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The 100 Greatest Singles Of The Post-Punk Era
50 Greatest Beatles Tracks
40 Greatest Dylan Tracks
100 Rock & Movie Icons
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20 Greatest Country Rock Pioneers

 

1997

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1 Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
2 Radiohead - OK Computer
3 The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
4 Cornershop - When I Was Born For The Seventh Time
5 Billy Mackenzie - Beyond The Sun
6 Daft Punk - Homework
7 The Jayhawks - Sounds of Lies
8 Roni Size And Reprazent - New Forms
9 Lambchop - Thriller
10 Robert Wyatt - Shleep
11 The Verve - Urban Hymns
12 Jim White - Wrong-Eyed Jesus
13 Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
14 The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
15 Oasis - Be Here Now
16 Ron Sexsmith - Other Songs
17 Prefab Sprout - Andromeda Heights
18 Tindersticks - Curtains
19 Portishead - Portishead
20 The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories
21 Patti Smith - Peace and Noise
22 Black Grape - Stupid, Stupid, Stupid
23 Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
24 Todd Rundgren - With A Twist
25 Echo & The Bunnymen - Evergreen

 

1998

Uncut Albums Of 1998

 
 
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Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
Whiskey Town – Strangers Almanac
Air – Moon Safari
Gomez – Bring It On
Massive Attack – Mezzanine
Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 & 5: The Albert Hall Concert
Eels – Electro Shock Blues
Beck – Mutations
Manson – Six
Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach – Painted From Memory
The Afghan Whigs – 1965
Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On Gravel Road
Jack – The Jazz Age
Lambchop – What Another Man Spills
Plush – More Becomes You
Sunhouse – Crazy On The Weekend
Billy Bragg & Wilco – Mermaid Avenue
Fatboy Slim – You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
Sparkehorse – Good Morning Spider
Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
Calexico – The Black Light
Asian Dub Foundation – Rafi’s Revenge
The High Llamas – Cold And Bouncy
Jeff Buckley – Sketches (For My Sweetheart The Drunk)
Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
Superstar – Palm Tree
Pearl Jam – Yield
The Beta Band – The 3 EP’s
R.E.M. – Up
Catatonia – International Velvet
Elliot Smith – Either/Or
David Mcalmont – A Little Communication
PM Dawn – Dearest Christian
UNKLE – Psyence Fiction
Pulp – This Is Hard Core
Saint Etienne – Good Humour
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
Michael Head & The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands
 
Uncut Specialist Albums Of '98


Debuts
Rufus Wainwright – Rufus Wainwright
Gastr Del Sol – Camofleur
Umajets – Demolition
Leila – Like Weather
Bernard Butler – People Move On
Scott 4 – Recorded In State
Mimi – Soak
Fastball – All The Pain Money Can Buy
Embrace – The Good Will Out
Perry Blake – Perry Blake
Reissues
ABC – The Lexicon Of Love
The Associates – The Affectionate Punch
Alex Chilton – Like Flies On Sherbert
The Beach Boys – Surf’s Up
Pavlov’s Dog – Pampered Mental
Orange Juice – You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever
The United States Of America – The United States Of America
Grin – 1+1
The Millennium – Begin
Suicide – Suicide
 
Electronica
David Holms – Essential Mix
The Chemical Brothers – Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Money Mark – Push The Button
Various Artists – Sunday Best
Kid Loco – A Grand Love Story
Red Snapper – Making Bones
Freestylers – We Rock Hard
Groove Armada – Northern Star
Two Lone Swordsman – Stay Down
Propellerheads – Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
 
New Country
The Handsome Family – Through The Trees
Hazeldine – Digging You Up
Willard Grant Conspiracy – Flying Low
Vic Chesnutt – The Salesman And The Bernadette
Johnny Dowed – Wrong Side Of Memphis
The Pernice Brothers – Crestfallen
Josh Rouse – Dressed Up Like Nebraska
Silver Jews – American Writer
Freakwater – Springtime
Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
 
 
Soundtracks
Velvet Goldmine
The Last Days Of Disco
Taxi Driver
Eve’s Bayou
Lolita
The Girl With Brains In Her Feet
Great Expectations
Jackie Brown
Mojo
Godzilla

1999

Uncut Albums Of 1999
 


The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
Shack – Hms Fable
Death In Vegas – The Contino Sessions
Beck – Midnite Vultures
Richard Thompson – Mock Tudor
Wilco – Summerteeth
Shelby Lynne – I Am Shelby Lynne
Basement Jaxx – Remedy
Bonny ‘Prince’ Billy – I See Darkness
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Art Rock And The X-Ray Style
The Chemical Brother – Surrender
Macy Gray – On How Life Is
Mark Mulcahy – Fathering
TLC – Fanmail
Smog – Knock Knock
The All Seeing Eye – Pickled Eggs And Sherbert
New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
Underworled – Beaucoup Fish
The Wondermints – Bali
XTC – Apple Venus Vol 1
Tom Waits – Mule Variations
Kate Rusby – Sleepless
Wheat – Hope And Adams
Supper Furry Animals – Guerrilla
Matthew Sweet – In Reverse
Orbital – Middle Of Nowhere
The Willard Grant Conspiracy – Mojave
Jim O’Rourke – Eureka
The High Llams – Snowbug
Counting Crows – This Desert Life
Pavement – Terror Twilight
Ol’ Dirty Bastard – N***A Please
Freakwater – End Time
Beth Orton – Central Reservation
Leftfield – Rhythm And Stealth
Stereolab – Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
The Beta Band - The Beta Band
Missy Elliott – Da Real World
Dwight Twilley – Tulsa
Iggy Pop – Avenue B
Ben Folds Five – The Biography Of Reinhold Messner
Atari Teenage Riot – 60 Second Wipeout
Fountains Of Wayne – Utopia Parkway
Mouse On Mars – Niun Niggung
David Bowie – Hours…
To Rococo Rot – The Amateur View
Dot Allison – Afterglow
Plone – For Beginner Piano
Olivia Tremor Control – Black Foliage
Paul Westerberg – Suicaine Gratifacation
Kevin Rowland – My Beauty
Nightmares In Wax – Carboot Soul
Luna – The Days Of Our Nights
Add N To X – Avant Hard
Lilac Time – Looking For A Day In The Night
Haig/Mackenzie – Memory Palace
Owsley – Owsley
East River Pipe – The Gasoline Age
Ben Christophers – My Beautiful Demon
Trashmonk – Trashmonk
Bows – Blush
Royal Trux – Veterans Of Disorder
Alex Gopher – You, My Baby & I
The Make Up – Save Yourself
Cousteau – Cousteau
Position Normal – Stop Your Nonsence
Scritti Politti – Anomie & Bonhomie
Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Spanish Dance Troupe
Dave Alvin – Blackjack David
U-Zig – Royal Astronomy

