#569 The The – Infected

Infected is The The‘s second and final album on the list. I think it is terrible that Dusk is not on the list. It is my favourite album from them. I have the most memories attached to it. It reminds me of perhaps the first best friend I ever believed in. We were friends and it […]

#568 Metallica – Master of Puppets

Metallica has four albums on the list so I hope I sort of like their third studio album Master of Puppets. I have never liked thrash metal or even regular metal. I have never heard any of their music. I have definitely seen their name on a lot of t-shirts. One odd thing to note […]

#567 Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill

I saw the Beastie Boys in concert around the year Licensed to Ill was released. It was the one time I saw them and Madonna. They are no longer together since Adam Yauch died in 2012 and Madonna is so old now that I am not sure I will ever see her again. It is […]

#566 Afrika Bambaataa – Planet Rock: The Album

Afrika Bambaataa was accused of molesting boys. Should he be excluded from the list? I noticed someone else doing the same list, but he would not do Michael Jackson albums because of the allegations brought up recently. I think you have to separate the two things so I will listen to Planet Rock: The Album, even […]

#565 Elvis Costello and the Attractions – Blood & Chocolate

Elvis Costello and the Attractions again. How does he have six albums in the list? There is one more after Blood & Chocolate, his eleventh studio album. Nobody wants to listen to Costello this much. It was a commercial failure. I cannot even begin to say how much I disliked this album. I was really […]

#564 Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche 85

Scritti Politti? Really? How did Scritti Politti make this list. They only had one hit in the U.S.A. and in the U.K. I consider a song a hit if it reaches the mainstream Top 10. Cupid & Psyche 85 was their second studio album release. I remember their name, but not their song. “Perfect Way” […]

#563 Dexys Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down

Dexys Midnight Runners has a third album in the list. This is so laughable. I wonder if the editor of the book is related to a band member or being paid by them. Don’t Stand Me Down was their third album and it was a huge disappointment critically and commercially. They disbanded after it. If […]

#562 Simply Red – Picture Book

I do not remember if I was a fan of Simply Red in the beginning. I know I did not own their debut album Picture Book., which leads me to believe I was not sure fo them. I definitely owned one of their later albums. Unfortunately, this is their only album on the list. English […]

#561 New Order – Low-Life

New Order‘s third studio album Low-Life is their first of two albums on the list. I am shocked that Power, Corruption & Lies is not on the list. I really have to make my own list after this challenge is completed. I am sure that I have heard this album before, but I do not remember it now. […]

#560 The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy

The Jesus and Mary Chain debut album Psychocandy is the front-runner in proto-shoegazing music of the 80s. Brothers Jim and William Reid hail from Scotland and started forming the band in 1983. I had not heard of them until the song “Reverence” came out in 1992. My favourite songs are “Just Like Honey“, “The Hardest Walk“, “Cut […]