Adrian Denning was (he passed away in 2021) a British music critic who maintained his own personal website (launched in 2001) with album reviews. The list below comes from his site. The links on this page go to DMDB pages devoted to those albums, but if you go to Denning’s original page, you can click on his reviews for each album.
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1. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
2. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
3. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
4. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
5. The Who Who’s Next (1971)
6. The Byrds The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
7. Joy Division Closer (1980)
8. Pixies Doolittle (1989)
9. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
10. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
11. Yes Fragile (1971)
12. The Beach Boys Sunflower (1970)
13. The Divine Comedy Promenade (1994)
14. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969)
15. The Wedding Present Seamonsters (1991)
16. Tom Waits Alice (2002)
17. Brian Wilson Smile (2004)
18. Nick Cave The Boatman’s Call (1997)
19. The Kinks Muswell Hillbillies (1971)
20. Yes Relayer (1974)
21. Randy Newman Sail Away (1972)
22. George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
23. Frank Zappa 200 Motels (1971)
24. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
25. The Beach Boys Friends (1968)
26. Denim Back in Denim (1992)
27. Scott Walker Scott 4 (1969)
28. Yes Close to the Edge (1972)
29. Bob Dylan Desire (1976)
30. Nick Drake Pink Moon (1972)
31. Neil Young Tonight’s the Night (1975)
32. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention We’re Only in It for the Money (1968)
33. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
34. The Boo Radleys Giant Steps (1993)
35. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
36. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
37. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
38. The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
39. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
40. Fairport Convention Full House (1970)
41. The Fall Extricate (1990)
42. Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
43. Pixies Trompe le Monde (1991)
44. The Kinks Something Else (1967)
45. Joe Meek & the Blue Men I Hear a New World: An Outer Space Music Fantasy (1960)
46. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
47. Sparks Kimono My House (1974)
48. Van Der Graaf Generator The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (1970)
49. The Cure Disintegration (1989)
50. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
51. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975)
52. The Libertines The Libertines (2004)
53. Tori Amos From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
54. XTC Skylarking (1986)
55. Stereolab Dots and Loops (1997)
56. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
57. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979)
58. Richard & Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
59. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
60. Sparks Lil’ Beethoven (2002)
61. Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown (1976)
62. Tindersticks Tindersticks (1993)
63. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
64. Erykah Badu Baduizm (1997)
65. Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2 (1994)
66. The Auteurs New Wave (1993)
67. The Beach Boys Surf’s Up (1971)
68. Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
69. Frank Black Teenager of the Year (1994)
70. Band of Bees Sunshine Hit Me (2002)
71. Bellowhead Burlesque (2006)
72. Broadcast Haha Sound (2003)
73. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)
74. Nick Cave Tender Prey (1988)
75. Eliza Carthy Red/Rice (1997)
76. David Bowie Diamond Dogs (1974)
77. Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas (1990)
78. Ani DiFranco Educated Guess (2004)
79. Polvo Today’s Active Lifestyles (1993)
80. The Fall Dragnet (1979)
81. Felt Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death (1986)
82. T-Rex Electric Warrior (1971)
83. Tom Waits Small Change (1977)
84. Wire Chairs Missing (1978)
85. Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! (1964)
86. Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (1987)
87. The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (1999)
88. The Fall Hex Education Hour (1982)
89. Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (1973)
90. Fairport Convention Liege and Lief (1969)
91. Felt Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (1986)
92. The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
93. Felt Poem of the River (1987)
94. The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
95. King Crimson Red (1974)
96. The High Llamas Hawaii (1986)
97. Ride Nowhere (1990)
98. Ron Sexsmith Ron (1995)
99. The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat (1967)
100. Ramones End of the Century (1980)
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