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Crossroads best of albums lists

I thought you might be interested by this one.

A rock magazine in France called Crossroads (now Xroads, since it fusionned with a cinema magazine called "Brazil") has made several all time lists in special issues, separated in periods. I was aware of these lists by my brother but I was unable to find it. On the internet, I found at least two of these lists, the "100 best of 1960-1968" one and the "108 best of 1969-1972". No great surprises in though, except the absence of "Please Please Me" & "Abbey Road" while "Beatles For Sale" is included, among others, and a complete absence of french albums, maybe it's intentional.
The 1960-1968 comes from this page:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ben007/best_of_crossroads___1960_1968___100_albums_essentiels/

and the 1969-1972 from scans of the table of contents on this page:
http://www.yellow-sub.net/forum/archipel-culturel/crossroads-1969-1972-108-albums-t341.html

The guy with the 1960-1968 list seems to have other all-time lists in his profile, you should check out:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ben007/

There is also "105 best of 1973-1975", and there may be more from this magazine.

Here's "100 best of 1960-1968":

- Link Wray, Link Wray & The Wraymen (1960)
- The Everly Brothers, It's Everly Time (1960)
- Roy Orbison, Roy Orbison Sings Lonely And Blue (1960)
- James Brown, Live at the Apollo (1963)
- Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
- Roy Orbison, In Dreams (1963)
- The Beatles, With The Beatles (1963)
- Phil Ochs, All The News That's Fit To Sing (1963)
- The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Bo Diddley & Chuck Berry, Two Great Guitars (1964)
- The Animals, The Animals (1964)
- Simon & Garfunkel, Wednesday Morning, 3 AM (1964)
- The Beatles, Beatles For Sale (1964)
- Johnny Cash, Orange Blossom Special (1965)
- Phil Ochs, I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)
- The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
- Them, The Angry Young Them (1965)
- The Beatles, Help! (1965)
- Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
- Otis Redding, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965)
- The Beatles, Rubber Soul (1965)
- The Who, My Generation (1965)
- The Spencer Davis Group, The Second Album (1966)
- Small Faces, Small Faces (1967)
- The Rolling Stones, Aftermath (1966)
- The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (1966)
- Bob Dylan, Blonde On Blonde (1966)
- Aaron Neville, Tell It Like It Is (1967)
- The Mothers Of Invention, Freak Out! (1966)
- The Byrds, Fifth Dimension (1966)
- John Mayall, Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966)
- The Shadows Of Knight, Back Door Men (1966)
- Yardbirds, Yardbirds aka Roger The Engineer (1966)
- The Beatles, Revolver (1966)
- Question Mark & The Mysterians, 96 Tears (1966)
- The Kinks, Face To Face (1966)
- The Lovin' Spoonful, Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful (1966)
- Simon & Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)
- Count Five, Psychotic Reaction (1966)
- Wilson Pickett, The Wicked Pickett (1967)
- Cream, Fresh Cream (1966)
- The Who, A Quick One (1966)
- The Doors, The Doors (1967)
- The Rolling Stones, Between The Buttons (1967)
- Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
- The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
- The Turtles, Happy Together (1967)
- Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced (1967)
- The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- Bee Gees, Bee Gees 1st. (1967)
- Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant (1967)
- Pink Floyd, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1967)
- The Beach Boys, Smiley Smile (1967)
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Safe As Milk (1967)
- The Kinks, Something Else By The Kinks (1967)
- The Lovin' Spoonful, Everything Playing (1967)
- Phil Ochs, Pleasures Of The Harbor (1967)
- Sam & Dave, Soul Men (1967)
- Cream, Disraeli Gears (1967)
- Tim Buckley, Goodbye And Hello (1967)
- Leonard Cohen, Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1967)
- Procol Harum, Procol Harum (1967)
- The Rolling Stones, Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967)
- Traffic, Mr. Fantasy (1967)
- The Who, The Who Sell Out (1967)
- Bee Gees, Horizontal (1968)
- Blue Cheer, Vincebus Eruptum (1968)
- Dr. John, Gris-Gris (1968)
- P.P. Arnold, The First Lady Of Immediate (1967)
- Randy Newman, Randy Newman (1968)
- The Zombies, Odessey And Oracle (1968)
- Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison (1968)
- Kim Fowley, Outrageous (1968)
- The Beach Boys, Friends (1968)
- Otis Redding, The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)
- The Band, Music From Big Pink (1968)
- Bloomfield-Kooper-Stills, Super Session (1968)
- The Byrds, Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (1968)
- Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
- The Doors, Waiting For The Sun (1968)
- Family, Music In A Doll's House (1968)
- Jeff Beck Group, Truth (1968)
- Bee Gees, Idea (1968)
- Laura Nyro, Eli And The Thirteenth Confession (1968)
- Steppenwolf, Steppenwolf (1968)
- Ten Years After, Undead (1968)
- Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Wonderful (1968)
- Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland (1968)
- Jefferson Airplane, Crown Of Creation (1968)
- Procol Harum, Shine On Brightly (1968)
- Tyrannosaurux Rex, Prophets, Seers & Sages The Angels Of The Ages (1968)
- Townes Van Zandt, For The Sake Of The Song (1968)
- The Beatles, The Beatles aka White Album (1968)
- Free, Tons Of Sobs (1968)
- The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
- Soft Machine, The Soft Machine (1968)
- Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (1968)
- The Nice, Ars Longa Vita Brevis (1968)
- The Pretty Things, S.F. Sorrow (1968)
- The Rolling Stones, Beggars Banquet (1968)

