1. John Adams - Harmonielehre (10)
2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (9.5)
3. Dead Can Dance - Spleen And Ideal (9)
4. Yello - Stella (9)
5. Propaganda - A Secret Wish (9)
6. Chris Isaak - Silvertone (9)
7. Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (8.5)
8. Thin White Rope - Exploring the Axis (8.5)
9. Killing Joke - Night Time (8.5)
10. Philip Glass / Kronos Quartet - Mishima (8.5)
Rock, Pop
1. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (9.5)
2. Chris Isaak - Silvertone (9)
3. Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls (8.5)
4. Thin White Rope - Exploring the Axis (8.5)
5. Killing Joke - Night Time (8.5)
6. The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (8.5)
7. The Chameleons - What does anything means ? Basically (8.5)
8. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (8)
9. Death in June - Nada ! (8)
10. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (8)
The Snake Corps - Flesh on Flesh (8)
Christian Death - Ashes (8)
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk about the Weather (8)
The Wake - Here Comes Everybody (7.5)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The First Born is dead (7.5)
The Legendary Pink Dots - Asylum (7.5)
Ozric Tentacles - Erpsongs (7.5)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (7.5)
Rites of Spring - Rites of Spring (7.5)
New Model Army - No rest for the Wicked (7.5)
ZZ Top - Afterburner (7.5)
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist (7)
The Cure - The Head on the Door (7)
The Damned - Phantasmagoria (7)
Litfiba - Desaparecido (7)
Jacobites - Robespierre's Velvet Basement (7)
Love and Rockets - Seventh Dream of Teenage Heaven (7)
The Smiths - Meat is Murder (7)
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen (7)
Ozric Tentacles - Tantric Obstacles (6.5)
Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat (6.5)
The Style Council - Our favourite shop (6.5)
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (6)
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms (6)
Michael Franks - Skin Dive (6)
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time (6)
Matia Bazar - Melancholia (6)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Fegmania! (6)
New Order - Low-Life (5.5)
The Cult - Love (5.5)
The Pale Fountains - ...From across the kitchen table (5.5)
Simply Red - Picture Book (5.5)
Paul Kelly - Post (5)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Southern Accents (5)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (5)
Inxs - Listen like Thieves (5)
Talking Heads - Little Creatures (5)
Eurythmics - Be yourself Tonight (3.5)
Electro, synthpop
1. Yello - Stella (9)
2. Propaganda - A Secret Wish (9)
3. Attrition - Smiling, At the Hypogonder Club (8)
4. Tears For Fears - Songs from the Big Chair (8)
5. Vangelis - Mask (7.5)
6. Michael Brook with Brian Eno & Daniel Lanois - Hybrid (7.5)
7. Clan of Xymox - Clan of Xymox (7.5)
8. Klaus Schulze - Inter*Face (7.5)
9. Martin Dupont - Sleep is a Luxury (7.5)
10. Thomas Leer - Scale of Ten (7.5)
Software - Electronic Universe (7.5)
Skinny Puppy - Bites (7)
Chris & Cosey - Techno Primitiv (6.5)
Brian Eno - Thursday Afternoon (6.5)
Damon Edge - Alliance (6.5)
Paul Hardcastle - Paul Hardcastle (6)
Tangerine Dream - Le Parc (6)
A-Ha - Hunting High and Low (6)
Anne Clark - Pressure Points (6)
Paul Haig - The Warp of Pure Fun (6)
Colourbox - Colourbox (6)
B-Movie - Forever Running (5.5)
Virus - Locura (4.5)
Secret Service - When the Night Closing In (3.5)
Hip-Hop
1. Run-D.M.C. - King of Rock (7)
2. The Last Poets - Oh my People (7)
3. LL Cool J - Radio (6.5)
4. Boogie Boys - City Life (6.5)
Hard, Metal
1. Megadeth - Killing is my Business... and Business is Good (8)
2. Slayer - Hell Awaits (7.5)
3. Razor - Evil Invaders (7.5)
4. Kreator - Endless Pain (7.5)
5. Possessed - Seven Churches (6.5)
6. Gary Moore - Run for Cover (5.5)
7. Bathory - The Return of the Darkness and Evil (5.5)
8. Mötley Crüe - Theatre of Pain (5.5)
9. Savatage - Power of the Night (5)
Folk, Folk-rock
1. Loreena McKennitt - Elemental (7.5)
2. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega (7)
3. Christy Moore - Ordinary Man (6.5)
4. Pentangle - Open the Door (6.5)
5. Greg Brown - In the dark with you (6.5)
6. Richard Thompson - Across A Crowded Room (6)
Jazz
1. Working Week - Working Nights (8)
2. Chet Baker - Candy (8)
3. John Surman - Doxology (8)
4. Jean-Luc Ponty - Fables (8)
5. Oregon - Crossing (8)
6. Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette - Standards, vol. 2 (7.5)
7. Terje Rypdal - The Chaser (7)
8. Chet Baker / Paul Bley - Diane (7)
9. Wynton Marsalis - Black Codes (6.5)
10. Egberto Gismonti - Trem Caipira (6)
Stanley Jordan - Magic Touch (6)
Bill Frisell - Rambler (5.5)
Dave Holland Quintet - Seeds of Time (5)
Jan Garbarek Group - It's OK to listen to the Gray Voice (4)
Blues
1. Blues Gang - On Second Thought (7)
2. Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland - Showdown! (6.5)
3. B.B. King - Six Silver Strings (6)
Classique
1. John Adams - Harmonielehre (10)
2. John Adams - The Chairman Dances (8.5)
3. Alfred Schnittke - Concerto pour alto n° 1 (8)
4. Alfred Schnittke - String Trio (7.5)
5. John Rutter - Requiem (6)
Divers
1. Dead Can Dance - Spleen And Ideal (9)
2. Dif Juz - Extractions (7.5)
3. Kay Hoffmann - Floret Silva (7)
4. Einstürzende Neubauten - Halber Mensch (6.5)
Soundtracks
1. Philip Glass / Kronos Quartet - Mishima (8.5)
2. John Lurie - Stranger than Paradise (8)
3. Path Metheny Group - The Falcon and the Snowman (7.5)
4. Ry Cooder - Paris, Texas (7)
