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Whizboys Top 5 (he never could count)
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Buzzcocks
Singles Going Steady
I defy anyone to listen to this CD and not break out into spontaneous smiling followed by shame because YOU didn’t write these songs….utter brilliance

Echo & The Bunnymen
Heaven up Here
You can’t really go wrong with any Bunnies Album up through ‘Ocean Rain’…I picked this one today, tomorrow it might have been a different one. NOTE: This one is a bit on the moodier side of things…definitely ‘edgy’, but don’t expect to do a lot of dancing to this one.

The Teardrop Explodes
Kilimanjaro/Wilder
ok, I guess they packaged up 2 albums (that’s what they USED to call them) on one CD. There is some amazingly pure pop music contained here – highly recommend this

The Best of Sad Lovers & Giants
Happiness! A not-so-well-known band that made some really neat music back in the early 80’s. I normally don’t like ‘Best Of’ stuff, but this is really all there is on CD from these guys. I’d describe there sound as ‘delightful pop music with a mellow undertone…

The Undertones
The Very Best of the Undertones
oooh oooh oooh!! Read what I wrote about the Buzzcocks, then multiply that by 3!

The Kinks
Kronicles
You don’t already own this collection by the most under-rated band in history??? Shame on you!


	Dan's Albums that changed my life (click on an CD to buy it at Amazon.com)
	The Clash London Calling I imagine this is where I first heard ska. The Clash are like the Velvet Underground, not many people bought their albums, but everyone who did started their own band.
	Joe Jackson Look Sharp! How would I have made it through High School without this album? Sheer angst. And the best bass I have ever heard.
	The Specials The Specials I think I would still be happy playing in a Specials tribute band. This album combines boisterous frenetic barroom ska with bittersweet songs. A synthesis I have been pursuing all my life.
	The Beatles The White Album I like this album because you can really hear the Beatles falling apart. The tension between McCartney and Lennon is palpable. And it sounds like they are both trying really hard to keep their musical visions afloat.


	Karl's Top 5 (click on an CD to buy it at Amazon.com)
	The Scorpions Love at First Sting The album I learned how to play guitar to... ahhh, good ol' power chords. Cool screaming Germans in there too!
	Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhodes Tribute The album where I learned how to play more than just power chords... I graduated to riffs!
	Metallica Master of Puppets A truly groundbreaking album... how did these guys not get tired playing so fast all the time?
	Queensryche Operation: Mindcrime Kinda sci-fi, kinda James Bondish, very rocking and very well put-together album.
	Def Leppard Pyromania This is my nod to the contribution of English artists in the 80s heavy metal scene... Judas Priest or Iron Maiden could also be right here, except that they didn't write the song "Foolin".


	Dino's Top 5 (click on an CD to buy it at Amazon.com)
	A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms
	Tool Aenima
	Iron Maiden Live After Death
	Primus Sailing the Seas of Cheese
	Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman


	Five Discs Art Might Take to a Desert Island (click on an CD to buy it at Amazon.com)
	The Who Quadrophenia
	Can Ege Bamyasi
	Henry Cow Leg End (original mix)
	John Coltrane Afro Blue Impressions
	The Congos Heart of the Congos