Amazing lists! And Acclaimed Music is referenced for each album and single! I am overwhelmingly grateful to The Good Dr Bill!

Thanks Mitchell for posting these lists here!

Just stumbled on the Soundopinions lists -- very cool!

Here are the AtEaseweb Top 500 albums, as posted in 5/2005:

http://www.ateaseweb.com/mb/index.php?showtopic=49502

85 people voted for up to 200 albums apiece. This is a Radiohead message board, so the votes are skewed in their direction, but otherwise these are interesting results. I included some point totals for frame of reference. Later I'll post the compilations and song poll results....

[001] Radiohead / OK Computer [72 votes; 12,895 points]
[002] Radiohead / Kid A
[003] The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds
[004] My Bloody Valentine / Loveless
[005] Velvet Underground and Nico / The Velvet Underground and Nico
[006] The Beatles / The Beatles
[007] The Beatles / Revolver
[008] Radiohead / The Bends
[009] Joy Division / Unknown Pleasures
[010] The Smiths / The Queen is Dead [42 votes; 6,600 points]
[011] Sonic Youth / Daydream Nation
[012] The Flaming Lips / The Soft Bulletin
[013] The Beatles / Abbey Road
[014] Blur / 13
[015] Sigur Rós / Ágætis Byrjun
[016] Joy Division / Closer
[017] Bob Dylan / Highway 61 Revisited
[018] Television / Marquee Moon
[019] Pixies / Doolittle
[020] Interpol / Turn on the Bright Lights
[021] Bob Dylan / Bringing It All Back Home
[022] David Bowie / Low
[023] Nick Drake / Pink Moon
[024] The Stooges / Fun House
[025] The Clash / London Calling
[026] Radiohead / Amnesiac
[027] The Beatles / Rubber Soul
[028] R.E.M. / Automatic for the People
[029] The Beatles / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
[030] Can / Tago Mago
[031] Talking Heads / Remain in Light
[032] Pavement / Slanted and Enchanted
[033] Pulp / Different Class
[034] David Bowie / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
[035] Pavement / Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
[036] Neutral Milk Hotel / In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
[037] Wilco / Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
[038] Pink Floyd / Dark Side of the Moon
[039] Tom Waits / Rain Dogs
[040] British Sea Power / The Decline of British Sea Power
[041] Bob Dylan / Blonde on Blonde
[042] Bob Dylan / Blood on the Tracks
[043] The Velvet Underground / The Velvet Underground
[044] Jeff Buckley / Grace
[045] Blur / Parklife
[046] The Velvet Underground / White Light/White Heat
[047] Beck / Odelay
[048] Talk Talk / Spirit of Eden
[049] Slint / Spiderland
[050] Blur / Blur [33 votes; 4,300 points]

[051] Sigur Rós / ( )
[052] Pixies / Surfer Rosa
[053] Gang of Four / Entertainment!
[054] The Stone Roses / The Stone Roses
[055] The Arcade Fire / Funeral
[056] Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin IV
[057] Slowdive / Souvlaki
[058] Stevie Wonder / Innervisions
[059] Mogwai / Come on Die Young
[060] Nirvana / In Utero
[061] Godspeed You Black Emperor! / Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
[062] Can / Ege Bamyasi
[063] Brian Eno / Another Green World
[064] David Bowie / Station To Station
[065] Scott Walker / Scott 4
[066] Leonard Cohen / Songs of Love and Hate
[067] Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible
[068] Smashing Pumpkins / Siamese Dream
[069] Neil Young / On the Beach
[070] Neil Young / After the Gold Rush
[071] John Coltrane / A Love Supreme
[072] Björk / Homogenic
[073] Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here
[074] Miles Davis / Kind of Blue
[075] Nirvana / Nevermind
[076] The Kinks / The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
[077] R.E.M. / Murmur
[078] DJ Shadow / Endtroducing...
[079] David Bowie / Hunky Dory
[080] Leonard Cohen / The Songs of Leonard Cohen
[081] Portishead / Dummy
[082] Belle and Sebastian / If You're Feeling Sinister
[083] The Beatles / Magical Mystery Tour
[084] The Flaming Lips / Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
[085] Brian Eno / Here Come the Warm Jets
[086] Weezer / Pinkerton
[087] Pulp / This Is Hardcore
[088] The Rolling Stones / Let it Bleed
[089] The Rolling Stones / Sticky Fingers
[090] Charles Mingus / The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
[091] The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Electric Ladyland
[092] Brian Wilson / Smile
[093] Talk Talk / Laughing Stock
[094] The Zombies / Odessey and Oracle
[095] Oasis / Definitely Maybe
[096] Radiohead / Hail To The Thief
[097] Primal Scream / XTRMNTR
[098] The Jesus and Mary Chain / Psychocandy
[099] Tom Waits / Alice
[100] R.E.M. / New Adventures in Hi-Fi [22 votes; 3,017 points]

