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christ tis all but impossible, especially when it comes down to excluding those final couple of albums. Only by only allowing one person (guess who!!) to have more than one entry was it at all possible. So, for today only (most probably) the 25 greatest albums ever recorded are:

1. Julian Cope – Peggy Suicide
2. The Stooges – The Stooges
3. Fugazi – 13 Songs
4. Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs & Stories
5. The Fall – This Nations Saving Grace
6. Television – Marquee Moon
7. Pixies – Doolittle
8. The Clash – Londons Calling
9. White Stripes – White Blood Cells
10. Hawkwind – Quark, Strangeness & Charm
11. Joy Division – Closer
12. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks
13. Julian Cope – Fried
14. Wire – Pink Flag
15. Leftfield – Leftism
16. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
17. Big Black – Songs About Fucking
18. Slint – Spiderland
19. PJ Harvey – Rid of M
20. Orbital – Brown Album
21. Neu! – Neu2
22. The Cure – Head on the Door
23. PIL - Metal Box
24. Gang of Four -Entertainment
25. Primal Scream – Screamadelica

those 16 unfortunate enough not to quite make it in were:
David Bowie – Lodger
Cabaret Voltaire - The Original Sound of Sheffield
23 Skidoo - Urban Gamelan
Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
The Clash - The Clash
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
REM - Lifes Rich Pagaent
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Arkology
The Fall - The Early Years
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
XTC - English Settlement
The Breeders - Last Splash
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
The Strokes – Is This It?

Husker Warehouse . . . . another one I wished I coulda listed.

Always nice to see others pick up the faves you missed innit?

Darn, I missed Television and Orbital (and the Orb for that matter)...interesting to see Slint in your list too Necro.

I'm glad I didn't spend too long on my list or I'd have ended up in an impossible quandry!