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The Guardian's Alternative Top 100 Albums Ever

Top 100 alternative albums as chosen by the Guardian. The list was first published on Friday January 29, 1999.

(found at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/albums/0,2759,205274,00.html)

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1. Bryter Layter
by Nick Drake
 
2. Rain Dogs
by Tom Waits
 
3. The Band
by The Band
 
4. No Other
by Gene Clark
 
5. Five Leaves Left
by Nick Drake
 
6. A Hard Day's Night
by The Beatles
 
7. Curtis
by Curtis Mayfield
 
8. A Wizard, A True Star
by Todd Rundgren
 
9. All Things Must Pass [BOXED EDITION]
by George Harrison
 
10. Something/Anything?
by Todd Rundgren
 
11. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
by Pink Floyd
 
12. #1 Record/Radio City
by Big Star
 
13. The Gilded Palace of Sin
by The Flying Burrito Brothers
 
14. I Am
by Earth Wind & Fire
 
15. Grace
by Jeff Buckley
 
16. Isn't Anything
by My Bloody Valentine
 
17. Scott 4
by Scott Walker
 
18. Buffalo Springfield Again
by Buffalo Springfield
 
19. New York Tendaberry (Exp)
by Laura Nyro
 
20. Fresh
by Sly & the Family Stone
 
21.
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Holland
by The Beach Boys
 
22. Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
by Dexy's Midnight Runners
 
23. Court and Spark
by Joni Mitchell
 
24.
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Giant Steps
by The Boo Radleys
 
25. Countdown To Ecstasy
by Steely Dan
 
26. Dusty in Memphis
by Dusty Springfield
 
27. Music for a New Society
by John Cale
 
28. For Your Pleasure
by Roxy Music
 
29. Maggot Brain
by Funkadelic
 
30.
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Hats
by The Blue Nile
 
31. Fear of a Black Planet
by Public Enemy
 
32. I'm Your Man
by Leonard Cohen
 
33. Fear of Music
by Talking Heads
 
34. Risqué
by Chic
 
35. Every Picture Tells a Story
by Rod Stewart
 
36. The Hissing of Summer Lawns
by Joni Mitchell
 
37. A Love Supreme
by John Coltrane
 
38. Raw Power
by Iggy & the Stooges
 
39. Berlin
by Lou Reed
 
40. Tim Hardin 2
by Tim Hardin
 
41. Fun House
by The Stooges
 
42. We're All Frankies: A Suicide Tribute To Martin Rev And Alan Vega
by Various Artists
 
43. Young Americans [ECD]
by David Bowie
 
44. Tonight's the Night
by Neil Young
 
45. Raising Hell
by Run-D.M.C.
 
46. Young, Gifted and Black
by Aretha Franklin
 
47. Rock Bottom  
48. The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot
by Captain Beefheart
 
49. Music from Big Pink
by The Band
 
50. The Heart of Saturday Night
by Tom Waits
 
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