For me it goes:
The Velvet Underground and Nico > The Velvet Underground > White Light/White Heat > Loaded.

He's one of my favourite writers too, and as much as I really like all of his work, Cloud Atlas is my favourite of his and one of my favourite ever books. I can't agree that he just crams in a cursory mention of 'these stories are all connected by the way' at the end, the connections between the stories are hinted at…

He's one of my favourite writers too, and as much as I really like all of his work, Cloud Atlas is my favourite of his and one of my favourite ever books. I can't agree that he just crams in a cursory mention of 'these stories are all connected by the way' at the end, the connections between the stories are hinted at…

Coriolanus is meant to be good, and he did a voice in How to Train Your Dragon, otherwise his filmography makes pretty grim reading.

Coriolanus is meant to be good, and he did a voice in How to Train Your Dragon, otherwise his filmography makes pretty grim reading.

Mean Green Mother from Outer Space losing Best Original Song at the Oscars to Take My Breath Away - the 80s version of Phil Collins beating Blame Canada.

Mean Green Mother from Outer Space losing Best Original Song at the Oscars to Take My Breath Away - the 80s version of Phil Collins beating Blame Canada.

It's perhaps my favourite Bowie album.

It's perhaps my favourite Bowie album.

I don't know, by the end of the book, Sherman almost does seem sympathetic. Though that might just be comparatively to everyone else. I do think it holds up though, and it's still pretty funny in places.

I don't know, by the end of the book, Sherman almost does seem sympathetic. Though that might just be comparatively to everyone else. I do think it holds up though, and it's still pretty funny in places.

Only with extra horse fucking. Still no idea what that bit was all about.

Only with extra horse fucking. Still no idea what that bit was all about.

'It's OK because I turn it into a sexy dance' always makes me laugh.

'It's OK because I turn it into a sexy dance' always makes me laugh.

Wow, a new Tom Wolfe novel! How exciting!

Wow, a new Tom Wolfe novel! How exciting!

Just saw the list of films Rob Cohen has directed. Not so much the worst body of work ever, as the most utterly forgettable.

Just saw the list of films Rob Cohen has directed. Not so much the worst body of work ever, as the most utterly forgettable.

Shakespeare in Love is an OK film. But forget Saving Private Ryan, The Truman Show (miles better than both Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan) didn't even get a Best Film nomination that year.