It is my opinion that the 29 albums below are perfect in every way, nothing extraneous and nothing left out. Individual mileage may vary but this is what will be in rotation in my kitchen… i have linked the band name to the appropriate wikipedia page and the album name to amazon. no excuse not to learn about and listen to these great albums!
Boards of Canada – Music Has a Right to Children
Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician
Coil – Love’s Secret Domain
The Cure – Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
dead can dance – within the realm of a dying sun
depeche mode – black celebration
Doubting Thomas – The Infidel
Foetus Inc. – Sink
Future Sound of London – Dead Cities
jane’s addiction – nothing’s shocking
joy division – unknown pleasures
klf – chill out
lemon jelly – lost horizons
love and rockets – seventh dream of teenage heaven
ministry – land of rape and honey
my life with the thrill kill kult – confessions of a knife
Noise Unit – Grinding into Emptiness
nurse with wound – rock and roll station
o.m.d. – architecture and morality
The Orb – Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
r.e.m. – document
sisters of mercy – floodland
Skinny Puppy – Too Dark Park
smashing pumpkins – gish
swans – greed/holy money
tear garden – last man to fly
tori amos – little earthquakes
violent femmes – violent femmes
