Sometimes I really am genius. Or maybe just very lucky.... Cos faced with several thousand options I narrowed my choices, passed on the Supergrass record, and grabbed (what sounds like) a Best-of Sugar Cubes. And I'm reminded how bizzaro this guys were (and even stranger that Bjork is somehow even weirder now!). Crikey, I couldn't even find Iceland on a map!

Though I've not yet gotten to the Polysics' Neu yet, their inner-sleeve picture suggests a Japanese techno Devo which, obviously, could be very good or very, very bad. I'll keep you posted. (Like you care!)

Artists/Bands Who Are Brilliant and Totally Original!