1. Elvis Costello- My Aim is True

Listen: “(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes” [Non-Album Live Version]

2. Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols

Listen: “Anarchy in the U.K.”

3. The Clash- The Clash

Listen: “Janie Jones”

4. David Bowie- Low

Listen: “Sound and Vision”

5. Television- Marquee Moon

Listen: “Venus”

6. Ramones- Rocket to Russia

Listen: “Teenage Lobotomy” [Non-Album Live Version]

7. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours

Listen: “Dreams”

8. Bob Marley- Exodus

9. Leonard Cohen- Death of a Ladies’ Man

Listen: “Don’t Go Home With Your Hard-On”

10. The Jam- In the City

Listen: “Away From the Numbers”

Honorable Mention: David Bowie’s “Heroes”, Richard Hell & The Voidoids’ Blank Generation, Kraftwerk’s Trans-Europe Express, Bob Marley’s Exodus, Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, Talking Heads’ Talking Heads: 77

Updated: April 23, 2013

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