 

2000

Uncut Albums Of The Year 2000
 


Lambchop – Nixon
Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
Radiohead – Kid A
Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of Bewilderbeast
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
Outkast – Stankonia
Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
Kid 606 – Down With The Scene
Birth – Gotton Bold
Steely Dan – Two Against Nature
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
The Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx
Leila – Courtesy Of Choice
Godspeed You Black Emperor! – Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To The Sky
Warren Zevon – Life’ll Kill Ya
Phoenix – United
Calexico – Hot Rail
The Web Brothers – Maroon
Lewis Taylor – Lewis II
Lou Reed – Ecstacy
Amon Tobin – Supermodified
Smog – Dongs Of Sevotion
Doves – Lost Souls
The Go-Betweens – The Friends Of Rachel Worth
Gonzales – The Entertainist
Willard Grant Conspiracy – Everything’s Fine
Kellies – Kaleiderscope
Deltron 3030 – Deltron 3030
The For Carnation – The For Carnation
Broadcast – The Noise Made By People
Knife In The Water – Plays One Around The Other
Goldfrapp – Felt Mountain
The Handsome Family – In The Air
Eels – Daisies Of The Galaxy
Elliott Smith – Figure 8
Marah – Kids In Philly
Patti Smith – Gung Ho
Yo La Tengo – And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Jeff Buckley – Mystery White Boy
Sonic Youth – Nyc Ghosts & Flowers
Dr Dre – 2001
Joe Pernice – Big Tobacco
Add N To X – Add Insult To Injury
The Mighty Wah! – Songs Of Strength And Heartache
Chris Morris – Blue Jam
The Twilight Singers – Twilight As Played By The Twilight Singers
St Ettienne – Sound Of Water
Black Box Recorder – The Facts Of Life
XTC – Wasp Star: Apple Venus Vol. 2
Apples In Stereo – The Discovery Of The World Inside The Moone
Clinic – Internal Wrangler
The Shazam – Goodspeed The Shazam
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead – Madonna
Go-Kart Mozart – Instant Wigwam And Igloo Mixture
Asian Dub Foundation – Community Music
Elastica – The Menace
Romanthony – R Hide In Plain Site
June And The Exit Wounds – A Little More Heaven Hamilton, Please
Max Tundra – Some Best Friend You Turned Out To Be
Brave Captain – Go With Yourself
Mandalay – Instinct
Fatboy Slim – Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars
The Russian Futurists – The Method Of Modern Love
The Wu-Tang Clan – The W
Giant Sand – Chore Of Enchantment
David Holms – Bow Down At The Exit Sign
The Hight Llamas – Buzzle Bee
Bent – Programmed To Love
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

2001

Uncut Albums Of The Year 2001
 


1 Ryan Adams ~ Gold
2 The Avalanches ~ Since I Left You
3 Bob Dylan ~ Love And Theft
4 N~E~R~D ~ In Search Of...
5 The Pernice Brothers ~ The World Won't End
6 Hammell On Trial ~ Choochtown
7 Jim White ~ No Such Place
8 Basement Jaxx ~ Rooty
9 Mercury Rev ~ All Is Dream
10 Turin Brakes ~ The Optimist LP
11 Missy Elliott ~ Miss E...So Addictive
12 Spiritualized ~ Let It Come Down
13 Daft Punk ~ Discovery
14 Handsome Family ~ Twilight
15 Cannibal Ox ~ The Cold Vein
16 New Order ~ Get Ready
17 Lift To Experience ~ The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads
18 Felix Da Housecat ~ Kittenz And Thee Glitz
19 Kevin Tihista's Red Terror ~ Don't Breathe A Word
20 Leonard Cohen ~ Ten New Songs
21 Elbow ~ Asleep In The Back
22 Ed Harcourt ~ Here Be Monsters
23 Aphex Twin ~ Drikqs
24 Lucinda williams ~ Essence
25 Joy Division ~ Les Bains Douches
26 Bjork ~ Vespertine
27 Tindersticks ~ Can Our Love...
28 White Stripes ~ White Blood Cells
29 Luke Haines ~ Teh Oliver Twist Manifesto
30 Mull Historical Society ~ Loss
31 Ladytron ~ 604
32 Whiskeytown ~ Pneumonia
33 Gillian Welch ~ Time (The Revelator)
34 Radiohead ~ Amnesiac
35 R.E.M. ~ Reveal
36 Future Pilot AKA ~ Tiny Waves, Mighty Sea
37 The Strokes ~ Is This It
38 Air ~ 10,000 HZ Legend
39 Shelby Lynne ~ Love, Shelby
40 Jay-Z ~ The Blueprint
41 Zero 7 ~ Simple Things
42 Prefab Sprout 8 The Gunman And Other Stories
43 Playgroup
44 Pulp ~ We Love Life
45 Le Tigre ~ Feminist Sweepstakes
46 Howie Beck ~ Hollow
47 The Czars ~ The Ugly People VS Teh Beautiful People
48 Mark Mulcahy ~ Smile Sunset
49 The Human League ~ Secrets
50 Squarepusher ~ Go Plastic
51 Stephen Malkmus
52 Laura Nyro ~ Angel In The Dark
53 Zoot Woman ~ Living In A Magazine
54 Four Tet ~ Pause
55 Billy MacKenzie And Steve Aungle ~ Eurocentric
56 Bobby Conn ~ The Golden Age
57 Mark Eitzel ~ The Invisible Man
58 Preston School Of Industry ~ All This Sounds Gas
59 Ben Christophers ~ Spoonface
60 Spearmint ~ A Different Lifetime

2002

Uncut Albums Of 2002
 


Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Bruce Springsteen – The Rising
EL-P – Fantastic Damage
Wilco – Yankie Hotel Foxtrot
The Streets – Original Pirate Material
Lambchop – Is A Woman
My Computer – Vulnerabilia
Beck – Sea Change
Suicide – American Supreme
David Bowie – Heathen
Tom Waits – Blood Money
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man – Out Of Season
Ryan Adams – Demolition
Soloman Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
Waren Zevon – My Ride’s Here
Badley Drawn Boy – Have You Fed The Fish
Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucus – Songs To No One 1991 – 92
Robert Plant – Dreamland
Eminem – The Eminem Show
Jesse Malin – The Fine Art Of Self Destruction
Steve Earle – Jerusalem
Boards Of Canada – Geogaddi
The Mendoza Line – Lost In Revelry
Radio 4 – Gotham!
Sparks – Lil’ Beethovan
Interpol – Turn On The Brights Lights
Doves – Last Broadcast
Paul Westerberge – Stereo/Mono
Edwin Collins – Doctor Syntax
Rob – Satyred Love
Queens Of The Stoneage – Songs For The Deaf
Gemma Hayes – Night On My Side
Dan Bern – New American Language
Brian Wilson – Pet Sounds Live
Neko Case – Blacklisted
Ladytron – Light & Magic
Bryan Ferry – Frantic
Jim O’ Rourke – Insignificance
Wondermints – Mind If We Make Love To You
Roddy Fame – Surf
Lewis Taylor – Stoned Part 1
Spoon – Kill The Moonlight
ESG – Step Off
The National Trust – Dekkagar
Dungeon Family – Even In Darkness
Schneider Tm – Zoomer
Shelly Devoto – Buzzkunst
Josh Rouse – Under Cold Blue Stars
Jackson Brown – The Naked Ride Home
Cornelius – Point
Papa M – Whatever, Mortal
Saint Etienne – Finisterre
Pony Club – Home Truths
Fog – Fog
Brendan Benson – Lapalco
The Notwist – Neon Goldan
Ian Dury – Ten More Turnips From The Tip
Sleater-Kinney – One Beat
The Silver Jews – Bright Flight
Subway Sect – Sansend
Polyphonic Spree – The Beginning Stages Of..
Hayden – Skyscraper National Park
Sonic Youth – Murry Street
Cornershop – Handcreem For A Generation
DJ/Rapture – Minesweeper Suite
Position Normal – Goody Time
Coldplay – A Rushof Blood To The Head
Paul Weller – Illumination
Bright Eyes – Lifted
Liars – They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Mountain On Top

2003

Uncut Albums Of 2003


1. Warren Zevon – The Wind
2. Emmylou Harris – Stumble Into Grace
3. John Cale – Hobo Sapiens
4. Willard Grant Conspiracy – Regard The End
5. Robert Wyatt – Cuckooland
6. Josh Rouse – 1972
7. Hamell On Trial – Toughlove
8. Four Tet – Rounds
9. Paul Westerburg – Come Feel The Tremble
10. Tahiti 80 – Wallpaper For The Soul
11. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Streetcore
12. Kraftwerk – Tour De France Soundtracks
13. The Fiery Furnaces – Gallowsbird’s Bark
14. The Handsome Family – Singing Birds
15. The Waterboys – Universal Hall
16. Dizzee Rascal – Boy In Da Corner
17. Gillian Welch – Soul Journey
18. Outkast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
19. Lucinda Williams – World Without Tears
20. Fleetwood Mac – Say You Will
21. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves
22. Paddy Mcaloon – I Trawl The Megahertz
23. The White Stripes – Elephant
24. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Master And Everyone
25. Basement Jaxx – Kish Kash
26. Radiohead – Hail To The Thief
27. David Bowie – Reality
28. James Kirk – You Can Make It If You Boogie
29. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell
30. Steely Dan – Everything Must Go
31. Shack – Here’s Tom With The Weather
32. Bic Runga – Beautiful Collision
33. David Sylvian – Blemish
34. Goldfrapp – Black Cherry
35. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Trying
36. Neil Young – Greendale
37. Rufus Wainwright – Wants One
38. Cody Chesnutt – The Headphone Masterpiece
39. Randy Newman – The Randy Newman Songbook Vol1
40. Cat Power – You Are Free
41. Ed Hardcourt – From Every Sphere
42. Even Dando – Baby I’m Bored
43. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
44. Belle And Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress
45. The Strokes – Room On Fire
46. The Sleepy Jackson – Lovers
47. Grandaddy – Sumday
48. The Pernice Brothers – Yours, Mine And Ours
49. Calexico – Feast Of Wire
50. The Rapture – Echoes
51. Broadcast – Haha Sound
52. Spiritualized – Amazing Grace
53. Colder – Again
54. The National – Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
55. The Mars Volta – Deloused In The Comatorium
56. Rickie Lee Jones – The Evening Of My Best Day
57. Hawksley Workman – Lover/Fighter
58. Elbow – Cast Of Thousands
59. Thea Gilmore – Avalanche
60. Adam Masterson – One Tale Too Many
61. Dave Gahan – Paper Monsters
62. Blur – Think Tank
63. Matthew Ryan – Happiness
64. The Thrills – So Much For The City
65. Manitoba – Up In Flames
66. Damien Jurado – Where Shall You Take Me
67. Richard Hawley – Low Edges
68. Magnet – On Your Side
69. The Bug – Pressure
70. Devendra Banheard – The Black Babies
 

