Mojo - The Music Magazine

11. King Crimson
Red
(Panegyric)

MOJO said: ""The King Crimson that recorded Red (presented in its original mix here) were ostensibly a power trio, playing dark, compacted music of crunching intensity. Has influenced a whole raft of musicians from Kurt Cobain to Iron Maiden to This Heat." Mike Barnes

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12. The Feelies
Crazy Rhythms
(Domino)

MOJO said: ""For devotees of guitar suggestion and lyrical obfuscation, The Feelies remain the great college rock enigma. These reissues reveal a band as understated as they were underrated, their uptight NYC-driven idiom oddly blank yet completely absorbing." Victoria Segal

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13. James Brown
Singles Series
(Hip-O Select)

MOJO said: "The key singles through which the Hardest Working Man invented and evolved funk while touring incessantly and fighting a war with ailing King Records boss Syd Nathan. This music is truly alive, thrilling and strong. How fast was this man dancing?" Geoff Brown

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14. R.E.M
Reckoning
(Universal)

MOJO said: "Bears the sulphate kick of a band honed by two years' constant touring and keen to blitz through the sanctified aura of its predecessor...Reckoning always rocked; who's going to quibble now it rocks a good deal louder?" Keith Cameron

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15. Various
The Complete Goldwax Singles Vol. 2
(Ace)

MOJO said: "Memphis label hones its recipe of Southern soul, garage pop and country...ecstatic and sombre, James Carr's The Dark End Of The Street is arguably Southern soul balladry's zenith...the songwriting of George Jackson, O.B. McClinton and Dan Penn is a constant pleasure." Geoff Brown