[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fredrik Strage, the Swedish culture journalist, has published his list of the 500 best albums of all time.
Appearing in Dagens nyheter under the title, “From The Congos to Alphaville – Here Are Fredrik Strage’s Best Albums,” the list includes plenty of classics, but we couldn’t help noticing that there were some big gaps. Everyone is entitled to their own list, but there are some releases that we think are towering achievements. After a quick whip-round, and just for fun, we offer our own list, The 50 Albums Strage Should Have Included, in no particular order.
1. John Foxx – Metamatic
2. This Mortal Coil – It’ll End in Tears
3. Propaganda – A Secret Wish
4. Visage – Visage
5. Simple Minds – New Gold Dream
6. Apoptygma Berzerk – Exit Popularity Contest
7. A Split Second – Ballistic Statues
8. Berlin – Pleasure Victim
9. Boytronic – The Working Model
10. Classix Nouveaux – Classix Nouveaux
11. Colouroid – Long Play
12. Bronski Beat – The Age of Consent
13. 808 State – ex:el
14. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams Are Made of This
15. Hard Corps – Metal Flesh
16. The Human League – Travelogue
17. Kim Wilde – Select
18. William Orbit – Strange Cargo III
19. Lustans Lakejer – Uppdrag I Genève
20. Ratata – Ratata
21. Adolphson-Falk – Med rymden i blodet
22. Madness – One Step Beyond
23. Indochine – L’Aventurier
24. The Mission – Dios Es El Remedio
25. Mr Jones Machine – New Wave
26. Mylène Farmer – L’Autre
27. Secret Service – Cutting Corners
28. Position Parallèle – Néons Blancs
29. Page – Page
30. Psyche – Unveiling the Secret
31. Rational Youth – Cold War Night Life
32. Revolting Cocks – Big Sexy Land
33. Sparks – No. 1 In Heaven
34. Talk Talk – It’s My Life
35. Tears for Fears – Songs from the Big Chair
36. Telex – Sex
37. Twice a Man – Music for Girls
38. The House of Love – The House of Love (Butterfly cover, of course)
39. I Start Counting – My Translucent Hands
40. Thomas Leer and Robert Rental – The Bridge
41. Cabaret Voltaire – The Crackdown
42. Wire – 154
43. Sista mannen pa jorden – Ligger tyst ett tag med
44. Simple Minds – Sons and Fascination
45. Portion Control – The Man Who Did Backward Somersaults
46. Skinny Puppy – Cleanse Fold and Manipulate
47. Ministry – Twitch
48. Nash the Slash – Children of the Night
49. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Good Son
50. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Thanks to Anders Wickholm
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