Here's "108 best of 1969-1972". No dates this time:

- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bayou Country
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
- Bee Gees, Odessa
- MC5, Kick Out The Jams
- Ten Years After, Stonedhenge
- Dr. John, Babylon
- The Who, Tommy
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica
- Johnny Cash, At San Quentin
- Blind Faith, Blind Faith
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River
- Santana, Santana
- The Stooges, The Stooges
- Ten Years After, Ssssh
- Nick Drake, Five Leaves Left
- The Frost, Rock And Roll Music
- King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King
- The Kinks, Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II
- Frank Zappa, Hot Rats
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, Willy And The Poor Boys
- The Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed
- Steppenwolf, Monster
- Grand Funk Railroad, Grand Funk
- Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs
- Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
- The Doors, Morrison Hotel
- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu
- The Beatles, Let It Be
- Steppenwolf, Live
- Groundhogs, Thanks Christ For The Bomb
- The Who, Live At Leeds
- Deep Purple, In Rock
- Procol Harum, Home
- Edgar Winter, Entrance
- Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die
- Neil Young, After The Goldrush
- Black Sabbath, Paranoid
- The Rolling Stones, Get Yer Yaya's Out
- Genesis, Trespass
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III
- Paul Siebel, Woodsmoke And Oranges
- Syd Barrett, Barrett
- David Bowie, The Man Who Sold The World
- Family, Anyway
- Georges Harrison, All Things Must Pass
- The Kinks, Lola VS Powerman And The Moneygoround, Pt. 1
- Little Feat, Little Feat
- Derek & The Dominoes, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
- Alice Cooper, Love It To Death
- Canned Heat, Hooker'n Heat
- David Crosby, If I Could Only Remember My Name
- John Hammond, Source Point
- Janis Joplin, Pearl
- Jethro Tull, Aqualung
- Caravan, In The Land Of Grey And Pink
- The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
- James Taylor, Mud Slide And The Blue Horizon
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Mirror Man
- The Doors, L.A. Woman
- Groundhogs, Split
- Paul McCartney, Ram
- Johnny Winter, And... Live
- Free, Live
- Black Sabbath, Master Of Reality
- The Who, Who's Next
- John Lennon, Imagine
- T.Rex, Electric Warrior
- Luther Grosvenor, Under Open Skies
- The Incredible String Band, Liquid Acrobats As Regards The Air
- Don McLean, American Pie
- Pink Floyd, Meddle
- Van Der Graaf Generator, Pawn Hearts
- Kevin Ayers, Whatevershebringswesing
- Humble Pie, Performance - Rockin' The Fillmore
- The Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
- John Prine, John Prine
- Ten Years After, Space In Time
- Melanie, Gather Me
- Jackson Browne, Jackson Browne aka Saturate Before Using
- Can, Tago Mago
- Gordon Lightfoot, Don Quixote
- Neil Young, Harvest
- Deep Purple, Machine Head
- Hot Tuna, Burgers
- Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick
- Strawbs, Grave New World
- Wishbone Ash, Argus
- Rory Gallagher, Live In Europe
- The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street
- Alice Cooper, School's Out
- David Bowie, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
- Eagles, Eagles
- Dave Edmunds, Rockpile
- Bob Seger, Smokin' O.P.'s
- Mott The Hoople, All The Young Dudes
- Yes, Close To The Edge
- Cactus, 'Ot 'N' Sweaty
- Genesis, Foxtrot
- J. Geils Band, Live - Full House
- Man, Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- John Entwistle, Whistle Rymes
- Hawkwind, Doremi Fasol Latido
- Lou Reed, Transformer
- Status Quo, Piledriver

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Great finds, S7! Thanks!

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

You're welcome.

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

I told you about this link:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ben007/

I checked the lists, so:

- 300 disques incontournables - 1965/1995 - Hors Série Rock&Folk (1995): is the same as "300 best albums from 1965-1995" by Rock&Folk, but this one is more complete, since it includes the four part addition divided as follow "10 jazz albums", "10 blues albums", "10 country albums", "10 original soundtracks", which seems to be omitted on your site.

- Les Inrockuptibles - 10 ans - 100 disques 1986 à 1996 (1996): same as "The 100 best albums 1986-1996" you already have.

- 50 albums Glam Rock (1997): by Rock&Folk. No particular remark.

- Disco 2000 1938-1999 par Rock & Folk (1999): it seems to be the same as "The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999" you already have, although it includes some albums from before this time, vastly compilations though.

- Les 50 meilleurs disques de Rock par Télérama (2004): same as "50 LPs in the history of rock" you already have.

- 100 albums essentiels du rap - Olivier Cachin (2006): "100 essential rap albums" by Olivier Cachin, published as a book. There are strange choices, though, and few bands or artists have more than one album.

- Les 100 albums essentiels du reggae - par Olivier Cachin & Bertrand Lavaine (2007): "100 essential reggae albums" by Olivier Cachin & Bertrand Lavaine, again a book. Same oddities as before.

- Révolution électronique - Trax (2004): "Electronic revolution" by Trax. They say on the cover "20 years of electronic revolution", but the 100 selected albums go beyond.

- Discothèque Idéale - Rock & Folk - Philippe Manœuvre (2005): you already have this one.

- Discotheque Idéale II - Magazine Rock & Folk: an ongoing "one album each month" page in the magazine, intended as a follow-up to the aforementioned book. Not sure it qualifies for the site.

- 100 disques de jazz - Télérama 1994: 100 jazz albums by Télérama.

- Best Of Crossroads - 1960-1968 - 100 Albums Essentiels: The list I gave you.

- 101 Albums Punk - Rock & Folk (2003): There's only one album for each band/artist.

Hope I helped .

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

merci beaucoup S7

XRoads is a great magazine, devoted to roots rock

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Many thanks for this summary, S7. Here are my comments / notes for myself.



- Révolution électronique - Trax (2004): "Electronic revolution" by Trax. They say on the cover "20 years of electronic revolution", but the 100 selected albums go beyond.

- Discotheque Idéale II - Magazine Rock & Folk: an ongoing "one album each month" page in the magazine, intended as a follow-up to the aforementioned book. Not sure it qualifies for the site.

- Best Of Crossroads - 1960-1968 - 100 Albums Essentiels: The list I gave you.

- 100 disques de jazz - Télérama 1994: 100 jazz albums by Télérama.

These four lists will be included.



- 300 disques incontournables - 1965/1995 - Hors Série Rock&Folk (1995): is the same as "300 best albums from 1965-1995" by Rock&Folk, but this one is more complete, since it includes the four part addition divided as follow "10 jazz albums", "10 blues albums", "10 country albums", "10 original soundtracks", which seems to be omitted on your site.

- Disco 2000 1938-1999 par Rock & Folk (1999): it seems to be the same as "The Best Albums from 1963 to 1999" you already have, although it includes some albums from before this time, vastly compilations though.

I will include what's not already included from these lists.



- 50 albums Glam Rock (1997): by Rock&Folk. No particular remark.

- 100 albums essentiels du rap - Olivier Cachin (2006): "100 essential rap albums" by Olivier Cachin, published as a book. There are strange choices, though, and few bands or artists have more than one album.

- Les 100 albums essentiels du reggae - par Olivier Cachin & Bertrand Lavaine (2007): "100 essential reggae albums" by Olivier Cachin & Bertrand Lavaine, again a book. Same oddities as before.

