Exposé Writer Choices:
Top 25 Albums of All Time

You've been sentenced to life on a distant deserted planet with no chance of parole. You are only allowed to take a box of books and your favorite 25 recordings. A good stereo system will be provided by the state. What would you choose?
David Ashcraft
Mike Borella
Dan Casey
Jon Davis
Michael Draine
Mike Ezzo
 Paul Hightower
Mike King
Mike McLatchey
Jeff Melton
Jean-Luc Putaux
 Steve Robey
Jerome Schmidt
Henry Schneider
Dean Suzuki
Peter Thelen

David Ashcraft
  1. Brand X - Morroccan Roll
  2. Bruford - One of A Kind
  3. Camel - The Snow Goose
  4. Caravan - In The Land Of Grey & Pink
  5. Djam Karet - Burning The Hard City
  6. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer - Trilogy
  7. Finch - Beyond Expression
  8. Focus - III
  9. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
  10. Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
  11. Happy The Man - Crafty Hands
  12. Gong - You
  13. Hatfield & the North - The Rotters Club
  14. Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
  15. King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
  16. National Health - Complete
  17. Nektar - Remember The Future
  18. Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
  19. Pierre Moerlen’s Gong - Expresso II
  20. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
  21. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways
  22. Soft Machine - Bundles
  23. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
  24. Yes - Close To The Edge
  25. Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

Mike Borella
  1. Area - Crac!
  2. Biota - Object Holder
  3. Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy
  4. Bozzio Levin Stevens - Black Light Syndrome
  5. Nels Cline Trio - Silencer
  6. Cynic - Focus
  7. Deus Ex Machina - Equilibrios
  8. Etron Fou - 43 Songs
  9. 5uu's - Hunger's Teeth
  10. Henry Cow - Leg End (original mix)
  11. Magma - 1001 Centigrades
  12. Myra Melford - Now and Now
  13. Mr.Bungle - Disco Volante
  14. John Oswald / Grateful Dead - Grayfolded
  15. Robert Rich - A Troubled Resting Place
  16. Shankar - Nobody Told Me
  17. Sun Ra - The Magic City
  18. Thinking Plague - In This Life
  19. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
  20. Steve Tibbetts - Yr
  21. Torn Karn Bozzio - Polytown
  22. Utotem - Utotem
  23. We - As Is
  24. Xen - Xen
  25. Frank Zappa - YCDTOSA Vol. 2

Dan Casey
  1. Änglagård - Hybris
  2. Area - Crac!
  3. Ashra - New Age Of Earth
  4. Camel - Moonmadness
  5. Djam Karet - Burning the Hard City
  6. Djam Karet - Suspension and Displacement
  7. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
  8. Happy The Man - Happy The Man
  9. Heldon - Allez Teia
  10. Heldon - Stand By
  11. Il Berlione - In 453 Minutes Infernal Cooking
  12. Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
  13. King Crimson - Red
  14. Magma - Live (Hhaï)
  15. Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
  16. Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
  17. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
  18. Porcupine Tree - Signify
  19. Rush - Moving Pictures
  20. Schulze, Klaus - Cyborg
  21. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
  22. Tipographica - Floating Opera
  23. Univers Zero - Uzed
  24. Yes - Close to the Edge
  25. Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor

Jon Davis
  1. Amos, Tori - Boys for Pele
  2. Beatles, The - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
  3. Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Dancing on a'a
  4. Björk - Homogenic
  5. Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour
  6. Bush, Kate - The Dreaming
  7. Davis, Miles - Bitches Brew
  8. Eno, Brian - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Stategy)
  9. Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief
  10. Gabriel, Peter - Security
  11. Garmarna - Hildegard von Bingen
  12. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  13. Gentle Giant - Octopus
  14. Hatfield and The North - Rotter's Club
  15. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
  16. King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
  17. King Crimson - Discipline
  18. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
  19. National Health - Of Queues And Cures
  20. Radiohead - OK Computer
  21. Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
  22. Tibbetts, Steve - Yr
  23. Van der Graaf - The Quiet Zone / The Pleasure Dome
  24. XTC - English Settlement
  25. Yes - Close to the Edge

