1986 Alt

1	Peter Gabriel - Red Rain	428
2	Violent Femmes - Children of the Revolution	405
3	The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary	377
4	Lou Reed - No Money Down	345
5	Hoodoo Gurus - Bittersweet	345
6	Joe Jackson - Right and Wrong	337
7	Public Image Ltd. - Rise	329
8	Elvis Costello - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood	328
9	The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead	327
10	Let's Active - In Little Ways	322
11	Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust	318
12	The Woodentops - Get It On	312
13	Joan Armatrading - Kind Words (And a Real Good Heart)	308
14	Fine Young Cannibals - Johnny Come Home	288
15	BoDeans - Fadeaway	271
16	Hüsker Dü - Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely	265
17	The Smithereens - Blood & Roses	261
18	The Long Ryders - Looking for Lewis and Clark	254
19	R.E.M. - Fall on Me	252
20	Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring on the Dancing Horses	248
21	Ramones - Something to Believe In	238
22	The Beat Farmers - Riverside	237
23	UB40 - Sing Our Own Song	235
24	Laurie Anderson - Language Is a Virus	233
25	Timbuk 3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades	220
26	Bangles - Manic Monday	219
27	The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey	218
28	The Church - Tantalized	217
29	Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life	212
30	The Clash - This Is England	212
31	The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene	209
32	Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Tokyo Storm Warning	207
33	Run-DMC - Walk This Way	204
34	Cactus World News - Years Later	202
35	Gene Loves Jezebel - Heartache	199
36	Big Country - Look Away	197
37	Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Lost Weekend	194
38	Green on Red - Keep on Moving	194
39	The Replacements - Hold My Life	187
40	The Call - I Still Believe (Great Design)	186
41	Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show	183
42	Rain Parade - Depending on You	181
43	The Blow Monkeys - Forbidden Fruit	177
44	New Order - Broken Promise	176
45	Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes	175
46	The Swimming Pool Q's - Now I'm Talking About Now	175
47	The Dream Syndicate - Slide Away	173
48	The Golden Palominos - Clustering Train	172
49	The Golden Palominos - Boy (Go)	169
50	The Art of Noise f/Duane Eddy - Peter Gunn	169
51	Siouxsie and the Banshees - Candyman	168
52	Modern English - Ink and Paper	168
53	Big Audio Dynamite - The Bottom Line	167
54	Simple Minds - Alive and Kicking	166
55	The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Wild Blue Yonder	166
56	Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian	165
57	The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon	163
58	Icehouse - No Promises	161
59	Iggy Pop - Cry for Love	159
60	Suzanne Vega - Left of Center	155
61	The Housemartins - Happy Hour	155
62	The Jazz Butcher - The Human Jungle	150
63	Talking Heads - Puzzlin' Evidence	144
64	Depeche Mode - Stripped	144
65	Love and Rockets - All in My Mind	143
66	INXS - This Time	141
67	Guadalcanal Diary - Lonely Street	140
68	Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It	140
69	Feargal Sharkey - A Good Heart	140
70	General Public - Too Much or Nothing	139
71	Hunters & Collectors - Throw Your Arms Around Me	134
72	Wall of Voodoo - Far Side of Crazy	134
73	Big Audio Dynamite - C'mon Every Beatbox	133
74	The B-52's - Summer of Love	133
75	Dumptruck - Back Where I Belong	132
76	Steve Winwood - Higher Love	130
77	Kate Bush - The Big Sky	128
78	Bruce Cockburn - Call It Democracy	128
79	The Chameleons - Swamp Thing	126
80	Bill Nelson - Contemplation	125
81	Sting - I Been Down So Long (Live)	123
82	Stan Ridgway - Drive, She Said	119
83	The Fixx - Secret Separation	119
84	Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat	118
85	Cocteau Twins - Wax and Wane	117
86	Clannad - In a Lifetime	114
87	The Woodentops - Move Me	110
88	The Alarm - Spirit of '76	109
89	Peter Case - Steel Strings	109
90	Easterhouse - Whistling In the Dark	108
91	R.E.M. - Superman	107
92	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave	105
93	The Replacements - Kiss Me on the Bus	105
94	Eurythmics - Missionary Man	104
95	The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Tuff Enuff	100
96	Shriekback - Gunning for the Buddha	98
97	The Lucy Show - A Million Things	98
98	Minutemen - The Red and the Black	98
99	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - (Forever) Live and Die	98
100	Midge Ure - If I Was	96
101	54-40 - Baby Ran	95
102	Love and Rockets - Kundalini Express	94
103	Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rich	94
104	Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City	93
105	Paul Simon - Graceland	93
106	Van Morrison - Ivory Tower	92
107	David + David - Welcome to the Boomtown	91
108	Doctors & The Medics - Spirit in the Sky	89
109	Pete Townshend - Give Blood	88
