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Perfect work Jackson.
It's a pity there are no more outstanding for the first 20 albums.
And Dylan's LARS continue to surprise me. My ears bleed when I listen it and his harmonica makes me run very far
so his first place always amazes me.
Jackson, I know what you meant when you said that you expected more excitement, I've felt the same when I have hosted previous polls. It's always great to get a lot of comments.
However, admittedly I am one of many who have quietly followed this countdown, but with great excitement! Letting the results sink in place by place was a pure pleasure. Thank you so much!
And I second that! I thought the pacing of the results was excellent. I had Firefox on 5-minute auto-refresh since the top 200 began!
1. The Beatles - 87,365
2. The Beach Boys - 30,412.9
3. Bob Dylan - 28,209
4. The Rolling Stones - 25,380.4
5. David Bowie - 20,588.2
6. Radiohead - 17,908.2
7. Bruce Springsteen - 14,867
8. Prince - 14,830.4
9. Marvin Gaye - 14,710.5
10. The Velvet Underground - 14,420.8
11. The Kinks - 11,873.6
12. Simon & Garfunkel - 11,530.3
13. The Who - 10,962.1
14. Pixies - 10,546.7
15. The Clash - 10,541.4
16. The Smiths - 10,348.7
17. OutKast - 9,895.3
18. Jimi Hendrix - 9,821.9
19. Led Zeppelin - 9,803.8
20. Nirvana - 9,547.5
21. R.E.M. - 9,237.9
22. U2 - 8,932
23. Joy Division - 8,485.5
24. Michael Jackson - 8,258.1
25. The Zombies - 7,818.1
26. Stevie Wonder - 7,685.1
27. Elvis Presley - 7,401.2
28. Arcade Fire - 7,095.3
29. New Order - 6,916.6
30. LCD Soundsystem - 6,485.5
31. Van Morrison - 6,238.7
32. John Lennon - 5,944.7
33. Pulp - 5,727
34. The Band - 5,472.7
35. Pavement - 5,469.9
36. Otis Redding - 5,410.1
37. The Cure - 5,300.3
38. Talking Heads - 5,180.7
39. Sufjan Stevens - 4,849.4
40. Oasis - 4,728.9
41. Sex Pistols - 4,318.3
42. The Doors - 4,282.8
43. The Police - 4,272.6
44. Chuck Berry - 4,263.6
45. The White Stripes - 4,261.2
46. Sly & The Family Stone - 4,256.1
47. Bob Marley & The Wailers - 4,228.7
48. Guns N' Roses - 4,165
49. Big Star - 4,145.1
50. Lou Reed - 4,123.2
51. Elvis Costello - 3,866.2
52. Pink Floyd - 3,644.5
53. Massive Attack - 3,637
54. Johnny Cash - 3,528.4
55. Sonic Youth - 3,517.7
56. Jeff Buckley - 3,514.9
57. Television - 3,496.8
58. My Bloody Valentine - 3,448.3
59. Sam Cooke - 3,394.8
60. Creedence Clearwater Revival - 3,369.7
61. Daft Punk - 3,335.3
62. Queen - 3,297.6
63. Gnarls Barkley - 3,254.8
64. Derek & The Dominos - 3,249.4
65. Aretha Franklin - 3,217.6
66. The Knife - 3,179.4
67. Smashing Pumpkins - 3,166.3
68. The Verve - 3,138
69. M.I.A. - 3,111.9
70. The Jackson 5 - 3,087.6
71. The Animals - 3,083.6
72. Portishead - 3,081.2
73. The Mamas & The Papas - 3,013.9
74. The Strokes - 2,962.5
75. The Stone Roses - 2,951.9
76. Nick Drake - 2,894.1
77. The Replacements - 2,883.4
78. TV on the Radio - 2,868.2
79. The Stooges - 2,850
80. Weezer - 2,812
81. Animal Collective - 2,727
82. Jay-Z - 2,684.5
83. Buzzcocks - 2,597
84. Eagles - 2,584.1
85. The Jam - 2,558.5
86. Paul McCartney/Wings - 2,529.1
87. Blur - 2,520.9
88. The Ronettes - 2,517.2
89. Love - 2,494.9
90. Ben E. King - 2,435.3
91. Beck - 2,284.5
92. The Avalanches - 2,280.1
93. James Brown - 2,233.8
94. Al Green - 2,214.6
95. Public Enemy - 2,197.9
96. Franz Ferdinand - 2,183.7
97. Bjork - 2,156.9
98. The La's - 2,147.9
99. Coldplay - 2,131.9
100. Billie Holiday - 2,018.6
I think the Beach Boys ended up in second on the strength of Pet Sounds. Most of the tracks showed up here, and really, just about every song is on a par with "God Only Knows".
