Ok, so it’s classic nerdy bloke territory to write lists like this, but why fight it?
I’ll no doubt change my mind tomorrow, but right now these are my favourite ever albums – their qualifying characteristic being that I never get tired of hearing them.
- Pixies – Surfer Rosa/C’mon Pilgrim
- Stone Roses – Stone Roses
- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions –Rattlesnakes
- Human League – Dare
- Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
- The Pogues – Red Roses for Me
- The Specials – The Specials
- New Order – Substance 1987
- Soft Cell – non-stop erotic cabaret
- The Smiths – The World Won’t Listen
- Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
- Neil Young – Weld
- Beatles – White album
- Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
- Talking Heads – Little Creatures
- REM – Life’s Rich Pageant
- Kraftwerk – Man Machine
- Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit for rotting vegetables
- Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – Barafundle
- Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
- Kate Bush – Hounds of love
