1986

1. XTC - Skylarking 
2. Peter Gabriel - So
3. Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Your Funeral... My Trial
5. Crowded House - Crowded House
6. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
7. The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional 
8. Pentangle - In the Round
9. Sonic Youth - EVOL
10. The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4 
11. Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
12. The Saints - All Fools Day
13. Elvis Costello - King of America
14. Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life
15. New Order - Brotherhood
16. The The - Infected
17. Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 
18. Richard Thompson - Daring Adventures
19. Yo La Tengo - Ride The Tiger
20. Richard Lloyd - Field of Fire 
21. Violent Femmes - The Blind Leading the Naked
    
22. This Mortal Coil - Filigree & Shadow
23. Eric Clapton - August
24. Duran Duran - Notorious 
25. Peter Hammill - And Close As This
26. Status Quo - In the Army Now
27. Motorhead - Orgasmatron 
28. Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven
29. Mojo Nixon - Frenzy
30. Paul McCartney - Press to Play
31. Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat
32. Alvin Lee - Detroit Diesel
33. The Triffids - In the Pines
34. Eric Johnson - Tones 
35. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff 
36. Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is
37. The Chameleons UK - Strange Times
38. Dead Kennedys - Bedtime for Democracy
39. Genesis - Invisible Touch
40. Iggy Pop - Blah-Blah-Blah
41. Chicago - Chicago 18
42. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
43. Van Halen - 5150 
44. Ministry - Twitch
45. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Criminal Tango
46. Talking Heads - True Stories
47. Elvis Costello - Blood & Chocolate
48. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Kicking Against the Pricks
49. Everything but the Girl - Baby, the Stars Shine Bright
50. James - Stutter
51. Kevin Ayers - As Close as You Think
52. Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey