense At All

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