I am a tad surprised the same thing didn't happen with OK Computer this time.
Considering the taste I was born with and has developed since...which songs (by any artist) should I listen to or at least like more?
You can see MY choices (usually in my top 500) in parenthesis
1. The Beatles - 87,365 (Day In The Life, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, You Never Give Me Your Money)
2. The Beach Boys - 30,412.9 (Surf's Up)
3. Bob Dylan - 28,209 (Like A Rolling Stone, Desolation Row, Changing Of The Guards, Tangled Up In Blue)
4. The Rolling Stones - 25,380.4 (Gimme Shelter, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Moonlight Mile)
5. David Bowie - 20,588.2 (Starman, Sons Of The Silent Age, Station To Station
6. Radiohead - 17,908.2 (Paranoid Android, Exit Music)
7. Bruce Springsteen - 14,867 (Thunder Road, Rosalita)
8. Prince - 14,830.4 (Raspberry Beret, Sign Of The Times)
9. Marvin Gaye - 14,710.5 (Mercy Mercy Me)
10. The Velvet Underground - 14,420.8 (I Heard Her Call My Name, Rock'n Roll, Miss Ray)
11. The Kinks - 11,873.6 (Days, Strangers)
12. Simon & Garfunkel - 11,530.3 (Only Living Boy In NY)
13. The Who - 10,962.1 (Overture)
14. Pixies - 10,546.7 (Caribou, Debaser)
15. The Clash - 10,541.4 (Magnificent Seven)
16. The Smiths - 10,348.7 (William It Was Really nothing)
17. OutKast - 9,895.3
18. Jimi Hendrix - 9,821.9 (All Along The Watchtower, Bold As Love)
19. Led Zeppelin - 9,803.8 (Since I've Been Loving You, In My Time Of Dying)
20. Nirvana - 9,547.5 (-)
21. R.E.M. - 9,237.9 (Nightswimming)
22. U2 - 8,932 (-)
23. Joy Division - 8,485.5 (Dead Souls)
24. Michael Jackson - 8,258.1 (-)
25. The Zombies - 7,818.1 (Rose For Emily)
26. Stevie Wonder - 7,685.1 (Lately)
27. Elvis Presley - 7,401.2 (-)
28. Arcade Fire - 7,095.3 (Neighborhood #1)
29. New Order - 6,916.6 (-)
30. LCD Soundsystem - 6,485.5 (All My Friends, Yeah)
31. Van Morrison - 6,238.7 (-)
32. John Lennon - 5,944.7 (-)
33. Pulp - 5,727 (Common People)
34. The Band - 5,472.7 (-)
35. Pavement - 5,469.9 (-)
36. Otis Redding - 5,410.1 (-)
37. The Cure - 5,300.3 (Plainsong)
38. Talking Heads - 5,180.7 (-)
39. Sufjan Stevens - 4,849.4 (Jacksonville)
40. Oasis - 4,728.9 (Live Forever)
41. Sex Pistols - 4,318.3 (Anarchy in The UK)
42. The Doors - 4,282.8 (Light My Fire)
43. The Police - 4,272.6
44. Chuck Berry - 4,263.6
45. The White Stripes - 4,261.2 (Seven Nation Army, Fell In Love With A Girl)
46. Sly & The Family Stone - 4,256.1 (Everyday People)