[101] Sonic Youth / Sister
[102] Spiritualized / Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
[103] Marvin Gaye / What's Going On
[104] Eels / Electro Shock Blues
[105] Joni Mitchell / Blue
[106] Love / Forever Changes
[107] Pulp / We Love Life
[108] Weezer / Weezer
[109] Patti Smith / Horses
[110] Autechre / Tri Repetae++
[111] Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band / Trout Mask Replica
[112] The Avalanches / Since I Left You
[113] The Strokes / Is This It
[114] Wire / Pink Flag
[115] The Rolling Stones / Exile on Main Street
[116] Curtis Mayfield / Superfly
[117] Pink Floyd / Animals
[118] Modest Mouse / The Moon and Antarctica
[119] The Band / The Band
[120] Public Enemy / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back
[121] Talking Heads / Fear of Music
[122] Nick Drake / Five Leaves Left
[123] The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Are You Experienced?
[124] Aphex Twin / Selected Ambient Works Vol II
[125] Pink Floyd / Meddle
[126] Broken Social Scene / You Forgot It In People
[127] Godspeed You Black Emperor! / F# A# 8
[128] Funkadelic / Maggot Brain
[129] New Order / Power, Corruption & Lies
[130] Oasis / (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
[131] Massive Attack / Mezzanine
[132] Boards of Canada / Music Has the Right to Children
[133] Björk / Post
[134] Air / Moon Safari
[135] The Stooges / Raw Power
[136] The Smiths / Strangeways, Here We Come
[137] The Fall / Hex Enduction Hour
[138] Mogwai / Young Team
[139] Wilco / Summerteeth
[140] The Smiths / The Smiths
[141] Can / Future Days
[142] The Cure / Disintegration
[143] Nas / Illmatic
[144] A Tribe Called Quest / The Low End Theory
[145] Pink Floyd / The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
[146] Mogwai / Rock Action
[147] Mercury Rev / Deserter's Songs
[148] Mogwai / Happy Songs for Happy People
[149] Sonic Youth / EVOL
[150] The Who / Who's Next
[151] Manic Street Preachers / Everything Must Go
[152] Grandaddy / The Sophtware Slump
[153] The Clash / The Clash
[154] The Fall / This Nation's Saving Grace
[155] Bob Dylan / The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
[156] Public Enemy / Fear of a Black Planet
[157] Fennesz / Endless Summer
[158] Os Mutantes / Os Mutantes
[159] Coldplay / Parachutes
[160] Lou Reed / Transformer
[161] The Smashing Pumpkins / Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
[162] The Verve / Urban Hymns
[163] The Sex Pistols / Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
[164] Public Image Ltd. / Metal Box
[165] And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead / Source Tags and Codes
[166] U2 / The Joshua Tree
[167] Do Make Say Think / Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
[168] Primal Scream / Screamadelica
[169] Van Morrison / Astral Weeks
[170] Neu! / Neu!
[171] Cocteau Twins / Treasure
[172] Suicide / Suicide
[173] U2 / Achtung Baby
[174] Charles Mingus / Mingus Ah Um
[175] British Sea Power / Open Season
[176] Faust / So Far
[177] Iggy Pop / The Idiot
[178] Fairport Convention / Unhalfbricking
[179] Super Furry Animals / Radiator
[180] Modest Mouse / The Lonesome Crowded West
[181] Super Furry Animals / Guerrilla
[182] Aphex Twin / Richard D. James Album
[183] GZA/Genius / Liquid Swords
[184] My Bloody Valentine / Isn't Anything
[185] The Shins / Chutes Too Narrow
[186] The United States of America / The United States of America
[187] Nine Inch Nails / The Downward Spiral
[188] Elvis Costello and the Attractions / This Year's Model
[189] Sonic Youth / Confusion Is Sex
[190] R.E.M. / Up
[191] Autechre / Confield
[192] The Fiery Furnaces / Blueberry Boat
[193] The Beta Band / The Three EPs
[194] Suede / Dog Man Star
[195] The Kinks / Something Else by The Kinks
[196] De La Soul / Three Feet High and Rising
[197] Aphex Twin / Selected Ambient Works 85-92
[198] The Smiths / Meat is Murder
[199] Wu-Tang Clan / Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
[200] Miles Davis / In a Silent Way [13 votes, 1,621 points]

