Okay, so I caved. After ranting about the modern choices in magazines’ ‘Most Influential Albums’ lists, I made a list of my own. It contains the most influential albums from the AB (Anno Beatlesi) era, so doesn’t contain any of those on my previous list. Here they are in alphabetical order of artist name (for some reason):

1. AC/DC – Highway to Hell
2. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
3. Beatles – Please Please Me
4. Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
6. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
7. Brian Eno – Another Green World
8. Buffalo Springfield – Again
9. Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
10. Clash – The Clash
11. Damned – Damned Damned Damned
12. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…
13. Donna Summer – Four Seasons of Love
14. Dr. Feelgood – Down by the Jetty
15. Gang of Four – Entertainment
16. Gary Numan and Tubeway Army – Replicas
17. Jeff Beck – Truth
18. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
19. Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
20. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
21. King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
22. Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
23. Led Zeppelin  – IV
24. Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
25. Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed
26. Mothers of Invention – Freak Out!
27. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
28. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
29. Nirvana – Nevermind
30. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
31. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
32. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
33. REM – Murmur
34. Replacements – Let It Be
35. Rolling Stones  – The Rolling Stones
36. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
37. Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks…
38. Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
39. Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Scream
40. Sly and the Family Stone – There’s a Riot Goin’ On
41. Smiths – The Smiths
42. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
43. Specials – The Specials
44. Stooges – The Stooges
45. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
46. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings and Food
47. Velvet Underground  – and Nico
48. Walter Carlos – Switched On Bach
49. Who – Tommy
50. X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents

It was originally just going to be a list of ten, but then I found I just couldn’t stop! I limited myself to one album per artist but I ended up with two by The Beatles, as they’re a special case. Brian Eno pops up here and there as a solo artist, band member and producer. It’s amazing how many albums were from 1967. When I have more time, I might analyse the list a little further…

[Edit: Wait, I forgot The Stone Roses, Screamadelica, The Normal, Laura Nyro…]