47. Bob Marley & The Wailers - 4,228.7
48. Guns N' Roses - 4,165
49. Big Star - 4,145.1
50. Lou Reed - 4,123.2 (Berlin, Coney Island)
51. Elvis Costello - 3,866.2 (Beyond Belief, Toledo)
52. Pink Floyd - 3,644.5 (Shine on You Crazy Diamonds)
53. Massive Attack - 3,637 (Angel, Unfinished Sympathy (Perfecto remix))
54. Johnny Cash - 3,528.4 (Rusty Cage)
55. Sonic Youth - 3,517.7 (Teen Age Riot)
56. Jeff Buckley - 3,514.9 (Grace)
57. Television - 3,496.8 (Marquee Moon, Torn Curtain)
58. My Bloody Valentine - 3,448.3 (Feed Me With Your Kiss)
59. Sam Cooke - 3,394.8
60. Creedence Clearwater Revival - 3,369.7 (Ramble Tamble)
61. Daft Punk - 3,335.3
62. Queen - 3,297.6 (Bohemian Rhapsody)
63. Gnarls Barkley - 3,254.8
64. Derek & The Dominos - 3,249.4 (Layla)
65. Aretha Franklin - 3,217.6
66. The Knife - 3,179.4
67. Smashing Pumpkins - 3,166.3 (For Martha)
68. The Verve - 3,138
69. M.I.A. - 3,111.9
70. The Jackson 5 - 3,087.6
71. The Animals - 3,083.6
72. Portishead - 3,081.2
73. The Mamas & The Papas - 3,013.9
74. The Strokes - 2,962.5 (Hard To Explain)
75. The Stone Roses - 2,951.9
76. Nick Drake - 2,894.1 (Three Hours, Northern Sky, Hazey Jane II)
77. The Replacements - 2,883.4
78. TV on the Radio - 2,868.2 (Young Liars)
79. The Stooges - 2,850
80. Weezer - 2,812
81. Animal Collective - 2,727
82. Jay-Z - 2,684.5
83. Buzzcocks - 2,597 (Moving Away From The Pulsebeat)
84. Eagles - 2,584.1 (Hotel California)
85. The Jam - 2,558.5
86. Paul McCartney/Wings - 2,529.1
87. Blur - 2,520.9
88. The Ronettes - 2,517.2
89. Love - 2,494.9 (Red Telephone, You Set The Scene)
90. Ben E. King - 2,435.3
91. Beck - 2,284.5 (Sexx Laws)
92. The Avalanches - 2,280.1
93. James Brown - 2,233.8
94. Al Green - 2,214.6
95. Public Enemy - 2,197.9
96. Franz Ferdinand - 2,183.7 (Take Me Out)
97. Bjork - 2,156.9
98. The La's - 2,147.9
99. Coldplay - 2,131.9
100. Billie Holiday - 2,018.6
Telling other people what songs to like feels weird...but here it goes anyway:
Beach Boys - 'Til I Die - People who like Surf's Up (myself included) will probably like this one
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - read the lyrics as you listen to the song at least once
David Bowie - Warszawa - Quickly becoming one of my favorites by him.
The Kinks - Shangri-La - I think you would really like this one, but they have dozens of others...Picture Book, Victoria, A Well Respected Man, 20th Century Man, Village Green, etc.
