The best albums of the rock era. Every ten years the British monthly Sight and Sound publishes its listing of the best films ever made. In 1982 Hitchcock's great Vertigo was placed in joint seventh position. Since the film hadn't altered, the answer must be that the passage of time changes one's perceptions, bringing into sharper focus the antecedents and subsequent influences. Hence it follows that, with one exception, selections are more than ten years old with some well into their fourth decade.
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What follows is my choice with the first nine in random order, keeping the best for last. If I'd been asked to do the exercise last year or the year before that, chances are that the entries would have been different. But not by much. Be assured that Pet Sounds , Astral Weeks , The Velvet Underground and Nico and lots more drifted in and out as the selection crystallised - and that Christmas With Boney M and The Best of Rick Astley never stood a chance. I've shown you mine.