Ein erstes (jährliches) Update, Neuzugänge sind kursiv and The Slits did a runner:
1. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Streetcore * * * * *
2. The Clash – London Calling
3. The Clash – s/t
4. Blondie – s/t
5. The Slits – Cut
6. The Beat (US) – s/t
7. The Modern Lovers – s/t
8. Richard & Linda Thompson – Shoot Out The Lights
9. Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
10. John Cale – Vintage Violence
11. Scott Walker – Tilt
12. Echo And The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
13. Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic
14. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedos
15. Bangles – All Over The Place
16. Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – s/t
17. Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
18. The Vapors – New Clear Day
19. Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth
20. John Cale – Fear
21. Leonard Cohen – Songs Of…
22. Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
23. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
24. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Mainstreet
25. Wire – Pink Flag
26. Otis Redding – The Dock Of The Bay
27. The Rolling Stones – s/t
28. Habibi – s/t * * * * 1/2
29. The Pastels – Sittin’ Pretty
30. Thee Headcoatees – Girlsville
31. The Saints – A Little Madness To Be Free
32. Janis Ian – Aftertones
33. The Raincoats – Odyshape
34. Television – Marquee Moon
35. Marine Girls – Lazy Ways
36. The Mo-Dettes – The Story So Far…
37. The Raincoats – s/t
38. Leonard Cohen – Various Positions
39. Pretenders – s/t
40. Aztec Camera – High Land, Hard Rain
41. Public Image Limited – Metal Box
42. Tracey Thorn – A Distant Shore
43. The Soft Boys – Underwater Moonlight
44. Spiral Beach – The Only Really Thing
45. Kirsty McColl – Kite
46. Alexandra Hope – Invisible Sunday
47. Maureen Tucker – I Spent A Week There The Other Night
48. The Everly Brothers – Two Yanks In England
49. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man – Out Of Season
50. The Crickets – The „Chirping“ Crickets
51. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On?
52. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
53. The Go-Go’s – Beauty And The Beat
54. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
55. Barbara Panther – s/t
56. The Specials – s/t
57. Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights
58. Blondie – Plastic Letters
59. Orange Juice – Rip It Up
60. Ramones – s/t
61. Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
62. Nina Nastasia – Run To Ruin
63. Aesop Rock – Labor Days
64. John Cale – Slow Dazzle
65. John Cale – Paris 1919
66. Blondie – Parallel Lines
67. Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – Global A Go-Go
68. Maureen Tucker – Life In Exile After Abdication
69. Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation
70. The Go-Betweens – Before Hollywood
71. Television – s/t
72. Talking Heads – 77
73. Dire Straits – s/t
74. Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Ranking
75. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
76. The Selecter – Too Much Pressure
77. Ry Cooder – Chicken Skin Music
78. Love – Forever Changes
79. Leonard Cohen – The Future
80. The Pop Group – Y
81. Blondie – Eat To The Beat
82. Eilen Jewell – Sea Of Tears
83. The Undertones – s/t
84. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
85. Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
86. Ramones – Leave Home
87. The Smiths – s/t
88. Culture – Two Sevens Clash
89. ABC – Beauty Stab
90. Johnny Burnette & The Rock’n’Roll Trio – s/t
91. Ramones – Rocket To Russia
92. June Tabor – Ashes And Diamonds
93. Dexys Midnight Runners – Too Rye-Ay
94. Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
95. The Fiery Furnaces – Gallowsbird’s Bark
96. The Seeds – s/t
97. Big Youth – Screaming Target
98. Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps – Bluejean Bop!
99. Nancy Sinara & Lee Hazlewood – Nancy & Lee
100. Elvis Presley – s/t
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