Just over a month ago some of the finest musical minds on twitter (and me, @boxofpeppers) compiled their Top 50 album lists.
I thought you might like to see my list. Obviously it's just a snapshot. I've already changed my mind about some of the albums that made the list, along with some of the ones that missed out (how could I have forgotten about 'Tapestry' for example) and as I shortlisted 52 albums I've shown all 52, so you can see the two that just missed out.
There's also a longlist, which I may (or may not) include in a blog one day. The photograph above shows one batch of albums considered for movement from long to shortlist. (Why not see how many of them you can name!)
| 
1 | 
Back in your life | 
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers | 
| 
2 | 
Grand Prix | 
Teenage Fanclub | 
| 
3 | 
Metamatic | 
John Foxx | 
| 
4 | 
Hunky Dory | 
David Bowie | 
| 
5 | 
Trans-Europe Express | 
Kraftwerk | 
| 
6 | 
Sign 'o' The Times | 
Prince | 
| 
7 | 
London Calling | 
The Clash | 
| 
8 | 
My Beauty | 
Kevin Rowland | 
| 
9 | 
Tin Drum | 
Japan | 
| 
10 | 
Queen of Denmark | 
John Grant | 
| 
11 | 
Travelogue | 
The Human League | 
| 
12 | 
For your pleasure | 
Roxy Music | 
| 
13 | 
808s and Heartbreak | 
Kanye West | 
| 
14 | 
The Sophtware Slump | 
Grandaddy | 
| 
15 | 
Moon Safari | 
Air | 
| 
16 | 
Songs to remember | 
Scritti Politti | 
| 
17 | 
Out of the blue | 
Electric Light Orchestra | 
| 
18 | 
Closer | 
Joy Division | 
| 
19 | 
Jordan:The Comeback | 
Prefab Sprout | 
| 
20 | 
Pet Sounds | 
The Beach Boys | 
| 
21 | 
Songs from Northern Britain | 
Teenage Fanclub | 
| 
22 | 
The Man Machine | 
Kraftwerk | 
| 
23 | 
I'm wide awake it's morning | 
Bright Eyes | 
| 
24 | 
Yoshimi battles the pink robots | 
The Flaming lips | 
| 
25 | 
Construction time again | 
Depeche Mode | 
| 
26 | 
Germfree Adolescents | 
X-Ray Spex | 
| 
27 | 
Roxy Music | 
Roxy Music | 
| 
28 | 
Upstairs at Eric's | 
Yazoo | 
| 
29 | 
Modern Lovers Live | 
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers | 
| 
30 | 
Translucence | 
Poly Styrene | 
| 
31 | 
Thunder, Lightning, Strike | 
The Go Team | 
| 
32 | 
Abbey Road | 
The Beatles | 
| 
33 | 
Tupelo Honey | 
Van Morrison | 
| 
34 | 
The Smiths | 
The Smiths | 
| 
35 | 
Salutation Road | 
Martin Stephenson and The Daintees | 
| 
36 | 
Relations | 
Kathryn Williams | 
| 
37 | 
Licensed to Ill | 
The Beastie Boys | 
| 
38 | 
Sandinista | 
The Clash | 
| 
39 | 
Dummy | 
Portishead | 
| 
40 | 
Raising Hell | 
Run DMC | 
| 
41 | 
Loss | 
Mull Historical Society | 
| 
42 | 
The Lamb lies down on Broadway | 
Genesis | 
| 
43 | 
Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls | 
Pauline Murray and The Invisible Girls | 
| 
44 | 
The age of plastic | 
The Buggles | 
| 
45 | 
69 Love Songs | 
The Magnetic Fields | 
| 
46 | 
Before and after science | 
Brian Eno | 
| 
47 | 
Street  Sounds NY v LA Beats | 
Various | 
| 
48 | 
New Wave | 
The Auteurs | 
| 
49 | 
3 feet high and rising | 
De La Soul | 
| 
50 | 
Tron Legacy (soundtrack) | 
Daft Punk | 
| 
51 | 
Sound-on-sound | 
Bill Nelson's Red Noise | 
| 
52 | 
The Archandroid | 
Janelle Monae | 

 
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