Mojo - The Music Magazine

6. Harmonia & Eno '76
Tracks And Traces
(Groenland)

MOJO said: "Harmonia were so enthused by working with Brian Eno in summer 1976 that they reformed especially for the occasion....it seems to capture a process of creation...meaning that 33 years on, Tracks And Traces remains an absorbing musical enigma." Ian Harrison

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7. The Monks
Black Monk Time
(Light In The Attic)

MOJO said: "It's too simplistic to describe The Monks as precursors to Sex Pistols, but [they] were setting something in place that would be picked up again in 1976. [Black Monk Time is ] a design classic...an out-of-time masterpiece. It still feels dangerous." Andrew Male

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8. Various
Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968
(Rhino)

MOJO said: "A sweeping survey [that] addresses four equally significant elements of SoCal mid-'60s rock culture. Each disc stands apart from the others, but together they add up to a comprehensive and quintessential set." Jeff Tamarkin

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9. Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um: 50th Anniversary Edition
(Sony Legacy)

MOJO said: ""Remains the jewel of the Mingus discography, its tributes to Lester Young, Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington each a manicured mini jazz symphony in its own right... Ups the ante with unedited takes and a bevy of bonus tracks." Jeff Tamarkin

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10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Your Funeral... My Trial
(Mute)

MOJO said: ""The title verged on self-parody. The music was a revelation, ranging from the rose-tinted Sad Waters, to the apocalyptic The Carny. [Its] luminosity beautifully enhanced in Mick Harvey's remaster, [this] was the Cave we now know, beginning to crawl from the scuzz." Andrew Perry