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MUSIC

BEST Rock ALBUMS

9.2/10

Trout Mask Replica (1969) - Captain Beefheart

9/10

Lorca (1969) - Tim Buckley

Faust (1971) - Faust

Rock Bottom (1974) - Robert Wyatt

The Velvet Underground & Nico (1966) - The Velvet Underground

The Doors (1966) - The Doors

8.8/10

Twin Infinitives (1990) - Royal Trux

8.7/10

Down Colorful Hill (1992) - Red House Painters

Third (1970) - Soft Machine

White Light/White Heat (1967) - The Velvet Underground

8.6/10

Nail (1985) - Foetus

Diamanda Galas (1984) - Diamanda Galas

Fire Of Love (1981) - Gun Club

Hosianna Mantra (1972) - Popol Vuh

Irrlicht (1972) - Klaus Schulze

8.5/10

Repeater (1990) - Fugazi

Geek the Girl (1994) - Lisa Germano

Fontanelle (1992) - Babes in Toyland

Kick Out The Jams (1968) - MC5

Double Nickels On The Dime (1984) - Minutemen

In den Garten Pharaos (1971) - Popol Vuh

July 15 1972 (1972) - Taj Mahal Travellers

Dream Theory in Malaya (1981) - Jon Hassell

Dreamtime Return (1988) - Steve Roach

Perfect From Now On (1996) - Built to Spill

Y (1979) - The Pop Group

8.4/10

Fare Forward Voyagers (1972) - John Fahey

Neu! (1972) - Neu!

Cyborg (1973) - Klaus Schulze

Zen Arcade (1983) - Husker Du

Uncle Meat (1968) - Frank Zappa

Well Oiled (1995) - Hash Jar Tempo

Astral Weeks (1968) - Van Morrison

8.3/10

A Picture of Nectar (1992) - Phish

A Rainbow in Curved Air (1968) - Terry Riley

Blonde On Blonde (1966) - Bob Dylan

The Pavilion of Dreams (1976) - Harold Budd

Goodbye and Hello (1967) - Tim Buckley

The Downward Spiral (1993) - Nine Inch Nails

Cosmic Interception (1979-1993) - Von Lmo

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) - Pink Floyd

Tago Mago (1970) - Can

Volunteers (1969) - Jefferson Airplane

8.2/10

Good (1992) - Morphine

Remnants of a Deeper Purity (1995) - Black Tape for a Blue Girl

Spiderland (1990) - Slint

The Modern Dance (1977) - Pere Ubu

The Parable of Arable Land (1967) - Red Krayola

The Good Son (1990) - Nick Cave

Half Machine Lip Moves (1979) - Chrome

Suicide (1977) - Suicide

Loveless (1991) - My Bloody Valentine

Flying Teapot (1973) - Gong

8.1/10

Consumer Revolt (1989) - Cop Shoot Cop

Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac (1983) - Butthole Surfers

Have One On Me (2009) - Joanna Newsom

Barrett (1970) - Syd Barrett

Starsailor (1970) - Tim Buckley

In The Court of King Crimson (1969) - King Crimson

The Days Of Wine And Roses (1982) - The Dream Syndicate

Strange Days (1967) - The Doors

Slow, Deep and Hard (1990) - Type O Negative

Streetcleaner (1989) - Godflesh

The Emotional Plague (1996) - Supreme Dicks

California (1988) - American Music Club

Third Ear Band (1970) - Third Ear Band

Cop (1984) - Swans

Lullaby Land (1993) - Vampire Rodents

Not Available (1974) - The Residents

Atomizer (1986) - Big Black

Passion (1989) - Peter Gabriel

8/10

Ocean Songs (1996) - Dirty Three

Meet the Resudents (1974) - The Residents

Uncanny Valley (2016) - Stabscotch

Valentyne Suite (1968) - Colosseum

A Saucerful Of Secrets (1968) - Pink Floyd

Filth (1983) - Swans

Stooges (1969) - Stooges

The Band (1969) - The Band

Ghosts (1991) - Techno Animal

X (1978) - Klaus Schulze

Imperial f.f.r.r. (1992) - Unrest

Unsane (1991) - Unsane

From Her To Eternity (1984) - Nick Cave

End Of An Ear (1970) - Robert Wyatt

Surfer Rosa (1987) - Pixies

Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) - Tortoise

Bricolage (1997) - Amon Tobin

Freak Out (1966) - Frank Zappa

Crazy Rhythms (1979) - The Feelies

Absolutely Free (1967) - Frank Zappa

We're Only In It For The Money (1967) - Frank Zappa

Amerika (1971) - John Fahey

Original Sin (1989) - Pandora's Box (Jim Steinman)