2004

Uncut Albums of 2004


1. Brian Wilson - Smile
2. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
3. Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
4. Richmond Fontaine - Post To Wire
5. Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live 1964 Concert At Philharmonic Hall
6. Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum
7. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
8. Elliott Smith - From A Basement On The Hill
9. American Music Club - Love Songs For Patriots
10. Franz Ferdinand
11. Tom Waits - Real Gone
12. Kanye West - The College Dropout
13. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
14. Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
15. Junior Boys - Last Exit
16. R.E.M. - Around The Sun
17. Leonard Cohen - Dear Heather
18. N*E*R*D - Fly Or Die
19. Todd Rundgren - Liars
20. Lambchop - Aw Cmon/No You Cmon
21. Scissor Sistors
22. The Libertines
23. Drive-By Truckers - The Dirty South
24. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
25. Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
26. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands
27. The Blue Nile - High
28. Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
29. Steve Earle - The Revolution Starts Now
30. Micah P. Hinson & The Gospel Of Progress
31. Jesse Malin - The Heat
32. The Dears - No Cities Left
33. Blanche - If We Can't Trust The Doctors...
34. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Delivery Man
35. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
36. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
37. Jim White - Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
38. The Czars - Goodbye
39. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
40. Interpol - Antics
41. Bjork - Medulla
42. Giant Sand - Is All Over...The Map
43. Bonnie "Princ" Billy - Greatest Palace Music
44. Jonathan Richman - Not So Much To be Loved As To Love
45. Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
46. Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere
47. The Cure
48. Mylo - Destroy Rock & Roll
49. Andrew Morgan - Misadventures In Radiology
50. Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
51. Ella Guru - The First Album
52. Kevin Tihista's Red Terror - Wake Up Captain
53. Paul Westerberg - Folker
54. Marianne Faithful - Before The Poison
55. Ed Harcourt - Strangers
56. The Thrills - Let's Bottle Bohemia
57. Lewis Taylor - The Lost Album
58. Air - Talkie Walkie
59. The Killers - Hot Fuss
60. Polly Paulusma - Scissors in My Pocket
61. The Delays - Faded Seaside Glamour
62. Fennesz - Venice
63. Phoenix - Alphabetical
64. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
65. Iron & Wine - My Endless Numbered Days
66. David Byrne - Grown Backwards
67. Felix Da Housecat - Devin Dazzle And The Neon Fever
68. Ariel Pink - The Doldrums
69. The Concretes
70. A Girl Called Eddy


Soundtracks of the Year

All Various Artists, unless indicated

1. One from the Heart – Tom Waits/Crystal Gayle
2. Coffee & Cigarettes
3. Wonderland
4. [remastered] – Michael Nyman
5. Honey
6. Dreamers
7. Thomas Crown Affair
8. Essential Dimitri Tiomkin – Dimitri Tiomkin
9. Songs for Mario’s Cafι
10. School of Rock
11. Wattstax
12. Great Escape – Elmer Bernstein
13. Straight to Hell Returns
14. Long Firm
15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
16. Shaun of the Dead
17. Pieces of April – Stephin Merritt
18. Kill Bill Vol 2
19. World Cinema Classics
20. Big Fish

Reissue of the Year

1. Kinks – Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2. Clash – London Calling: 25th Anniversary Edition
3. Eno, Brian – Another Green World
4. Can – Tago Mago
5. Spirit – Spirit of ‘76
6. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
7. Buckley, Jeff – Grace: Legacy Edition
8. Simon, Paul – There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
9. Thompson, Richard & Linda – I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
10. ABC – Lexicon of Love: Deluxe Edition
11. Dury, Ian – New Boots & Panties
12. Eric B & Rakim – Paid in Full: Deluxe Edition
13. Harris, Emmylou – Elite Hotel
14. Bowie, David – Diamond Dogs: 30th Anniversary Edition
15. Gun Club – Fire of Love
16. Howard, John – Kid in a Big World
17. Badfinger – Straight Up
18. White, Bergen – For Women Only
19. Richmond Fontaine – Winnemucca
20. Waterboys – This is the Sea
21. Clapton, Eric – 461 Ocean Boulevard: Deluxe Edition
22. Shiva Burlesque – Mercury Blues
23. Go Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane
24. United States of America – United States of America
25. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

Compilations & Box Sets of the Year

1. Mamas & Papas – Complete Anthology
2. Rolling Stones – Singles 1963-1965; 1965-1967
3. Faces – Five Guys Walk Into a Bar
4. 10cc – Complete UK Recordings
5. Pixies – Wave of Mutilation: the Best of
6. Who – Singles Box
7. Parsons, Gram – Sacred Hearts & Fallen Angels
8. Chilton, Alex – Lost Decade
9. Associates – Singles
10. Cash, Johnny – Folsom Prison Blues
11. Hinton, Eddie – Playin’ Around: the Songwriting Sessions Vol 2
12. Mitchell, Joni – Dreamland: Very Best of
13. Long Ryders – Best of
14. Martyn, John – Mad Dog Days
15. Sound – BBC Recordings
16. Willard Grant Conspiracy – There But for the Grace of God
17. Gang of Four – A Brief History of the Twentieth Century
18. Moby Grape – Cross Talk: the Best of
19. Denny, Sandy – A Boxful of Treasures
20. Dave Godin’s Deep Soul Treasures Vol 4 (Various Artists)

 

2005

Uncut Albums
 

 

