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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.

ANOTHER GREEN WORLD - ENO

Brian Eno: Another Green World

Album #208 - September 1975

​The homemade deck of ‘Oblique Strategies’ playing cards that Brian Eno utilized to record his previous album proved itself to be both fun and effective.

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    Mingus Ah Um/Charles Mingus: Better Git It in Your Soul, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Boogie Stop Shuffle, Self-Portrait in Three Colors, Open Letter to Duke, Bird Calls, Fables of Faubus, Pussy Cat Dues, Jelly Roll

    Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um

    Album #31 - October 1959

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      Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

      Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

      Album #30 - August 1959

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        Chuck Berry Is On Top

        Chuck Berry: Chuck Berry Is On Top

        Album #29 - July 1959

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          Howlin' Wolf - Moanin' in the Moonlight

          Howlin’ Wolf: Moanin’ In The Moonlight

          Album #28 - April 1959

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            Chet

            Chet Baker: Chet

            Album #27 - February 1959

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              Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Moanin'

              Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers: Moanin'

              Album #26 - January 1959

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                Milestones - Miles Davis

                Miles Davis: Milestones

                Album #25 - September 1958

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                  Something' Else - Cannon Ball Adderley, Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Art Blakey, Blue Note

                  Cannon Ball Adderley: Something' Else

                  Album #24 - August 1958

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                    Little Richard

                    Little Richard: Little Richard

                    Album #23 - July 1958

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                      Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin - Ray Ellis and his orchestra

                      Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin

                      Album #22 - June 1958

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                        Bo Diddley

                        Bo Diddley: (Self-Titled)

                        Album #21 - March 1958

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                          Buddy Holly

                          Buddy Holly: (Self-Titled)

                          Album #20 - February 1958

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