PUNK

The Velvet Underground and Nico has influenced the sound of more bands than any other album. Learn More

One of the greatest moments of College Rock in the 1980s, Let It Be had a huge impact on the fans who fell under its spell. Learn More

Released at the start of 1979, ARMED FORCES was Elvis Costello's most ambitious album to date - both artistically and commercially. Learn More

The record was replete with references to babies, childbirth, and reproduction (the album's very title means 'in the womb'), witch hunts, the loss of privacy, illness and disease, and ambivalence about fame. Learn More

A landmark album for alternative rock, DAYDREAM NATION was the pinnacle of what Sonic Youth had been working toward during their first decade together. Learn More

Fourty-four songs recorded on a shoestring and spread over four sides of vinyl, DOUBLE NICKELS ON THE DIME was the Minutemen's crowning achievement. Learn More

That Patti Smith was operating in a different realm entirely to that occupied by her sisters in the genre was made obvious when one removed the vinyl from its plain paper sleeve. Learn More

'PINK FLAG is very much about the climate of the time: about 1977, about punk rock,' reflects Colin Newman. Learn More

Of all the seminal albums to come out in 1991 - the year of Nevermind, Loveless, Ten and Out of Time, among others - none was quieter, both in volume and influence, than Spiderland, and no band more mysterious than Slint. Learn More