Michael Draine
  1. Art Bears - Winter Songs/The World As It Is Today
  2. Art Zoyd - Phase IV
  3. Robert Ashley - Private Parts
  4. Camberwell Now - All's Well
  5. Lindsay Cooper - Rags/The Gold Diggers
  6. Brian Eno - Another Green World
  7. Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick/Samla Mammas Manna - Snorungarnas Symfoni
  8. Bernard Hermann - The Day the Earth Stood Still
  9. Louise Hubner - Seduction Through Witchcraft
  10. Magma - Live
  11. Michael Mantler/Edward Gorey - The Hapless Child
  12. Jasun Martz - The Pillory
  13. News from Babel - Work Resumed on the Tower/Letters Home
  14. Richard Pinhas - Iceland
  15. Popul Vuh - Hossiana Mantra
  16. Present - Triskaidekaphobie/Le Poison Qui Fou
  17. The Residents - Commercial Album
  18. Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen
  19. Klaus Schultze - Mirage
  20. Scenic - Incident at Cima
  21. SPK - Zamia Lehmanni
  22. Univers Zero - Heresie
  23. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
  24. Yatha Sidra - A Meditation Mass
  25. Hector Zazou - Geographies

Mike Ezzo
  1. Art Zoyd - Generation sans Futur
  2. Iva Bittova - River of Milk
  3. Iva Bittova/Pavel Fajt - Svatba
  4. Harold Budd - Pavilion of Dreams
  5. The Enid - Six Pieces
  6. The Enid - Touch Me
  7. Brian Eno - Before and after Science
  8. Eno/Moebius/Roedelius - After the Heat
  9. Genesis - Trick of the Tail
  10. Genesis - Trespass
  11. Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
  12. Gentle Giant - The Power & The Glory
  13. Peter Hammill - The Future Now
  14. Kansas - Leftoverture
  15. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
  16. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
  17. Mike Oldfield - Exposed
  18. Present - Le Poison qui Rend Fou
  19. Roedelius - Lustwandel
  20. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
  21. Univers Zero - Uzed
  22. Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors
  23. Vangelis - Antarctica
  24. Yes - Tormato
  25. Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere

Paul Hightower
  1. Camel - "Raindances"
  2. Caravan - "In the Land of Gray and Pink"
  3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - "Brain Salad Surgery"
  4. Genesis - "Selling England by the Pound"
  5. Genesis - "A Trick of the Tail"
  6. Gentle Giant - "In A Glass House"
  7. Happy the Man - "Happy the Man"
  8. IQ - "The Wake"
  9. King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King"
  10. King Crimson - "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
  11. King Crimson - "Discipline"
  12. The Moody Blues - "To Our Childrens' Childrens' Children"
  13. National Health - "Complete"
  14. Ozric Tentacles - "Erpland"
  15. Pink Floyd - "Meddle"
  16. PFM - "Per Un Amico"
  17. Renaissance - "Novella"
  18. Rush - "Hemispheres"
  19. Soft Machine - "Volume 2"
  20. Tangerine Dream - "Phaedra"
  21. Traffic - "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys"
  22. UK - "UK"
  23. Yes - "The Yes Album"
  24. Yes - "Close to the Edge"
  25. Yes - "Going For The One"

Mike King
  1. Mark Hollander/Aksak Maboul - Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine
  2. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
  3. Begnagrad - Konzert For A Broken Dance
  4. John Coltrane - Blue Train
  5. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
  6. Gilgamesh - Another Fine Tune You've Got Me Into
  7. John Greaves - Songs
  8. John Greaves & Peter Blegvad - Kew Rhone
  9. Joe Harriott & John Mayer Double Quintet - Indo-Jazz Fusions 1&2
  10. Hatfield & The North - Rotters Club
  11. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
  12. Henry Cow/Slapp Happy - Desparate Straights
  13. Hugh Hopper - Hoppertunity Box
  14. King Crimson - Lizard
  15. Dagmar Krause - Tank Battles
  16. MacDonald & Giles - same
  17. Matching Mole - Little Red Record
  18. Harry Partch - Delusion Of The Fury
  19. Picchio Del Pozzo - same
  20. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
  21. L'Ensemble Raye - Quelques Pieces Detachees
  22. Supersister - Pudding & Gisteren
  23. Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners
  24. Gary Windo - His Masters Bones
  25. Robert Wyatt - Dondestan

