Essential Elsewhere Cornerstone Albums (Graham Reid's Blog)

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Essential Elsewhere Cornerstone Albums (Graham Reid's Blog)

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Unconfirmed if this is eligible or not but...

Here is an ongoing list of 'essential cornerstone albums' on Graham Reid's blog:

https://www.elsewhere.co.nz/essentialelsewhere/

Dr John: Gris Gris (1968)
Souad Massi: Honeysuckle/Mesk Elil (2007)
Young Marble Giants: Colossal Youth (1980)
The Tokey Tones: Butterfly, Caterpillar (2007)
Drive-By Truckers: Brighter than Creation's Dark (2008)
The Undertones: The Undertones (1979, reissue 2009)
Donna Summer, Bad Girls (1979)
Hound Dog Taylor and the HouseRockers: Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers (1971)
The Sorrows: Take a Heart (1965)
June Christy: Something Cool (1955)
Marvin Gaye: Trouble Man (1972)
Yoko Ono: Plastic Ono Band (1971)
Ennio Morricone: Crime and Dissonance (2005)
John Mayall with Eric Clapton; Blues Breakers (1966)
Split Enz: Mental Notes (1975)
Miklos Rozsa: The Lost Weekend (1945, soundtrack)
Prince: Around the World in a Day (1985)
The Dwight Twilley Band; Twilley Don't Mind (1975)
Frank Sinatra: Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely (1958)
Keith Jarrett Trio, My Foolish Heart (2007)
Reem Kelani: Sprinting Gazelle (2006)
Mavis Staples; We'll Never Turn Back (2007)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone: Etiquette (2006)
JPS Experience: Bleeding Star (1993)
Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra, Hariprasad Chaurasia: Call of the Valley (1967)
Last Exit: Iron Path (1988)
Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow (1975)
Ray Charles: In Person (1959)
Judy Garland: Judy at Carnegie Hall (1961)
The Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat (1969)
The Ornette Coleman Trio: At the Golden Circle, Stockholm. Vol 1 (1965)
Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch (1964)
Peter Case: Peter Case (1986)
Tom Waits: Orphans
Steve Earle: Copperhead Road (1988)
Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation (1988)
Small Faces: Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968)
Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)
Little Richard: Here's Little Richard (1957)
Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign (1967)
Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance (1978)
Downliners Sect: The Sect (1964)
Jon Hassell: Dream Theory in Malaya (1981)
Merle Haggard: If I Could Only Fly (2000)
T.Rex: Electric Warrior (1971)
This Heat: This Heat (1979)
Burning Spear, Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost (1975)
Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble: Mnemosyne (1999)
Nick Lowe: Dig My Mood (1998)
Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (1980)
Magazine: Real Life (1978)
Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban: Mambo Sinuendo (2003)
Can, Tago Mago (1971)
Ken Emerson: Slack and Steel Kaua'i Style (2007)
Jean Michel Jarre: Oxygene (1977)
The Feelies: Crazy Rhythms (1980)
B.B. King, Live at the Regal (1965)
The Scavengers: The Scavengers (2003 issue of recorded but shelved '78 album sessions)
Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip: Angles (2008)
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968)
John Prine: The Missing Years (1991)
Harry Nilsson: Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom (1982)
The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East (1971)
World Party: Goodbye Jumbo (1990)
Richard Thompson: Rumor and Sigh (1991)
The Church: Priest = Aura (1992)
NEU!: NEU! (1971)
NEU!: 2 (1973)
NEU!: ‘75 (1975)
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (2000)
Ennio Morricone: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966)
The Master Musicians of Jajouka: Brian Jones presents The Pipes of Pan at Jajouka (1971)
The Rolling Stones, The Unstoppable Stones (1965 Australia & NZ album release)
King Sunny Ade: Synchro System (1983)
The Kinks, Something Else (1967)
Joe Ely: Live at Antones
The Replacements: Tim (1985)
Paul and Linda McCartney, Ram (1971)
Neil Young: On the Beach (1974)
Frank Sinatra: In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
Elton John: Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
John Martyn: Solid Air (1973)
U2: Achtung Baby (1991)
U2: Zooropa (1993)
Fripp and Eno: No Pussyfooting (1973)
Fripp and Eno: Evening Star (1975)
Dr Feelgood, Stupidity (1976)
David Sylvian: Gone to Earth (1986)
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St (1972, reissued 2010)
Charles Lloyd: Lift Every Voice (2002)
Moby Grape, Moby Grape (1967)
The Incredible String Band: Wee Tam and The Big Huge (1968)
Love: Forever Changes (1967)
John Mayall: Blues From Laurel Canyon (1968)
Little Feat: Dixie Chicken (1973)
Ravi Shankar, Improvisations (1962)
Dave Dobbyn: Twist (1994)
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica (1969)
Philip Glass: Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
The Beatles: Rubber Soul (1965)
Mink De Ville: Return to Magenta (1978)
Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
Mike Nock/Frank Gibson: Open Door (1987)
Radiohead: The Bends (1995)
Neil Halstead: Sleeping on Roads (2002)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1968)
Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959)
Bruce Springsteen; Nebraska (1982)
Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express (1977)
Lou Reed: Berlin (1973)
Van Morrison, It's Too Late to Stop Now (1973)
Jackie McLean: Right Now! (1965)
Black Sabbath, Paranoid (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bayou Country (1969)
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville (1993)
Paul Weller, Wild Wood (1994)
Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)
Motian/Lovano/Frisell; Time and Time Again (2007)
Brian Eno, Before And After Science (1977)
Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
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