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1.The Beach Boys - Smile
2.Love - Forever Changes
3.Neu! - Neu! '75
4.Husker Du - Zen Arcade
5.Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
6.The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
7.My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
8.Big Star - Sister Lovers
9.Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
10.Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
11.Kraftwerk - Autobahn
12.The Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future Head
13.Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
14.The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
15.The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
16.The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
17.Can - Tago Mago
18.The Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven
19.Television Personalities - The Painted Word
20.Kaleidoscope - Side Trips
21.P.I.L. - Metal Box
22.The Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
23.Seefeel - Quique
24.Beck - Mellow Gold
25.Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Safe As Milk


Highly subjective, and in no particular order apart from the first three, but I tried to pick the albums I respond to emotionally rather than ones I respect for their influence. Be interesting to see what the final list turns out like.

Trying to sneak in four ballot papers PV?

aaah jeeezus....i'd somehow failed to include either the huskers or the fall! aaarrgghgh, up to 35 then, i can think of, oooh, two that can be knocked off....