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My Top Forty

For posterity!

Joe Grassby
PositionArtistRecord
1Guided by VoicesBee Thousand
2Sonic YouthDaydream Nation
3PixiesDoolittle
4Godspeed You! Black EmperorLift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven!
5The Velvet Underground & NicoThe Velvet Underground & Nico
6The Flaming LipsThe Soft Bulletin
7Sonic YouthGoo
8Frank BlackTeenager of the Year
9PixiesTrompe Le Monde
10Sonic YouthSister
11GrandaddyThe Sophtware Slump
12NirvanaNevermind
13HawkwindSpace Ritual
14Silver JewsAmerican Water
15Sex PistolsNever Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
16YesClose to the Edge
17Neutral Milk HotelIn the Aeroplane Over the Sea
18Dinosaur Jr.You're Living All Over Me
19PixiesSurfer Rosa & Come On Pilgrim
20PavementSlanted & Enchanted
21Pink FloydMeddle
22Fucked UpDavid Comes to Life
23NirvanaIn Utero
24Bob DylanHighway 61 Revisited
25LiarsDrum's Not Dead
26Les Savy FavInches
27Shellac1000 Hurts
28The Flaming LipsClouds Taste Metallic
29The Trembling BellsThe Sovereign Self
30TelevisionMarquee Moon
31LowThe Great Destroyer
32King CrimsonRed
33DeerhunterHalcyon Digest
34Glenn BrancaThe Ascension
35The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light / White Heat
36Sunn O)))Black One
37Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under the Stars
38QueenA Night at the Opera
39The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
40The StoogesFun House

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