666 (1970) - Aphrodite's Child

Marjory Razorblade (1973) - Kevin Coyne

Through Silver In Blood (1996) - Neurosis

Zeit (1972) - Tangerine Dream

Close To The Edge (1972) - Yes

Top Loader (1993) - Sugarsmack

Greed (1988) - Ambitious Lovers

Double Bummer (1988) - Bongwater

Head Over Heels (1983) - Cocteau Twins

Daddy Has A Tail (1989) - Cows

Zeichnungen das Patienten OT (1983) - Einsturzende Neubauten

You Can't Pray A Lie (1989) - Laughing Hyenas

Through Time And Mistery (1988) - Peter Frohmader

The Ticket (1998) - David Grubbs

I Could Live In Hope (1994) - Low

Exploded Drawing (1996) - Polvo

Dummy (1994) - Portishead

Frizzle Fry (1990) - Primus

Music For Airports (1978) - Brian Eno

Rollercoaster (1993) - Red House Painters

Under Glass (1999) - Hash Jar Tempo

The Burning Circle And Then Dust (1995) - Lycia

Temple Of The Morning Star (1997) - Today Is The Day

World Without Rules (1996) - Paul Haslinger

Substatic (1998) - Peter Jefferies

The Problem With Me (1993) - Seam

At Action Park (1994) - Shellac

Just For A Day (1991) - Slowdive

Ghosts (1990) - Techno Animal

Clockseed (1995) - Vampire Rodents

Sunbirds (1971) - Sunbirds

Premonition (1992) - Vampire Rodents

Mellow Out (1996) - Mainliner

Yerself Is Steam (1990) - Mercury Rev

The Art Ensemble Of Rake (1995) - Rake

Moondance (1969) - Van Morrison

Stimulation Festival (1992) - Pain Teens

Gateway To The Mysteries (1990) - Eden

7.9/10

Frigid Stars (1991) - Codeine

China Gate (1996) - Cul De Sac

Safe as Milk (1967) - Captain Beefheart

San Sheng Shi (2008) - Li Jianhong

Demanufacture (1995) - Fear Factory

Hot Animal Machine (1986) - Henry Rollins

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980) - Dead Kennedys

Transcontinental Conspiracy (1996) - Vas Deferens Organization and Brad Laner

Appetite For Destruction (1987) - Guns N' Roses

7.8/10

Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain (1991) - Dogbowl

Underwater Moonlight (1980) - The Soft Boys

United States of America (1968) - United States of America

Phonememomicon (2016) - Impossible Nothing

Before and After Science (1977) - Brian Eno

Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967) - Leonard Cohen

Vernal Equinox (1977) - Jon Hassell

The River (1985) - Bruce Springsteen

This Is Not A Dream (1992) - Dadamah

Mother of All Saints (1992) - Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

Strangeitude (1991) - Ozric Tentacles

7.7/10

Four Great Points (1998) - June of 44

Blanket Warm (1996) - Lullaby For The Working Class

7.6/10

Aka-Darbari-Java: Magic Realism (1983) - Jon Hassell

IV (1971) - Led Zeppelin

Keep It Like a Secret (1998) - Built to Spill

Watermark (1988) - Enya

The Guilt Trip (1993) - Mark Kramer

Persian Surgery Dervishes (1972) - Terry Riley

Departure From The Northern Wasteland (1978) - Michael Hoenig

Telescopic (1998) - Edith Frost

7.5/10

Mundus Subterraneus (1995) - Lightwave

It's A Beautiful Day (1969) - It's A Beautiful Day

Privacy Issues (2010) - David First

The Mother of Virtues (2014) - Pyrrhon

Interpenetrating Dimensional Express (2014) - Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura

Humid Limbs of the Torn Beadsman (2012) - Abu Lahab

Electric Phin Band (2014) - Khun Narin

Tryptych (2011) - Demdike Stare

Aesthethica (2011) - Liturgy

Immer Etwas (2010) - Nice Face

Aftertime (2011) - Roly Porter

1973 (2012) - Seirom

Innocence (2011) - I Am A Lake Of Burning Orchids

Ready To Howl (2010) - Birds of Maya

Abandon (2013) - Pharmakon

Record (1982) - Fear

In Black Robes (2010) - Sarah June

Paradiso (2017) - Chino Amobi

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