Is it possible to make an all-time top fifty? Sure you can pick 80 songs and narrow it down to a final half-century but then, if they are ALL great and mean a lot to you, how do you pick a number one?
I've made this attempt anyway , maybe if you have the time you'd care to list your own "finest fifty"?
1. SEX GANG CHILDREN - Mauritia Mayer (Extended Mix) - Execution & Elegance
2. SUBMARINE - Junior Elvis - Submarine
3. 1,000 VIOLINS - Like A Thousand Violins - Halcyon Days
4. GANG OF FOUR - I Love A Man In Uniform
5. BIVOUAC - Drank - Tuber
6. CODEINE - Tom - The White Birch
7. THE SWEETEST ACHE - Tell Me How It Feels
8. CATHERINE WHEEL - Black Metallic - Ferment
9. MAE - Suspension - The Everglow
10. SNOW PATROL - Run - The Final Straw
11. REVOLVER - Don't You Wonder Why - 10" single
12. RADIOHEAD - Fake Plastic Trees - The Bends
13. HOPE OF THE STATES - Blood Meridian - Left
14. THE SEA URCHINS - Cling Film - Stardust
15. NADA SURF - Popular - High/Low
16. TH' FAITH HEALERS - Don't Jones Me - Lido
17. ULTRA VIVID SCENE - Mercy Seat - Ultra Vivid Scene
18. SWERVEDRIVER - Duel -
19. THE ATARIS - The Saddest Song - So Long, Astoria
20. LONG-VIEW - Further - Mercury
21. BLOC PARTY - So Here We Are - Silent Alarm
22. SHELLAC - Doris - Uranus 7" EP
23. RIDE - Sennen - Nowhere/Forever EP
24. THE SIDDELAYS - What Went Wrong This Time - CD86 compilation
25. THE KILLERS - Mr. Brightside - Hot Fuss
26. BRAKES - Heard About Your Band -
27. THE GUN CLUB - The Breaking Hands - Mother Juno
28. BRILLIANT CORNERS - Your Feet Never Touch The Ground - Somebody Up There Likes Me
29. BLINK 182 - What's My Age Again - Enema Of The State
30. AMERICAN FOOTBALL - Stay Home - American Football
31. LOWGOLD - Mercury - CD Single
32. JJ72 - October Swimmer - JJ72
33. POWER OF DREAMS - There I Go Again - Immigrants, Emmigrants And Me
34. SINISTER CLEANERS - Longing For Next Year - Shine
35. COMSAT ANGELS - Independance Day
36. MAXIMO PARK - Going Missing - CD Single
37. THE SEBADOH - Love Is Stronger - The Sebadoh
38. PSYCHEDLIC FURS - Sister Europe - Psychedelic Furs
39. MODERN ENGLISH - Gathering Dust - Mesh And Lace
40. PAULINE MURRAY & THE INVISIBLE GIRLS - Dream Sequence -
41. MILLTOWN BROTHERS - Never Come Down Again - Slinky
42. PACIFIC - Jetstream - Doing It For The Kids (Creation compilation)
43. THE STILLS - Lola (Stars And Stripes) - CD Single
44. AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE - Blackout - The Taste Makers (Sampler)
45. ALTERED IMAGES - See Those Eyes - Pinky Blue
46. FEEDER - Pushing The Senses - Pushing The Senses
47. THE CHAMELEONS - In Shreds -
48. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - The New Year -
49. SMASHING PUMPKINS - Stand Inside Your Love - Rotten Apples: The Best Of Smashing Pumpkins
50. GREEN DAY - Basket Case - Dookie