Albums you should own if you LOVE music

A Listmania! list by Graham Fleming (East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire United Kingdom)
 
A Wizard, a True Star
1.  A Wizard, a True Star by Todd Rundgren
The list author says:
  "If you only need to own one album, make it this one. A hallucinatory Pop-rock-soul-whatever masterpiece, Todd at the height of his powers."
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Sing to God parts 1 & 2
2.  Sing to God parts 1 & 2 by Cardiacs
The list author says:
  "Only available now in two parts, in one piece it's a veritable mapping of everything left of centre and a darned listenable one at that."
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Underwater Moonlight...And How It Got There
3.  Underwater Moonlight...And How It Got There by The Soft Boys
The list author says:
  "Arguably Robyn Hitchcocks finest work, and possibly the finest post-60's english psychaedelic rock album."
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Clouds Taste Metallic
4.  Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips
The list author says:
  "The greatest american album of the last 20 years, easy. Absolute genius."
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Skylarking: Remastered
5.  Skylarking: Remastered by XTC
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  "The greatest english pop album of all time. Hands down."
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Forever Changes
6.  Forever Changes by Love
The list author says:
  "A dark and brooding masterwork. As likely to leave you shivering as speechless."
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No Other
7.  No Other by Gene Clark
The list author says:
  "Criminally under-rated americana epic. The 70's sgt. pepper? Genuinely beautiful."
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Lather
8.  Lather by Frank Zappa
The list author says:
  "Zappa at his most diverse. Not his easiest collection of toons, but one of the most cohesive."
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There's a Riot Goin' on
9.  There's a Riot Goin' on by Sly & The Family Stone
The list author says:
  "Fried, messy, druggy but insidiously catchy. Sly and the Family at their peak."
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Tusk
10.  Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
The list author says:
  "A disturbingly warped slab of soft-rock, a fine antidote to 'Rumours.'"
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Tago Mago
11.  Tago Mago by Can
The list author says:
  "The greatest album to come out of Germany. And even then, still extremely good."
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Secondhand Daylight
12.  Secondhand Daylight by Magazine
The list author says:
  "Difficult second album or a genuine stab at the future of music? Icy cold, but utterly compelling."
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Hawaii
13.  Hawaii by High Llamas
The list author says:
  "If we can't have 'Smile' by the Beach Boys, this will have to do."
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Kimono My House
14.  Kimono My House by Sparks
The list author says:
  "Skewed English pop-glam-rock, as done by two genuinly insane and innovative americans."
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Blonde on Blonde
15.  Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
The list author says:
  "Mandatory listening for anyone on Earth."
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The Great Eastern
16.  The Great Eastern by Delgados
The list author says:
  "Sweet and sour scottish rock, as lush as it is bitter."
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The Downward Spiral
17.  The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
The list author says:
  "Industrial-prog, NIN suddenly lifted up to the heights they has promised at, alas never repeated."
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Mustard... Plus
18.  Mustard... Plus by Roy Wood
The list author says:
  "Roy Wood's most effortlessly enjoyable album. Think Brian Wilson, only mildly saner and playing all the instruments on top of producing."
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This Is Spinal Tap
19.  This Is Spinal Tap by Spinal Tap
The list author says:
  "Pomp-metal parody taken to extremes. Tenacious D nothing. Genius from start to finish."
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Mothership Connection by Parliament
20.  Mothership Connection by Parliament by Parliament
The list author says:
  "Trippy non-stop funk assault. As funny as is it funky."
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Troublegum
21.  Troublegum by Therapy?
The list author says:
  "Extremely under-rated, one of the finest alt-rock albums ever made."
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Radiator
22.  Radiator by Blue Cheer
The list author says:
  "Frazzled welsh rock opus, disturbingly catchy."
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Pioneers Who Got Scalped
23.  Pioneers Who Got Scalped by Devo
The list author says:
  "Their finest moments were too scattershot for one album to be singled out, but the first cd alone on this compilation is worth it every penny."
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Liege And Lief
24.  Liege And Lief by Fairport Convention
The list author says:
  "A fragile and glassy, genuinely beautiful album. Folk-rock at it's peak."
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Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
25.  Smiley Smile/Wild Honey by The Beach Boys
The list author says:
  "A gruesomely enjoyable listen, if only for what could have been in it's place."
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Graham Fleming (East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire United Kingdom)
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Last updated: 03/12/2002
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