1. The Arcade Fire – Funeral
2. Sufjen Stevens – Illinoise
3. Bob Dylan – No Direction Home
4. Black Mountain – Black Mountain
5. The National - Alligator
6. The Rolling Stones – A Bigger Bang
7. Lcd Sounsystem – Lcd Soundsystem
8. The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Saten
9. Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
10. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
11. Ry Cooder – Chavez Ravine
12. Super Furry Animals – Love Kraft
13. Devendra Banheart – Cripple Crow
14. Kenye West – Late Registration
15. Ryan Adame & The Cardinals – Cold Roses
16. Annie – Anniemal
17. Neil Young – Prairie Wind
18. Dungen – Ta Det Lugnt
19. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Worn Copy
20. Elbow – Leaders Of The Free World
21. Lightening Bolt – Hypermagin Mountain
22. Antony And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
23. Richard Thompson – Front Parlour Ballads
24. Animal Collective – Feels
25. Gorillaz – Demon Days
26. My Morning Jacket – Z
27. Bruce Springsteen – Devils And Dust
28. Brendon Benson – The Alternative To Love
29. Josh Rouse – Nashville
30. Big Star – In Space
31. The Magic Numbers – The Magic Numbers
32. John Cale – Black Acetate:
33. Espers – Espers
34. Bright Eyes – I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning
35. Vitalic – Ok Cowboy
36. The Pernice Brothers – Dicover A Lovelier You
37. Beck – Guero
38. Hal – Hal
39. The Go Betweens – Oceans Apart
40. Vic Chestnut – Ghetto Bells
41. Robert Plant – Mighty Rearranger
42. Richard Fontaine – The Fitzgerald
43. Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
44. Kraftwerk – Minimum Maximum
45. Kaiser Chiefs – Employment
46. Paul Weller – As Is Now
47. Cocorosie – Noah’s Ark
48. Boards Of Canada – The Campfire Headphase
49. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner
50. M.I.A. Arular


Reissues Of The Year

1. Orange Juice – The Glasgow School
2. The Stooges – Fun House
3. The Band – A Musical History
4. Bill Fay – Bill Fay
5. Various – Hearing Is Believing: The Jack Nitzsche Story
6. Can – Future Days
7. Dinosaur Jr – You’re Living All Over Me
8. Johnny Cash – The Legend
9. Screaming Trees – Oceans Of Confusion
10. Scritti Politti – Early
11. Sonic Youth – Goo
12. Ray Charles – Pure Genius
13. The Fall – The Complete Peel Sessions
14. Judee Sill – Dreams Come True
15. Free – Chronicles
16. The 101’ers – Elgin Avenue Breakdown (Revisited)
17. Comus – Song To Comus: The Complete Collection
18. The Associates – The Affectionate Punch: 25th Anniversary Remaster
19. The Cure – Pornography: Deluxe Edition
20. Simply Saucer – Cyborgs Revisited


 

2006

Uncut 50 Best Albums Of The Year 2006
 


1. Bob Dylan – Modern Times
2. Scritti Politti – White Bread, Black Beer
3. Comets On Fire – Avatar
4. Joanna Newsom – Ys
5. Neil Young – Living With War
6. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
7. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
8. Hot Chip – The Warning
9. Sufjan Stevens – The Avalanche
10. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
11. Flaming Lips – At War With The Mystics
12. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Letting Go
13. Lindsey Buckingham – Under The Skin
14. Cat Power – The Greatest
15. Brightblack Morning Light – Brightblack Morning Light
16. The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Solders
17. Ali Farka Toure – Savane
18. CSS – Cansei De Ser Sexy
19. Beck – The Information
20. Burial – Burial
21. Vetiver – To Find Me Gone
22. Espers – Espers II
23. Ghostface Killah – Fishscale
24. Howlin’ Rain – Howlin’ Rain
25. Scott Walker – The Drift
26. TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain
27. Yo La Tengo – I’m Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
28. Tom Waits – Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards
29. Oakley Hall – Second Guessing
30. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
31. Mastodon – Blood Mountain
32. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways
33. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
34. Granddaddy – Just Like The Fambly Cat
35. Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped
36. Scissor Sisters – Ta-Dah
37. Outkast – Idlewiled
38. Lilly Allen – Alright, Still
39. Lambchop – Damaged
40. Joan As Policewoman – Real Life
41. Jenny Lewis – Rabbit Fur Coat
42. Donald Fagen – Morph The Cat
43. Bruce Springsteen – We Shall Overcome
44. Kasabian – Empire
45. The Walkman – A Hundred Miles Off
46. Band Of Horses – Everything All The Time
47. Gnarls Barkley – St Elsewhere
48. Muse – Black Holes & Revelations
49. Belle & Sebastian – The Life Persuit
50. Drive-By Truckers – A Blessing And A Curse

Re Issues & Compilations

1. Various – Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra
2. Various – Tropicalla: A Brizillan Revolution In Sound
3. Karen Dalten – So Hard To Tell To Tell Who’s Going To Love You Best
4. The Byrds – There Is A Season
5. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
6. Gram Parsons – The Complete Reprise Sessions
7. The Triffids – Born Sandy Devotional
8. Various – Anthems In Eden
9. R.E.M. – And I Feel Fine: The Best Of The Irs Years 1982-7
10. John Cale – Paris 1919
11. Pulp – Different Class
12. David Byrne & Brian Eno – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
13. Dead Moon – Echoes Of The Past
14. Lambchop – I Hope Your Sitting Down
15. Broadcast – A Future Crayon
16. Wire – Pink Flag
17. Denim – Back In Denim
18. Faust – Faust IV
19. David Crosby – Voyge
20. The Cure – Head On The Door


 

2007

 

Uncut 50 Best Albums Of 2007

1. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
2. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
3. PJ Harvey - White Chalk
4. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
5. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
6. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
7. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
8. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
9. Radiohead - In Rainbows
10. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
11. Bjφrk - Volta
12. Battles - Mirrored
13. Neil Young - Chrome Dreams II
14. M.I.A. - Kala
15. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
16. Grinderman - Grinderman
17. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!
18. Voice of the Seven Woods - Voice of the Seven Woods
19. Feist - The Reminder
20. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
21. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
22. Babyshambles - Shotters Nation
23. Rilo Kiley - Under the Brightlight
24. Lessavy Fav - Let's Stay Friends
25. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
26. Manu Chao - La Radiolina
27. Steve Earle - Washington Square Serenade
28. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
29. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Dark Horse
30. The Good, The Bad & The Queen - The Good, The Bad & The Queen
31. Devendra Banhart - Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon
32. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
33. Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life
34. The National - Boxer
35. Bill Callahan - Woke on a Whaleheart
36. Bright Eyes - Cassadaga
37. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
38. The Cribs - Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever
39. Interpol - Our Love to Admire
40. Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
41. Justice - †
42. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
43. Manic Street Preachers - Send Away the Tigers
44. Maps - We Can Create
45. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge
46. Von Sudenfed - Tromatic Reflexxions
47. Nick Lowe - At My Age
48. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside the Academy
49. Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy
50. Dinosaur Jr. - Beyond

 

 

The 100 Greatest Singles Of The Post-Punk Era - i.e. post 1976

Uncut


First published in Uncut Mag. Iss.45 February 2001. Compiled by the writers at Uncut Magazine.