Mike McLatchey
  1. Amon Duul II - Yeti
  2. Ange - Au Dela Du Delire
  3. Area - Arbeit Macht Frei
  4. Il Balletto Di Bronzo - Ys
  5. Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
  6. Carpe Diem - En Regardant Passer Le Temps
  7. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
  8. Crucis - Crucis
  9. Eskaton - Four Visions
  10. Gong - Flying Teapot
  11. Gong - You
  12. Jumbo - Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni
  13. Locanda Della Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu
  14. Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
  15. Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
  16. Popol Vuh - Einsjager & Siebenjager
  17. Robert Rich - Drones
  18. Klaus Schulze - Picture Music
  19. Klaus Schulze - Timewind
  20. Soft Machine - Volume Two
  21. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
  22. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
  23. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
  24. Univers Zero - UZED
  25. Various Artists - The Ambient Expanse
  26. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
  27. Zao - Kawana

Jeff Melton
  1. The Beatles - White Album
  2. Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
  3. Camel - Nude
  4. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
  5. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
  6. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
  7. Brian Eno - Before and After Science
  8. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
  9. Focus - Focus III
  10. Genesis - Foxtrot
  11. Gentle Giant - Free Hand
  12. Gong - Angel's Egg
  13. Peter Hamill - Over
  14. Hatfield and the North - The Rotter?s Club
  15. Jade Warrior - Waves
  16. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
  17. King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
  18. Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon
  19. The Moody Blues - To Our Children?s Children?s Children
  20. Procol Harum - Home
  21. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star
  22. Soft Machine - Softs
  23. Strawbs - Hero and Heroine
  24. Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life
  25. Yes - Close to the Edge

Jean-Luc Putaux
  1. 5uu's - Hunger's Teeth
  2. Bruford Band - Gradually Going Tornado
  3. ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
  4. Echolyn - As The World
  5. Genesis - Foxtrot
  6. Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
  7. Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower
  8. It Bites - Once Around in the World
  9. iQ - The Wake
  10. Kansas - Leftroverture
  11. Leviathan - Heartquake
  12. Magellan - Hour of Restoration
  13. Marillion - Fugazi
  14. Mr Sirius - Dirge
  15. National Health - Of Cues and Cures
  16. Pallas - The Sentinel
  17. Rush - Moving Pictures
  18. Saga - Silent Knight
  19. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
  20. Tiemko - Ocean
  21. UK - Danger Money
  22. Univers Zero - Uzed
  23. Vienna - Step Into
  24. World Trade - same
  25. Yes - Going For the One

Steve Robey
  1. Amon Duul II - Tanz der Lemminge
  2. Kevin Ayers - Best of Kevin Ayers (Harvest)
  3. Carla Bley & Paul Haines - Escalator Over the Hill
  4. Jack Bruce - Harmony Row
  5. Camel - Mirage
  6. Can - Unlimited Edition
  7. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
  8. Djam Karet - Suspension and Displacement
  9. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
  10. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
  11. Gong - You
  12. Henry Cow - Western Culture
  13. Magma - Opera de Reims, 1976
  14. Pink Floyd - Meddle
  15. Residents - Not Available
  16. Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid
  17. Secret Oyster - Astarte
  18. Soft Machine - Third
  19. Spirit - The Family that Plays Together
  20. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - Strangers from the Universe
  21. Thinking Plague - In Extremis
  22. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
  23. XTC - Skylarking
  24. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
  25. Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat

Jerome Schmidt
  1. After Dinner - Editions
  2. Arthur H - Fete trouble
  3. Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le jour ou bruleront les cités
  4. John Coltrane - Ascenscion
  5. DAAU - We need new animals
  6. Miles Davis - Get Up With it
  7. Denis Frajerman - Les suites volodine
  8. God Speed You black Emperor - *$%£#@
  9. Ground Zero - Consume Red
  10. Heldon - Electronic Guerilla
  11. Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
  12. Hoppy Kamiyama - Juice and Tremolo
  13. Akira Ifukube - Works for kotos
  14. Locust - Morning light
  15. Magma - Live BBC 1974
  16. Offering - A Fieeh
  17. Richard Pinhas - Le Plan
  18. Slap Happy - Ca Va
  19. Kacapi Suling - Sundanese sound
  20. Ghedalia Tazartes - Une Eclipse totale de soleil
  21. Univers Zero - Ceux du dehors
  22. U Totem - U Totem
  23. Christian Vander - Wurdah itah
  24. Christian Vander - A tous les enfants
  25. V.A. - the sound of ancient egypt

Henry Schneider
  1. Carlos Alvarado - Via Lactea
  2. Amon Düül II - Wolf City
  3. Anna Själv Tredje - Tussilago Fánfara
  4. Ash Ra Tempel - The Private Tapes
  5. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
  6. Can - Monster Movie
  7. Edgar Froese - Macula Transfer
  8. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
  9. Gong - 25th Birthday Party Oct 8-9, 1994
  10. Hawkwind - In Search of Space
  11. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
  12. King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic
  13. Kraftwerk - Radio - Activity
  14. La Düsseldorf - Individuellos
  15. The Legendary Pink Dots - Chemical Playschool 10
  16. Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
  17. Neu - Neu '75
  18. Neuronium - Vuelo Quimico
  19. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
  20. Popol Vuh - Aguirre
  21. Pulsar - Halloween
  22. Klaus Schulze - Body Love
  23. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
  24. Vangelis - Blade Runner
  25. Frank Zappa - Burnt Weenie Sandwich

Dean Suzuki
  1. Laurie Anderson - United States Live
  2. Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets/Phase IV/Archives II
  3. Beatles - Revolver
  4. Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out
  5. Harold Budd & Brian Eno - The Plateaux of Mirror
  6. John Cage - Indeterminacy
  7. ELP - Return of the Manticore
  8. Brian Eno - Working Backwards
  9. Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel
  10. Peter Frohmader - Cultes des Goules
  11. Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach
  12. King Crimson - Frame by Frame
  13. Daniel Lentz - Missa Umbrarum
  14. Magma - Live
  15. John Martyn - Solid Air
  16. Mike Oldfield - Boxed
  17. Andrew Poppy - The Beating of Wings
  18. Steve Reich - Works
  19. Stephen Scott - Vikings of the Sunrise
  20. David Sylvian - Alchemy-An Index of Possibilities
  21. Univers Zero - Ceux du Dehors
  22. Von Zamla - No Make Up!
  23. Yes - YesYears
  24. Hiroshi Yoshimura - Pier & Loft
  25. John Zorn - Naked City

Peter Thelen
  1. Amon Duul II - Wolf City
  2. Djam Karet - The Ritual Continues
  3. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
  4. Fuhrs & Frohling - Ammerland
  5. Genesis - Foxtrot
  6. Happy The Man - s/t
  7. Henry Cow - Legend
  8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
  9. It's a Beatiful Day - s/t
  10. Jade Warrior - Elements
  11. King Crimson - Lizard
  12. Magma - Live
  13. Virgil Moorefield - Distractions on the Way to the King's Party
  14. National Health - Complete
  15. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
  16. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
  17. PFM - L'Isola Di Niente
  18. Renaissance - Renaissance (1st)
  19. Soft Machine - Third
  20. Steve Tibbetts - Yr
  21. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors
  22. Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
  23. Carl Weingarten - The Acoustic Shadow
  24. Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familisprickor
  25. Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat