1999 The Guardian, 'Alternative' Album Top 100
Journalist Tom Cox asked a panel of 50 experts to vote for their overlooked favourites
Therefore this Album Top 100 is called 'Alternative'
Tom Cox used best album lists published in Q, Mojo, the Independent, the Guardian, Rolling Stone, Spin and
Virgin's Book Of All Time Top 1000 Albums, to make a list of about 150 established 'classics', the experts
were not allowed to choose from. Greatest Hits albums and albums of the last 2 years were ignored
Published in The Guardian, Friday January 29, 1999
 
Remark: the albums that were in the ignore list but were not yet in the Timepieces database, are at the bottom of the list
       
Ranking Artist / Band Album Title Release
1 Drake, Nick Bryter Layter 1970
2 Waits, Tom Raindogs 1985
3 Band, The The Band (Brown Album) 1969
4 Clark, Gene No Other 1974
5 Drake, Nick Five Leaves Left 1969
6 Beatles, The A Hard Day's Night 1964
7 Mayfield, Curtis Curtis 1970
8 Rundgren, Todd A Wizard, A True Star 1973
9 Harrison, George All Things Must Pass 1970
10 Rundgren, Todd Something/Anything 1972
11 Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn 1967
12 Big Star No. 1 record/Radio city 1972 / 1974
13 Flying Burrito Brothers, The The Gilded Palace Of Sin 1969
14 Earth, Wind & Fire I Am 1979
15 Buckley, Jeff Grace 1994
16 My Bloody Valentine Isn't Anything 1988
17 Walker, Scott Scott 4 1969
18 Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Again 1967
19 Nyro, Laura New York Tendaberry 1969
20 Sly & the Family Stone Fresh 1973
21 Beach Boys, The Holland 1973
22 Dexy's Midnight Runners Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 1980
23 Mitchell, Joni Court And Spark 1974
24 Boo Radleys, The Giant Steps 1993
25 Steely Dan Countdown To Ecstasy 1973
26 Springfield, Dusty Dusty in Memphis 1968
27 Cale, John Music For A New Society 1982
28 Roxy Music For Your Pleasure 1973
29 Funkadelic Maggot Brain 1971
30 Blue Nile, The Hats 1989
31 Public Enemy Fear Of A Black Planet 1990
32 Cohen, Leonard I'm Your Man 1988
33 Talking Heads Fear Of Music 1979
34 Chic Risqué 1979
35 Stewart, Rod Every Picture Tells A Story 1971
36 Mitchell, Joni The Hissing Of Summer Lawns 1975
37 Coltrane, John A Love Supreme 1964
38 Iggy (Pop) & The Stooges Raw Power 1973
39 Reed, Lou Berlin 1973
40 Hardin, Tim Tim Hardin 2 1967
41 Stooges, The Fun House 1970
42 Suicide (Alan Vega / Martin Rev) Suicide (First Album) 1977
43 Bowie, David Young Americans 1975
44 Young, Neil Tonight's The Night 1975
45 Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell 1986
46 Franklin, Aretha Young, Gifted & Black 1971
47 Wyatt, Robert Rock Bottom 1974
48 Captain Beefheart Clear Spot 1972
49 Band, The Music From Big Pink 1968
50 Waits, Tom The Heart Of Saturday Night 1974
51 Dexy's Midnight Runners Don't Stand Me Down 1985
52 Jayhawks, The Hollywood Town Hall 1992
53 PIL (Public Image Limited) Metal Box 1979
54 Hüsker Dü Warehouse: Songs & Stories 1987
55 Grateful Dead Live/Dead 1969
56 Moby Grape Moby Grape 1967
57 Pavement Slanted & Enchanted 1992
58 Davis, Miles Sketches Of Spain 1960
59 Beach Boys, The The Beach Boys Today! 1965
60 Nyro, Laura Eli And The Thirteenth Confession 1968
61 Slits, The Cut 1979
62 Dexy's Midnight Runners Too-Rye-Ay 1982
63 Green, Al The Belle Album 1977
64 Roxy Music Stranded 1973
65 Velvet Underground, The The Velvet Underground 1969
66 Little Feat Dixie Chicken 1973
67 Pere Ubu The Modern Dance 1978
68 Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85-92 1993
69 Kraftwerk Radio-Activity 1975
70 Velvet Underground, The Loaded 1970
71 Young, Neil On The Beach 1974
72 Everly Brothers, The Roots 1968
73 Blondie Eat To The Beat 1979
74 Harvey, P.J. To Bring You My Love 1995
75 Rundgren, Todd Todd 1974
75 Siberry, Jane When I Was A Boy 1993
76 Big Star Sister Lovers / The Third Album 1978
77 Zombies, The Odessey & Oracle 1968
78 A.R. Kane 69 1988
79 Hayes, Isaac Hot Buttered Soul 1969
80 Drake, Nick Pink Moon 1972
81 Zappa, Frank We're Only In It For The Money 1967
82 Beach Boys, The Sunflower 1970
83 Young, Neil Arc/Weld (Compilation Of 2 Albums) 1991
84 Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade 1984
85 Rolling Stones, The Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! (Live) 1970
86 Crowded House Temple Of Low Men 1988
87 Buckley, Tim Starsailor 1970
88 Doors, The Strange Days 1967
89 Morrison, Van Tupelo Honey 1971
89 Davis, Miles Bitches Brew 1970
90 Lilac Time, The Paradise Circus 1989
91 Green, Al Al Green Is Love 1975
92 R.E.M. Life's Rich Pageant 1986
93 Beach Boys, The Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 1965
94 Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 1994
95 Millennium, The Begin 1968
96 Prefab Sprout Steve McQueen 1985
97 TLC Crazysexycool 1994
98 A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders 1993
99 Pop, Iggy The Idiot 1977
100 Dr. John Gris-Gris 1968
       
  Beatles, The Help! [UK] 1965
  Beatles, The Let It Be 1970
  Boo Radleys, The Wake Up! 1995
  Byrds, The Mr. Tambourine Man 1965
  Clapton, Eric 461 Ocean Boulevard 1974
  MC5 Kick Out The Jams (Live) 1969
  Simon & Garfunkel Sounds Of Silence 1966
  Weller, Paul Wild Wood 1993
 
 
 
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