Self-explanatory, really. Entirely personal and subjective, needless to say. Ten up so far, but they include the leader ...
1. PUBLIC ENEMY - Rebel
Without A Pause - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e1.htm
"Sheer attention to detail and proud maximalism
..."
10. MOMUS - Murderers,
The Hope of Women - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e10.htm
"You wonder how much is real misanthropy and how
much is a sardonic attempt to outdo the mainstream of the time
..."
14. PUBLIC ENEMY - Bring
The Noise - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e14.htm
"Set out their position, defined who they were
..."
15. ERIC B. and RAKIM - Follow
The Leader - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e15.htm
"It isn't quite the best Eric B. and Rakim
track but it is the ultimate one ..."
19. MORRISSEY - Every
Day Is Like Sunday - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e19.htm
"He saw everything he felt had grown old, tired and
desperate ..."
33. THE STYLE COUNCIL - How
She Threw It All Away - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e33.htm
"Raging politely against their own irrelevance
..."
38. THE MONOCHROME SET - Apocalypso
- http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e38.htm
"Closer to a condemner than a celebrator but
neither outright ..."
44. BIG DADDY KANE - The
Wrath of Kane - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e44.htm
"He doesn't just become, in your mind, the greatest
emcee ever, but you can't imagine anyone being better ..."
57. XTC - Grass
/ Dear God - http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e57.htm
"Would resonate with millions of people who are
never likely to hear it ..." / "A renewal of trust in
humanity ..."
73. THE MONOCHROME SET - Wallflower
- http://www.elidor.freeserve.co.uk/e73.htm
"A record you couldn't stop yourself loving if
you tried ..."