110	Richard Thompson - Valerie	87
111	Tommy Keene - Places That Are Gone	85
112	The Smithereens - Groovy Tuesday	84
113	Translator - Standing In Line	84
114	Richard Thompson - A Bone Through Her Nose	81
115	The Style Council - (When You) Call Me	81
116	The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Smash the Market Place	80
117	The Pretenders - Room Full of Mirrors	79
118	Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper - Gonna Put My Face On a Nuclear Bomb	79
119	Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls	76
120	Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)	75
121	Meat Puppets - She's Hot	75
122	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - If You Were a Priest	72
123	The Long Ryders - Lights of Downtown	72
124	Flesh for Lulu - Baby Hurricane	72
125	Peter Zaremba's Love Delegation - Let's Have a Good Time	71
126	Blue in Heaven - Change Your Mind	71
127	Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party	69
128	Agent Orange - Voices (In the Night)	68
129	Winter Hours - Hyacinth Girl	67
130	Game Theory - Here It Is Tomorrow	66
131	Pete Shelley - On Your Own	64
132	The Smiths - The Boy With the Thorn In His Side	64
133	Billy Bragg - Ideology	63
134	Plasticland - Flower Scene	63
135	Simple Minds - Sanctify Yourself	62
136	Bob Dylan - Got My Mind Made Up	62
137	The Smiths - Panic	61
138	The Art of Noise f/Max Headroom - Paranoimia	58
139	Everything But the Girl - Come on Home	58
140	Jane Siberry - One More Colour	58
141	Ric Ocasek - Emotion in Motion	58
142	The Nails - Things You Left Behind	56
143	R.E.M. - These Days	54
144	The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong	53
145	Jason & The Scorchers - Golden Ball and Chain	53
146	Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough?	53
147	Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer	50
148	Game Theory - I've Titled Subtlety	50
149	The Mighty Lemon Drops - The Other Side of You	48
150	The Bolshoi - A Way	48
151	Van Morrison - Oh the Warm Feeling	47
152	Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm	46
153	Christmas - Big Plans	45
154	Brian Setzer - The Knife Feels Like Justice	44
155	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl	43
156	Guadalcanal Diary - Cattle Prod	41
157	The Colourfield - Things Could Be Beautiful	41
158	Eurythmics - Thorn in My Side	39
159	Scruffy the Cat - 40 Days & 40 Nights	39
160	The Del Lords - Soldier's Home	39
161	The Pandoras - In and Out of My Life (In a Day)	39
162	The Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands to Yourself	39
163	Joe Strummer - Love Kills	38
164	The Fall - Mr. Pharmacist	38
165	The Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together	35
166	New Order - Shell-Shock	33
167	R.E.M. - I Believe	30
168	Blancmange - Lose Your Love	30
169	Jason & The Scorchers - 19th Nervous Breakdown	29
170	Rubber Rodeo - Souvenir	29
171	World Party - Private Revolution	28
172	Ramones - Somebody Put Something In My Drink	27
173	Billy Bragg - Greetings to the New Brunette	26
174	New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle	26
175	Paul Simon - The Boy In the Bubble	24
176	Love Tractor - Beatle Boots	22
177	Elvis Costello - Lovable	22
178	The Human League - Human	21
179	The Fall - Cruiser's Creek	19
180	Easterhouse - Out on Your Own	18
181	Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes	18
182	Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Walking on Your Hands	18
183	The Robert Cray Band - Smoking Gun	17
184	Fishbone - When Problems Arise	17
185	New Order - Weirdo	16
186	Joe Jackson - Home Town	16
187	Mental as Anything - Live It Up	16
188	Green on Red - Time Ain't Nothing	15
189	APB - Missing You Already	15
190	Cocteau Twins - Lazy Calm	15
191	Jimmy Cliff & Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Seven-Day Weekend	15
192	The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Nothing Special	14
193	Steel Pulse - Save Black Music	14
194	Talking Heads - Radio Head	13
195	The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - Falling in Love	13
196	Lone Justice - Shelter	11
197	The Del Fuegos - I Still Want You	11
198	The Cure - Close to Me	10
199	BoDeans - She's a Runaway	10
200	The Smiths - Ask	9
201	Kane Gang - Respect Yourself	9
202	The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes	9
203	The Suburbs - Superlove	9
204	Steve Winwood - Split Decision	8
205	Cactus World News - The Bridge	6
206	Soul Asylum - Tied to the Tracks	6
207	Gene Loves Jezebel - Desire	6
208	Crazy 8's - Touchy Situation	5
209	The Feelies - On the Roof	5
210	Latin Quarter - Modern Times	5
211	Bourgeois Tagg - Mutual Surrender (What a Wonderful World)	5
212	Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop	4
213	Fetchin Bones - High Noon	3
214	James - Scarecrow	3
215	Bonnie Raitt - No Way to Treat a Lady	3
216	The Smithereens - Behind the Wall of Sleep	2
217	Lou Reed - Video Violence	2
218	Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love	1