  1. Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause – 1987
  2. Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Sprit – 1991
  3. Joy Division – Atmosphere/She’s Lost Control – 1980
  4. Primal Scream – Higher Than The Sun – 1991
  5. Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express – 1977
  6. The Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen – 1977
  7. Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy – 1991
  8. My Bloody Valentine – You Mad Me Realise – 1988
  9. The Stone Roses – Fool’s Gold – 1989
  10. The Smiths – This Charming Man – 1983
  11. Donna Summer – I Feel Love – 1977
  12. The Clash – White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) – 1978
  13. Dinosaur Jr. – Freak Scene – 1988
  14. Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax – 1983
  15. Chic – Good Times – 1979
  16. David Bowie – Heroes – 1977
  17. The Jesus And Mary Chain – Never Understand – 1985
  18. Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five – The Adventures Of GF On The Wheels Of Steel - 1981
  19. New Order – Blue Monday – 1983
  20. Radiohead – Paranoid Android – 1997
  21. Run DMC & Aerosmith – Walk This Way – 1986
  22. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean – 1983
  23. Underworld – Born Slippy – 1995 RE Iss. 1996
  24. Magazine – Shot Both Sides – 1978
  25. Elvis Costello – (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea - 1978
  26. The Specials – Ghost Town – 1981
  27. Orange Juice – Blue Boy – 1980
  28. Eminem – The Way I Am – 2000
  29. PIL – Death Disco – 1979
  30. The Ramones – Blitzkrieg Pop – 1976
  31. ABC – Poison Arrow – 1982
  32. Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
  33. Happy Mondays – Wrote For Luck – 1989
  34. Tricky – Aftermath – 1994
  35. R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe
  36. Human League – Love Action – 1981
  37. De La Soul – Me, Myself And I – 1989
  38. Oasis – Some Might Say – 1995
  39. Richard Hell – Blank Generation – 1976
  40. Wire – Map Ref. 41 Deg. N 93 Deg W – 1979
  41. Heaven 17 – We Don’t Need This Fascist Groove Thing – 1981
  42. Suicide – Dream Baby Dream – 1979
  43. Mantronix – Bassline – 1986
  44. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You – 1998
  45. Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper – 1981
  46. DAF – Der Mussolini – 1981
  47. The Cocteau Twins – Sunburst And Snowblind EP – 1983
  48. The Associates – Party Fears Two – 1982
  49. Orbital – Chime – 1990
  50. The Beastie Boys – (You’ve Gotta’) Fight For Your Right To Party - 1987
  51. Gary Newman – Cars - 1979
  52. A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray – 1989
  53. Scritti Politi – The Sweetest Girl – 1981
  54. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill – 1985
  55. Simple Minds – I Promised You A Miracle – 1982
  56. Pulp – Common People – 1995
  57. The Fall – Totally Wired – 1980
  58. Bob Marley And The Wailers – Jamming – 1977
  59. Cabaret Voltaire – Nag Nag Nag – 1979
  60. Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t Have) - 1978
  61.  The Orb – Little Fluffy Clouds – 1993
  62. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno – 1980
  63. Aphex Twin – Didgeridoo – 1992
  64. Prodigy – No Good (Start The Dance) – 1994
  65. M|A|R|R|S – Pump Up The Volume – 1987
  66. Nick Cave – The Mercy Seat – 1988
  67. Suede – The Drowners – 1992
  68. Blur – Girls And Boys – 1994
  69. Eric B And Rakim – Follow The Leader – 1988
  70. Nick Low – I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass – 1978
  71. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel – 1979
  72. Blondie – Heart Of Glass – 1979
  73. Japan – Ghosts – 1982
  74. Siouxie And The Banshees – Hong Kong Garden – 1978
  75. A Certain Ratio – Shack Up – 1980
  76. Devo – Jocko Homo – 1977
  77. The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin’ Beats – 1997
  78. The Gang Of Four – Damaged Goods – 1978
  79. Manic Street Sweapers – From Despair To Where – 1993
  80. The Sugarcubes – Birthday – 1987
  81. Madness – House Of Fun
  82. Neil Young – Hey Hey My My (Into The Black/Blue) – 1979
  83. Prince – If I Was Your Girlfriend – 1987
  84. Fatboy Slim – The Rockafeller Skank – 1988
  85. The Pixies – Gigantic – 1988
  86. Beck – Loser – 1994
  87. The Jam – Eaton Rifles – 1979
  88. The Police – Walking On The Moon – 1979
  89. Snoop Doggy Dog – What’s My Name – 1993
  90. Pere Ubu – Datapanik In The Year Zero – 1978
  91. The Klf – What Time Is Love – 1990
  92. Tlc – No Scrubs – 1999
  93. The Dammed – New Rose – 1976
  94. Funkadalic – One Nation Under A Groove – 1978
  95. Iggy Pop – The Passenger – 1977
  96. The Slits – Typical Girls – 1978
  97. Adam And The Ants – Kings Of The Wild Fronteier – 1981
  98. The Saints – I’m Stranded – 1976
  99. Janet Jackson – Nasty – 1986
  100. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks – 1978
50 Greatest Beatles Tracks

UNCUT #50 - July 2001


 As Voted For By An All Star Panel Of Singers, Songwriters, Actors, Film Directors And Various Media Personalities.