Joy Division - She's Lost Control - Simultaneously dark and catchy
Zombies - Hung Up on a Dream or This Will Be Our Year - The two masterpieces of that album, IMO
My Bloody Valentine - anything off Loveless; I think half the album made my list, topped by Soon
Portishead - The Rip - Best song of the last three years
1. The Beatles - "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "Sexy Sadie," "Dear Prudence," "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End," "Across the Universe," "Don't Let Me Down," "Hey Bulldog," "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey," "Baby, You're a Rich Man," "Rain"
2. The Beach Boys - "Feel Flows," "The Warmth of the Sun," "Forever"
6. Radiohead - "Planet Telex," "Just," "All I Need," "Bones," "Bullet Proof…I Wish I Was," "Street Spirit (Fade Out)," "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi," "Reckoner"
12. Simon & Garfunkel - "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)," "Song for the Asking," "Old Friends/Bookends," "The Dangling Conversation," "I Am a Rock," "The Boxer," "Scarborough Fair," "America," "My Little Town"
18. Jimi Hendrix - "The Wind Cries Mary," "Castles Made of Sand"
19. Led Zeppelin - "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," "Dazed and Confused," "Heartbreaker," "Misty Mountain Hop," "Trampled Underfoot"
21. R.E.M. - "New Orleans Instrumental"
40. Oasis - "Stop Crying Your Heart Out"
42. The Doors - "Touch Me"
45. The White Stripes - "Blue Orchid," "The Hardest Button to Button," "We're Going to Be Friends," "My Doorbell," "You Don't Know What Love Is"
52. Pink Floyd - "Echoes," "Dogs," "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
54. Johnny Cash - "God's Gonna Cut You Down"
55. Sonic Youth - "Superstar," their darker version of the Carpenters' hit
62. Queen - "Don't Stop Me Now" (nice to see it make the Top 1,000 list, it is in my opinion very overshadowed by their uber-mainstream hits "We Are the Champions," "We Will Rock You," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," "Another One Bites the Dust," and of course, "Bohemian Rhapsody")
64. Derek & The Dominos - "Bell Bottom Blues"
84. Eagles - "One of These Nights," "Desperado," "In the City," "Those Shoes"
91. Beck - "Devil's Haircut"
96. Franz Ferdinand - "Do You Want To"
Beach Boys - 'Til I Die - People who like Surf's Up (myself included) will probably like this one
Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - read the lyrics as you listen to the song at least once
David Bowie - Warszawa - Quickly becoming one of my favorites by him.
The Kinks - Shangri-La - I think you would really like this one, but they have dozens of others...Picture Book, Victoria, A Well Respected Man, 20th Century Man, Village Green, etc.
Joy Division - She's Lost Control - Simultaneously dark and catchy
Zombies - Hung Up on a Dream or This Will Be Our Year - The two masterpieces of that album, IMO
My Bloody Valentine - anything off Loveless; I think half the album made my list, topped by Soon
Portishead - The Rip - Best song of the last three years
Thanks, Jackson, this was fun!
Chose "Rose For Emily" as my Zombies song, Loveless doesn't bite for me...Rip is great. Have the Kinks songs in a Kinks folder. Warzawa is fine but somehow pales side by side to other electronic music. No fan of Eno either. Real fan of BB's two 70s albums. will spin "She's lost Control" a few more times.
Maybe we should really give single AM:ers "attention" what to listen to. But first after we taken part of what they listen to more extensively.
Say one listener a week!
"Listener of the week" :)
Neil Young is missing in the artists collected votes.
Oops, I´m a little late with this. But in any case: Kudos for the great presentation Jackson! Hope I didn´t give you too much work with my endless list.
Thanks again, everyone. I'll wait until all of the current listmania dies down before I post the individual lists and stats.
Let me just reiterate what a wonderful job you did with this list! I know the work must have been massive, accepting up to 500 songs per ballot. You've set a new benchmark.
Missing, or just low-ranking?
Here is the list continued:
101. Glen Campbell - 1,987.9
102. Kraftwerk - 1,979.8
103. Wu-Tang Clan - 1,976.5
104. Tracy Chapman - 1,972.5
105. Charles Mingus - 1,934.3
106. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - 1,930.9
107. Steely Dan - 1,919.9
108. The Temptations - 1,894.8
109. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 1,889.7
110. King Crimson - 1,854.2
111. Paul Simon - 1,816.9
112. Eminem - 1,811.4
113. Elliott Smith - 1,781.9
114. Neutral Milk Hotel - 1,749.2
115. Martha & The Vandellas - 1,746.0
116. The Beta Band - 1,712.9
117. Funkadelic - 1,709.7
118. New Radicals - 1,704.5
119. ABBA - 1,694.2
120. The Breeders - 1,680.0
121. Neil Young - 1,670.7
122. Beyonce - 1,667.8
123. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - 1,646.1
124. Gorillaz - 1,630.2
125. The Kingsmen - 1,579.0
Now I do realize that by only counting total points for songs in the top 500, artists like Neil Young end up getting less points for 2 songs than artists like the New Radicals for one song.