[201] Scott Walker / Scott 2
[202] Elliott Smith / Either/Or
[203] Glenn Branca / The Ascension
[204] Cat Power / Moon Pix
[205] Blur / Modern Life Is Rubbish
[206] Roxy Music / For Your Pleasure
[207] Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band / Safe As Milk
[208] The Smashing Pumpkins / Adore
[209] The Future Sound Of London / Lifeforms
[210] Animal Collective / Sung Tongs
[211] Coldplay / A Rush of Blood to the Head
[212] The Fall / Grotesque (After the Gramme)
[213] Led Zeppelin / Physical Graffiti
[214] David Bowie / "Heroes"
[215] The Who / Live at Leeds
[216] Miles Davis / Bitches Brew
[217] Neil Young / Rust Never Sleeps
[218] Led Zeppelin / Houses of the Holy
[219] Pink Floyd / The Wall
[220] Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin II
[221] Pixies / Bossanova
[222] Neil Young / Tonight's the Night
[223] Squarepusher / Ultravisitor
[224] Miles Davis / Sketches of Spain
[225] Wire / Chairs Missing
[226] Bonnie "Prince" Billy / I See a Darkness
[227] Neil Young / Harvest
[228] The Boredoms / Super Æ
[229] Sly and the Family Stone / There's a Riot Goin' On
[230] The Velvet Underground / Loaded
[231] Kate Bush / Hounds of Love
[232] Super Furry Animals / Phantom Power
[233] Kraftwerk / Trans-Europe Express
[234] Nirvana / Unplugged in New York
[235] Belle and Sebastian / Tigermilk
[236] M83 / Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
[237] Pere Ubu / The Modern Dance
[238] The Strokes / Room on Fire
[239] Divine Comedy / Casanova
[240] Squarepusher / Music Is Rotted One Note
[241] Guns N' Roses / Appetite for Destruction
[242] Talking Heads / Talking Heads 77
[243] Beastie Boys / Paul's Boutique
[244] Faust / Faust
[245] David Bowie / Diamond Dogs
[246] Tom Waits / Bone Machine
[247] Faust / Faust IV
[248] Sonic Youth / Washing Machine
[249] Interpol / Antics
[250] Stevie Wonder / Songs in the Key of Life
[251] Serge Gainsbourg / Histoire de Melody Nelson
[252] The Minutemen / Double Nickels On The Dime
[253] Doves / The Last Broadcast
[254] Michael Jackson / Thriller
[255] Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds / Tender Prey
[256] Pere Ubu / Dub Housing
[257] Tom Waits / Swordfishtrombones
[258] Cannibal Ox / The Cold Vein
[259] Daft Punk / Homework
[260] The Rolling Stones / Beggars Banquet
[261] Madvillain / Madvillainy
[262] Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin
[263] Underworld / Dubnobasswithmyheadman
[264] OutKast / Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
[265] Frank Zappa / Hot Rats
[266] The Go! Team / Thunder, Lightning, Strike
[267] T. Rex / Electric Warrior
[268] Depeche Mode / Violator
[269] Nick Drake / Bryter Layter
[270] Johnny Cash / At Folsom Prison
[271] Orbital / In Sides
[272] Neu! / Neu! 75
[273] David Bowie / Scary Monsters
[274] Blondie / Parallel Lines
[275] Beck / Sea Change
[276] Bark Psychosis / Hex
[277] Neil Young / Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
[278] John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
[279] Brian Eno / Ambient 1: Music for Airports
[280] Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin III
[281] U2 / War
[282] Blur / Think Tank
[283] Franz Ferdinand / Franz Ferdinand
[284] The Doors / The Doors
[285] Prince / Sign 'O' the Times
[286] Dizzee Rascal / Boy in Da Corner
[287] At the Drive-In / Relationship of Command
[288] Pan Sonic / Kesto (234.48:4)
[289] Björk / Vespertine
[290] Boards of Canada / Geogaddi
[291] Lightning Bolt / Wonderful Rainbow
[292] Sonic Youth / Goo
[293] Aphex Twin / I Care Because You Do
[294] The Modern Lovers / The Modern Lovers
[295] Prince and the Revolution / Purple Rain
[296] Four Tet / Rounds
[297] Gang of Four / Solid Gold
[298] The White Stripes / White Blood Cells
[299] Ulrich Schnauss / A Strangely Isolated Place
[300] Slowdive / Pygmalion [9 votes; 1,094 points]

[301] Talking Heads / More Songs About Buildings and Food
[302] Aesop Rock / Labor Days
[303] Red Hot Chili Peppers / Blood Sugar Sex Magik
[304] Stereolab / Emperor Tomato Ketchup
[305] Pavement / Wowee Zowee
[306] Divine Comedy / Promenade
[307] Cinematic Orchestra / Every Day
[308] R.E.M. / Reckoning
[309] The Who / The Who Sell Out
[310] Disco Inferno / D.I. Go Pop
[311] The Boredoms / Vision Creation Newsun
[312] The Flaming Lips / Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
[313] Big Black / Songs About Fucking
[314] Blur / The Great Escape
[315] Dinosaur Jr. / You're Living All over Me
[316] The Streets / Original Pirate Material
[317] Manitoba / Up in Flames
[318] Elliott Smith / XO
[319] The MC5 / Kick Out the Jams
[320] The Prodigy / Music for the Jilted Generation
[321] Kraftwerk / Autobahn
[322] Michael Jackson / Off the Wall
[323] The Stooges / The Stooges
[324] OutKast / Stankonia
[325] Eric B and Rakim / Paid in Full
[326] Simon and Garfunkel / Bridge Over Troubled Water
[327] Fleetwood Mac / Rumours
[328] Ride / Nowhere
[329] Stevie Wonder / Talking Book
[330] Funkadelic / One Nation Under a Groove
[331] XTC / Skylarking
[332] The Divine Comedy / Absent Friends
[333] The Pop Group / Y
[334] Supergrass / In It for the Money
[335] Queens of the Stone Age / Songs for the Deaf
[336] Gram Parsons / Grievous Angel
[337] Deftones / White Pony
[338] The Notwist / Neon Golden
[339] The Beatles / A Hard Day's Night
[340] R.E.M. / Lifes Rich Pageant
[341] Aphex Twin / Drukqs
[342] The Beach Boys / Surf's Up
[343] Cortijo and His Time Machine / Cortijo and His Time Machine
[344] The Streets / A Grand Don't Come for Free
[345] Daft Punk / Discovery
[346] The Beach Boys / The Beach Boys Today!
[347] Beck / Midnite Vultures
[348] Portishead / Portishead
[349] Eels / Daisies of the Galaxy
[350] Elvis Costello / My Aim is True
[351] Polmo Polpo / Like Hearts Swelling
[352] The Who / Tommy
[353] Wilco / A Ghost is Born
[354] David Bowie / Aladdin Sane
[355] The Roots / Things Fall Apart
[356] Beck / Mutations
[357] Pavement / Brighten the Corners
[358] Tortoise / Millions Now Living Will Never Die
[359] Bloc Party / Silent Alarm
[360] Autechre / Amber
[361] Air / Talkie Walkie
[362] Bruce Springsteen / Nebraska
[363] The Decemberists / Her Majesty, The Decemberists
[364] The Notorious B.I.G. / Ready to Die
[365] Sonic Youth / Murray Street
[366] Genesis / The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
[367] Red Hot Chili Peppers / By the Way
[368] The Ramones / Rocket to Russia
[369] Brian Eno / Ambient 4: On Land
[370] Björk / Medulla
[371] Animal Collective / Here Comes the Indian
[372] Doves / Lost Souls
[373] Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis
[374] Chapterhouse / Whirlpool
[375] Tom Waits / Real Gone
[376] The Beatles / Help!
[377] John Lennon / Imagine
[378] Low / Things We Lost In The Fire
[379] Flying Burrito Brothers / The Gilded Palace of Sin
[380] Rage Against the Machine / Rage Against the Machine
[381] Mercury Rev / All Is Dream
[382] Iggy Pop / Lust for Life
[383] Yo La Tengo / I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
[384] Modest Mouse / Good News for People Who Love Bad News
[385] Roxy Music / Roxy Music
[386] OutKast / Aquemini
[387] Spiritualized / Let It Come Down
[388] Brian Eno / Before and After Science
[389] The Microphones / The Glow, pt. 2
[390] OutKast / ATLiens
[391] The Allman Brothers Band / At Fillmore East
[392] Elbow / Asleep in the Back
[393] Genesis / Selling England by the Pound
[394] Metallica / Master of Puppets
[395] A Silver Mt. Zion / He Has Left Us Alone...
[396] Simon and Garfunkel / Bookends
[397] The Replacements / Tim
[398] Parliament / Mothership Connection
[399] Beck / Mellow Gold
[400] Cluster / Zuckerzeit [7 votes; 800 points]

[401] Clinic / Internal Wrangler
[402] Morrissey / Your Arsenal
[403] Super Furry Animals / Rings Around The World
[404] Jay-Z / The Blueprint
[405] Bright Eyes / I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
[406] Ulrich Schnauss / Far Away Trains Passing By
[407] The Jesus Lizard / Goat
[408] Björk / Debut
[409] Funkadelic / Funkadelic
[410] Richard and Linda Thompson / I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
[411] Verve / A Storm in Heaven
[412] The Replacements / Let It Be
[413] George Harrison / All Things Must Pass
[414] Queens of the Stone Age / Rated R
[415] Underworld / Second Toughest in the Infants
[416] Steve Reich / Music For 18 Musicians
[417] The Mars Volta / De-loused in the Comatorium
[418] Pearl Jam / Ten
[419] Belle and Sebastian / The Boy With The Arab Strap
[420] Yes / Close to the Edge
[421] New Order / Technique
[422] Leonard Cohen / Songs from a Room
[423] The Jam / All Mod Cons
[424] The Shins / Oh, Inverted World
[425] Yes / Fragile
[426] Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention / We're Only In It For The Money
[427] Paul Simon / Graceland
[428] Neil Young / Zuma
[429] Mercury Rev / Boces
[430] Wire / 154
[431] The Rapture / Echoes
[432] Talk Talk / The Colour of Spring
[433] Decemberists / Castaways and Cutouts
[434] The Jimi Hendrix Experience / Axis: Bold as Love
[435] Bright Eyes / Lifted, or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
[436] Current 93 / Of Ruine Or Some Blazing Starre
[437] Ornette Coleman / The Shape of Jazz to Come
[438] Tortoise / TNT
[439] Manual / Ascend
[440] Set Fire To Flames / Sings Reign Rebuilder
[441] Teenage Fanclub / Bandwagonesque
[442] King Crimson / Red
[443] The Who / Quadrophenia
[444] The Future Sound of London / Dead Cities
[445] Muse / Origin of Symmetry
[446] Graham Coxon / Happiness in Magazines
[447] Supergrass / I Should Coco
[448] The White Stripes / Elephant
[449] The Olivia Tremor Control / Dusk at Cubist Castle
[450] Mercury Rev / Yerself Is Steam
[451] Suede / Suede
[452] Fugazi / The Argument
[453] Miles Davis / On the Corner
[454] The Incredible String Band / The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
[455] Foo Fighters / The Colour and the Shape
[456] Current 93 / Soft Black Stars
[457] Autechre / Chiastic Slide
[458] Flipper / Generic Flipper
[459] Mansun / Six
[460] Mu / Afro Finger and Gel
[461] Happy Mondays / Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
[462] Sufjan Stevens / Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State
[463] Cat Power / The Covers Record
[464] Scott Walker / Scott 3
[465] The Unicorns / Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
[466] The Constantines / Shine a Light
[467] Pavement / Terror Twilight
[468] Sparklehorse / It's a Wonderful Life
[469] Tom Waits / The Heart of Saturday Night
[470] Ennio Morricone / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
[471] Elbow / Cast of Thousands
[472] Hüsker Dü / Zen Arcade
[473] Morrissey / Vauxhall and I
[474] Cinematic Orchestra / The Man with the Movie Camera
[475] Kraftwerk / The Man Machine
[476] Soundgarden / Superunknown
[477] Magnetic Fields / 69 Love Songs
[478] Robert Wyatt / Rock Bottom
[479] Eminem / The Marshall Mathers LP
[480] King Crimson / In the Court of the Crimson King
[481] Echo and the Bunnymen / Ocean Rain
[482] Red Hot Chili Peppers / Californication
[483] The Band / Music from Big Pink
[484] Tim Buckley / Happy Sad
[485] A Silver Mt. Zion / Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards
[486] Godspeed You! Black Emperor / Yanqui U.X.O.
[487] Super Furry Animals / Mwng
[488] Black Star / Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star
[489] Roxy Music / Country Life
[490] Joni Mitchell / Court and Spark
[491] Tim Buckley / Starsailor
[492] The Dead Kennedys / Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
[493] The Divine Comedy / A Short Album About Love
[494] Eric Dolphy / Out to Lunch
[495] Devendra Banhart / Rejoicing in the Hands
[496] Black Dice / Beaches and Canyons
[497] Cat Power / You Are Free
[498] The Ramones / Ramones
[499] The Byrds / Sweetheart of the Rodeo
[500] The Beatles / Let It Be [6 votes; 631 points]

I've got some album polls, that are not featured on this site. I thought I'd just post them on.

ROCK'S 30 GREATEST CONCEPT ALBUMS
Taken from 'Classic Rock' magazine (Issue 51, March 2003)

1) PINK FLOYD Dark side of the moon (1973)
2) QUEENSRYCHE Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
3) THE WHO Tommy (1969)
4) MARILLION Misplaced childhood (1985)
5) MARILYN MANSON Antichrist superstar (1996)
6) GENESIS The lamb lies down on Broadway (1974)
7) YES Tales from Topographic oceans (1973)
8) DAVID BOWIE The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars (1972)
9) RUSH 2112 (1976)
10) PINK FLOYD The Wall (1979)

11) JETHRO TULL Thick as a brick (1972)
12) THE WHO Quadrophenia (1973)
13) NINE INCH NAILS The downward spiral (1994)
14) GENESIS Duke (1980)
15) DREAM THEATER Metropolis pt.2: Scenes from a memory (1999)
16) ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Tales of mystery and imagination (1975)
17) RADIOHEAD OK computer (1997)
18) THE KINKS The Kinks are the Village green preservation society (1968)
19) RUSH Hemispheres (1978)
20) FRANK ZAPPA Joe's garage (1979)

21) PINK FLOYD The final cut (1983)
22) THE PRETTY THINGS S.F. Sorrow (1968)
23) MARILLION Brave (1994)
24) ROGER WATERS Radio K.A.O.S. (1987)
25) RICK WAKEMAN Journey to the centre of the earth (1974)
26) FEAR FACTORY Obsolete (1998)
27) GENTLE GIANT Three friends (1972)
28) STYX Kilroy was here (1983)
29) SPOCKS BEARD Snow (2002)
30) IRON MAIDEN Seventh son of a seventh son (1988)




THE 20 GREATEST GUITAR ALBUMS As voted by the MOJO writers
(featured as a companion booklet for Issue 117 of MOJO magazine from August 2003)

1) THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE Are you experienced? (1967)
2) THE WHO My generation (1965)
3) HOWLIN' WOLF Howlin' Wolf (1962)
4) FUNKADELIC Maggot Brain (1971)
5) MY BLOODY VALENTINE Loveless (1991)
6) RADIOHEAD The Bends (1995)
7) RAMONES Ramones (1976)
8) CHARLIE CHRISTAIN Genius of the electric guitar (1939)
9) SNOOKS EAGLIN New Orleans street singer (1958)
10) JOHNNY BURNETTE & THE ROCK'N'ROLL TRIO The Rock'n'roll trio (1956)

11) THE ROLLING STONES Exile on main street (1972)
12) CHUCK BERRY Chuck Berry is on top (1959)
13) THE BYRDS Mr Tambourine man (1965)
14) RICHARD THOMPSON Henry the human fly (1972)
15) WES MONTGOMERY Incredible Jazz guitar (1960)
16) ELVIS PRESLEY Elvis Presley (1956)
17) LINK WRAY Link Wray and the Wraymen (1960)
18) MUDDY WATERS The best of Muddy Waters (1959)
19) BLACK SABBATH Paranoid (1970)
20) SISTER ROSETTA THARPE The original soul sister (1938)




40 COSMIC ROCKS ALBUMS
Taken from Pink Floyd & the story of Prog rock. An exclusive book from Q magazine (released July 15th 2005)

1) PINK FLOYD Dark side of the moon (1973)
2) GENESIS Foxtrot (1972)
3) YES Close to the edge (1972)
4) KING CRIMSON In the court of the Crimson King (1969)
5) EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER Brain salad surgery (1973)
6) RUSH A farwell to kings (1977)
7) JETHRO TULL Aqualung (1971)
8) HAWKWIND Space ritual (1973)
9) MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells (1973)
10) RADIOHEAD OK computer (1997)

11) PINK FLOYD Wish you were here (1975)
12) YES The Yes album (1975)
13) FRANK ZAPPA Hot rats (1969)
14) GENESIS The lamb lies down on Broadway (1974)
15) VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR The least we can do is wave to each other (1970)
16) GENTLE GIANT Octopus (1973)
17) MARILLION Misplaced childhood (1985)
18) THE MARS VOLTA Frances the Mute (2005)
19) CARAVAN In the land of grey and pink (1971)
20) SOFT MACHINE Third (1970)

21) TOOL Lateralus (2001)
22) KING CRIMSON Lark's tongues in aspic (1973)
23) CAMEL Moonmadness (1976)
24) FOCUS Moving waves (1971)
25) QUEEN A night at the opera (1975)
26) PAVLOV'S DOG Pampered menial (1975)
27) SIGUR ROS Agaetis byrjun (1999)
28) STEVE HILLAGE L (1976)
29) THE NICE Five bridges (1970)
30) FAMILY Music in a doll's house (1968)

31) ROXY MUSIC Roxy Music (1972)
32) GOLDEN EARRING Moontan (1973)
33) ARGENT All together now (1973)
34) HATFIELD AND THE NORTH Hatfield and the north (1974)
35) GONG Flying teapot: Radio Gnome invisible part 1 (1973)
36) AMON DUUL II Tanz der Lemminge (1971)
37) THE MOODY BLUES In search of the lost chord (1968)
38) TANGERINE DREAM Phaedra (1974)
39) BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST Once again (1971)
40) APHRODITE'S CHILD 666 (1972)

Thanks Dexternico!

Would a genre-specific list from a genre-specific website that is formulated through genre-knowledgable readers votes count on this website? For example, this prog-rock website's list:

http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp

Here is a list of the best Norwegian songs since 1980, voted by readers of Norwegian mag Spirit and Norwegian radio listeners.

Not a lot of relevant songs for non-Norwegians here, but thought it would be fun to post it anyway:

1. Jokke & Valentinerne: To fulle menn
2. Dumdum Boys: Splitter pine
3. Turboneger: Get It On
4. Jokke & Valentinerne: Her kommer vinteren
5. a-ha: Take On Me
6. Turboneger: The Age Of Pamparius
7. Seigmen: Metropolis
8. Jokke & Valentinerne: Sola skinner
9. Raga Rockers: Noen å hate
10. Turboneger: I Got Erection
11. Motorpsycho: The Nerve Tattoo
12. Madrugada: Majesty
13. BigBang: Wild Bird
14. TNT: 10.000 Lovers
15. Kaizers Orchestra: Ompa til du dør
16. Marius Müller: Den du veit
17. Raga Rockers: Hun er fri
18. De Lillos: Kokken Tor
19. Jokke & Valentinerne: Jeg er redd
20. Dumdum Boys: Tyven
21. Dumdum Boys: Englefjes
22. Dumdum Boys: En vill en
23. a-ha: The Sun Always Shines On TV
24. Thomas Dybdahl: From Grace
25. Stage Dolls: Soldier?s Gun
26. De Lillos: Min beibi dro avsted
27. a-ha: Hunting High And Low
28. Raga Rockers: Slakt
29. BigBang: Girl In Oslo
30. Motorpsycho: Nothing To Say
31. Åge Aleksandersen: Levva livet
32. CC Cowboys: Harry
33. Madrugada: The Kids Are On High Street
34. Tommy Tee: Takin’ Ova
35. Raga Rockers: Fritt liv
36. a-ha: I’ve Been Losing You
37. Jaa9 & Onkl P: Hvem faen
38. Gluecifer: Easy Living
39. De Lillos: Neste sommer
40. The National Bank: Tolerate
41. Satyricon: Fuel For Hatred
42. Savoy: Velvet
43. De Lillos: Tøff i pyjamas
44. Kings Of Convenience: I’d Rather Dance
45. Röyksopp: Eple
46. Gåte: Sjå attende
47. Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band: Nikita
48. The Kids: Forelska i lærer’n
49. a-ha: Stay On These Roads
50. Knutsen & Ludvigsen: Dum og deilig
51. Barbie Bones: Captain Nemo
52. Morten Abel + Prepple Houmb: Hodet over vannet
53. Ane Brun: My Lover Will Go
54. Warlocks: Flashbacks
55. Ephemera: Girls Keep Secrets In The Strangest Ways
56. Kings Of Convenience: Toxic Girl
57. The September When: Bullet Me
58. Tungtvann: Ubudne gjæsta
59. Racer: Bønda fra nord
60. Kåre & The Cavemen: Filadelfia
61. Lene Marlin: Unforgiveable Sinner
62. Motorpsycho: Slow Phase Out
63. Magnet: Where Happiness Lives
64. Morten Harket: A Kind Of Christmas Card
65. The Margarets: Alain Delon
66. Röyksopp: Poor Leno
67. Philip + Sandra: Sommerflørt
68. Paperboys: Barcelona
69. Bel Canto: Shimmering
70. Jim Stärk: Morning Song
71. Briskeby: Propaganda
72. Kjøtt: Jeg gleder meg til år 2000
73. Morten Abel: Tulipz
74. Karin Park: Superworldunknown
75. Röyksopp: Only This Moment
76. De Press: Kalhoz
77. Morten Abel: I’ll Come Back And Love You Forever
78. Euroboys: One Way Street
79. Annie: The Greatest Hit
80. Beranek: Dra til hælvete
81. Bertine Zetlitz: Adore Me
82. Röyksopp: So Easy
83. Kung Fu Girls: Maria Is Beautiful
84. Equicez: Barnslig
85. Folk & Røvere: Utadæsjælopplevelse
86. Equicez: Live From Pass It
87. Sondre Lerche: You Know So Well
88. Fra Lippo Lippi: Shouldn’t Have To Be Like That
89. M2M: Don’t Say You Love Me
90. Bel Canto: Rumour
91. Maria Mena: You’re The Only One
92. Biosphere: Novelty Waves
93. Rune Lindbæk: OK
94. Jannicke: Svake mennesker
95. Frost: Endless Love (Røyksopp remiks)
96. Moonflowers: Where Are You?
97. Anneli Drecker: All I Know
98. Erot: Song For Annie
99. Bertine Zetlitz: Girl Like You
100. Ravi: E-Ore

No Innocent Bystanders: Not the Best Albums of 2004

Interesting little blurb about lists in general at http://www.noinnocentbystanders.com/story/2004/12/14/154357/33

Do these lists meet the requirements?

http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/rs500.htm

Angel,. those German ROLLING STONE lists from last year have already been included on Acclaimed Music.

To let everyone know, STYLUS is going a 100 Videos of All-Time list. So far they have announced 100-61.

I think Time Magazine's Century issue should be included. It's the June, 8th, 1998 issue - "Artists and Entertainers of The Century".

It listed five rock songs. Only five. One for each decade of the fifties through the nineties. They are:

50s: "Roll Over, Beethoven" - Chuck Berry
60s: "My Generation" - The Who
70s: "Stayin' Alive" - The Bee Gees
80s: "Material Girl" - Madonna
90s: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana

Are the lists of nothing but Beatles songs included in determining the rankings? For example, "All You Need is Love" is only on two non-exclusive lists: The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) and Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004). The other four lists are lists of nothing but Beatles songs.

By contrast, "Pictures of Lilly", for example, is on four non-exclusive lists: The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005), New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976), Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) and Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999). None of those lists are lists of nothing but Who songs.

Yet, "All You Need is Love" is ranked at #1048 while "Pictures of Lilly" is ranked at #1473. This makes no sense to me. Can someone please explain the logic?

Are the lists of nothing but Beatles songs included in determining the rankings?
Yes

For example, "All You Need is Love" is only on two non-exclusive lists: The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) and Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004). The other four lists are lists of nothing but Beatles songs.

