10. Digitalism - Idealism
It's this album that opened doors to me, not just doors to electronic music but rather doors to openmindedness, before that I didn't listen to much more than heavy metal.
9. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Dark, cold, but somehow comforting. It helped me through some difficult periods in my life.
8. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
My first introduction to one of the most innovative artists the world has known. The first day I heard it was after a teacher in school suggested it to me. I came home and I listened to it for the rest of the day, completely amazed by it's beauty.
7. Rush - Moving Pictures
I read about this album somewhere on the internet, and decided to buy it as soon as I could find it. The next day I picked it up from a secondhand record shop and put it on my turntable. I loved their sound, light but very touching. This was the album opening the doors to Progressive music, and soon albums by Camel, Genesis and Yes followed.
6. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
Their first, best and last album they ever recorded, Never Mind The Bollocks got home with me after I had seen it in a store, and it grabbed my attention by the pink letters on a flashy yellow background. I played it a lot in my early teens, singing the complete album and pretending to be Johnny Rotten. I rediscovered it about a year ago, and saw them live in the summer. Critics were bored, but I had the time of my live in the mosh pit shouting along hundreds people who felt the same way.
5. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
I remember hearing Like A Rolling Stone on the radio and searching for one of his records in my dad's collection. I found Blonde On Blonde and put the first disc on my turntable. It still remains my number one album he ever recorded. And I'm very thrilled to see hem in April, when he's coming to Belgium.
4. Led Zeppelin - Remasters
This is a compilation album, but it was the first time I really listened to them, on our way to France.
3. The Doors - The Doors
Their debut record, which has always intrigued me with it's dark sound and, more importantly, Morrison's incredible voice. Throughout my years of growing up, this is probably the only album that I've been listening too since I was just a little boy.
2. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young at it's best, I remember nights lying awake just listening to this record, and not being able to understand that a song like My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) was only performed by one man, one guitar and one harmonica.
1. Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
This is my favourite album of all time. It grabbed me when I was about 11 years old when my brother gave it to me. The energy and skill displayed in this album still amazes me and it remains most played album out of my entire life.
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