The Big Takeover
Recently one of my favorite magazines the Big Takeover celebrated its 40th anniversary. I got my first issue in 1988 when I was interning in Washington DC and I have continued reading it since then. So in honor of this milestone here my f50 favorite albums by some of bands that have been championed in its pages |
| 1 |  | The Chameleons
Strange Times |
| 2 |  | Ride
Nowhere |
| 3 |  | The Smiths
Strangeways, Here We Come |
| 4 |  | Leatherface
Horsebox |
| 5 |  | The Sound
From The Lion's Mouth |
| 6 |  | The Decemberists
Picaresque |
| 7 |  | The Chills
Submarine Bells |
| 8 |  | Slowdive
Souvlaki |
| 9 |  | Sugar
File Under: Easy Listening |
| 10 |  | Pale Saints
The Comforts of Madness |
| 11 |  | Mega City Four
Who Cares Wins |
| 12 |  | Idaho
Three Sheets to the Wind |
| 13 |  | Catherine Wheel
Happy Days |
| 14 |  | Guided by Voices
Isolation Drills |
| 15 |  | Scenic
Incident at Cima |
| 16 |  | For Against
Mason's California Lunch Room |
| 17 |  | The Lucy Show
...Undone |
| 18 |  | Low
Things We Lost in the Fire |
| 19 |  | The House of Love
The House Of Love [1990] |
| 20 |  | The Leaving Trains
Kill Tunes |
| 21 |  | Bob Mould
Silver Age |
| 22 |  | Moose
...XYZ |
| 23 |  | Chapterhouse
Blood Music |
| 24 |  | T.S.O.L.
Beneath The Shadows |
| 25 |  | Astrid Williamson
Boy for You |
| 26 |  | Lotion
Nobody's Cool |
| 27 |  | Belly
Star |
| 28 |  | China Drum
Goosefair |
| 29 |  | Sloan
The Double Cross |
| 30 |  | Whipping Boy
Heart Worm |
| 31 |  | Kitchens Of Distinction
Strange Free World |
| 32 |  | Adorable
Against Perfection |
| 33 |  | New Model Army
Eight |
| 34 |  | Idlewild
The Remote Part |
| 35 |  | Elbow
Asleep In The Back |
| 36 |  | The Electric Soft Parade
Holes in the Wall |
| 37 |  | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Belong |
| 38 |  | Mark Eitzel
Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out... |
| 39 |  | Bad Religion
Suffer |
| 40 |  | The Shins
Chutes Too Narrow |
| 41 |  | Death Cab for Cutie
The Photo Album |
| 42 |  | The Joykiller
The Joykiller |
| 43 |  | The Effigies
Fly On A Wire |
| 44 |  | Naked Raygun
Throb Throb |
| 45 |  | The Comsat Angels
Sleep No More |
| 46 |  | Roddy Frame
Surf |
| 47 |  | Buzzcocks
Trade Test Transmissions |
| 48 |  | The Delgados
Universal Audio |
| 49 |  | Savage Republic
Tragic Figures |
| 50 |  | American Music Club
Mercury |
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