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Alternative rock - 25 of the best on Amazon
The Rich Man's Eight Track TapeThe Rich Man's Eight Track Tape by Big Black
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £5.20
Let's be honest - go for Atomizer. As you can't get it here, though, this will do just as well. Essential.
DNA on DNADNA on DNA by DNA
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £13.78
skree-kerchunk-powpowpow.......sounds like the entire history of music worldwide put through the mangler. If this was made by a Jazz-head people would worship it universally
The Third Reich 'N RollThe Third Reich 'N Roll by The Residents
Buy used from: £13.82
Few bands are ever this good, this confident and singular in their vision. San Francisco's finest. All their albums rule, though this is just in a class of its own
The Holy Bible 10th Anniversary Edition [2CD + DVD]The Holy Bible 10th Anniversary Edition [2CD + DVD] by Manic Street Preachers
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.38
for sale? dumb c***s same dumb questions!
Honey's Dead: RemasteredHoney's Dead: Remastered by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Buy new: £6.78 / Used from: £4.64
Along with Psychocandy - the best album from the mighty Reid brothers. Features 'Reverence' and that is reason alone to buy this
Songs About FuckingSongs About Fucking by Big Black
Buy used from: £11.08
'The male female relationship as subject for a pop song is a thoroughly redundant concept' - You tell em Steve
LiarLiar by The Jesus Lizard
Buy used from: £7.35
Choosing between this and Goat was difficult. Boy was it hard.
Mi Media NaranjaMi Media Naranja by Labradford
Buy new: £4.98
The sound of God - crying.
20 Jazz Funk Greats20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.50
'The wreckers of civilisation''s most accessible listen
Silver ApplesSilver Apples by Silver Apples
Buy new: £4.78 / Used from: £3.00
listen - then remember this was recorded in the late 1960s!
60 Second Wipe Out60 Second Wipe Out by Atari Teenage Riot
Buy used from: £1.75
By any means necessary - By any means necessary - I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!! You'll hear this alright!
78+78+ by Mars
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £6.89
Is this the best or worst compilation of all time? Actually - it's both!!!
SpiderlandSpiderland by Slint
Buy used from: £4.98
So many bands owe their entire careers to ripping this masterpiece off. Simply stunning
The Scream [Deluxe Edition]The Scream [Deluxe Edition] by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £10.00
Most bands would love to release something this wonderful as their debut. Kinda made every goth record after utterly pointless
Neu!Neu! by Neu!
Buy used from: £14.95
Nevermind Can!
Rant in E-MinorRant in E-Minor by Bill Hicks
Buy new: £8.78 / Used from: £8.50
Pure dark poetry
Locust Abortion TechnicianLocust Abortion Technician by Butthole Surfers
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.75
Daddy - what does regret mean?
FontanelleFontanelle by Babes in Toyland
Buy used from: £8.68
Kat - do you really think we believe that some of these songs aren't about Courtney!!?
Experiment ZeroExperiment Zero by Man or Astro-man?
Buy new: £18.09 / Used from: £22.35
The best from these prolific sci-fi surfsters. The only reason for not liking this is that you were listening to something else.
DirtyDirty by Sonic Youth
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.70
Where grunge godfathers mastered 'trad' song structures and still sounded victorious
EverythingEverything by Teenage Jesus & the Jerks
Buy used from: £19.84
You might wake up screaming too! ho ho ho
ChristmasChristmas by Low
Buy used from: £4.47
Slade will become utterly redundant once you've heard the best Christmas record of all time!!
Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy MoneyCop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money by Swans
Buy new: £11.98
Heavier than heavy. A sound that can, quite probably, pulverise you into submission
Rid Of MeRid Of Me by PJ Harvey
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.02
The best British album of the 1990s
McluskyismMcluskyism by Mclusky
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £5.24
A best of from the best British group of the millenium!