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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).

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, Here’s 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 Max’s Kansas City - The Heartbreakers
The Specials - The Specials
The Raincoats - The Raincoats
Cut - The Slits
The B-52’s - The B’52’s
Metal Box - Public Image Ltd.
London Calling - The Clash
Entertainment! - Gang of Four
Broken English - Marianne Faithfull
Rapper’s 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 Don’t 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:
Jane’s Addiction - Jane’s Addiction
You’re 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 Isn’t 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