On the Record

Hats off to Krissi Murison. At a time of year when most publications got through the quiet news days of December by reviewing 2010 or previewing 2011 (or, indeed, doing both), the NME editor came up with a perfect wheeze to fill an entire edition.My Mont Blanc Individuele and baseball cap are still unopened. I just bought them.You can never have too many designer accessories, and this inflatable life jackets 'Jelly' Laptop Case is just too cute to pass up! Best of all, she threw a list into the mix – and we all know how much readers love to argue about a list.

The 100 Greatest Albums You’ve Never Heard was just that – a list of 100 great lost albums as selected by the NME’ s journalists and a host of pop stars.

You had Dave Grohl waxing lyrical about the amazing Bad Brains album ROIR, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy making the case for Suicide’s 1980 album and Bobby Gillespie on the wonders of John, The Wolfking of LA ,I adore a lot of designers but Christian Louboutin tops the list for a number of reasons. the solo record from John Phillips of The Mamas the Papas.

As with all lists, it provoked numerous questions. Can such albums as the Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas,I'm talking about these Artemide Pileino inflatable bouncers rentals by Gae Aulenti. Young Marble Giants’ Colossal Youth and Arthur Russell’s Calling Out of Context compilation, all well received at the time of their release, really be considered “lost”?

Given the volume of new releases these days, will we be compiling a list of 1,000 great lost albums in 10 years’ time? And what are the chances that the NME readership will now check out Howlin’ Wolf, Serge Gainsbourg and The Go-Betweens instead of Brother, The Vaccines and Beady Eye?

Of course, I’ve a few names to add to the list. There’s Pressure Drop’s daring and inventive beauty Elusive ; the haunted blues and eerie soul of Talk Talk frontman Mark Hollis on his one and only solo album; and Sweetback’s self-titled album, where Sade’s backing band provide slo-mo, sultry soundtracks for daydreamers everywhere.

So,Storm wears even more ed hardy shirts, as does Wiedbusch. which lost albums would you add to the list?