PART 2 50 GREAT ALBUMS TO TEST YOUR HI-FI SYSTEM

If you enjoyed the first 25 in our definitive list of the 50 best British albums (see page 46), this is the second part of the list of discs we’ll continue to play on repeat. Attempting to rank our selections would be futile, so, naturally, the albums included in this second part are in no way inferior to those in part one.

1. HOUNDS OF LOVE

Kate Bush (1985)

2. ASTRAL WEEKS

Van Morrison (1968)

3. AMBIENT 1: MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS

Brian Eno (1978)

4. SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS 85-92

Aphex Twin (1992)

5. BLACK SABBATH

Black Sabbath (1970)

6. ENTERTAINMENT!

Gang Of Four (1979)

7. POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES

New Order (1983)

8. TOMORROW’S HARVEST

Boards of Canada (2013)

9. LP1

FKA twigs (2014)

10. THE HAWK IS HOWLING

Mogwai (2008)

11. BLACKSTAR

David Bowie (2016)

12. PSYCHODRAMA

Dave (2019)

13. NOBODY WANTS TO BE HERE AND NOBODY WANTS TO LEAVE

The Twilight Sad (2014)

14. PINK MOON

Nick Drake (1972)

15. UNKNOWN PLEASURES

Joy Division (1979)