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The Alternative Top 40

The Alternative Top 40

500 of the best and most historically relevant to NEVER make the top 40 album charts, chosen by Tom Ryan and presented chronologically.

Richard and Linda Thompson: Pour Down Like Silver

Richard and Linda Thompson: Pour Down Like Silver

Album #210 - November 1975

“Pour Down Like Silver” is an album that almost never was, not that the general public gave a damn one way or the other.

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    Patti Smith/Horses

    Patti Smith: Horses

    Album #209 - November 1975

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      ANOTHER GREEN WORLD - ENO

      Brian Eno: Another Green World

      Album #208 - September 1975

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        Le Mystery Dea Voix Bulgares - The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir

        Le Mystery Dea Voix Bulgares - The Bulgarian State Radio and Television Female Vocal Choir

        Album #207 - June 1975

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          Fela Kuti: Expensive Shit

          Fela Kuti: Expensive Shit

          Album #206 - June 1975

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            Richard and Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey

            Richard and Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey

            Album #205 - April 1975

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              NEU!

              NEU!: NEU! 75

              Album #204 - March 1975

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                Emmylou Harris: Pieces of the Sky

                Emmylou Harris: Pieces of the Sky

                Album # 203 - February 1975

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                  Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

                  Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

                  Album #202 - November 1974

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                    Badfinger: Wish You Were Here

                    Badfinger: Wish You Were Here

                    Album #201 - November 1974

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                      Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

                      Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Part 2

                      Album #200 - November 1974

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                        Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

                        Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Part 1

                        Album #200 - November 1974

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                          Bob Marley & The Wailers 'Natty Dread'

                          Bob Marley & The Wailers: Natty Dread

                          Album #199 - October 1974

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