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Best Siouxsie & the Banshees albums
Studio & Compilation only - not live or bootleg

  1. Juju (1981)
  2. Tinderbox (1986)
  3. The Scream (1978)
  4. Kaleidoscope (1980)
  5. The Best Of Siouxsie And The Banshees (2002) | 2006 Version
  6. Twice Upon A Time: The Singles (1992)
  7. Once Upon A Time: The Singles (1981)
  8. Join Hands (1979)
  9. Through The Looking Glass (1987)
  10. Downside Up (2004)
  11. A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (1982)
  12. Hyaena (1984)
  13. Peepshow (1988)
  14. The Rapture (1995)
  15. Superstition (1991)


Best Stranglers albums
Studio and major Compilation albums only

  1. Stranglers IV: Rattus Norvegicus (1977)
  2. Black and White (1978)
  3. No More Heroes (1977)
  4. The Raven (1979)
  5. Singles (The U.A. Years) (1989)
  6. The Collection 1977-1982
  7. La Folie (1981)
  8. Feline (1983)
  9. Meninblack (1981)
  10. Dreamtime (1986)
  11. Off The Beaten Track (1986)
  12. Aural Sculpture (1984)
  13. Suite XVI (2006)

Others:
10 (1990); In The Night (1992); About Time (1995); Written In Red (1997)
 Coup De Grace (1998); Giants (2012); Dark Matters (2021)



Best Cure albums
Studio and major Compilation albums only

  1. Seventeen Seconds (1980)
  2. Pornography (1982)
  3. Disintegration (1989)
  4. The Head on the Door (1985)
  5. Staring at the Sea (The Singles 1979-1985)
  6. Faith (1981)
  7. Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
  8. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987)
  9. The Top (1984)
  10. Greatest Hits (2001)
  11. Join The Dots (B-Sides & Rarities 1978 > 2001)
  12. Wish (1992)
  13. Japanese Whispers / The Walk (1983)
  14. Boys Don't Cry (1980)
  15. Mixed Up (1990)
  16. Bloodflowers (2000)
  17. Songs of a Lost World (2024)
  18. Wild Mood Swings (1996)



Best Killing Joke albums
Studio only - not live, bootleg or compilations

  1. Killing Joke (1980)
  2. What's This For...? (1981)
  3. In Dub (2014)
  4. Night Time (1985)
  5. In Dub Rewind: Vol II (2023)
  6. Pandemonium (1994)
  7. Absolute Dissent (2010)
  8. Pylon (2015)
  9. Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions (1990)
  10. Killing Joke (2003)
  11. Hosannas From The Basements Of Hell (2006)
  12. MMXII (2012)

Others:
Revelations (1982); Brighter Than A Thousand Suns (1986);
 Fire Dances (1983); Outside The Gate (1988); Democracy (1996)
Special mentions to:
Turn To Red EP (1979); Pandemonium EP (1994);
Millennium EP (1994); Democracy EP (1996)



Best Cocteau Twins albums
Studio and major Compilation albums only

  1. Treasure (1984)
  2. Head Over Heels (1983)
  3. Lullabies To Violaine (Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1996)
  4. The Pink Opaque (1986)
  5. The Forgotten 4AD Tracks (1991)
  6. Heaven Or Las Vegas (1990)
  7. Garlands (1982)
  8. Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
  9. Victorialand (1988)
  10. The Moon & the Melodies (1986)
  11. Four-Calendar Café (1993)
  12. Milk & Kisses (1996)



Best Sonic Youth albums
Studio albums only

  1. Washing Machine (1995)
  2. Rather Ripped (2006)
  3. Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star (1994)
  4. Goo (1990)
  5. Dirty (1992)
  6. Sonic Nurse (2004)
  7. Evol (1986)
  8. Murray Street (2002)
  9. Daydream Nation (1988)
  10. Confusion Is Sex + Kill Yr. Idols (1983)
  11. A Thousand Leaves (1998)
  12. Sister (1987)
  13. Sonic Youth (1982)

Others:
Bad Moon Rising (1985); Goodbye 20th Century (1999);
The Eternal (2009); Simon Werner A Disparu (2011)


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