| 1 | The Ramones | The Ramones | 
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| 2 | The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | 
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| 3 | Doctors of Madness | Figments of Emancipation | 
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| 4 | David Bowie | Station to Station | 
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| 5 | Tom Petty | & the Heartbreakers | 
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| 6 | Patti Smith | Radio Ethiopia | 
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| 7 | Steely Dan | The Royal Scam | 
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| 8 | Ivor Cutler | Jammy Smears | 
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| 9 | Nils Lofgren | Cry Tough | 
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| 10 | Ian Hunter | All American Alien Boy | 
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| 11 | Led Zeppelin | Presence | 
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| 12 | ZZ Top | Tejas | 
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| 13 | Thin Lizzy | Jailbreak | 
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| 14 | Jon Anderson | Olias of Sunhillow | 
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| 15 | Kinky Friedman | Lasso From El Paso | 
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