 | She Hangs Brightly by Mazzy Star
Buy new: £5.78 / Used from: £3.46 Mazzy Star would go on to cool, pre-alt.country fame but this debut is more dark indie, MBloodyV rather than Dolly P. It's an abrasive and challenging set of uneasy listening murder ballads.
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 | Elizium by Fields of the Nephilim
Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £4.95 Great bands always push the boundaries and there's a quality and depth to this that belies the 'Goth' tag. And it just never gets boring no matter how much i listen to it.
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 | No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims by D-A-D
Buy new: £10.29 / Used from: £4.66 D.A.D. Humour, hooks, wild lyrics and a cow's skull as their logo. How many exercise books did i draw that on? LOTS :o)
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 | Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.91 The first no-brainer of the list. It's hard to imagine nowadays just how much impact this album made in '87. It was the soundtrack to my Summer. It goes here.
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 | Into the Pandemonium by Celtic Frost
Buy used from: £6.39 Of course, what's one Summer to a band that soundtracked so many Winters? This divided people then and hasn't dated at all. A masterful piece of extreme Metal.
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 | Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £1.03 So good it should be standard issue for every 11, 12 or 13 year old girl. Should be studied in schools, too.
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 | Boys for Pele by Tori Amos
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £1.09 If her debut was peerless then please, give me an adjective for this! Though it can be hard work i think the variety makes it more endearing.
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 | Revelling: Reckoning by Ani DiFranco
Buy new: £15.69 / Used from: £2.99 For me this has the best and worst of Ani. Occasionally noodlesome but the highs are very high. School Night is poetry and Garden Of Simple WILL be played at my funeral.
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 | The Pet Sounds Sessions by The Beach Boys
Buy new: £44.99 / Used from: £19.83 I'm a Beatles man and never 'got' Pet Sounds. It was for old people even in '69. But i took a chance on this. Beg, borrow or steal for the a cappella tracks. Just Wonderful.
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 | Nightfall: Remastered by Candlemass
Buy used from: £10.49 Doom is a euphoric genre. It isn't about sludge riffs or techtonic speed. It's about finding the rage in despair. This is truly a 5 star, ten out of ten, 100 % classic.
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 | Of Empires Forlorn by While Heaven Wept
Buy used from: £44.06 Never thought Candlemass would have competition but... Sheesh!! This is wonderful. Still doom, but more challenging and expansive. Candlemass were funereal, this is imperious.
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 | Diving for Pearls by Diving for Pearls
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £10.13 I was a nasty thrash-metal head but didn't try and keep this band a secret. Sweeping, soaring AOR; lighter waving and big hair, but completely cheese free. Effortless cool.
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 | Origin of the Straw Dogs by F.U.'S
Buy used from: £19.99 The Straw Dogs were scuzzy American Punks. Rough and ready with a bit of country spirit thrown in; tattooed & spiked up to the max! But so much fun. I've worn my vinyl copy of 'We Are Not Amused' out.
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![Led Zeppelin: DVD (2DVD) [2003]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516PG9FBGML._SL75_.jpg) | Led Zeppelin: DVD (2DVD) [2003]
Buy new: £14.28 / Used from: £3.99 Led Zeppelin never worked for me on vinyl. Overblown & dull, if i'm honest. This was a present and f*** me!! Now i know what all the fuss was about. Awe inspiring lesson in Rock. CD's still suck, mind
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 | In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up by Ministry
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £1.80 Possibly the most extreme, and at the same time fun, album i own. Absolutley brutal, but you'll be grinning as your brain turns to mush. I'd call it the 'best of' early Ministry.
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 | Bleach by Nirvana
Buy used from: £2.94 I love this. It's grunge as it should be and like JAMC you need to dig and work at it to get to the beauty. And i was there first ;o)
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| The Big F by The Big F
Buy used from: £5.59 More grunge but where Nirvana were strictly Sabbath and Metal 'The Big F' were Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Blues. Like 'Bleach' too, you've got to dig but it's worth it.
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 | Apple by Mother Love Bone
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.49 Lead singer Andrew Wood died as it went to press, the rest formed Pearl Jam. Beautiful, fragile, Hanoi Rocks/REM cross that's the complete opposite to how bad that probably sounds.
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 | Cammell Laird Social Club by Half Man Half Biscuit
Buy new: £10.28 My favourite HMHB. 'Them's The Vagaries', 'San Antonio Foam Party' and 'If I Had Possesion Over Pancake Day' are three of the best songs in the English language.
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 | Uppers and Downers by The Yo-Yo's
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.31 Quite possibly the most fun you can have in 41 minutes. Ex-Wildhearts man produces the perfect Punk, Pop, Rock album. It won't change the world but while it's on, it's party time.
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 | Tao of the One Inch Punch by One Inch Punch
Buy used from: £9.99 Got this on another list but it bears repeating. Dirty, punked up hip-hop from Tim Simeon and Justin Wharfield.
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 | Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - Deluxe Edition by The Cure
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £7.81 Sooooo difficult to choose a favourite Cure album but i think this shows the best of every side of their nature. Robert Smith's a genius.
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 | Dos Dedos Mis Amigos by Pop Will Eat Itself
Buy used from: £12.14 PWEI are vastly underrated IMHO. This is their alt.grunge album & works from the beats to the very metal guitars. Still has plenty of the old PWEI joie de vivre, too. Vestan Pance! Ho, ho!
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 | Radio Hits Vol. 1 by Helen Love
Buy used from: £28.37 Endless punk spirit, boundless innocent joy, bedroom simplicity. Like DIY Doo-wop with Tomy guitars. Hey ho, let's go Helen Love.
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 | Dungeon Family.. Even In The Darkness by Dungeon Family
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £0.48 Can't ignore Hip Hop and this has at least three geniuses on it. The best of Outkast and Cee-lo distilled to the max.
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