Arjan Hoornstra
arjanhoo.bsky.social
Arjan Hoornstra
@arjanhoo.bsky.social
Music lover spec. 90s alt rock, britpop, shoegaze and much more
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November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
To pick 5 debuts from 2000-2004 for #5debutalbums00-04 is hard, I ended up with these 16 to choose from, almost half of these are from 2001. Some of these are also their only albums.
One more week to decide...
September 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Hi, my 5 of the preselection of #5albums50s60s5
No hesitation putting the same band at 1 and 2.

1 The Beatles - Revolver
2 The Beatles - Please Please Me
3 13th Floor Elevators - 13th Floor Elevators
4 The Doors - The Doors
5 Chuck Berry - Berry Is On Top

sorry: Spector's xmas, shangri la's
August 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hi, here's my 5 from the selection of #5albums50s60s4.

1 Love - Forever Changes
2 The Beatles - The Beatles
3 The Kinks - Kinda Kinks
4 The United States of America - The United States of America
5 Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession

sorry: more beatles, everlys. martha
August 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hi, here's my 5 from the selection for #5albums50s60s3
Not too hard just the order.

1 Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 Kinks - Something Else
3 Love - Love
4 Kinks - Kink Kontroversy
5 Beatles - Rubber Soul

sorry: Chuck Berry
July 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hi, here's my 5 from the selection for #5albums50s60s1, not really hard just the order maybe.

1 Beatles - A Hard Days Night
2 Kinks - Kinks
3 Buddy Holly - Buddy Holly
4 Laura Nyro - More than a Discovery
5 The Crickets - The Chriping Crickets

sorry: more Beatles & Kinks
May 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hi, here's my 5 for the #5albums70sfinal
All albums are in alltime my album top 100 so it's a good list.

1 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
2 The B-52's - The B-52's
3 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
4 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
5 Carole King - Tapestry

sorry: talking heads, blondie, siouxsie
May 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#1983AlbumsTop20 overview
My list of 20 albums for 1983. I do find album lists harder to get to 20 where 15 or even 10 could have been enough, specially for the earlier years. For the 90s I probably wouldn't have a problem with a top 25 :)
April 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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01 R.E.M. - Murmur
Debut of R.E.M., discovered way later but a what great debut it was.
song choice: Sitting Still
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLtL...
April 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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02 Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex
Second album of SY is quite rough with lots of great tracks. Making the Nature Scene was later redone as Ciccone Youth. Later cd-reissue also contained the Kill Yr Idols ep.
song choice: Inhuman
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-_...
April 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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03 Tracey Ullman - You Broke My Heart in 17 Places
First of two albums Tracey made filled with covers. Love her.
song choice: Long Live Love (orig. Sandie Shaw)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=090r...
April 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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04 Madonna - Madonna
Debut of Madonna, didn't really predict how big was gonna be but a great and for me her best album.
songchoice; Think of Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVi3...
April 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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05 Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
great album that holds one of my favourite CT tracks
song choice: Mustette and Drums
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND1J...
April 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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06 The Motels - Little Robbers
The Motels had just 1 hit in NL, Suddenly Last Summer. A great song but the band deserved a lot more succes I think.
song choice: Into the Heartland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x6m...
April 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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07 Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
Not entirely as good as their prvious ones but still a lot of great songs.
song choice: Making Flippy Floppy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpdT...
April 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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08 Xmal Deutschland - Fetisch
On 4AD a german goth band with their debut.
Before this album they had some single that are collected on a 2024 album.
songchoice: Kaempfen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhZT...
April 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Hi, here's my 5 from the selection of #5albums70s5

1 Carole King - Tapestry
2 Sexpistols - Never mind the Bollocks
3 Police - Regatta de Blanc
4 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
5 Simple Minds - Real to Real

sorry: Gainsbourg, Jam, Prince, Beatles
April 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
09 Nena - Nena
Debut of Nena whicj has 99 Luftballons and Nur Geträumt as big singles.
song choice: Leuchtturm (the 3rd single)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVz-...
April 11, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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10 Kim Wilde - Catch as Catch Can
Not as many hits as you might expect based on the previous two albums, still some great songs on it. Love Blonde was a hit,m House of Salome deserved to be too.
song choice: Sparks (not even a single)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLw2...
April 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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11 Mercyful Fate - Melissa
I worked with a big King Diamond fan for a while, around 1990. Got to know this album of his first band which is still a favourite.
song choice: Evil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Q5...
April 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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12 Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside
Bauhaus ia a band that took me very long to get into. Even after discovering the alternative scene I wasn't quite ready for this band. But it happened, eventually.
songchoice: Slice of Life
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4O9...
April 8, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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13 Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Punch the Clock
This has been a (re)discovery while compiling this list. No (big) hits but just a fine collection of songs. Great album.
song choice: Mouth Almighty.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIDC...
April 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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14 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Debut of Cyndi was quite a sensation with 2 huge top 10 hits. Loved those singles, not really into albums at that time yet.
song choice: She Bop (a minor hit in NL)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMI9...
April 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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15 Paul Young - No Parlez
Debut of Paul gave him 2 top 3 hits in the Netherlands; Come Back and Stay #2; Love of the Common People #1.
I was quite a fan of him at the time.
songchoice: Love Will Tear Us Apart (NL #25)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBQ6...
April 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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16 Duran Duran - Seven and the Ragged Tiger
The album that made them superstars when single The Reflex became #1 everywhere.
sonchoice: New Moon on Monday where Simon sounds like Bowie (I think)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E6I...
April 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM