I figured you all might be interested in the new Mark Prindle yearly survey (last year, it was top 73 albums ever), you are supposed to email him your top 7 books/movies/albums.. more info at
http://www.markprindle.com/survey.htm ...
Here's what I chose...
ALBUMS
Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Polvo - Today's Active Lifestyles
Slowdive - Pygmalion
Thinking Fellers Union Local # 282 - Mother of All Saints
Wire - Pink Flag
BOOKS
Blood Electric - Kenji Siratori
Crash - J.G. Ballard
Genesis of a Music - Harry Partch
Headless - Benjamin Weissman
Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music - Derek Bailey
Ticket That Exploded - William S Burroughs
Total Abuse - Peter Sotos
MOVIES
Dead Alive
El Topo
MANIAC (1980)
Pinnochio 964
Taxi Driver
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Videodrome