- 101 Albums Punk - Rock & Folk (2003): There's only one album for each band/artist.

These are genre-specific lists from a non-specific magazine or a single writer and will not be included.

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Hi Henrik, I've seen a book entitled "LE ROCK FRANCAIS: Les 100 disques incontournables" today written by Philippe Manoeuvre and with contribution from various critics! My question is, would you consider "french rock" as a genre-specific list by a non-genre-specific magazine? Would you include it given that ROCK&FOLK the magazine that P.M. works for also tackles french Rock? Let me know; besides that I got the 3 CROSSROADS issues and was about to type the lists but S7 was a wee bit faster! Good on him! The most recent one is entitled 1973-1975: 105 albums essentiels; same as above if needed give a yell!

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

o.m.
Hi Henrik, I've seen a book entitled "LE ROCK FRANCAIS: Les 100 disques incontournables" today written by Philippe Manoeuvre and with contribution from various critics! My question is, would you consider "french rock" as a genre-specific list by a non-genre-specific magazine? Would you include it given that ROCK&FOLK the magazine that P.M. works for also tackles french Rock? Let me know; besides that I got the 3 CROSSROADS issues and was about to type the lists but S7 was a wee bit faster! Good on him! The most recent one is entitled 1973-1975: 105 albums essentiels; same as above if needed give a yell!
I'm not sure if you mean genre-specific because it's "French" or because it's "Rock"? However if genres like rap and electronica are exclude I need to think about it. That P.M. works for ROCK&FOLK is not a problem, however if it's basically the ROCK&FOLK staff behind the book, then I'll count it as another ROCK&FOLK list, which will give the list lower weight because of the expected correlation.

The French critics are very productive!

When I say that I don't include genre-specific lists, I mean genres within the rock umbrella, such as rap, electronica or heavy metal. Jazz-, world- or rock (broad term)-specific lists are always included. Otherwise there wouldn't be many lists at AM, since very few critics cover all these genres.

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Go for it, o.m., I'm unable to find the 1973-1975 list so if you can post it, that's cool!
And, Henrik, I don't know if you saw it, but I sent a new list yesterday from Rolling Stone Argentina here:
http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1017685&cmd=show

That's just to know if you got it.

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

S7
And, Henrik, I don't know if you saw it, but I sent a new list yesterday from Rolling Stone Argentina here:
http://pub37.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=3172289350&frmid=10&msgid=1017685&cmd=show

That's just to know if you got it.
I saw the list (great!). Sorry I didn't reply at once. Thanks!

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

No problem .

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Here's the list CROSSROADS 1973-1975 105 Albums Essentiels. Next One beginning of December...

1973:

FREE Heartbreaker
ALICE COOPER Billion Dollar Babies
IGGY AND THE STOOGES Raw Power
BECK BOGERT APPICE Beck Bogert Appice
LED ZEPPELIN Houses Of The Holy
PINK FLOYD Dark Side Of The Moon
PROCOL HARUM Grand Hotel
ROXY MUSIC For Your Pleasure
TOM WAITS Closing Time
DAVID BOWIN Aladdin Sane
EAGLES Desperado
SHAWN PHILIPPS Furthermore
WIZZARD Wizzard Brew
KIM FOWLEY International Heroes
NEKTAR Sounds Like This
TODD RUNDGREN A Wizard A True Star
URIAH HEEP Uriah Heep
BOB DYLAN Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid
ZZ TOP Tres Hombres
RORY GALLAGHER Tattoo
MARVIN GAYE Let’s Get It On
LYNYRD SKYNYRD (Pronounced ‘Leh-’Nerd ‘Skin-’Nerd)
MOTT THE HOPPLE Mott
NEW YORK DOLLS New York Dolls
STEVIE WONDER Innervisions
AMON DUUL II Vive La Transe
ERIC CLAPTON Rainbow Concert
KEVIN COYNE Marjory Razor Blade
POCO Crazy Eyes
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The Wild, The Innocent And The E. Street Shuffle
ROY WOOD Boulders
ELTON JOHN Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
MONTROSE Montrose
LOU REED Berlin
TRAFFIC On The Road
THE WAILERS Burnin’
THE WHO Quadrophenia
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Brain Salad Surgery
HAWKIND Space Ritual
THE KINKS Preservation Act 1
THE SENSATIONNAL ALEX HARVEY BAND Next
STRING DRIVEN THING The Machine That Cried
GRAHAM NASH Wild Tales
TODD RUNDGREN Todd
WINGS Band On The Run

