Is it any wonder I still collect records?

Think of 20 albums that had such a profound effect on you they changed your life or the way you looked at it. They sucked you in and took you over for days, weeks, months, years. These are the albums that you can use to identify time, places, people, emotions. These are the albums that no matter what they were thought of musically shaped your world.

Categories: (R) Relationship (L) Life Change (E) Era (A) All-time favorite

***** it was nearly impossible to stick to only 20…but here goes….

Bad Brains – I Against I (A)

The Clash – London Calling (E)

The Rezillos – Can’t Stand the Rezillos (A)

The Runaways – The Runaways (E)

Bauhaus – The Sky’s Gone Out (E)

The Damned – Machine Gun Etiquette (E)

Hocus Pocus – The Raiders (45) (R)(L)

Stiff Little Fingers – Inflammable Material (L)

7 seconds – Crew (L)

Wynonie Harris – Bloodshot Eyes (78) (L)

The Pogues – Rum Sodomy & the Lash (A)

Toots & the Maytals – Sweet & Dandy (L)

The Exploited – Punk’s not Dead (L)

Sham 69 – That’s Life (E)

Circle Jerks – Group Sex (E)

Hepcat – Out of Nowhere (E)

Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (A)

Billy Bragg – Mermaid Avenue (A)

Fear – The Record (L)

Toy Dolls – A Far Out Disc (L)