By contrast, "Pictures of Lilly", for example, is on four non-exclusive lists: The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005), New Musical Express (UK) - The Top 100 Singles of All Time (1976), Q (UK) - The 1001 Best Songs Ever (2003) and Spex (Germany) - The Best Singles of the Century (1999). None of those lists are lists of nothing but Who songs.

Yet, "All You Need is Love" is ranked at #1048 while "Pictures of Lilly" is ranked at #1473. This makes no sense to me. Can someone please explain the logic?

1. "All You Need Is Love" is included on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest songs, which has a high weight. "Pictures of Lily" is included on lists with lower weights, except for the NME list from 1976.

2. Based on not-Beatles-only lists alone, "Pictures of Lily" would be ahead of "All You Need Is Love", but "All You Need Is Love" has been ranked higher in the Beatles lists than most other Beatles songs with only two not-Beatles-only entries, and this moves the song up the AM list.

Other Beatles songs are found further down the AM list as they haven't been included in many Beatles-only lists. For example "Twist and Shout", which is at no. 1946 although it appears on three not-Beatles-only lists.

Huh, in that case, I have a 50 Best Rolling Stones Songs list from The New Book of Rock Lists, edited by Dave Marsh, and a 25 Best Who Songs list from Q Magazine. Would you like them?

why are lists of songs by the same artist counted? they can't be compared to songs by other artists at that point, so it seems odd.

I think it's very odd, myself. Adding lists of nothing but Beatles songs makes it seem like the Beatles are getting an unfair advantage. But if he thinks it's legitimate for the Beatles, then it should be legitimate for the Rolling Stones and The Who, too. I offered two lists from reputable published sources, but he has yet to acknowledge me.

Sorry Tim, I didn't see your previous reply.

I have had a discussion before about Dave Marsh's book of rock lists. There are a lot of lists in that book that could be included. In fact they are too many to deal with, and rather than including one or two lists from the book, I leave it out completely.

Also, I wrote further up in this thread (posted March 10, 2005):
A small update to the exclusion criteria:

* end of year lists from individual critics
* genre-specific lists from non-genre specific sources OR INDIVIDUAL CRITICS
* readers'/listeners' lists
* lists of artists
* lists of collection albums
* lists of classical music
* lists of jazz and world music (will be included in the future)

I think artist-specific lists should also fall under the genre-specific rule that I will not include individual critics lists. Although I will probably include an artist-specific list if someone writes a book entirely devoted to this matter.


Adding lists of nothing but Beatles songs makes it seem like the Beatles are getting an unfair advantage.
Nothing-but-Beatles lists only adjust the Beatles-songs' positions. Some move up and others move down. They do not give Beatles an advantage.

"Adding lists of nothing but Beatles songs makes it seem like the Beatles are getting an unfair advantage.
Nothing-but-Beatles lists only adjust the Beatles-songs' positions. Some move up and others move down. They do not give Beatles an advantage."

But still they get points don't they? It seems to me that older releases, especially popular ones will always stay on top because of artist specific lists and that a lot of the songs will always be acclaimed "just because". Does a new release have any chance of cracking the top 50? Maybe, since everyone puts out lists these days, but if the older music keeps showing up on those lists do new albums and songs really stand a chance of catching up? I guess there are a lot of 90's albums in the top 50 so maybe acclaim is gradual. But, why can't critics realize a great album when they hear it and realize the influence it will have? It shouldn't take 10 years to realize the brilliance of an album... but then again you get the Arctic Monkeys debut being ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time by some, so maybe 10 years is a deserved digestion time!

Hi Henrik -
Interesting list and I know that much time & effort goes into something like this.
I've had this thought of the most underrated songs of all time.
Here's a quick sample:
What Cha Gonna Do - Chaka Khan
Seven Years of Good Luck - Joe Sample
Real Thing - Bobby Caldwell
I Want You - Marvin Gaye
Never Gonna Give You Up - Jerry Butler
The Caves Of Altamira - Steely Dan
Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin
Night and Day - Frank Sinatra
It Keeps You Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
Big Noise New York - Donald Fagen
If You Don't Want My Love - Robert John
Circle of One - Oleta Adams
Beggin' - 4 Seasons
Black Cow - Steely Dan
Yellow Moon - Neville Brothers
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
A Girl Like You - Rascals
Don't Do It - The Band (from Rock of Ages album)
Don't Keep Me Wonderin' - Allman Brothers
Please Let Me Wonder - Beach Boys
God Bless The Child - Blood, Sweat & Tears
Walk Away From Love- David Ruffin

I'm not quite sure where to post those, so I'm just gonna post them in here:

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/pauldrach/basis_diskothek_rock_und_pop

http://rateyourmusic.com/list/pauldrach/rororo_rock_lexikon

pauldrach, great books! Is the rororo list some kind of "most recommended" list? If so, I think both books can be included at AM.

Yes, it is a "most recommended" list.

Great! Thanks!