1974

GRAM PARSONS Grievious Angel
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
LOU REED Rock And Roll Animal
ZINC ALLOY AND THE HIDDEN RIDERS OF TOMORROW A Creamed Cage In August
EAGLES On The Border
MOTT THE HOOPLE The Hoople
QUEEN Queen II
BOB SEGER Seven
STEELY DAN Pretzel Logic
BLUE OYSTER CULT Secret Treaties
DAVID BOWIE Diamond Dogs
STRAWBS Hero And Heroine
GREENSLADE Spyglass Guest
SPARKS Kimono My House
STATUS QUO Quo
ANGE Au-Dela Du Délire
BAD COMPANY Bad Co
BE-BOP DELUXE Axe Victim
BUDGIE In For The Kill
COCKNEY REBEL Psychomodo
GROUNDHOGS Solid
ERIC CLAPTON 461 Ocean Boulevard
PETER HAMMILL In Camera
ROBERT WYATT Rock Bottom
JEFFERSON STARSHIP Dragon Fly
RANDY NEWMAN Good Old Boys
THE SENSATIONNAL HARVEY BAND The Impossible Dream
SUPERTRAMP Crime Of The Century
J. GEILS BAND Nightmares…And Other Tales From The Vinyl Jungle
THE ROLLING STONES It’s Only Rock’n’Roll
JACK BRUCE Out Of The Storm
GENESIS The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
KING CRIMSON Red
MOTT THE HOOPLE Live
QUEEN Sheer Heart Attack
STRAWBS Ghosts
ROXY MUSIC Country Life

1975

Dr FEELGOOD Down By The Jetty
BOB DYLAN Blood On The Tracks
AC/DC High Voltage
ALICE COOPER Welcome To My Nightmare
CURVED AIR Live
PETER HAMMILL Nadir’s Big Chance
LED ZEPPELIN Physical Graffiti
POPOL VUH Das Hohelied Salomos
JEFF BECK Blow By Blow
AEROSMITH Toys In The Attic
JOHN CALE Slow Dazzle
GOLDEN EARRING Switch
IAN HUNTER Ian Hunter
ALAIN KAN Et Gary Cooper s’éloigna dans le désert
FLEETWOOD MAC Fleetwood Mac
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Born To Run
JETHRO TULL Ministrel In The Gallery
PINK FLOYD Wish You Were Here
PAUL SIMON Still Crazy After All These Years
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Goldbluff
TED NUGENT Ted Nugent
QUEEN A Night At The Opera
AC/DC T.N.T.


Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Thanks,

Ah, finally some french artists (Ange and Alain Kan). I was wondering if their absence was intentional, it seems it was not. So no Serge Gainsbourg, no Gérard Manset... Disappointing.

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Henrik, you can find the other issues at this link
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/ben007/best_of_crossroads___1960_1999___662_albums_essentiels
Interesting selection that is!

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Hi Henrik, I couldn't post this before as I was on holiday...It is the final chapter of the magazine CROSSROADS concerning the years 2000-2009 and it is a selection of 115 albums essentiels. Very unusual choices but it might be included in the decade poll...Hope everything is fine with you...Here we go!

