Nice thread. Here be mine:

The Birthday Party - "Junkyard"
Skullflower - "Third Gatekeeper"
Loop - "A Gilded Eternity"
The Ex - "Aural Guerilla"
Swans - "Cop"
Big Black - "Atomizer"
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "The Cry Of Love"
Terminal Cheesecake - "Angels In Pigtails"
Siouxsie And The Banshees - "The Scream"
Amon Duul II - "Yeti"

lets rename this thread the best albums ever......

rock is such a broad open bracketed sort of thing...

minutemen, hendrix, the fall, wire, the ex, loop, not exactly "rawk" in the spinal tap sense now is it?

I tells ya, if demonrail were here and saw my selection, he'd have such a fit - mainly for not including the New York Dolls or Avril "I Am More Rock Than You" Lavigne.

gmku's next 10

New York Dolls (s/t)
Stooges - Fun House
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythm
Television - Marquee Moon
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
The Dwarves - Blood, Guts & Pussy

^^^ Crazy Rhythm! Not much you hear mentioned a huge amount these days:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIy8nf07UZ4

So good. I searched for that one for years and years and then one day this past fall I happen to walk into the store and there it is in the new arrivals part of the used LPs bin. And for only 6 bucks! A practically perfect copy too!

They sure looked nerdy on stage, though, didn't they.

Next up somewhere would be:

MBV - Loveless
The Who - My Generation
VU - Unripened
MBV - Isn't Anything
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Battles - Mirrored
and bunches more, too much to go on like this...

I love the Feelies btw. All their stuff.

I think the Feelies' ultra nerdiness is certainly part of their charm. I'd certainly would have hung out with them rather than Minor Threat, that's for sure.

Definitely. They're much more fun.

& the 80s feelies only look nerdy in retrospect. Back in the day they seemed, at least to me, more college-preppy than anything. Like early Talking Heads.

I'm thinking of so much more that should belong in my top 30 or so albums. Fugazi's Repeater, Nirvana's Bleach, some Dinosaur LPs, Meat Puppets, Dylan. It all deserves to be up there.

I like Time For A Witness a lot , by the Feelies, but Crazy Rythms , not a bit.

Make a list ? Again ? Well...

01-Sonic Youth - Sister
02-Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles
03-Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape
04-Dinosaur Jr - You're Living all over me
05-Pavement - Crooked rain, crooked rain
06-My bloody Valentine - Isn't anything
07-Shellac - At action park
08-Swans - Filth
09-Unwound - the future of what
10-Polvo - Exploded Drawing

My top 11:
Television - Marquee Moon
The Saints - Eternally Yours
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Ed Kuepper - Electrical Storm
Ramones - It's Alive
The Gordons - First Album + Future Shock EP
The Wedding Present - George Best
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy

Looking at other's lists, I'm going to repeat a lot of territory

1. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (not what I think is the ultimate rock statement, but it is my favorite album period, and it is a rock album)
2. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
3. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
4. Stooges - Raw Power
5. Wipers - Youth of America
6. Hawkwind - Space Ritual
7. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams (which gets a Sun Ra song on my rock list!)
8. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
9. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
10. Motorhead - Ace of Spades

of the top, in no order

Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
The B-52s - The B-52s
Helium - The Dirt of Luck
Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Stooges - Fun House
Velvet Underground - White Heat/White Light
Sonic Youth - Dirty (i guess in the rock sense)
Gang of Four - Entertainment
REM - Murmur
Erase Errata - Other Animals

a little random at times

sonic youth- daydream nation
black flag- damaged
my bloody valentine- ecstasy and wine (i know it's a comp but who cares)
lush- spooky
the vaselines- complete recordings (another comp)
gang of four- entertainment!
the frumpies- one piece (another comp)
bikini kill- split with huggy bear
black tambourine- complete recordings (another comp)
television- marquee moon
the wipers- is this real?

i don't know if it's in order.

currently it's love is all-nine times that same song. actually it's been my favorite record for awhile now.

edit: i forgot psychocandy. that will be number 12 in my top ten.

I found an urge overkill album on vinyl at salvation army for 3 bucks in good condition. Don't remember what it's called but it has the 3 of them on the cover. It sucks bad. I have heard some songs by them before that are good though.

If I ever saw you I would personally shake your hand. Everyone on earth should own a copy of that album

pink floyd - dark side of the moon
ash ra tempel - schwingungen
rolling stones - sticky fingers
patti smith - radio ethiopia
black sabbath - vol. 4
deep purple - machine head
hawkwind - space ritual
sonic youth - daydream nation
my bloody valentine - isn't anything
motorhead - ace of spades