So, here is a list of the artists with the most songs in the Top 1,000, regardless of where any of those songs ranked:
68
1. The Beatles
23
2. Bob Dylan
18
3. David Bowie
17
4. The Beach Boys
15
5. Prince
5. Radiohead
14
7. The Rolling Stones
12
8. Bruce Springsteen
8. R.E.M.
11
10. The Smiths
10. Stevie Wonder
10
12. The Velvet Underground
9
13. Blur
13. The Clash
13. Elvis Presley
13. Led Zeppelin
8
17. Elvis Costello
17. Pavement
17. U2
17. The Who
7
21. Arcade Fire
21. The Band
21. Bjork
21. The Cure
21. The Kinks
21. Marvin Gaye
21. Pixies
21. Simon & Garfunkel
21. Van Morrison
6
30. Joy Division
30. LCD Soundsystem
30. Neil Young
30. Nirvana
30. Public Enemy
30. Sly & The Family Stone
30. The Strokes
30. The Zombies
5
38. Animal Collective
38. Bob Marley & The Wailers
38. Coldplay
38. Jimi Hendrix
38. Michael Jackson
38. New Order
38. Oasis
38. The Replacements
38. Steely Dan
38. The Stone Roses
38. The Supremes
38. Talking Heads
4
50. Blondie
50. Brian Eno
50. Chuck Berry
50. Creedence Clearwater Revival
50. Depeche Mode
50. James Brown
50. Johnny Cash
50. Massive Attack
50. MGMT
50. My Bloody Valentine
50. Neutral Milk Hotel
50. OutKast
50. Paul Simon
50. Pink Floyd
50. Portishead
50. Smashing Pumpkins
50. Sonic Youth
50. Sufjan Stevens
50. Tindersticks
50. TV on the Radio
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70. Aretha Franklin
70. Beck
70. Belle & Sebastian
70. Billy Joel
70. Daft Punk
70. The Doors
70. Eminem
70. The Flaming Lips
70. Guns N’ Roses
70. Jay-Z
70. Jeff Buckley
70. John Lennon
70. Justin Timberlake
70. Kate Bush
70. Love
70. Madonna
70. Nick Drake
70. Otis Redding
70. Patti Smith
70. The Police
70. Queen
70. Sam Cooke
70. Sigur Ros
70. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
70. The Temptations
70. Wire
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96. Aerosmith
96. The Avalanches
96. The B-52’s
96. Beastie Boys
96. Bee Gees
96. Big Star
96. Black Sabbath
96. Bon Iver
96. Booker T. & The MG’s
96. The Byrds
96. Charles Mingus
96. Cocteau Twins
96. Curtis Mayfield
96. Deep Purple
96. Donny Hathaway
96. Eagles
96. Electric Light Orchestra
96. Elliott Smith
96. Elton John
96. Eurythmics
96. Fleet Foxes
96. Fleetwood Mac
96. Franz Ferdinand
96. Goo Goo Dolls
96. Gorillaz
96. Iggy Pop
96. Interpol
96. The Jam
96. Jane’s Addiction
96. Jefferson Airplane
96. John Coltrane
96. King Crimson
96. The Knife
96. Kraftwerk
96. Leonard Cohen
96. Little Richard
96. Lou Reed
96. Lynyrd Skynyrd
96. Metallica
96. Miles Davis
96. The National
96. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
96. Parliament/Funkadelic
96. Paul McCartney/Wings
96. Peter Gabriel
96. PJ Harvey
96. Primal Scream
96. Pulp
96. Queens of the Stone Age
96. Rage Against the Machine
96. Ramones
96. Righteous Brothers
96. Robert Wyatt
96. Roxy Music
96. Roy Orbison
96. Scott Walker
96. Sex Pistols
96. Spiritualized
96. The Stooges
96. T. Rex
96. Television
96. Tom Waits
96. Weezer
96. The White Stripes
96. Wilco
96. Wu-Tang Clan
96. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Just curious as to your view as to when the listmania is expected to wane sufficiently for you to post the individual lists.
Just curious as to your view as to when the listmania is expected to wane sufficiently for you to post the individual lists.
I'm sorry about the delay with this. I've been really busy with school the last few weeks, but this weekend will be free and I'll be posting individual lists/stats then.
Jackson - you have done an amazing job on this. I hope your scholastic efforts are going well.