More pointless list bollocks

The Guardian is currently running a list of the '1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die'.

They claim to have listed not the Greatest Albums in The World Ever, but a list of interesting and often over looked classics which steers clear of the usual suspects like revolver, Pet Sounds, etc. There's a lot of bollocks on there, for instance I think I can quite happily reach the grave without crossing paths with the Girls Aloud album, but it is quite a good cross-genre list, with plenty of jazz, reggae, and 'world music'.

Anyway, I got to thinking about which 10 LPs I might advise someone to hear before they go south for good... It's a bit like Desert island Discs, where they give you the collected works of Shakespeare, and the Bible - on my list you have already got the collected works of Bob, The Beatles, the Stones etc. Maybe you don't want them, I'll let you swap them for the collected works of Throbbing Gristle, or whoever...

So in no particular order:

1. Micah P Hinson and the Gospel of Progress - a refreshing and dark take on the old singer songwriter schtick.
2. Teenage Fanclub -Grand Prix . Brilliant guitars and songs, feelgood stuff never outstaying its welcome.
3. AC/DC - Powerage. Great riffs and great lyrics - the best songs about cars and girls since Chuck Berry.
4. Henry's Dream - Nick Cave. The one that got me into Mr Cave. 'Papa Won't Leave You Henry' is a great 'track one side one'...
5. Dub Gone Crazy - Various Artists (mostly with King Tubby) the best dub album money can buy...
6. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God. One of the top 3 albums of the 80's...coming up three's boys...
7. Mississippi John Hurt - The 1928 Sessions. I used to work in a pub where they played this record to clear people out after last orders...
8. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones. Not many other early 80's albums sounded like this rambunctious collection of sea shanties, laments and random gargles.
9. John Prine - his first album, blue collar American poetry. Springsteen could only dream of being this good.
10. Johnny Cash at San Quentin. This one is in the Grauniad list, but never mind...every home should have one!

I guess that's rather a lot of blokes with guitars, but there you go...