Detailed Twang’s in need of an mp3-posting breather, so here’s an ordered list of 100 records to go out & get in the next five minutes. Astute readers will recognize similarities to the Agony Shorthand 100; since publication of that list, there’ve been a few reshufflings and a couple of substitutions near the bottom. The quality level remains!
1. FLESH EATERS – “A Minute To Pray, A Second To Dieâ€
2. VELVET UNDERGROUND – “The Velvet Underground and Nicoâ€
3. ROLLING STONES – “Exile on Main Streetâ€
4. THE STOOGES – “Funhouseâ€
5. VARIOUS ARTISTS – “Yes L.A.â€
6. GUN CLUB – “Fire of Loveâ€
7. VELVET UNDERGROUND – “White Light/White Heatâ€
8. DREAM SYNDICATE – “The Days of Wine and Rosesâ€
9. BIG STAR – “Radio Cityâ€
10. THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS – “Easter Everywhereâ€
13. ROLLING STONES – “Beggars’ Banquetâ€
14. PERE UBU – “The Modern Danceâ€
15. MODERN LOVERS – “Modern Loversâ€
16. THE STOOGES – “The Stoogesâ€
17. BLACK FLAG – “Damagedâ€
18. DIE KREUZEN – “Die Kreuzenâ€
19. WIRE – “Pink Flagâ€
20. FLESH EATERS – “Forever Came Todayâ€
21. MEAT PUPPETS – “IIâ€
22. RAMONES – “Ramonesâ€
23. RED CROSS – “Born Innocent”
24. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND – “Trout Mask Replicaâ€
25. VELVET UNDERGROUND – “The Velvet Underground†(3rd)
26. MISSION OF BURMA – “Vs.â€
27. THE FALL – “Slatesâ€
28. THE CRAMPS – “Songs The Lord Taught Usâ€
29. NEIL YOUNG – “Zumaâ€
30. GIBSON BROS – “Big Pine Boogieâ€
31. THE GERMS – “(GI)â€
32. SYD BARRETT – “The Madcap Laughsâ€
33. SUPERCHARGER – “Goes Way Out!â€
34. CIRCLE JERKS – “Group Sexâ€
35. FLESH EATERS – “Hard Road to Followâ€
36. ROLLING STONES – “Let It Bleedâ€
37. VELVET UNDERGROUND – “Loadedâ€
38. NEW YORK DOLLS – “New York Dollsâ€
39. DINOSAUR – “You’re Living All Over Meâ€
40. MINUTEMEN – “Double Nickels on the Dimeâ€
41. JOHN FAHEY – “The Legend Of Blind Joe Deathâ€
42. TELEVISION – “Marquee Moonâ€
43. PINK FLOYD – “Piper At The Gates of Dawnâ€
44. THE SONICS – “Here Are The Sonicsâ€
45. FLESH EATERS – “No Questions Askedâ€
46. MC5 – “Kick Out The Jamsâ€
47. TALES OF TERROR – “Tales of Terrorâ€
48. WIRE – “Chairs Missingâ€
49. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND – “Safe As Milkâ€
50. ROXY MUSIC – “Roxy Musicâ€
51. THE STOOGES – “Raw Powerâ€
52. UNION CARBIDE PRODUCTIONS – “In The Air Tonightâ€
53. THE SAINTS – “Eternally Yoursâ€
54. RAMONES – “Leave Homeâ€
55. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND – “Mirror Manâ€
56. NEIL YOUNG – “Tonight’s The Nightâ€
57. X – “Aspirationsâ€
58. MISSION OF BURMA – “Signals, Calls and Marchesâ€
59. THE FALL – “Grostesqueâ€
60. HAMPTON GREASE BAND – “Music To Eatâ€
61. ROXY MUSIC – “For Your Pleasureâ€
62. BIRTHDAY PARTY – “Junkyardâ€
63. CHEATER SLICKS – “Whiskeyâ€
64. THE FALL – “Perverted By Languageâ€
65. THE AVENGERS – “The Avengers†(White Noise EP)
66. LOVE – “Forever Changesâ€
67. PATTI SMITH GROUP – “Radio Ethiopiaâ€
68. CAN – “Tago Magoâ€
69. THE KINKS – “Something Elseâ€
70. THE GORIES – “I Know You Fine, But How You Doin’â€
71. JOHNNY THUNDERS & THE HEARTBREAKERS – “L.A.M.F.â€
72. MINUTEMEN – “The Punch Lineâ€
73. JOHN FAHEY – “The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Deathâ€
74. THE DONNAS – “The Donnasâ€
75. GUIDED BY VOICES – “Alien Lanesâ€
76. GIANT SAND – “Glumâ€
77. ROXY MUSIC – “Country Lifeâ€
78. WORLD OF POOH – “The Land of Thirstâ€
79. THE SCIENTISTS – “Blood Red Riverâ€
80. VARIOUS ARTISTS – “Tooth and Nailâ€
81. THE CLEAN – “Boodle Boodle Boodleâ€
82. BRIAN ENO – “Here Come The Warm Jetsâ€
83. NEIL YOUNG – “On The Beachâ€
84. YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS – “Colossal Youthâ€
85. SONIC YOUTH – “Sisterâ€
86. CAN – “Soundtracksâ€
87. HUSKER DU – “Everything Falls Apartâ€
88. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND – “Strictly Personalâ€
89. LAZY COWGIRLS – “Tapping The Source”
90. FAITH/VOID – “Faith/Voidâ€
91. THE KINKS – “Arthurâ€
92. THE BANGLES – “The Bangles EPâ€
93. NIGHT KINGS – “Increasing Our Highâ€
94. SWELL MAPS – “A Trip To Marinevilleâ€
95. PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. – “Metal Boxâ€
96. THE FALL – “Room To Liveâ€
97. CLAW HAMMER – “Claw Hammerâ€
98. HIGH RISE – “High Rise IIâ€
99. NEIL YOUNG– “Everybody Knows This is Nowhereâ€
100. STEREOLAB – “Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcementsâ€