Last update July, 1999.
Rene's Top 100 (well, 112).
(ps: many Hammill/VdGG and Cave items deliberately underrated to avoid excess presence)
(recently, i.e. <2 years, discovered masterpieces in yellow)
1 FOETUS NAIL CD 86 AUS 95.0
2 NICK CAVE FROM HER TO ETERNITY CD 84 AUS 94.5
3 PETER HAMMILL OVER CD 77 ENG 94.0
4 PETER HAMMILL CHAMELEON IN THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT CD 73 ENG 93.0
5 NICK DRAKE FRUIT TREE (4 CD BOX) CD 91 ENG 91.4
6 KATE BUSH THE DREAMING CD 82 ENG 91.2
7 SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES JOIN HANDS CD 79 ENG 91.1
8 JACQUES BREL INTEGRALE - GRAND JACQUES (BREL BOX 10 CD'S) CD 90 BEL 91.0
9 SCOTT WALKER TILT CD 95 USA 91.0
10 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR STILL LIFE CD 76 ENG 91.0
11 ROBERT FRIPP EXPOSURE CD 78 ENG 90.3
12 16 HORSEPOWER LOW ESTATE CD 97 USA 90.0
13 FRANK TOVEY CIVILIAN CD 87 ENG 90.0
14 SCOTT WALKER CLIMATE OF HUNTER CD 84 USA 90.0
15 GAVIN FRIDAY EACH MAN KILLS THE THINGS HE LOVES CD 89 IRE 89.9
16 P.J. HARVEY DANCE HALL AT LOUSE POINT CD 96 ENG 89.9
17 ALICE IL SOLE NELLA PIOGGIA CD 89 ITA 89.7
18 MARTHA & THE MUFFINS THIS IS THE ICE AGE CD 81 CAN 89.6
19 JOY DIVISION UNKNOWN PLEASURES CD 79 ENG 89.5
20 KING CRIMSON DISCIPLINE CD 81 ENG 89.5
21 TORI AMOS BOYS FOR PELE CD 96 USA 89.4
22 JOHN CALE MUSIC FOR A NEW SOCIETY CD 82 ENG 89.3
23 TOM WAITS RAIN DOGS CD 85 USA 89.3
24 LOUIS TILLETT MIDNIGHT RAIN CD 95 AUS 89.2
25 THE CREATURES BOOMERANG CD 90 ENG 89.2
26 FREDERIQUE SPIGT ENGEL CD 99 HOL 89.1
27 LOU REED & JOHN CALE SONGS FOR DRELLA CD 90 USA 89.1
28 ANNE CLARK JOINED UP WRITING CD 85 ENG 89.0
29 BRAM VERMEULEN TIJD / VRIJE TIJD CD 95 HOL 89.0
30 CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION PARADISE DISCOTEQUE CD 90 ENG 89.0
31 MARIANNE FAITHFULL 20TH CENTURY BLUES CD 96 ENG 89.0
32 NICK CAVE THE BOATSMAN'S CALL CD 97 AUS 89.0
33 PETER HAMMILL A BLACK BOX CD 80 ENG 89.0
34 THE WHO QUADROPHENIA CD 73 ENG 89.0
35 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR GODBLUFF CD 75 ENG 89.0
36 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR PAWN HEARTS CD 71 ENG 89.0
37 ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN OCEAN RAIN CD 84 ENG 88.8
38 PETER HAMMILL THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER CD 91 ENG 88.5
39 DAVID BOWIE SCARY MONSTERS AND SUPERCREEPS CD 80 ENG 88.0
40 KATE BUSH NEVER FOR EVER CD 80 ENG 88.0
41 LEONARD COHEN NEW SKIN FOR THE OLD CEREMONY CD 74 CAN 88.0
42 MARK EITZEL CAUGHT IN A TRAP AND I CAN'T BACK OUT 'CAUSE CD 97 USA 88.0
43 PETER HAMMILL THE SILENT CORNER AND THE EMPTY STAGE CD 74 ENG 88.0
44 PORTISHEAD ROSELAND NYC LIVE CD 98 ENG 88.0
45 THE CREATURES ANIMA ANIMUS CD 99 ENG 88.0
46 TOM WAITS SWORDFISHTOMBONES CD 83 USA 88.0
47 THE YOUNG GODS THE YOUNG GODS PLAY KURT WEILL CD 95 AUS 87.5
48 16 HORSEPOWER SACKCLOTH 'N ASHES CD 96 USA 87.0
49 ALICE MEZZOGIORNO SULLE ALPI CD 92 ITA 87.0
50 DAVID BOWIE 1.OUTSIDE CD 95 ENG 87.0
51 DO RE MI DOMESTIC HARMONY CD 88 ENG 87.0
52 GODLEY & CREME FREEZE FRAME CD 79 ENG 87.0
53 KATE BUSH HOUNDS OF LOVE CD 85 ENG 87.0