  1. A Day In The Life
  2. Strawberry Fields Forever
  3. I Am The Walrus
  4. Tomorrow Never Knows
  5. In My Life
  6. Across The Universe
  7. Something
  8. Rain
  9. Helter Skelter
  10. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
  11. Paperback Writer
  12. Ticket To Ride
  13. Hey Jude
  14. Revolution – Hey Jude B Side Version
  15. Penny Lane
  16. Norwegian Wood
  17. I Want To Hold Your Hand
  18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  19. Love Me Do
  20. Help!
  21. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
  22. I’m So Tired
  23. Come Together
  24. Nowhere Man
  25. Julia
  26. The Long And Winding Road
  27. And I Love Her
  28. Eight Days A Week
  29. Don’t Let Me Down
  30. She Said She Said
  31. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
  32. I’m Only Sleeping
  33. We Can Work It Out
  34. Eleanor Rigby
  35. All You Need Is Love
  36. Yesterday
  37. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  38. Let It Be
  39. Blue Jay Way
  40. And Your Bird Can Sing
  41. Back In The USSR
  42. Sexy Sadie
  43. It’s All Too Much
  44. She Loves You
  45. Baby You’re A Rich Man
  46. Flying
  47. Get Back
  48. Please Please Me
  49. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey
  50. This Boy
  51. Here Comes The Sun
  52. A Hard Days Night

 

Uncut – Top 40 Dylan Tracks

Uncut – Issue 61 – June 2002

See Also: Mojo 100 Greatest Dylan Songs
 

  1. Like A Rolling Stone
  2. Tangled Up In Blue
  3. Visions Of Johanna
  4. A Hard Rains Gonna Fall
  5. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
  6. Subterranean Homesick Blues
  7. Desolation Row
  8. I Want You
  9. Idiot Wind
  10. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
  11. It’s All Over Now Baby Blue
  12. Positively 4th Street
  13. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
  14. She Belongs To Me
  15. Mr Tambourine Man
  16. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
  17. Blowin’ In The Wind
  18. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  19. Just Like A Woman
  20. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Over
  21. The Times They Are A-Changin’
  22. Masters Of War
  23. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  24. Not Dark Yet
  25. Hurricane
  26. Gates Of Eden
  27. Every Grain Of Sand
  28. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
  29. With God On Our Side
  30. All Along The Watchtower
  31. One More Cup Of Coffee
  32. Lay Lady Lay
  33. Girl From The North Country
  34. I Threw It All Away
  35. Most Of The Time
  36. Shelter From The Storm
  37. Clothes Line Saga
  38. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
  39. Tell Me Momma
  40. Po’ Boy
Music & Films That Changed Our World

100 Rock & Movie Icons:(September 2005)

“… the definitive list of the records, films, TV shows and books that shook the world was no mean feat – hence our firm, but fair, one entry per artist/director system.”
 


All of these are LPs, unless indicated otherwise.

1. Dylan, Bob – Highway 61 Revisited
2. Presley, Elvis – Heartbreak Hotel [7”]
3. Beatles – She Loves You [7”]
4. Rolling Stones – (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [7”]
5. A Clockwork Orange [film]
6. Godfather / Godfather Part 2 [films]
7. Bowie, David – Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
8. Taxi Driver [film]
9. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
10. Prisoner [TV series]
11. Wild Bunch [film]
12. Velvet Underground – And Nico
13. Hendrix, Jimi – Purple Haze [7”]
14. Simpsons [TV series]
15. Young, Neil – After the Gold Rush
16. Ramones – Ramones
17. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
18. Who – My Generation
19. Kerouac, Jack – On the Road [book]
20. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
21. Kinks – Waterloo Sunset [7”]
22. Iggy & the Stooges – Raw Power
23. Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
24. Clash – Clash
25. Smiths – This Charming Man [7”]
26. Easy Rider [film]
27. Berry, Chuck – Johnny B Goode [7”]
28. Burroughs, William – Naked Lunch [book]
29. Buzzcocks – Spiral Scratch [EP]
30. Band – Music from Big Pink
31. Byrds – Eight Miles High [7”]
32. Little Richard – Tutti Frutti [7”]
33. New Order – Blue Monday [12”]
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [film]
35. Parsons, Gram – Grievous Angel
36. Springsteen, Bruce – Born to Run
37. Scarface [film]
38. Drake, Nick – Five Leaves Left
39. Thompson, Hunter S – Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas [book]
40. Monty Python’s Flying Circus [TV series]
41. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
42. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
43. Brass Eye [TV series]
44. Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks
45. Love – Forever Changes
46. Manhattan [film]
47. Smith, Patti – Horses
48. Gaye, Marvin – What’s Going On
49. Specials – Ghost Town [7”]
50. Big Star - #1 Record
51. Television – Marquee Moon
52. Mitchell, Joni – Blue
53. Curb Your Enthusiasm [TV series]
54. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
55. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
56. Wonder, Stevie – Innervisions
57. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
58. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
59. Rebel Without a Cause [film]
60. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
61. Franklin, Aretha – I Say a Little Prayer [7”]
62. Ronettes – Be My Baby [7”]
63. Marley, Bob & the Wailers – Catch a Fire
64. The Searchers [film]
65. T.Rex – Electric Warrior
66. Nirvana – Nevermind
67. Magazine – Shot by Both Sides [7”]
68. Summer, Donna – I Feel Love [7”]
69. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
70. Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles – Tracks of My Tears [7”]
71. Lewis, Jerry Lee – Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On [7”]
72. Doors – Doors
73. Brown, James – Live at the Apollo (1963)
74. Psycho [film]
75. Four Tops – Reach Out (I’ll Be There) [7”]
76. Public Image Ltd – Metal Box
77. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
78. Cooke, Sam – A Change is Gonna Come [7”]
79. Frankie Goes to Hollywood [7”]
80. Midnight Cowboy [film]
81. Jackson, Michael – Off the Wall
82. Orange Juice – Falling & Laughing [7”]
83. Good, the Bad & the Ugly [film]
84. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
85. Cash, Johnny – Hurt [7”/video]
86. Fight Club [film]
87. REM – Murmer
88. Sopranos [TV series]
89. Heller, Joseph – Catch 22 [book]
90. Bullitt [film]
91. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
92. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
93. Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
94. Chic – Good Times [7”]
95. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
96. Costello, Elvis & the Attractions – Imperial Bedroom
97. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
98. Associates – Sulk
99. Enter the Dragon [film]
100. Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin

 
50 Greatest American Cosmic Rock Albums

Uncut (April 2006)


1. Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
2. Byrds – Fifth Dimension
3. Wilson, Brian – SMiLE
4. Band – Band [2nd Album]
5. Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
6. Prince & the Revolution – Around the World in a Day
7. Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland
8. Buckley, Tim – Starsailor
9. Bell, Chris – I Am the Cosmos
10. Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
11. Clark, Gene – No Other
12. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
13. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
14. Rundgren, Todd – A Wizard, a True Star
15. Parks, Van Dyke – Song Cycle
16. Spirit – Spirit of ‘76
17. Crosby, David – If Only I Could Remember My Name
18. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
19. Country Joe & the Fish
20. Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
21. Spence, Alexander ‘Skip’ – Oar
22. Mercury Rev – Yerself is Steam
23. Miller, Steve – Children of the Future
24. Dr John – Gris Gris
25. Pearls Before Swine – Balaklava
26. United States of America – United States of America
27. Moby Grape – Moby Grape
28. Sly & the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
29. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails
30. Stevens, Sufjan – (Come on, Feel the) Illinoise
31. Nesmith, Mike & the First National Band – Magnetic South
32. Fahey, John – Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
33. Sun Ra – Strange Celestial World
34. 13th Floor Elevators – Psychedelic Sounds of the…
35. Meat Puppets – Up on the Sun
36. Parliament – Osmium
37. Grandaddy – Sophtware Slump
38. Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – Lost in the Ozone
39. Henske, Judy & Jerry Yester – Farewell, Aldebaran
40. Everly Brothers – Roots
41. OutKast – Aquemini
42. Opal – Happy Nightmare Baby
43. My Morning Jacket – Z
44. Holy Modal Rounders – Holy Modal Rounders
45. Perhacs, Linda – Parallelograms
46. Moondog – Moondog [CBS, 1969]
47. Lift to Experience – Texas Jerusalem Crossroads
48. Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information
49. Sunburned Hand of the Man – Jaybird
50. Charlatans (US) – Amazing…

 
Uncut - 100 Greatest Debut Albums

(August 2006)

Thanks To Steve Parker For Typing This List Up.

See Also: NME Debut Albums

1. Velvet Underground - & Nico
2. Television – Marquee Moon
3. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
4. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
5. Band – Music from Big Pink
6. Clash – Clash
7. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
8. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
9. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
10. Stooges – Stooges
11. Who – My Generation
12. Ramones – Ramones
13. Byrds – Mr Tambourine Man
14. Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn
15. Rolling Stones – Rolling Stones
16. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
17. Beatles – Please Please Me
18. Patti Smith – Horses
19. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the…
20. Specials – Specials
21. Smiths – Smiths
22. REM – Murmur
23. Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin
24. Big Star - #1 Record
25. Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
26. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield
27. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
28. Doors – Doors
29. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
30. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
31. Elvis Costello – My Aim is True
32. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams
33. Gang of Four – Entertainment!
34. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy a Thrill
35. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
36. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
37. Magazine – Real Life
38. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe as Milk
39. Bruce Springsteen – Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
40. Wire – Pink Flag
41. Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show
42. Modern Lovers – Modern Lovers
43. Siouxsie & the Banshees – The Scream
44. Orange Juice – You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever
45. Jeff Buckley – Grace
46. Slits – Cut
47. NWA – Straight Outta Compton
48. Pretenders – Pretenders
49. Talking Heads – 77
50. Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
51. Moby Grape – Moby Grape
52. ABC – Lexicon of Love
53. De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising
54. Randy Newman – Randy Newman
55. Ian Dury & the Blockheads – New Boots & Panties!!
56. Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
57. Pixies – Come on Pilgrim
58. Tim Hardin – I
59. U2 – Boy
60. Richard Hell & the Voidoids – Blank Generation
61. Leonard Cohen – Songs of…
62. Associates – Affectionate Punch
63. Pere Ubu – Modern Dance
64. Neu! – Neu!
65. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
66. Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill
67. Suicide – Suicide
68. Buzzcocks – Another Music in a Different Kitchen
69. Echo & the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
70. Judee Sill – Judee Sill
71. Scritti Politti – Songs to Remember
72. Strokes – Is This It
73. Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted
74. Kate Bush – Kick Inside
75. La’s – La’s
76. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
77. Eminem – Slim Shady LP
78. Libertines – Up the Bracket
79. Jackson Browne – Jackson Browne [aka Saturate Before Using]
80. Cheap Trick – Cheap Trick
81. Pearl Jam – Ten
82. Pop Group – Y
83. Little Feat – Little Feat
84. Tricky – Maxinquaye
85. Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
86. Undertones – Undertones
87. Dr Feelgood – Down by the Jetty
88. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
89. Elastica – Elastica
90. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
91. Throwing Muses – Throwing Muses
92. Spiritualised – Lazer Guided Melodies
93. Birthday Party – Prayers on Fire
94. Mercury Rev – Yerself is Steam
95. White Stripes – White Stripes
96. PJ Harvey – Dry
97. Vashti Bunyan – Just Another Diamond Day
98. Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
99. Suede – Suede
100. Arcade Fire – Funeral

 
20 Greatest Country Rock Pioneers:

 Albums in Chronological Order (May 2008)

Chronological order, 1964-1973.

o Kentucky Colonels - Appalachian Swing
o Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
o Beau Brummels - Bradley’s Barn
o International Submarine Band - Safe At Home
o Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
o Everly Brothers - Roots
o Dillard & Clark - Fantastic Expedition of...
o Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother, the Mountain
o Linda Ronstadt - Hand Sown... Home Grown
o John Stewart - California Bloodlines
o Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin
o Steve Young - Rock, Salt & Nails
o Great Speckled Bird - Great Speckled Bird
o Grateful Dead - Workingman’s Dead
o Paul Siebel - Woodsmoke & Oranges
o Michael Nesmith & the First National Band - Magnetic South
o Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone
o New Riders of the Purple Sage - Powerglide
o Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
o Gram Parsons - GP


 
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