TOMMY CASTRO Live at the fillmore
DEFTONES White pony
COLDPLAY Parachutes
RYAN ADAMS Heartbreaker
ELECTRIC WIZARD Dopethrone
JOHN HIATT Crossing muddy waters
16 HORSEPOWER Secret south
TOM MCRAE Tom mcrae
JOHN HAMMOND JR Wicked grin
MADRUGADA The nightly diseasateralus
SPARKLEHORSE It's awonderful life
JIMMIE VAUGHAN Do you get the blues?
GOTAN PROJECT La revancha del tango
GOV'T MULE The deep end vol.1 PAUL WELLER Days of speed
CRACKER Hello,cleveland! live from the metro
CHRISTOPHE Comme si la terre penchait
NORAH JONES Come away with me
WOVEN HAND Woven hand
ELVIS COSTELLO When i was cruel
WILCO Yankee hotel foxtrot
JIMMY THACKERY AND THE DRIVERS We got it
POPA CHUBBY Black coffee blues band
MELANIE Crazy love
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE Songs for the deaf
PORCUPINE TREE In absentia
JESSE MALIN The fine art of self destruction
GOLDEN EARRING Millbrook usa
THE JAYHAWKS Rainy day music
KINGS OF LEON Youth & young manhood
MUSE Absolution
THE FALL The real newfall formerly "country on the click"
KHANATE Things viral
SAM BAKER Waves
JOHN BUTLER TRIO Sunrise over sea
ELECTRIC WIZARD We live
JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER Oh my girl
HOT SNAKES Audit in progress
BECK Guero
SKULLFLOWER Orange canyon mind
JOE BONAMASSA Blues deluxe
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Mesmerize
SUPERGRASS Road to rouen
CHRIS REA Blue guitars
WILLIE ALEXANDER AND THE BOOM BOOM BAND Dog bar yacht club
RAY DAVIES Other people's lives
FATAL SHORE Real world
DANKO JONES Sleep is the enemy
SPARKS Hello young lovers
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES My dark places
DEREK TRUCKS Songlines
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN Treeful of starling
SLICK BALLINGER Mississippi soul
THE BELLRAYS Have a little faith
JEFFREY FOUCAULT Ghost repeater
THE NEW YORK DOLLS One day it will please us to remember even this
JESUS VOLT In-stereo
THE HOLD STEADY Boys & girls in america
AMY WINEHOUSE Back to black
...AND YOU WILL KNOW US BY THE TRAIL OF DEAD So divided
INCUBUS Light grenades
PAUL PERSONNE Il était une fois la route
DAMIEN RICE 9
TOM WAITS Orphans
VIETNAM Vietnam
ELVIS PERKINS Ash wednesday
ROSE TATTOO Blood brothers
MITCH EASTER Dynamico
MARDI GRAS BB The exile itch
UNSANE Visqueen
ARCTIC MONKEYS Favourite worst nightmare
BJORN BERGE I'm the antipop
PURA FE Hold the rain
IAN HUNTER Shrunken heads
ERIC MCFADDEN Let's die forever...together
WILCO Sky blue sky
POLYPHONIC SPREE The fragile army
TURBONEGRO Retox
OXBOW The narcotic story
PETER CASE Let us now praise sleepy john
JOSH RITTER The historical conquests of Josh Ritter
BARONESS Red album
JOE HENRY Civilians
NICOLE ATKINS Neptune city
BAND OF HORSES Cease to begin
OMEGA MASSIF Geistedstadt
BLACK MOUNTAIN In the future CAT POWER Jukebox
GARY LOURIS Vagabonds
ALAIN BASHUNG Bleu pétrole
RITCHIE HAVENS Nobody left to crown
THE BLACK ANGELS Directions to see a ghost
B DOLAN The failure
NO-MAN Schoolyard ghosts
JIMME O'NEILL Real
SOLOMON BURKE Like a fire
RUNHILD GAMMELSAETER Amplicon
MICAH P.HINSON AND THE RED EMPIRE ORCHESTRA Mica P.Hinson and the red empire
JOHN MELLENCAMP Life, death, love and freedom
THE JIM JONES REVUE The jim jones revue
MOGWAI The hawk is howling
TODD RUNDGREN Arena
SHAWN MULLINS Live at the variety playhouse
GARY LOURIS & MARK OLSON Ready for the flood
DAVE ALVIN Dave alvin and the guilty women
BEN HARPER AND RELENTNESS7 White lies for dark times
MADNESS The liberty of norton folgate
CHICKENFOOT Chickenfoot
ELVIS COSTELLO Secret, profane & sugarcane
JAY REATARD Watch me fall
GUY CLARK Somedays the songs write you
BOAT Setting the paces
LANGHORNE SLIM Be set free
MUMFORD AND SONS Sigh no more

So you understand why I said unusual? Well this mag tends toward blues, folk and traditional rock so the usual suspects are not in...Among the EOD pretenders only WILCO (2 inclusions) and AMY WINEHOUSE might grab a few points...Okay I'm off to do some grape harvest in Beaujolais and drink lots of wine...Catch you soon Henrik and greetings to your little growing family

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

Harold, didn't you feel like including this EOD list?

Re: Crossroads best of albums lists

o.m.
Harold, didn't you feel like including this EOD list?


Considering that it's September, not particularly... I know I should, though. Henrik's probably including it in the update. I'll get around to it eventually.