54 MARC ALMOND JACQUES CD 89 ENG 87.0
55 MARTHA & THE MUFFINS DANCEPARC LP 83 CAN 87.0
56 PERE UBU SONG OF THE BAILING MAN LP 81 USA 87.0
57 PETER HAMMILL IN CAMERA CD 74 ENG 87.0
58 SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES PEEPSHOW CD 88 ENG 87.0
59 TALKING HEADS REMAIN IN LIGHT CD 80 USA 87.0
60 THE INCHTABOKATABLES INCHTOMANIE CD 92 GER 87.0
61 THE WHO 30 YEARS OF MAXIMUM R&B, BOX CD 94 ENG 87.0
62 BJORK POST CD 95 ICE 86.0
63 CATHAL COUGHLAN GRAND NECROPOLITAN CD 98 IRE 86.0
64 CHUCK E WEISS EXTREMELY COOL CD 99 USA 86.0
65 DAVID BOWIE SOUND AND VISION (3-CD BOX) CD 95 ENG 86.0
66 ELLIOTT SMITH XO CD 98 USA 86.0
67 GODLEY & CREME L CD 78 ENG 86.0
68 JACK PIONEER SOUNDTRACK CD 98 ENG 86.0
69 LAURI ANDERSON MR HEARTBREAK CD 84 USA 86.0
70 MARC ALMOND MOTHER FIST AND HER FIVE DAUGHTERS CD 87 ENG 86.0
71 PETER HAMMILL pH 7 CD 79 ENG 86.0
72 PETER HAMMILL THE FUTURE NOW CD 78 ENG 86.0
73 POEMS FOR LAILA POEMS FOR THE 20TH CENTURY CD 90 GER 86.0
74 TEX PERKINGS FAR BE IT FROM ME CD 96 ENG 86.0
75 THE SOUND FROM THE LIONS MOUTH CD 84 ENG 86.0
76 THE SUGERCUBES LIFE'S TOO GOOD (EXTRA LONG) CD 88 ICE 86.0
77 TINDERSTICKS CURTAINS CD 97 ENG 86.0
78 VAN DER GRAAF THE QUIET ZONE / THE PLEASURE DOME CD 77 ENG 86.0
79 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR WORLD RECORD CD 76 ENG 86.0
80 VIRGIN PRUNES IF I DIE, I DIE CD 83 IRE 86.0
81 YES TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS CD 73 ENG 86.0
82 JEFF BUCKLEY GRACE CD 94 ENG 85.1
83 10CC ORIGINAL SOUNTRACK CD 75 ENG 85.0
84 AND ALSO THE TREES FROM HORIZON TO HORIZON CD 92 ENG 85.0
85 BARRY REYNOLDS I SCARE MYSELF CD 82 ENG 85.0
86 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAB CD 98 ENG 85.0
87 BJORK DEBUT CD 93 ICE 85.0
88 DAVID SYLVIAN BRILLIANT TREES CD 84 ENG 85.0
89 DEINE LAKEIEN ACOUSTIC CD 95 GER 85.0
90 ELLI PASPALA TO NISI TON LOTOFAGON CD 88 GRI 85.0
91 JAPAN QUIET LIFE CD 79 ENG 85.0
92 LOUIS TILLETT EGO TRIPPING AT THE GATES OF HELL CD 87 AUS 85.0
93 M. WALKING ON WATER PICTURES OF AN EXHIBITIONIST CD 93 GER 85.0
94 MARC ALMOND STORIES OF JOHNNY (ENHANCED CD) CD 85 ENG 85.0
95 MARTHA & THE MUFFINS THE WORLD IS A BALL MC 86 CAN 85.0
96 MASSIVE ATTACK MEZZANINE CD 98 ENG 85.0
97 NICK CAVE MURDER SONGS CD 96 AUS 85.0
98 NICK CAVE TENDER PREY LP 88 AUS 85.0
99 NICK CAVE YOUR FUNERAL, MY TRIAL CD 86 AUS 85.0
100PETER GABRIEL II CD 78 ENG 85.0
101PETER GABRIEL IV / SECURITY CD 82 ENG 85.0
102PETER HAMMILL FIRESHIPS CD 92 ENG 85.0
103ROOF THE UNTRACEABLE CIGAR CD 81 ENG 85.0
104SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES TINDERBOX CD 86 ENG 85.0
105SPLIT ENZ TRUE COLOURS CD 80 AUS 85.0
106THE BIRTHDAY PARTY PRAYERS ON FIRE CD AUS 85.0
107THE FALL PERVERTED BY LANGUAGE MC 83 ENG 85.0
108THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS THE GOLDEN AGE CD 88 USA 85.0
109THE NITS IN THE DUTCH MOUNTAINS CD 87 HOL 85.0
110THE SMASHING PUMPKINS ADORE CD 98 USA 85.0
111THE THE SOUL MINING CD 84 ENG 85.0
112TUXEDO MOON HOLY WARS MC 85 USA 85.0
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